Chhattisgarh: Tree cutting for coal mining starts in Hasdeo amid protests Officials said about a dozen people from Ghatbarra village were detained for allegedly misleading and instigating villagers RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh’s forest department on Monday started felling trees for the second phase of Parsa East Kente Basan (PEKB) 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 II…
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