Agitation brewing against move on bauxite mining
9 years, 7 months ago

Agitation brewing against move on bauxite mining

The Hindu  

The State Government’s talk of reviving bauxite mining in the Scheduled Areas of the State has kicked up a controversy. Tribal activists are on the warpath against the move to resume bauxite mining under the aegis of the AP Mineral Development Corporation, Integrated Tribal Development Agency and DWCRA groups. Former Union tribal welfare minister V. Kishore Chandra Deo told The Hindu on Saturday that there was nothing surprising in these moves: the TDP government in the State and the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre are hand-in-glove to undertake bauxite mining in flagrant violation of constitutional guarantees given to tribals in the Scheduled Areas, he said. Mr. Deo, who stalled bauxite mining during the UPA regime, said as per the Panchayat Extension in Scheduled Areas Act and the Forest Rights Act, tribal people are the natural owners of minerals available in reserve forests.

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Tribals push for operationalisation of Lanjigarh mines, submit memo to Odisha CM
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Tribals push for operationalisation of Lanjigarh mines, submit memo to Odisha CM

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Tribal outfits from Kalahandi and Rayagada on Friday made a strong pitch for immediate conduct of gram sabha to operationalise the Lanjigarh bauxite mines which they said would boost socio-economic development of the region. Submitting a memorandum to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in this regard on Friday, the Lanjigarh Anchalika Vikas Parishad and Kalahandi and Rayagada Development Committee, …

Odisha: Kalahandi tribals urge CM Mohan Majhi to convene Gram Sabha for Lanjigarh bauxite mine
3 weeks ago

Odisha: Kalahandi tribals urge CM Mohan Majhi to convene Gram Sabha for Lanjigarh bauxite mine

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Tribal groups and residents of Kalahandi district on Friday urged Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to immediately convene a Gram Sabha for the Lanjigarh Bauxite Mine, stressing its importance for the region’s socio-economic development. A delegation from the Lanjigarh Anchalika Vikas Parishad submitted a memorandum to the CM, highlighting how Kalahandi, despite possessing some of the world’s richest …

Bauxite mining may commence in Kasaragod shortly
2 months, 1 week ago

Bauxite mining may commence in Kasaragod shortly

The Hindu  

Bauxite mining rights in two blocks in Kasaragod will be auctioned off shortly. The State government is in the process of finalising the auction process of bauxite in Narala block in an area of 1.5 sq. The State government decided to auction the mining rights of bauxite, a naturally occurring mineral used in a host of industries including Aluminium and …

Kalahandi locals rally for uninterrupted supply of bauxite to Lanjigarh refinery
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Kalahandi locals rally for uninterrupted supply of bauxite to Lanjigarh refinery

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Thousands of residents from Kalahandi and Rayagada districts on Wednesday urged Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to conduct gram sabha meetings for ensuring uninterrupted supply of bauxite mines to the Lanjigarh alumina refinery. The memorandum emphasised the critical role of local Lanjigarh alumina refinery, established in 2003, in transforming the socio-economic landscape of Lanjigarh—a region once known for …

Concern for Environment: Villagers in Odisha show rare unity to demand end to illegal quarrying activities
3 months, 1 week ago

Concern for Environment: Villagers in Odisha show rare unity to demand end to illegal quarrying activities

Deccan Chronicle  

Khurda: In a remarkable show of unity and concern for their environment, the villagers of Kumarbasta Mauza in Khurda Tahasil have taken a firm stand against the illegal quarrying of laterite stone and morram that has wreaked havoc on their community. The area, home to hundreds of acres of forest and gochar land near the revered Bhuasuni temple, has suffered …

With polls in mind, state puts Nanar bauxite project on hold
6 months, 2 weeks ago

With polls in mind, state puts Nanar bauxite project on hold

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: With assembly elections round the corner, the state government has adopted a policy of avoiding any conflict with the people vis-a-vis controversial projects in the latter’s backyard. Given the history of aggressive protests in the Konkan region, it has decided to put on hold the environmental hearing for the proposed Nanar bauxite mining project in Ratnagiri district. The Maharashtra …

Demand for minerals sparks fear of mining abuses on Indigenous peoples' lands
1 year, 1 month ago

Demand for minerals sparks fear of mining abuses on Indigenous peoples' lands

NPR  

Demand for minerals sparks fear of mining abuses on Indigenous peoples' lands Enlarge this image toggle caption Julia Simon/NPR Julia Simon/NPR WIKIEUP, Ariz. — In the desert hills of western Arizona, Ivan Bender drives his ATV to inspect holes in the ground. Enlarge this image toggle caption CARLOS ALONZO/AFP via Getty Images CARLOS ALONZO/AFP via Getty Images Native peoples aren't …

