Govt.-controlled organisation will continue to accept kendu leaf The Odisha government has handed over trade rights of kendu (tendu) leaf, an important minor forest produce, to residents of six villages in Kalahandi district. “Residents of six villages in the Kegaon range of the Bhawanipatna kendu leaf division are free to …
The recent order by National Environment Appellate Authority on granting environmental clearance to Lanjigarh bauxite mining project of Orissa Mining Corporation in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts of Orissa. Order by the National Environment Appellate Authority, New Delhi on granting environmental clearance to Lanjigarh bauxite mining project of M/s The Orissa …
Few committees have been as forthright as the N C Saxena Committee on the violation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) by the very authorities which are charged with upholding them—the state governments. In its report on the controversial project to mine for bauxite in the Niyamgiri Hills, the four …
Bhubaneswar: After the Centre's refusal of permission for Vedanta's mining project, the Odisha government on Wednesday asked the UK-based group to have patience in order to get alternative sources of bauxite for its refinery at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district. Allocating mines to any company requires a lot of time as …
VEDANTA ALUMINA chief operating officer, Dr Mukesh Kumar, on Wednesday met Orissa steel and mines minister, Mr Raghunath Mohanty, and urged him to provide alternative bauxite mines for the company
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government, it seems, is not in a hurry to provide alternative bauxite mines to the UK-based Vedanta group for its refinery at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district after the Centre rejected the stage-I forest clearance for its proposed mining project in Niyamgiri. It has asked the company to …
BHUBANESWAR: Maintaining that the Centre had given conditional clearance to Polavaram dam project, the Orissa Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) criticised the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for trying to politicise the issue. BJD is trying to politicise the issue even after the assurance given by Union Minister of State for Environment …
Bhubaneswar: London-based mining major Vedanta Resources on Wednesday requested the Orissa government for allotment of an alternative bauxite mines in view of the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) denying it access to the Niyamgiri reserves in Kalahandi district. The chief operating officer of Vedanta Alumina (VAL) Mukesh Kumar, …
Dilip Bisoi Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government is in no hurry to allot alternative mines to Vedanta Resources even though the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) has denied access to bauxite reserves in Niyamgiri hills of Kalahandi district.
BHAWANIPATNA: Two H1N1 positive cases in Kalahandi have spread panic in the district. A teacher, Chandramani Nag, of Dadpur village near Bhawanipatna was admitted in MKCG Medical in Berhampur and on August 24 he tested positive. He has now, however, recovered, Kalahandi CDMO Dr. Susil Chandra Rath said. Another, Kumari-Papi …
Bhubaneswar: The ministry of environment and forest on Wednesday issued show cause notice to Vedanta Aluminum Ltd asking as to why the Stage II environment clearance should be given and why its six million expansion proposal of its aluminum refinery should not be stopped. Just a few days ago, the …
BHAWANIPATNA: Even as they are yet to come to terms with the loss sustained due to flash floods, farmers on the banks of Hati and Tel rivers are in the grip of pest epidemic. According to reports available with the Agriculture Department, paddy fields in 107 villages under 10 blocks …
What is common between Niyamgiri hills in Kalahandi district of Orissa and a place near Umiam lake in East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya? Both are among the finest addresses for nature lovers. Nestling among green and once undisturbed surroundings, the inhabitants
It took us a day to trek to the Niyamgiri hill to Lakhpadar village in Orissa, where Lado Sikaka is back home. Picked up a few days earlier by the Rayagada police on charges of being a Maoist supporter, the Dongria Khond Niyamgiri Surasksa Samiti (NSS) member was allegedly beaten …
