Stay on mining by OMC lifted

Hyderabad, Nov 19: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday lifted the stay issued by the Anantapur District Forest Officer Kallol Biswas in the mining activity by the Obulapuram Mining Corporation, owned by Karnataka Tourism Minister Gali Janardhana Reddy.The High Court said the mining operations can continue, observing that the grounds given by the Government for stopping the mining activity were not reasonable.

The directive came following a petition by the OMC against the orders of the DFO.The opposition parties in the state, led by Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, has demanded that the Government stop the mining activity of OMC immediately. They have also submitted a representation to the State Governor in the matter.