Members of the Central Empowered Committee visited Tumkur on Tuesday and held discussions on the impact of mining on drinking water, education, health and agriculture, among other sectors.

Deputy Commissioner R.K. Raju urged the team, comprising C.S. Joshi, Shakti Singh Chauhan and S. Ravi, to allocate more funds to the district for rehabilitation and restoration works in areas affected by mining. Though the area affected by mining in Tumkur district was larger than that in Chitradurga district, fund allocation for rehabilitation and restoration had not been done accordingly, he said. He said Rs. 10,000 crore had been allocated to Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur districts for rehabilitation and restoration works to be carried out in 10 years.