Congress leader Rahul Gandhi recently expressed his disagreement with a decision taken by his party’s government in Chhattisgarh to allow coal mining in the Hasdeo forest.
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The state government had in March given a go-head for coal mining in an area of 1,136 hectares under the second phase of Parsa East-Kete Basan (PEKB) coal block.
A sprawling forest in the northern part of Chhattisgarh, Hasdeo Arand is known for its biodiversity and also its coal deposits.
The forest falls under Korba, Sujapur and Sarguja districts with sizeable tribal population.
The Hasdeo river, a tributary of Mahanadi, flows through it.
Released in 2021, a report on the region by the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) termed Hasdeo Arand the “largest un-fragmented forests in Central India consisting of pristine Sal (Shorea robusta) and teak forests.”
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