Deforestation for mining resumes in Hasdeo; locals, activists allege detention
1 year, 3 months ago

Deforestation for mining resumes in Hasdeo; locals, activists allege detention

The Hindu  

Deforestation for mining activities in the Hasdeo forests in Chhattisgarh sparked protests in Sarguja district on Thursday, with locals and activists alleging that they had been detained and the Opposition Congress raising the issue in the State Assembly. Thursday’s deforestation exercise was also to clear land, a part of a coal block allotted to Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam, the …

Illegal bauxite mining in Jharkhand: NGT forms panel, seeks report
1 year, 5 months ago

Illegal bauxite mining in Jharkhand: NGT forms panel, seeks report

The Hindu  

The National Green Tribunal has formed a panel and asked it to submit a factual and action-taken report on the alleged illegal mining of bauxite in Jharkhand's Lohardaga. The NGT was hearing a petition which was registered following a media report on illegal bauxite mining in Lohardaga. A bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava referred to the news report …

Fight against bauxite mining in Odisha: the view from the hill
1 year, 5 months ago

Fight against bauxite mining in Odisha: the view from the hill

The Hindu  

October 13, 2023 03:18 am | Updated February 08, 2024 04:34 pm IST Dibai Majhi, 22, cradles her month-old son in her sari, as she stands with about 30 others in the centre of Aliguna village, in Odisha’s hilly Rayagada district. “Police action is a ploy to deter people from participating in the crucial public hearing for environmental clearance,” says …

Call for permanent cancellation of Bauxite mining lease in Odisha
2 years, 2 months ago

Call for permanent cancellation of Bauxite mining lease in Odisha

The Hindu  

Three days before Odisha State Pollution Control Board is scheduled to hold fresh public hearing regarding the granting of environment clearance to Maliparvat bauxite mining lease in Koraput district, villagers have reached Bhubaneswar demanding permanent cancellation of the lease. “We have been raising objections to attempts by Hindalco Industries Limited to get environment clearance for its bauxite mining project by …

Andhra Pradesh: Amendments to Forest Act harmful to society, say environmental activists
2 years, 6 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Amendments to Forest Act harmful to society, say environmental activists

The Hindu  

Andhra Pradesh Rythu Coolie Sangham State president Simhadri Jhansi on Tuesday said that the amendments to the Forest Act-1980 would be detrimental to the interests of the society as it would lead to ecological imbalances and drying up of rivers. Member of AP Legislative Assembly Pakalapati Raghuvarma feared that the farmers and common people would also become victims if amendments …

Walk-out in A.P. Council over bauxite mining issue
9 years, 3 months ago

Walk-out in A.P. Council over bauxite mining issue

The Hindu  

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council here on Thursday witnessed a walk out by Progressive Democratic Front members amidst heated exchanges between the treasury and Opposition benches as the Government did not give any assurance on suspending the recent Government Oorder on bauxite mining in Visakhapatnam agency area. But, when Mr. Changal Rayudu persisted what was the quantum of ore allotted to …

Drop mining plan in Agency, Girijan Vedika tells govt.
9 years, 4 months ago

Drop mining plan in Agency, Girijan Vedika tells govt.

The Hindu  

Girijana Aikya Vedika for Telangana and AP has issued a strong message to the government that the later must suspend all moves to take up any kind of mining activity in the areas listed in the Fifth Schedule of the constitution, where the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups are the majority of the population. “The tribal people will wage a war, …

Government ignores green and red considerations
9 years, 4 months ago

Government ignores green and red considerations

The Hindu  

he State Government’s decision to resume bauxite mining in the Jerrela block in the Agency area of Vizakhapatnam district is likely to run the gauntlet of opposition from tribal people of the area and environmentalists. Government Order 97 issued on Thursday gives permission to the Forest Department to divert 1212 hectares of land in the Jerrela reserve forest to the …

Experts for hassle-free bauxite mining Eastern Ghats
10 years, 4 months ago

Experts for hassle-free bauxite mining Eastern Ghats

The Hindu  

Making strong pitch for clearing hurdles for bauxite mining in Eastern Ghats, several experts on Thursday called for developing Andhra Pradesh and Odisha as the world’s most preferred destination for investment in aluminium industry. Seeking relaxation of norms with regard to regulations and allaying fears among environmental activists over adverse impact of mining in the hills, the experts who assembled …

