Petition addressed to the President of India for immediate stop to 31 new Karanpura opencast coal mines in the upper Damodar Watershed in Jharkhand affecting a million people in 200 villages over an area of 300 sq km of agricultural and forest lands.

http://karanpuracampaign.com/president.htm

See Also

Petition: Online petition (www.ipetitions.com/petition/Karanpura/)

Report: ICOMOS World Report on Karanpura Valley
http://www.international.icomos.org/risk/2002/india2002.htm

Feature: Jharkhand tribals up against mining companies
www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/247620

Mining: a guide to India