Activists caution against efforts to revive bauxite mining in Odisha’s Niyamgiri hills

Vedanta Group chairman Anil Agarwal put out a statement recently that the Niyamgiri bauxite reserve should be reopened for mining and that it would create jobs for the local tribal populationThe National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), a pan-India platform of groups working to protect the environment, on Tuesday cautioned against what it described as “renewed efforts” to revive bauxite mining in Odisha’s Niyamgiri hills.