A combing operation in Saranda forest: to document its plants and animals!   Ranchi: according to reports, Saranda has received some unexpected attention from scientists at a time when it has become synonymous with Maoist menace rather than as Asia’s largest Sal [Shorea robusta] forest that it is.  As part of an exercise before the Union ministry of environment and forest gives its final approval to Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) for mining and industrial activity at mineral-rich Manoharpur and Chiria, a state government expert committee has carried out a survey on Saranda’s...