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 …
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 …
Indian Mineral Industry at a Glance 2011-12 is the thirty third edition in its series. This publication is designed to meet the needs of policy makers, planners, industrialists, economists, academicians, researchers and others connected with planning, exploitation and utilisation of minerals and related activities. For easy reference, the publication has …
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 …
Convener of the Senate Human Rights Sub-Committee on Environment Mushahid Hussain Monday said five stone crushers were still illegally operating in the Margallah Hills. During a public hearing on environment at the Parliament House here, he said,”The Supreme Court order of October 25, must be implemented in totality and all …
The Greens in the state are planning to move the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the environmental clearance given by the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) to 17 quarries at a time when the chairman's post was vacant in the authority. The SEIAA is the nodal agency in the …
The Gujarat high court on Thursday directed the state government to close with immediate effect all minor mineral mining activities that are underway without environment clearance (EC). Construction business might have an adverse impact as minor minerals include sand and lime stone. The high court has also ordered to stop …
The bench passed the order after hearing a writ petition lodged by BELA The High Court gave injunction on extraction of mineral resources including sand from the Sari River in Sylhet’s Jaintapur yesterday. The bench of Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Khurshid Alam Sarkar passed the order after hearing …
Official fears harm to Buddhist heritage of the State State government is set to ban quarrying of hillocks dotted around the famous Buddhist sites Lalitgiri, Udaygiri and Ratnagiri, known as ‘Diamond Triangle of Odisha Tourism’ in Jajpur district. “Indiscriminate quarrying of hillocks around Lalitgiri, Udaygiri and Ratnagiri would prove detrimental …
"When I see a building, I think of a river", says Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment. Confused? Wondering what is the connection between a sprawling mall, a huge hospital, a humble house or an office complex and a river? River beds are being literally emptied out. …
Some local influentials are lifting sand mindlessly from the Surma River in Sadar and Dakshin Surma upazilas under Sylhet district defying restriction by the authorities concerned. Illegal sand lifting from the river is going on unabated, leaving the bridges and cropland along the river at risk. As a result, the …
Industries minister P K Kunhalikutty on Tuesday said in the assembly that the government has not taken any decision to introduce mineral sand mining in the private sector. At present, sand mining is allowed only in the government sector and India Rare Earths (IRE) is the only agency allowed for …
Statistical Profiles of Minerals, 2012-13 is the 29th issue in its series which provides information on a different aspects of all the minerals (except atomic, fuel and minor minerals) produced in the country, which fall under the purview of Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 1988 (MCDR 1988). The publication contains …
