00:00This village is situated in the Mandu block of Ramgarh district.
00:06This village is surrounded by mines.
00:10Before the mines, people used to do a lot of farming here.
00:17Since the mining has started, all the farming has stopped.
00:30There are dozens of coal mines between Ramgarh and Hazaribagh, which have destroyed hundreds of Dalit and tribal settlements.
00:43When we talk about Jharkhand, it is difficult to count the tribal villages destroyed by bauxite, coal, iron ore.
00:51The second biggest impact of mining is on the climate here.
00:56The climate here has completely changed.
00:59The trees have been cut down and the forest has become barren.
01:06Earlier, we used to get fresh air.
01:08Now, the forest is also being destroyed.
01:10And because of the mining, the forest and land are being destroyed.
01:20Bauxite is being mined on the Gubla side of Netarhat.
01:24Bauxite is a tree that is worshipped by the tribal people on the day of Sarhol.
01:30There is no other reason for worshipping it.
01:33There is no part of bauxite that is not used.
01:37From its roots to the wood, from the trunk to the flowers and fruits,
01:44and even the flesh that comes out of it.
01:48And this is the biggest challenge for the ecology.
01:53This year was a high-level year, which was full of Netarhat Plateau.
01:59Because of this, it used to be cool.
02:03And because of this coolness, when the southwest monsoon comes here from Chhattisgarh,
02:11it pulls the clouds a lot.
02:14There used to be rain.
02:16Now, in the mining, the biggest enemy is the sal.
02:21You threw it away.
02:24The whole area has become desert-like.
02:27And you will lose water.
02:30You will lose rain.
02:32So, the climate of Netarhat, the entire climate, is changing because of the deforestation of salt.
02:46The people of Chhattisgarh have lost their livelihoods due to the deforestation of salt.
02:53Gradually, in our village, people have also started complaining about the deforestation.
02:58In the past, the climate was cool, even in the summer.
03:01Now, all this deforestation has killed so many people in the village.
03:10The people here have lived for 60 years with difficulty.
03:15No one has been able to live for more than 60 years.
03:18The reason is that people are dying from TB.
03:22Many people have lost their lives due to TB.
03:25Some people are not even 15 years old.
03:27Some people are not even 18 years old.
03:29And they are dying from TB.
03:31The fire next to us is emitting a lot of poisonous gas.
03:34The gas that emits causes difficulty in breathing.
03:37There are a lot of problems due to this.
03:39It is difficult to breathe.
03:46Due to mining, everyone is facing problems.
03:49Everyone is suffering because of the lease.
03:52If it rains now, it will be difficult to come and go.
03:56In the sunny days, the dust that flies, there is a problem.
03:59It gets into the umbrella, the water, and the utensils.
04:08We are facing all kinds of problems.
04:11We are facing all kinds of problems.
04:14If the lease ends, everything will be fine.
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