still few hearts persists
On 22 January 2014, Greenpeace activists draped Essar's 180ft tall building in Mumbai with a giant 36 ft X 72 ft banner which read, 'We kill forests: Essar'. The banner also had pictures of the Environment and Forest Minister, Veerappa Moily and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Twelve activists scaled the building wearing tiger costumes - a symbol of protest against the proposed destruction of Mahan forests – a biodiversity rich sal forest in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. They demanded that Essar should drop its plans of plundering the Mahan forests with their proposed coal mine, and that the PM should sack the newly anointed Veerappa Moily, who has been granting environment clearances at break-neck speed with a complete disregard for forests and human and wildlife that depend on them.
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