Children - Terre des Hommes
Children - Terre des Hommes Children - Terre des Hommes
Table of Contents About the Study 3 Mining Children — Intoroduction and Overview 5 Part I 13 National Overview Part II 45 State Reports 1. Karnataka 47 2. Maharashtra 65 3. Rajasthan 79 4. Madhya Pradesh 93 5. Chhattisgarh 103 6. Jharkhand 115 7. Orissa 127 8. Andhra Pradesh 165 Part III 177 Summary and Recommendations Part IV 189 Appendix- Our Experience with Right to Information Act Annexures a) Tables 199 b) Glossary of Terms 205
3 About the Study This study has been conducted jointly by HAQ: Centre for Child Rights and Samata in close partnership with the national alliance, mines, minerals and People (mm&P) network and Dhaatri Resource Centre for Women and Children, and supported by Terre des Hommes Germany (tdh), AEI & ASTM Luxembourg. The work follows on from an earlier fact-finding mission that was carried out in the iron ore mines of Bellary district, Karnataka. As well as being the first study to cover these issues in a comprehensive way, the study aims to form the basis for mobilisation and advocacy on this issue. We hope that, along with the mm&P network, we will be able to take forward this work and to campaign to bring real improvements in the lives of children affected by mining in India. This report aims to cover the three phases of mining — premining areas (where projects are being proposed and land needs to be attained), current mining areas (where mining is already taking place) and post-mining areas (where mining operations were significant but have now ceased). Field research was carried out in eight states to cover a range of different mining situations, as well as a range of minerals being mined in India today. The states covered were: Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. In Orissa we undertook case studies in a number of different sites as Orissa is a state most impacted by mining and has been the focus of further mineral expansion. Methodology This report is compiled from a combination of information gathered in the field and from secondary data. The sites for fieldwork were chosen to ensure a range of minerals, both minor and major minerals, were covered as well as a wide geographic space. One of the most important factors was the presence of a local organisation or an mm&P partner. This was a priority for two reasons, to secure local support with the research, and to ensure that local groups will take the campaign forward and use the study as a basis for mobilisation and advocacy in their states. Not all background data was available through Census statistics or in other public domains. Therefore, the decision was made to use the Right to Information (RTI) Act to gather missing information. RTIs were sent to a number of government departments, including state-owned mining companies, to find out the number of children working in mines, the number of people displaced by projects, various health statistics for people living in these districts and other information that is not readily available. (See end of Part 2 for responses to RTIs filed). The main methodology used for field case studies was to understand the overall development indicators of the children living around the mines while also identifying the children working in the mines, the nature of their work and working conditions and how their social life is impacted due to the external influences of the complex ad hoc communities of workers, truckers, contractors, traders and other players who form an amorphous and unscrupulous floating population around the mines. This was done through visits to villages, schools, anganwadi centres, primary health centres, orphanages, company run schools and hospitals, meetings with panchayat leaders, village elders, women’s groups, workers’ unions, local officials and NGOs, as well as visits to the mine sites.
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- Page 8 and 9: 4 List of states and districts visi
- Page 10 and 11: 6 However, closer observation of th
- Page 12 and 13: 8 In addition, almost all work perf
- Page 14 and 15: 10 Impacts Children are affected di
- Page 16 and 17: 12 is mandatory and this must be
- Page 18 and 19: 15 National Overview Mining has imp
- Page 20 and 21: 17 Table 1.2: Number of illegal min
- Page 22 and 23: 19 Table 1.3: Key indicators in min
- Page 24 and 25: 21 migrate to plain areas or are co
- Page 26 and 27: 23 had no land to start with and wo
- Page 28 and 29: 25 Although there is no data to sho
- Page 30 and 31: 27 2,055 children enrolled in Santu
- Page 32 and 33: 29 we will eat tomorrow,” said a
- Page 34 and 35: 31 GURIA is a dark-eyed little girl
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- Page 38 and 39: 35 In several districts of Rajastha
- Page 40 and 41: 37 Table 1.4: Total number of child
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- Page 52 and 53: 50 Kolar district: Key facts Total
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Table of Contents<br />
About the Study 3<br />
Mining <strong>Children</strong> — Intoroduction and Overview 5<br />
Part I 13<br />
National Overview<br />
Part II 45<br />
State Reports<br />
1. Karnataka 47<br />
2. Maharashtra 65<br />
3. Rajasthan 79<br />
4. Madhya Pra<strong>des</strong>h 93<br />
5. Chhattisgarh 103<br />
6. Jharkhand 115<br />
7. Orissa 127<br />
8. Andhra Pra<strong>des</strong>h 165<br />
Part III 177<br />
Summary and Recommendations<br />
Part IV 189<br />
Appendix- Our Experience with Right to Information Act<br />
Annexures<br />
a) Tables 199<br />
b) Glossary of Terms 205
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