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In widow village, they die for Rs 200 a day [1]

NARAYAN BARETH

Sriji Ka Kheda is now practically a village of widows. Falling under Bhilwara district, the village has 60 houses and 70 widows. Most of their husbands lost their lives working as labour in quarries and dying of silicosis.

"It is a very sad story.
Most of the widows are under 40," said Bhanwar Bairwa of Salja panchayat.

Publication Date: 
30/10/2009
Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Mining [3], Health Effects [4], Women [5], Occupational Health [6], Silicosis [7], Rajasthan [8], Bhilwara (D) [9]

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