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Selfish eyes on a sacred hill [1]

Can a mining company dig up a hill that tribals worship as sacred? ERVELL E MENEZES outlines the issues

When the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) last week rejected the Vedanta bauxite mining proposal in the Niyamgiri Hills, Orissa, it most certainly struck a blow for ecological consciousness.

Publication Date: 
09/09/2010
Herald (Panjim) [2]
Tags:
Mining [3], Vedanta Aluminium [4], Orissa (Odisha) [5], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [6], Tribals [7], Dongria Kondh [8], Forests [9], Environment [10]

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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vedanta-aluminium
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dongria-kondh
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment