Amnesty International Welcomes the Decision of the Indian Government to Reject Vedanta Refinery Expansion

(Washington, D.C.) -- Amnesty International today welcomed the Indian government's decision to reject plans for the expansion of an alumina refinery by a subsidiary of UK-based Vedanta Resources, in the state of Orissa."The decision is very welcome - and tremendously important for local communities, who have been fighting to prevent this expansion going ahead,” said Amnesty International's Asia-Pacific deputy director, Madhu Malhotra. India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests rejected a six-fold expansion of the refinery in the Lanjigarh area, proposed by Vedanta Aluminium, finding