On 24 Jun’21, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Forest Conservation Division) communicated to the Karnataka government that the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 approves diversion of forest land for iron ore and manganese mining in the Devadari Hill Range in favour of state-run KIOCL. The forest land covers 401.5761 ha. KIOCL operates a 3.5 mn t/year pellet plant in Mangalore, Karnataka.
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