Crackdown on illegal mining in Mandya
The Hindu
Licenses of 11 quarry units revoked
The Mandya district administration has cracked down on quarrying and revoked licenses of 11 units for not procuring environmental clearance from the authorities concerned. The decision comes close on the heels of Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambareesh pleading for a high-level probe into illegal quarrying in the district besides raising her concern on the safety of KRS dam owing to mining. At a meeting of the District Task Force (mining) convened on July 28, the authorities revoked the licences with effect from July 31. With respect to 7 crusher units in Babybetta Kavalu in Pandavpura taluk, the authorities cited the Karnataka Regulation of Stone Crusher Act 2011 as per which such units cannot be permitted to operate within 100 metres of the main roadMore Related News