AN ECOLOGICAL disaster has been unfolding in Chhattisgarh, with a private company indulging in excessive mining without environmental clearance for the past four years.

A high-level committee of the union environment ministry has sought fresh clarification from SAIL on its proposal for setting up a beneficiation plant at its Rajhara iron ore mines in Chhattisgarh.

New Delhi: There is more trouble for Lanco Infratech’s R16,000-crore Gare Palma-II coal mining-cum-power generation project in the Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh as Jindal Power proposes to set u

May Be A Front To Acquire Tribal Land: Cong MLA

Providing the cheapest energy to consumers, mineral-rich Chhattisgarh will remain a no-power-cut state for the next 20 years, the Chief Minister, Mr Raman Singh, has said.

Chhattisgarh will be using Global Positioning System (GPS) to curb illegal mining in the state, official sources said today.

After an “unreasonable” delay of more than 18 months, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has finally granted clearance to Jindal Power Limited (JPL) for its 2,400 MW power project at Ta

The Power Ministry has asked the Ministry of Environment and Forests to fast-track the process for grant of green clearance to coal mines attached to the 4,000-MW Sarguja ultra-mega power project i

“There is never enough rice to go around for the whole family,” says tribal woman Leela

The Centre will bear 75% of the cost required to overhaul the administrative capacity in the 72 districts most affected by Leftwing extremism, or Maoism, to make its flagship rural employment guara

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