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 …
BHUBANESWAR: Senior Congress leader Umesh Swain today alleged that the State Government had given a benefit of Rs 25,000 crore to the mine owners of State by not pursuing the case relating to Orissa Rural Infrastructure and Socio-Economic Development (ORISED) Act, 2004 in the Supreme Court. Swain said at a …
VISAKHAPATNAM: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has announced a probe into all kinds of permission given so far for bauxite mining, setting up of alumina factory and allocation of wetlands in Srikakulam for setting up three thermal power projects. He promised to withdraw all permissions …
NEW DELHI: Dongria Kondhs of Lanjigarh in Orissa may have received some respite, with the government setting up yet another committee to reconsider how a proposed Vedanta mine in the area could affect the tribe. On Wednesday, the Environment and Forests Ministry constituted the four-member committee to make recommendations on …
BHUBANESWAR: The Union Environment Ministry has formed a fresh panel to look into the alleged violation of forest rights of tribals in Niyamgiri hills, where it has held up clearance to the bauxite mining project of Vedanta Resources. The Ministry, in a notification on Tuesday, announced a four-member panel to …
New Delhi, June 29 (PTI) The Environment Ministry has formed a new panel to look into issues related to alleged violation of forest rights of tribals in Orissa's Niyamgiri, where it has held up clearance to a bauxite mining project of Vedanta Resources. The Ministry issued a notification regarding setting …
Rohini Singh & M Rajshekhar NEW DELHI PLANS by Vedanta Resources to mine bauxite in Niyamgiri to feed its aluminium refinery in Orissa could fructify after years of delay and allegations of violation of tribal rights and environment norms by the promoter of the project. The Prime Minister
NEW DELHI: India's maverick environment minister is resisting pressure from some Cabinet colleagues to clear forests for mining and roads in a tussle that underlines the country's struggle for sustainable growth. Jairam Ramesh wants to protect and expand India's remaining forest land as part of a strategy to fight climate …
Nearly 8,000 of the Dongria Kondh Adivasis, who revere the Niyamgiri mountain as their king and god, fear displacement and disruption of their centuries-old culture once the company gets the clearance to mine the hills. Niyamgiri in Orissa is all set to become a scene of local community resistance to …
Kalpana Pathak / Mumbai June 14, 2010, 0:44 IST The estimated $3-bn Vedanta University was to start Phase-I by mid-2011 but is facing stiff opposition from locals. The Anil Agarwal Foundation
Rahi Gaikwad and Vinaya Deshpande Mumbai: There exists an entire spectrum of resistance, which includes the Maoist movement, asking serious questions about democracy and civilisation, not just of our government, but of our planet, author Arundhati Roy said here on Wednesday. Ms. Roy was giving a talk on the Indian …
Visakhapatnam, May 30: Campaigning against rising pollution levels in the city, for which both state as well as private industries are being held responsible, ranks top on the agenda of the CPI, along with the bauxite mining issue. Speaking to media persons here on Sunday, the district CPI secretary, Mr …
Visakhapatnam, May 18: With the killing of two tribal leaders within a period of three months, Maoist violence is back in the Visakhapatnam Agency in a big way with the main operational base being the Andhra-Orissa border zone. The Maoists are strongly opposed to bauxite mining in the area. They …
Akshaya Kumar Saho Orissa has more than 1,530 million tonnes of bauxite reserve, according a conservative esti- mate. Major alumi- na and aluminium producers, encour- aged by the 2010 upward swing in the world markets, have decided to increase their vol- ume of production. THE MAMMOTH bauxite reserve of Orissa …
Metals & Mining Major Plans To Buy Govt Stakes In Balco By August & In Hindustan Zinc Subsequently Our Bureau MUMBAI VEDANTA Resources, the LSE-listed metals and mining major, on Thursday said its consolidated net profit for the full fiscal year rose threefold to $602.3 million (about Rs 2,710 crore …
Growth also needs resources Resources requirement for projected production levels, bau and lc, will be many times the current. coal In bau, coal requirement for the six sectors will almost quadruple, to about 1.9 billion metric tonnes (MT), by 2030-31. This will be a formidable challenge, with vast environmental and …
INTERNET>> MINING • Vietnam Google says it has identified cyber-attacks aimed at silencing critics of a controversial Chinese-backed bauxite mining project in Vietnam. It said a ma licious software was used to infect “potentially tens of thousands of computers” of mostly Vietnamese-speaking users around the world. Infected machines were used …
Visakhapatnam , April 20: Half-clad tribals carrying bows, arrows and axes took out a rally in the city demanding the scrapping of the proposed mining of bauxite in the Agency here on Tuesday. The rally was led by the CPI state secretary, Mr K. Narayana. Prior to the rally, Mr …
