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Alok Prakash Putul

As India faces coal shortages, a mine extension has been approved in the pristine Hasdeo forests

The mining plans have taken many by surprise as the Centre had declared the forest a biodiversity-rich reserve and ‘no-go’ area a decade ago.

Alok Prakash Putul
· May 29, 2022 · 09:30 pm
Lessons for Chhattisgarh from Madhya Pradesh on how to resettle those evicted from tiger reserves

Families from the Kanha Tiger Reserve underwent resettlement at the same time as those from Achanakmar. But their stories are starkly different.

Alok Prakash Putul
· Apr 24, 2022 · 01:30 pm
A forest fire is raging in Chhattisgarh at a time when those who can control it are on strike

Forest department officials say they are resorting to traditional methods to control fires as new equipment have not been useful.

Alok Prakash Putul
· Apr 12, 2022 · 01:30 pm