Gram Sabha report sent to the centre

  • 03/10/2013

  • Pragtivadi (Bhubaneswar)

Bhubaneswar: The report on the 12 Gram Sabhas over the extraction of Bauxite from Niyamgiri hills has been sent to the centre. The report will be submitted at the Supreme Court. The state government had conducted gram sabhas complying with the decision of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court had ruled that the Vedanta Group’s bauxite mining project in the Niyamgiri Hills of Odisha will have to get clearance from the gram sabha, considering the cultural and religious rights of the tribals and forest dwellers living in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts.