Nitin Sethi

Founding Editor, The Reporters' Collective @reporters_co. Weekend assistant at @LombaKitchen.

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Exclusive: The National Board of Wildlife, headed by the PM, partnered with Odisha to erase parts of Elephant Corridor and a Wildlife Sanctuary. So that miners access bauxite reserves worth '000 crs.

@ayushikar1998 investigates for @reporters_co

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https://t.co/ySfh4pZm9T

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My @reporters_co colleague @ayushikar1998 sums up her two part investigation into Odisha's Lust for Bauxite. Do read and if you value it, donate to support such investigative journalism. 👇

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Our two-part series on Odisha’s lust for bauxite unravelled what was being framed as the state's love for its tribals and wildlife. The story caught everyone's attention when tribals rose up against attempts to access bauxite. Here's what @reporters_co investigation found🧵

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4. The claimed forest land meant for removal was ‘degraded’, under pressure from villagers and wildlife. But it was only an excuse. The real reason, our investigation shows, was the bauxite reserve lying beneath the land.

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⁠3. Hungry for bauxite, Odisha carved out reserves from a sanctuary, with help from the prime minister-led wildlife body meant to protect it.

Part I of our investigation into Odisha’s lust for bauxite, by @ayushikar1998

https://t.co/pNm6C9JI11

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2. In this report we go beyond the headlines in Sijimali to show how the Odisha government intervened to expedite clearances for Vedanta’s road to the mine. While the Union environment ministry questioned Odisha’s actions, they rubber stamped them anyway.

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How Odisha govt bypassed the law for a road project & facilitated the route for Vedanta to mine bauxite. All in the name of helping the tribal community.

Part 2 of our investigation on Odisha’s lust for bauxite. By @ayushikar1998

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https://t.co/CDH7ZBgUaF

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In Part 1 we had shown that a prime minister led wildlife protection body opened a wildlife sanctuary close to Sijimali to access bauxite reserves.

Read the investigation here- https://t.co/GSSDSaBvqK

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Odisha government went against the forest conservation rules we found.

When tribals rose up against the construction of this road, they deployed paramilitary forces against them.

Union Environministry saw through this ploy but rubber stamped it anyway

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To fast track Vedanta’s bauxite mine in Sijimali. The Odisha government invoked the name of tribals. Sad that they were building the mining road to lift them from hardship

Read Part 2 of my series on Odisha’s lust for bauxite for @reporters_co
- https://t.co/XTgUyJxzcN

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Odisha pushed a road project that ultimately clears path for Vedanta’s Bauxite Mine. Claimed it will connect 5 cut-off tribal villages. Reality - One of those village will be evicted as soon as mining begins.

@ayushikar1998 reports for @reporters_co

https://t.co/CfF2LB7Kbf

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3. Read Part 1 of the Investigation. How Union govt and Odisha together deleted a portion of a wildlife sanctuary to open bauxite reserves for mining.
https://t.co/ySfh4pZm9T

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Exclusive: Odisha lied and claimed the road was for tribal villages. Investigation shows it was for Vedanta group's bauxite mines. And it displaced tribals.

When they protested, the state used force to shut them.

@ayushikar1998 for @reporters_co

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https://t.co/2dt2R512YL

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2. This is the concluding part of the Odisha's Bauxite Lust investigation. Such journalism requires immense effort and resources. Please fund the @reporters_co to support the courageous journalists.
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Superb sleuthing by @sidhant_sarthak.

Happy that @reporters_co could aid, support and backstop some of it. It's great to see young people lead where we fail to.

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