It is great news for the poor tribals of Niyamgiri of Orissa and the environmentalists who have fighting the Vedanta bauxite project. Minister Jairam Ramesh took a very proressive step forward by cancelling the project which would have raped the state of natural wealth that belongs to the people of the land. The project that has overstepped all laws has rightly been banned, a proect if it had succeeded would have made tribals homeless from a land which they have occupied for thousands of years. Also atleast 90% of the income from the mining would have gone out of India only to make Anil Aggarwal even richer, for he is based out of UK.
Also nature as it is would have been terribly struck as forests and its flora & fauna would have been destroyed by this project.
At last this is a step in the right direction!!
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A good step taken by Jairam Ramesh. Vedanta,the Orissa mining corporation's statement is "This project is to encourage the investment in the world class bauxite deposits in one of the most backward districts in the state, and generation of 10,000 jobs". But it is not fair to ruin the life of the tribals. They are the ones who really care for our forests and wild life.
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