AP, Karnataka accused of non-cooperation
The Survey of India in a fresh report to the Supreme Court has accused the Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh governments of not cooperating with its team in demarcation of the disputed mines.
In a highly critical report against the two states, the SOI submitted that unless the boundary dispute between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh is resolved, the leased mines could not be demarcated properly and the issue relating to the mining dispute would also not be resolved in the process.
The team was asked by the top court to demark afresh all the leased mines on which dispute had arisen with allegations of encroachment upon the reserved forests and indulging in “illegal mining”. The report said unless the two states give consent for demarcation of their boundaries, the mapping of the mines was not possible.
The report said if the new mine sketches supplied by the states were compared with sketches of 1975, a variation was found.
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