By NNN-PTI,
London : The Leicestershire County Council has been urged to put pressure on mining major Vedanta Resources to stop a major project to mine bauxite from the Nyamgiri mountain in India’s Orissa state.
The council has invested 2.3 million pound (rpt) 2.3 million pound in the company owned by the Indian-origin entrepreneur Anil Aggarwal.
In July, there were protests in London during the companys annual general meeting (AGM) on grounds that mining bauxite would threaten the ecologically sensitive Nyamgiri mountain, which is a sacred site for the Kondh tribe.
ActionAid, a campaign group that coordinated the protests, has urged the council to act to ensure that the company drops its plans to create an open-pit mine Meredith Alexander, ActionAid’s head of trade, said.
“Shareholders including Leicestershire County Council are investing in a mine that will destroy a community’s way of life and irreversibly damage a unique environment.