Essar gets permission for controversial forest clearance

The lumberjacks are set to do all right after Essar Energy, the India-focused integrated energy company, gained permission to chop down trees close to its Mahan coal block, but forest dwellers are reportedly far from happy with the decision.

The lumberjacks are set to do all right after Essar Energy, the India-focused integrated energy company, gained permission to chop down trees close to its Mahan coal block, but forest dwellers are reportedly far from happy with the decision.

Essar secured Stage One forest clearance from the Government of India's Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for its Mahan coal block.

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