Ahead of submission of his report on illegal mining, Karnataka #Lokayukta Justice Santosh #Hegde today said he does not believe the government will act on his findings.
"As I said yesterday, I don't believe the Government will take action", Hegde, a former Supreme Court judge, said. "They (the State government) took the first (interim) report (submitted in December 2008) but did not take action". 

Lokayuukta Registrar Moosa Kunhi Nayar Moole is slated to hand over the report to Chief Secretary S V Ranganath later today. The report has pegged the loss to the state exchequer due to illegal mining between March 2009 and April 2010 at more than Rs 1,800 crore. 

Hegde, a member of Lokpal bill drafting committee, declined to talk about contents of the report, which has indicted Chief Minister B S #Yeddyurappa, four Cabinet Ministers, and former Chief Minister and JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy, among others, and more than 500 officials,
particularly in mineral-rich Bellary district.