<p>“Though the Lokayukta report makes our job a lot easier in Karnataka, we will not rely entirely on those findings. We will conduct our own comprehensive investigations,” Justice R A Mehta, a consultant on the Shah Commission, said.<br /><br />Karnataka Chief Conservator of Forests U V Singh, who headed the Lokayukta investigations, is also a member of the Shah Commission.<br /><br />Appointed by the Centre to probe large-scale irregularities in the iron and manganese ore mining sector in the country, the M B Shah Commission’s focus is on Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. The commission has to finalise its report by March 2012.<br /><br />Mehta said the commission might present individual reports for the states to the Centre before March.<br /><br />The panel is also looking at the records of the 410-odd mining contractors registered with the Goa Mines Department.</p>
<p>“Though the Lokayukta report makes our job a lot easier in Karnataka, we will not rely entirely on those findings. We will conduct our own comprehensive investigations,” Justice R A Mehta, a consultant on the Shah Commission, said.<br /><br />Karnataka Chief Conservator of Forests U V Singh, who headed the Lokayukta investigations, is also a member of the Shah Commission.<br /><br />Appointed by the Centre to probe large-scale irregularities in the iron and manganese ore mining sector in the country, the M B Shah Commission’s focus is on Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. The commission has to finalise its report by March 2012.<br /><br />Mehta said the commission might present individual reports for the states to the Centre before March.<br /><br />The panel is also looking at the records of the 410-odd mining contractors registered with the Goa Mines Department.</p>
