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A miner poses for a portrait in Bokapahari in Jharia, Jharkhand, India. The miners work for 9-10 hours a day and make Rs.150 ($3.5) a day loading the coal trucks in the BCCL coal mines in Jharia. Coal fires rage just below the surface of the ground, making it too hot to walk with naked feet, noxious gases spew up from fissures, making the environment toxic. Photo: Sanjit Das
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Hell beneath Earth - coal mine migrants of Jharkhand.
A miner poses for a portrait in Bokapahari in Jharia, Jharkhand, India. The miners work for 9-10 hours a day and make Rs.150 ($3.5) a day loading the coal trucks in the BCCL coal mines in Jharia. Coal fires rage just below the surface of the ground, making it too hot to walk with naked feet, noxious gases spew up from fissures, making the environment toxic. Photo: Sanjit Das