Chhattisgarh government, particularly the Forest Department and the local administration, must be held accountable for violating the Forest Rights Act, the Environment Protection Act a

PUCL demands:
immediate halt to all tree felling and mining-related activities until all legal proceedings in the High Court and NGT are exhausted judicial inquiry into illegal police action and use of force against unarmed civilians (contd below)

Chhattisgarh government has completely surrendered to corporate pressures, allowing gross violations of due process and forest governance to go unchecked. What is being witnessed in Raigarh is not development – ​​it is state-sponsored land grab and environmental destruction

~10 people have been arbitrarily detained: Rinchin, activist and petitioner in ongoing legal cases; Aksh Nayak, Shyam Rathia, Kanhai Patel, Punj Bihari, Jagmati Bhagat, Raismati Sidar and Madhuri Mahant.

26/6/25 am: >200 armed police forces in connivance with forest officials and Adani Power employees forcefully entered the forest area and began felling trees, thereby violating not only due process of law but also the constitutional rights of the local Adivasi communities.

The People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) Chhattisgarh Press Release
Forest land is being cleared for Mahagenco coal mining project involving Adani Enterprises as the mine developer and operator (MDO) in, Raigarh, #Chhattisgarh
#ClimateAction
#ClimateJustice

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