Stop permits for sand mining, NGT tells U’khand
A National Green Tribunal (NGT) judge on Thursday warned the Uttarakhand government to stop giving permission for sand mining after a resident claimed that the state is blatantly violating the court’s
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Govt to move NGT next month
To urge for exempting State from sand mining ban The government on Tuesday told the Goa Legislative Assembly that it will move the National Green Tribunal (NGT) next month, urging it to exempt Goa from the ban on the removal of sand from river beds.
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Water conservation to be the theme at Yuva Dasara
MYSURU: The Yuva Dasara subcommittee has decided to conduct Yuva Sambhrama and Yuva Dasara with water conservation as the theme, in the backdrop of scanty rainfall received this year. Speaking to reporters
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Illegal sand mining rampant in Gautam Budh Nagar
The Union Environment & Forests Ministry committee has found gross illegalities in the sand mining leases of Gautam Budh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh. The committee will submit its report to the Ministry on
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Politician-mafia nexus fuels rampant illegal sand mining in U.P.
Illegal sand mining is a lucrative business in Uttar Pradesh with all the major rivers in the State mined by the mining mafia with strong political links. The illegal sand mining is rampant in the flood
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HC seeks Collector’s reply to case against illegal sand mining
From rural tanks in more than 20 villages in Athoor block The Madras High Court Bench here on Tuesday sought the reply of Dindigul Collector to a public interest litigation petition alleging widespread
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding sand mining in Baitarani river, Jajpur District, Odisha, 03/01/2017
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Ananta Kumar Das Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 03/01/2017 regarding sand mining in Baitarani river near Sanala
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Illegal sand mining in Thamirabarani river: Madras HC issues notice to Tuticorin district collector, others
MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Wednesday ordered notice to the Tuticorin district collector, geology and mines assistant director and Srivaiguntham tahsildar on a petition that
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Collector’s order on sand mining decried
Activists allege violation of National Green Tribunal order The district administration’s order giving clearance to sand mining at the ‘kadavus’ (sand extraction locations) outside the 500 metre radius
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Greens forum flays district's sand mining move
The Association for Environmental Protection has alleged that the District administration violated the rules of riverbank protection and sand mining by granting ghats for sand mining in various
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Fazilka residents protest illegal mining
Despite protests by residents against the illegal sand mining in Miani Basti village, on the outskirts of Fazilka town, mining is going on unabated there. Residents again staged a protest in the village
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Government orders CID to probe into illegal sand mining
The State government has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe into the accusation of illegal mining and transport of sand in the Cauvery basin. A Government Order (GO) to this
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More than 120 birds dead at Suncor-owned Canada oil sands mine
More than 120 birds in Canada’s oil heartland of Alberta were killed after getting caught in a pond of oil sands byproducts operated by the country’s largest producer, Suncor Energy Inc, the local regulator
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100 blocks identified for sand mining in State
The government is considering the possibility of mining sand from lakes in the districts of Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Bangalore Urban and Rural districts and Ramanagara. The government has begun the tendering process for awarding works for mining sand from river fronts in the State, Minister for Public Works Department H C Mahadevappa has said.
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Maharashtra to decentralise environment clearance process for sand mining
If the entire process is going to be handed over to the district administration, the situation is also likely to worsen' The government on Tuesday relaxed the environmental clearance process for sand
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Illegal sand mining in Jhelum goes unabated
Mining poses threat to embankment, Pulwama villagers fear another flood The authorities have allegedly failed to curb the movement of machines and vehicles into the Jhelum for extraction of sand, resulting
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HC recalls order on mining leases
AHMEDABAD: In a big relief to the mining lease holders across the state, Gujarat high court on Monday recalled its order asking the state government to cancel all sand mining leases that do not have environment
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8,200 illegal sand mining cases in a yr
MUMBAI: The state government In what is an indication of indiscriminate sand mining carried out in the state, the government on Wednesday admitted to 8,200 instances of illegal sand mining being reported
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal sand mining in the river bed of Yamuna, Village Daulatpur, Tehsil Bhognipur, District Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh, 16/06/2017
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jai Prakash Vs. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 16/06/2017 regarding illegal sand mining with the unauthorized
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NGT slaps notices on govt for green norms' breach
National Green Tribunal (NGT), Bhopal bench, has served notices to the state government for violation of environmental laws in issuance of lease for sand mining in Betul and Hoshangabad districts. District-level