The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has stalled the UK based Vedanta Resources’ bauxite mining project in Orissa’a Niyamgiri hills. The expert panel set by the MoEF found out that Vedanta blatantly violated forest and environmental laws in starting the project which would lead to environmental destruction and thus would adversely affect the livelihood of the Dongria Kondh tribals.
Many human rights organisations including Amnesty International and Survival International have been in the forefront in highlighting this human rights and environmental crisis. Many of the readers of this blog who read the blogpost Human Rights Violations in Orissa also supported this initiative by signing the online petition as well as sending the Amnesty International postcards to the Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh appealing him to look into the matter. Congratulations to all of those conscionable activists for their efforts in bringing in this outcome. I hope we will continue to utilise such opportunities in the future as well in being online activists for environmental and human rights concerns.
Find more information from the following URLs
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article591546.ece?homepage=true
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/aug/24/vedanta-mining-industry-india
Many human rights organisations including Amnesty International and Survival International have been in the forefront in highlighting this human rights and environmental crisis. Many of the readers of this blog who read the blogpost Human Rights Violations in Orissa also supported this initiative by signing the online petition as well as sending the Amnesty International postcards to the Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh appealing him to look into the matter. Congratulations to all of those conscionable activists for their efforts in bringing in this outcome. I hope we will continue to utilise such opportunities in the future as well in being online activists for environmental and human rights concerns.
Find more information from the following URLs
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article591546.ece?homepage=true
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/aug/24/vedanta-mining-industry-india
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