Vedanta, Posco Have To Follow The Law: Ramesh

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 30 No. 8, August 2010

 

Both Posco and Vedanta have to comply with the Forest Conservation Act of 1980 and the Forest Right Act of 2006, Ramesh said, adding "the government will not tolerate any violation of the Forest Conservation Act or any violation of the conditions," he said.

 

Both Vedanta Resources' bauxite mining project and Posco's Rs 54,000-crore steel project in Orissa are under the scanner of the Ministry due to alleged violation of the Forest Conservation Act. Read the full report here.

 

Source: Hindustan Times, Mumbai.

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