Fishing for coins in the Ganges river to survive

Name: Fishing for coins in the Ganges river to survive
Uploaded: 2018-08-16T23:22:07.000Z
Duration: 2 min 40 s
Description: Meet the men who fish for coins for a living in the Ganges, one of India's largest rivers.

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A group of men in the northern Indian town of Allahabad spend 10-12 hours in the Ganges river every day fishing for coins.

This is their only source of income.

Video by Vikas Pandey.

Additional footage by Ankit Srinivas

India

17 August 2018