Stone Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding an illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …

Villagers seek protection from air pollution

Villagers of Pirumanahalli, H Thimmapura, Lakkenahalli, Hurulihalli and Kattehole villages in Belenahalli gram panchayat of Tharikere taluk unanimously urged the government to provide protection from air pollution. Residents allege that the atmosphere there has been polluted with dust by more than four stone crusher units functioning in Survey Number 22 …

A process for making slow-release phosphate fertilizer from low-grade rock phosphate and siliceous tailings by fusion

Worldwide demand of phosphate fertilizer is met essentially from phosphatic rocks. India imports most of its requirements and produces a small portion through froth flotation of Precambrian stromatolitic rock phosphate. Increasing population and consequent increase in demand for food production necessitated investigation to utilize the large reserves of low-grade rock …

Comprehensive industry document on stone crushers

This report provides an overall view of Stone Crushers operating in India to develop the National Environmental Standards, to provide cleaner technologies and to specify Guidelines / Code of Practice for Pollution Prevention & Control. The series of publication entitled

Residents seek quarry shutdown

Tirunelveli, RESIDENTS of Seliyanallur panchayat under Manoor Panchayat Union are living in a state of fear as the shock waves triggered by the explosives, being used in a private stone quarry functioning in the panchayat area, have been giving them sleepless nights for the past several months. The problem surfaced …

Guidelines for location & prevention & control of pollution in stone crusher industry

Stone crushing industry is an important industrial sector in the country engaged in producing crushed stone which acts as raw material for various construction activities such as the construction of roads, bridges, buildings, canals, etc. The stone crusher is one such industry that exists in the vicinity of almost all …

HC: Injunction against mining

The High Court has issued an injunction against mining at Chikkanayakanahalli forest area in Tumkur district. Hearing a public interest litigation by Basavaraj C S and six others, residents of Hosabeedi Chikka nayakanahalli, the division bench comprising Chief Justice P D Dinakaran and Justice V G Sabhahit, issued this injunction. …

Stone crushers put on notice

Chennai The Madras High Court has directed the Pollution Control Board (PCB) to issue notice to the stone crusher units in the cluster areas in Tirusoolam and Pallavaram near Chennai asking why their units should not be closed down if operated without the consent of the PCB and without complying …

Contract killings: Silicosis among adivasi migrant workers

Hundreds of migrant adivasis from Madhya Pradesh have died from acute silicosis (caused by inhaling silica) contracted while working in quartz crushing factories in central Gujarat. Thousands more face the same fate.

226 stone crushing units in State

Believe it or not, Goa has 226 stone crushing units as identified by the Department of Industries, Trade and Commerce whose operations could be a hazard to the State's environment. Almost three years after the Saleli incident, the issue on stone crushing units continue to haunt the State and has …

Areal locals demand strict monitoring of dust pollution

Even as the Goa Pollution Control Board has de-sealed 29 stone crushers at the Sao Jose de Areal belt, local residents have demanded strict monitoring of the dust pollution before any permission is granted for the crushers to re-commence full-fledged operations. Residents have drawn attention of the GPCB Member Secretary …

Man withdraws plaint, NGO fumes

ONE month is all a government department gets to furnish information under the right to information (RTI) Act. Instead, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has allegedly used that period to persuade an applicant to withdraw his petition. On March 19 this year, S Samayan of T Kallupatti natural …

Mines on shamlat land shut

The state mining department has ordered the closure of 120 mines and 115 stone crushers in the wake of the high court verdict which held that such activity could not be allowed on shamlat land. Mining activity in the hill state are feared to be severely hit as almost half …

Assessment of noise level at some granite quarries in Ganjm district

In this piece of work, an attempt has been made to study the noise level of equipment induced sound at some granite quarries in Ganjam dist. and then to study noise induced deafness (NID) among the persons working there as laborers.

Saleli quarries ordered to close down

the polluting crushing units in Goa's Saleli village are facing a legal grind. On October 29, 2007, the deputy collector of Bicholim ordered all 13 quarries and crushers in the village to stop operations till they followed environmental regulations. The deputy collector has also directed the units to restore a …

Making India's mining sector socially and environmentally viable

While mining continues to exploit mineral-rich areas and impoverish their people, a government panel ignores these costs to focus on fast-tracking private investment in the sector. By Chandra BhushanI learnt an important lesson on my travels in Orissa's Sundergarh and Keonjhar districts. One, the people of one of the most …

Impact of quarry dust pollution on foliar epidermics of five species growing near stone crushing industry

Quarry dust is known to alter the stomatal index of most of the plants studies. But in some plants the stomatal index remains unaffected or undergo little changes. Study carried out on selected plant species growing in the vicinity revealed foliar epidermal responses to quarry dust pollution which differed from …

Impact of quarry dust pollution on foliar epidermics of five species growing near stone crushing industry

Quarry dust is known to alter the stomatal index of most of the plants studies. But in some plants the stomatal index remains unaffected or undergo little changes. Study carried out on selected plant species growing in the vicinity revealed foliar epidermal responses to quarry dust pollution which differed from …

Groundwater quality evaluation in stone quarry area

Stone quarrying is a small scale labor oriented industry which has provided jobs to many people but at the same time it has brought a host of environmental problems in the vicinity. The study is carried out to understand the ground water quality in the stone quarry area of Bangalore …

Quarry trapped

a controversy has arisen over the Assam forest department's attempt to open up quarrying close to the Kaziranga National Park. The forest department has invited tenders to open a stone quarry at Mikir Chang, located in a prime wildlife habitat close to Kaziranga. The quarry is to supply 10,000 cubic …

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