How coal mining is displacing millions
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- Everybody loves to hate coal. But are things really changing on the ground? Follow me into the gritty heartland of the Indian coal belt to meet indigenous communities who are, arguably, facing the direst impact of our dirty coal habit.
Filmed in January 2020
We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world - and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What can we do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.
Author: Aditi Rajagopal
Camera: Deepti Rao, Nitye Sood
Video Editor: Henning Goll
Supervising Editor: Kiyo Dörrer
#PlanetA #FossilFuels #Coal
Read More:
Future of Coal in India: www.brookings.edu/books/futur...
Renewables and coal production: india.mongabay.com/2020/08/ea...
Amnesty report on coal mining and displacement: www.amnesty.org/download/Docu...
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Thanks to:
Rahul Tongia, Brookings Institution
Nandikesh Shivalingam, Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air
Srestha Banerjee, iFOREST
Nivit Yadav, Centre for Science and Environment
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Background Picture:
TripodStories- AB, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/... , via Wikimedia Commons
A brave and shocking film. Thank you for going the extra mile to show what is happening there to the local communities and the ecosystem. It’s a heart-breaking wake-up call that the change to sustainable energy must not be taken for granted. I hope this report gets the attention it deserves!
@@TruthSeeking007 I agree that you are raising valid concerns, but "never" is a strong word to use. If you search their news website, I bet you will find reports that address the issues you have mentioned.
@@TruthSeeking007 I understand completely that you feel upset about European media not giving India credit for positive practices like vegetarianism. I do disagree about European journalists' criticism of their own governments on environmental issues though. It happens all the time, although not as strongly as I would like :-) And as the climate crisis is a global issue that ignores national borders, I think everyone should be able to point out problems all over the world.
How To Live In Harmony With Nature And Reduce Pollution
1. Many Production Which We Do Not Need Actually For Human Beings Has To Be Stopped
We manufacture so many products and it is creating pollution. So if we minimise our products, pollution would be less.
We produce so many things which we do not need, like cold drinks, leather products, potato wafers, chips, fruit juices, chocolates, biscuits, pickles, ice creams, etc.
Cold drinks, fruit juices, pickles, ice creams, etc. Should be cooked at home only.
If we stopped producing this things which are not required for humans, so much pollution could be reduced.
If we colour the clothes pollution occurs. So if we don't colour our clothes, the pollution resulting from colouring the clothes can be stopped. Let everything remain in white natural colour.
2. We Should Cook Foods In Its Natural Form
We can cook rice and wheat in our homes and eat it. Rice and Wheat is produced in farms. Then it is packed and transported to big warehouses, then wholesalers buy from them and supply to retail shops.
But if a manufacturing company makes bread from rice and wheat, then to make bread a manufacturing company has to be set up, machines and working staffs are needed. When a company is built many other things are also needed. Then at last a plastic pack is required to pack the breads.
So if we start cooking eatable things in its natural form then we do not need many companies like bread manufacturing company, tomato ketchup, noodles, fruit jam, pizza, burger, etc., the things required for the company and the plastic pack, paper box pack and glass bottles. If done like this, so many companies will not be required and hence less pollution for the world.
Also we could save our money like this. If you buy a packet of bread, it would cost you more money than if you cook wheat and rice in home.
Previously before industrial revolution, we didn't have technology, but our foods were rich with nutrients. Now we have technology, but technology is polluting our foods and our foods are not rich with nutrients, and because of that also we have health problems.
If this is done, then many jobs would be lost. For that many peoples should do farming and they should be given loans if they do not have enough money to start farming on their own.
Food, Medicines, Surgeries and Education's should be made free to the world till the world settles down with farming. After that food, medicines, surgeries and education's should be stopped free to the world.
Many people should study botany subject so that they have knowledge of plants and they should do farming.
Is their any another solution, that humans won't lose jobs and also pollution would decrease. Humans have to take this step certainly instead of going on polluting the earth, making wildlife extinct and also mass extinctions of humans in future.
