In the second episode, host Pawan picks up his conversation with Tapasya, focusing first on the state government's weak response to environmental violations. From there, they dive into a revealing story from Jammu, where a political nexus had allowed illegal river mining and stone crushers to operate despite an official ban in place.

They also explore the Union government’s failed promise of implementing a National Forest policy and its continued attempts to prioritise private interests over the rights of forest-dwelling communities.

We encourage our readers to read Tapasya’s investigations relevant to this episode:

1. In Jammu riverbed mining crackdown, offenders have it easy https://themorningcontext.com/chaos/in-jammu-riverbed-mining-crackdown-offenders-have-it-easy

2. Forest for Profit series https://www.reporters-collective.in/projects/forest-conservation-series

3. The Assurance Project https://www.reporters-collective.in/the-assurance-project-series

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