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    Watch: These sand miners are risking drowning, all for India's building boom

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    · Jul 22, 2017 · 05:40 pm
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    A picture book for children on construction sites offers a look into their lives, joys and sorrows

    Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
    · May 28, 2017 · 11:30 am
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    Watch: An illegal building meant to collapse hilariously refuses to implode as planned

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    To fight effects of Delhi’s killer dust, construction workers are pinning hopes on jaggery

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