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Vedanta looks beyond Niyamgiri to get Lanjigarh plant suppliesVedanta is now looking beyond the area to source raw material for its Rs 5,000 crore Lanjigarh alumina refinery in Odisha.
11th Gram Sabha also rejects mining on Niyamgiri HillsIn another setback to the Odisha government's plan for bauxite mining for Vedanta on the Niyamgiri hills.
Eight of 12 villages reject mining in Niyamgiri hillsVedanta may have look for an alternative mining site to feed its alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Odisha as its plan to mine Niyamgiri hill...
Uncertainty over mining at Niyamgiri as 4th Gram Sabha rejects ideaFate of the proposed Rs 5,000 crore mining project atop Niyamgiri Hills by the state-owned Odisha Mining Corporation has become further unc...
Tribals reject Niyamgiri hills mining proposal at 3rd Gram Sabha meetingThe tribals strongly opposed the bauxite mining proposal in the first, second and third Gram Sabha meetings held recently.
- Third village says no to mining atop Niyamgiri Hills
After two villages in Raygada district rejected a proposal of allowing bauxite mining atop Niyamgiri Hills, another village in Kalahandi di...
Second gram sabha also rejects VAL's plan of mining in Niyamgiri hillsFour days after Dongria Kondhs rejected bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills, villagers of Kesarpadi also opposed mining in the hills.
Kalahandi's Dongria Kondhs refuse to allow Vedanta mine bauxite from Niyamgiri hillsThe villagers have made it clear that mining of bauxite at the Niyamgiri hills would adversely affect their religious, cultural life and th...
May move to SC on Niyamgiri Gram Sabha: Kishore Chandra DeoV Kishore Chandra Deo said limiting the exercise (Gram Sabha) to 12 villages was not in accordance with Supreme Court's judgement.
Odisha to hold gram sabhas in 12 villages onlyOdisha will conduct gram sabhas in 12 villages of Kalahandi and Rayagada districts between July 18 and August 19 to decide fate of bauxite ...
Centre pulls up Odisha government for reluctance to hold gram sabhas, despite Supreme Court rulingThe Centre has raised concerns over Odisha’s reluctance to let all the gram sabhas in Raygada and Kalahandi decide the fate of Vedanta.
Centre says Odisha's reading of Niyamgiri verdict incorrectThe Centre has told Odisha that it cannot take short cuts on the SC's order to hold village meetings on bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri hil...
- Odisha contemplating legal opinion over expansion of gram sabhas
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and local tribes have demanded conducting of gram sabhas in more villages and it has opposed the govt bid to...
Odisha issues notification for Gram Sabha in Niyamgiri areaOdisha government today instructed the district collectors of Kalahandi and Rayagada to initiate action within three months for completing ...
- Odisha seeks law department views on holding 'gram sabhas'
Odisha government today sought a clarification from the law department over the Ministry of Tribal Affair's (MOTA) guidelines on conducting...
Gram Sabhas to decide on Vedanta's plan to source bauxite from OdishaThe gram sabha can also examine whether the proposed mining area, 10 km away from the peak, would in any way affect the abode of Niyam Raja.
- Mining: Congress welcomes Supreme Court verdict, Naveen awaits report
The Apex court earlier in the day has stalled the bauxite mining in Niyamgiri Hills till gram sabhas in the districts have given their appr...