The undisputed fact is that Niyamgiri forests in Orissa are being clear felled for India to become one of the world's biggest aluminium producer as other corporates are working on identical projects. Lanjigarh, in this forest, is the focal point as Sterlite Industries proposes to set up an alumina refinery costing around Rs 4,500 crore. The project involves a bauxite mine high up on the 4,000 ft. north-west range of Niyamgiri mountain, home to a people called Jarene while outsiders dub them Dongria Konds. Lanjigarh is boxed in by forested hills on its north, south and west faces and enjoys a crown density of over 40 per cent, says the Government of India's Forest Survey Report.