Submit report on alleged illegal mining near Sri City, high court to Tirupati collector
One Madras Babu moved the high court with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition, contending that the officials failed to prevent rampant illegal mining taking place under the guise of desilting an irrigation canal. The counsel for the petitioner told the high court that the gravel excavated from the canal was being used to fill up a nearby tank. He said that the forest area was getting damaged and alleged that the Sri City management was behind the illegal mining.
The govt pleaders for forest and irrigation submitted that they permitted the IIIT located in Sri City to desilt the canal to prevent waterlogging and flooding of the campus. The mining department submitted that no permission was given for any mining activity.
Considering the arguments on both sides, the HC asked the district collector to submit a report on whether any damage was caused, to what extent, and if any illegal mining was done damaging the environment.
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