Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Karnataka will soon come up with a world-class zoo near heritage site Hampi by relocating the Bellary zoo, officials said. The zoo in Bellary would be relocated to a new site, next to Hampi, in Kamalapura reserve forest in Hospet Taluk as conditions for animals and birds are not ideal …
Karnataka Chief Secretary S V Ranganath, along with Principal Secretary (Forests) Kaushik Mukherjee and Secretary (Mines) Ramaprasad B S, appeared before the Supreme Court
Environment ministry has said that moratorium on mining in Karnataka will not be lifted until the state government provides a report on the cases booked against violators and the action taken on the adverse Lokayukta report. The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) in its January 18 meeting had allowed JSW Steel …
After putting a moratorium on all fresh mining lease applications in the Bellary district of Karnataka in light of the rampant illegal mining there, the Ministry of Environment and Forests now seems set to halt the forest clearance process even for earlier applicants until the State government gets its act …
OKs Bellary Forest Land Diversion If Violators Acted Against New Delhi: The Centre has approved diversion of forest land in Bellary for mining on the condition that the Karnataka government put in place a mechanism to control illegal mining including evidence of action in cases booked against violators as well …
Feb. 10: Central Bureau of Investigation officials ins-pected all controversial mining sites in Obulapuram and H. Siddapuram villages as part of their investigation for the second day in D. Hi-rehal mandal on Thursday. Officials including Indian Bureau of Mines senior geologists visited Anantapur Mining Company, Obulapuram Mining Company 1 & …
BELLARY: The report of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) submitted to Supreme Court, recommending cancellation of mining leases belonging to Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), owned by Reddy brothers of Bellary, is vitiated by bias and prejudice, according to B.V. Srinivas Reddy, Managing Director of OMC. He was offering his reaction …
Giving a twist to the illegal mining issue, Karnataka minister and mining magnate G Janardhana Reddy today accused the Centre of launching ''vindictive action'' against him, his brother and Jaganmohan Reddy to ''finish them''. Reddy's charge came at a hurriedly called press conference here after he came under fresh attack …
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today rejected the opposition demand for action against his ministerial colleagues and mining magnates Reddy brothers who have been accused of engaging in illegal mining by a Supreme Court appointed committee. "I don't want to react to it. I don't know the details. I …
Shamsheer Yousaf, Bangalore, Jan 5, DHNS : The Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) has hit out at the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) for exceeding its brief while investigating into allegations of illegal mining in the Bellary forest region. A file photo of iron ore mining in Bellary.In its submission filed before …
