Child Labor in Indian coal mines (28 photos)

In the Indian district Dzhaintiya Hills, located in the northeast of the state of Meghalaya are thousands of young workers, some of whom do not have and eight. Wanting to start as early as possible to earn money to support their semi, they drop out of school to work in the mines in very dangerous conditions. Officially, child labor is banned in India, and allegedly met safety standards in mines, but loopholes in the law allow to bypass many restrictions.

Young miners go down the stairs from woven twigs dug in the coal mines, squeeze in the "rat holes" are so small that they can not be even walk on their knees. Lying flat, they are working with primitive tools and their bare hands: human labor is much cheaper machine.