""People have found it easy to just walk into the forest and start mining," Mr Saldhana said.
The first quarry we visited was north of the city near Mount Shivaganga.
The workers there were completely without protection for their hands, feet or eyes, and spent their days splitting blocks with hammer and chisel.
Their pay is around £1.50 ($3) a day.
Twelve migrant workers slept in one room. Most were once farmers who had been driven from their land by drought.
The following day we travelled south of Bangalore and walked into a granite quarry where old women and children were breaking rocks. "
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