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&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Vedanta Co is being investigated by the ministry for alleged violation of this guideline, he said. &amp;quot;We will take a final call after report of the expert group is received.&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;S B Minerals, Trident Minerals and Veeyam Minerals continued to mine in the area &amp;quot;in complete violation of the Forest Advisory Committee resolution of May 10, 2010, which clearly and explicitly directed that such mining be stopped.&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The Chief Minister has &amp;quot;promised to take action against illegal mining,&amp;quot; he said pointing that the Forest Conservation Act of 1980 does not empower his ministry to take action.&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The Forest Advisory Committee had recommended that the state government should take up a survey and demarcate the area designated under the mining licence. Ramesh said between 1950 and 1980, four million hectare forest land was converted for non-forest use while during the subsequent 30 years, only one million of forest land was diverted for non-forest purposes.&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is investigating alleged violation of forest laws by Vedanta Co and Korean steel maker Posco in Orissa, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said a four-member expert group is currently in Orissa looking at all cases of alleged violation by Vedanta Co.&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Vedanta Co is being investigated by the ministry for alleged violation of this guideline, he said. &amp;quot;We will take a final call after report of the expert group is received.&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;S B Minerals, Trident Minerals and Veeyam Minerals continued to mine in the area &amp;quot;in complete violation of the Forest Advisory Committee resolution of May 10, 2010, which clearly and explicitly directed that such mining be stopped.&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The Forest Advisory Committee had recommended that the state government should take up a survey and demarcate the area designated under the mining licence. Ramesh said between 1950 and 1980, four million hectare forest land was converted for non-forest use while during the subsequent 30 years, only one million of forest land was diverted for non-forest purposes.&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Today honestly, the truth is that regulatory system is not effective enough to stop illegal mining in the country,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;The honest truth is that we do not have effective regulatory system to deal with illegal mining.&amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;font face=&quot;arial,helvetica,sans-serif&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;He said permission for three power projects and one aluminium smelter refinery in Andhra Pradesh has been suspended on the ground of violation of environmental laws.&lt;/font&gt;
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                <p align="justify"><font ></font></p><p align="justify"><font >Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is investigating alleged violation of forest laws by Vedanta Co and Korean steel maker Posco in Orissa, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.</font></p><p align="justify"><font >Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said a four-member expert group is currently in Orissa looking at all cases of alleged violation by Vedanta Co.</font></p><p align="justify"><font >An iron ore mining project may comprise both forest and non-forest area and a company can initiate action in non-forest area only after it has received approval for mining in the forest area, he said.</font></p><p align="justify"><font >Vedanta Co is being investigated by the ministry for alleged violation of this guideline, he said. &quot;We will take a final call after report of the expert group is received.&quot;</font></p><p align="justify"><font >Similarly, Posco was under investigation for alleged violation of forest act in acquisition of land for the mega project.</font></p><p align="justify"><font >&quot;Any violation of forest act will not be tolerated,&quot; he said.</font></p><p align="justify"><font >On the issue of illegal mining in Karnataka, Ramesh said he had written to Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on July 3 pointing out &quot;gross violation (of the Forest Conservation Act) by private iron ore mining companies&quot; in the forest area of Sandur near Bellary.</font></p><p align="justify"><font >S B Minerals, Trident Minerals and Veeyam Minerals continued to mine in the area &quot;in complete violation of the Forest Advisory Committee resolution of May 10, 2010, which clearly and explicitly directed that such mining be stopped.&quot;</font></p><p align="justify"><font >The Chief Minister has &quot;promised to take action against illegal mining,&quot; he said pointing that the Forest Conservation Act of 1980 does not empower his ministry to take action.</font></p><p align="justify"><font >The Forest Advisory Committee had recommended that the state government should take up a survey and demarcate the area designated under the mining licence. Ramesh said between 1950 and 1980, four million hectare forest land was converted for non-forest use while during the subsequent 30 years, only one million of forest land was diverted for non-forest purposes.</font></p><p align="justify"><font >The Forest Conservation Act does not prohibit use of forest land for non-forest purposes. &quot;It cannot be anybody's case that we stop all mining activities... we stop all development activities,&quot; he said, adding the diversion has to be kept barest minimum and should be done under strict conditions and stipulations including compensatory afforestation.</font></p><p align="justify"><font >&quot;Today honestly, the truth is that regulatory system is not effective enough to stop illegal mining in the country,&quot; he said. &quot;The honest truth is that we do not have effective regulatory system to deal with illegal mining.&quot;</font></p><p align="justify"><font >A group of minister is among other things looking at regulatory deficiencies in dealing with illegal mining.</font></p><p align="justify"><font >On alleged illegal mining of iron ore in Obulapuram on the AP-Karnataka border, Ramesh said Survey of India has been asked to do a survey of the disputed territory. Bases on the survey, &quot;if there is any violation of forest conservation act, we will take action.