Full U-turn: Modi govt may scrap required tribal nod to use forest land
10 years, 6 months ago

Full U-turn: Modi govt may scrap required tribal nod to use forest land

Firstpost  

Various ministries are debating means to ensure that the approval for the use forest land for industrial purposes be cleared directly by the Centre. According to a report in the Business Standard, the Modi government is quietly setting the stage to do away with the need for consent from local tribal bodies to cut down forests for industries. The exclusive …

Reviving bauxite mining opens Pandora’s Box
10 years, 7 months ago

Reviving bauxite mining opens Pandora’s Box

The Hindu  

The decision of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to take up bauxite mining under a special system by Integrated Tribal Development Agency four years after the Centre suspended all the clearances issued to extract the mineral from Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts has opened a Pandora’s Box. There appears to be no clarity on the decision to reconsider mining in …

AP govt. to take relook at bauxite mining issue
10 years, 7 months ago

AP govt. to take relook at bauxite mining issue

The Hindu  

The Andhra Pradesh Government has launched an exercise to review a stand on the contentious bauxite mining issue. The MoU signed by the AP Mineral Development Corporation during 2005-07 have been put under abeyance by the UPA-II Government in August 2010 following strong objections raised by then Araku MP V. Kishore Chandra Deo and others against mining in Scheduled Areas …

Fear of fresh bid for bauxite mining haunts tribal people
10 years, 8 months ago

Fear of fresh bid for bauxite mining haunts tribal people

The Hindu  

Attention maybe turned to exploration of bauxite ore after opening floodgates to greater private participation in coal mining by the National Democratic Alliance Government. The mining lobby, which was lying low for quite sometime after the UPA-II put in abeyance all clearances accorded to bauxite mining in the Scheduled Areas of Visakhapatnam and East Godavari, has stepped up its effort …

Bauxite mining issue generates heat in Agency
10 years, 11 months ago

Bauxite mining issue generates heat in Agency

The Hindu  

Bauxite mining in the Scheduled Areas, a contentious issue which has been agitating the tribal people living Visakhapatnam and East Godavari districts, and neighbouring Odisha, for nearly a decade, is generating heat with general elections less than a month away. People in the affected areas of Araku, Chintapalle, GK Veedhi, Sapparla, and Rampachodavaram are insisting on a firm assurance from …

Tribals languishing as mining mafia calls the tune in Odisha, says Rahul
10 years, 11 months ago

Tribals languishing as mining mafia calls the tune in Odisha, says Rahul

The Hindu  

Targeting the Naveen Patnaik government, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday insisted that his party always supported tribals’ struggle to prevent bauxite mining in their sacred Niyamgiri Hills in Odisha. Alleging that the mining mafia was calling the shots in the State, Mr. Gandhi said local tribals never benefited from the mining-based industrialisation promoted by the Naveen Patnaik government. Though …

Posco cleared, Vedanta loses bid for Niyamgiri project
11 years, 2 months ago

Posco cleared, Vedanta loses bid for Niyamgiri project

The Hindu  

The Union Environment Ministry has taken a decision in two high profile cases, rejecting the forest clearance for Vedanta’s bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills of Odisha, and renewing the stand-alone environmental clearance for Posco’s eight million tonnes per annum steel plant. The rejection of Vedanta’s proposal to dig in the Niyamgiri hills came after 12 village councils of Dongriya …

Possible rejection for Vedanta’s bauxite proposal
11 years, 7 months ago

Possible rejection for Vedanta’s bauxite proposal

The Hindu  

The door could soon be shut on Vedanta’s proposal to mine bauxite in the Niyamgiri hills of Odisha. The Union Environment Ministry has decided that the claim of even one village council for cultural or religious rights over the hills provides the legal mandate to the Central government to reject the proposal under the Supreme Court orders. In a letter …

9th gram sabha rejects bauxite mining in Odisha's Niyamgiri
11 years, 7 months ago

9th gram sabha rejects bauxite mining in Odisha's Niyamgiri

Hindustan Times  

Like its predecessors, the ninth gram sabha will decide proposed bauxite mining in Odisha’s Niyamgiri hills for Vedanta Group’s alumina refinery at its slope on Thursday rejected the proposal asserting the villagers’ religious and cultural rights over the hills. Rejection by an overwhelming nine out of 12 gram sabhas selected by the Odisha government has dashed Vedanta’s hope for getting …

