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 …
A documentary produced and directed by journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta throws light on environmental and livelihood issues plaguing the Bellary belt of Karnataka and Anantpur in Andhra Pradesh by the powerful mining mafia. The little over a two-hour documentary 'Blood and Iron', presents a comprehensive picture of the money, politics …
The Central Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court has directed the controversial Obulapuram Mining Corporation (OMC) owned by Tourism Minister G Janardhana Reddy to produce a written submission stating its position on illegal mining in the Bellary forest area. At a meeting in Anantapur on Thursday, CEC Member Secretary M …
Dec. 22. The Centre-empowered committee of the Supreme Court looking into the infamous Obulapuram mines on Wednesday observed discrepancies in mining activities by firms owned by the Karnataka minister, Mr Gali Janardhan Reddy. The committee member secretary, Mr M. K. Jeewaraki, and the members, Mr A.D.N. Rao and Mr Mahendra …
Bangalore: Governor H R Bhardwaj on Friday told Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to immediately reply to his two letters seeking details on land deals and illegal mining. The governor also asked Yeddyurappa not to ignore corruption charges against the chief minister and his ministerial colleagues. Bhardwaj, through his two …
ArcelorMittal, Tata Group & JSW Group Among 1,000 Applicants P P Thimmaya BANGALORE The Karnataka government, which recently took steps to restrict the export of iron ore, has received over 1,000 applications including from top steelmakers such as ArcelorMittal India, the Tata Group and the JSW Group, to mine for …
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to conduct a field inspection and verify if six mining leases, half of which belong to the Reddy brothers, have encroached into the Bellary reserved forest areas in Andhra Pradesh. The green bench led by Chief Justice of India …
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has asked all sponge iron industries in the State to follow pollution control measures as per the norms set by the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The KSPCB organised its first ever workshop on
Hopes of reviving the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) population in the State have suffered a set back, as an egg that was found abandoned in one of the remote villages near Bellary was destroyed by a village hen, when it was included among its eggs for incubation. Endangered: The Great …
In the 28-month existence of the BJP government, it is the mining lobby that has been seen as a potential danger its stability, but virtually out of nowhere it is the real estate in the Bangalore that has proved to be containing mines for the regime. Strangely, Yeddyurappa has successfully …
Mahesh Kulkarni / Bangalore September 24, 2010, 0:42 IST Iron ore mining is coming to a standstill in major production centres in Karnataka even as the court battle against the state government
Chief economic advisor in the finance ministry Kaushik Basu sees the need for a national super-regulator for natural resources like coal, iron ore, bauxite, copper ore and other minerals. Inevitably, these resources have to be used for the creation of
National Human Rights Commission has taken strong exception to ''faulty investigation'' vis-a-vis violation of child labour laws in mines in Karnataka's Bellary district leading to large-scale acquittals. At a two-day regional meeting with the southern states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu -- which concluded here today -- …
THE clampdown on illegal mining in the mineral-rich states of Karnataka, Goa and Orissa has resulted in collateral damage by way of lower truck sales. According to people connected with mining and truck-makers, sales of specialised trucks and tippers that are used to ferry minerals from pit heads to ports …
Santosh Martin and Samad Kottur For millions of years, the hillocks between Daroji of Sandur taluk and Ramasagar of Hospet taluk in Bellary district have been home to bears, leopards and other animals. The proposed steel plant blocks this corridor which may result in genetic inbreeding and their eventual death, …
The Karnataka government has stuck to its offer of extending the validity of an iron ore transport permit to nine days and declined to consider 12 or 10 days as sought by mining companies. When Bench of the state high court resumed hearing on the case filed by mining companies …
The State Government imposed a toll of Rs 500 on trucks transporting iron ore in the mining district of Bellary beginning Saturday. Acting on a Government Order the Public Works Department officials have begun collecting the toll in Sandur. However, they could collect the tax from only two trucks as …
