{"id":186187,"date":"2025-10-22T12:27:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T07:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=186187"},"modified":"2025-10-22T12:27:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T07:27:27","slug":"indias-nuclear-waste-turns-jharkhand-into-graveyard-of-misery-kavya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/10\/22\/indias-nuclear-waste-turns-jharkhand-into-graveyard-of-misery-kavya.html","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s nuclear waste turns Jharkhand into graveyard of misery: Kavya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-186188\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/xxxxx-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/xxxxx-1.jpg 369w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/xxxxx-1-327x220.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/>New Delhi: Indian journalist and social commentator Kavya Karnatka has said that the true cost of India\u2019s claim to being a nuclear power is being paid by the forgotten and devastated villages of Jharkhand, where people live amid burning land, poisoned water, and slow death due to dumping of nuclear waste.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking in a media interview, Kavya revealed that Jharkhand, which produces the largest share of India\u2019s uranium and coal, has been turned into a wasteland. \u201cWe did not provide them with jobs; we gave them disabilities,\u201d she said, describing the tragic state of a village called Jadoo Ghora, where \u201cevery one out of five women undergoes miscarriage because we have dumped our nuclear waste there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said every third man in Jharkhand suffers from some form of disability, while people live with rashes all over their bodies and melted faces. \u201cHalf of the children face cognitive disability,\u201d she added. In another coal-producing area, she narrated, \u201cthe soil itself is burning due to excessive excavation of coal, and people are forced to use contaminated water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kavya questioned the government\u2019s claims of progress, saying, \u201cOur people say India has become Vishwaguru. However, this is not a fact.\u201d She contrasted India\u2019s supposed development with grim realities \u2014 \u201cLook at Mumbai; it has big skyscrapers, but it also has the world\u2019s largest slum, where around twenty people live in a small room that fills with water in the rains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She further noted that in capital city, New Delhi, \u201cpeople are fed water that looks like petrol \u2014 you can imagine the situation in the rest of India.\u201d Condemning India\u2019s illusion of urban prosperity, Kavya said, \u201cOur movies have taught us that Mumbai and Delhi are the best places to live. That traps people. Indian cities are the worst in the world \u2014 be it pollution or nature connectivity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added that even in the slums, \u201cdrugs like whitener have reached there \u2014 the only way out for people trapped in misery.\u201d Highlighting the plight of women and journalists, she said, \u201cWhen we step out, especially as women, we have no safety. Journalists don\u2019t cover such things because they don\u2019t want to expose it.\u201d Kavya\u2019s testimony exposes the stark inequality and environmental devastation in India\u2019s so-called economic growth story, showing how its poorest regions continue to pay the heaviest price for the country\u2019s pursuit of nuclear and industrial power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Indian journalist and social commentator Kavya Karnatka has said that the true cost of India\u2019s claim to being a nuclear power is being paid by the forgotten and devastated villages of Jharkhand, where people live amid burning land, poisoned water, and slow death due to dumping of nuclear waste. 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