It is very important to put a brake on all the illegal mines in the country. Our wilderness areas are now devastated due to these illegal mines. With the connivance of local politicians, bureaucrats, police, the mining mafia is running a parallel economy. Honest citizens who stand up to protest have been beaten and even killed.

Some of the mines in the Karnataka and Andhra border had redrawn the state boundaries and the name of YSR and Jagan Mohan Reddy had prominently figured in this controversy. The final word on their involvement is yet to be heard, as various cases are under progress.

In Odisha, even reputed firms like Tata's have been mining more than their entitlement. It is really hard to believe that reputed firms are not overboard in their conduct in the mining scam.