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Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: Today, he is known as a champion of tribal rights and a leader in the fight against Vedanta's proposal to mine bauxite in Niyamgiri. But 14 years ago, Bhakta Charan Das, Congress MP from Kalahandi sang a different tune.
LANJIGARH: Even as the Centre has dealt a body blow to the expansion project of the UK-based Vedanta in Kalahandi by rejecting the stage-II forest clearance from its proposed mining project at Niyamgiri, tribals fighting to save their habitat on Thursday announced that the campaign would continue. Kunti Majhi, the …
Ranchi, Aug. 25: A day after the Centre rejected Vedanta’s $1.7 billion project in Orissa, the group’s “illegal” procurement of bauxite — the main raw material for aluminum— from private miners in Jharkhand has come under the scanner of the Union ministry of environment and forests and the concerned department …
Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of the rejection of UK-based Vedanta Resources proposed bauxite mining project in Odisha by the Centre, the CPI on Wednesday demanded similar action against South Korean steel major Poscos' Rs 52,000-crore plant in the state for alleged violation of Forest Rights Act. Pointing out several …
IJIRUPA (LANJIGARH, KALAHAND ) TWO years ago when AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi visited Ijirupa village, he promised Dongaria Kondhs and Kutia Kondhs –the two primitive tribal groups -and the other people living in around Niyamgiri mountains that he would bat for their rights in Delhi. "When Rahul came in …
Dilip Bisoi Bhubaneshwar VEDANTA HAS BEEN ASSURED SASUBAHUMALI MINES REPORTEDLY, WHICH PROMISES ABOUT 81 MILLION TONNE OF DEPOSITS With bauxite from Niyamgiri out of the question, Vedanta Aluminium, the aluminium arm of London-based Vedanta Resources, is now looking up to the state government for alternative arrangement of bauxite supply to …
SUNIL JAIN Protecting a mountain won't help, urbanisation and education will Talk about timing. Two days before the Congress party's crown prince is to descend upon the Niyamgiri hills, his favourite minister Jairam Ramesh cancels the mining clearance for the Vedanta refinery . So a triumphant Mr Gandhi can go …
Move Aimed At Preventing Environmental Issues From Derailing Projects Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI THE apex planning body for power sector will carry out a fresh survey of power plants that have captive coal mines as it looks to ensure that environment disputes did not derail projects which have made substantial …
At a time when the prime minister is bent upon thrusting the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill down the nation's throat, it is heartening that environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh has taken a popular stand and put a stop to Vedanta's planned `illegal' mining in Orissa. The immediate …
The government's decision to reject Vedanta's proposed $1.7 billion bauxite mining project in Orissa has been hailed by green lobby terming it as a great step towards people's empowerment and saving pristine wildlife in the eco-fragile Niyamgiri Hills. "It's a great step foward in people's empowerment. I hope they (tribal …
Law of the land must apply to all businesses The philosophy (vedanta being the closest Sanskrit word for it) behind the Union government’s decision not to permit bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri hills region of Orissa by the mining company Vedanta Resources is impeccable. The company has been found to …
N C SAXENAThe report on Vedanta calls the approval for the refinery illegal. Should it not be cancelled? No, it will probably continue with raw materials from other mines. But the report has found many of those other mines illegal... I am not aware of that. Our committee dealt only …
The road leading up to the Centre’s denial of permission to Vedanta Alumina Ltd to mine for bauxite in the Niyamagiri hills of Lanjigarh has been lined with gross violations and misrepresentation by both the company and the state government of Orissa The NC Saxena Committee, set up by the …
Devjyot Ghoshal / Lanjigarh (orissa) August 25, 2010, 1:25 IST There is an unusual combination of fear and fortitude on show, as the fight over Niyamgiri Hills finally draws to a close. Even though Vedanta Resource
Put the ball in the Orissa government’s court, is Vedanta’s Plan B to get its proposed six million-tonne alumina refinery project going. “We went on an invitation from the Orissa government. If an alternative site has to be located, the state government will have to do it,” said a Vedanta …
Priyadarshi Siddhanta Indicating a softening of stance with respect to South Korean steel major Posco’s proposed Rs 52,000-crore project again in Orissa, Environment and Forests minister Jairam Ramesh today said that there was no violation of tribal rights in its project area and that it was “a project of strategic …
Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday said he hoped there was “no politics” behind the Environment Ministry rejecting clearance for the Vedanta project while Union Minister Jairam Ramesh sought to dispel any such impression. An unhappy Patnaik also said that Ramesh had given no indication of Tuesday’s decision not …
BHUBANESWAR: Why is the Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta group in the UPA government's crosshairs? If the political goings-on are any indicator, then the ministry of environment and forests' decision to withdraw its clearance to Vedanta's plan to mine bauxite from Niyamgiri to feed its alumina refinery in Kalahandi has a lot …
Dilip Bisoi Bhubaneswar, THE GOVT MAY THINK OF LINKING SASUBAHUMALI MINES WITH THE VEDANTA PROJECT. SASUBAHUMALI IS ALSO EMBROILED IN LITIGATION With the Niyamgiri mines out of reach, the Orissa government may think of allotting an alternative bauxite mines to Vedanta Resources in order to save at leastthe1-million-tonnerefinery at Lanjigarh. …
C H I E F O P E R A T I N G O F F I C E R , V E D A N T A A L U M I N I U M The environment ministry on Tuesday denied clearance to Vedanta's proposed $1.7-billion bauxite …