3. Electricity Pollution
We create electricity from many types of sources like coal, water, etc., but it creates pollution. If electricity created from windmill and solar energy then no pollution occurs in the creation process. But still to manufacture windmill and solar machines pollution would occur.
As I previously said that if we shut down many manufacturing companies which are producing things which are not needed for humans, then the world would not require so much electricity. If less electricity required, then less pollution generated.
4. Could We Stop Drinking Cow's and Buffalo's Milk
Whatever vitamins and nutrients we get from milk, if we can get it from other eatable things, then we can stop drinking cow's and buffalo's milk. As milk has to be packed in glass bottles and plastic packs and then transported to places. All of this can be stopped.
For infants whose mother's have died or mother's who cannot breast feed their infants, only for them cow's and buffalo's milk should be given. We use milk in tea and coffee. Instead of milk we must use lime with tea and coffee or just plain tea and coffee. A lime should be cut into a few pieces and cooked with tea and coffee or something else can be used instead of lime.
5. How Much Should Be The World's Population
Every place should have a single house. No buildings, everything ground floor. If we do this and the whole lands of our planet earth would be occupied one day with homes, farms, forests, schools, hospitals, etc., then we would come to know how much our planet earth can have maximum population.
Once the population is determined, then we have to maintain that population. For example if our earth can have a population of 10 billion peoples, then when the population reaches 10 billion, then everyone should have only one child till the population reaches 9 billion peoples. As if we have only one child then the population decreases. When population is 9 billion peoples, then everyone should have 2 children's till the population reaches 10 billion peoples. After that again we should have only one child. In this way population can be maintained.
@@shivakoliar4846 your efforts are silly.
Yeah this deserve to be in DW documental, please
Its so ironic to see them living in dark while the land where they're staying is the land because of which big cities have light💔💔
8:07 was kind of a scary part. It seemed like some people from the coal mining company will come and threaten you to never talk about it publicly but gladly that didnt happen and you had a warm welcome from the tribal people
That is a mine of COAL INDIA LIMITED a Public sector unit run by the government.
No such thing will ever happen.
Also they only refused as they are bound by disciplinary rules.
More energy? Just stop bitcoin system and you would not know where to spend all extra energy.
I think in Appalachia mountains in the USA the mining company has to clean up afterwards: put the coal ash back, then cover it with a layer of topsoil and plant trees. It's not perfect, but it's at least less bad than leaving behind square kilometres of blasted moonscape.
this can be done, if we hold the coal company (which is COAL India, I am assuming ) to account to the damage they are doing to the local ecosystem.
@@vijayganesh7367 Holding the company accountable increases the cost of coal (and lessens it's appeal as an energy source) and the cost of energy. India is a developing country with high corruption. My guess is, they're just going to suppress any news of apocalyptic levels of pollution, much like China does, and maybe slowly improve things in the background.
Is there anyway reforestation/rewinding programs can be implemented in the abandoned mines?
thats what I thought too!
And of course wonderful to see Germany moving from nuclear to coal, ensuring that there is price and supply pressure on coal, so more mines are opened. Great stuff guys.
They got spooked after Fukushima... even though that was caused by a tsunami breaching the nuclear plant that was built right by the sea in an earthquake & tusnami-prone country .
@@jonathantan2469 I think the arguments are strong for not opening any more conventional nuclear plants, though fusion and thorium salt reactors have some factors that merit probably a couple of hundred billion in research for each, just to make sure they can't be made to work. But closing down perfectly good plants, that still have a couple of decades of safe use left for coal is plain insanity. I mean, have they checked the weather recently???
