Subal Mandal (left) stands atop a washed section of embankment. He is worried the impending rains might wreck havoc as the reconstruction project is delayed.
44 mining leases in an area spanning 12,000 ha are operational in the periphery of Saranda. The plan is to add another 12,000 ha, ripping apart Asia's largest Sal forests
Overwhelming red-The periphery of Saranda has turned red due to the existing iron ore mines, drying up zinda nalas (perennial streams) and destroying agriculture