Ravi Sahariya (26) sits silently among a group of villagers at a small temple in Moondiyar, a village bordering the ecologically-rich Shahbad forest in ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#SME#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/rajasthan” target=”_blank”>Rajasthan‘s Baran district. The forest, vital to the lives of tribal families like his, is now under threat as 408 hectares of it are proposed to be diverted for a massive renewable energy project. More than 1.19 lakh ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#SME#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/trees” target=”_blank”>trees are to be felled.The meeting at the temple has been called to oppose the 1,800-megawatt pumped storage project being built by ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#SME#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/greenko-energies” target=”_blank”>Greenko Energies Private Limited.
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