http://int.piplinks.org/resources/Essar en http://int.piplinks.org/indian-forest-villagers-rise-halt-uk-firm%2526%2523039%3Bs-bid-clear-land-mining <p>British firm Essar Energy&#8217;s plans for open cast mine in Mahan forest plans could destroy villages and 5m trees.</p> <p>India&#8217;s new government faces a crucial test of its support for big business over plans to let a British-registered energy company cut down a tract of forest to make way for an open cast coalmine.</p> <p>Essar Energy – owner of the UK&#8217;s Stanlow oil refinery – and its partner, the Hindalco company, were granted permission to mine in the Mahan forest of Madhya Pradesh after a lobbying campaign which reached right to the top of the previous government.</p> <p>In letters to senior figure</p><span class="clear" /><p><a href="http://int.piplinks.org/indian-forest-villagers-rise-halt-uk-firm%2526%2523039%3Bs-bid-clear-land-mining">read more</a></p> http://int.piplinks.org/indian-forest-villagers-rise-halt-uk-firm%2526%2523039%3Bs-bid-clear-land-mining#comments Extractive industries Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) Forests and Logging Essar Legal - Court Cases South Asia Wed, 02 Jul 2014 08:39:09 +0100 whit 1357 at http://int.piplinks.org