'Without coal this area cannot exist': The impoverished who rely on India's mining industry after COP26 pledge to go net zero by 2070

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Eyewitness: The community in the coal heartlands of India, relying on lumps to sell and survive

She's carrying a wooden basket that's almost bigger than her and she's looking for coal.

"It's really risky work but if we're not here doing this, we can't afford to buy food for us and the children," she admits.A woman called Chandar says she knows the work is risky but it pays for her children's educationThis terrifying task is going on within plain view of the official miners who work here, who basically ignore them.

 

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