THE lush green hill tracts of the Eastern Ghats may soon be blighted by smoke belched out by two bauxite units, each worth Rs 4,000 crore. While one refinery unit with a capacity of 1.4 million tonnes per annum is being set up by JSW Alumina Limited at Boddavara village bordering Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam districts, the other, almost with the same capacity, is being established by the Dubai-based Ras al Khaima at Ramannapalem and Rachapalli villages in Makavarapalem mandal in Visakhapatnam district. However, raw material for both the projects would be mined in Anantagiri, Araku and G K Veedhi mandals in Visakhapatnam threatening the livelihood of 21,000 tribals. To facilitate mining, 6,000 tribals inhabiting 100 hamlets have to be ousted in Vizianagaram district, and 15,000 more in GK Veedhi mandal of Visakhapatnam and Gurtedu area in East Godavari district. Another 1,700 families will lose their livelihoods to establish both the refineries. Notified tribal villages like Bispuram, Mardhaguda, Barijola, Eguva Sobha, Anan tagiri, Tokuru, Borra, Konapuram, Katika, Sunkara Metta, Bodam and Balleguda in Vizianagaram district will be acquired for the project. More than half a dozen streams, including