Gehlot Treads a Minefield
Ashok Gehlot is facing his biggest crisis yet. With less than a year of his term left, the Rajasthan chief minister has been accused of misusing his position in allocating sandstone mines in Jodhpur to
Ashok Gehlot is facing his biggest crisis yet. With less than a year of his term left, the Rajasthan chief minister has been accused of misusing his position in allocating sandstone mines in Jodhpur to
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court has requested the Environmental Foundation Limited (EFL) to intervene in order to assist Court in a Fundamental Rights case involving mechanised sand mining in the Maha
In a decision that is bound to have far-reaching consequences, the State Cabinet has exempted quarries up to one hectare from the need to secure environmental clearance. Talking to the media after a
Illegal sand mining is taking a toll on the historical Tungabhadra bridge near Honnali, Karnataka. Due to three-years of continuous drought, the water level in the river has reached to very low
Police unearthed illegal transportation of sand in water tank at Railway station on Monday. According to police, 53 barrels of sands were seized. Each tank had 50 kg sand.
PALAKKAD: A meeting of the river management committee should be convened to sort out the problems in issuing passes for river sand mining. This was decided at a meeting of the district development committee held here on Saturday. The meeting of the river management committee was being convened in the context of the river sand mafia misusing the passes being issued to the public.
Aiming to check the sand and gravel demand-supply gap and thus bring down the prices, the Punjab government today started auctioning sand quarries in the state’s riverbeds and also fixed the profit that
The issue of sand mining in Periyar in Kerala took a new turn, when Keezhumad Panchayat committee members threatened to launch agitations, in front of the Collectorate protesting against the adamant
Irrigation Minister T.M. Jacob has said sand mining in certain rivers in Kerala will be banned shortly in view of the drought. A decision regarding this will be taken at the next Cabinet meeting.
MUMBAI: The sand-mining mafia, which is gradually choking Bankot Creek in Raigad, attacked a TOI team and environmental activists Sumaira Abdulali and Naseer Jalal that visited the creek on Tuesday afternoon to report on the illegal activities. The Mahad police have registered a case of attempt to murder, criminal intimidation and rioting.
Ludhiana: Members of the Ludhiana Builders’ Association have complained to the government that the state’s building industry is in the grips of a very active mining mafia. Construction material like sand,
The loss of more than Rs1 crore per day due to ‘illegal’ collection of the riverbed materials from the Gola river in Haldwani comes as a serious cause of concern for the State Government. Alleged nexus
Ashtamudi Lake was declared a wetland of global import 10 years ago On August 19, 2012, it will be 10 years since the brackish water Ashtamudi Lake with eight creeks was declared a Ramsar site by designating it as a wetland of international importance. The lake was recommended by the Ramsar Convention’s partner organisations as a wetland of 61.4 sq km. And the lake entered the Ramsar list as site number 1,204.
In the grievance meet held here on Friday, Collector Ajay Yadav assured farmers that polluting units that do not conform to Zero Liquidity Discharge norms would be shut down. Addressing farmers’ grievances, he said, “We will take measures to close down the factories discharging effluents into Palar and not complying with zero liquid discharge. I have discussed this with the chairman of Pollution Control Board.”
DEHRADUN: Showing solidarity by coming out openly in support of the fight against mining on the banks of Ganga river in Haridwar spearheaded by Matri Sadan institute, various environmental groups stated
The Kochi district administration has decided to lift the ban on river sand mining from October 5. The decision was taken at the district level expert committee meet held at the collectorate. The
More than 5-year-old quarries banned in some districts It may take a few months for authorities to open new sand quarries on the Cauvery-Coleroon river basin in the wake of the recent order of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court. One of the decisions taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday was that sites for new quarries should be identified and approval from the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) secured.
The Kerala State Cabinet has decided to keep in abeyance any further proceedings on the controversial Government Order on mineral sand mining along the Alappuzha coast. The order, which approves
Illegal sand-mining in the Pulampara, Kongampara and Kanalpiruvu stretch of the Walayar river is posing a threat to the river system besides creating major environmental problems in the area. Mining
Illicit sand mining in the Cauvery riverbed continues unabated in some of the villages on the banks in Tiruchi district, with powerful local mafia groups involving agricultural labourers in the