The letter adds that at the administrative level, several attempts have been made through exchange of letters and holding talks on the issue but so far no positive outcome could come out of it.
At the heart of the conflict over mining in Hasdeo Arand forests is whether Gram Sabha consent was obtained before final nod was granted to the Parsa coal mine
The IT department's notice to CPR prominently cites the latter's ties with an NGO in Chhattisgarh that has been associated with protests against mining in Hasedo. What the notice, however, does not state is that Hasdeo is the site of a massive Adivasi movement against the Adani Group for over a decade.
‘It Was a Set-Up, We Were Fooled’: The Coal Mine That Ate an Indian Village. In a pristine forest in central India, the multibillion-dollar mining giant Adani has razed trees and homes to dig more coal. How does this kind of destruction get the go-ahead? In a lined notebook.