Jharkhand: paradise for exploiters

  • 28/10/2002

  • Sentinel (Guwahati)

Notwithstanding a convenient hideout for the naxalites, Jharkhand's rich forest resources have made the extremist-infested State a paradise for exploiters.Jharkhand, the forest land, as the name meas, possesses the glory of rich bio-diversity in its large notified forest corridor of 23.6 thousand square km out of its 79.71 thousand sq. km geographical area, and the presence of a considerable number of wildlife species.