Vedanta evicted people on strike in Rajasthan

Himanshu Kumar on his cycle yatra has reached villages in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan. He reports from there that people from evicted villages of Vedanta’s Hindustan Zinc are sitting on a protest from last 135 days but no one has taken notice of them. No media or politician has visited them. In water scarce Rajasthan Vedanta is also digging deep tube wells and making ponds to supply water to the factory which will also submerge the golden triangle road

Posted on: Aug 14, 2010. Tags: Himanshu Kumar

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