Orissa: Video Report - Breach In Vedanta's Red Mud Pond In Lanjigarh

Orissa: Video Report - Breach In Vedanta's Red Mud Pond In Lanjigarh   The people surrounding Vedanta Alumina Project at Lanjigarh have nearly missed a disaster on 5th April 2011. Having 1 MT production capacity of Aluminum Refinery Plant of Vedanta Alumina Ltd. at Lanjigarh of Odisha, had a crake in the western part of its Red Mod Pond. It occurred because of 45 minute of thunder shower at 1:00 PM on 5th April 2011. Because of the crake, poisonous red mud ran into the nearby water bodies and...

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