India's First Green Referendum

India has just witnessed a unique event - its first green referendum in which people had to vote for or against a mining project. The results are out though the process of referendum has not yet concluded. A majority of people have already voted against the project. Unlike parliamentary or assembly elections, this referendum is an open process. Out of 12 'constituencies' that are part of this unprecedented exercise, eight have said no to the project with an overwhelming majority. So the result of the referendum in the rest four does not matt