RAIPUR: Tree felling for Parsa East and Kanta Basan (PEKB) extension coal mines in Hasdeo forest region in Surguja district in Chhattisgarh began on Thursday amidst massive security cover by police, ...

India's efforts to protect forests and hills amidst protests against mining and environmental threats in 2025.

The “#Save Hasdeo” campaign against tree felling for coal mining is emerging as a flashpoint with Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel and health minister T S Singhdeo taking a divergent stand ...

Authorities in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district on Thursday began cutting trees for the Parsa East and Kanta Basan phase-2 extension coal mines in the Hasdeo Arand forest amid heavy police deployment.

In December last year, when BJP assumed power in Chhattisgarh and Vishnu Deo Singh became the first-ever tribal chief minister of the state, the biodiversity-rich Hasdeo Arand region once again began ...

Spread across 1,70,000 hectares over the three districts of Surajpur, Surguja and Korba lies the dense forest of Hasdeo. Known as the “lungs of Chhattisgarh”, Hasdeo Arand is one of central India’s ...

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 ...

In the ongoing general elections, the issues concerning water, forests, and land, which have been a priority for tribal and other forest dwellers, have been sidelined by both major alliances, the ...

The moment Alok Shukla first saw the forest in central India stretching out before him, he knew two things instantly. One: that this forest - known as the lungs of Chhattisgarh, home to thousands of ...