A stone installed demarcating the Andhra Pradesh- Karnataka border in Ballari reserve forest.
Tapal Ekambaram challenged the official communication that the inter-State border was conclusively approved by the Supreme Court and the process of demarcation was being done. The demarcation of the inter-State border between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in Bellari Reserve Forest has yet again been challenged by Tapal Ekambaram, a petitioner in the Supreme Court.
The exercise was completed on ground by the Survey of India officials in the presence of officers from Revenue and State Survey, Mining and Geology, as well as Forest Department officials over the past six months.
Tapal Ganesh, mine owner and activist, at a press conference in Ballari on Monday.
Taking exception to the way the survey work was going on to demarcate the Karnataka – Andhra Pradesh border in Ballari district, Tapal Ganesh, a mine owner and activist, alleged that the officials of the Survey of India, which had taken up the job as per Supreme Court direction, were working under the pressure of political heavyweights.
At a media conference in Ballari on Monday, Mr. Ganesh said that the Central surveying agency was being influenced to conduct the survey in a way that its report protects miners who had destroyed the interstate border for their illegal mining. Mr. Ganesh’s main contention was that the Survey of India was relying on the Ballari Reserve Forest map of 1896, which, he argued, was not a primary map as mentioned by the earlier Surveyor General of India. He argued the agency should rely on the 1887 traverse data measurements and readings for the missing boundaries
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There is no official map or sketch demarcating the border points, says Ballari official
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New Survey stones (ISB66) fixed by Survey of India officials on Andhra Pradesh-Karnataka border at Gangamma Konda as seen on Monday. | Photo Credit: RAMESHSUSARLA
There is no official map or sketch demarcating the border points, says Ballari official
The 53-day exercise to demarcate the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border in Ballari Reserve Forest stopped abruptly three days ago after the Survey of India, Ballari, and Anantapur, respective State Survey officials along with Revenue Department officers worked relentlessly since October 15.
The Supreme Court had asked the Survey of India in 2018 to arbitrate between the two States and mark about 70 points on the inter-State border over a length of 15 km in Siddapura, Malapanagudi, and Tumti in Karnataka, and three villages in D. Hirehal Mandal of Anantapur district.