Open problems · Land, forests & displacement
Coal mining in Hasdeo Arand
For more than a decade, a movement has resisted coal mining in the Hasdeo Arand forest over forest loss and gram-sabha consent.
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What we know
Coal mining in Hasdeo Arand has been opposed over the loss of forests and gram-sabha consent, in a movement more than a decade old. The area falls in the Surguja and Korba Lok Sabha seats.
Open questions
- How many coal blocks have been allotted in Hasdeo Arand, and how much forest has been cleared so far?
- What did the gram sabhas resolve, and were their resolutions followed?
- What do the forest and environmental clearances say?
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