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- Hello everybody, I welcome you all to a new episode 'Fight poverty not the poor '- Shimmer or dullBeautification is a fast gaining trend. Makeup can be a tool for expression and liberation. One of beauty's most popular ingredients is mica . The majority of world's mica comes from the mines of Bihar and Jharkhand states of India. Mostly, old folk are the common labourers sighted in these places . Let's explore the mines of Jharkhand and the untold stories of the young sufferers.
- DAV NEWS 42
- Hello sir, I'm Priya What's your name and how long have you been working in the mines ? Shouldn't you be rest at home at this age ?
- My name is Jha. I'm 51 years old. I've have been working in the mines for 24 years...If I don't work how would my family and I fill our stomachs ?
- For how many hours do you have to work here ? Can you tell me about the difficulties you face while mining?
- We work regularly for long hours. It will be dark inside. I always work there with a fear of debris falling on me because I've seen many kids getting injured .Often I get some sort of skin infections, suffocation and injuries.
- Poverty pushes people to a crisis where regardless of age ,they have to toil in hazardous environment .
- This is where we reside. There are six members in my family and we struggle this hard for one time meal. My little grandson is 9 months old and we feel helpless to feed him the required. During monsoons we starve due to unemployment.
- Mining which is a primary activity is undertaken only during the dry season. Hence, seasonal unemployment is predominant in the mining industry. This leads to malnourishment and paves way for many diseases.
- My son fractured his leg was injured severely in the head as a big chunk of rock fell on him while working. He's unable to walk and we could not afford for his treatments due to our inability
- Here, illiteracy stands as a cause for lack of awareness of government schemes for the underprivileged.
- The hidden truth is that there are still many people live in poverty, but they don't get any help from government and also from people who can afford it.