Hasdeo Arand

Hasdeo Arand is a forest in the Indian 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. It is on top of the Hasdeo Arand coalfield in the north of Chhattisgarh. The Government of India has proposed to mine the coal, which would destroy the forest. The Hasdeo river runs through the forest. The forest comes under the Korba, Surajpur, Surguja districts of the state.