Death warrant for 1 lakh trees: HD Kumaraswamy …
— The Forest Department's detailed report highlighted the potential ecological damage, including the uprooting of over 99,000 trees and the disruption of local wildlife habitats. It also opposed handing over …
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KIOCL Share Price: Find the latest news on KIOCL Stock Price. Get all the information on KIOCL with historic price charts for NSE / BSE. Experts & Broker view also get the KIOCL Ltd. buy/sell tips ...
Recognizing New Geoheritage Sites in Karnataka, India
— World famous iron ore mines of Kudremukh are in the magnificent hill ranges of Kudremukh (horse-shaped hill range, Fig. 11) in Malnad (evergreen forest-covered vast hill ranges) area and constitute an integral part of the famed Western Ghats which are known for rich biodiversity. Iron ore mining which started during 1976 in this belt was ...
Ej Atlas
— Kudremukh, nestled in the Western Ghats, hosted one of India's largest open cast iron mines causing extensive deforestation, soil erosion, landslides, and water …
KIOCL Story
The Iron ore deposit in Kudremukh was one of the largest in the world. M/s National Mineral Development Corporation undertook the preliminary investigation of the surrounding areas in Kudremukh in 1960s. ... The …
Kudremukh: Karnataka's ghost town revisited after fifteen years
— It has been more than 10 years since mining completely came to a close in the Kudremukh range, but the ecological damage caused by 30 years of mining is still evident.
Mindless Mining – The Tragedy of Kudremukh
— The Supreme Court's order was all the more remarkable because what was closed down was no two-bit operation but a massive, government-owned, export-oriented, profit making corporation, the Kudremukh Iron Ore Mining Company Limited (KIOCL), one of the so called 'Mini Ratna PSUs'.
Mining and its aftermath
— Iron ore was discovered in Kudremukh in 1913, when P. Sampath Iyengar, a geologist from Mysore, set out on a quest for the mineral. ... (the waste mud left over after separation of the ore-laden soil) were dumped into the nearby Lakya Valley. Sadly, the damage didn't stop there. In its bid to appear 'green' the mining company planted over ...
Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL): The Death …
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IMPACT OF IRON ORE MINING IN KUDREMUKH ON …
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The nowhere people of a former mining town
— The people of Jamble in Mudigere taluk left their fertile agricultural land and home at Malleshwara village, also called Kudremukh, to pave the way for KIOCL (Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd.) to ...
Monograph on Iron Ore
MONOGRAPH . IRON ORE where dust (suspended particulate matters, SPM) concentration is the main environmental problem. These two iron ore mining areas are discussed separately. 9.2.1 Kudremukh 9.2.1.1 Background Information The topography of this area is hilly, except the valley portion through which the river, Bhadra flows.
IMPACT OF IRON ORE MINING IN KUDREMUKH ON BHADRA RIVER ECOSYSTEM
KIOCL. 2002. Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited, Rainfall data (1990-2002) Kudremukh, District Chickmagalur. NEERI. 2000. Comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment of Kudremukh Iron Ore Mines. NEERI, Nagpur. NIRCON, 1997. Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Plan for Proposed …
Impact of iron ore mining on suspended sediment response …
— Mining by the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) in an enclosure within Kudremukh National Park in southern India has affected the sediment …
Impact of iron ore mining on suspended sediment response …
— Rich iron ore deposits in the upper catchment led to the establishment of the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) in 1976. A lease area of about 46 km 2 was granted to the company in the upper catchment of the Bhadra River (Fig. 2). The mine and plant facilities, including a tailings dam, were commissioned in 1980 after a road was cut ...
Kudremukh
— Kudremukh: Mining Fact Sheet; Bio-Diversity of the Western Ghats With Special Focus on Kudremukh National Park; Press Releases. August 24, 2000 – Friends of the Earth and Environment Support Group Appeal to Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Mr. Yoshiro Mori not to allow imports of iron ore into Japan from Kudremukh National Park
Integrated Environment Management of the Iron and Manganese Ore …
— on Kudremukh Iron ore mine and temporary ban on iron ore mining in the Bellary-Hospet region has impact on iron ore availability for the domestic steel and sponge iron industries. As a result,
India Together: Kudremukha mining: closure in sight?
