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 …
Efforts on to check recurrence of naxal attack on bauxite mines BERHAMPUR: Efforts are on by the NALCO to impede recurrence of the major naxals attack on its bauxite mines in Koraput district of Orissa on April 12 night in 2009. The Maoists had targeted the bauxite mines located on …
Vedanta wants flat-top mountain massif, but locals say it is the abode of their god KALAHANDI has always captured the national imagination, but never for the right reasons. Recurring poverty deaths and reports about entire communities surviving on mango kernels defined this predominantly tribal district in southern Orissa for decades. …
Visakhapatnam, April 11: Congress leaders of the Agency have decided to meet the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson and AICC president, Ms Sonia Gandhi, to ask her to prevail upon the state government to withdraw proposals to mine bauxite in the Agency. Addressing a press conference in Araku Valley on …
Paderu, March 19: Senior Congress MP from Araku, Mr Y. Kishorechandra Suryanarayana Deo said he would not allow bauxite mining in the Agency, the issue which was now embroiled into a controversy with Left and Telugu Desam strongly opposing it. Talking to reporters, during his visit, here on Friday, the …
The Dongria Kondh tribe who live in the Niyamgiri Hills of Orissa do not normally go to the top of the bauxite-rich slopes. The hilltop is considered sacred, the place where their presiding deity Niyam Raja (literally, the King of Law), or the Universal Lawgiver, is said to reside, and …
The Church of England has sold its shares of Vedanta Resources saying it is not happy with the way the metal corporation treated tribals of Orissa’s Kalahandi district. The sale of shares, on February 5, worth US $5.8 million, was followed by an Amnesty International report on human rights violation …
The State Government seems to have developed a new policy for corporate social responsibility (CSR) expenditures of the mega industries. It follows the model laid by the Supreme Court in the case of Lanjigarh-based alumina project of Vedanta Resources. The annual CSR expenditure will not be below 5 per cent …
Bhubaneswar, March 2: The Orissa government has cleared the proposal to lease a new bauxite mine in the southern district of Koraput to National Aluminimum Company Limited (Nalco), a central Navaratna public sector undertaking. The state government gave the nod to Nalco for the Pattangi mines after a decade. The …
This report submitted to MoEF on March 12, 2010 details impact of bauxite mining in Lanjigarh on tribals in the region. Accuses Vedanta Alumina for violating the forest rights act & starting work without obtaining necessary clearances.
This note relates to observations made with respect to the issues relating to Wildlife Conservation during a site visit to the mining site at Lanjigarh Bauxite Mining lease area, which was carried out in pursuance of the Order issued by the Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests vide …
Site inspection report concerning violation for diversion of 660.749 ha of forest land in Kalahandi (South) forest division and Rayagada forest division in favour of the Orissa Mining Corporation Ltd (OMC) for mining of bauxite in Lanjigarh bauxite mines.
People belonging to Dongria Kondh tribal community have accused multinational mining company, Vedanta, of felling trees near Niyamgiri hills for bauxite mining. The allegations were levelled when members of a fact finding committee of the Union ministry of environment and forests (MOEF) visited Kalahandi in the last week of January. …
The mine will cause irreversible damage to the ancestral home and way of life of ` thousands of the Kondh tribal people in Orissa. CELEBRITY Bianca Jagger, the ex-wife of Mick Jagger of the Rolling stones, is in the forefront to save the Niyamgiri hills in south Orissa which is …
On persuading the Church of England to divest its stake in the UK-based Vedanta Resources Anuradha Raman Interviews Bianca Jagger She has been spearheading campaigns highlighting the plight of indigenous communities worldwide. More recently, Bianca Jagger has been in the news for persuading the Church of England to divest its …
Amnesty International has lambasted Vedanta Resources, the London-based mining company, for violating the human rights of local communities, including their right to water, food, health and work by operating a heavily polluting alumina refinery in Lanjigarh, Orissa. In a report released today, Amnesty came down heavily on the Indian authorities, …
New Delhi, Feb. 9: Vedanta Resources is under fire from heaven and earth, and even Hollywood has been asked to join in. Tribal rights campaigner Survival International has appealed to Avatar director James Cameron, through an advertisement in US entertainment magazine Variety, to help it stop the company from mining …
