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Petition for immediate stop to new mining operations in the upper damodar watershed affecting a million people in 200 villages

Petition for immediate stop to new mining operations in the upper damodar watershed affecting a million people in 200 villages Petition addressed to the President of India for immediate stop to 31 new Karanpura opencast coal mines in the upper Damodar Watershed in Jharkhand affecting a million people in 200 villages over an area of 300 sq km of agricultural and forest lands.
http://karanpuracampaign.com/president.htm See Also Petition: Online petition (www.ipetitions.com/petition/Karanpura/) Report: ICOMOS World Report on Karanpura Valley http://www.international.icomos.org/risk/2002/india2002.htm Feature: Jharkhand tribals up against mining companies www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/247620 Mining: a guide to India