Tag: Vedanta Alumina

Hundreds of Dongria and Jharania tribals of Kalahandi and Rayagada districts residing in and around the Niyamgiri hills today congregated at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district under the banner of Niyamgiri Surakshya Samiti (NSS), a tribal outfit fighting for the protection of the hill they consider sacred, and shouted slogans against Vedanta Alumina and the police

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet on Wednesday amended a long-term linkage policy to facilitate Vedanta company to source bauxite from the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) to run a refinery and smelter plants in the state. “The Cabinet decision will enable Vedanta Limited, which has set up an alumina refinery and aluminium smelter in the state under […]

Lanjigarh: The vicinity of Vedanta Alumina here turned into a battle ground when the security guards of the factory resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the factory’s labourers who had staged an agitation demanding jobs for locals today. At least two persons including a security personnel of Odisha Industrial Security Force (OISF) were killed  while 30 others […]