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#India-Keonjhar tribals up in arms over #mining plans in Khandadhar #Vedanta #Posco

TNN | Oct 30, 2012 KEONJHAR: Fear of displacement stalks tribals inhabiting Banspal block of Keonjhar district abutting the beautiful Khandadhar waterfall with hundreds of companies, including South Korean steel behemoth Posco, applying for lease to mine the Khandadhar hill. A Niyamgiri-type… Continue Reading →

Jairam Ramesh calls for freeze on fresh mining in worst Naxal-affected regions #Goodnews

  Urmi Goswami, ET Bureau Aug 24, 2012,  (Ramesh has pitched for a…) NEW DELHI: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has pitched for a moratorium on new mining projects in the worst Naxal-affected regions and particularly in areas recently recaptured from insurgents, saying it was essential to… Continue Reading →

Smoke Hangs over Niyamgiri, Thanks to #Vedanta : A long Travelogue #sundayreading #mustread

August 3, 2012 By Siddhartha Mitra Part 1: In Lanjigarh, with Giridhari Patra “Yeh factory chalu hai?” (The factory is operational?) I asked, quite surprised. The sprawling complex of the plant was visible through the car window, as we drove… Continue Reading →

Faking Happiness: Activists Strike Back at Vedanta Ad Campaign

  by Freny Manecksha, CorpWatch Blog May 30th, 2012 Vedanta Resources, a UK based mining and metals company with numerous projects in India, is attempting to claim to be social responsible via a huge advertising campaign. However activists have struck back by effectively… Continue Reading →

Centre asks Odisha to furnish report on Vedanta project

  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 →

Soni Sori’s “Crime” in the Land of the Robber Barons

Member of Odisha state legislature Jhina Hikaka (2nd R), accompanied by his wife Kaushalya Majhi (3rd R), walks towards Balipeta village in Koraput district after being released by Maoist rebels on 26 April 2012. (Photo: AFP – STR) By: Amrit Wilson… Continue Reading →

The sacred mountain And why tribals are willing to die for it

Natives of Niyamgiri feel that the police is acting as an agent of the Vedanta group, playing dirty tricks to help the company go ahead with its plans to mine bauxite from the sacred hills Bibhuti Pati Lanjigarh (Odisha), Tehelka… Continue Reading →

Minister stops fresh Vedanta bid to mine Niyamgiri hills

NEW DELHI, ET, 18TH April: Environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan nixed yet another attempt by Vedanta to get Niyamgiri bauxite mines in Odisha that Rahul Gandhi had stood up against, saving the Congress and its scion some blushes. On Tuesday, she ordered that… Continue Reading →

Tribals hold public hearing on Niyamgiri Hills

Monday, 09 April 2012 00:21 PNS | BHAWANIPATNA A public hearing on Niyamgiri hill was conducted on Sunday by hundreds of tribes under the banner of Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti with the active participation of Kalahandi and Rayagada tribals at Jagannathpur… Continue Reading →

Indian tribe’s Avatar-like battle against mining firm reaches supreme court

Sunday April 8,  The Guardian Dongria Kondh people pledge to carry on fight to prevent Vedanta Resources from mining bauxite in Niyamgiri hills The leaders of thousands of forest-dwelling tribesmen who have fought for years to preserve their ancestral lands… Continue Reading →

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