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Workers checking the repairing of a ship in the ship-breaking yard at Darukhana in Mumbai. It’s known in the World as having the cheapest labour force needed for Ship breaking. Workers are devoid of any safety mask, helmet or gloves.
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Worker cutting out a part of Ship’s knob which will be polished and then will be sold off in a nearby market at Lakdi Bunder in Mumbai. Even here, workers are devoid of any safety glasses, equipment to carry out such dangerous occupations.
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Worker cleaning out a wire coil with sand treatment for removing grease from a broken ship at Darukhana in Mumbai. These items will be sold off at a nearby market for a bigger margin. Such work without proper equipments and gloves lead to serious injury.
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: A Koli worker(Fisherman) taking a day’s rest over his repaired nets. Kolis are facing the worst crisis after Government declared a new Redevelopment Plan along the coastal area which will lead to demolition of whole Koli community.
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Yard’s welders carrying out repairing of a ship that just arrived in the Darukhana before moving on to Arabian Sea voyage.
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A women doing household chores over discarded ships in Darukhana in Mumbai. Devoid of any homes and misguided by Government officials, such people are exposed to high toxicity of chemicals coming out of these discarded ships.
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Construction of houses are so pathetic and the per square area is so less that there isn’t any difference between the yard and society. Many people faced death during monsoon time by falling into those creeks.
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One of many temporary houses made by workers and their families over stagnant oil spilled water. Exposing to such toxicity has led to many diseases in the area. There is no hospitals and healthcare nearby.
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Policeman searching out for people before ordering demolitions of those houses they term as ‘illlegal’ at Darukhana in Mumbai.
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People moving out their expensive property items from their home before Police ordered a massive demolition in Koala Bunder in Mumbai.
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People fleeing from the place as policeman starts pouring in as reinforcements in Koala Bunder in Mumbai
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A boy crying incessantly seeing his home being demolished and on fire. Children are the worst sufferers of such massive demolition. Books, shoes, and school bags, everything turns into black charcoal.
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A man tries picking up a photo of his son and daughter-in-law after the demolition was over at Koala Bunder, Mumbai.