Mumbai: Unmindful of the ecological havoc being wreaked across the state, Maharashtra government has put its greenery-wrecking toxic mines on the tourist map.
The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) has selected a bauxite mine in Amboli, along with a waterfall and the coastline, as a tourist hotspot and is promoting the visit to the mine as a
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THE MINISTER of environment and forestry, Jairam Ramesh, is an interesting man to quarrel about and quarrel with. In many ways, he has become a public figure keen to enact policy as an open drama.
New Delhi: In yet another blow to Vedanta, whose mining project in the Niyamgiri hills of Orissa has already been blocked by the environment ministry, the company’s plan to expand its adjoining alumina refinery in Lanjigarh has been adjudged by the same ministry to be in violation of existing laws.
Mumbai: Union minister of environment and forests Jairam Ramesh has asked Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan to review the 49 mining leases given for excavation of iron ore and bauxite in Sindhudurg region.
The issue of industry versus environment will once again heat up on Monday with the Meena Gupta committee submitting its report on Posco's steel plant in Orissa and the Supreme Court taking up the plea of Sterlite Industries against the Madras high court judgement to shut its plant in Tamil Nadu.
The Meena Gupta committee is looking at the violation of the Forest Right Act at Posco
After the Niyamgiri ban, a controversy is brewing in Chhattisgarh over bauxite mining by Vedanta Resources, the UK-based mining conglomerate, in the Maikal hill ranges in Kawardha district with the opposition Congress demanding a probe into alleged large-scale infringement of green and tribal areas and violation of panchayat laws.
Vedanta Aluminium, which is facing a notice from the environment ministry about the legitimacy of its raw material sources, said it plans to obtain bauxite from a government-run mining company in western Gujarat.
LONDON stock market-listed Vedanta Resources has won the bauxite mining bid of Gujarat governmentowned Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC). The Anil Agrawal-owned company will get 5 lakh tonnes of bauxite from the GMDC-owned mines.
With ample supply from the Gujarat mines, Vedanta can run its Orissa-based refinery with the fullest capacity.
Bhubaneswar: Having personally given its viewpoint before a green panel on Thursday, Vedanta Resources will now have to wait till October 30 to know the fate of its aluminium refinery plant in Odisha which is under scanner for alleged violation of environment norms.
It was not a public hearing but they (Vedanta officials) wanted to explain their views on the issue personally.
