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 …
Illegal stone quarrying continues unabated in Sundargarh district posing environmental hazards and causing loss to the State exchequer. Administrative sources said there are 118 stone quarries in the district. A few of them have lease licence while the rest have been granted permission through auction for one year by the …
JAIPUR: Supporters of some mining lease holders allegedly opened fire and beat up villagers with sticks when the latter were staging a sit-in against illegal blasts in mines near Chidawa's Chanana area in Jhunjhunu district on Monday. Four villagers were injured in the incident. The angry villagers set afire three …
Despite a blanket ban by the Supreme Court, illegal mining continues to wreck havoc in the environmentally fragile Aravalli ranges of the district. Though the administration claims to pro-active in tackling the menace by impounding 90 vehicles and recovering more than Rs30 lakh as fine from the violators in the …
Despite ban on mining of stone along the Dikhow river, illegal stone mining is a thriving and lucrative activity in Sivasagar district. Facilitated by corrupt politicians and officials, indiscriminate stone mining has ravaged Dikhow river. Indiscriminate and illegal mining of stone along the Dikhow river has not only led to …
Mookkunnimala might not be the lone casualty of unregulated mining in Thiruvananthapuram. The department of mining and geology issued 719 permits for quarrying in Thiruvananthapuram in the last five years and has rejected only four applications in the same period, according to data obtained through Right to Information (RTI) act. …
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has notified an Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) up to 12 sq km around the Vidarbha Tiger Reserve but has not given the final notification for expansion of the zones around Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Karnala Bird Sanctuary. Currently, a 10-sqkm radius around …
The state government has banned stone crushing at Maletha in Pauri. “The people of the town had been demanding a ban on the activity for long. Now no stone crushers will be set up in the town,” said Rakesh Sharma, Additional Chief Secretary. The town of Maletha is idolised for …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed that no person or company will be allowed to carry out stone quarrying or mining of any sort without the requisite environmental clearance near the Sariska Tiger reserve in Rajasthan. It was hearing a petition by Khayali Ram Chattiram, a resident of Alwar …
Situation continues to remain tense in Maletha village where residents have been protesting against the functioning of stone crushers since August 2014. Located between Srinagar and Tehri, the village has a strong agrarian economy and a migration rate of less than 1% - something that could change if the stone …
Sasaram: IG, Patna zone, AK Ambedkar, while reviewing the law and order situation with the SPs of Patna zone, on Tuesday directed Rohtas SP to redeploy police armed force at the 'exit point' of stone quarrying area of Kaimur hills. In a meeting held at the office of divisional commissioner, …
The Odisha High Court has asked the Collectors of three districts to stop all stone quarrying and mining activities in biodiversity zones and cancel the leases granted to individuals in such areas. A Division Bench of the court comprising Chief Justice Amitava Roy and Justice AK Rath issued the notices …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tiger Protection Group V/s. UOI & Ors. dated 09/10/2014 regarding illegal sand mining going on especially in State of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. It is also mentioned that by virtue of large scale mining activities in these States, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Radharani Vajpayee Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 23/09/2014 regarding illegal mining lease holders and crushing units in Village Shankargarh, Palnagar, Rajoda and Dewas Junior of District Dewas, Madhya Pradesh. Previous Orders
The National Green Tribunal's (NGT) western India bench in Pune on Tuesday asked the Kolhapur municipal corporation (KMC) to seek authorization from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) about the Top stone quarry. The NGT told the KMC to apply for authorization and also directed the MPCB to check whether …
The state government on Monday offered a major relief to the 3 lakh residents of Prithviraj Nagar, revising the regularization plan for the colony, which included reduction of development and allotment charges. Acting on a high court directive, the Ashok Gehlot government too had launched an initiative to regularize and …
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand government's special mining vigilance force (SMVF), constituted last December, has come down hard on illegal mining in the state's ecologically sensitive zones. In the last eight months, the force has slapped fines to the tune of Rs 27 crore on illegal miners, seized 20 pokland machines, 46 earth-diggers, …
Renjala Grama Hitharakshana Samiti staged a protest against the stone crusher unit that has been functioning since four years in the village here. Around 200 people from Renjala and Iravatthur villages took out the protest rally from the Gram Panchayath premises to the venue of the stone crusher unit, demanding …
To study the issue of rehabilitation of the affected persons due to stone quarrying, the State Government has constituted a committee. Headed by the Financial Commissioner Industries and Commerce Department, the three member committee will study the issues regarding rehabilitation of the affected persons due to stopping of operation of …
Residents of Kankaria gram panchayat in Dhenkanal district have alleged that illegal mining has been going on in over 30 acres of Government land at Kantamalia and Chotatentuli villages under Gondia Block in the district for last one year. A petition to this effect signed by Khankira gram panchayat Sarapanch …
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 …
