The Pioneer, Jan 27, 2009
Bhawanipatna: As a symbolic protest against mining at Niyamgiri hill and to safeguard its natural beauty at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district, the Green Kalahandi, led by Bhakta Charan Das, has decided to form a chain among the locals from Ijurpa village to Daikhal village under Trilochanpur gram panchayat, covering 240 square kilometer of the forest on January 27. Das told reporters here that 1,340 families have lost their lands and houses for establishment of Vedanta Aluminum Ltd on the promise of rehabilitation, but they are yet to be rehabilitated properly. He, however, cleared that he is not against the plant, but he wants that the rights of the tribals should be protected and their demands should be met by the company.
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