Officials of mines department with the help of police seized 10 vehicles loaded with black stone and detained 12 people on charges of illegal stone quarrying at Aaruha hillock in Jajpur district’s Dharmasala block. The continuous illegal stone quarrying poses a danger to Aaruha hillock.
While dealing with a case relating to illegal quarrying, the Madras High Court recently remarked that law must be potent enough to deal with people in power and those having higher connections. .
Bhubaneswar: Lokayukta, Odisha, on Thursday issued notice to the additional chief secretary of steel and mines department and a local contractor of Ja.
Karnataka: Six Killed in Explosion at Quarry Site, Second Incident in a Month
The incident took place at Hirenagavalli near Peresandra on Tuesday. Quarrying was stopped by the police on February 7 following complaints from the locals against the rampant use of gelatin sticks.
At least six people were killed in a gelatin stick blast in Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka. Photo: Twitter/@AnojanJeyaram
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Chikkaballapur: Six people were killed when the gelatin sticks they were trying to dispose of exploded accidentally at a stone quarry site in a village here early on Tuesday, police said.
The incident comes close on the heels of a similar blast at a quarry site in the state’s chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s hometown of Shivamogga on January 22, which left six dead.
Shivamogga blast: Illegal quarrying prohibited in 18 villages of Mandya district
The revenue, mines and geology, and other department officials are patrolling the areas to ensure that no one including the nearby villagers enters the quarry.
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MYSURU: In the backdrop of the Shivamogga blast killing five labourers, the Mandya district administration has imposed prohibitory orders on illegal quarrying/mining in and around Krishnaraja Sagara Reservoir (KSR), Srirangapatna, and Padvapura taluk.
The crushing activities, transport, and blasting have come to standstill as the Pandavapura Assistant Commissioner has imposed ban orders that will be in effect from January 25 to March 24 in baby Betta, baby Betta Kaval, Kaneve Koppel, Honaganahalli, Kattere, K Malanehalli, Malagere, Dinka, Alpahalli, Bidahalli, Bistahalli, Madarahalli, Banaggado, Chinnakurli, Kamanayakanahalli, Tirumalapura, Gunmanahalli, and Mallesandra.