Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining of minor minerals in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 18/02/2016
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gurpreet Singh Bagga & Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others dated 18/02/2016 regarding rampant illegal mining of minor minerals like sand, boulders in Saharanpur and more particularly on the river banks and river bed of river Yamuna.
Mining activity (if at all permitted) should be carried out in a semi-mechanised and scientific manner or totally non-mechanised manner. All other facets of extraction of minor minerals, mining, transportation and utilisation of these minerals should be strictly in an environment friendly manner.