State government loosing huge amount of royalty If Bellary district gained notoriety for illegal iron ore mining, Chikmagalur district seems to be following it’s foot steps for unabated illegal sand mining. Sand mining going on blatantly on the banks of river in Chikmagalur district.This surely does not require any proof because everyone is well aware of the ongoing sand mining in banks of almost every major river in the district.
PUCL team presents video and photographic evidence; mining operation could extend up to 200 hectares Illegal sand mining is happening in broad daylight in the river basins of Palar and Cheyyar, according to a fact-finding team of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL).
Farmers having cultivable lands irrigated by water from Karuppanadhi dam are a worried lot Farmers having cultivable lands that are irrigated by the water from Karuppanadhi dam are the most worried lot as illegal sand mining is being reported in the dam area for the past several days.
The directorate of mines and geology has received the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) order banning sand mining from river beds in the country without license and environmental clearance (EC) from the
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today sought the Centre's response on a plea for protection of National Chambal Sanctuary and its endangered species from sand mining and other activities. A bench
As a relief for the construction industry in the city, Supreme Court has extended sand mining from the state's riverbeds till March 31. As the 82 mining lease holders have not procured environment clearance from the ministry of environment and forest, the Rajasthan Bajri Truck Operators' Welfare Society had filed an application in the apex court praying extension of time.
PUNE: State revenue minister Eknath Khadse said on Monday that the government plans to bring in more stringent steps against illegal sand mining activities by booking habitual offenders under the Maharashtra
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of The Paristhithi Samrakshna Samithi Okkai Ernakulam Vs The District Collector Ernakulam and others dated 03/12/2013 regarding illegal sand mining in
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today informed the Uttar Pradesh government that it was "unhappy" with its investigation into instances of illegal sand mining as most of the people arrested are drivers
“Revenue officials hand-in-glove with sand mafia in Villianur”. The Village People Protection Movement on Tuesday demanded a CBI probe into alleged corruption among a section of the Villianur revenue and
The National Green Tribunal has summoned officials of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana government for their failure to curb illegal sand mining on the floodplains of river Yamuna, already banned by the green
Takes exception to Centre's stand to allow only PSUs in this area, says private sector has been contributing Rs 5,000 crore a year to current revenue since this area was opened to it Taking exception
The National Green Tribunal today restrained sand mining without any licence or environmental clearance from river beds across the country on a plea alleging that such activities were going on in Uttar
Amid the uproar over the suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday took judicial note of the environmental threat due to indiscriminate sand mining and
Congress leader V.M. Sudheeran has accused the government of using the Emerging Kerala summit to make a backdoor attempt to promote mineral sand-mining. Inaugurating the Kerala Environment Convention organised by the Paristhithi Aikya Vedi, a group of environmental activists, he alleged that the government was trying to hoodwink detractors of mineral sand-mining by pushing a proposal under the name of sand processing.
A fine of Rs. 44.11 lakh was levied against R. Vijayakumar of Aruppukottai for mining sand illegally, according to K. Vijaya Karthikeyan, Sub Collector of Kovilpatti. He was found guilty of mining beyond
Tata Steel has received green clearance for mining of mineral sand, used in coal production, from the riverbed of Gowai in Purulia district, West Bengal with a proposed production capacity of 0.2 million
PUDUCHERRY: The National Green Tribunal has asked the Puducherry government to set up two check posts near a riverbed within 30 days to prevent illegal mining of sand. Tribunal's judicial member Justice
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amarshakti Vs State of Bihar & Others dated 14/02/2019 regarding illegal sand mining in rivers Sone and Ganga at Koelnar and Patna in Bihar.
Mines and Geology Minister Vinay Kulkarni has said that 38 sand blocks have been identified, spread across an area of 506.56 acres, in the non-CRZ area of Dakshina Kannada. After a review meeting in
