Leases on hold, mining rampant in UP
Not just in Gautam Budh Nagar, where former SDM Durga Shakti Nagpal is believed to have been suspended for taking on the sand mafia, illegal mining activities have shot up across UP with no fresh leases
Not just in Gautam Budh Nagar, where former SDM Durga Shakti Nagpal is believed to have been suspended for taking on the sand mafia, illegal mining activities have shot up across UP with no fresh leases
The Delhi government has decided to pull up its socks after having lost revenue worth crores for decades due to illegal sand mining. Mining, therefore, will now be handled under the supervision of
The High Court has directed the Government to submit a report on the damage caused to ecology due to rampant sand mining along the banks of Arkavathi river in Ramanagara.
Reminding the ugly scenes which took place in Allahabad recently to oppose the sand mining by machines, the All India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha (AIKMS) activists strongly condemned the attempts made by the
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy warned of stern action against those indulging in illegal sand-mining. Replying to a submission by P.C.George in the Assembly, Chandy said that the licenses of
The Karnataka government will introduce a comprehensive legislation in the next session of the Legislature to sort out problems related to sand mining and transport, Chief Minister N Dharam Singh
Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh assured the Legislative Assembly that the Karnataka Government would come out with a comprehensive sand mining policy. Replying to a question raised by B.R. Patil,
Rampant illegal mining on the Manawar-Tawi river in the Nowshera area of Rajouri district has destroyed more than 200 kanals of agricultural land. Residents of the Jaba Hanjuna area of Nowshera Pain
During the season of water regattas a river here has almost dried up. The water level in the Varattar which links the Pampa and the Manimalayar has been going down for the past 25 years. Even during the monsoon there is no water flow in the 9.5-kilometre-long river. The sand mining has deepened the river bed level at the originating point near Arattupuzha. Instead of a bridge a short bund was constructed there 30 years ago which prevents the natural flow of water. Moreover, encroachments are rampant on either side of the river. On the encroached part of the river people have planted coconut trees and other plants.
Members of Khanan Chugan Sangharsh Samiti and Haridwar stone crushers welfare association were barred by the authorities from reaching Sati kund area, the proposed site of protest on Monday afternoon.
MUMBAI: The public works department's decision to try out crushed sand as an alternative to river sand has evoked mixed reactions. Sumaira Abdulali, who filed the first public interest litigation (PIL) against illegal sand mining, said it was replacing one ecological disaster with another.
The river is now one big sewerage line; its catchment area once fed 1,775 lakes The Arkavathy River was once the lifeline of the region. But all that is left of it today are just fond memories. The river basin that used to boast of 1,775 lakes along its pathway, now has only a few hundreds surviving. Even during the rainy season, some of the lakes are not filled with water from the basin. The industries along the river stretch and sand mining activity have practically destroyed the river bed, residents claim.
In a major victory for the environmentalists, Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has turned down Goa
The cabinet on Wednesday allowed auctioning of sand and stone mine sites in Maharashtra. State and district environment committees will soon be set up to scrutinize and proposals and sites. The
The water has turned black at Areekode and neighbouring places The water in the Chaliyar at Areekode and neighbouring places has changed its colour, raising concerns of the local people as well as the authorities. Unlike in the past, the Chaliyar has turned black towards the upstream of the river from the Kavanakkallu regulator-cum-bridge. The change looks acute at Areekode and Moorkkanad.
The People's Action Council of Mukkannur has warned against the indiscriminate and largescale sand mining in the Pampa river at Mukkannur kadavu in Ayroor panchayat in Pathanamthita in Kerala. The
Karnataka farmer paid the price for resisting a polluting distillery, sand mining In early mornings, a portly old man would sneak into the fields in Chikballapur
The Karnataka on Thursday decided to bring in comprehensive amendments to the mineral concession rules pertaining to sand with the larger aim of checkmating the sand mafia and preventing illegal extraction
An acute scarcity of fresh water is staring the district in the face, according to the results of a monthly study conducted by the district groundwater department. The study, which assessed the water level in 63 observation wells, indicates that the failure of monsoon and overall rainfall deficit has led to an alarming depletion in the groundwater table in the district. V. Prasannan, district officer, Groundwater Department, said over the past month the groundwater table at many points in the district had dropped by more than a metre.
The Karnataka High Court stayed sand mining in Cauvery river at Torenoor village near Kushalnagar. The mines and geology department had issued license to a Torenoor villager T.G. Shivanna to lift