Odisha: Cong leaders praise tribals for opposing mining
11 years, 7 months ago

Odisha: Cong leaders praise tribals for opposing mining

Firstpost  

Congress leaders on Thursday congratulated the Dangaria Kandha tribes of Kalahandi and Rayagada districts of Odisha for their united stand against the proposed bauxite mining plan atop Niyamgiri Hills for Vedanta. Bhawanipatna: Congress leaders on Thursday congratulated the Dangaria Kandha tribes of Kalahandi and Rayagada districts of Odisha for their united stand against the proposed bauxite mining plan atop Niyamgiri …

Palli sabha rejects bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills
11 years, 8 months ago

Palli sabha rejects bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills

The Hindu  

Rayagada District Judge Sarat Chandra Mishra had to trek 10 km crossing two overflowing hill streams on Monday to conduct a palli sabha in this non-descript village in Sabapadar to know the views of Dongria Kondhs, a primitive tribal group, on proposed bauxite mining by the Orissa Mining Corporation and Vedanta. Heavy rain notwithstanding, the gram sabha was held here, …

Tribals say ‘no’ to mining
11 years, 8 months ago

Tribals say ‘no’ to mining

The Hindu  

The Dongaria Kondh tribal people of Niyamgiri on Thursday said an emphatic ‘no’ to the proposed bauxite mining project on the Niyamgiri Hills, which is spread over the tribal-dominated districts of Kalahandi and Rayagada districts in Odisha. Taking part in the first Gram Sabha hearing held at Sherkapadi village in Sibapadar gram panchayat in Rayagada district, as many as 36 …

Bauxite mining proposal will be cancelled, says Naidu
11 years, 11 months ago

Bauxite mining proposal will be cancelled, says Naidu

The Hindu  

TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu has declared that the party will annul the proposal for bauxite mining in the Agency area of the district. During his ‘Vastunna Meekosam’ padayatra in the district in Pendurti constituency on Friday, he said the problem of endowment land in the five villages would be solved and the eligible given pattas. Other highlights of the …

Court directs gram sabhas to take a call on Vedanta’s mining project
11 years, 11 months ago

Court directs gram sabhas to take a call on Vedanta’s mining project

The Hindu  

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the smallest units of local governance to use their powers and take a decision on whether the Vedanta group’s $1.7 billion bauxite mining project in Odisha’s Niyamgiri Hills can go forward or not. Affirming the decision-making power of the village councils of Rayagada and Kalahandi under the Forest Rights Act, …

Panel’s report on mining will reflect Girijans’ feelings: Mallu
11 years, 11 months ago

Panel’s report on mining will reflect Girijans’ feelings: Mallu

The Hindu  

The AP Assembly Committee on Petitions, which visited Galikonda and Raktakonda, one of the areas proposed for bauxite mining in Visakha Agency, is of the opinion that the Girijans are against the mining and its report to the government would be in tune with the feelings of the Girijans, its Chairman Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said here on Tuesday. Addressing mediapersons …

Jairam Ramesh moots 20-year moratorium on mining in tribal areas
12 years ago

Jairam Ramesh moots 20-year moratorium on mining in tribal areas

India TV News  

Hyderabad, March 18: Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Sunday mooted 20-year moratorium on mining in tribal areas of Andhra Pradesh. Addressing a public meeting at G. K. Veedhi, a an interior tribal area in Visakhapatnam district, he suggested to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy to impose the ban on mining as it gives rise to Maoist …

Forest land cannot be diverted for Vedanta project, says Centre
12 years, 1 month ago

Forest land cannot be diverted for Vedanta project, says Centre

The Hindu  

Justifying the cancellation of the environmental clearance granted to Vedanta for the Lanjigarh Bauxite mining project in Odisha, the Ministry of Environment and Forests on Friday said that forest land cannot be diverted under the provisions of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006. In its affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, the MoEF said: “The diversion …

Give the Saranda Development Plan a chance
12 years, 9 months ago

Give the Saranda Development Plan a chance

The Hindu  

I read Aman Sethi's piece on the Saranda Development Plan with great interest but with greater anguish. Before I deal with his main charge — that private mining interests are behind the SDP — I want to lay out what the SDP is all about. •Appointment of 56 Rozgar Mitras from local tribal youth for MGNREGA works for which over …

