Hasdeo Arand | |
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Geography | |
Location | Chhattisgarh, India |
Area | 170,000 hectares |
Hasdeo Arand is a forest in the state of Chhattisgarh in central India. The forest is 170,000 hectares in area and is home to a diverse ecology and adivasi communities such as the Gonds.[1] It is on top of the Hasdeo Arand coalfield in the north of Chhattisgarh. The Government of India proposed to mine the coal, which would have destroyed the forest.[2] The Hasdeo river runs through the forest. The forest comes under the Korba, Surajpur, Surguja districts of the state.[3]