The Kudremukh Iron Ore Company (KIOCL) has been caught in the cross fire of environmental concerns for sometime now. The reason: mining in the rain fed forest area causing pollution in the Bhadra
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/mining-sans-pollution
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-line-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining