A worker wears an iron-mesh eye gear to keep stone splinters from hurting the eyes. Most women suffer from lower back pain since they work long hours.
Report by: Savvy Soumya Misra and Photographs by: Meeta Ahlawat
Streams of trucks ferry stones from quarries to crushing units on the road to Kabrai in Mahoba district, Uttar Pradesh. Stones are not regulated by the Indian Bureau of Mines. They fall in the minor minerals category, the domain of the state pollution boards
Report by: Savvy Soumya Misra and Photographs by: Meeta Ahlawat
Stone quarries are easy to spot. The dust gives them away. Water sprinklers are hardly used to settle the dust. Local heavyweights own most quarries in Mahoba.
Report by: Savvy Soumya Misra and Photographs by: Meeta Ahlawat