The Supreme Court on Friday dealt a blow to illegal mining by ordering suspension of all mining activities in Karnataka’s Bellary district with immediate effect.
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the suspension of all mining operations and transportation in an area admeasuring approximately 10,868 hectares in Bellary district of Karnataka till further orders.
Bangalore : While the Lokayukta’s first report dealt with the origins of the illegal mining industry and the extent of illegal mining in the Bellary Hospet Sandur (BHS) region, the final report clearly delineates the modus operandi of the politician-miner-transporter nexus in illegal mining.
The landscape of illegal mining in Karnataka that emerges from the final report on illegal mining submitted by Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde is vast and murky.
The exit of Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is set to turn the heat on mining magnates, the Reddy brothers, two of whom are Cabinet Ministers in the state.
Bangalore: A permanent solution to the continuing inflow of sewage water into the Lalbagh lake has not yet been found, although separate sanitary lines are laid in the adjacent Jayanagar South End
