Ballarpur Industries

Bamboo ‘revolution’ to beat back Maoists

Amid reports that Maoists are against according bamboo rights to Adivasis in Gadchiroli, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has asked the Chief Ministers of six Naxal-hit States to emulate the success of Mendha Lekha village in that Maharashtra district. Mendha Lekha became the first village with Community Forest Rights (CFR) to be given transit passbooks to harvest and sell bamboo in April 2011. Since then other villages in Gadchiroli have applied for and got transit passbooks. Mendha Lekha collected Rs. 93.31 lakh in bamboo sales and has been putting the funds into community development.
- 18/08/2012
- Hindu (New Delhi)

Betrayal via bamboo

<p>In April this year, Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra made history. One of its villages became the country’s first to win the right to sell and harvest bamboo. <strong>Down To Earth </strong>reports how India's largest paper manufacturing company Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILT) is using most of the bamboo in Maharashtra, leaving little for residents.</p>
- 30/06/2011
- Down to Earth
Paper industry fails to get relief

The Indian paper industry on Tuesday failed to get any relief from the Delhi High Court over the Government
- 24/02/2010
- Hindu (New Delhi)
All about paper: the life cycle of the Indian pulp and paper industry

A comprehensive Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) approach for assessing the environmental performance of pulp and paper industry in various phases of the life cycle ranging from raw material sourcing to pollution generation and control.

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