Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
Penny wise, pound foolish, that's exactly what the state government has done by handing over rare copper and sliver ore rich mines at DokamBaniwala in Sikar district to extract stones and building materials. Despite the matter being raised in coordination meetings of GSI and the state government, the latter has …
POKHARA: The ongoing dispute between crusher and sand mining entrepreneurs and Kaski DDC over contract for the extraction from Bharatpokhari and Nirmalpokhari in Kaski has worsened of late. While locals have been adamant about not allowing any sort of excavation from the areas, the DDC, however has made it clear …
DHADING: District Monitoring Committee, Dhading, has started inspecting sand refineries and stone crusher industries across the district to ensure that those businesses that had been running illegally were shut. The committee’s monitoring started yesterday after the district level monitoring and coordination committee decided to shut all crusher and sand refinery …
Youths have been protesting against the crusher industries demanding their closure in Sindhupalchowk district. A number of crusher industries are in operation at the banks of Indrawati river. The youths have charged the industries of polluting the environment, continuously eroding the river banks and damaging the Helambu highway. The crusher …
DHADING: Dhading district monitoring committee has decided to shut down more than 70 sand processing industries operating illegally and evading tax for years in the district. A meeting of the monitoring committee held today at Dhadingbesi took decided to this effect. As many as 73 sand processing industries are operating …
The state government has proposed to start the mining of minor minerals on its own (through a state government agency) and retail these at the mining site itself. The move is aimed at reducing the prices of construction material, improving its availability and checking the influence of politically influential mining …
The Lokayukta police have decided to take action against all the government officials at the local administration in cases of illegal quarrying and sand mining. A senior Lokayukta police official said the State government gazette notification has fixed the responsibility on officials from Mines and Geology, Revenue, Police and Forest …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Shiva Corporation India Ltd. v. State of M.P. & 2 Ors. dated 14/07/2014 on the issue of Rule 68 of the Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1996 which the Applicant has alleged is not being complied with …
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Minister for Mines and Minerals Chaudhry Sher Ali asked Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) to cut off supply to stone crushers at Margalla Hills, claiming that the illegal stone crushing will damage the environment. “The district coordination officer should not issue licences for explosive materials used on Margalla …
The District Administration Office (DAO), Morang has been preparing to shut down all kinds of crusher factories in the district. The DAO decided to ban stone crushing factories after the water level in the rivers where they have been operating began dropping alarmingly. Chief District Officer Ganesh Raj Karki said …
BHOPAL: Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has urged the Union government to exempt quarries of minor minerals from provisions of environmental clearance besides declaring Narmada-Malwa Link project and Bargi diversion project as national projects. In a letter to Union minister for environment and forests Prakash Javadekar, Chouhan said the ministry …
The centre has appointed a three-member state-level impact assessment authority (IAA) to issue environmental clearances for minor mineral leases in Gujarat. In an official gazette notification, environment ministry has constituted the committee under the chairmanship of retired IAS and president of Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management (GIDM) Pramod Mishra. The …
In a first for any state, the Haryana government has made public its losses on account of illegal sand mining. In a report submitted to the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday, the government has stated that illegal mining of over 60,000 metric tonnes sand on a land belonging to the …
These people are also cutting down trees inside the plant, defacing its greenery and putting the area’s ecological balance under threat Hundreds of people are illegally digging up stones at the Bholaganj Ropeway Plant in Sylhet’s Companiganj upazila and the guards have become abettors there. They are also stealing the …
Ignoring a government ban, politically influential people have been allegedly running a profitable business of extracting stones from three rivers in Lalmonirhat – Dharla, Shaniajan and Singimari – significantly hurting the area’s environment. Local administration has expressed concerns that a large portion of Patgram upazila might face a major landslide …
We served several notices to the illegal stone lifters beside the LGED’s infrastructures but the syndicate did not respond to the notices The photo taken yesterday shows that a portion of the Dharla River has been eroded because of unabated sand lifting Photo- Dhaka Tribune Ruling party men are allegedly …
Over a dozen illegal stone quarries are operational at Manjhphat and Baskharka, the north VDCs of Parbat. Private land, public playground and forest area has been used to operate illegal quarries at Banskharaka wards no. 1 and 8 and Majhphat-9. Such illegal operation of quarries has caused a risk of …
Illegal sand mining in the Chure region is causing destruction of the forests areas, stakeholders have said. A source claimed that the District Monitoring Committee (DMC) takes bribes from the owners of crusher industries and issue them the licenese to extract silts and sands from the region. With the license …
The MMDR Bill had proposed sharing of miner's profits with the project-affected people amongst other things The UPA's attempt to overhaul the law governing malpractice-ridden mining sector by replacing a 50-year-old legislation, has been wasted with the new mining bill lapsing. The Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation (MMDR) Bill …
The officials of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Monday informed the Senate Human Rights Sub-Committee on Environment that it had withdrawn the NOCs issued to stone crushers. They told the committee that they had also launched a joint operation, in collaboration with the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration and …
