India Should Reject Vedanta’s Orissa Mine, Panel Says

Vedanta Resources Plc’s plan to mine in the Indian state of Orissa should be rejected because it will endanger the livelihoods of locals, a panel set up by the environment ministry said.

“Allowing mining in the proposed lease area by depriving two primitive tribal groups of their rights over the proposed mining sites in order to benefit a private company would shake the faith of tribal people in the laws of the land,” a four- member committee said in a report.