The darkside of the boom (49 images)
India is the third largest coal producing nation and Coal India Limited (CIL) is the biggest company in the world in terms of coal production. With a 510,000 employees, CIL contributes 87% to the total coal production of the country. In the post independence era coal has been the most important fossil fuel in building the Indian economy. Far from cities, small villages on wavy landscapes with grayish black roads typify a coalfield. An atmosphere of class difference, socio-economical...
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An explosion ids made in an open cast pit. This...
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Lady labourers cleaning and accumilating coals...
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Miners resting inside an undernground mine...
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A dangal (group) of miners standing inside an...
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Raghu Patra, a loader for last 30 years inside...
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Workers working inside an inclined mine at...
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A woman standing with a busket of coal on her...
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A shovel operator at North Searsole Coliery in...
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Coal coming out of a deep underground mine at...
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Bhuban Sing was a miner but presently works as...
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Smoke and poisionous gases coming out of the...
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Bayjanti Devi is the first lady shovel operator...
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Miners going inside a deep underground mine....
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Sunita Devi wife of Late Santraj Prasad(who...
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Coal miners bringing out the dead body of M.K....
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Coal miners after their shift of work....
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A boy standing in front of burning coal....
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An unemployed person carries pirated coal to...
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Haulage labourers pushing a rake, which is...
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A miner using the intercom (the only way of...
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Children bringing out coal from an open cast...
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A miner carrying a bucket of coal on his...
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Children of coal miners playing cricket at a...
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Local people in a colliery basti (slum) using...
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Smoke and poisionous gases coming out of the...
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Coalminers inside a deep underground mine,...
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A woman gathering coal, which are to be carried...
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A worker using a shovel to fill a bucket inside...
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Miners working inside an underground mine at...
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A morning in Jharia Coal Field area, Jharia,...
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Miners working inside an underground mine at...
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A miners face smeared with coal dust after he...
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A miner with his cycle at the coal mining area...
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Miners coming out of the inclined mine at North...
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Miners working inside an underground mine at...
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Miners at work inside an underground mine at...
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A loader of a mine sits on his bed in his one...
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A miner wearing a headlamp defective and...
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Rubbles of a house, which is destructed by mine...
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A young girl and her brother from the coal...
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Miners playing carom at a miners' colony in...
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Workers working inside an inclined mine at...
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Miners working inside an underground mine at...
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Lakhan Tanti a loader working inside the...
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Lakhan tanti a loader carrying a busket of coal...
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Salim Ansari got famous as he escaped the death...
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Miners going inside a deep mine. Jharkhand,...
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Men collecting dringking water from a natural...
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A coal miner going back home after his shift of...