29 MAY 2013Business Standard
District collectors get alerts on decisive gram sabhas for Vedanta's mining project
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The Odisha Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe development department has issued notices to the district collectors of Rayagada and Kalahandi, asking them to conduct hearings ahead of Gram Sabhas at Niyamgiri hill range, which will decide the fate of the bauxite mining project there.
As per the notification, the collectors have been advised to hear submissions of local tribal communities who have religious and cultural concerns over the bauxite mining project that is meant to feed one million tonnes of alumina at the refinery of Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL).
The collectors will complete the hearing process within six weeks, during which people from 12 tribal villages residing at the Niyamgiri hills, will submit petitions regarding their concerns. The task is carried out to understand the religious sentiment of the tribes as per the Supreme Court order.
Meanwhile, the state government has written to the registrar of the Odisha High Court for appointment of a district judge to oversee the proceedings of the Gram Sabhas.
As per the notification, the collectors have been advised to hear submissions of local tribal communities who have religious and cultural concerns over the bauxite mining project that is meant to feed one million tonnes of alumina at the refinery of Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL).
The collectors will complete the hearing process within six weeks, during which people from 12 tribal villages residing at the Niyamgiri hills, will submit petitions regarding their concerns. The task is carried out to understand the religious sentiment of the tribes as per the Supreme Court order.
Meanwhile, the state government has written to the registrar of the Odisha High Court for appointment of a district judge to oversee the proceedings of the Gram Sabhas.
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