Woman keeping pre-burned coal on basket, Jharia, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India

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Huge coal mine field city Jharia, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. Many people living on with dirty coal gas with high toxic. But they can`t move to other city. because they pick up the coal from drop down big truck or scrapped stone field, even stolen inside mine field. The coal of Jharia is bituminous coal. It must burn before sale. Remove the bad small and toxic gas at first and then sale to restaurant or house and more. Most of people work everyday near by coal mine town. each person can make approximately less than 1 USD per day. They`er survive in this situation generation by generation. So Can`t study for other jobs and they child too. Also many place are naturally or purpose to burning. It make heavy air pollution.

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Jharia, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
Photo credit: © Hakbong Kwon / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: basket, coal, dhanbad, field, india, jharia, jharkhand, miner, woman, work