AT LAST, SOME ACTION

The Center decision to suspend mining activities of five firms, including that of the Obalapuram Mining Company owned by powerful politicians of the ruling BJP is a step in the right direction. For decades the illegal mining has been carried out with full knowledge of the government at state level. The enviormenntalist, intellectuals and citizens are fighting continuously against illegal mining, which, no government took seriously for the reasons best known to them. Lokayuktha has also submitted a detailed report on the illegal activities by mining ‘lords’, which is gathering dust in Vidhana soudha.Center should pursue the case seriously and the culprits should be brought to book at the earliest.