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 …
Anantapur, Nov. 25: Mining and transport activity of iron ore of six mining companies in H Siddapuram, Obulapuram and Malpangudi villages in D Hirehal mandal, came to a halt as the Anantapur mines and geology assistant director, Mr S. Sairam Singh, reached the mining site and issued them government orders …
IN A major setback to the Obulapuram Mining Company owned by Karnataka tourism minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, the Andhra Pradesh government has ordered the suspension of all iron ore mining activities in the state. It has also banned the transportation of iron ore from OMC and five other mining companies …
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has advised the Andhra Pradesh government to stop mining activities of six mining companies including Obulapuram Mining Company, owned by the Reddys in Bellary Reserve Forest area. The CEC, in its report submitted to the Supreme Court on November 19, has recommended the court suspend …
State Expects Major Employment Boost From Steel Plant, Works Out Incentives For Co KARNATAKA CM BS Yeddyurappa is likely to chair a meeting with ArcelorMittal on October 27, to take forward the latter
CM Yeddyurappa is learnt to have held a closed-door meeting with the top officials of the Forest department with regard to illegal mining in Bellary. He held the meeting in the wake of the Central Empowered Committee of the apex court recommending that all mining activities of Obulapuram mining company, …
Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Friday categorically ruled out the possibility of ordering a CBI inquiry into the alleged large scale irregularities in mining in Bellary district. He pointed out that the Centre also cannot order a CBI investigation without the consent of the State government.
CEC Recommends Immediate Suspension Of Iron-Ore Mining At Three Sites Operated By OMC & 3 Others In Antapur Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI IN A big blow to the Reddy brothers of Bellary, a key Supreme Court panel on environment has found the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), headed by Karnataka …
Report by the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) submitted to the Supreme Court on alleged illegal mining by Obulapuram mining company in violation of the forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. Report of the CEC in IA NO.2 OF 2009 IN W.P.(C) No 201 of 2009 filed by Shri Tapal Ganesh of district …
BANGALORE: The Karnataka operations of the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), owned by Karnataka Tourism Minister Gali Janardhana Reddy, will also come under the ambit of the CBI inquiry requested by the Andhra Pradesh government into the company
Bangalore: A day after the Andhra Pradesh Government sought an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into allegations of irregularities in iron ore mining in Anantapur district, the Opposition Congress in the State demanded that Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa immediately drop the three Ministers from Bellary
Union Minister for Labour Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday welcomed the decision of the Andhra Pradesh government to order a CBI enquiry into the alleged illegal mining in Bellary by the Tourism Minister Gali Janardhana Reddy owned Oblapuram Mining Company. Talking to reporters here, Kharge said for a long time, the …
Whether forest department officials and others concerned were winking at the trucks transporting ore in the past in Bellary district? The answer appears to be yes, if the Forest Development Tax collection in the last fortnight in the district is any indication. In an attempt to bring Bellary Reddy brothers …
Vibhutigudda Mines Private Limited (VMPL) has filed a complaint to the Ministry of Environment and Forest alleging that Obalapuram Mining Company (OMC), owned by the Bellary Reddys, had trespassed and encroached upon their mining lease area in Bellary reserve forests. Complaint was filed before Chief Conservator of Forest (Central) in …
Ramesh Jahagirdar, Bellary, Oct 30, DHNS: Even as the dissidence by mine lords-turned-ministers is yet to die down, the newly transferred deputy conservator of forests has begun cracking the whip on illegal mining in the district. The transfer effected by the chief minister in the mining district aggravated the brewing …
The State Government has given instructions to Zilla Panchayat officers to make better use of NREGS funds for rebuilding works in the flood-hit areas. So far, the State has spent Rs 770 crore out of Rs 2,300 crore, the target set for the State in the year 2009-10. RDPR Minister …
M. Ahiraj SIRUGUPPA: Even after a fortnight of the deluge, people in the flood-affected villages, especially those situated on the banks of river Tungabhadra and Hagari in Siruguppa taluk, are finding it difficult to pick up the threads of life and resume their routine. They are unable to do it …
Sample this. For October 1, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) average rain forecast over Raichur district was 27 mm. However, the district was rainwashed with an unprecedented downpour of 198 mm on that day. Similarly, over Bellary, IMD forecast for October 2 was 68 mm, while the actual incidence recorded …
Satish Shile, Siruguppa (Bellary), Oct 5, DHNS: The rhythms of life have been disrupted by the ruinous floods in village after village of Siruguppa taluk in Bellary district, triggering a mass migration which will take weeks, if not months, to reverse. Flood victims outside their damaged home at Sriguppa village …
