Bengaluru: Minister for Mines and Geology Murugesh Nirani said that conditional permission will be given for closed Stone Mining and crusher units to resume operations.
Speaking to presspersons here yesterday, Nirani said that it is mandatory for stone mining units to get license from Director-General of Mines and Safety (DGMS) within 90 days to resume operations. Pointing out that only 10 percent of mining units in Karnataka have DGMS License, while the rest do not have one, he said that the number of unlicensed mining units in the State exceeds 2,500.
