Here's a pictoral take on the rat holes of bihar - the dreaded burrows dug by poverty and wanton exploitation, forcing men into the womb of nature to extract buckets of coal. These illegal mining operations are run by the well entrenched coal mafia as the powers that be look the other way (their palms well greased, points out a wag) !!
There is no available data which can pin point the amount of pillage that has or is taking place. All we know is that the operation is extensive and the entire coal belt is affected. Only when the flood waters wash away the hapless, or when the fires rage on uncontrolled, or when the ground caves in do we have a few lines in the vernacular press.
That too for a day, before all gets literlly quiet on the western front. Take a look at the pics. Some were taken despite the threats from you- know-who. Fore here is a disaster just waiting to happen.
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