This note relates to observations made with respect to the issues relating to Wildlife Conservation during a site visit to the mining site at Lanjigarh Bauxite Mining lease area, which was carried out in pursuance of the Order issued by the Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests vide
Site inspection report concerning violation for diversion of
660.749 ha of forest land in Kalahandi (South) forest division and Rayagada forest division in favour of the Orissa Mining
Corporation Ltd (OMC) for mining of bauxite in Lanjigarh
bauxite mines.
The mine will cause irreversible damage to the ancestral home and way of life of ` thousands of the Kondh tribal people in Orissa.
CELEBRITY Bianca Jagger, the ex-wife of Mick Jagger of the Rolling stones, is in the forefront to save the Niyamgiri hills in south Orissa which is the home of the Kondh tribals.
The Vedanta group is pressing hard to start bauxite mining on these hills.
Amnesty International has lambasted Vedanta Resources, the London-based mining company, for violating the human rights of local communities, including their right to water, food, health and work by operating a heavily polluting alumina refinery in Lanjigarh, Orissa.
S Kalyana Ramanathan / London February 09, 2010, 0:25 IST
Survival International, a London-based NGO, has appealed to the director of the Hollywood blockbuster Avatar, James Cameron, to lend his support in fighting against London-listed mining and metals major Vedanta Resources from setting up its aluminium plant in Orissa.
