Law of the land must apply to all businesses

N C SAXENAThe report on Vedanta calls the approval for the refinery illegal. Should it not be cancelled?
No, it will probably continue with raw materials from other mines.

But the report has found many of those other mines illegal...
I am not aware of that. Our committee dealt only with the illegal expansion of the refinery.

The road leading up to the Centre’s denial of permission to Vedanta Alumina Ltd to mine for bauxite in the Niyamagiri hills of Lanjigarh has been lined with gross violations and misrepresentation by both the company and the state government of Orissa

Devjyot Ghoshal / Lanjigarh (orissa) August 25, 2010, 1:25 IST

There is an unusual combination of fear and fortitude on show, as the fight over Niyamgiri Hills finally draws to a close.

Even though Vedanta Resource

Dilip Bisoi
Bhubaneswar,

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.

C H I E F O P E R A T I N G O F F I C E R , V E D A N T A A L U M I N I U M

The environment ministry on Tuesday denied clearance to Vedanta's proposed $1.7-billion bauxite mining project at Lanjigarh in Orissa, citing serious violation of forest and environment laws.