Bibhuti Pati Bhubaneswar, MAY 9, 2012 THE CENTRE has asked the Odisha government to furnish the physical verification report on diversion of forestland for the expansion of the Vedanta alumina project and its captive power plant at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi… Continue Reading →
Press Release IMMEDIATELY STOP WORK ON SHAI, SUSARI AND KONDHANE DAMS We welcome the announcement of the Chief Minister that a White Paper will be prepared on the construction of Dams during the past ten years in Maharashtra. … Continue Reading →
MMRDA, KIDC and Mah Govt has a lot to answer for In a significant decision, on the 2nd April 2012, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests rejected granting Forest Clearance to Kalu Dam, coming up in the Western… Continue Reading →
Published on Sunday, April 8, 2012 by Common Dreams by Bianca Jagger When I arrived at Biju Patnaik Airport, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, I was struck by a billboard above the luggage carousel: “Mining happiness for the people of Orissa – Vedanta.” Vedanta´s… Continue Reading →
With the National Green Tribunal scrapping environment clearance, Posco’s seven-year-wait is extended further, reports Bibhuti Pati in TEHELKA ON 30 March 2012, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) delivered a judgment that has sent India’s largest FDI back to the drawing… Continue Reading →
One of the frontline leaders of the Save Niyamgiri movement is Dadhi pusika, he openly talked about the looming threats to the lives of activists and ongoing conspiracies to kill them. On one hand, repression of the CRPF in the… Continue Reading →
POSCO Judgment of National Green Tribunal – Briefing Note On March 30, 2012, the National Green Tribunal held in Prafulla Samantra and Anr. vs Union of India and Ors. that the 31.1.2011 final order of the Environment Ministry – permitting the POSCO… Continue Reading →
Dear friends,“I went to the Niyamgiri Hills in Odisha , after a gap, and people drew my attention to the growing skin disease on children adults, men and women.” says Girdhari Patra. The villagers say that this is happening… Continue Reading →
BS Reporter / Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar Mar 21, 2012 Close to 12000 hectares of forest land have been diverted in the state in the past 10 years for mining activities and also to make way for industries in sectors like steel,… Continue Reading →
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd has been asked by the government to seek public consent afresh in Kalahandi district of Orissa as a precursor to getting environmental clearance for expanding its alumina refinery and power plant, a move the company wants to… Continue Reading →
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