— On 31 December 2005, the curtains are set to come down on the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd's long disputed mining operations in the protected Kudremukh National Park. But ensuring an end to mining in one of the most stunning landscapes of the country has not been easy. ... The Comptroller and Auditor General estimated …
Deep Concerns
— But now, the locals with the support of wildlife groups are seeking to arrest the trend by waging a relentless legal battle against Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (kiocl) -- the public sector undertaking responsible for extensive damage to the ecosystem. The large-scale resistance follows the mining company's refusal to relinquish its hold ...
Monitoring changes in ecology in the Kudremukh mining …
— Monitoring changes in ecology in the Kudremukh mining region. Iron-ore deposits of the Kudremukh region in Karnataka State, India, were discovered at the …
History
The Geologist, Sampath Iyengar's discovery of Iron ore at Kudremukh - part of Ayomukh range - has been traced by Scholars to Sugreeva's legendary reference to the mountain peak. It is understood, in 1913 Sampath Iyengar went in search of iron ore deposit from a place called Balehonnur. When he was trotting along river Bhadra, his horse's ...
The Indian mining sector and its environmental impact
An instance of environmental damage by a mining company in India is the Kudremukh Iron-ore Company Limited in the Western Ghats Mountain ranges in the southern part of India. Their operations caused damage to the hills, polluted the groundwater and affected the Kudremukh National Park. Since 1973, seven mining disasters have taken place in the ...
Mindless Mining – The Tragedy of Kudremukh
— The Supreme Court's order was all the more remarkable because what was closed down was no two-bit operation but a massive, government-owned, export …
The Kudremukh Saga — A Triumph for Conservation
Everyday iron ore, in the form of slurry, was pumped downhill to the pellet plant. The slurry pipe is prone to breakage, and in the year 2000 alone, it broke four times, spilling an estimated 4000 tonnes of concentrated iron …
Impact of Kudremukh Iron Ore Mining on Bhadra River …
Kudremukh iron ore mine is located in a region of the Western Ghats that receives more than 6000 mm of rainfall annually [1], hence the potential for contributing to sediment loading in downstream water bodies and damaging endangered ecosystems is high. The Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) conducted its mining operations for over …
IMPACT OF IRON ORE MINING IN KUDREMUKH ON …
the Environment (ATREE) jointly studied the impact of Iron-ore mining in Kudremukh National Park on water quality of the Bhadra River. This study was funded by the Wildlife …
Impact of iron ore mining in Kudremukh on Bhadra river …
Impact of iron ore mining in Kudremukh on Bhadra river ecosystem
CORE DIAGNOSES Kudremukh Iron Ore Company …
"Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL): The Death Knell and Beyond" by KN Murthy ... only caused immense damage to forest habitat in the proc-ess, but also to the wildlife from unfettered hunting by ... studies of endangered species and environmental impacts in Kudremukh. Therefore, it cannot be reasonably claimed that there was ...
Impact of iron ore mining on suspended sediment response …
— An example is the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited which mined iron ore within the boundaries of the protected Kudremukh National Park [7]. Human–wildlife conflict: Due to the loss of habitat ...
Kudremukh Iron Ore Company
KIOCL Limited, formerly Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited, is a central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Steel, Government of India, with its head office and administrative activities in Bangalore. [3] It has a pelletisation plant in Mangalore and an iron ore mine in Kudremukh (Chikkamagaluru district).The Kudremukh mine, one …
IMPACT OF IRON ORE MINING IN KUDREMUKH ON …
Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) has been conducting its mining operations on an area of 4,604.55 ha in the Western Ghats for over 20 years. Opposition to its activities has built up over the years - from environmentalists and wildlife conservationists who are concerned about the threat to the region's flora and
Waiting for a miracle
— RAVI SHARMA in Kudremukh. THE Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) shut down its mining operations in the Aroli-Gangamoola ranges of the Kudremukh hills on December 31, in accordance with the October 2002 ruling of the Supreme Court aimed at preserving the ecological integrity of the biodiversity-rich Kudremukh range.
Kudremukh Fact Sheet
Kudremukh: Fact Sheet . Mining Lease of KIOCL . Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. (KIOCL), has been mining for iron ore in the Kudremukh region of Chickamagalur district of Karnataka on the basis of a 30 year mining lease No. 909 dated 25 July 1969, originally extended to National Minerals Development Corporation (NMDC) and which expired on …