[WSJ] India Pulls Up Vedanta for Flouting Norms

Finally the authorities take cognizance of the excesses of the Vedanta corporation in its mining operations in Orissa's tribal areas. Hope the follow-up action will be stringent and will make an example out of them.

Vedanta Aluminium Ltd.'s operations in Orissa state could suffer a setback after a government team said the company--a unit of mining giant Vedanta Resources PLC.--violated environmental guidelines at its planned mining site in the Niyamgiri Hills.
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh said he will seek "follow-up action" with the Orissa state government after a ministry panel sent to the region submitted three reports saying Vedanta started work on its mining project before receiving final clearance. ... Mr. Ramesh added that Vedanta's project--extracting bauxite ore for its alumina refinery in the foothills--may have also violated rights of the 8,000-strong Dongria Kondh tribe living in the Niyamgiri Hills.

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