Mandya: Following reports of stone crushers and miners violating the blanket ban on the use of explosives in mining and stone quarrying activities within 20-kilometre radius around the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam, Pandavapura Tahsildar has ordered the closure of more than 30 mining units.
These mining units are functioning at Baby Betta Kaval stone crusher quarry, Baby Betta Amruth Mahal Reserve Area, Bannangadi and many other places in and around Pandavapura. The locked out quarrying units include the one owned by former Minister C.S. Puttaraju.
