印度加里亚煤田的偷煤贼The Coal thieves of Jharia 苏巴斯•沙玛 2010-03-23 17:39:45
印度加里亚煤田的偷煤贼
The Coal thieves of
Jharia
With no other source of income the Locals of Jharia have taken to
ste
aling and looting the Coal from coal trucks which transport the
coal from the coal mines to the storage depots.For India, the Jharia coal
fields in Dhanbad, Jharkhand is the source of most of the nation's coal. But for
the people who live above an inferno, Jharia is a condemned place. For almost a
century, fires have burned uncontrolled in the mines beneath Jharia, polluting
the air with poisonous fumes and splitting the ground with dangerous fissures.
The fires cause land to subside, swallowing buildings and releasing poisonous
gases which contaminate air, water and land.For the impoverished local residents
of Jharia, stealing coal to sell and picking through collapsed buildings for
salvageable material is a dangerous way of life. And now, with the earth
literally collapsing beneath their feet, they face an ecological disaster.
由于没有其他经济来源，加里亚当地居民不得不从往返于煤矿和储煤仓库的运煤车上偷抢煤块。位于加尔克汉德邦丹巴德的加里亚煤田是印度国内最主要的煤炭来源地。但是对于当地居民来说，加里亚简直就是一座炼狱。近一个世纪以来，来自加里亚煤区地下的地火一直在无休止的燃烧，导致有毒气体污染大气，大地被撕裂成危险的裂隙。地火致使土地塌陷，吞噬着地上建筑并释放出有毒气体污染着空气，水和土壤。对于穷困潦倒的加里亚当地居民来说，偷抢煤块和去倒塌建筑里拾荒是十分危险的谋生手段。现在，随着他们脚下土地继续塌陷，当地居民正面临着严重的生态灾难。 |
