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{{Infobox mountain range<br />
| name = Niyamgiri Hill Range<br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| subdivision1 = [[Odisha]]<br />
| subdivision3_type = Districts<br />
| subdivision3 = {{enum|[[Kalahandi]]|[[Rayagada]]}}<br />
| borders_on = Bissam Katak, Muniguda, Lanjigarh, Kalyansinghpur<br />
| highest = Central Hill<br />
| elevation_m = 1509<br />
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The '''Niyamgiri''' is a hill range situated in the districts of [[Kalahandi]] and [[Rayagada district|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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ahmed Neyazi|first1=Taberez|last2=Tanabe|first2=Akio|last3=Ishizaka|first3=Shinya|title=Democratic Transformation and the Vernacular Public Arena in India|date=11 Jul 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317694038|page=27}}</ref><br />
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The Environment and Forest ministry of Government of India scrapped a forest clearance [[Mining scams in India|given to a mining firm]], [[Vedanta Resources]], to mine [[bauxite]] in the area and the mining project was scrapped.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/12th-gram-sabha-too-votes-against-vedanta-mining/article5039304.ece|title=12th gram sabha too votes against Vedanta mining|first=Santosh|last=Patnaik|date=19 August 2013|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/govt-rejects-vedantas-niyamgiri-mining-project/article5570028.ece|title=Govt rejects Vedanta’s Niyamgiri mining project|publisher=}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/Court-directs-gram-sabhas-to-take-a-call-on-Vedanta%E2%80%99s-mining-project/article12202658.ece|title=Court directs gram sabhas to take a call on Vedanta’s mining project|first=Priscilla|last=Jebaraj|date=18 April 2013|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><br />
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