&quot;</font></p><p align="justify"><font >He said permission for three power projects and one aluminium smelter refinery in Andhra Pradesh has been suspended on the ground of violation of environmental laws.</font></p><p align="justify"><font ></font></p>               </font>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">On the issue of illegal mining in Karnataka, Ramesh said he had written to Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on July 3 pointing out &quot;gross violation (of the Forest Conservation Act) by private iron ore mining companies&quot; in the forest area of Sandur near Bellary.</font>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">S B Minerals, Trident Minerals and Veeyam Minerals continued to mine in the area &quot;in complete violation of the Forest Advisory Committee resolution of May 10, 2010, which clearly and explicitly directed that such mining be stopped.&quot;</font>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">The Chief Minister has &quot;promised to take action against illegal mining,&quot; he said pointing that the Forest Conservation Act of 1980 does not empower his ministry to take action.</font>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">The Forest Advisory Committee had recommended that the state government should take up a survey and demarcate the area designated under the mining licence. Ramesh said between 1950 and 1980, four million hectare forest land was converted for non-forest use while during the subsequent 30 years, only one million of forest land was diverted for non-forest purposes.</font>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">The Forest Conservation Act does not prohibit use of forest land for non-forest purposes. &quot;It cannot be anybody's case that we stop all mining activities... we stop all development activities,&quot; he said, adding the diversion has to be kept barest minimum and should be done under strict conditions and stipulations including compensatory afforestation.</font>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">&quot;Today honestly, the truth is that regulatory system is not effective enough to stop illegal mining in the country,&quot; he said. &quot;The honest truth is that we do not have effective regulatory system to deal with illegal mining.&quot;</font>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">A group of minister is among other things looking at regulatory deficiencies in dealing with illegal mining.</font>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">On alleged illegal mining of iron ore in Obulapuram on the AP-Karnataka border, Ramesh said Survey of India has been asked to do a survey of the disputed territory. Bases on the survey, &quot;if there is any violation of forest conservation act, we will take action.&quot;</font>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">He said permission for three power projects and one aluminium smelter refinery in Andhra Pradesh has been suspended on the ground of violation of environmental laws.</font>
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Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is investigating alleged violation of forest laws by Vedanta Co and Korean steel maker Posco in Orissa, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.


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Vedanta, Posco being probed over forest law violation

Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is investigating alleged violation of forest laws by Vedanta Co and Korean steel maker Posco in Orissa, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday. Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said a four-member expert group is currently in Orissa looking at all cases of alleged violation by Vedanta Co. An iron ore mining project may comprise both forest and non-forest area and a company can initiate action in non-forest area only after it has received approval for mining in the forest area, he said. Vedanta Co is being investigated by the ministry for alleged violation of this guideline, he said. "We will take a final call after report of the expert group is received." Similarly, Posco was under investigation for alleged violation of forest act in acquisition of land for the mega project. "Any violation of forest act will not be tolerated," he said. On the issue of illegal mining in Karnataka, Ramesh said he had written to Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on July 3 pointing out "gross violation (of the Forest Conservation Act) by private iron ore mining companies" in the forest area of Sandur near Bellary. S B Minerals, Trident Minerals and Veeyam Minerals continued to mine in the area "in complete violation of the Forest Advisory Committee resolution of May 10, 2010, which clearly and explicitly directed that such mining be stopped." The Chief Minister has "promised to take action against illegal mining," he said pointing that the Forest Conservation Act of 1980 does not empower his ministry to take action. The Forest Advisory Committee had recommended that the state government should take up a survey and demarcate the area designated under the mining licence. Ramesh said between 1950 and 1980, four million hectare forest land was converted for non-forest use while during the subsequent 30 years, only one million of forest land was diverted for non-forest purposes. The Forest Conservation Act does not prohibit use of forest land for non-forest purposes. "It cannot be anybody's case that we stop all mining activities... we stop all development activities," he said, adding the diversion has to be kept barest minimum and should be done under strict conditions and stipulations including compensatory afforestation. "Today honestly, the truth is that regulatory system is not effective enough to stop illegal mining in the country," he said. "The honest truth is that we do not have effective regulatory system to deal with illegal mining." A group of minister is among other things looking at regulatory deficiencies in dealing with illegal mining. On alleged illegal mining of iron ore in Obulapuram on the AP-Karnataka border, Ramesh said Survey of India has been asked to do a survey of the disputed territory. Bases on the survey, "if there is any violation of forest conservation act, we will take action." He said permission for three power projects and one aluminium smelter refinery in Andhra Pradesh has been suspended on the ground of violation of environmental laws.