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Dirty business
By: ActionAid
Posted: Mar 19 09
Witnessed: 1407 times
Regions: India
Issues: Corporations and human rights
Tags: Niyamgiri Dongria Kondh Vedanta Sterlite Displacment Mining Orissa India
British company Vedanta Resources Plc, are planning to start mining for bauxite (aluminum) in the pristine Niyamgiri Hills mountains of Orissa, India, ancestral home of thousands of India’s most vulnerable indigenous people..
For generations the Kondh tribal people have lived in small groups across the mountain, depending upon it for their food, culture and medicines. They also worship Niyamgiri as their living god.
Official reports suggest that the mine will lead to massive deforestation, threaten key water sources and destroy local ecosystems, home to endangered animals such as the tiger, leopard and elephant.
The Kondh tribal people have made it clear that they do not want the the mine to go ahead and that financial compensation will not make up for the potential loss of their way of life.
If mining is permitted here then two of India’s strongest Constitutional guarantees will be breached.
There are other places to mine bauxite in India that would not have the same impact.
It is not too late to stop the mine.
Please take action today. Stand alongside the Kondh and demand an immediate cancellation of plans to start mining.
http://www.actionaid.org.uk/vedanta
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