Children - Terre des Hommes
Children - Terre des Hommes Children - Terre des Hommes
162 on land to be acquired in some of the villages by M/s Sterlite Iron and Steel Limited, part of the United Kingdom based Vedanta group. This is but one company that will acquire lands for iron ore mining. There are several others acquiring land legally and illegally for mining activities. Conclusions Mining in Keonjhar has completely destroyed the agriculture and forestry of the adivasi people. Keonjhar has been reported widely for mining impacts on the local community as well as children, especially on the impact of thousands of trucks that dominate the life and disturb the social fabric of the district. Yet, new mining projects are being planned with large areas proposed to be acquired. In most cases, there is no technical validity of acquiring such vast areas of land either for extraction or for processing. Neither are the companies having clear and technically sound designs for the proposed projects, with mine planning projections of each mine site. As clearances can be obtained in India without serious scrutiny of mine plans or social or disaster management plans, given the dysfunctional nature of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, mining companies are greedy for more and more land. Whether they will mine in their lease areas or simply gain control over land is a question that is yet to be answered. The overzealous approach to handing out land for mining projects has to be seriously questioned, when it has led to considerable levels of malnutrition and school drop-out among the children in Keonjhar who are now forced to work as mine labour. This is no indicator of a progressive economy when the status of children degenerates from their earlier living conditions. (Acknowledgements: The case study, in Keonjhar, was done with the help of LWSI and particularly Mr. Subash Das. We have taken the help of Mr. Niladri Mishra, Mr. Santosh Kumar Das, Mr. Dayanidhi Marandi and Mr. Shiv Shankar Marandi to organise field visits to the villages in Keonjhar and we wish to acknowledge their assistance for this study).
163 Abuse of Children in the Media by Mining Companies: Enter Bhubaneswar and one is swarmed by the billboards of mining companies-blinding one with their aggressive media campaign on how happy they are making the people, particularly the children of this state. Education, sports, good health, happy families, sound livelihoods, joyous celebrations-the messages are bold but largely deceptive. Using children in advertisements, especially where the affected children are, in reality, malnourished, out of school, homeless, starving, and working in the mines or elsewhere due to poverty induced by mining– is a serious indirect abuse of children’s rights. Such public image building through misuse of children should be strongly condemned.
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162<br />
on land to be acquired in some of the villages by M/s Sterlite<br />
Iron and Steel Limited, part of the United Kingdom based<br />
Vedanta group.<br />
This is but one company that will acquire lands for iron ore<br />
mining. There are several others acquiring land legally and<br />
illegally for mining activities.<br />
Conclusions<br />
Mining in Keonjhar has completely <strong>des</strong>troyed the agriculture<br />
and forestry of the adivasi people. Keonjhar has been reported<br />
widely for mining impacts on the local community as well as<br />
children, especially on the impact of thousands of trucks that<br />
dominate the life and disturb the social fabric of the district.<br />
Yet, new mining projects are being planned with large areas<br />
proposed to be acquired. In most cases, there is no technical<br />
validity of acquiring such vast areas of land either for extraction<br />
or for processing. Neither are the companies having clear and<br />
technically sound <strong>des</strong>igns for the proposed projects, with mine<br />
planning projections of each mine site. As clearances can be<br />
obtained in India without serious scrutiny of mine plans or<br />
social or disaster management plans, given the dysfunctional<br />
nature of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, mining<br />
companies are greedy for more and more land. Whether they<br />
will mine in their lease areas or simply gain control over land<br />
is a question that is yet to be answered. The overzealous<br />
approach to handing out land for mining projects has to be<br />
seriously questioned, when it has led to considerable levels<br />
of malnutrition and school drop-out among the children in<br />
Keonjhar who are now forced to work as mine labour. This<br />
is no indicator of a progressive economy when the status of<br />
children degenerates from their earlier living conditions.<br />
(Acknowledgements: The case study, in Keonjhar, was done<br />
with the help of LWSI and particularly Mr. Subash Das.<br />
We have taken the help of Mr. Niladri Mishra, Mr. Santosh<br />
Kumar Das, Mr. Dayanidhi Marandi and Mr. Shiv Shankar<br />
Marandi to organise field visits to the villages in Keonjhar and<br />
we wish to acknowledge their assistance for this study).
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