Hope courts take up coal mining in ‘no-go’ forests of Singrauli with sensitivity: Jairam Ramesh
Jairam Ramesh, a Congress leader, expressed concerns over coal mining in the dense forests of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. He emphasized the need for the courts to handle the matter with sensitivity and urgency, especially given its ecological significance. The Supreme Court recently allowed petitioners to withdraw their challenge regarding the mining project, leaving the issue open for further legal scrutiny.
- ▪Jairam Ramesh highlighted coal mining in Singrauli's dense forests and called for judicial sensitivity.
- ▪The Supreme Court allowed petitioners to withdraw their challenge regarding the mining project.
- ▪The area involved is about 7,000 acres, part of a 'no go' zone due to ecological concerns.
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Congress leader and former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday (May 23, 2026) highlighted that coal mining has been allowed in the dense forests of Madhya Pradesh's Singrauli and hoped that the matter receives sensitivity, scrutiny and urgency from the courts. Supreme Court declines to interfere with forest clearances for Adani’s Madhya Pradesh coal block projectIn a post on X, Mr. Ramesh said in May 2025, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change "predictably cleared" a proposal from the "Modani empire" to mine coal in the very dense forests of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh."The area involved is about 7,000 acres and is very much part of the 'no go' area for mining identified in 2011 because of the richness of the forests and also because of the…
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