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India's coal cycle wallahs: 'People have no alternative but to steal from mines'

2013-09-06 14:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Between the rolling fields of Kathara, on a road about 25 miles from Bokaro Steel City in India's eastern state of Jharkhand, coal trucks rattle towards a power station. On a lane running parallel, jute bags containing 250kg of coal are tied to the frame of Mahesh Munda's bicycle. He is a part-time farmer and peddler of coal. "Paddy, wheat and vegetables only give me money half the year. But I can make about 100 rupees each coal journey, all year round," he says, flanked by fellow coal cyclists...

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