PRIVATE MEMBERS RESOLUTION

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People in the Hasdeo Aranya forests area in Chhattisgarh are protesting against the mining activities in the area.
- Hasdeo Aranya forests are called the lungs of Chhattisgarh.
Recently, the state Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh unanimously passed a private member resolution urging the Centre to cancel the allocation of all coal mining blocks in the Hasdeo Aranya forests.

Private Member Resolution

An MP or MLA who is not a Minister; whether from the ruling party or not, is a private member.
- A private member resolution can be introduced by any private member and if the resolution passed, it becomes an expression of the House.
- It is different from a private member bill which would become law if approved by the house.
Last year, during farm law agitation, Private member resolutions were passed by the State Assemblies of Punjab and Kerala, to express their displeasure against the farm laws.

Hasdeo-Aranya region

The Hasdeo Aranya forest area lies in the catchment area of the Hasdeo river in Chhattisgarh.
- It is spread across 1,878 sq km in North-Central Chhattisgarh.
- The Hasdeo river is a tributary of the Mahanadi river which originates in Chhattisgarh and flows through Odisha into the Bay of Bengal.
Hasdeo Bango Dam over the Hasdeo River irrigates nearly 6 lakh acres of land, important for the cultivation of paddy in the State.
The forests are ecologically sensitive; as they are rich in biodiversity and it is a migratory corridor for elephants.