Probe completed
The commission inquiring into the death of three tribal protesters in police firing in Orissa's Rayagada district seems to have made light of the local people's concern over bauxite mining. Justice P K Mishra of the Madras High Court, who is the sole member of the panel, observed in his recently submitted report: "Orissa cannot afford to remain backward for the sake of so-called environmental protection.'
The incident took place on December 16, 2000, when pro and anti-mining groups clashed in Kashipur block of Rayagada, and the police opened fire to disperse the violent mobs (see: 'Battling bauxite', Down To Earth,
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