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Aug 14, 2026
As India Chases Energy Growth, Korba's Residents Are Left to Bear the Cost
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In January 2026, Lakhan Patel, a rural labourer from Raki village in Korba District of Chhattisgarh, was walking along the Hardi Bazaar–Raki road when a stone fragment from blasting inside the Dipka mine struck him on the head. He did not survive.Two months later, heavy blasting at the same mine caused plaster from the ceiling to fall into the Hardi Bazaar health centre, barely 30 metres away. In April, the embankment of a fly ash dam at the 1,320 MW HTPS (Hasdeo Thermal Power Station), Korba We
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