Orissa Moves SC Against Govt Order To Shut Vedanta Project

The state government's move came six months after Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh on August 24 last year withdrew the permission to Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) to mine the eco-sensitive Niyamgiri Hills, home to the primitive Dongaria Kondh tribals.

On October 21, Ramesh followed it up by rejecting Vedanta's application for expanding its refining capacity from one million to six million tonnes per annum and captive power plant from 75MW to 300MW. Read the full report here.

Source: Sandeep Mishra, TNN, Bhubaneswar.