Forced Displacement Due to Bauxite Mining

What is affected

	Communal
	Electricity, Sewage

Type of violation

Forced eviction
Dispossession/confiscation

Date

23 January 2006

Region

A [ Asia ]

Country

India

Location

Visakhaptatnam

Affected persons

	Total 80000
	Men 0
	Women 0
	Children 0
	Indigenous

Proposed solution

Stop eviction. Authorities provide reparation for those dispossessed, injured and killed.

Details

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Development

Forced eviction

Costs

Duty holder(s) /responsible party(ies)

	State
	Jindal Group of Companies

Brief narrative

Source: Asian Centre for Human Rights, India Human Rights Report 2007

http://www.achrweb.org/reports/india/AR07/andhra.htm#_Toc166923273

Tribals continued to oppose the proposed bauxite mining in the Scheduled Areas of Visakhapatnam district and demanded cancellation of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the State Government and the Jindal Group of companies for the same time. On 23 January 2006, Centre of Indian Trade Unions State Vice-President, Ms S. Punyavathi, following a week-long tour in the Agency areas of Visakhapatnam, stated that approximately 80,000 tribals would be displaced due to the bauxite mining.

Costs

€ 0

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