New Delhi, July 04: The Centre has asked Karnataka to consider taking the CBI’s help to investigate illegal mining in the state, an issue that was taken up by Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa himself with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last week.
In a letter to Yeddyurappa, Union Mines Minister B K Handique said that Karnataka could take the assistance of the Centre for investigating various incidents of illegal mining in the state.
“For these purposes, central agencies such as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) are also available, and their expertise can be effectively utilised,” Handique said in the letter, dated July 1.
It is for the third time since November 2009 that the Mines Ministry has asked the state government to rein in the menace of illegal mining, especially of iron ore.
–Agencies