Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand Coal Mining Approvals: Ecological Crisis and Tribal Resistance
The Hasdeo Arand forest in Chhattisgarh, often called the “lungs of Central India,” is one of the country’s last unfragmented old-growth forests, spanning 187,800 hectares across Surguja, Surajpur, and Korba districts. Beneath its dense…