The unanimous vote by 12 gram sabhas in Odisha's Rayagada and Kalahandi districts, rejecting Vedanta Aluminium and the Orissa Mining Corporation's plan to extract bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills, is a historic and significant precedent that could determine the course of similar developments in other tribal areas in India.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/voices-niyamgiri
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/manipadma-jena
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vedanta-aluminium
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rayagada-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kalahandi
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bauxite
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/religious-beliefs
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gram-sabhas
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/supreme-court
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-rights-act-2006
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dongria-kondh
