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Bhubaneswar : Four days after tribals, in the first pallisabha, unanimously rejected Vedanta Aluminium plan to mine bauxite from Niyamgiri hills, another village has joined the chorus. Of the 36 voters in Kesarpadi village in Rayagada district, 33 of them claimed religious and cultural rights on the hills on Monday. …
Apart from keeping a watch on proceedings, NGOs are also holding mock gram sabhas to tutor villagers on how to express their opinion in these meets. A couple of days after Dongaria Kondhs of Serkapadi village unanimously rejected bauxite mining over Niyamgiri hills, Lanjigarh Vikash Parishad (LVP), an organization supporting …
lanjigarh : Thirty two voters from the remote Kesarpadi village, part of the adjoining district of Rayagada, are expected to participate in the second Gram Sabha on Monday for deciding on allowing bauxite mining on Niyamgiri hill range. The Gram Sabha at Kesarpadi will be the second meeting to be …
With the tribals of Niyamgiri hilly region in Kalahandi district rejecting the proposal for bauxite mining in the first Gram Sabha held on Thursday last in Rayagada district, the outcome of the second Gram Sabha scheduled on Monday at Kesarpadi village in Rayagada district is eagerly awaited. The district administration …
In a setback to Anil Agarwal's Vedanta Aluminium (VAL), all 36 residents who participated in the first gram sabha meeting at Serkapadi village of Rayagada district on Thursday rejected a proposal to allow bauxite to be mined in the Niyamgiri hills. The gram sabha was organised following a directive of …
The first of the 12 gram sabhas held at Serkapadi village under Muniguda block in Rayagada district on Thursday to decide the fate of mining in Niyamgiri hills brought no cheer for Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL). The DongriaKondhs strongly objected to mining in Niyamgiri hills and highlighted government apathy to …
State govt had decided to organise gram sabhas in 12 villages, including five in Kalahandi district The Rayagada district administration has received 129 objections from five out of seven villages in the district identified by the state government for holding of gram sabhas to decide the fate of a bauxite …
Supreme Court to receive documents after validation by village councils The deadline given by the Odisha government for compiling and verifying the forest rights claims of villagers on the Niyamgiri hills ended on Sunday. After the Supreme Court's April 18 order on forest clearance for Niyamgiri mining project, the state …
The Supreme Court on April 18 ordered the villagers be provided with basic forest rights in form of the land titles A recent show on a local Doordarshan channel about Dongria Kondhs, indigenous people who inhabit the plateaus of the Niyamgiri hill ranges in Odisha, ended with a scene where …
With the dates for gram sabhas to decide the fate of Vedanta's plan to mine Niyamgiri hills drawing closer, tribals have intensified their campaign against the proposed move. They are planning a massive meeting at Serkapadi village in Rayagada district on Friday. "We launched a village-to-village campaign last month to …
The govt notification should be withdrawn and the people should be given free hand to conduct the gram sabhas With the dates for holding of gram sabhas in villages on the Niyamgiri hill slopes approaching, various social organisations opposing the bauxite mining project there have intensified their protest over the …
Tribal affairs ministry’s advice to include more villages ignored The Odisha government will conduct gram sabhas in 12 villages of Kalahandi and Rayagada districts between July 18 and August 19 to decide fate of the proposed bauxite mining for Vedanta atop Niyamgiri hills despite objections by the union tribal affairs …
In a move that would impact Adani Mining, Moser Baer, Vedanta, Monnet Ispat and the Jaypee Group among others, the government is set to consider a proposal to put restrictions on public-private joint ventures (JVs) for developing mineral blocks, particularly coal mines, allocated to state-run corporations and PSUs under a …
Report on ore linkage is almost in the final stage The inter-ministerial committee of the state government formed to formulate a long-term ore linkage policy for local industries is all set to submit its report by July 15. "Our report on ore linkage is almost in the final stage. The …
Ignoring objections by the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs, the Odisha government on Friday announced dates for conducting Gram Sabhas in 12 villages of Kalahandi and Rayagada districts to decide fate of the proposed bauxite mining for Vedanta atop Niyamgiri Hills. “We have decided to hold Gram Sabha in 12 …
Most industries in Jharsuguda have failed in achieving the mandatory green cover of 33.33 per cent of their plant premises. This came to light during the ongoing raids by members of the district environment committee headed by Honorary Wildlife Warden Dhruba Raj Naik. The five-member committee comprising officials of the …
This report compiles some case studies of developmental projects in India that have been affected by environmental and social impacts arising out of the project activities.The acts and regulations governing the environmental and social aspects of project finance deals in India are elaborate and clear. However, based on the case …
Union tribal affairs minister V Kishore Chandra Deo on Friday accused the Odisha government of colluding with Vedanta Group to push its controversial bauxite mining project and suppressing the rights of affected Scheduled Tribes in the state. He wrote a strongly-worded letter to Governor S C Jamir on June 21, …
Country's biggest copper smelter is likely to re-open on Sunday after a two-month shutdown which was prompted by complaints from nearby residents about its emissions and has caused tightness in supply of the metal. A company source told Reuters on Friday that power for the smelter, which is run by …
The Dongria and Kutia Kondh tribals of Niyamgiri want palli sabha or gram sabha in all the villages that are going to be affected by Vedanta Aluminium's (VAL) mining project. The tribals, under the Niyamgiri Surakhya Samiti (NSS), will meet Orissa governor SC Jamir on June 13 to submit a …
