the decision of the Kerala State Mineral Development Corporation Limited (ksmdcl) to join hands with the Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Limited (gmdc) in a mining venture, at Madayipara in north Kannur district, has invited the wrath of the villagers of Madayi. Residents of the village fear that the joint venture will place their future in peril.

ksmdcl authorities declared their intentions of mining lignite and China clay from an area which is part of a 365-ha laterite plateau, 30 m above the ground level at Madayi