The Lanjigarh Block consists of twenty-six Gram-Panchayats out of which two Gram-Panchayats, Tirlochanpur and Basantapada have the highest number of Dongria Kondhs.
Even though the company was cornered after it failed to get the nod of gram sabhas for the bauxite mining in Niyamgiri Hills, it received full support of the ruling BJD government in Odisha in the election year. As per the new agreements,…
TNI Bureau: Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) announced a temporary shutdown of its alumina refinery plant at Lanjigarh in Odisha due to lack of bauxite. The company had decided to close the refinery plant on December 5, but the scarcity of raw…