Jharkhand: Open-Cast Coal Mining Threatens Indigenous Villagers Of Kusum Tola, Karanpura ...

Jharkhand: Open-Cast Coal Mining Threatens Indigenous Villagers Of Kusum Tola, Karanpura Valley, Jharkhand   The expanding operations of mining company Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) are posing an immediate threat to the survival of 1,000 indigenous people facing eviction from the village of Kusum Tola located in the North Karanpura region in the Indian State of Jharkhand. Heavy blasting in adjacent villages is already producing clouds of harmful dust and cracks in house foundations in Kusum...

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