The task of demarcation was assigned by the Supreme Court of India after the complaints were raised of alleged destruction of the border by Obulapuram Mining Company. He argued to consider 1887 traverse data measurements and readings for the missing boundaries of cluster village. “Timmappana Gudda, a hill on the Karnataka Andhra Pradesh border, has been part of Karnataka. If the survey is based on Bellary Reserve Forest map of 1896, the hill would become the part of Andhra Pradesh and the illegal encroachment of it by Obulapuram Mining Company, which carried out mining activity on the Andhra Pradesh government, would be justified. The Survey of India is opting the latter map to protect the mining barons,” he said.

Source: The Hindu November 15, 2020 16:52 UTC