Bauxite mining plan in Kerala’s Kadaladipara hits a roadblock

<p>The proposed bauxite mining and clay mining plan at India&rsquo;s Kadaladipara in Kinanoor-Karinthalam panchayat in Kasaragod district in Kerala hit a roadblock after the public hearing was called off last Saturday, August5, due to a mass protest by the local people.</p> <p>The district administration had convened the hearing over the weekend to elicit people&rsquo;s opinion on the bauxite mining proposal by Ashapura Mining, a firm based in Mumbai.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/bauxiteAug9.JPG" alt="News" width="517" height="388" /></p> <p>An action committee formed by the political parties in opposition voiced against the proposal to lease out over 200 acres of land at Kadaladipara to Ashapura Mining, <em>The Hindu </em>reported.</p> <p>&ldquo;The people are united in opposing the proposal. A Detailed Project Report prepared in 2007 warned that mining in the thickly populated area would have serious ecological implications,&rdquo; Kinanoor-Karinthalam grama panchayat president A. Vidhubala told The Hindu.</p> <p>{googleAdsense}</p> <p>The site identified for bauxite mining had been earlier considered for a solar park by the administration. It is not known with certainty why that project got shelved.</p> <p>A public sector firm had also protested against the move to commence bauxite mining at the site earlier, Ms. Vidhubala noted.</p>