Tag Vedanta
1st August 2013. Foil Vedanta’s report with pictures: An inflatable monster representing Vedanta with the subsidiaries as snake like heads Today protesters from Foil Vedanta and other organizations held a loud carnival demonstration at the AGM of controversial FTSE 100… Continue Reading →
फ़ैसल मोहम्मद अली बीबीसी संवाददाता, रायगढ़ा के बिश्मकटक से गुरुवार, 1 अगस्त, 2013 को 11:08 IST तक के समाचार लंदन में जब ब्रितानी कंपनी वेदांता के शेयर धारकों की सालाना बैठक की तैयारी हो रही है ठीक उसी… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Sayantan Bera Jul 31, 2013 | It’s the eighth village to reject proposed mining in a row in Niyamgiri hills A tribal forest dweller observes Palli Sabha proceedings at Ijurupa village amid tight security (photos: Sayantan Bera) The irony was… Continue Reading →
Jul 30, 2013 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) –By Biman Mukherji and BS London-listed Vedanta Resources PLC’s (VED.LN) plan to mine bauxite in eastern India’s Orissa state has hit a roadblock with a majority of village councils in the… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Sayantan Bera [1] Issue Date: 2013-7-30 Seven straight rejections means a majority of the 12 villages have said ‘no’ to proposed bauxite mining A Dongria Kondh tribal sitting outside the meeting venue reacts to the camera (photos: Sayanta Bera) Broken… Continue Reading →
The seventh palli sabha – at Vedanta’s darling CSR village, Phuldumer – has now cast its deciding majority vote and once again given a thundering NO to Vedanta’s Niyamgiri mine! This means more than half of the villages and the… Continue Reading →
Palberi adds another no to mining in Niyamgiri Author(s): Sayantan Bera [1] Issue Date: 2013-7-26 Attending Member of Parliament asks Odisha government to include 112 villages Lado Sikaka wants to know what the papers say of the village council… Continue Reading →
Non-tribal Tadijhola rejects mining proposal at Niyamgiri Author(s): Sayantan Bera [1] Issue Date: 2013-7-23 Palli sabha takes a dig at Odisha government for lack of education and health facilities 87 year old Sugri Gouda returns home after attending the Palli Sabha… Continue Reading →
As the date for gram sabha meetings to decide the fate of mining in Niyamgiri hills nears, activists and Dongria Kondhs allege Odisha government conspiring to ensure no claim of religious rights is made over the proposed bauxite mining area… Continue Reading →
15 July 2013, Amnesty International Authorities in the Indian state of Odisha (previously Orissa) are excluding Adivasi (indigenous) communities from the process to decide the future of a proposed mining project that could have disastrous effects on their livelihood… Continue Reading →