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COVID-19 drives more people to risk lives in India's illegal mica mines


COVID-19 drives more people to risk lives in India’s illegal mica mines
Adults and children are seeking work in the industry, but the price for the mineral has more than halved, and deaths are continuing to rise
By Roli Srivastava / Thomson Reuters Foundation, MUMBAI, India
When India went into lockdown in March last year and Tota Rai lost his cleaning job in the textile hub of Surat, he knew that working in the illegal mica mining industry back home was his only option.
Rai, 45, and his three sons two adults and one teenager now spend their days scavenging for scraps of the valued mineral, used to put the sparkle into cosmetics, car paint and electronics, to sell to local traders in eastern Jharkhand state. ....

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Pandemic drives more people to risk lives in India's illegal mica mines


 
 
Reuters
Published: 06 Jan 2021 10:52 AM BdST
Updated: 06 Jan 2021 10:52 AM BdST
A girl shows mica which she has collected from an illegal open cast mine in Giridih district in the eastern state of Jharkhand, India, June 27, 2016. REUTERS
When India went into lockdown last March and Tota Rai lost his cleaning job in the textile hub of Surat, he knew working in the illegal mica mining industry back home was his only option.
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Rai, 45, and his three sons - two adults and one teenager - now spend their days scavenging for scraps of the valued mineral used to put the sparkle into make-up and car paint and in electronics to sell to local traders in eastern Jharkhand state. ....

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