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Vedanta Aluminium is bracing itself for a fresh round of trouble. Their plans to mine bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills in the Kalahandi district of Orissa have reached a fresh set back with the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) having set up a four member committee headed by National …
NEW DELHI: Dongria Kondhs of Lanjigarh in Orissa may have received some respite, with the government setting up yet another committee to reconsider how a proposed Vedanta mine in the area could affect the tribe. On Wednesday, the Environment and Forests Ministry constituted the four-member committee to make recommendations on …
BHUBANESWAR: The Union Environment Ministry has formed a fresh panel to look into the alleged violation of forest rights of tribals in Niyamgiri hills, where it has held up clearance to the bauxite mining project of Vedanta Resources. The Ministry, in a notification on Tuesday, announced a four-member panel to …
New Delhi, June 29 (PTI) The Environment Ministry has formed a new panel to look into issues related to alleged violation of forest rights of tribals in Orissa's Niyamgiri, where it has held up clearance to a bauxite mining project of Vedanta Resources. The Ministry issued a notification regarding setting …
THE Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has stalled the construction of the private university funded by mining giant Vedanta Resources along the Puri-Konark marine drive in Orissa. The ministry had granted environmental and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearances to the university on April 16. But it decided to put …
Rohini Singh & M Rajshekhar NEW DELHI PLANS by Vedanta Resources to mine bauxite in Niyamgiri to feed its aluminium refinery in Orissa could fructify after years of delay and allegations of violation of tribal rights and environment norms by the promoter of the project. The Prime Minister
After facing the ire of the Opposition on many occasions over the controversial Vedanta University Project (VUP), the Orissa government has finally clarified that the Anil Agarwal Foundation (AAF), which would develop the project, is a public limited company. The state government also refuted the allegation of the Opposition about …
Nearly 8,000 of the Dongria Kondh Adivasis, who revere the Niyamgiri mountain as their king and god, fear displacement and disruption of their centuries-old culture once the company gets the clearance to mine the hills. Niyamgiri in Orissa is all set to become a scene of local community resistance to …
Kalpana Pathak / Mumbai June 14, 2010, 0:44 IST The estimated $3-bn Vedanta University was to start Phase-I by mid-2011 but is facing stiff opposition from locals. The Anil Agarwal Foundation
Planned large-scale mechanised mining of minerals contributes substantially to the state and national exchequers. This is well-evident in the case of Orissa. In recent years, excepting a brief period during the 2008-09 economic downturn, mining revenue has made substantial contribution to the economic development of Orissa, helping the state metamorphose …
on march 17, the Orissa Lok Pal recommended a thorough probe into the 2,400 hectare (ha) land deal involving mining giant Vedanta Resources. The government is acquiring land from 22 villages along the Puri-Konark highway to help establish Vedanta University under a trust named after Vedanta founder, Anil Agarwal. The …
NEW DELHI: Less than a week after Vedanta University's environmental clearance was put on hold, the Centre has suspended the environmental clearance issued to another Vedanta group company for an iron ore mine in North Goa. The Pirna iron ore mine project, to be established by Sesa Goa at Pirna …
The Government on Monday suspended the environmental clearance given to the mine of Anil Agarwal Foundation in North Goa. This is the second setback for the company after the construction work of Vedanta University proposed along Konark-Puri coast in Odisha was put on hold last week. The decision came following …
The liberalisation process that started in India in the early 1990s has made Orissa potentially the most attractive destination for large capital-intensive projects by private-sector firms – typically mineral-based ones. These projects are facing opposition from the people, especially those likely to be displaced and those who will be indirectly …
NEW DELHI: The environmental clearance for the Rs.15,000-crore Vedanta University project has been put on hold by the Central government to re-examine allegations of illegal activities by the promoters. On April 16, the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests had issued an environmental and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance to …
