As India Chases Energy Growth, Korba’s Residents Are Left to Bear the Cost
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 s...
