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
In a big blow to Vedanta Resources, the government on Tuesday rejected environment clearance to its $1.7 billion bauxite mining project in Orissa after accepting recommendations of its key panel clearing such ventures.
The Orissa Chief Minister, Mr Naveen Patnaik, on Monday took up the controversial Polavaram issue with the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and sought his intervention to ensure that not a single village in Orissa was inundated.
Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today was hopeful after meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on some big-ticket investment proposals in the state, including Posco. However, on Vedanta
New Delhi: Facing heat from the Centre over mining projects in his State, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is expected to raise concerns over recommendations of a government panel on the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday.
Mr. Patnaik said he would apprise Dr. Singh on the adverse effects the recommendations would have on investments in the State.
With the Ministry of Environment and Forests waving the red flag to Posco and Vedanta projects in Orissa and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi coming to Niyamgiri on August 26, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is now planning to seek direct intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
