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With the southwestern monsoon arriving in full force, reports from coastal towns along the 160-km stretch from Colombo to Matara indicate that sea erosion has begun taking its seasonal heavy
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Court upholds present system of sand quarrying
The Madras High Court has upheld the present system of quarrying sand from riverbeds and loading them to lorry owners by the private contractors appointed by the government."The present system had
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Sand accumulation to make Madaveli harbor unusable by next year
Though the harbour of Gaafu Dhaalu atoll's Madaveli island was deepened seven years before, sand accumulation on the sea floor has made the lagoon shallow and the harbour will be unusable by the end
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Sand mafia digs, civic body covers up!
Dumping of hundreds of tonnes of garbage in the Bhangi choe by the civic body authorities and alleged illegal mining of sand from the choe bed and even from adjoining fields for years together has
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Illegal sand-stone mining curbed
The Madhya Pradesh government has informed the Centre that no illegal sand-stone mining activities were going on in the forest areas of Shivpuri and other districts of the state.It was stated in the
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Sand merchants choking Kerala's river of life
The "river of life" Periyar is dying a slow death. With over 437,000 tonnes of its sand being mined and sold every day, Periyar has sunk by 12 feet during the last seven years. Today, the river bed
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Plea to prevent sand quarrying at Nambiar
PWD Minister O Pannerselvam promised to take action to prevent sand quarrying in Nambiar in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. Responding to independent member C Appavu, who said the sand quarrying
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Make GPS mandatory for sand trucks: Action Committee
Sand Contractors, Sand Boat Owner-Workers and Building Materials Transporters Joint Action Committee is completely in favour of installation of GPS to sand transporting lorries and as a matter of fact, 570 lorry owners have registered themselves in the committee, out of which 500 owners have already paid the advance money to install GPS, informed Joint Action Committee President Mayur Ullal. Sp
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To rob Yamuna of sand, its course changed
With sand mafia having free run and taking shelter on the UP side, cops are failing to prevent ecological damage
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Mining within 1 km of major bridges banned
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court today imposed a total prohibition on the mining of sand within one kilometre upstream and downstream of all the bridges across the Muvattupuzha, Pamba,
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State may face shortage of sand, stones
Yamunanagar: People of the state are likely to face a shortage of sand, grit and stones for the next two months as the district administration has ordered the closure of mining in Yamuna and seasonal rivulets and work at 250 stone crushers has also come to a halt in the district.
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Mission to save river, sand
Retired police inspector Mohanraj plans to collect sand from the rivers in the southern districts and give them to the govt museum in Chennai Tirunelveli FIGHTING against sand smuggling in the State, a 56-year-old retired Inspector of Police, J Mohanraj, from Thoothukudi is on a mission to save the River Tamirabarani and other rivers in the State. Mohanraj, who is on a padayatra from Thoothukudi to Chennai, will collect sand from all the rivers and hand it over to the officials at Government Museum in Chennai.
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining activities in Lohit District of Arunachal Pradesh, 03/12/2014
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matte of Deohoiso Kri Vs. State of Arunachal Pradesh & Ors. dated 03/12/2014 regarding illegal and unauthorised activities like
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Making inroads into local ecologies
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Bricks from copper mine tailings waste for soil conservation and employment generation for landless persons
Due to continuous removal of topsoil, which is appropriate for agricultural purposes, is being used in production of conventional fired clay bricks, which results in depletion of natural resources for agriculture. Due to rapid industrialization, enormous quantities of wastes are generated by industries. In the present research work, efforts were made by Regional Research Laboratory (RRL), Bhopal to develop stabilized copper mine tailings bricks for 35, 50, 75 and 100 kg compressive strength, using copper mine tailings waste in combination with sand and cement.
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"Government in total control of quarrying"
PWD Minister Durai Murugan said sand quarrying was now under the direct control of the Government. No private operator was involved. He told reporters in Chennai, Tamil Nadu that in the previous
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No illegal mining of sand: government
The Haryana government denied that any illegal mining of sand was taking place in the Ferozpur Rajput stone quarry in Faridabad district. An official spokesman said that the allegations levelled by
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Sandmining eating away into farmland
An alarming rise in illegal mining of sand and earth from farmland and water sources is seriously threatening agricultural operations in Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu. Anyone raising his voice
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Illegal sand mining in Bheema
Illegal quarrying of sand on Bheema river bank at Mannoor in Karnataka for the past eight months, is harming ecological balance, said Feroz Jahageerdar, president of Taluk Agriculture Produce
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National mineral policy: report of the high level committee
This report deal with the seven terms of reference of the Committee respectively. In each case, the issues are spelt out, the arguments of the concerned interest groups examined, and the recommendations are laid out. It includes important issues raised in the Committee that are not covered by the first six terms of reference are taken up. These include four important issues whose resolution would be important not only for stimulating investment flows and inducting state-of-the-art technology but also for the smooth functioning of mining operations in the country.