TNN:New Delhi/Bangalore: In a major victory for the green lobby, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Karnataka government to immediately take up a reclamation and rehabilitation (R&R) plan to revitalize the ecologically battered iron-ore mining areas in the state.
Accepting the recommendations of its Central Empowered Committee (CEC), a forest bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia directed the government not to grant any new mining leases in Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts till the state executes R&R for existing leases.
The bench said the preparation, implementation and monitoring of R&R would be directly under the supervision of the CEC, which prepared it in consultation with experts of the Indian Council for Forestry Research and Education, the state government and others.
BSY, Somanna get court summons Ex-CM BS Yeddyurappa and minister V Somanna have been issued summons by the special Lokayukta court in an illegal denotification case. P 6 Cap on iron ore production Bellary, Chitradurga To Follow SC Directive
New Delhi/Bangalore: The Supreme Court’s forest bench on Friday accepted two key recommendations of the Central Empowered Committee: capping the maximum production of iron ore from Bellary and Chitradurga districts at 25 million tonnes and 5 million tonnes respectively; and banning for 10 years illegal extraction of natural resources.
The CEC had made these recommendations to make reserves last for about 20 years. The Supreme Court imposed an iron oremining ban in July 2011 after large-scale illegalities were found. The CEC submitted its reports along with the R&R plan on February 26 and March 2 to the forest bench in three districts. It recommended R&R for 20 mining leases falling in category A and 29 mining leases in category B, an exercise to be completed in phases one and two respectively within two months. As far as the mining leases falling in category C are concerned, the CEC recommended that the allotment of those could be undertaken only after R&R is implemented and mining found to be environmentally feasible.
The court sought a clarification from the CEC: can work be carried out in category A mines that are identified as having committed least or no irregularities? It will hear the parties on April 20 on this issue and also on the disposal of existing mining stocks.
Accepting the recommendations of its Central Empowered Committee (CEC), a forest bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia directed the government not to grant any new mining leases in Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts till the state executes R&R for existing leases.
The bench said the preparation, implementation and monitoring of R&R would be directly under the supervision of the CEC, which prepared it in consultation with experts of the Indian Council for Forestry Research and Education, the state government and others.
BSY, Somanna get court summons Ex-CM BS Yeddyurappa and minister V Somanna have been issued summons by the special Lokayukta court in an illegal denotification case. P 6 Cap on iron ore production Bellary, Chitradurga To Follow SC Directive
New Delhi/Bangalore: The Supreme Court’s forest bench on Friday accepted two key recommendations of the Central Empowered Committee: capping the maximum production of iron ore from Bellary and Chitradurga districts at 25 million tonnes and 5 million tonnes respectively; and banning for 10 years illegal extraction of natural resources.
The CEC had made these recommendations to make reserves last for about 20 years. The Supreme Court imposed an iron oremining ban in July 2011 after large-scale illegalities were found. The CEC submitted its reports along with the R&R plan on February 26 and March 2 to the forest bench in three districts. It recommended R&R for 20 mining leases falling in category A and 29 mining leases in category B, an exercise to be completed in phases one and two respectively within two months. As far as the mining leases falling in category C are concerned, the CEC recommended that the allotment of those could be undertaken only after R&R is implemented and mining found to be environmentally feasible.
The court sought a clarification from the CEC: can work be carried out in category A mines that are identified as having committed least or no irregularities? It will hear the parties on April 20 on this issue and also on the disposal of existing mining stocks.
NO ILLEGAL EXTRACTION
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