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Alok Prakash Putul
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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
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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
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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
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After losing Maharashtra, Shiv Sena tries hard to hold on to India’s richest civic body
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The travelogue of an Indian maharaja who disliked China and loved Japan
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Why ex-servicemen in India don’t get many job offers after retiring from the armed forces
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Eknath Shinde takes oath as chief minister of Maharashtra
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Chhattisgarh’s policy to feed excess paddy to wild elephants may do more harm than good
After multiple attacks by tuskers, locals have begun doubting the state’s plans to prevent human-wildlife conflict by feeding the surplus crop to the animal.
Alok Prakash Putul
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Maoist insurgency in all three of Chhattisgarh’s tiger reserves has made conservation difficult
While two of the protected areas were already inside Maoist territory for years, a recent classification has put the Achanakmar reserve in the red corridor.
Alok Prakash Putul