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New Delhi: Facing heat from the Centre over mining projects in his State, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is expected to raise concerns over recommendations of a government panel on the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday.Mr. Patnaik said he would apprise Dr. Singh on the adverse effects …
Debabrata Mohanty With the Ministry of Environment and Forests waving the red flag to Posco and Vedanta projects in Orissa and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi coming to Niyamgiri on August 26, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is now planning to seek direct intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.Sources in the …
We need to change our belief that minerals are more important than forests, water or peopleSunita Narain / New Delhi August 23, 2010, 0:29 ISTThe draft Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, or MMDR Bill, includes a crucial provision to share the wealth of mining
Orissa Chief Minister To Discuss Problems Faced By Posco And Vedanta In The StateOur Political Bureau NEW DELHI ORISSA chief minister Naveen Patnaik is taking his case to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as the fate of Vedanta
Nitin Sethi | TNN New Delhi: The UPA government on Friday moved a step closer to giving the red signal to the Vedanta mining of bauxite in the Niyamgiri hills of Orissa. The Union ministry for environment and forests
Revoking Only Forest & Not Green Clearance To Deflect Blame Manoj Mitta | TNN New Delhi: Though it is dubbed as India's Avatar moment, after the Hollywood blockbuster, the Vedanta mining controversy is not about choosing between development and environment. Thanks to dubious regulatory moves made by the Centre, the …
Bhubaneswar: Though not invited to participate at the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) meeting scheduled to be held in New Delhi on August 20, the Odisha government is still expecting an opportunity to explain its stand on Vedanta's controversial Niyamgiri mining project. Though we were hopeful of getting an invitation to …
BHUBANESWAR: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will address a tribal rally at Lanjigarh area in the foothills of Niyamgiri hills in Orissa's Kalahandi district where Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) has set up a refinery. The Gandhi scion's proposed visit to Lanjigarh area comes at the time when Vedanta's mining plan …
Says Gram Sabhas Alone To Decide If They Want To Part With Forest Land Nitin Sethi | TNN The N C Saxena Committee that called for scrapping the Vedanta bauxite mining project in the Niyamgiri Hills of Orissa has set a precedent that could jolt the entire mining industry
The Orissa state government is upset that it has not been invited to participate in the crucial Forest Advisory Committee meeting scheduled to be held in New Delhi on Friday in order to explain its position on Vedanta Aluminium
The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) considered the report submitted by the four member committee constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests vide its order dated 29.06.2010 for investigation into a proposal submitted by the Government of Orissa for diversion of 660.749 ha forest land in favour of Orissa Mining …
Bhubaneswar, Aug. 18: London-based Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) on Wednesday denied any mining activity at Niyamgiri Hill. The company is setting up a one-million-tonne refinery at Lanjigarh in Orissa
Its indictment of the Odisha Government apart, the NC Saxena Committee, which authored the report on investigation into the proposal submitted by Vedanta for bauxite mining at Niyamgiri hills, hasn
PNS | Bhubaneswar Ending all speculations and making its stand clear, Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL), which is setting up the one-million-tonne refinery at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district, on Wednesday, denied any mining activity at Niyamgiri hill. VAL also announced that mining would not commence in an inch of land without …
BHUBANESWAR: Sharply reacting to the objections raised by the N C Saxena Committee to the proposal to allow bauxite mining by the Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) in the Niyamgiri hills, the State Government on Tuesday asserted that all decisions have been taken as per the Supreme Court directive. The findings …
With the four-member NC Saxena committee making recommendations against Vedanta in Odisha, prominent environmentalist and member of Transparency International India, Biswajit Mohanty, has written to the State Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for fixing of accountability on the officers indicted in the report. The Saxena committee was set up by the …
BHUBANESWAR: Sharply reacting to the objections raised by the N C Saxena Committee to the proposal to allow bauxite mining by the Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) in the Niyamgiri hills, the State Government on Tuesday asserted that all decisions have been taken as per the Supreme Court directive. The findings …
If there is a single conclusion the Ministry of Environment and Forests can arrive at based on the report of the four-member committee led by Planning Commission member N.C. Saxena on the proposed open cast mining in Orissa's forested Niyamgiri hills, it is this: drop it. The violation of laws …