@@jonathantan2469 fujikama nuclear power plant was meant to deal with worlds strongest earthquake from outside but the prob was because of tsunami there was power cut and there generators failed to produce electricity and nuclear meltdown occurred (overheating because of nuclear reaction) it is really a rare case as generators are not supposed to stop functioning like that ........it is a myth that nuclear reactor was destroyed from direct tsunami
And it is ideal to built a nuclear reactor near coast as its free nearly useless water can be used for cool down
@@sol90981 yes nuclear plants r very safe sadly most ppl don’t know tt
@@Noah-od4my ya hydroelectric dams are more dangerous than power plants but nuclear energy waste is potent and is infamous for being used as a raw material for nuclear bombs
DW your work is very much appreciated
Love for dw from Canada
I still can't believe people like you are still present in India. When most of the youth is rushing towards Westernization and you would find most people and Pubs and Bars, you are driving all the way to a remote location, caring for nature and tribal people. Thank you so much for being an Indian, a nature lover, a voice raiser and most importantly a caretaker of humanity.
She is also follows Western..uses good car,High priced Macbook, iPhone...etc
@@iammhdr I wish you would realise that development has nothing to do with westernization
This was a wonderful report such great work @DW. I think the key to addressing the issue really lies in the Legislative framework which must ensure fair relocations and compensation for these villages as well as mine rehabilitation. Every mining company must be held responsible for rehabilitating old mine sites and must be penalized for not doing so. Considering the growing demand and population, mining coal won't be stopping anytime soon in India however succession planning can start by making investments in renewable energy (Geothermal, Solar, Wind and Hydropower). The greenhouse gas emissions pose a great threat to all of humanity hence the need to transition to clean energy.
Thank You so much @DW for bringing this to light. Many people lack awareness in India about these environmental issues caused from fossil fuels. Coal is the dirtiest of all fossil fuels.
Fantastic report, Aditi! Loved how the whole story was pieced together. ❤️
So much confidence it gives to me when I see young and generation people are willing to do things against the cruelty and illegal things...in my country nepal people will just resist such things and will say it's all politics we can't do anything most people will say this...glad for such awareness like you gave young lady
Save the environment
Yeah first stop using smartphone that using electricity sourced from dirty coal
This made me so sad. I have tears in my eyes watching this. I can only pray for those lovely people that God help them and they find justice. Much love from South Africa.
Solar energy is getting cheaper than coal...... India should focus on solar panels....
India is already investing a lot in solar, and can produce it at the cheapest cost compared to any other country, but its not really scalable at the moment. Mainly because we have no big way to save solar energy. But at the same time, the country has made no pledges to transition away from coal, and now wants to increase production so it can one day stop imports. So basically, just investing in solar is not enough, we also badly need to plan to stop investing in coal..
@@aditirajagopal Solar PV is perfectly scalable like no other energy source. It ranges from milliwatt to gigawatt. India has abundance of land for utility scale PV in Rajasthan or ontop of the coal mining badlands or agriculture combined with PV is another viable option. Two of the biggest EPC companies in the worldwide solar bussines are Mahindra and Stirling & Wilson, both Indian companies, both built abroad already solar parks in the GW scale. Everything is available in India: knowledge, experience, land, industry, solar resources (as well as Hydro, Wind and Biomass resources).
@@meerkathero6032 Rajasthan has potential but costs are high there due to environmental regulations.
This is sad , the same thing is happening in South Africa the farm I was born in , as we speak the mine started the process of relocating the all residence living in the farm
Thanks Aditi and Planet A team.
Very true and informative !! Helped me to understand economics of resources more clearly. Thank-you and hoping for a Sustainable Development.
You should come to north eastern pennsylvania AKA the Coal Region, the mines arent this size, anymore but if you look at a miners map, it looks like a checker board of unstable mines, with towns living normal lives on top of them all. The area near the famous centralia coal mine fires is where you should look into.
Great work .....so informative...u bring real india to us
Great content .....i really fell in love with this reporter she is a stud .Reporting through darks and lights .... keep growing
Phone and notebook consuming small amount of energy in comparison to car or other things
You need nuclear power as a substitute for coal. Unless you want to live without electricity.
So much innocence!
Nuclear power is much more catastrophic for the locals and dont even get me started on effects of its waste..
