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Nepal and leads in terms of industry. Because of political instability, the financial crisis, load shedding and strikes, the once prosperous city is having to close down many of its factories leaving thousands jobless and penniless. The political circumstance is paying a toll on the people of Nepal who are now facing some of their hardest times. Biratnagar, Nepal.

 

This man worked in the Biratnagar Jute Mills for most of his adult life but has now resorted to driving a rickshaw after the closing of the factory.

 

 

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Uploaded on August 8, 2009
Taken on July 20, 2009