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India's 'village of widows' - SCMP

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> The state of Rajasthan produces 70 percent of the sandstone in India. Much of it is exported overseas to countries like Germany and the United Kingdom for use in construction and landscaping. But many of the labourers who work in Rajasthan's sandstone mines have paid a deadly price. In the village of Budhpura, the majority of men have died from a lung disease called silicosis. The place has become known as the "village of widows".

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