Bangalore, July 28: The Karnataka government today banned issue of permits to transport iron ore and other minerals for exports, saying this necessary to protect natural resources and check illegal mining and illegal export of minerals.
“To protect the natural resources and to check illegal mining and illegal export of minerals, it has been decided to stop issue of Mineral Dispatch Permit with immediate effect,” a notification issued by state’s Commerce and Industries Department said here.
The notification said the Mines and Geology Department was in the process of framing new set of guidelines governing issue of transport permits for minerals in the wake of illegal exports reported from Belekere and Karwar ports in recent times.
The government was collecting information on the quantum of minerals production in the state, extent of minerals available for local industries for value addition and the quantum that was being exported now, it said.
–Agencies