Bengaluru: Amid protests from environmentalists, the State Government has stopped the transfer of 401.5761 hectares for forest land to Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) for iron ore mining at Devadari Forest Area in Sandur taluk of Ballari, said Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment Eshwar Khandre, amid protests from environmentalists.
This comes days after the Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Steel, H.D. Kumaraswamy, had directed officials of KIOCL to commence mining activities in the Devadari forest area.
