Central Empowered Committee recommends setting up SPV to implement environment conservation plan in mining districts of Bellary, Chitradurga & Tumkur

The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court has recommended a Rs 30,000 crore project to undertake environment conservation and socio-economic development in the three districts of Karnataka, where rampant illegal mining has devastated the environment. It has finalised a plan for setting up of a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to implement the plan.