A total of nearly 1,000 hectares of forest land in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh may get diverted for two separate coal mining projects, following an in-principle approval by the Environment Ministry's forest advisory committee.
The first project, which involves diverting over 360 hectares (ha) of forest land, pertains to the Pelma open cast mine of the state-owned South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL). In 2023, SECL signed an agreement with Pelma Collieries -- a subsidiary of the Adani Enterprises Limited -- to operate the mine.
