Jharia, a living hell

Jharia, a living hell

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 8, 2016

Runtime

0h 52m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

100%

Original Title

Jharia, une vie en enfer

Director

Jean Dubrel

Description

Jharia is a mining town in Northeast India. we find it one of the richest countries of the coal deposits. For nearly a century, mining, poorly maintained, are ravaged by an uncontrollable and devastating fire. Propagating from vein to vein, the flames eat away the basement, spring from the earth, envelop the region in thick toxic fumes. For the residents, it was coal that wealth has become a curse.