You might be slightly surprised to hear we’ve just submitted application to demolish St Paul’s Cathedral – supported by the natty depiction you see here.

Bit extreme you might think? Don’t fancy us decimating a sacred monument? Well it’s exactly what’s happening to the Kondh tribe in eastern India at the moment. The Niyramgiri is their sacred mountain– but British mining company Vedanta Resources plans to open a huge strip mine on their ancestral land.

Official studies suggest that mining will lead to massive deforestation, destruction of protected local ecosystems and disruption of key water sources. Yet Vedanta has ignored the Kondh’s protests, and is proceeding with its plans.

Today we’ll be at the Vendanta AGM alongside two members of the tribe, protesting against what's happening. As ActionAid campaigner Brendan O’Donnell says "Vedanta’s investors should be appalled that their money is backing the desecration of a sacred Indian site and the destruction of forests on which people rely for food, clean water and a living."

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photo: © Nick Purser/ActionAid