Just watch chernobyl for faint idea...
@@manikanta-qx3jl nuclear power is far better than coal- the chernobyl disaster was caused by out of date technology and poor safety standards
@@manikanta-qx3jl uffff....learn something about Nuclear reactor engineering.
@@manikanta-qx3jl , that's exactly what happens when you get your science knowledge from movies and all that crap.
@@danc101
If its better then everybody will use it. I dont think uranium supplies is easy and cheap to get.
I m also resides from mines area , but I never ever realised these facts , really it such a serious issue,
Urs work really appreciate and generation must have to think about that
An excellent & daring expose, with the visuals capturing the devastation of once prime forest land. Will the govt take note at least now 🤔
Thank you :) It was truly devastating to see the scale of it.
It's naive to believe the government is unaware.
A large % of citizenry is, hence the govt has no incentive to act.
India has one of the largest Solar projects in thr world moreover our per capita power consumption is less than global average.
Really amazing film. It teach me not to waste electricity at all because it cost everything for someone.
i understand your passion for covering such a sensitive topic.. when India needs a cheap source of energy you only hv coal... what you cover may be true for few areas but govt. mining companies always pay its dues if authenticated... do you know 1 employment is given for every 2 acre of land apart from compensation and rehabilitation... and if you care to know in some place whenever locals know of proposed coal mine they will pitch tent to get compensation and create disturbances for everyone... FC act has embedded enough compensation for every forest land diverted, only follow up with MoEF&CC for proper utilization of the money they received.. there is also another term of mine closure plan, where it states when and how to close a mine with reclamation of this areas... Germany had become a developed country through Industrial Revolution and they are responsible for global warming many times over India, even today just check out per capita carbon footprint of India versus developed world.. when you want to sit in comfortable office AC room.. think about people who had to slough it out in that adverse condition and remote area and many of them are from elite engineering college with tag, only believing they are also contributing for nation growth.. jai hind
why should it be the case even in just a few areas? going by your words, 1 employment per 2 acre looks to make sure only the well offs get employment. Not undermining the contribution of the tagged engineers to the nation, they or rich city dwellers are not forced to work against their will, surely not putting their livelihood at stake. the developed nations did not have the environmental issues so much at their early stages of industrialisation, still, their common people suffered heavily through those days. EVen then, should we look for excuse wrongdoings in their falure?
awesome documentary
Good job everyone at this channel
Hey DW, come to the national coal capital of India - Dhanbad, Jharkhand. You will be even more surprised to see the ground realities of coal mining here.
That will be a great story!
There are things that are beyond our strenght to stop. But a constructive effort and approach might slow this down by encouraging new research around how to balance the biodiversity on the lost path. I will make my mark by educating the people who can undestand this and can act for the future.
We can like isreal ....isreal gave more emphasis on efficiency rather than source and it is able to fulfill its needs as well as conserve environment and humanity
Although Miyawaki method is not a replacement to naturally grown forest, but the barren land has to be converted into a forest, it has to be, but how can we do that, how much connection would that require. We can post this on linkedin and observe whether we can collaborate with organization which can make sure that native vegetation is grown in that defunct coal mine
my friend its already done with expertise people... this western news agency are just making unnecessary noise...
@@dangmeipunshi ok, you chose to stay dormant on this matter, meanwhile the barren land stays barren
@@vijayganesh7367 Reclamation can't be dont overnight, it can only be done after series of other activities, i recommended you go through BCCL eco restoration sites write up available in thier website, i hope some of your doubt would be clear
I understand because I live america in the Appalachian mountains we have same problems here also
I am from a tribal community, this is shocking how our fellows country men had treated the lesser and poorer section. Govt both centre and states should open their eyes and ears for sustainable developement of all section of society.
