Jharkhand's Jharia remains the most important coal mine of India. Having the largest coal reserves provides earning opportunities to the local villagers. They are so poor that their children suffer from several nutrition deficiency diseases. To keep body and soul together they are forced to send their little ones to work as laborers in the coal mining mines. And remember the mines are not safe, they are the breeding stones of danger. Poisonous gases (like carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxide), extreme levels of pollution, and underground fires make situations worse. Since 1916 this coal field has grasped almost half a million people with its poisonous gases and underground fires. Toxic gases have irked skin and diseases pertaining to the lungs. Additionally, reports say that around 70 individual underground fires are taking place in and around Jharia. The bursting of fire causes lands to collapse along with resident's houses and water pipes. Thus, it is quite evident that the environment around the mines is health affecting. It is the prime factor behind wheezing, other respiratory issues, tuberculosis, etc. The hot blowing flames have also forced the villagers to live around to abandon their broken and burnt homes and seek shelter in a new place in search of earning opportunities. Jharia is predominant with illegal mining activities. There are mafias who take charge of illegal mining. They force the villagers to work as laborers for less than 2 USD without providing them any kind of protection. The illiterate villagers with no alternative to work are forced to work as mining laborers in the illegal mines. Even though they aren’t able to provide for their children! They strive hard to meet the daily requirements of food. Sending their children to school is a dream for them. Therefore, to make sure they are able to meet the bare minimum needs of the family they are often forced to sell their children to the coal mining mafias.