Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has acted boldly and impartially by relying on scientific expertise and rejecting the application from Vedanta Resources for forest clearance to start bauxite mining in Orissa's Niyamgiri hills. In doing so, he has laudably upheld due process, human rights, and environmental laws.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/enforcing-environmental-law
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bauxite
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vedanta-aluminium
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment-act-1986
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aluminium-industry
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industry
