Based on the direction from the Hon'ble Supreme Court, the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) issued guidelines to the Government of Karnataka(GoK) to get R&R Plans for the individual open cast iron ore mine leases of the area prepared by the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE). ICFRE has prepared scientific R&R Plans for 129 out of 166 open cast iron ore mines in Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur district of Karnataka in association with the CEC, Department of Mines & Geology (DMG), GoK and Monitoring Committee duly constituted by the CEC.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/open-cast-iron-ore-mine-reclamation-rehabilitation-karnataka
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Open-Cast-Iron-Ore-Mine-Reclamation-Rehabilitation-in-Karnataka.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/indian-council-forestry-research-and-education
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bellary-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chitradurga-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tumkur-d
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/central-empowered-committee-cec
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining-reclamation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rehabilitation