<p>The Mines and Geology department has issued notice to 14 quarry owners/contractors to stop quarrying within 1 km of Kappatagudda wildlife sanctuary.</p>.<p>The notices were issued following the direction by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change that no quarrying/mining should be allowed within 1 km of national parks and sanctuaries.</p>.<p>A total of 11 stone quarries and two sand quarries and one soil quarry were operating close to the sanctuary.</p>.<p>Rajesh, senior geologist of the department, told DH that the department had issued notice to 14 quarries on August 31 and seven of them have replied. “The quarry owners/contractors claim that they had obtained the necessary permission from the Forest, Revenue and Environment departments for quarrying before the area was declared wildlife sanctuary.”</p>
<p>The Mines and Geology department has issued notice to 14 quarry owners/contractors to stop quarrying within 1 km of Kappatagudda wildlife sanctuary.</p>.<p>The notices were issued following the direction by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change that no quarrying/mining should be allowed within 1 km of national parks and sanctuaries.</p>.<p>A total of 11 stone quarries and two sand quarries and one soil quarry were operating close to the sanctuary.</p>.<p>Rajesh, senior geologist of the department, told DH that the department had issued notice to 14 quarries on August 31 and seven of them have replied. “The quarry owners/contractors claim that they had obtained the necessary permission from the Forest, Revenue and Environment departments for quarrying before the area was declared wildlife sanctuary.”</p>