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Rape of the hills [1]

The virgin beauty of Arakku Valley in the Eastern Ghats is a popular tourist draw, but it may soon be just a memory. The hill ranges from Papikonda in East Godavari to Sileru and Krishnadevipeta in Visakhapatnam district, rich in bauxite ore, have been chosen as the site for a mega aluminium project.

Publication Date: 
28/05/2006
Lalita Iyer [2]
Week (Kochi) [3]
Tags:
Eastern Ghats [4], Aluminium Industry [5], Bauxite [6], Displacement [7], Tribals [8], Andhra Pradesh [9], Vishakhapatnam (D) [10]
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