Bhubaneswar: Annoyed over the Centre's rejection of a proposal to start bauxite mining atop Niyamgiri hills in Kalahandi district, the Odisha government on Wednesday maintained that no tribal was living in Niyamgiri Reserve Forest area spreading over 2,100 hectare.
Making a statement to this effect in the State Assembly in its concluding session, steel and mines minister Raghunath Mohanty while
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The parliamentary panel slammed Union ministry of tribal affairs for its "inaction"in "guarding the interests and rights of aboriginal people"
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BHUBANESWAR: The State Government will take a decision soon on whether to move the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Centre for rejecting the stage-II clearance for bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills for the Lanjigarh refinery of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL).
Official sources said the recommendations of the advocate-general on the issue are under the consideration of the Steel an
The state government is yet to take a call on the Orissa Advocate General's suggestion to approach the Supreme Court challenging the environment ministry's decision to cancel the Stage-II forest clearance for Vedanta's Niyamgiri Project.
"The Advocate General has given his views on bauxite mining at Niyamgiri and it is under scrutiny by the state government.
The Orissa government is contemplating to challenge in the Supreme Court the denial of permission to the Vedanta Alumium Limited (VAL) by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) for bauxite mining at Niyamgiri hill in Kalahandi district.
