More than a thousand villagers from Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Raigarh district have expressed their opposition to a mine proposed by Vedanta Resources, a giant multinational.
Vedanta, if granted clearance, hopes to mine four million tonnes of coal a year to fuel the expansion of its 810-MW captive power plant on the Bharat Aluminum Company (BALCO) premises in Korba, Chhattisgarh.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/vedanta-coalmine-proposal-fuels-villagers-displacement-fears
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chhattisgarh
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/displacement
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/people
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment-impact-assessment-eia
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bharat-aluminium-company-balco
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
