Tells VAL to look for bauxite beyond Niyamgiri for its refinery
Union Minister for Rural Development, Jayaram Ramesh on Sunday announced a package worth Rs 300-crore envisaging construction of houses and roads for the Dongaria and Kutia Kandhas, a primitive tribes group (PTG), living at the foot-hill of Odisha’s bauxite rich Niyamgiri mountain in Kalahandi district. The package includes Rs 200-core for construction of 2100 houses under Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) and laying of rural roads to all villages with a population of 250 and more in Kalahandi district with an outlay of Rs 100 crore under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/ramesh-announces-rs-300-cr-package-lanjigarh-tribals
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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kalahandi
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/housing-construction
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/roads
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-rural-development
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rural-roads
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pradhan-mantri-gram-sadak-yojana
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bauxite
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vedanta-aluminium
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/displacement
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/habitat-and-urbanisation