No green nod for mining in Niyamgiri forests
13 years, 8 months ago

No green nod for mining in Niyamgiri forests

The Hindu  

Union Environment Ministry on Saturday made it clear that no green nod has been given to Orissa Mining Corporation to mine bauxite in the sensitive Niyamgiri Reserve Forests in the State and the status quo remains. The Ministry said the issue of environmental clearance to Orissa Mining Corporation’s Lanjigarh Project has become “practically redundant” as it had withdrawn the forest …

Bauxite deals smack of graft: Naidu
14 years, 4 months ago

Bauxite deals smack of graft: Naidu

The Hindu  

Telugu Desam president N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said his party would launch a fresh agitation if the government did not cancel the bauxite mining deals signed with Jindal and Ras Al-Khaimah. Addressing them after he was greeted by Dhimsa dancers, he ridiculed the Centre's decision to suspend bauxite mining leases pending detailed evaluation following allegations on its adverse impact …

FBV for scrapping agreements with Anrak
14 years, 6 months ago

FBV for scrapping agreements with Anrak

The Hindu  

The Forum for Better Visakha has appealed to the government, both the State and the Centre, to scrap agreements signed with Anrak Aluminium Limited for its alumina refinery project. Agreements have been signed for supplying bauxite ore through AP Mineral Development Corporation, allotment of land for an aluminium complex in Makavarapalem mandal and a captive jetty at Rajaiahpeta near Nakkapali. …

Orissa may give us alternative site: Vedanta
14 years, 7 months ago

Orissa may give us alternative site: Vedanta

The Hindu  

Vedanta, whose proposal to mine bauxite in the Niyamgiri Hills, was rejected by the Centre on Tuesday, says the Orissa government “is actively considering allocation of an alternative source of bauxite to Vedanta's alumina refinery.” In a statement, it also reiterated that there were “no regulatory violations of any kind at the Lanjigarh Alumina refinery.” The Union Ministry of Environment …

It is ‘no’ to Vedanta’s mine project in Orissa
14 years, 7 months ago

It is ‘no’ to Vedanta’s mine project in Orissa

The Hindu  

After a long drawn-out consultation process, the Union government has finally pronounced its verdict against Vedanta Alumina’s $1.7-billion plan to mine bauxite in the Niyamgiri Hills of Orissa. “There has been a very serious violation of the Environment Protection Act, the Forest Conservation Act and the Forest Rights Act,” said Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh. The Orissa Forest …

Vedanta project: panel blames Orissa officials
14 years, 7 months ago

Vedanta project: panel blames Orissa officials

The Hindu  

The N.C. Saxena panel, which has asked the Centre not to clear Vedanta's bauxite mining project in Orissa, is scathing about the “collusion” of the State and district administrations, blaming them for deliberate non-implementation of the Forest Rights Act and the Panchayats Act in the region. “The district administration's reluctance to comply with the legal mandates of the FRA was …

Don't clear Vedanta's mining project: panel
14 years, 7 months ago

Don't clear Vedanta's mining project: panel

The Hindu  

The Union government should not clear Vedanta's bauxite mining project in the Niyamgiri hills of Orissa as it violates the environment and forest law, according to a panel set up to investigate the proposal. “The Vedanta Company has consistently violated the Forest Conservation Act, the Forest Rights Act, the Environment Protection Act and the Orissa Forest Act in active collusion …

More powers to panel probing Vedanta project
14 years, 8 months ago

More powers to panel probing Vedanta project

The Hindu  

Supported by favourable opinion from the Attorney General, the Environment Ministry has given more powers to its panel probing into the impacts and legal issues concerning the Vedanta mining project in Orissa. The Ministry has amended the scope of the work of the four-member panel headed by National Advisory Council member N. C. Saxena, empowering it to “investigate and ascertain …

Centre orders enquiry into violation of mining norms
15 years, 4 months ago

Centre orders enquiry into violation of mining norms

The Hindu  

The Centre has ordered an enquiry into violation of the terms of “in-principle” approval for bauxite mining by Vedanta, a private company, granted by the Orissa Mining Corporation. In a letter, Minister of State Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has asked the Orissa administration to explain how the violation was permitted when there were clear guidelines that “in-principle” approval granted …

A mining controversy
20 years, 3 months ago

A mining controversy

The Hindu  

Opposition parties allege that a bauxite mining agreement between the Orissa Mining Corporation and a Sterlite Group company violates forest laws and affects the interests of the State. A Sterlite Group company, Vedanta Alumina signed the joint venture agreement with the OMC on October 5 for developing bauxite mines at the Niyamgiri hill near Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district and the …

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