Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is contemplating to revive its proposed mining project at Niyamgiri Hills and hold Gram Sabha in the area again, state government officials said.”We are taking legal opinion to revive the mining plan at Niyamgiri.Since the Supreme Court had ordered for holding Gram Sabha in Niyamgiri Hills area, we may move the apex court seeking its permission to organise Gram Sabha again,” Odisha’s steel and mines minister Prafulla Kumar Mallick told reporters here on Tuesday.Mallick said the state government was yet to take a decision whether to directly approach the Supreme Court or move the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to revive its bauxite mining plan.The state government wants that the state owned Odisha Mining Corporation undertake the Bauxite mining at Niyamgiri and supply the ore to the needy aluminium industries, Mallick said.The Niyamgiri Hills have about 75 million tonnes reserves of high grade Bauxite.The mining plan at the eco-sensitive Niyamgiri Hills spread over Kalahandi and Rayagada districts, was scrapped two years ago after all 12 Gram Sabhas voted unanimously against the project.(Courtesy: PTI)
October 28, 2015
October 28, 2015
0 Comment
Related Articles:
- Odisha FC team jersey
September 14, 2023, 3:21 pm
- 5T Secretary reviews progress on CMO district visit grievance redressal
September 13, 2023, 11:47 am
- Patnaik announces Rs 10 lakhs each to Asian Game qualified Odisha athletes
September 13, 2023, 8:13 am
- Odisha CMO reviews grievances related to industrial development
September 12, 2023, 1:10 pm
- Odisha accelerates economic growth with approval of 9 key industrial projects
September 12, 2023, 4:02 am
- Odisha government is committed to welfare of animals: Patnaik
September 8, 2023, 4:18 pm
- Naveen Patnaik felicitates visually-challenged cricket players
September 8, 2023, 2:59 pm
- Odisha panchayat polls: Landslide victory for BJD, BJP distant second
March 1, 2022, 12:33 pm
- Hemananda Biswal: An inspiration for tribal leaders of Odisha
February 26, 2022, 5:17 am
- Hemananda Biswal passes away, to be cremated at his native place
February 26, 2022, 5:10 am
Breaking News:
- Sexsomnia: An embarrassing sleep disorder no one wants to talk about
April 28, 2024, 5:00 am - College protesters seek amnesty to keep arrests and suspensions from trailing them
April 28, 2024, 4:09 am - Joe Biden Stings Trump At White House Correspondents’ Dinner: “Donald Has Had A Few Tough Days Lately. You Might Call It Stormy Weather”
April 28, 2024, 2:37 am - Justice Thomas raised crucial question about legitimacy of special counsel's prosecution of Trump
April 27, 2024, 9:13 pm - Last letters of pioneering climber who died on Everest reveal dark side of mountaineering
April 27, 2024, 9:03 pm - Chants of ‘shame on you’ greet guests at White House correspondents’ dinner shadowed by war in Gaza
April 27, 2024, 8:25 pm - Man stabbed while walking along San Diego street; no arrests made
April 27, 2024, 5:38 pm - ‘Suspend all Post Office executives involved in Horizon scandal’
April 27, 2024, 4:14 pm - Student accused of viciously beating aide in viral video blames school in new lawsuit: 'Ticking time bomb'
April 27, 2024, 3:59 pm - Yemen's Houthi rebels claim downing US Reaper drone, release footage showing wreckage of aircraft
April 27, 2024, 3:21 pm