Dry throats consume toxic water inside mines

Sukinda, Chromite mines, Orissa

What you see is water stream 200 m below the ground. This water stream is the only source of water for 300 workers, working in these chromites mines. The hexavalent chromium contaminated water causes severe health problems including marked irritation of the respiratory tract, nasal Septum ulcers, and also irritant dermatitis rhinitis, bronchospasm and pneumonia