Theyalsoshowedmein anotherplacewhatthey thought wasa "leach-hole, " through which thepondleaked out under ahill into a neighboringmeadow, pushing me out onacake of ice to see it.
The principal danger for people living near Jaduguda, say environmentalists, is a 40-hectare "tailing" pond used to hold liquid and solid waste produced in the processing of the ore into yellow cake.