Environment Ministry on Thursday gave its approval to open up Tara, Parsa East and Kante Basan coal-blocks in the Hasdeo-Arand forest region of Chhattisgarh. Rejecting the recommendations of the Forest Advisory Committee, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh in an order said that final stage-II approval will be contingent on the state government demonstrating full compliance with the provisions of the Forest Rights Act, 2006. Citing reasons for the rejection the minister said that the coal-blocks are actually not in a no-go area in the Hasdeo-Arand forest region.