The Economic Times reported that miners in India’s Bellary state think the responsibility for environmental degradation in the region should be shared with the forest department.

The market news is quoted as saying:

Permission to use forest land for non-forest use and its consequent environmental damage and forest losses are minimised by collecting funds for plantation work. The state is supposed to carry out plantation work on revenue land identified and paid for by companies.

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