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#ScrollInvestigation: The Modi government greenlighted the clearance of about 3,000 acres of forest land in Chhattisgarh for the expansion of a coal mine operated by the Adani Group...
...even though a government-funded study found millions of tonnes of coal lying unextracted at the bottom of the existing mine.
Allocated by the coal ministry to Rajasthan’s state electricity company, the Parsa East and Kanta Basan mine is operated by the Adani Group, which also holds 74% stake in its profits.
A study conducted by two government institutes found that the mine had yielded a smaller-than-expected volume of “overburden”, or soil removed to access coal seams. Image
In other words, instead of digging vertically to access deeper reserves of coal, the Adani Group had expanded the mining area horizontally, stripping the forest faster than necessary.
Highlighting the ecological costs of mining in the area, the report recommended that any expansion proposal should be rejected.
Despite that, the Modi government cleared the expansion of the mine in February 2022. However, protests by Adivasi residents have forced the Chhattisgarh government to put the expansion on hold.

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