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 …
If the entire process is going to be handed over to the district administration, the situation is also likely to worsen' The government on Tuesday relaxed the environmental clearance process for sand mining, making it possible to get permissions for area up to five hectare at the district level. While …
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (4) of section 15 and section 15A read with section 9B of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (Act 67 of 1957), the Governor of Odisha do hereby make the following rules to regulate the composition, functions and manner …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gurpreet Singh Bagga & Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others dated 18/02/2016 regarding rampant illegal mining of minor minerals like sand, boulders in Saharanpur and more particularly on the river banks and river bed of river Yamuna. Mining activity …
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. Consequently, they staged protest at Jagjeetpur village which also houses the Matri Sadan ashram. The members led by the legislator …
Officials asked to take stern action against illegal transportation of sand. Kakinada: The Andhra Pradesh government has shelved e-auctions for sand mining in the state, saying that it was not able to get proper price in these auctions. The government felt that the guidelines for e-auctions and tenders for sand …
Mumbai: A representative from the union environment ministry and a divisional forest officer will now be part of a committee set up by the state government to issue licenses for sand mining for clearing navigation channels. This is being done on the directives of the Bombay high court. The order …
Several stringent measures kept to check impact on environ *MoEF clearance, Mining Plan made essential In order to check reckless mining in various rivers and water bodies, which is causing adverse impact on the environment, the State Government has finally come up with Minor Mineral Concession, Storage, Transportation of Minerals …
Irregularities in storage of minerals in Srikakulam. Visakhapatnam: The Public Accounts Committee of the AP Legislative Assembly has exposed the illegal beach sand mining taking place in Srikakulam district, which is being said to be a scam running into thousands of crores of rupees. Trimax Sands has been violating norms …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Niranjan Sharma & Others Vs Ministry of Environment, Forest & Others dated 05/02/2016 regarding sand mining operation in the State of Jharkhand. Tribunal passed an order of injunction restraining operation of sand mining of any nature …
It is on plea of Dinesh Pandey , environment activist, that the NGT has taken stringent action of banning the mining activity on Gaula river on January 29. He told TOI, " I appealed NGT to stay the operation of forest clearance accorded by the order 24 January, 2013 for …
Rampant sand mining activity on Cheyyar river bed has rendered the twin water channels, created 120 years ago near Kavanthandalam, useless. The two channels — ‘pallakalvai’ (lower channel) and ‘mettukalvai’ (upper channel) — residents of this village said, used to bring the much-needed water for irrigation in and around Kavanthandalam …
According to data from the union environment ministry and Solapur district administration, there was a massive revenue increase of Rs.50 crores in the 2013-14 financial year due to e-auctioning, spike in fines and fool proof monitoring. Three years after the apex court ordered Centre to formulate fresh guidelines on mining …
Smugglers are extracting sand illegally at various places. Karimnagar: The concerned authorities are not quarrying the sand in Manair river, fearing plunging groundwater table. Smugglers are illegally extracting the sand at various places in the river for making huge profits using short cuts. Consequently, the groundwater level is likely to …
It is feared lakhs of trees in Nangal Choudhary will be cut following a government’s move to lease out sites spread over 25 villages around Krishnawati and Dohan rivers for gravel mining. The mining authorities say there are a few pockets having trees in the mining zone, hence any need …
Though the protest on ban on mining in Gaula river by NGT has begun in by the affected groups in Haldwani, the Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation deny from any such ban in place. Dinesh Pandey, the environment activist, had made the plea before NGT to quash the Forest Clearance accorded …
Post-September 2014 floods, illegal sand and gravel mining from the Tawi is going on while the Flood Control, Geology and Mining Departments are not doing anything to stop the practice. Every day hundreds of tractor-trailers and tippers are seen extracting sand and gravel from the riverbed. Sources in the Flood …
The irate residents of village Bhagtali situated on the bank of river Ravi today staged protest demonstration against the administration for allowing mining in Ravi river due to which the water level in the area has depleted. The protest was led by Dwarika Nath and Saraswati Devi. The protestors raising …
The power of granting environmental clearances for leases up to five hectares have been delegated to district committees for the first time Govt notifies new mining rules for minor minerals The government has notified a new policy of granting environmental clearance (EC) for minor minerals to combat illegal sand mining. …
Seeking to strike a balance between construction as well as ecological concerns, the Centre has notified a policy of granting environmental clearances for minor minerals, including sand, and has come out with guidelines to monitor present mining activities. Under the new policy, the environment ministry has for the first time …
The Government has announced that the process of granting Environmental Clearance for sustainable sand mining and mining of minor minerals has been decentralized. The Ministry has created District Environment Impact Assessment Authority (DEIAA) for proper monitoring of sand mining. In consultation with the State governments, the Ministry has also prepared …
