Forest Dept. complicit, says MLA; seeks high-level investigation Madikeri: Rampant illegal mining of precious stones has been reported from Pattighat Reserve Forests (Nishane Motte) near Bhagamandala of the Western Ghats under the very nose of the Forest Department and those who are duty-bound to protect it have now been accused of openly allowing plunderers to…
Won’t interfere in illegal mining issue, asserts Kumaraswamy Mandya: Throwing down the gauntlet at illegal mining again, Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish has alleged that people who are doing illegal mining around the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam and also in many areas inside Pandavapura are threatening legal miners. “Now both legal and illegal mining have…
MSME and Mines Secretary visits quarry sites; seeks report from officials Mandya: Despite the Mandya District Administration taking stringent measures to curb illegal mining in Bebi Betta Kaval premises and teams being formed to raid unauthorised stone quarries, loud sounds and repeated earth vibrations have rattled residents and villagers of surrounding areas. Yesterday afternoon, one…
Mandya: A rousing welcome was given to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on his way to Mysuru here on Monday, by members of Farmers’ Organisations, Progressive Thinkers and BJP workers. They also submitted memoranda to him seeking resumption of MySugar factory, a complete ban on illegal mining and fair probe into the milk adulteration scam in…
Many villages close to KRS Dam declared sensitive; mobile squads to check mining Mandya: The Mandya District Mining Task Force headed by Deputy Commissioner S. Aswathi and the District Stone Crushers’ Regulation Committee have issued orders cancelling the licences of 11 quarries that were operating without an environment clearance certificate and 22 crushing units for…
Mandya: Illegal mining and ‘cracks’ in KRS Dam have overshadowed the resumption of MySugar Factory which has stopped sugarcane crushing since last six to seven years. This has dashed the hopes of thousands of farmers who had expected its revival. In the beginning of this year, there was a war of words between Mandya MP…
Mandya: Taking a dig at the Department of Mines and Geology, Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish took the officials to task for not collecting Rs. 1,200 crore Royalty due to the State Government from the district mining companies for the last so many years. Talking to reporters after holding a meeting with Officials at the DC…
By M.K. Mohanraj Mandya: Even as Mandya becomes a hotbed of mining politics with no holds barred spats between Independent Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish, wife of late actor Ambarish and JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy over the past several days, the people of Mandya are wondering whether MP Sumalatha, who has promised…
Bengaluru: In an interesting development amidst the statement of Mines and Geology Minister Murugesh Nirani that he will be visiting Mandya soon to assess the extent of alleged illegal mining, Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish met the Minister in Bengaluru yesterday and held talks on the alleged illegal mining and quarrying activities in Mandya district. During…
Mandya: Mandya District Minister K.C. Narayanagowda has slammed officers of Mines and Geology Department for turning a ‘blind eye’ towards blasting in mines in areas surrounding KRS Dam and accused them of hand-in-glove with persons running illegal stone quarries. “First of all you don’t visit the mining areas. You are totally ignorant about the quantity…
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