The Telegraph, April 16, 2007
OUR CORRESPONDENT
Bhubaneswar, April 15: Green Kalahandi, a body of agitators protesting against the alumina refinery by Vedanta Alumina, a subsidiary of Sterlite Industries, set up at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district, has kicked off a “Suraksha Yatra” across the district.
More than 500 poor, mostly tribal rallyists started their march yesterday from Kesinga town in the district after garlanding the statue of BR Ambedkar amid a gathering of about 5,000 people.
The participants, led by Green Kalahandi founded by former Union minister and former Kalahandi MP Bhakta Charan Das, are moving on foot across different villages braving the hot April sun. “We have started this yatra to draw attention towards the mindless exploitation of land, water and natural resources of the district by Vedanta. They must stop all operations and leave Kalahandi,” Das told The Telegraph over phone during the second day of his journey.
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