It's so depressing to see that the mining company failed to do their responsibility not only to the local communities especially the Indigenous groups but also the environment. From what I know, mining industry is very particular working with the IPs. They must be treated given royalties, trainings and be absorbed in the company, livelihoods, and good relocation if needed. From the video, it's evident that they (company) failed to do or provide these things. Under Responsible mining, there must be a harmonious relationship with the local communities and stakeholders in order to conduct operations. It saddened me to see this 🙁🙁
In Sri Lanka, the power is shut off in regions rotating during the day due to too little power being available. Yet, a huge amount of energy is wasted, AC was turned on everywhere in (uninsulated) rooms that were not used, lights especially in stores were rarely switched off etc - I wonder how much education could contribute to reducing the energy consumption. (Of course the same applies to the global north)
Sri lanka is part of the global north. Sri lanka is above the equator.
@@RK-cj4oc The term global north has nothing to do with the geographical term
@@dondoron5377 Ah i looked it up on google. Thank you for the correction and teaching me.
@@RK-cj4oc Thanks for reacting that way - a rare thing in online discussions :)
Unique..
I like it.. 👍
Madam, where are we headed. When will we realize that in the race in which we are participating, each one of us will loose, some today and some tomorrow - please keep up the good work - regards from Mumbai
When the mainstream media is full of cacophonous sycophancy someone is doing real journalism here...
Very nice
Good job
Brutal. No idea how to curb our appetite for energy. Actually 1 idea. Heat pumps, specifically geothermal. Energy efficient for both cooling and heating. It's ridiculous they cost so much.
Seen a few and unless they have certain conditions they are crap.
Build the mine in the UK
I appreciate efforts of DW team and urge them to make a similar film on Waste to Energy projects and it's reality in India and World as many people are seeing W-2-E projects as an alternative to coal for power generation specifically in India where we have abundance of garbage from cities and shortage of their dumping grounds.
Grate information
My research topic is based on development displacement
I have been working on that past 2 years I know the situation of mining area's
I wish to join your team❤️❤️
Solar might be
It doesn't matter we loved the film, We just love 24X7 electricity and worldly pleasure so much that we are not interested in its harmful effect on others who do not have the means. It is the truth we cannot produce even a needle without harming the environment even then we're exploring the earth as if everything was waiting to be exploited by what we call wise men.
You my brother is talking the truth. The fact is that the birth of every human puts a load on earth and environment. These renewable sources and recycling are all gimics to let someone run his business and livelihood for employees. If humans wants to live a comfortable and civilized life, we cannot escape the degradation of environment.
India should turn to solar energy...
As they dig the earth some ratio of planting trees and taking responsibility on them to make them grow ,which is not a big deal for huge companies .. as they invest in huge machineries and vehicles with such ease by vision of huge profits with the land.
A classy work... International standards.
Awesome
The economy and ecology should go hand in hand.unconsious economy growth leads to distractive and blind walk on the planet.
The only solution for trade off btw growth and development is green energy/sustainable development. I would like to point out that there is Vriksharopan Abhiyan by Ministry of Coal, whereby it seeks to conduct large scale plantation in mined out areas, overburden dumps etc. In simple terms its is Going Green Campaign.
How many years it will take to restore a forest? And from where they are getting the fertile soil?
I agree this is one way to improve the situation, but i think, it is also about how much and how unequally we consume..what do you think?
It's about individual choices not green energy.
In the face of clear video evidence of the impact on the ground are you not going to feel any burden while experiencing air-conditioning at home or office is what it boils down to. Or are you going to remove all the air-conditioning? There is never going to be enough green energy for all the excessive needs. Large scale air-conditioning in cities is unsustainable and will keep destroying our forests.
And nothing is going to replace those old growth ancient forests. There are no simple terms over there.
Smh, green washing at its finest.
Instead of using coal or natural fuel... company have to focus on use something new way to solve this problem like hydrogen gas can use to produce fire to boil water in boiler instead of coal...this thing is not too difficult for the company to set up a hydrogen production plant near Power plant for production of electricity... And biogas is also can be use to solve the problem.
