THE GOVT MAY THINK OF LINKING SASUBAHUMALI MINES WITH THE VEDANTA PROJECT.
SASUBAHUMALI IS ALSO EMBROILED IN LITIGATION
With the Niyamgiri mines out of reach, the Orissa government may think of allotting an alternative bauxite mines to Vedanta Resources in order to save at leastthe1-million-tonnerefinery at Lanjigarh.
MoEF has rejected Vedanta's mining project in Orissa. Read this final decision by MoEF on grant of forest clearance in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts for proposal submitted by Orissa Mining Corporation on mining in Lanjigarh.
Niyamgiri hills belong to the Eastern Ghats, and in-situ reserves of metallurgical grade bauxite have been reported from this area. This assumed immense commercial importance during the recent years when the demand of aluminium in the international
Bhubaneswar: Though not invited to participate at the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) meeting scheduled to be held in New Delhi on August 20, the Odisha government is still expecting an opportunity to explain its stand on Vedanta's controversial Niyamgiri mining project.
Though we were hopeful of getting an invitation to place our stand before the FAC, no communication had been received from th
The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) considered the report submitted by the four member committee constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests vide its order dated 29.06.2010 for investigation into a proposal submitted by the Government of Orissa for diversion of 660.749 ha forest land in favour of Orissa Mining Corporation Ltd for bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri hills in Kalahandi and
Rayagada: In a bid to strengthen the public distribution system (PDS), the Odisha government on Wednesday introduced multi model bio-metric ration card in Rayagada district.
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated launching of the new model, developed by United Nation World Food Programme (UNWFP) and implemented by the state's food and civil supplies and consumer welfare department.
The Panchayats (Extension to Schedule Areas) Act, 1996, or PESA has been hyped as a weapon to empower the tribals in Maoist hotbeds, but the ground reality is something else. When Parliament passed PESA, the goal was to protect the resources of communities in Schedule V areas by upholding their rights to self-governance.
BHUBANESWAR: Several rivers have started swelling after incessant rains across the State during the past 48 hours, triggered by a low pressure. Following heavy rains in upper catchments, Bansadhara was flowing above the danger mark at Kashinagar. Brahmani and Baitarani were also showing a rising trend.
