Testing Times for Vedanta: The Battle with the Dongria Kondh Tribe of Odisha

Testing Times for Vedanta: The Battle with the Dongria Kondh Tribe of Odisha
Case Code: CSRS004
Case Length: 22 pages
Period: 2004 - 2014
Pub Date: 2015
Teaching Note: Available
Price: Rs.500
Organization: Vedanta Resources plc
Industry: Metals and Mining
Countries: India
Themes: Sustainability
Testing Times for Vedanta: The Battle with the Dongria Kondh Tribe of Odisha
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Introduction

On July 30, 2014, a public hearing meeting conducted by the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) in Lanjigarh , Odisha , on expanding the capacity of Sesa Sterlite Limited (Sesa Sterlite), global diversified resources major and associate company of UK-based metals and mining major, Vedanta Resources plc (Vedanta Resources), from 1 mpta to 6 mpta, was disrupted by around 300 tribal people, mainly members of the Dongria Kondh community. It was reported that the locals had barged into the meeting venue as they were denied a say at the hearing. According to a protester, "The company and the Odisha government always do like this, keeping the affected tribal people in (the) dark. It suggests, they are doing wrong things against the interests of the tribal people."...

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