The government of India makes a lot of money from coal production, but they do not take into account who this is affecting the most. Both the people and the elephants are being hit the hardest, not to mention the forests that are being destroyed. There have been 75 deaths of people and 30 deaths of elephants. People are having respiratory problems. Just imagine the children being affected. It's a travesty. People need clean air and water to live and it's like the government doesn't care. Someone needs to step up and do something.

The people in India are in a dilemma that's based on greed, like most things. The poorer population is suffering heavily by the country's dependence on coal. The impact of it is already severed. I'm really surprise that there is even enough of an elephant population that can cause so much trouble, but in the end it isn't their fault either.

I feel bad for the elephants and the people who live next to the mines in India. I know that America used a lot of coal as it was industrializing, so it is hard for me to blame India for what they are doing to the people and animals.  It seems like the people are promised and do not get so little compensation for their lost due to the coal mines.