Jharkhand Elections: Even if it is said that the people of Koyalanchal are living on fire, it will not be wrong.
Jharkhand Elections: One more river of fire has to be crossed…This couplet has been written to describe the difficulties, but there is a place in the country where people sleep on the river of fire as their bed and live on it. Are. This is perhaps the only place in the world where people live above blazing fire. This place is Jharia of Dhanbad (Dhanbad Jharia Coal Field). Coal capital of the country.
The fire has been going on for many years
There are valuable coal mines underground here. In some places these mines have been on fire for the last 100 years and in some places for 20 years and this fire is slowly spreading and has reached people’s houses, fields and under their beds. That means people are living in their houses above and the ground is burning just below their houses. Here thousands of families and lakhs of people live on these embers and risk their lives every day. Sometimes the animals roaming in the fields fall victim to this fire and sometimes the entire house gets destroyed. Sometimes the earth cracks and this fire comes out of the ground and engulfs the houses of these people.
such is life here
Many people have lost their family members here and those who are left alive also live a life of strange struggle. Every house here is filled with patients suffering from cancer, lung disease, asthma and blood pressure. The reason is that they remain surrounded by fire and smoke 24 hours a day. Usman Ansari is also suffering from similar diseases. It is said that these villagers believe that if they are given compensation, they are ready to go to another place, but there is no coordination between the villagers and CCL in the matter of compensation.
people hoping for help
Khayyam Ansari says that now that elections are around the corner and leaders are knocking on every house, the same tune will be played again. People will be caught again with the same empty assurances and the same jhunjhunha that once the government is formed, then they will be taken out of this hell. While this coalfield provides a precious mineral to the country, it also gives a life like hell to the people here and takes them closer to death every day. There is a need for the government to look at them and find a solution to this problem.
