The Dongria Kondh, a primitive tribal group [now termed as
particularly vulnerable tribe], has been protecting more than 7 sq. km.
of the sacred undisturbed forests on top of the mountain, where the
proposed mining lease area of the Lanjigarh bauxite mining lease is
located. They consider the land and forests sacred to their deity.
Diversion of these sacred areas for mining will undermine the customary
rights of the Dongria Kondhs to protect their sacred places of worship
and thereby amount to a violation of their fundamental right to manage
their own affairs in the matter of religion and fundamental right to
conserve the culture of their own. It was also in direct violation
further of the specific provisions of the Forest Rights Act.
As per Govt. the Lanjigarh bauxite mining lease is located in Scheduled Areas as referred to in Clause (1) of Article 244 of the Constitution. Circumscribing or extinguishing of forest rights in such areas shall not be in conformity with the provisions of the clause-5 of the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution.
As per Govt. the Lanjigarh bauxite mining lease is located in Scheduled Areas as referred to in Clause (1) of Article 244 of the Constitution. Circumscribing or extinguishing of forest rights in such areas shall not be in conformity with the provisions of the clause-5 of the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution.
