By SNV Sudhir
Visakhapatnam, Oct 22, 2012 : The Centre and the state are on the warpath again with over the proposed bauxite mining in Vizag agency.The AP Mineral Development Corp. (APMDC) contends its mining licences are in line with the Supreme Court’s Samata ruling that state-owned agencies can operate in scheduled areas. The APMDC is said
to have submitted a report on the matter recently.The stance is in stark contrast to the Union tribal welfare ministry directive that the Alienation of Land Transfer Regulation (ALTR) bars non-tribal people from buying land, or even getting it on lease, in scheduled areas.
Slamming the state government last Saturday for issuing the mining licences, Union tribal welfare minis
ter Kishore Chandra Deo said the state would have to face the consequences if his directives, issued under powers vested with him by the Constitution, are ignored and the licenses are not cancelled.A committee appo-inted by the environment ministry to study various aspects of proposed bauxite mining in Vizag agency had submitted its report in May.
The panel recommended that under the Forest Conservation Act, a gram sabha or panchayat located within a 10-km radius of mining areas should be consulted, as per the Panchayat Act 1996, before licences are cleared.But in reply to an RTI query, the APMDC had said that no such consent is required from the gram sabha for mining of major minerals like bauxite.
to have submitted a report on the matter recently.The stance is in stark contrast to the Union tribal welfare ministry directive that the Alienation of Land Transfer Regulation (ALTR) bars non-tribal people from buying land, or even getting it on lease, in scheduled areas.
Slamming the state government last Saturday for issuing the mining licences, Union tribal welfare minis
ter Kishore Chandra Deo said the state would have to face the consequences if his directives, issued under powers vested with him by the Constitution, are ignored and the licenses are not cancelled.A committee appo-inted by the environment ministry to study various aspects of proposed bauxite mining in Vizag agency had submitted its report in May.
The panel recommended that under the Forest Conservation Act, a gram sabha or panchayat located within a 10-km radius of mining areas should be consulted, as per the Panchayat Act 1996, before licences are cleared.But in reply to an RTI query, the APMDC had said that no such consent is required from the gram sabha for mining of major minerals like bauxite.
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