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…
Mandya: Mandya District in-Charge Minister K.C. Narayanagowda said that the Government has decided to ban all types of mining and quarrying, both legal and illegal, in 10-12 km radius of KRS Reservoir taking into account the safety and stability of the Dam. Speaking to press persons after holding a meeting at the DC’s office here…
Govt. attempts to draw curtains on bitter political-personal slugfest Bengaluru: In the backdrop of a bitter slugfest between former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and his bête noire Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish over cracks in the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam built across River Cauvery in Mandya due to rampant illegal mining, the State Government has…
State asks Mandya Administration to use technology to scan mining hotspots Bengaluru: The State Government has ordered the Mandya District Administration to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with advanced cameras to identify illegal stone and granite mining hotspots in and around the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya and the areas surrounding it. There…
CSIR-CIMFR to conduct blasts at three places to gauge vibration impact Rs. 22 lakh paid as fee; explosives worth Rs. 8 lakh to be used Mandya/Mysuru: The heat and dust raised over illegal stone and granite mining activity’s threat to Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam is showing no signs of thawing anytime soon as the…
Mysore/Mysuru: With Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish claiming that cracks have appeared in KRS Dam, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has asked his Mandya counterpart to lead a team of media to show cracks that have appeared on the Dam structure as claimed by her. Speaking to presspersons after attending a meeting at ZP Hall here this…
‘All Mandya JD(S) MLAs are involved in mining; what is wrong in it?’ Srirangapatna: Amidst raging controversy over the safety of Krishna Raja Sagar Dam in Mandya and following Mandya MP Sumalatha’s revelations that cracks have developed in the Dam due to mining activity, Srirangapatna MLA Ravindra Srikantaiah visited the Dam this morning to take…
Mounds of debris dumped on roads to prevent inspection Irked MP demands CBI probe into illegal stone mining around KRS Srirangapatna: Political bitterness in Karnataka’s Sugar Bowl spilled over as roadblocks, mounds of debris and trenches on the way to stone quarries greeted Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish yesterday afternoon when she visited certain quarries operating…
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