Paschim Singhbhum

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding large scale illegal extraction of sand in Subarnarekha river, Sidhgora, East Singhbhum, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, 26/02/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of 'News item titled "Jamshedpur Sidgoda mein nadi se avaidh rup se Baalu dhulai ka khel jaari prashashan maun" appearing in Prabhat Khabar dated 24.12.2023' dated 26/02/2024. The news item disclosed that in Subarnarekha river at Sidhgora police station area, large …

Iron ore mining to take off

Ranchi, July 22: Iron ore mining is set to start at Ankua in West Singhbhum. Sajjan Jindal-owned JSW Steel Limited has employed the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Training (ICFRE) for an environmental impact assessment (EIA). Representatives of JSW Steel Limited and ICFRE today presented terms of reference for …

Panic at Ghatshila

Bird deaths have been reported from Ghatshila in East Singhbhum division of Jharkhand. By February 3, 500 birds had perished. Jharkhand does not have enough laboratories to check blood samples of birds. So the cause of the deaths has not been ascertained. The local administration rushed a team led by …

Hand in the till

The Sabars and Birhors of the Tumang Kocha village in East Singhbhum district discovered irregularities in the disbursal of funds for the construction of houses in February 2007. They later found that the gram sewak had used the money sanctioned for the housing scheme to fund his daughter's wedding. Irate …

The blighted hills of Roro, Jharkhand, India: A tale of corporate greed and abandonment

In the Chaibasa region of the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, India, an abandoned chrysotile asbestos mine is a health scourge for villagers and former mine workers. A massive pile of asbestos waste mixed with chromite has lain atop the hilltops of Roro village for two decades, gradually seeping into …

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