“We don’t know how the villagers can consent to diversion of forest land five days after denouncing it”
It all started with great excitement — organising groups, motivating young women to lead from the front, guarding the village borders to prevent vote buying through gifts — for it seemed important to make their voices of dissent heard against the international mining giant Vedanta.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/nod-vedanta-paper-villagers-unaware-consent
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vedanta-aluminium
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bharat-aluminium-company-balco
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dongria-kondh
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gram-sabhas
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals