On Friday, the Supreme Court (SC) has ordered to have an environmental investigation over the illegal mining in Karnataka. It was suspected that illegal mining work has been carried out in the areas which were considered as forest land. It had also been a reason for the political fight between Governor HR Bhardwaj and the BS Yeddyurappa government.

The court has been requested by the special Bench which included Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices Aftab Alam along with K S Radhakrishnan to have a proper inspection.

The court has appointed Central Empowered Committee to find out the truth behind these accusations of illegal mining works in Karnataka. The Supreme Court has ordered to present the reports within coming six weeks.

This action was taken after the Counsel Prashant Bhushan who is one of the members of NGO "Samaj Parivartan Samuday has alleged that Karnataka Lokayukta and N Santosh Hegde, former judge of the Supreme Court Justice had given a throbbing report on this mining works.

They have given a report which reported that the operations carried by the mining mafia are in the `no-go' green zones.