Kudremukh or Kudre-muck?
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The scars of ore prospecting in Nelibeedu. In violation of the restrictions in the prospecting license, KIOCL constructed roads, felled trees and brought in heavy machinery to prospect for iron ore. The above area lies within the proposed Kudremukh National Park where any non-forest activity is illegal. Kudremukh National Park has an annual rainfall to the order of 7000mm making mining extremely risky to ecological and human communities. Analysis | Go to top |