Basalt mining work resumes at West Bengal’s Deocha Pachami coal block, activists allege crackdown by administration

Basalt mining work resumes at West Bengal’s Deocha Pachami coal block, activists allege crackdown by administration

The gathering of protestors on March 6, 2025, at Sagarbandi under Mohammed Bazar block in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, close to where basalt mining work has started since February this year. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Basalt mining work at the Deocha-Pachami-Dewanganj-Harisingha (DPDH) coal project resumed on Thursday (March 6, 2025) evening, March 6, 2025, … Read more