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 …
Bellary, the mining capital Bellary district is situated on the eastern side of Karnataka state. The district has almost become a synonym for mining. That the district is rich in natural resources, would be an understatement. This district is endowed with rich mineral resources. It has both metallic and non-metallic …
Over 26,000 Houses Collapse Bangalore: Northern Karnataka has gone virtually under water. Unprecedented rain and floods since Wednesday have cut off Raichur, Gulbarga, Bijapur, Koppal, Bellary and Bagalkot districts. Life came to a full stop on Friday with the collapse of road and communication networks and several trains to the …
Samples have been sent for testing and analysis Last year, water sample was tested by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, Dharwad The report had said that the water could not be used for drinking unless treated Bellary: For the second year in succession, the water in the Tungabhadra reservoir …
Burrowed and battered by mining barons, a stretch of Karnataka's border with Andhra Pradesh has been all but erased. Neither political parties, nor protests by citizens, nor the Lok Ayukta report on illegal mining in the region, nor High Court directives have stopped the violations in two places along the …
Mahesh Kulkarni / Bangalore September 16, 2009, 0:52 IST With an investment of Rs 650 cr, the plants will have a capacity of 1.2 MT each. MSPL Ltd, the Bellary-based iron ore mining company, is planning to set up two iron ore beneficiation (extraction of iron ore from waste ore …
With many parts of the State facing drought, the agriculture production, including food crops, will be badly hit in the current year in the State. Almost all rain-dependent crops in Chitradurga, Tumkur, Kolar, Bangalore rural, Bidar, Gulbarga, Bagalkot, Gadag, Dharwad, Bellary, Kolar and Ramanagar districts have been damaged due to …
Some Ores To Row The Mining Boat With How the Reddy brothers run Bellary as their own republic The brothers have been redrawing inter-state boundaries to encroach upon other mines and forest land in Karnataka The Reddys operate out of AP where they are connected to the CM
The district shot to national prominence when it elected Sonia Gandhi to the Lok Sabha, but in more recent times, Bellary in Karnataka has stayed in the news because of its mining tycoons"the Gali Reddy brothers, two of whom are members of the state Cabinet. {mosimage}Thanks to its mining wealth, …
Karnataka is all set to steal the march over other mineral-rich states in promoting steel production with the B S Yediyurappa government deciding to set up a 540 sq km integrated steel complex in the iron ore-rich Bellary Hospet area of the state. If the state has its way, then …
AS THE ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) lock horns with the powerful mining lobby on the illegal mining activity on the Andhra Pradesh-Karnataka border, the Supreme Court is set to spell out on Thursday its stand on the mining sharks
Following the Karnataka High Court directive, the joint survey, undertaken by the officials of the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), Survey of India and Departments of Forest and Mines and Geology, to demarcate the area leased to Mr T. Narayan Reddy in Tumti village of Sandur taluk on the inter-State …
In a windfall for Bellary and the Reddy brothers, the State Government on Thursday cleared a slew of development projects that may give a facelift to the district which is backward in many ways. According to sources, the State Cabinet on Thursday cleared road and drinking water projects worth Rs …
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has appealed to the Union Ministry of Mines to immediately allot a mining lease to Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Limited in Sandur, Bellary, by invoking a provision under section 59 (2) of the Central Mining and Minerals Act. In the letter addressed to Union Minister …
BANGALORE/BELLARY: In a first indication of buckling under pressure from the powerful mining lobby, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government headed by B.S. Yeddyurappa has reportedly decided to withdraw several criminal cases filed against the supporters of Reddy brothers in different instances. A decision in this regard is learnt to …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has written to Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa raising concerns about illegal mining in the Bellary forest area of the State that has become a cause for worry among various non-governmental organisations, conservationists and experts. Mr. …
New Delhi: The Bellary mining lords may soon suffer a greater blow than the global recession. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh has ordered an enquiry by the director general of forests, the highest forest official in the country, into alleged contraventions of the Forest Conservation Act by mining companies in the …
This Public Interest Litigation is filed by Sri Sathyamoorthy, claiming to be a public spirited citizen, interested in safeguarding the public at large, against the exploitation of iron ore minerals in Karnataka.
A new dimension was added to the discontent in the BJP with at least two ministers speaking in support of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday. Transport Minister R Ashok said that mining barons of Bellary were not alone responsible for the installation of BJP government in the State, …
