Tribals in all the 11 villages of Rayagada and Kalahandi districts, where gram sabhas were held earlier, have voted against the mining project

Similar to the outcome of earlier gram sabhas, tribals at the 11th gram sabha held at Khambesi village in Rayagada district on Tuesday rejected the proposal of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) to mi

The villagers who took part in the 11th gram sabha held at Khambesi village in Rayagada district on Tuesday rejected the proposed bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills.

Bhubaneswar : With its hopes to source bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills for its alumina refinery at Lanjigarh dashed, Vedanta Resources has applied for laterite deposits to run the plant till bauxi

A bench extended the time till August 19

The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the time for gram sabhas in Odisha to decide on allowing mining in the mineral-rich regions of Rayagada and Kalahandi districts where Vedanta proposes to set up an alumina refinery and other projects.

Gram sabhas which have considered issues have so far objected to projects to be set up by Vedanta

The Supreme Court today extended the time for gram sabhas in Odisha to decide on allowing mining in the mineral-rich regions where Vedanta proposes to set up alumina refinery and other projects.

Decision of palli sabha crucial for running one million tonne of alumina refinery plant of VAL at Niyamgiri foot hills

Tribals of Lakhapadar village in Rayagada district voted against the plan to mine bauxite on Niyamgiri hills, making it the 10th gram sabha to reject the proposal.

Tribals in Rayagada district dashed Vedanta Alumina's hopes of mining the Niyamgiri hills further after the ninth pallisabha at Lamba village of the district on Thursday unanimously rejected the id

With more than half the gram sabhas in Orissa’s Rayagada and Kalahandi districts opposing bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri hills, Vedanta Aluminium Ltd is working on a two-pronged back-up plan to so

All the five villages of Kalahandi have voted against mining in Niyamgiri hills.

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