Embracing the fire is destined for many childs of the region. I till found Kesariya a 12 year old boy from Bhowra smiling and hoping high amidst such apocalyptic and dire condition. Posting this on World Environment Day with high hopes that situation will improve in these areas and people can breathe fresh air. Environmental conditions must improve in these places as it has crossed all thresholds and human life is at stake. Opencast coal mining leads to more and more air pollution as fine dust contains coal particles, benzene soluble matters etc which are harmful to breathe. To cope up with significant energy demand opencast mining has been growing at extreme high pace. This is a thing to worry about. Earlier underground mining was the main method of mining operations and that generated much less pollution compared to the present increased practice of open cast mining. Leasing out mines to private contractors who follow less environmental norms as they mainly focus on digging out coal has also caused significant increase of air pollution in Jharia coal belt. The other hazard is underground coal fire burning for a century in the region which also spills out noxious fumes round the clock. On top of this coal scavengers burn raw coal to convert them into charcoal for earning better money. At night the view of the human abodes near the open cast mines looks like a huge crematorium with thousands of pyres burning because all the inhabitants of the place set fire to the coals scavenged by them at day time. By morning those becomes charcoal which are then sold to local markets at significantly low price.