In 2009 Survival released the film "Mine - Story of a Sacred Mountain", otherwise known as "The Real Avatar". A global campaign was started to stop a British mining company from destroying the home and future of the Dongria Kondh tribe.
Watch "Strength in Numbers" to find out what happened next.. Link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ojdTLhWsRA&feature=share&list=PLDF75AE486DD8B1F5 On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Mandar Phanse <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > Also read , TIME magazines archieves , completely dedicated for the same > issue - on Dongari Kondh tribal's in UK general body of vedanta company , > amazing story of Educated Kondh citizens in UK who did a uniqe protest. > Rahul Gandhi , read this then and sent Jayaraman Ramesh to take note of > the struggle. > > The Dongar dev - Hill God - is being protected now. > Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone > ------------------------------ > *From: * AYUSH activities <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Fri, 26 Jul 2013 23:54:55 -0700 (PDT) > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *AYUSH | Re: > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-EU0of4XYuYI/UfNuqycGY2I/AAAAAAAAEHE/5-sQrNqrvQY/s1600/vedanta.jpg> > > > On Tuesday, July 9, 2013 9:24:56 PM UTC+5:30, awajdotribals wrote: >> >> >> Court directs gram sabhas to take a call on Vedanta’s mining project >> Government Job >> Vacancies<http://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=CQ0a71CvcUeiFEIzEkAWK44H4CtzikugD_KbJqyawhdWCARABIL2DvxNQnbLnlAZg5ermg7wOoAGaoof0A8gBAakC8RHwg4HOUT6oAwGqBNoBT9BpvYhN0TbsC9rSDSQT5qSR7IExtdPsxFRc8msrN6oQXTZavJxhO3PmTwifg1WsCvUmm4qTbo46bAKF2W-xNsPiU4ccY1H6ZCEiNUfeo-xKuG3q5lHJ0UGcE5ouxac6jm03FKpwPL5_Q2OsTEPx9QqrQOpei8FGI7CJEjr76X7eJHbBjIcSIK975RIgZamXiZfpKU41xboT9gZSyjXp3uV31fNMJKajSfa3ok3HXym7ic7S7wfNoHmhxnk1wkKKVnSZEkzIpCr6sg2bg-JH7cNpAkdBNgg4dVWIBgGAB87d-As&num=1&cid=5Ggg5x9dcsrbHK7iQFofv1Ps&sig=AOD64_00q54mVuYOpy_qxZED7tGeTFEOAQ&client=ca-hindu_site_html&adurl=http://www.quikr.com/government-jobs-Jobs/government-jobs/z93> >> - Find 1000's of Jobs in your City. 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After the government rejected the proposal to >> start mining activities in Orissa, Vedanta has said it will look for >> alternate sites.] >> The HinduFile photo of members of the Orissa Dongaria Kondh tribe >> conducting a protest against the Vedanta project before the State >> Secretariat in Bhubaneswar. After the government rejected the proposal to >> start mining activities in Orissa, Vedanta has said it will look for >> alternate sites. >> TOPICS >> India <http://www.thehindu.com/topics/?categoryId=81> >> Orissa<http://www.thehindu.com/topics/?categoryId=178> >> company information <http://www.thehindu.com/topics/?categoryId=702> plant >> opening <http://www.thehindu.com/topics/?categoryId=744> >> metal and mineral <http://www.thehindu.com/topics/?categoryId=897> >> mining<http://www.thehindu.com/topics/?categoryId=901> >> With international activists and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi >> highlighting the rights of the Dongria Kondhs, the case had taken on a >> high-profile dimension. >> >> In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the >> smallest units of local governance to use their powers and take a decision >> on whether the Vedanta group’s $1.7 billion bauxite mining project in >> Odisha’s Niyamgiri Hills can go forward or not. >> >> Affirming the decision-making power of the village councils of Rayagada >> and Kalahandi under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), the court directed these >> gram sabhas to “take a decision...within three months” on any claims of >> cultural, religious, community and individual rights that the forest >> dwellers of the region may have. >> >> “We are, therefore, of the view that the question whether STs [Scheduled >> Tribes] and other TFDs [traditional forest dwellers], like Dongria Kondh, >> Kutia Kandha and others, have got any religious rights i.e. rights of >> worship over the Niyamgiri hills, known as Nimagiri, near Hundaljali, which >> is the hill top known as Niyam-Raja, have to be considered by the Gram >> Sabha,” said a three-member Bench in its order. “Gram Sabha can also >> examine whether the proposed mining area Niyama Danger, 10 km away from the >> peak, would in any way affect the abode of Niyam-Raja. Needless to say, if >> the BMP [bauxite mining project], in any way, affects their religious >> rights...that right has to be preserved and protected. We find that this >> aspect of the matter has not been placed before the Gram Sabha for their >> active consideration.” >> >> *MoEF given two months to decide* >> >> Once the gram sabhas have made their decision, the court gave the >> Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) a further two months to take a >> final decision on granting a forest clearance for the bauxite mining >> project being run as a joint venture between a State-owned mining >> corporation and the U.K.-based Vedanta’s Indian arm. The Vedanta Group >> declined to make any comment on the ruling. >> >> The Bench gave its ruling on a petition which challenged the MoEF’s 2010 >> decision to cancel the bauxite mining project’s forest clearance — on the >> grounds that environment and forest laws had been violated, as well as the >> rights of primitive tribal groups such as the Dongria Kondh. With >> international activists and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi highlighting the >> rights of the Dongria Kondhs, the case had taken on a high-profile >> dimension. >> >> *A victory for* >> >> *Dongria Kondhs* >> >> Jubilant tribal activists are also treating the verdict not just as a >> victory for the Dongria Kondhs against Vedanta, but as a validation of the >> gram sabha’s powers under the FRA. “The court’s construction of the FRA >> says that the gram sabha can decide on rights, that decision is final, and >> the gram sabha has the power to decide on protecting forests and natural >> heritage,” says Shankar Gopalakrishnan from the Campaign for Survival and >> Dignity. >> >> “In particular, by sending the matter back to the gram sabha because a >> key matter has ‘not been placed before it for its active consideration’ the >> court is treating the gram sabha as a statutory, legal authority at the >> same rank as, say, the forest advisory committee or MoEF.” >> >> The Bench also made it clear that the FRA “protects a wide range of >> rights of forest dwellers and STs including the customary rights to use >> forest land as a community forest resource and not restricted merely to >> property rights or to areas of habitation.” >> >> Mr. Gopalakrishnan argued that “this construction of the FRA is now >> binding on every High Court and every Supreme Court Bench of less than >> three judges, as well as on the government.” It could also throw a shadow >> on recent guidelines drafted by the Prime Minister’s office, which seemed >> to hold that, under the FRA, gram sabha consent was not mandatory, and that >> its input was only required in some cases because forest dwellers should be >> treated “humanely” and to ensure public “consultation.” >> > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > This mail is sent you by AYUSHgoogle group > AYUSH | adivasi yuva shakti | www.adiyuva.in > We are online group of youth who want to take 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