Maa Mati Mali Surakhya Mancha has expressed outrage at the criminal and unlawful attempt of the Vedanta company officials and district administration to hold fake Gram Sabhas to garner consent for diversion of forest lands for mining purposes. It has demanded immediate cancellation of the bauxite mining leases over Tijimali, Kutrumali and Majhingmali hills in Odisha. Groundxero | October […]
Kartik Naik is one of the leading Dalit activists from the anti-mining group Ma Maati Maali Surakhya Manch (Rayagada-Kalahandi) in Odisha. Kartik is among the activists who are resisting the setting up of a bauxite mine in the Sijimali/Tijmali hills in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts of South Odisha by Vedanta Ltd. Thirty-year-old Kartik was picked […]
#SijimaliMatters Update # 7. An update on the status of the struggle by the local communities against Vedanta’s bauxite mining project at Sijimali, Odisha. Groundxero | 16th February, 2024 Vedanta Limited’s proposed bauxite mining project at Sijimali in Odisha’s Rayagada district is being intensely opposed by local Adivasi and Dalit villagers who have voiced […]
Groundxero | Ist February, 2024 160 Adivasi and Dalit people from eight villages in Kutrumali, Sijimali and Majhingmali in South Odisha, wrote an open letter to the President of India on the Republic Day, drawing her attention to the unjust and unconstitutional ways by which their land, hills, rivers and streams have been sold off […]
#SijimaliMatters Update # 6 December 21, 2023 We bring to you an update of the Gram (Palli) Sabha meetings held in the Sijimali region on 8 December by the local administration in the presence of company officials and armed police and people’s protest and the Shaheed Rendo Majhi Diwas event in Nakrundi Gram Panchayat […]
By Groundxero | 10 Dec, 2023 Peasant unions, Adivasi organizations, Trade Unions and social activists in Odisha have issued a joint statement condemning the farce of Gram Sabhas carried out by the Odisha Government in the Sijimali region to hasten the process of bauxite mining for Vedanta Limited. They have expressed outrage and concern over […]
Groundxero : November 23, 2023 #SijimaliMatters Update #5 The past three and a half months have been both tumultuous and decisive in shaping the antimining resistance of Adivasis and Dalits in South Odisha. As we bring to you our fifth update, twenty three activists arrested since mid-August have stepped out of the confines […]
Her story in photos of two public hearings for environment clearance to Vedanta’s bauxite mining proposal in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts, Odisha By Rajaraman, Debabrata and Evanjelina. Women of Banteji village, in the foothills of Tijmali, collectively resolve to oppose bauxite mining on the night before the public hearing of 16th October […]
Groundxero | 1st November, 2023 Vedanta Limited’s proposed bauxite mining project at Sijimali in Odisha’s Rayagada district is being intensely opposed by local Adivasi and Dalit villagers who have voiced concerns over their eviction and possible adverse impact of the mining project on their livelihoods and local ecology. On March 1 of this […]
Groundxero | 31st October, 2023 A huge public meeting was held on 29th October at Talaampadar of Thuamal Rampur Block in Kalahandi district of Odisha. This public meeting was attended by over 2000 people. The objective of the meeting was to strengthen the bonds across the communities and reiterate their resolve to unitedly continue […]
Groundxero Report | 19th October, 2023 The second Public Hearing, required to obtain the Environment Clearance for the Sijimali Bauxite Mining Project of Vedanta, met with equal resounding opposition from local villagers. It was held on Oct 18 at Kerpai High School premises in Thuamul Rampur Block of Kalahandi district, Odisha. The public hearing started at […]
State and capital has zeroed in on the rich bauxite and lime stone reserves of South Odisha now. The BJD-led state government and the BJP at the Centre are handing over dangars, mountains for meager profits to Vedanta, Adani, Dalmia Cement and Aditya Birla. The rights won through PESA and FRA after long years of […]
Activists in West Bengal are at this point pondering over, debating and discussing the adverse impacts of the much touted mega open-cast coal mining project in Deocha-Pachami in the Birbhum district of West Bengal. While the adivasi villagers in the area are expressing their opposition to the mining project on their ancestral lands, and many […]