Mandya: After stiff opposition by members of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and other organisations, who staged demonstrations at the main gate of KRS Dam on Monday with ‘Go back’ slogan targeting the team of Scientists from Jharkhand’s Dhanbad-based Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CSIR- CIMFR), who had arrived at KRS to conduct a week-long trial tests to study the impact of stone quarrying at Bebi Betta, which is in the vicinity of KRS Dam in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district, the District Administration late yesterday decided to suspend the trial blasts at the site.
The District Administration’s decision is seen as a victory of sorts for farmer organisations and other groups which are vehemently opposing stone mining and quarrying around KRS Dam.
