India - Orissa - The Tribal resettlement village, Lanjigargh built by Vedanta in return for land

The Tribal resettlement village, Lanjigargh built by Vedanta in return for land. The camp is now largely empty. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.

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The Tribal resettlement village, Lanjigargh built by Vedanta in return for land. The camp is now largely empty. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.