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Last gram sabha on Niyamgiri bauxite mining to be held on Monday at Jarapa village
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Last gram sabha on Niyamgiri bauxite mining issue to be held Monday at Jarapa village under Muniguda block of Rayagada district.
The state government already conducted gram sabha 11 villages where villagers said no to mining on Niyamgiri. For last Gram Sabha the district administration arranged all necessary steps including deployment of police personnel in that village. There are altogether 16 members including 10 women in this village who will exercise their power in this process.
The state government has been holding the Gram Sabhas according to April 18 directive of the Supreme Court which gave residents in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts the right to decide whether they supported bauxite mining on the hills.
Five Gram Sabhas have been held in Kalahandi district and six in Rayagada district so far.Meanwhile, the Rayagada administration deployed officials to ensure that no foreign national could attend the Gram Sabha or take photographs of the proceedings after controversy over presence of two Englishmen at the Lakhpadar Gram Sabha on August 7.
The state government already conducted gram sabha 11 villages where villagers said no to mining on Niyamgiri. For last Gram Sabha the district administration arranged all necessary steps including deployment of police personnel in that village. There are altogether 16 members including 10 women in this village who will exercise their power in this process.
The state government has been holding the Gram Sabhas according to April 18 directive of the Supreme Court which gave residents in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts the right to decide whether they supported bauxite mining on the hills.
Five Gram Sabhas have been held in Kalahandi district and six in Rayagada district so far.Meanwhile, the Rayagada administration deployed officials to ensure that no foreign national could attend the Gram Sabha or take photographs of the proceedings after controversy over presence of two Englishmen at the Lakhpadar Gram Sabha on August 7.
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