Karnataka Mining: Supreme Court To Appoint Former Judge Justice Sudarshan Reddy As Oversight Authority
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Karnataka Mining: Supreme Court To Appoint Former Judge Justice Sudarshan Reddy As Oversight Authority

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Supreme Court on Thursday decided to appoint former Supreme Court Judge Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy as the oversight authority for implementation of the Comprehensive Environmental Plan for Mining Impact Zone with regard to mining operations in the State of Karnataka.The plan is for eco-restoration, socio economic development and railway backbone infrastructure for the mining impact. Supreme Court on Thursday decided to appoint former Supreme Court Judge Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy as the oversight authority for implementation of the Comprehensive Environmental Plan for Mining Impact Zone with regard to mining operations in the State of Karnataka. The Government of Karnataka had constituted a Special Purpose Vehicle known as Karnataka Mining Environment Restoration Corporation in June 2014 pursuant to Supreme Court's orders for execution of ameliorative and mitigative measures to deal with the large-scale degradation of the environment that had occurred due to the unprecedented illegal mining in Karnataka. proposals relating to road infrastructure needed to support mining activities and socio-economic development of the region to institute a detailed study relating to the railway backbone required to support the mining activities for connecting all mineral bearing regions of the three districts Thereafter, in pursuance of Supreme Court's orders, the CEPMEZ plan was submitted before the court by the State, envisaging a total of approx.

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