Joint committee inspection report based on the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in the matter of M J Sankar Vs the State of Tamil Nadu & Others dated March 4, 2025. The matter related to illegal mining of granite in quarry land (SF No 745) Nagaojanahalli village, Pochampalli …
Taking strong exception to the proposed mining of colour granite at Bodikondalu, tribals of Budharavada panchayat in Parvathipuram mandal have warned of intensifying stir, if the authorities go ahead with the plan. The government has sanctioned the lease for mining colour granite in 30 hectares to the Hyderabad-based M/s Pokarna …
Chennai: Madras High Court on Thursday granted six more weeks to Legal Commissioner U Sagayam, IAS, whom it had appointed to probe and report on the illegal granite mining and related issues in the State. The first bench of Chief Justice SK Kaul and Justice TS Sivagnanam extended the time …
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. …
Hundreds of activists of civil society movements in the State assembled at Muthalamada village in Chittur taluk in Palakkad district on Sunday in a rare show of solidarity against the mining lobby. Activists representing over 20 civil society movements joined hands with the local community in organising the protest. The …
The Madurai district police on Sunday arrested sand quarry baron P L Padikasu and four others in connection with illegal granite quarrying. The four others arrested were K N Solairajan, C G Mohan, Nagoor Haneefa, partner of Madhura Granites, and Sethuraman, a close friend of Mohammed Ibrahim Sait of Sait …
Captains of the industry sector on Thursday urged State Mines Minister P. Sujatha to declare Chimakurthy as a mining zone to fully exploit the black galaxy granite deposits in the area. A delegation of mining firm representatives led by Galaxy Granite Owners’ Association (GGOA) general secretary M.A. Azeem discussed various …
The decision of the state pollution control board to bring down the distance between quarrying sites and residential areas to 50m (from 100m) will not only impact the health of people staying in the vicinity but will also maximize the area of illegal quarries that are currently operating along the …
BRT Wildlife Sanctuary director S Lingaraja said on Tuesday that granite quarries around the tiger reserve are causing disturbance to the wildlife. Delivering a talk on ‘Challenges in Tiger Conservation’ at Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens on account of ‘World Tiger Day’, he said there are 24 granite quarries around BRT …
Mounting pressure over delays affecting major infrastructure projects in the city may force the district administration to partially revoke the ban on quarrying which has been in force for over a week. A decision to the affect is likely to be taken as the report by the sub-committee, constituted by …
Area is a major biodiversity hotspot Public protest is brewing over the move to set up a granite quarry in Munduparakunnu on the Manukkunnu hills in the Mepadi grama panchayat area in the district. The area is a major biodiversity hotspot in the Western Ghats. A four-member team from Mukkom …
A water conservation body here has urged the Madras high court to intervene in the probe into the granite scam and entrust investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation. Melur-based organization 'Water Resources Preservation and Anti-Corruption Movement has sent letters for the notice of the high court. In his letter …
Locals put up a barricade on the main entrance of Maddhapara Granite Mining Company Ltd yesterday to press home their five-point demands Hundreds of locals put up a barricade on the main entrance of Maddhapara Granite Mining Company Ltd yesterday to press home their five-point demands, including compensation for the …
Around 226 exploration licenses and mining leases have been granted to private companies and investors for various minerals in Malakand Division. The Minerals Development Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa granted these permissions which also included nine prospecting licenses and eight mining leases for granite. Sources at Ministry of Petroleum and …
Average rainfall in district has come down drastically Thally situated 1000 metres above sea level, surrounded by valleys and cliffs, was once called ‘Little England’ by the erstwhile British rulers due to its salubrious weather prevailing round-the-year. But, it has lost its charm during the past seven - eight years …
PRP Exports is currently facing charges of illegal quary operations in Tamil Nadu The Supreme Court has dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed by PRP Exports, the granite company which is facing charges of illegal quarry operations in Tamil Nadu, seeking the apex court to allow the company to operate …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M/s PRP Exports & Others Vs The Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu & Others dated 13/12/2013 regarding unauthorized quarrying of granite in Therkkutheru Village, Madurai District. Original Source: http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/imgs1.aspx?filename=41084
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s. Sree Divya Granites Bangalore Vs The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board Bangalore dated 06/12/2013 regarding closure directions issued to the appellants’ units which are engaged in the granite cutting and polishing activities in Byndahalli, and Kadabagare villages in Bangalore …
As the construction sector grows, illegal sand and granite mining can only be expected to increase. From what can be seen until now, honest officers who have taken action against the sand mafia in their respective districts in different states have either been transferred or suspended. The politician-sand mafia nexus …
No government could implement projects such as the proposed airport at Aranmula disregarding public sentiments against it, especially in aspects of nature conservation, food security and socio-human capital stocks, Madhav Gadgil, ecologist and chairman of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), has said. Prof. Gadgil, who was in the …
V. S. Vijayan, member, Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), has said that it was evident that vested interests were behind those opposing the Madhav Gadgil report. Lobbies connected to pesticide, sand and granite-mining were opposed to the report, he said. In a seminar organised at the Idukki Press Club …
