“Our world gets snatched away”

Surender Oraon, an Oraon Adivasi [Indigenous] leader from Jharkhand, central India, speaks about the devastating impact that coal mining has on the Adivasi people whose lands are taken away. He explains that Adivasi identity is so deeply rooted in land that when it’s stolen from them their whole world is snatched away.

Adivasi people across India are in danger of being displaced and having their lives destroyed under Prime Minister Modi’s plans to massively expand coal mining in the country – particularly on Adivasi land.

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