Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
The Supreme Court today asked all stakeholders in mining in Haryana to sit together and thrash out a solution in two weeks for allowing mining of minor minerals (used in construction) on 600 hectares in Faridabad under a proposal submitted by the state government. The three-member Forest Bench, headed by …
‘Level of illegality in the districts as bad as that in Bellary' The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has recommended to the Supreme Court that it extend the ban on mining in the districts of Tumkur and Chitradurga in Karnataka, as was done in Bellary district. On July 29, acting on …
After Bellary, the spotlight on Friday fell on the mining operations in its two adjoining districts of Tumkur and Chitradurga after the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) filed a report showing largescale and “reckless” iron ore mining there. A three-judge Green Bench led by Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia …
Large-scale harm to environment, agriculture fields alleged The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) conducted inspections in the mining areas bordering Tumkur district at Doddabyaladakere of Hosadurga taluk of Chitradurga district on Tuesday. open secrets: The hillock that has been tunnelled into by the K K Kaval mining firm near …
Detection of illegal iron-ore mining in Karnataka has led to developments that impinge on the sustained supply of the critical input to the steel-making industry. Industry sources in the Bellary-Hospet region told Business Line here that Karnataka supplies iron ore to several large-scale steel plants in the State and in …
... As a last ditch effort to avoid ban in the face of SC panel visit to district It’s a deafening silence in the ore mines of the district, following a Supreme Court ban on mining in Bellary district. The goods train transporting ore has been at the Sasalu railway …
Bangalore/Chitradurga : Despite clumsy efforts by some mining firms to camouflage the brown hills, laid bare through consistent exploitation, with artificial green cover, the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee has discovered a shocking increase in production of ore and total lack of clarity on lease boundaries during its visit to …
NMDC The Supreme Court marginally relaxed its tough stand on mining iron ore in Karnataka's Bellary region, allowing only public sector NMDC to operate there. Private operators have been stopped from further mining and export. NMDC has two mines there. “Under the extraordinary circumstances, NMDC be allowed to operate these …
In a relief to the domestic steel industry, the Supreme Court on Friday allowed state-owned NMDC to operate its two mines for production of one million tonne iron ore per month in Karnataka’s Bellary district. “We are of the view that under the extraordinary circumstances, NMDC be allowed to operate …
Bangalore : While economical losses due to illegal mining in Bellary is pegged at around Rs 16,000 crore, what is more shocking is the ecological shock that the district has been subjected to. In its latest report submitted to the Supreme Court, the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has estimated that …
PANJIM: Suspension of mining operations in the Bellary area has forced six units from Goa to look to Chitradurga as an alternative source to import high grade iron ore, which is the raw material for these sponge and pig iron industries. “If ore from Bellary does not resume, we will …
The Supreme Court today suspended with immediate effect the mining of iron ore in 10,868 hectares in the Bellary district of Karnataka. “We are of the view that the mining of iron ore in Bellary be suspended immediately till further orders,” a Special Bench headed by Chief Justice, Mr S.H. …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stopped iron ore mining in Karnataka’s Bellary district after its environmental panel warned that the forest cover of the region would be completely destroyed by the unlawful operations of mining barons whom the Centre and state governments have failed to stop. “Largescale illegal …
Bangalore: Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde has said he has no doubt that his final report on illegal mining that is said to indict Chief Minister Yeddyurappa and four Cabinet ministers, will meet the same fate as the interim report that was ignored by the State government. His hopes now rest …
Kumaraswamy also appears to have been indicted Parts of the Karnataka Lokayukta, Justice N. Santosh Hegde's report on illegal mining that were leaked to the Times Now channel on Wednesday may not have added materially to the information that is already in the public domain. However, the response the leak …
The Supreme Court on Friday made it clear that it would not allow illegal mining in the Karnataka mines, even as the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) informed the court that out of 99 leases taken up for survey, work had been stopped in 22 mines including the one run by …
Kerala is fully committed to constructing a new dam to replace the existing structure across the Mullaperiyar, which is facing the risk of failure, the State has informed the Supreme Court. In response to an application filed by Tamil Nadu in the Mullaperiyar case to restrain Kerala from proceeding with …
The Supreme Court appointed Central Empowerment Committee monitoring encroachment of forests and mining operations in several states, in a report submitted to the apex court, has directed stopping of mining operations in at least two dozen mines in Karnatakaa
