India's nuclear backyard
Updated On Feb 23, 2014 01:24 pm IST
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Numerous children are being affected by nuclear radiation in Jadugoa. Dhanram Gop, 13, suffers from a congenital deformity (Photo: Chinky Shukla)
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Sanjay Gop, 8, is mentally challenged. He was born with weak limbs. He attends school but is not allowed inside without an attendant (Photo: Chinky Shukla)
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The pipe that the little girls are sitting on carries radioactive waste from the mines to the tailing pond. UCIL has erected signboards to warn people (Photo: Chinky Shukla)
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Babloo, 7, has been bedridden since birth. He suffers from cerebral palsy. His father is a uranium miner (Photo: Chinky Shukla)
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