This document, titled Closing the Enforcement Gap: Groundtruthing of Environmental Violations in Sarguja, Chhattisgarh,is the second in the series of community led groundtruthing exercises carried out by the Centre for Policy Research (CPR)-Namati Environmental Justice Program in partnership with Janabhivyakti and Hasdeo Arand Bachao Sangharsh S

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sudiep Shrivastava Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/03/2014 regarding diversion of 1898.328 hectares of forest land at Parsa East
and Kante-Basan captive coal blocks (shortly referred to as PEKB Coal Blocks) situated in Hasdeo-Arand coal fields in Hasdeo-Arand forest- South Sarguja Forest Division, District Sarguja, Chhattisgarh in favour of M/s Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd.

Letter to M/s Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corp. Ltd. from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding environmental clearance of Sondiha OC-cum-UG Coalmine Project (1 MTPA peak in an ML area of 810 ha) of M/s
Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corp. Ltd., located in Dist. Sarguja, Chhattisgarh dated 16th September, 2013.

Letter to Ministry of Environment and Forests from M/s Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corp.Ltd regarding environmental clearance for proposed Sondiha OC-cum-UG Coalmine Project (1 MTPA peak in an ML area of 810 ha) of M/s Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corp. Ltd., located in Dist. Sarguja, Chhattisgarh dated 9th July, 2013.

Letter to Ministry of Environment and Forests from M/s Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corp.Ltd regarding eRc’s EAC review meet on 6-7 May 2013, Sondiha Coal Block, Tatapani-Ramkola Coalfield, Surguja, Chhattisgarh dated 14th May 2013.

One hundred and seventy-four children dead in 2010, 133 in 2011, 158 this year.

On June 4, 2008, Arvind Jain, chairman of CII Chhattisgarh, wrote a letter to the divisional forest officer, Korba, saying that since coal blocks of a few companies fell in the area of a proposed e

Needs many factors to be sorted out at the same time, from the Naxal threat to poor rail links.

Norms' amendment will fast-track the awarding of new thermal plants

Power Ministry may finalise the amended bidding guidelines for new electricity generation projects this week, a move that is expected to fast-track the awarding of new thermal plants. In an inter-ministerial meeting on June 28, the Ministry of Power is likely to finalise the Standard Bidding Documents (SBDs) for the upcoming thermal power projects, including the ultra mega power projects (UMPPs), sources said.

Raman Singh-led Chhattisgarh Government and the Indian Railways on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop three rail corridors in the coal rich Northern region of the tribal State.

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