Bhubaneswar: Annoyed over the Centre's rejection of a proposal to start bauxite mining atop Niyamgiri hills in Kalahandi district, the Odisha government on Wednesday maintained that no tribal was living in Niyamgiri Reserve Forest area spreading over 2,100 hectare.

Making a statement to this effect in the State Assembly in its concluding session, steel and mines minister Raghunath Mohanty while