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granted environmental clearance for further expansion of annual production capacity from 8.5 lakh MT to 18.0 lakh MT (enclosed at ANNEXURE-R-64 to this Report). 8. Pursuant to the directions passed by the Hon’ble Karnataka High Court, a joint survey of the mining lease was carried out by the officers of the Forest Department, Indian Bureau of Mines and the Survey of India in the presence of the petitioner. The joint survey confirmed that encroachment in 35.0 hectares outside the sanctioned lease area has taken place as given below: Working Pit outside the lease area 4.02 ha Waste dump outside the lease area 19.58 ha Approach road of 10 Kms. without FC Act clearance 11.40 ha Total 35.00 ha 9. A copy of the survey proceedings alongwith the joint survey sketch is enclosed at ANNEXURE-R-65 to this Report. It is seen that in the joint survey sketch it is mentioned that working pit and waste dump outside the lease area are old workings and dumps located in surrendered area made before 15.12.2000 and that approach roads are made between 1958-73 after obtaining permission. 10. Mr. Muttaiah, the then Deputy Conservator of Forest, Bellary Division, vide letter dated 29.3.2010 in purported 88
compliance of the directions of the Hon’ble Karnataka High Court directed the RFO, Sandur Range to comply with the order and to take action to remove the over-burden dumps at the cost of the lessee. A copy of the letter was also endorsed to the lessee. In turn, the RFO, Sandur Range vide his letter dated 17.4.2010 directed the lessee to remove the over burden waste and comply with the directions of the Hon’ble High Court. M/s Lakshminarayana Mining Company, in purported compliance of the directions of the Hon’ble High, Court removed the over-burden dump. During the site visit undertaken the CEC was shocked to find that the mining pit, wherein illegal mining had taken place, has been completely filled in and planted. The Karnataka Forest Department informed that a forest offence case No.29/2010-11 dated 29.7.2010 has been registered against the company. The investigation report of the RFO, Sandur Range brought out that the road (passing through the forest area) has been widened by 2.5 meters over and above the existing 7.5 meter wide road, for a distance of 4.325 km besides filling up the illegally mined pit over an area of 2.80 hectares. The State Government is of the view that this act by M/s Lakshminarayana Mining Company is evidently an attempt to destroy the evidence of alleged illegal mining in the already surrendered forest area. The RFO, Sandur Range has estimated Rs.1.6 crores as the damage caused to the 89
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CENTRAL EMPOWERED COMMITTEE REPORT
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15.3.2003 and other related notific
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een filed by the CEC (Report (Inter
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Karnataka comes to Rs.15,245 crores
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8. Subsequently when the inspecting
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zone and afforestation are provided
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een taken to verify the details of
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forest land. In Bellary District, t
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officers of the State of Karnataka
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with the active connivance of the o
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sensitive positions are also simult
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CENTRAL EMPOWERED COMMITTEE REPORT
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merger Agreement inter alia conferr
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the details of the areas notified u
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8. Large tracts of areas in Karnata
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10. From the above it may be seen t
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5. 2646 M/s Shiva Vilas Trust 6. Sh
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non-forest land. Falls in de-reserv
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Page 39 and 40: have been provided by the Karnataka
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Page 45 and 46: sanctioned lease area, the Lokayukt
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Page 59 and 60: demarcated the mining lease of M/s.
Page 61 and 62: satellite imageries. During the sit
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Page 73 and 74: prosecute the FIR dated 3.2.2009 an
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Page 83 and 84: hectares of already broken up fores
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