There are factual errors in the report and we do not agree with the insinuations made in the article. The Vedanta Alumina Refinery in Lanjigarh is one of the most modern plants in the world and the first in India to adopt a Zero Effluent Discharge System, i.e. no water or effluent is discharged externally from the refinery, it is all treated and reused within the Plant. On 19th January, 2012, the Orissa High Court dismissed the review petition of Vedanta Aluminium (VAL) seeking a review of the Court judgment dated 19th July, 2011 which directed VAL to file a fresh application and which had inadvertently failed to deal with the Office Memorandum (OM) of 16th November, 2010 issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)...The order does not pass any comment about pollution or damage to the environment. Neither does it say anywhere that Vedanta Aluminium cannot carry out expansion activities in the future with appropriate approvals in place. Amnesty’s news report, which states that the order dismissed the company’s plea for expansion of the plant, is factually incorrect.