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Congress person and erstwhile Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh connected Saturday (May 23, 2026) highlighted that ember mining has been allowed successful the dense forests of Madhya Pradesh's Singrauli and hoped that the substance receives sensitivity, scrutiny and urgency from the courts.
In a station connected X, Mr. Ramesh said successful May 2025, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change "predictably cleared" a connection from the "Modani empire" to excavation coal successful the precise dense forests of Singrauli territory successful Madhya Pradesh.
"The country progressive is astir 7,000 acres and is precise overmuch portion of the 'no go' country for mining identified successful 2011 due to the fact that of the richness of the forests and besides due to the fact that of the beingness of elephant corridors. More than six lakh trees volition beryllium felled.
"The clearance had been challenged by biology activists successful the National Green Tribunal. In April 2026, the NGT ruled that the situation was precocious and that the petitioners should person approached the NGT earlier. As a effect of this delay, the NGT declined to perceive the situation connected substantive grounds," the Congress person claimed.
He said the NGT bid was past challenged successful the Supreme Court.
On May 21, the Supreme Court, aft proceeding arguments connected the question of hold successful filing the challenge, allowed the petitioners to retreat the situation and prosecute different due remedies disposable nether the law, Mr. Ramesh pointed out.
"This means that the contented remains unfastened to challenge. It is to beryllium hoped that specified a matter, involving important ecological and nationalist involvement concerns, continues to person the sensitivity, scrutiny, and urgency it deserves from the High Court — and of course, the Supreme Court, which distinguished itself connected the Aravalli contented recently," the Congress person said successful his post.
