The bauxite mining operation in Mali Hill in south Odisha’s Koraput district by Hindalco Industries has been stopped due to the agitation by the local tribal people.

Taking up cudgels under the banner of Mali Parvata Surakhya Samiti (MPSS), the tribal people of the area have launched an agitation demanding cancellation of mining lease issued to the aluminium major. The agitators pointed out that tribals of around 40 villages under the Sorishapodar, Hundi, Dalaiguda and Pakhajhola panchayats in Similiguda block would be affected by the mining operation.

Less than a decade ago, the infusion of private sector efficiency and project management skills was widely hailed as the panacea for turning around the all-pervasive slack visible in the execution

Agency to seek info from coal block allottees and those who lost out; roles of state governments also to be looked into

Large tracts of agricultural fields in Mohammadpur under Gadmunda gram panchayat have turned barren with frequent transportation of fly ash on the road stretch that passes through these fields.

The endless promises made by industrial houses to the villagers fall flat once the operations begin.

The CBI has set up 14 teams for “detailed investigations” into possible criminal misconduct in the allocation of 64 coal blocks during 2006-09, and allegations of their misuse by allottees.

A Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, has recommended ‘forest clearance' for Mahan and Chhatrasal coal mines. But this comes with some riders.

New Delhi: The group of ministers on coal headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday cleared two controversial blocks in dense forests — Mahaan and Chhatrasal in Madhya Pradesh.

GoM seeks forest clearance for Mahan & Chhatrasal blocks, subject to conditions

A ministerial panel today recommended conditional forest clearances for developing Reliance Power's Chhatrasal and Essar-Hindalco's Mahan coal mines and also decided to do away with controversial '