SC panel urged to visit mining-hit areas, submit report in court
Activist S.R. Hiremath has urged a Supreme Court-appointed committee to investigate the environmental impact of large-scale mining in Karnataka's Ballari and Chitradurga districts. The request follows concerns that current production levels are causing significant damage to local communities.
Why it matters
The tension between industrial mining output and environmental/community welfare remains a major legal and social issue in India's resource-rich regions.
SC panel urged to visit mining-hit areas, submit report in court left Founder-president of Samaj Parivartana Samudaya S.R. Hiremath addressing a press conference in Hubballi on Friday. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/qscmxh/article71616462.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/2699_23_10_2026_17_4_51_2_24HUBLISPSPC.JPG SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT KARNATAKA HUBBALLI 24/10/2026 Addressing a press conference in Hubballi on Friday, Founder-president of Samaj Parivartana Samudaya (SPS) S.R. Hiremath urged the Supreme Court-appointed Monitoring Committee (MC) and Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to visit mining-affected areas in Ballari and Chitradurga districts. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT SPS says the panel should visit Bheemasamudra in Chitradurga district and Narasapur in Ballari district to assess the impact of mining HUBBALLI Founder-president of Samaj Parivartana Samudaya (SPS) S.R. Hiremath has urged the Supreme Court-appointed Monitoring Committee and the Central Empowered Committee to visit mining-affected areas in Ballari and Chitradurga districts and submit a report to the court before the next hearing of a public interest litigation petition on Thursday next.
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