The study found that forest cover in Korba had declined dramatically. from 35.56 per cent in 1995 to just 14 per cent in 2024, alongside a significant increase in coal mining zones and wastelands.

RAIPUR: Communities residing near coal-fired thermal power plants in Korba—the power capital of Chhattisgarh—are two times likely to suffer from respiratory diseases amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The study found that forest cover in Korba had declined dramatically. from 35.56 per cent in 1995 to just 14 per cent in 2024, alongside a significant increase in coal mining zones and wastelands.