New Delhi : Operations of top steel and mining companies, including Tata Steel, SAIL, Aditya Birla Group's Essel Mining, JSPL and Sarda Mines, are likely to get affected if a recommendation by the Justice M B Shah Commission to ban mining along the Baitarni river in Odisha is accepted.
The high-powered panel, in its five-volume report on illegal mining in Odisha, has recommended revisiting the environment approvals granted to all 55 mines around the Baitarni river and its tributaries.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/shah-panel-report-targets-55-mines-top-firms-odisha
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa-0
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tata-iron-and-steel-tisco
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/steel-authority-india-sail
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/illegal-trade
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/baitarni
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa-mining-corporation
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining-waste