Farmers in Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton by mining giants. More than 700 Gare residents collected coal pieces from an open mine on October 2, 2014, to assert community rights over natural resources
Farmers in Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton by mining giants. More than 700 Gare residents collected coal pieces from an open mine on October 2, 2014, to assert community rights over natural resources
Farmers in Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton by mining giants. More than 700 Gare residents collected coal pieces from an open mine on October 2, 2014, to assert community rights over natural resources
Farmers in Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton by mining giants. More than 700 Gare residents collected coal pieces from an open mine on October 2, 2014, to assert community rights over natural resources
Farmers in Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton by mining giants. More than 700 Gare residents collected coal pieces from an open mine on October 2, 2014, to assert community rights over natural resources
Farmers in Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton by mining giants. More than 700 Gare residents collected coal pieces from an open mine on October 2, 2014, to assert community rights over natural resources
Farmers in Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton by mining giants. More than 700 Gare residents collected coal pieces from an open mine on October 2, 2014, to assert community rights over natural resources
Farmers in Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton by mining giants. More than 700 Gare residents collected coal pieces from an open mine on October 2, 2014, to assert community rights over natural resources
Farmers in Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton by mining giants. More than 700 Gare residents collected coal pieces from an open mine on October 2, 2014, to assert community rights over natural resources
Farmers in Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton by mining giants. More than 700 Gare residents collected coal pieces from an open mine on October 2, 2014, to assert community rights over natural resources
Farmers in Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton by mining giants. More than 700 Gare residents collected coal pieces from an open mine on October 2, 2014, to assert community rights over natural resources
Farmers in Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton by mining giants. More than 700 Gare residents collected coal pieces from an open mine on October 2, 2014, to assert community rights over natural resources
Farmers in Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton by mining giants. More than 700 Gare residents collected coal pieces from an open mine on October 2, 2014, to assert community rights over natural resources
Farmers in Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton by mining giants. More than 700 Gare residents collected coal pieces from an open mine on October 2, 2014, to assert community rights over natural resources
Farmers in Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton by mining giants. More than 700 Gare residents collected coal pieces from an open mine on October 2, 2014, to assert community rights over natural resources
Lakhan Patel stands guard outside his home in Kosampalli village in Chhattisgarh. Boulders flying from the nearby Jindal coal mine due to blasting have damaged the walls of his house
A cyclist rides his vehicle carrying coal on a highway in Jharkhand. Bicycles are a common mode to transport low-quality coal that is mined illegally by residents from older, abandoned mines in Jharkhand.
A cyclist rides his vehicle carrying coal on a highway in Jharkhand. Bicycles are a common mode to transport low-quality coal that is mined illegally by residents from older, abandoned mines in Jharkhand.