The Survey of India Report Submitted

The Survey of India report was submitted to the submitted to the Supreme Court on 30 April 2010. The report deals with the mining activities of the Andhra Pradesh- Karnataka border that involved the Karnataka Cabinet ministers- the Reddy brothers. The report recommended the Andhra Pradesh government to redraw the leases of all their four mines and continue with the ban on their mining activities until the demarcation is complete. The report became a cause of concern for the Reddy brothers whose Obulapuram Mining Company has three mining leases and their partnership firm Anantapur Mining Corporation has one lease in Andhra Pradesh. The boundary pillars in the Reddy’s mines were reported missing. Reddys’ mines extended into Karnataka and overlapped with the mine of rival miner Bellary Iron Ores Pvt Ltd, belonging to S K Modi.