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Chhattisgarh: Tree cutting for coal mining starts in Hasdeo amid protests
2 years, 2 months ago

Chhattisgarh: Tree cutting for coal mining starts in Hasdeo amid protests

Hindustan Times  

RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh’s forest department on Monday started felling trees for the second phase of Parsa East Kente Basan coal mine project amid continuing protests by activists and villagers against clearance to coal mines in the state’s biodiversity-rich Hasdeo Arand region. Surguja Collector Kundan Kumar said that the forest department started felling trees in Pendramar-Ghatbarra forest on Tuesday morning for phase …

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How are Chhattisgarh’s Adivasis fighting back miners in central India’s densest forest?
2 years, 5 months ago

How are Chhattisgarh’s Adivasis fighting back miners in central India’s densest forest?

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 26, 2022 18:00 IST - 10 MINS READ For years, tribal and forest-dwelling communities have opposed mining in Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand, one of central India’s most dense forests. Hasdeo’s 23 coal blocks fall under a “No-Go” category listed in a joint study published by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of …

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Chhattisgarh: Won't budge till all coal mine projects withdrawn, say protesters on 111th day of stir
2 years, 5 months ago

Chhattisgarh: Won't budge till all coal mine projects withdrawn, say protesters on 111th day of stir

The Hindu  

After battling the scorching heat of the summer months while protesting against the clearances to coal mines projects in Hasdeo Arand region since March this year, villagers in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district are now prepared to get drenched in the monsoon rains during their ongoing agitation. The protest at Hariharpur village, located around 60 km away from Ambikapur, against three coal …

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Rajasthan likely to plunge into severe power crisis if coal not provided from Chhattisgarh
2 years, 7 months ago

Rajasthan likely to plunge into severe power crisis if coal not provided from Chhattisgarh

India TV News  

Highlights Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited CMD RK Sharma has said the state may see power crisis Sharma said he met the state officials of Surguja in Chhattisgarh over the crisis "Coal supply only enough till June is left," Sharma said Rajasthan is likely to plunge into a severe power crisis, the state's Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited CMD RK Sharma said …

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C’garh to hold public hearings on mining in coal block with 98% forest cover
3 years, 6 months ago

C’garh to hold public hearings on mining in coal block with 98% forest cover

Hindustan Times  

The Chhattisgarh government will hold public hearings in July in villages around the Kente Extension coal block as part of the process to grant environmental clearance to mining in the forested and biodiversity-rich Hasdeo Arand region, people aware of the matter said. “We are following the TOR of the concerned ministry, and we are bound to do it.” On the …

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Coal mine auction opens up forest stretches
4 years, 6 months ago

Coal mine auction opens up forest stretches

Hindustan Times  

Forty-one coal mines up for auction this time includes fully explored and partially explored mines in states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha. The list of 41 mines suggests that several of them are in biodiversity rich forest areas of central India, including a few in one of the largest contiguous stretches of dense forest called Hasdeo Arand …

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