Power plant need fuel to burn and produce heat to transfer that energy into mechanical then electrical. So as per me we can use this type of gas to solve this big problem...and hydrogen and biogas are unlimited.
Do some survey in Meghalaya.
The obvious 'choice' is to ditch coal altogether. Nuclear energy is an excellent source of cleaner, renewable energy source and India's nuclear agreement with the US was to have facilitated just that except it didn't. Another is solar but here again the west has not made available the funds they said they said they would in the Paris Accord. The West must invest on scales large enough in frontier energy areas like solar, wind etc that it becomes affordable enough for developing countries like India to adopt widely.
"If wind-generated electricity were to supply 25 percent of global demand by 2030 (forecast [pdf] to reach about 30 petawatt-hours), then even with a high average capacity factor of 35 percent, the aggregate installed wind power of about 2.5 terawatts would require roughly 450 million metric tons of steel. And that’s without counting the metal for towers, wires, and transformers for the new high-voltage transmission links that would be needed to connect it all to the grid.
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To make the steel required for wind turbines that might operate by 2030, you’d need fossil fuels equivalent to more than 600 million metric tons of coal." from IEEE
Well it's a good thing that wind isn't the only renewable option out there
Great Documentry,But wanted to tell that before the commencement of the Mining Activity Every mine owner/ agent / manager of the mine have to submit an Environment Impact Plan and a detailed report about Mine closure plan in which one has to reclaim or rehabilitate the mine area. But these whole thing is done just for a piece of paper, no one really cares to make the place heavenly. And Truly speaking we don't have a choice rather than coal for our electricity.There are only 8-9 nuclear power plants and the renewable sources of energy is not up to the mark. So the reason you and me are watching this video is because of that black diamond. Sad But True.
Why not govertment help citizens put their own solar on their top of the house and get the same Electricty bill to make it pay as an EMI for the loan taken for the solar panels. But they won't if they do most people will change to solar and government will be out of business in the electricity sector and will have no control or power over people.
There is a scheme to buy the solar panels at discounted rate and you can even sell the electricity to the government, which they will happily oblige.
In Indonesia few months ago our goverment make a new law about coal ash and palm oil waste, they said coal ash (fly ash and bottom ash) and spent bleaching earth (palm oil waste) are no longer categorized as B3 (bahan beracun dan berbahaya) or dangerous and toxic substance.
fun fact
1. some minister in Indonesia actually among the richest person in Indonesia and own huge share in coal company
2. 5 out of 20 richest person in Indonesia own palm oil bussiness
We love our coal but theses problems needs to be solved
She looks like Arundhati Nag when she was younger.
Those Tribes need our help.
What about Biogas Energy
Hi Deepak! Thanks for asking, as previously we made a video on biomass, you can watch it here 👉 czcams.com/video/XXu15NlOuGo/video.html. Please share what you think in the comments. ☀
Mining is important for the development of our country but the main concern is indigenous people, need to be shifted from there.
My suggestion is that government should first think about the public and then mining. Indian are more imp. As compared to development of the country.
Every where sustainable mining needs to be adopted & plantation should be increased
I think the very first thing the government should do is make the mines pay to reforest those mines that used to be forest. I wish them good luck and let's see if it is still worth it
Always in big energy or mining projects output is economical, but example in China electric three Gorges dams relocated 1.3 million people and thousands of square kilometers of land been lost, economist not count that land is also commodity, same with mining i2.5 million people been relocate for coal mining purposes forest and agriculture land also is lost forever.
Make sure to do one on Lithium mining too! And what happens to wind turbine parts when they are too old.
You won't see that, it does not fit the books
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Renewable energy isn't perfect but it's far better than coal
@@danc101 who does the mining for the lithium and cobalt? And not all solar platforms are in the desert... Nuclear and especially Thorium are the future
@@Dave-zp3cl agreed, Nuclear is the answer to all the problems
@@Dave-zp3cl refer to my previous comment. Steps can be taken to reduce the environmental impact of cobalt and lithium mining, and once we have enough of it, we can recycle it. But I do agree with you on nuclear-it's going to be essential for transitioning away from fossil fuels
You could also make Such documentary in Germany.
