New Delhi: Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish, who has repeatedly raised the issue of rampant illegal mining around the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam that has threatened the safety of the Dam, yesterday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi. She pressed for a CBI probe into the illegal quarrying and mining around the Reservoir.
Submitting a memorandum to the Home Minister, the Mandya MP said that illegal mining of stones was being carried out in the Dam vicinity and the activities are being blessed by local politicians who have a huge stake in the mining industry with many of them being unlicensed.
