New Delhi, July 14 -- Mining leases in Tumakuru granted despite environmental concerns The National Green Tribunal (NGT), on July 9, 2025, directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to submit its response to allegations that the Karnataka forest department granted two mining leases in Tumakuru, despite having previously rejected them on environmental grounds.

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change's (MoEF&CC) regional office in Bengaluru, along with the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, was also directed to respond. The case is scheduled for its next hearing before the NGT's southern bench on September 25, 2025.

The application was registered suo motu based on a news article titled Activist question...