Simultaneous struggles are ongoing in assertion of adivasi rights, to protect the forests and natural resources from destruction in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand and other parts of the country. One such struggle is the decade-long battle to protect Central India’s pristine, dense, biodiversity-rich forests, the Hasdeo Aranya, popularly known as the ‘Lungs of Chhattisgarh.’ By […]
Eminent scientists, social workers and citizens of the state has argued for immediate scrapping of the anti-environment and anti-life open-cast coal mining project at Deocha Pachami in Birbhum district of West Bengal. Groundxero is publishing the English translation of the appeal. To read the original Bengali version, click here. #দেওচা-পাচামি: পরিবেশ ও জীবন বিরোধী প্রকল্প বন্ধ হোক #ReisistDeuchaPachamiCoalMineProjet […]
Around 250 residents of Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand started a march from Surguja district to Raipur, around 330 kilometres away, on 4 October 2021, demanding cancellation of all coal mining projects in their region. Environmentalists and activists also took part in the march. After covering more than 300 km distance to the capital, Raipur over 10 days, […]