I would love to subscribe to your Chanel, but I just don’t want to see sadness, I know is true, it just too real to me
India is special no western countries condem their actions to destroy environmental because of political reasons but this country is a big catch of our planet sustainability
Great job didi
We depends a lot from electricity, sometimes technology sucks
Being from the same state & an mining engineer I am sure that it is hyped!!!
0:28 personally I wouldn't have it.
Please do videos on plastic also ma'am 😭😭😭.. how can I join your team please tell I will definately join we protest it🙏
India is trying to convert all the open pit coal mines into close coal mines. The next logical step is to treat the drinking water. One more step can be forcing the companies to remedy the loss done by mining once the mining cintract duration is finished. The government also needs to incentivise roof-top solar which is still very low in India. This will reduce the requirement of the electricity required from the plants.
Why don’t they just make a tunnel to mine it, under the villages?
Do come to meghalaya and see how they dig a coal mine here you will find a very dangerous process
Planet Earth future will be 100% dire.
Solution is simple, give them the share of what profit those coal mines are making, so that their lives will become brighter too- But this may not be going to happen, since we are living in Capitalist society. Second option is always tough- Let those people form a union and revolt against the theft of their property by any means possible-not just peaceful protest. Union is Strength. Growth is good but at what cost. Sacrificing some innocent people for our luxury is evil at all levels. Doing evil will always have its consequences. If they are silent -either they will be displaced from that location as beggars or they will disappear from Earth by Capitalist.
Well done Germany on replacing your clean nuclear energy with this coal.
truly forward-thinking!
Is it possible to replant forests in abandoned coal mines? Shouldn't that solve the rehabilitation problem to some extent at least.
Yes it is possible. In the state of MP India they even did so in dead plants (mines).
Yes it is possible to replant forests, but it costs money which badly regulated mining companies don’t want to spend. Ideally the first step in surface mining is to strip fertile top soil and store it separate from the rest of the overburden waste. After the mine is finished returning the overburden and top soil is almost universally the law everywhere in the world, but it looks like enforcement is lousy in this part India.
Good work. Keep it up. In fact, suggest you to play it on some national news channel doing tie- up just like BBC broadcast its half an hour show on NDTV India.
And now, coming cryptocurrency mining. Which demanded more and more cheap power source. What a life,
I wold of told them to drink the water and see what they do 5:18
I am a mining engineer,We need to take care of stakeholders.My company take care of neighborhood.But others don't I know.Can we discuss and give solutions on your channel?
I am sure it would help India if they were less populous. More resources could be allocated per person.
I'm afraid the people producing coal are they that have made it such a necessity. There is no going back.
I live in coal mining area..People never bother about pollution here... The people you have shown in the video are really in bad situation they have to be provided homes hospital and a school.
why don't we fill up that abandoned coal mines and reestablish the biodiversity there or plants the trees? peoples say we want to plant trees but where do we do it. So ?
I have friends in America that lived by where coal was fracked. It destroyed the area.
Faster kill the Planet
Make a video about German coal mining😁
Is there any thing which we can do to stop/close this mining industries?
Can we file PIL in the court?
Hi Azeem, absolutely that would be within your right, but at the moment India has no scalable alternatives for energy. So rather than shutting it down completely, in my opinion, its about extracting sustainably, following regulations and improving transparency while planning the quickest, and most just transition away from coal possible. That's what citizens like you and me should be demanding from our government. And of course, treating indigenous communities more fairly in the process..
So yes, you could maybe file a PIL in that direction :)
You can stop using electricity.
:)
We need help 😢
please make a report on air pollution in bangladesh
Thanks for the suggestion! We haven't done a report specifically on Bangladesh, but here is a general explainer video about air pollution in Asia and what can be done to combat it: czcams.com/video/q89U4Gs8HYo/video.html