Monday, 29 November 2021

NIYAMGIRI HILLS REFERENDUM

Niyamgiri hills are located deep inside the forests of South - western Odisha . 
In 2007 Environment ministry gave clearence to a firm called Vedanta force diverting 661 has of forestland for mining to Orissa mining corporation .
In 2008 supreme court also cleared the proposal .
However in 2010 a committee headed by N.C. Saxena thrashed the Vedanta proposal and environment ministry withdrew in 2011 . 
On April 18 /2013 supreme court directed the government of Odisha to seek the consent of villagers that were to be affected by Vedanta projects in and around Niyam giri .
Following this . 
The Odisha government drewe up a list of 12 villages likely to be affected in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts .
The villagers held gram subhas .
Every one of the sabha rejected the first environmental referendum .
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