Rajasthan’s phosphate mines deprive villagers of land, livelihood, health
Mongabay | October 28, 2020
- Udaipur’s phosphate mines have been causing miscarriage in women of surrounding villages, have destroyed farming and forests, claims locals.
- Health officials note that there’s so much dust in the air that residents of villages nearby mines develop diseases such as tuberculosis and lung cancer.
- However, the government firm operating the mine denies any negative impact.
“Yeh toh bhagwan ki marzi hai, sahab. Pichhle janam ke kuch paap honge jo iss janam main saamne aa rahe hain (It’s all god’s will. Maybe we had sinned in our past lives, for which we are suffering now),” said Lohari Meena, a resident of Jhamarkotra village, 22 kilometres from Udaipur in Rajasthan, while explaining her two miscarriages.
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