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Bhubaneswar: Orissa government Tuesday lodged its protest against the Saxena Committee report on Vedanta issue. The state government, in a letter to the Union ministry of environment and forest, has asserted that Orissa is second in the country in the implementation of forest laws and rules. It also said that …
After one stop-work order on the Rs 54,000-crore Posco project, a four-member panel appointed by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has dealt a blow to yet another big-ticket investor in Orissa, the London-based Vedanta Resources Ltd.The committee, chaired by N C Saxena, who is also member of …
This expert panel report on Vedanta's bauxite mining project in Orissa submitted to MoEF on August 16, 2010 says that the company must not given permission for this project as it has illegally occupied forest land andwill also threaten survival of local tribes. <br>The proposed mining lease (PML) area, which …
Resource requirement and pollution potential of Alumina Refinery from 1 MMTPA to 6 MMTPA Capacity of Vedanta Aluminium Limited, Lanjigarh, Kalahandi, Orissa.
New Delhi: Going purely on the assurances of Andhra Pradesh government, the Union environment and forests ministry has cleared the longpending case of diverting 3,831 hectares of forest land for Rs 8,000-crore Polavaram project on Godavari river in AP meant to provide irrigation water to four districts. The clearance came …
Hasan Suroor LONDON: Rights activists, including actors from James Cameron's film Avatar that highlights the threat to environment, held a protest outside the venue of the annual general meeting of the mining company Vedanta here on Wednesday, against its controversial plans to mine tribal land in Orissa regarded sacred by …
Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: The Attorney-General has given the government a free rein to refuse forest clearance for Vedanta Aluminium's bauxite mining proposal in the Niyamgiri Hills of Orissa. The project has been put on hold, while a committee led by NAC member N.C. Saxena examines how it would impact …
New Delhi: The Union environment and forests ministry has armed itself to tighten the noose against the Vedanta project in Orissa. It has sought and received an opinion from the Attorney General that the ministry, despite a Supreme Court order, still holds the legal mandate to refuse forest clearance to …
Arijit Barman / Mumbai July 22, 2010, 0:48 IST New commercials from mid-August to bridge trust deficit, but the jury is out on whether these will work. Anil Aggarwal Metals and mining giant Vedanta Resources has been on a corporate social responsibility overdrive for long. It
JAIPUR: The Vedanta Group is to adopt 500 more anganwadi centres each in Rajasthan and Orissa to cater to 43,000 rural children. With this the total number of anganwadis sponsored by the group will go up to 3,000 and the number of beneficiaries, over 1, 20,000. The group has set …
Bhubaneswar: The London Stock Exchange listed Vedanta Resources has to wait for some more time to source bauxite from the Niyamgiri mines for its 1 million tonne alumina plant at Lanjigarh as the state government has decided to conduct a fresh survey of the forest area to settle the claims …
BHAWANIPATNA: To study the impact of proposed bauxite mining by Vedanta Aluminium Limited at Niyamgiri, an expert committee led by MC Saxena toured some of the Kutia Kondh and Dongria Kondh inhabited villages. The study, being undertaken at the direction of the Ministry of Forest and Environment, is expected to …
AN AMAZING lack of socio-cultural sensitivity is provoking endless controversy and delaying muchneeded investment in Kalahandi, one of our most backward
