In a complete disregard for the rare minerals, Rajasthan government has leased mining blocks that contains copper, silver and tin for extracting masonry stones and construction materials. Despite reminders from the central government agencies, mines department has taken no action resulting into a loss of revenues and wastage of national …
In a complete disregard for the rare minerals, Rajasthan government has leased mining blocks that contains copper, silver and tin for extracting masonry stones and construction materials. Despite reminders from the central government agencies, mines department has taken no action resulting into a loss of revenues and wastage of national …
The police on Sunday destroyed 104 illegal stone crushers during an operation against illegal crushing in Gopi Bigaha, Jamuhar and Mahadeva villages within the limits of Dehri-On-Sone police station of Bihar’s Rohtas district. Superintendent of Police M. S. Dhillon said six JCB machines were used to destroy 104 illegal stone …
Ahead of the Assembly session slated for July 21, the state Cabinet today approved several decisions, including a stone crusher policy for the state, a recruitment, service and promotion policy for health workers and a fund for the welfare of women. Chief Minister Harish Rawat chaired the Cabinet meeting in …
Bokaro: A team of state forest department officials, headed by divisional forest officer (DFO) Rajender Naidu, on Saturday busted around 12 illegal stone mines and two crushers operational in a Maoist-dominated area under Nawadih block. Illegal stone mining in Kanjkiro forest area has raised concerns for the forest department. Illegal …
BHOPAL: Amid increasing number of incidents of confrontation between forest department and mining mafia, a range officer opened fire to stop a tractor-trolley carrying illegally mined stones from reserved forest area in Panna on Thursday. At least 6 people, including the ranger, were also injured in the confrontation between the …
Bhopal: Mining mafia men roughed up forest department staff again in Damoh, on Sunday night. This is second such incident in the district and third in the region over past two months. This month's earlier incident had taken place in Damoh on June 5. After a tip-off on June 12 …
The SEIAA took note of this observation and has decided not to give permission for any site. The State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) is clear that they would not give any clearance for any stone quarry in the district. According to the SEIAA, it has stopped issuing any clearance …
Illegal stone mining is continuing unabated in the Jaunpur development region, causing ugly scars on mountains that have become loose due to digging. This can lead to another natural disaster, if illegal mining is not stopped immediately. People involved in illegal mining can be seen transporting stones, rocks and other …
The National Green Tribunal today cracked the whip on illegal sand mining and extraction of minor minerals in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh while slapping a fine of Rs 50 crore on five lease holders for carrying out excessive unauthorised mining resulting in damage and degradation of environment. The green …
Authorities on Sunday demolished more than 120 stone crushers operating illegally in Bihar’s Rohtas district, the police said. “It was part of action against the stone-mining mafia who have been operating in violation of the rule of law,” a district police official said. Agitated over the action, a group of …
The statement of the Cabinet minister Dinesh Agarwal on resumption of quarrying in the rivers of Haridwar has elicited a mixed reaction, leading to a wave of cheers among the miners and stone-crushers while some voices are being raised against it as well. Clarifying the State Government's stance on the …
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) recently sealed 12 crusher units operating illegally in Khurda district without its consent. On October 26, the OSPCB had listed 18 crusher units slapped with closure notices. "The sealing exercise was carried out after nearly three weeks as we needed the support …
The government is considering a proposal to lease out government land to companies and the individuals for stone quarrying in the State, said, Mines and Geology Minister Vinay Kulkarni. He said this addressing the gathering after accepting felicitation by District Stone Quarrying and Crushers’ Owners Association at Alur Venkatrao Bhavan …
Kendrapada: The Jajpur district administration on Monday imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC at the hillocks of Baghua, Lunibari and Dankari under Dharmasala tehsil to prevent illegal stone quarrying. "All the three hillocks are under threat due to rampant stone quarrying. We have also directed police to …
After the expose of the recent corruption scandal in the state mining department, different organizations including the truck unions are standing up against the illegal mafia groups in Ajmer. So where the mafia of illegal quartz and feldspar mining has been active for the last 15 years, the mafia for …
The National Green Tribunal's Kolkata bench headed by Justice Pratap Kumar Roy has asked for closure of all stone-mining activities in Bengal's Birbhum and Jharkhand's Pakur. The order given last week stated that stone mining was eroding away agricultural land in the two districts and for that the respective district …
A significant numbers of protesters, mostly youngsters, of Raajavaas village have been camping on the foot of a hill here for the past two days against mining activities permitted by the government to a private contractor. The villagers are carrying out night patrolling apprehending that the authorities may allow mining …
Sundargarh district administration on Saturday ordered closure of a stone quarry at Balanda and sealed a crusher unit at Gotidharan near here for flouting environment norms. According to sources, Additional District Magistrate (ADM), Rourkela, K Sudershan Chakravorty and SP Anirudh Singh on Saturday visited the stone quarry and crusher unit …
Hundreds go jobless in Nurpur As many as 40 stone crusher units in Nurpur subdivision were closed four days ago, for want of requisite permission to crush their legalised stock of raw material (hard stones) from the state geologist. The sudden closure of these units have not only rendered hundreds …
KOLHAPUR: Top villagers have decided to approach the Supreme Court over the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) recent decision over allowing Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) to use the abandoned stone quarry as landfill site for solid waste management. The quarry comes under the Top gram panchayat's limits. The gram panchayat had …
