Niyamgiri
Sign in to saveThe Niyamgiri is a hill range situated in the districts of Kalahandi and Rayagada in the south-west of Odisha, India. These hills are home to Dongria Kondh indigenous people. The hills have one of India's most pristine forests in the interior. It is bound by Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary on the north-west side and Kotgarh Wildlife Sanctuary on the north-east end.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark_region, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Hills of Odisha and No local image but image on Wikidata.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain range
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Odisha
- Elevation
- 1509
- Location
- Rayagada
- Image
- Colorful evening.jpg
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- native label
- ନିୟମଗିରି
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Timeline of Vedanta mining controversy
- Forest Rights Act controversy
- See also
- References
The Niyamgiri is a hill range situated in the districts of Kalahandi and Rayagada in the south-west of Odisha, India. These hills are home to Dongria Kondh indigenous people. The hills have one of India's most pristine forests in the interior. It is bound by Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary on the north-west side and Kotgarh Wildlife Sanctuary on the north-east end.
The Environment and Forest ministry of Government of India scrapped a forest clearance given to a mining firm, Vedanta Resources, to mine bauxite in the area and the mining project was scrapped. In 2013, the Supreme Court of India asked the tribal people to take the decision, in which BMP was rejected in all village council meetings.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Niyamgiri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations