There are many places around the world where treasure worth billions of rupees is hidden. Some of these treasures were hidden by humans hundreds of years ago, while some are natural places where precious gems like gold and diamonds are found. Today we are going to tell you about one such place, where there is a treasure full of gold. The name of this place is La Rinconada, which is situated 5 kilometers above the Andes mountains of Peru. You will be surprised to know that more than 30 thousand people live just above this gold mine.
Despite being settled on treasury, the life of these people is as bad as hell. These people have been living in simple houses made of tin-tappers for years. Although it has the status of a city, but in reality it is nothing more than a settlement. You will be surprised to know that this is one of the highest settlements in the world, where people live at a height of 51,00 meters. However, despite being ‘built on a pile of gold’, many basic facilities are not available to the people in this city, there are neither roads nor any drainage system here.
It’s hot all over the country, but it’s cold here
Although it is very hot in South America, but this city is at such a height that it is always as cold as Greenland. The normal temperature here is 1.2 degrees Celsius. Not only this, while there is heavy rain in summer, there is complete drought like situation in winter. It is very cold during the day and freezing like ice at night. You will be surprised to know that neither the government nor any company authorized by the government does the work of digging gold mines here. This whole game runs illegally. The people living here are like bonded laborers, who are paid a pittance. In return, the men here extract gold by digging the ground and the women collect the pieces of gold scattered in the rocks.
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Still life is spent in poverty
Despite working in gold mines, the life of these people is as bad as hell. In such a situation, to earn money, women sell different goods and are also forced to do wrong things. Everything here is run illegally, hence neither any tax is levied nor is there any interference from the local government. In such a situation, there are neither roads, nor taps nor any sewage system. The work of all the companies engaged in digging gold mines is carried out illegally. In such a situation, workers do not even get salary. These laborers are simply allowed to take away the material found in the mine on the 31st day as wages. In such a situation, it is a matter of luck as to how much gold and how much stone is there in them.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 19, 2024, 15:53 IST
