The Supreme Court on Friday suspended mining activities in Tumkur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka. The apex court said, it will not change its order until a proper rehabilitation programme is formed.A three-judge forest bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia gave the order on a recommendation by its expert panel for halting extraction of iron ores in Tumkur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka.The apex court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) had in its recommendation to the bench on August 19, said that the mining operation was going on recklessly and in an environmentally unsustainable manner with the prime objective to exploit the iron ore mines merely for short term gains.The Committee, in its report had said there was loss of forest land due to illegal mining of iron ore in 2678 hectare in Tumkur and Chitradurga which had been witnessing excessive, illegal mining.The report gave findings of about 55 mining leases in Tumkur and about 18 mining leases in 687 hectare of which 500 hectare lies in the forest land of Chitradurga .