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Tribe deals fatal blow to Vedanta mine
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19-08-2013, 07:30 PM
India’s Dongria Kondh tribe has overwhelmingly rejected plans by notorious British mining giant Vedanta Resources for an open-pit bauxite mine in their sacred Niyamgiri Hills, in an unprecedented triumph for tribal rights. Twelve Dongria villages have now unanimously voted against Vedanta’s mine during consultations ordered by India’s Supreme Court in April 2013, because their religious, [...]Tribe deals fatal blow to Vedanta mine is a post from: EconSpire


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