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Left with few livelihood options, Adivasis and Dalits from villages on the border of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh take the train to various towns to sell firewood and earn a few hundred rupees after a hard day.

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Cutting wood, which will later be taken to the Manikpur railway junction and other stations, and then to markets in various towns along the train route. 2/n

Women crossing the sluice gate of a dam, carrying their daily load of firewood. 3/n

Crossing a tributary of the Mandakini river after collecting wood from the nearby forest. 4/n

Carrying the heavy loads of firewood across rivers, roads and railways. 5/n

Waiting to load the firewood on the train at Shankargarh station. 6/n

The train approaches the town of Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi), where some will get off to sell the logs. 7/n

Unloading the huge bundles one by one when the train stops at Jasra. 8/n

Exhausted, returning from the daily chaos of survival. Selling firewood barely brings Rs.100-300 a day, depending on quality, weather and demand. 9/n