The Congress on Tuesday (November 25, 2025) accused the Adani Group of committing "procedural short-circuiting" in Madhya Pradesh's Dhirauli to cut down forests for a coal mine and described the reported "large-scale tree felling" as an "environmental tragedy and a social and economic disaster" for the local Adivasis.
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Though there was no immediate response to the allegations from the Adani Group or the Madhya Pradesh Government, the State dispensation had rejected as "baseless" the allegations made by the Congress earlier regarding the project.
Jairam Ramesh, Congress general secretary in-charge of communications said, "We had raised the issue of the procedural short-circuiting that Adani and Co have committed in Dhirauli, Madhya Pradesh was to cut down forests for a coal mine. Reports have now emerged that large-scale tree felling has begun in the village under heavy police presence. Local villagers have been barred from approaching the forest site and outsiders have been denied entry. The Madhya Pradesh Adivasi Congress president Ramu Tekam has been arrested for raising the issue."
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