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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
India has about 55.27 million hectares (m ha) of wasteland. These are not suitable for any purpose and are exposed to the vagaries of nature like weathering, gully erosion, etc. The Department of Land Resources of the Ministry of Rural Development has been implementing three area development programmes since 1995, …
BHUBANESWAR: Well-markedand closing in onto the coast, the low pressure triggered heavy showers across Orissa in last 24 hours. So widespread was the rain, Nabarangpur and Kalahandi districts experienced first flash floods of the season.Nabarangpur received 249.9 mm rain, while Kalahandi received 120 mm in just one day. the downpour …
"Max Bupa" collects the information within this ad and is solely responsible for their use of it. Please read their Privacy policy. BHAWANIPATNA: Incessant rain, triggered by a low pressure, during the last 24 hours has taken the Kalahandi district administration off guard. Flash floods paralysed normallife in several parts …
Resource requirement and pollution potential of Alumina Refinery from 1 MMTPA to 6 MMTPA Capacity of Vedanta Aluminium Limited, Lanjigarh, Kalahandi, Orissa.
BHUBANESWAR: The Rs 2-a-kg rice may have scripted a successful 'political' story in the State, but it has failed to translate into a successful 'anti-hunger' story. This is not a general assumption rather the scientific inference of a well-researched study by Orissa MDG Forum a joint venture of Unicef, Orissa, …
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
