Environmentalist Ashish Kothari was a member of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (constituted by Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) and Ministry of Tribal Affairs) to review the implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA). The committee, headed by Dr N C Saxena submitted its report recently to the Central government. During the course of its work the committee visited Odisha to assess the performance of the FRA there, particularly in the...
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Mining to blame for islands to sink beneath waves by Sivaramakrishnan Parameswaran
Two small islands in South Asia's first marine biosphere reserve have sunk into the sea primarily as a result of coral reef mining, experts say. The islets were in a group in the Gulf of Mannar, between India and Sri Lanka. The Indo-Pacific region is considered to contain some of the world's richest marine biological resources. The group's 21 islands and islets are protected as part of the Gulf of Mannar Marine National...
More »Chhattisgarh government recovers Rs 2 crore in fine for Illegal mining, transport
-The Economic Times Chhattisgarh government has collected over Rs 2 crore in fine in some 3,000 cases of Illegal mining and ore transportation in the last two years. Official sources here said that there were 2,886 such cases. Fine of Rs 65,29,000 was collected in 465 cases of Illegal mining in the last two years, while Rs 36,71,000 were collected in 2421 cases of illegal transport of ore. Flying squads which have been set...
More »Loot in Bellary by Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
A Supreme Court-appointed committee finds large-scale Illegal mining in Karnataka with the connivance of officials. THE issue of Illegal mining in Karnataka and the large-scale corruption in political and public life resulting from it refuses to stay away from the headlines. The sordid tale of mining-linked corruption (Cover Story; Frontline, July 16, 2010) has had a few recurring characters – a beleaguered but defiant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Minister B.S....
More »New survey, demarcation of mining leases ordered by J Venkatesan
Expressing dissatisfaction with the report of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on 99 mining leases in Karnataka, the Supreme Court on Friday set up a new team to conduct a fresh survey and to demarcate the boundaries of these leases in the Bellary-Hospet forest region. A Forest Bench comprising Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia and Justices Aftab Alam and K.S. Radhakrishnan made it clear that after the survey if Illegal mining or...
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