Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Bhavesh Arun Karekar & Others Vs MoEF&CC & Others dated 15/04/2024. The matter related to non-compliance of the terms and conditions of Consent to Operate and Environmental Clearance (EC) granted to M/s. Ashapur Meinchem Ltd., village …
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) today submitted its response to the showcause notices slapped by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on August 31.
Bhubaneswar: As the fate of its USD 1.7 billion bauxite mining unit proposed in Odisha hangs in balance, the Vedanta Resources on Wednesday denied violating any laws in connection with the project while replying to the show cause notices served by the environment ministry. Vedanta Aluminium Ltd has submitted its …
Standards not consistent, rules changed midway, it contends. You are not going by your own rules, Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) intends to tell the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) tomorrow. Also, it plans to say MoEF is applying to VAL a different standard than the one being held …
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 …
FOR months there has been speculation in Delhi about an imminent clampdown on metals giant Vedanta's bauxite mining operations in Orissa. However, when the final forest clearance for Vedanta's proposal to mine bauxite in the Niyamgiri Hills was rejected by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on August …
The Forest Rights Act of 2006—also known as the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act—came after considerable and bitter opposition from conservation groups. They said the Act, which would grant land rights to tribals and other forest dwellers, would destroy forests and wipe out …
N N Sachitanand The ruling on Vedanta raises questions about the path of development the country should take in future Mining minerals will clearly necessitate clearing some of the forested areas, initially digging up the land and reducing it to waste, displacing those who live in these regions and upsetting …
S Kalyana Ramanathan / London September 13, 2010, 0:18 IST Even as London-based mining and metals major Vedanta Resources struggles to procure bauxite from Niyamgiri in Orissa for its 1-million tonne capacity alumina project in the state, it has managed to find a new source of a slightly lower grade …
Our policy kept people out of their forests and made them trespassers in their own land Sunita Narain / New Delhi September 13, 2010, 0:16 IST The Forest Rights Act of 2006
BHUBANESWAR: The BJP today warned the Government not to think of granting alternate mining lease to Vedanta Aluminium whose credential is doubtful. Reacting to Vedanta
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: 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.
The rejection of forest clearance for mining Niyamgiri is indeed a historic decision. It has vindicated the historical injustice done, in this case to Dongaria and Kutia Kondh tribal communities, due to the non-recognition of their forest rights on ancestral lands and their habitat in the consolidation of state forests …
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government will find it tough to provide another mining site to Vedanta Resources, which was denied permission to mine bauxite in Niyamgiri Hills, a top company official said on Monday.
