💨 Abstract

Forest rights activist Alok Shukla asserts that the biodiversity-rich Hasdeo Aranya forests in Chhattisgarh, where tribals are protesting against tree felling for coal mining, can be protected while meeting India's coal demands. Claims of development and improved lives through coal mining are misleading, he says, as communities often protest due to broken promises and loss of rights.

Courtesy: theprint.in