News Photo: In this photograph taken on January 30 a…
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INDIA-MINING-LABOUR
Caption: In this photograph taken on January 30, 2013, a miner bends over a wooden crate to empty the basket strapped to his back and carrying about 60-70 kilos of wet coal after exiting a deep coal mine shaft near Rimbay village in the Indian northeastern state of Meghalaya. Thousands of private mines employ slim men and boys that will fit in thin holes branching out from deep shafts dug out from the ground in the East Jaintia Hills in Northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya. This state is the only state in India where coal mining is done privately by mine owners, who use cheap labour to supply the demand for this energy resource. Accidents and quiet burials are commonplace, with years of uncontrolled drilling making the rat-hole mines unstable and liable to collapse at any moment. After decades of unregulated mining, the state is due to enforce its first-ever mining policy later this year. AFP PHOTO/ Roberto Schmidt (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)
Date created: 30 Jan 2013
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Copyright: 2013 AFP
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Subject
Basketball
Bending
Carrying
Close To
Coal
Coal Mine
Coal Miner
Crate
Deep
Illustration
Illustration Technique
Making a Basket
Mine Shaft
Miner
Mining
Minority Groups
Photograph
Porter
Social Issues
Steps and Staircases
Taking a Shot - Sport
Village
Wet
Wood
Location
India
Meghalaya
Concept
Leaving
Style
Horizontal
Extreme Close Up
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