Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan convenor Alok Shukla who complained to NTCA about the incident on April 27, 2022, alleged that on the intervening night of April 26, Adani men guarded by police came to the site and started felling the trees mercilessly.
State governments in India have approved two new coal projects on the land of the Adivasi Indigenous people, defying a determined Adivasi resistance movement.