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 …
An Odisha minister today said that rejection of the mining proposal on Niyamgiri hills was 'unfortunate' and steps would be taken to alternatively source bauxite for Vedanta Resources' refinery. "It is unfortunate that the UPA government is doing politics at the cost of development. We condemn the Centre for rejection …
Environment Ministry rejects Vedanta's plan to mine Niyamgiri The Union Environment Ministry has taken a decision in two high profile cases, rejecting the forest clearance for Vedanta’s bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills of Odisha, and renewing the stand-alone environmental clearance for Posco’s eight million tonnes per annum steel plant. …
The environment ministry has rejected London-listed Vedanta Resources Ltd's request to mine bauxite in the Niyamgiri hills of Odisha state after local residents opposed mining in the area they consider sacred, an official said on Saturday. Vedanta Aluminium's 1 million tonne-a-year alumina refinery in the eastern state has been struggling …
The Orissa government has assured Vedanta Aluminium of leasing laterite minerals, which will help the company run its 1-million-tonne alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Orissa’s Kalahandi district. The state government has agreed to lease out laterite deposits in Rayagada and Koraput districts to VAL in a month or two. In …
This mine, allotted to Hindalco, is spread over 270 acre land Tribals at Koraput in Odisha have threatened to intensify their stir, if Hindalco went ahead with its plan of resuming bauxite mining at Mali Parbat. The mine used to feed the company’s aluminium plant at Renukoot in Uttar Pradesh. …
The state has about 174 million tonne of nickel, which is yet to explored Despite increased mining activity in Odisha, the mineral exploitation rate in the state remains low in last hundred years compared to the deposits of these naturally occurring resources. Major minerals with sizeable reserves in the state …
KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday demanded the cancellation of the sanction given for bauxite mining at Kadaladi Para in Kasaragod. He also demanded a probe into the circumstances under which the previous LDF government awarded the sanction in 2007. Chennithala raised the demands in letters sent to chief minister …
The aluminium maker has pact with L&T; to source bauxite for its Lanjigarh refinery Vedanta Resources Plc Chairman, Anil Agarwal, accompanied with L&T; chief A M Naik, today met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to press for early disposal of L&T;’s application for grant of mining lease for Sijumali and Kutrumali …
The legality or otherwise of bauxite mining at Nakeri-Betul has now come under the scanner of the south Goa district administration following clashes between groups of truckers engaged in the transportation of bauxite ore from the mine to the Mormugao port trust (MPT) over some transportation issues. South Goa collector …
Bhubaneswar: The report on the 12 Gram Sabhas over the extraction of Bauxite from Niyamgiri hills has been sent to the centre. The report will be submitted at the Supreme Court. The state government had conducted gram sabhas complying with the decision of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court had …
Says state govt must find alternative bauxite mine for Vedanta Union Rural Development minister Jairam Ramesh today slammed the Odisha government for fuelling Naxal movement in the state by adopting a ‘very lopsided land acquisition policy’. Emphasising that the new land acquisition act proposed by the Centre would remove the …
The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 will prevent forced acquisition and protect the rights of farmers and tribal people, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference here, he said the new law, would ensure that …
Odisha has 1.8 billion tonne of bauxite reserve which is nearly 55 per cent of the country's deposit. The state geology department has identified five places in Koraput and Kalahandi districts to carry out prospecting operation for bauxite, as part of its long-term plan to boost proven bauxite reserves in …
The unanimous vote by 12 gram sabhas in Odisha's Rayagada and Kalahandi districts, rejecting Vedanta Aluminium and the Orissa Mining Corporation's plan to extract bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills, is a historic and significant precedent that could determine the course of similar developments in other tribal areas in India.
Aluminium smelter plant was on risk of turning unlivable amid uncertainty in receipt of alumina from the company's refining unit at Lanjigarh. Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) has sought extension of SEZ (Special Economic Zone) benefits for its 1.25 million tonne aluminium smelter project at Jharsuguda. VAL has already invested Rs …
The outcome at the 12 gram sabhas held in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts will impact the projects proposed in Vizag and East Godavari district The decade-old struggle by the Dongria Kondhs and other traditional forest-dwellers in Odisha culminating in rejection of the proposed bauxite mining by Orissa Mining Corporation and …
After a unanimous rejection of the proposal to mine bauxite in the Niyamgiri hills by gram sabhas in the Rayagada and Kalahandi districts, the Orissa government is examining the option of providing mineral linkage to Vedanta’s alumina plant through the Sijumali-Kutrumali mines. If the state government is able to resolve …
The last and 12th gram sabha held in Jarapa village in Rayagada district rejected the proposal for bauxite mining on Niyamgiri hills. Of the 16 voters of Jarapa village, 12 persons, including six women and six men from eight families, took part in the proceedings of the gram sabha. All …
Quick step by govt to provide alternate source only hope for Lanjigarh refinery The 12-0 drubbing in gram sabhas held to seek a referendum on bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills has pushed into uncertainty the fate of Rs 5,000 crore one million tonne refinery of Vedanta Aluminium (VAL) at Lanjigarh, …
Tribals in all the 11 villages of Rayagada and Kalahandi districts, where gram sabhas were held earlier, have voted against the mining project The last gram sabha to decide the fate of bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri hills will take place on Monday at Jarapa village in Rayagda district. Like …
