Mining Lives (35 images)
A photo essay about the people's struggle against the POSCO project and large-scale forced acquisition of lands by the State for the proposed POSCO steel plant in the region. The majority of these villages are not ready to leave the forest lands on which they have been cultivating betel vines and cashew for centuries because it will destroy their livelihoods.
Large scale tree clearance under strong and armed paramilitary supervision is also under way. The SP also maintained that...
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Large scale tree clearance under strong and armed paramilitary supervision is also under way. The SP also maintained that...
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4000+ acres of mineral rich soil of Orissa on...
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A signboard outside the village of Bailatutha....
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One of the huts inside the affected area,...
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A Betel Vineyard that was destroyed by the...
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Villagers have been sitting in silent protests...
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A woman sits under the shade of a tree at...
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Jagannath Das (11), is the feisty and charged...
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An old man participates in the silent protest...
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An old woman sits in silent protest against the...
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Abhay Sahu is the leader of PPSS (POSCO...
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An old man plants fresh betel leaf vines inside...
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Bamboo stalks are tied in a bunch and made to...
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A fresh yet to be plucked betel leaf inside a...
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Fresh yet to be plucked betel leaves inside a...
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A man carries freshly cut strips of bamboo for...
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An early morning scene in Govindpur village....
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The courtyard of house in Patana village,...
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A Shiva temple dating back more than 800 years,...
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Children play outside their homes in Dhinkia,...
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A child in the government school in Patana...
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A child in the government school in Bailatutha...
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Children at the government school in Patana...
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A school near the village of Bailatutha,...
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A platoon of police (armed with tear gas shells...