Petition challenges concessions given to mining giants by Chhattisgarh government
July has been a bitter month for the mining tycoons of the country. In the first week, the CBI pulled up JSPL (Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.) chief Naveen Jindal, who allegedly misrepresented facts in the coal blocks allocation scam, while the Dongria Kondhs, a primitive hill tribe, came together to obstruct a mega project of Vedanta Alumina in southern Orissa.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/court-admits-seven-year-old-pil-plea-issues-notice-tata-essar-steel
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/suvojit-bagchi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chhattisgarh
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tata-iron-and-steel-tisco
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dantewada-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/essar-steel
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-interest-litigation-pil
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mines-act-1957
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-mineral-development-corporation-nmdc