In less than a month after the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) rejected the Supreme Court-cleared Vedanta

Recommendations by the Central Empowered Committee on the writ petition filed by Nana Khamkar on windmills in Koyna.

BHUBANESWAR: Sharply reacting to the objections raised by the N C Saxena Committee to the proposal to allow bauxite mining by the Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) in the Niyamgiri hills, the State Government on Tuesday asserted that all decisions have been taken as per the Supreme Court directive.

BHUBANESWAR: Sharply reacting to the objections raised by the N C Saxena Committee to the proposal to allow bauxite mining by the Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) in the Niyamgiri hills, the State Government on Tuesday asserted that all decisions have been taken as per the Supreme Court directive.

THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR WILDLIFE AND SC

Almost nine months after the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) said Mayawati

Krishnadas Rajagopal

The Ad Hoc Committee (ADC) has recommended that the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) should conduct a fact finding study of the illegal mining activities, if any, and also investigate and study the modalities of the illegal mechanism.

BHUBANESWAR: Chided by the Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court, the Government seems to have woken up to the large-scale loot and worked out some tough measures to check illegal mining in the State. Enforcement squads will now frequent mine areas while a coordination committee will keep a watch on extraction and transportation of minerals.

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