PANJIM: Suspension of mining operations in the Bellary area has forced six units from Goa to look to Chitradurga as an alternative source to import high grade iron ore, which is the raw material for these sponge and pig iron industries.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stopped iron ore mining in Karnataka’s Bellary district after its environmental panel warned that the forest cover of the region would be completely destroyed
Bangalore: Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde has said he has no doubt that his final report on illegal mining that is said to indict Chief Minister Yeddyurappa and four Cabinet ministers, will meet the same fate as the interim report that was ignored by the State government.
Kumaraswamy also appears to have been indicted
Parts of the Karnataka Lokayukta, Justice N. Santosh Hegde's report on illegal mining that were leaked to the Times Now channel on Wednesday may not have added materially to the information that is already in the public domain.
The Supreme Court on Friday made it clear that it would not allow illegal mining in the Karnataka mines, even as the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) informed the court that out of 99 leases taken up for survey, work had been stopped in 22 mines including the one run by a public sector undertaking.
On the directions of the Forest Bench comprising Chief Justice S.H.
Kerala is fully committed to constructing a new dam to replace the existing structure across the Mullaperiyar, which is facing the risk of failure, the State has informed the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court appointed Central Empowerment Committee monitoring encroachment of forests and mining operations in several states, in a report submitted to the apex court, has directed stopping of mining operations in at least two dozen mines in Karnatakaa
