Lokayukta Report on illegal mining names Yeddyurappa,Kumaraswammy
posted on Jul 21, 2011 @ 4:46PM
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, currently holidaying in Mauritius, is among a slew of politicians set to be named in a damning Lokayukta report on the illegal plunder of Karnataka’s iron ore resources over the decade.
Cutting across party lines, the 8,000-page report also names the Reddy brothers of Bellary, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Anil Lad, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy and BJP MLA Anand Singh.
While it will be officially submitted to the state government over the weekend, some of the findings of the report were confirmed by sources in the Lokayukta.
The report estimates that the state lost Rs 1,827 crore in 14 months, between 2009 and 2010, through the export of iron ore from Bellary district without valid permits.
Yeddyurappa, who has been the mining minister and the CM since June 2008, has been specifically indicted in a case where dues of nearly Rs 118 crore, owed by a private mining firm operating in a state-owned mining area, were waived off.
Lokayukta report on illegal mining names Yeddyurappa