Illegal Mining Threatens Farmland and Livelihoods in Mukerian

In Mukerian, India, farmers are facing a big problem: illegal mining is destroying their farmland.

Huge holes are being dug, making fields useless and causing nearby land to collapse.

Even though a court has told them to stop, the government is thinking about allowing more mining.

Farmers are worried, spending money to protect their land from being washed away by rain.

The people who live there are protesting, saying mining is hurting the environment and breaking the law because they have not held public hearings, as is required.

They fear losing their farms, their only way to make a living.