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 …
The State government will take a decision on processing the application by Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) on seeking a 116.55 hectare mining lease at Hosahalli in Chikanayakanahalli taluk of Tumkur district after it prepares a framework for mining iron ore and allied minerals in the State, Chief Minister …
Karnataka government may make rainwater harvesting mandatory in the city, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah indicated today. “Let’s try to make it mandatory,” he said in reply to a question from K S Puttannaiah (Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha), who pointed that Coimbatore city in Tamil Nadu has done a good job in …
The High Court on Monday disposed of a petition against the ongoing Upper Bhadra project to supply water to Kolar and Tumkur districts. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice D H Waghela and Justice B V Nagarathna directed that the petition by Bharatiya Kisan Sangh and others be transferred to …
Relaxing the two-year freeze, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has decided to resume considering mining proposals from Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka. However, it will keep a close watch on issues like availability of iron ore, its transport and other green laws while considering fresh mining …
Says membership at stake if found guilty PANJIM: Goa’s apex industrial body Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry has declared that ‘all those involved in illegal mining should be brought to book’ and if any member of the chamber is found to be involved in illegal mining his membership will …
Karnataka will soon take up the Yettinahole project to provide drinking water to Bangalore Rural, Kolar, Tumkur and Chikkaballapur districts shortly. Replying to a debate on the drinking water crisis in Kolar and adjoining districts, leader of the House in the legislative council on Tuesday said the government would quickly …
An innovation in dryland farming has brought in much-needed relief to Karnataka’s sagging agriculture sector. thanks to Bhoo Chetana (soil enrichment), a cultivation technique initiated by the state government in 2009, productivity has shot up by more than 20 percent in dryland yield. After Rajasthan, Karnataka has the largest dryland …
BANGALORE: A petition has been filed in the special Lokayukta court against the chairman and senior environmental officer of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) for allegedly granting permission for a sugar factory without visiting the area. The land earmarked for the factory is in Hatna and Kalinganahalli villages of …
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H K Patil has said that the government would release Rs 38 crore to solve the drinking water problem in rural areas. He was addressing a press conference here on Sunday. “The water shortage problem is severe in villages. The deputy commissioners have been …
The apex court order to restart mining in Karnataka may not provide immediate relief to the steel industry, as it will take at least 18 months to obtain statutory approvals, rating agency India Ratings, said. Moreover, a few mines have to renew their mining leases as it had expired when …
Almost two years after its ban, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed resumption of mining activities in 90 mines in Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka. A forest bench of Justices Aftab Alam, K S Radhakrishnan and Ranjan Gogoi allowed reopening of 27 category 'A' and 63 category 'B' …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday lifted the omnibus ban on iron ore mines in Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur districts of Karnataka and permitted 81 lease owners, who had committed minor violations, to resume mining after compliance of stringent conditions laid down by the courts. Moving forward, a bench …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today cancelled 49 leases in mines reporting maximum illegalities in Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka, but allowed resumption of activity in mines with lesser illegalities as recommended by a Central Empowered Committee (CEC). CEC had categorised the mines in the area in three …
Supreme Court judgement dated 18/04/2013 in W.P.(C) No. 562/2009 Samaj Parivartana Samudaya & Ors. Vs. State of Karanataka & Ors in the context of mining of Iron Ore and allied minerals in the State of Karnataka.
Dharwad-based NGO Jan Sangram Parishat (JSP) has urged the Union and the state governments concerned to accept and implement the report of the Western Ghats Expert Panel submitted to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on August 31, 2011. JSP convenor S R Hiremath said here at the weekend …
Samaj Parivartan Samudaya (SPS), the non-governmental organisation fighting legal battle against illegal mining, on Wednesday opposed before the Supreme Court the recommendation made by the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) for resumption of mining in ‘A’ and ‘B’ category of mines in Karnataka’s Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts. Appearing for SPS, …
Iron ore mining is set to resume on a full scale in Karnataka with the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) recommending that all lessees under A and B categories be permitted to restart mining operations. The panel, in its recommendations to the apex court, has said that all the …
Supreme Court suggests Tamil Nadu take up the issue with Cauvery River Authority With Karnataka sticking to its stand that it cannot spare any quantum of water for Tamil Nadu to the detriment of its drinking water requirements, the Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested to Tamil Nadu that it take …
SC stipulated that a max of 25 mn tn of iron ore can be extracted annually from Bellary district, 5 mn tn from Chitradurga, Tumkur district Faced with the constraints on granting new mining leases in view of the cap on extraction of iron ore at 30 million tonne per …
The SC appointed Monitoring Committee is currently assessing the quantity of iron ore available at these dumps in the three mining districts The Supreme Court appointed Monitoring Committee, which is supervising the e-auction of iron ore, has planned to put on auction iron ore dumps containing mostly low-grade iron ore. …
