Government allowed Adani's mine expansion despite existing mines' unextracted deposits
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Fresh details have emerged in the Adani-Hasdeo Arand coal mining row, revealing that PM Modi-led government cleared the expansion of a coal mine run by the Adani Group despite government-funded studies establishing the presence of unextracted coal in existing mines. The expansion of coal mines means large-scale deforestation, which causes ecological imbalance, while superficial extraction implies lower costs and higher profit margins.