Despite the district administration banning the movement of iron ore laden lorries on National Highway 48 in Dakshina Kannada, they have continued to enter the district.

Quepem MLA Chandrakant (Babu) Kavlekar demanded that the mine-owners pay a better rate to the truck owners transporting their ore.

"Ban the movement of all iron ore trucks on National Highways in the district immediately, till the end of September," Home Minister Dr V S Acharya directed the district administration at an official review meeting.

Byndoor/Kundapur, DH News Service:

Temporary ban will be imposed on the movement of iron ore trucks on National Highway in the district within a week, said Kundapur Sub Division Officer K N Ramesh.

The 85 Coca-Cola trucks in the city that deliver soft drink bottles to your neighbourhood store will not belch black smoke any more. Their engines have been changed to use CNG, with the first three trucks of the new

ILLICIT miners launched a daring counter offensive against revenue officials who seized their vehicles during a raid on Tuesday They freed the vehicles with the drivers and the load. One person was later arrested
According to Salem RDO M G Kulandiavel, the raid was conducted on orders from the Collector at Pam ban Karadu

This report is meant to contribute to the debate between policymakers and research groups on the steps that need to be taken to meet long-term climate targets. This reports shows that the current focus on intermediate targets for the year 2020 needs to be extended to include the long-term targets.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: On the highway leading south from Thiruvananthapuram city, it

The Transport Department officials seem wary of implementing traffic rules in the mining belt fearing the backlash by the truck operators.
Participating in the ad hoc committee meeting, Director of Transport Arvind Lolienkar said that there is difficulty in imposing the rules in mining belt without proper support from the police.

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