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The Odisha High Court has nominated the district judges of Rayagada and Kalahandi as observers to oversee the proceedings of gram sabhas to be conducted in 12 villages on Niyamgiri hill slopes saddling across these two districts. The gram sabhas would decide the fate of bauxite excavation from the ecologically …
KORAPUT: With the Supreme Court leaving it to villagers to decide the fate of Vedanta's mining plan at Niyamgiri hills at gram sabhas, the anti-mining campaign at villages situated in and around Niyamgiri hills has gained momentum. Hundreds of tribals, including Dongria Kondhs, assembled at Rayagada's Parsali village on Sunday …
Padayatra will cover many villages in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts before culminating at Muniguda on May 22. Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti (NSS), an organisation spearheading the agitation against Vedanta's alumina project at Lanjigarh in Kalhandi district, has started a five-day padayatra beginning Friday to spread awareness among the locals on the …
In its April 18 order, SC had directed the Odisha govt to conduct Gram Sabhas at Niyamgiri within three months to seek the mandate of the locals The Odisha government today said it would seek six more weeks from the Supreme Court (SC) to conduct Gram Sabhas to decide the …
The villages of the Dongriya Kondh tribals around Odisha’s Niyamgiri hills are likely to simmer again as the Centre and the state government along with civil society groups are planning to converge on the site for the proposed Vedanta bauxite mine. The Supreme Court order has left it to the …
Central government will decide if South Korean steelmaker POSCO can have preferential access to an iron ore mine for its planned $12 billion steel plant, a top court said, providing a boost to the troubled project billed as the country's largest foreign direct investment (FDI). POSCO, the world's fourth-largest steel …
The villages of Dongriya Kondh tribals around Odisha's Niyamgiri hills are set to become a flash point again, with the Centre and the state government along with civil society groups planning to converge on the site of the proposed Vedanta bauxite mine. Emboldened by the Supreme Court order, the villagers …
The refinery, which since inception has run on bauxite obtained from external sources, has been shut since Dec 5 last year for the want of raw material The Odisha law department will submit its views on the Supreme Court (SC) order on Niyamgiri bauxite mining in 2-3 days, paving the …
With the clock ticking, the tribal affairs ministry has set the ball rolling for village assemblies or gram sabhas to decide on allowing Vedanta to source bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills, considered sacred by the local Dongria Kondh population. The ministry has issued detailed instructions to the Odisha government to …
The Supreme Court judgment last week directing Orissa to hold gram sabha meetings in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts over whether bauxite mining can be allowed in the Niyamgiri mountains has opened Pandora's box for projects in the state. Though Vedanta and the Orissa Mining Corporation hailed the judgment as a …
The inter-ministerial committee on ore linkage to industries within the State on a sustainable manner will request the State Government for more time to submit its report. The three-member committee, headed by Finance Minister Prasanna Acharya, on Wednesday decided to take time in view of the recent judgment of the …
Vedanta group firm Sesa Goa is hopeful of securing forest clearances in a “matter of days” to resume operations in Karnataka, a top company official said. The company’s mine in Chitradurga district is among those in the State on which the Supreme Court had last week lifted the ban. “We …
The Supreme Court’s decision to let gram sabhas decide the fate of Vedanta’s Niyamgiri mining project will make it difficult for the government to divert forestland for industry without the consent of tribals and local population. The apex court’s ruling on Thursday puts gram sabhas or village assemblies virtually at …
The Supreme Court’s decision to let gram sabhas decide the fate of Vedanta’s Niyamgiri mining project will make it difficult for the government to divert forestland for industry without the consent of tribals and local population. The apex court’s ruling on Thursday puts gram sabhas or village assemblies virtually at …
New Delhi: Rejection of big-ticket mining proposals such as Vedanta has been a rare exception in the UPA’s nine-year reign. The UPA has given clearance to cut a whopping six lakh hectares of forests — of these more than 2.5 lakh hectares were for mining — since it came to …
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Vedanta Group's bauxite mining project in the Niyamgiri Hills of Orissa will have to get the gram sabha's clearance on whether it affects the cultural and religious rights of the tribals and forest dwellers living in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts. While the …
New Delhi: The government’s plan to detach tribal rights from clearances to projects requiring forestlands partially boomeranged after the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that the gram sabha should decide if their customary and religious rights would be impacted by Vedanta’s proposed bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills in Odisha. The …
Union ministry of tribal affairs has asked Odisha state government to raise awareness on this Supreme Court order dated 18 April 2013 that continued the ban on bauxite mining by Vedanta Aluminium in the Niyamgiri Hills. Read text of this order. Supreme Court judgement dated 18/04/2013 in W.P.(C) No.180/2011 Orissa …
The environment ministry is likely to decide on a second set of key changes in green norms meant for SEZs, roads and the real estate sector, especially multi-storey buildings, next week. The committee it had formed on easing green regulations for clearances impacting these specific industries and sectors has submitted …
Says they should be allowed to choose facilities such as roads, schools, hospitals and electricity The Supreme Court has sought the Centre’s view on inclusion of tribal people in the mainstream, saying they should be allowed to choose facilities such as roads, schools, hospitals and electricity in the wider debate …
