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 …
Bangalore The team appointed by the Supreme Court (SC) to study the impact of mining on the environment in Karnataka’s Bellary district has found violation of rules by some companies engaged in mining there. “Some violations have definitely taken place. The Bellary district deputy commissioner told us that illegal mining …
Chennai The Supreme Court’s extended ban on mining in Tumkur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka is expected to cast a shadow on the iron ore miners and steel companies. The ban on two more districts, in addition to the one in Bellary, will result in a sharp decline of iron …
Steelmaker can access alternate source from 25 million-tonne unsold inventory and NMDC The Supreme Court’s decision to extend suspension of mining in Chitradurga and Tumkur, along with the similar deferment verdict in Bellary district, won’t impact JSW Steel as India’s largest steelmaker can access alternate source from a 25 million-tonne …
The Supreme Court on Friday suspended mining and transportation of iron ore in/from two more districts of Karnataka — Tumkur and Chitradurga. This follows the findings of the apex court panel — the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) — of illegal iron ore mining activity in these districts resulting in environmental …
Panel for sale of ore in Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts which were extracted before the SC ban The Central Empowered Committee, on whose recommendations on August 19 the Supreme Court suspended mining activity in the Chitradurga and Tumkur districts of Karnataka, has suggested that the more than 25 million …
Three firms free of ‘illegal operations’ taint in Chitradurga district The State government may not prefer to impose a blanket ban on mining in Chitradurga district, but it is likely to stop mining across Tumkur district. This is the opinion of the officials of the department mines and geology, which …
The Karnataka Chief Minister has convened a meeting of senior bureaucrats and officials of the State on August 23 to discuss the Supreme Court's notice to the State Government on suspending mining activities in Tumkur and Chitradurga districts of the State. Speaking to presspersons during his visit to Mangalore on …
‘Level of illegality in the districts as bad as that in Bellary' The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has recommended to the Supreme Court that it extend the ban on mining in the districts of Tumkur and Chitradurga in Karnataka, as was done in Bellary district. On July 29, acting on …
After Bellary, the spotlight on Friday fell on the mining operations in its two adjoining districts of Tumkur and Chitradurga after the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) filed a report showing largescale and “reckless” iron ore mining there. A three-judge Green Bench led by Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia …
Dharwad-based non-government organisation - Samaj Parivartana Samudaya (SPS) – has urged the apex court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to recommend ban on mining activities in Tumkur and Chitradurga districts. Mr S.R. Hiremath founder president of Samaj Parivartana Samudaya in a letter to the CEC has said “The CEC should recommend …
Dharwad-based non-government organisation - Samaj Parivartana Samudaya (SPS) – has urged the apex court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to recommend ban on mining activities in Tumkur and Chitradurga districts. Mr S.R. Hiremath founder president of Samaj Parivartana Samudaya in a letter to the CEC has said “The CEC should recommend …
The south-west monsoon has taken a heavy toll on life and property in the State this year. As many as 91 people have lost their lives, around 121 cattle have died and an estimated 1,143 houses have been damaged so far from April. The Revenue department has estimated the total …
Large-scale harm to environment, agriculture fields alleged The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) conducted inspections in the mining areas bordering Tumkur district at Doddabyaladakere of Hosadurga taluk of Chitradurga district on Tuesday. open secrets: The hillock that has been tunnelled into by the K K Kaval mining firm near …
Bangalore/Chitradurga : Despite clumsy efforts by some mining firms to camouflage the brown hills, laid bare through consistent exploitation, with artificial green cover, the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee has discovered a shocking increase in production of ore and total lack of clarity on lease boundaries during its visit to …
BellaryThe Bellary district administration, which had intermittently gone to sleep in the last few days despite the Supreme Court ban on mining, seems to be awake and alert now. The officials have now taken some concrete steps to check illegal transportation of iron ore, after huge quantities of it continued …
Hassan : With incessant rain experienced in various parts of the district for the past couple of days, the water level in the river has increased and the inflow to the Hemavathi reservoir in Gorur is brimming to the capacity. The inflow to the reservoir was 15,000 cusecs on Thursday …
This comes less than 24 hours after 49 iron ore-laden lorries were confiscated Less than 24 hours after seizing 49 lorries transporting iron ore from BMC, a firm with which the Reddy brothers are said to be closely associated, the district authorities on Sunday seized 7,448 tonnes of iron ore …
In Hospet-Sandur-Bellary (BHS) sector, there is unaccounted mushrooming of registered and unregistered iron ore traders. In the last two to three years, it has been observed that due to a big margin of profit in this illegal trade, a mafia type of operation has started with the full connivance and …
After Bellary, Tumkur district has emerged as a hotbed of rampant illegal mining activities in the State. Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde, in his final report on illegal mining in Karnataka, illustrates how Tumkur had been plundered of its iron and manganese ore reserves by illegal miners in the last few …
BAN TO HIT INDIA’S STEEL PRODUCTION: The Supreme Court’s exasperation with the Karnataka government’s response to the fast-spreading mining scandal turned into outright anger on Friday with the court banning all mining across the iron ore-rich Bellary region. The ban will be effective in Bellary, nearby Hospet and Sandur, a …
