Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of State of Uttar Pradesh & Others Vs Gaurav Kumar & Others dated 08/05/2025. The bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Manoj Misra categorically stated that the Supreme Court "upholds the law and the regulations governing sand mining, demanding zero …
National Green Tribunal has prima facie observed that Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) issued permissions to shacks in the state without carrying out mapping and survey of sand dunes. "It prima facie appears that GCZMA has not carried out mapping and survey of sand dunes in the state of …
Rampant quarrying for laterite stones is being carried out in flagrant violation of rules in and around the buffer zone of Selaulim dam in Undorna, Molcornem. The national green tribunal had recently issued an order that no quarrying for laterite stones and sand mining is allowed, unless the leaseholders and …
Illegal sand mining in the Chure region is causing destruction of the forests areas, stakeholders have said. A source claimed that the District Monitoring Committee (DMC) takes bribes from the owners of crusher industries and issue them the licenese to extract silts and sands from the region. With the license …
NGT Action Sought In The Matter Lucknow: Illegal sand mining is posing the biggest threat to the last of the wild and breeding ghariyals left. Found in maximum strength in National Chambal Sanctuary running across three states- UP, MP and Rajasthan, ghariyals are losing out to human interference. “Mining of …
They may meet needs of construction industry for 50 years The offshore areas of Kerala hold enough sand resources to meet the requirements of the construction industry in the State for about 50 years, a study conducted by the Geological Survey of India (GSI) has revealed. The report of the …
Illegal sand mining is posing biggest threat to last of the wild and breeding ghariyals left. Found in maximum strength in national chambal sanctuary running along three states — UP, MP and Rajasthan, ghariyals are losing out to human interference. Illegal sand mining, fishing and stone quarrying in the sanctuary …
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday slammed National Green Tribunal (NGT), for issuing orders without thinking and without being aware of the reality in Goa. He was referring to sand mining and private forests orders passed by NGT which were raised by MLAs on the floor of the House. Arguing …
The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, has made it clear that the environmental clearance (EC) granted to the Public Works Department (PWD) for quarrying sand in Cauvery riverbed would be valid only for six months. Hence, the PWD should obtain fresh clearances based on the new guidelines issued by the …
Australia approved coal port expansion plans that involve dredging and dumping millions of cubic metres of sand near the Great Barrier Reef despite earlier warnings from an independent agency that the work could damage the reef. The warnings emerged in documents obtained by environmental activist group Greenpeace, which is fighting …
KPCC president V M Sudheeran on Thursday called upon the government to form a committee in each district comprising of officials from various departments to look into complaints related to sand mining and quarry-related issues. In a letter to Forest and Environment Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, Sudheeran said that the committees …
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court rapped the state government for not framing relevant rules under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 for proceeding against offenders involved in illegal sand mining and transportation. The rules relate to authorization of government person under section 22 of …
As a relief for the construction industry in the city, Supreme Court has extended sand mining from the state's riverbeds till March 31. As the 82 mining lease holders have not procured environment clearance from the ministry of environment and forest, the Rajasthan Bajri Truck Operators' Welfare Society had filed …
Uncertainly prevails over sand mining from the state's riverbeds as the mining lease holders have not procured the environmental clearance from environment ministry as per the Supreme Court directions. The miners are now eagerly waiting for the apex court's hearing on February 25 for relief. The state government has allowed …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday asked 49 people accused of illegal sand mining in Gautam Budh Nagar to justify why they should not be penalized for degrading ecology. Police had caught them for illegal mining on the Yamuna riverbed in the district. The principal bench of the tribunal …
The state government on Wednesday submitted a detailed 20-page final report on the state's response on Kasturirangan review committee report to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). "We have made it clear in the report that regions that have human inhabitation, farm lands, plantations, hospital and dairy farms should …
Mindless earth and sand lifting along the embankments built on both sides of the main canal under the Teesta Irrigation Project continue unabated, making the dykes vulnerable to collapse at anytime. If any of the embankments collapses, several thousand hectares of agricultural land in Dimla and Jaldhaka upazilas of Nilphamari …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Dyaneshwar Gadhve Vs MoEF & Ors. dated 19/02/2014 regarding appraisal of projects in the State of Maharashtra. Original Source : http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/35-2014(WZ)(MApp)_19Feb2014.pdf
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Dyaneshwar Gadhve Vs MoEF & Ors. dated 19/02/2014 regarding appraisal of projects in the State of Maharashtra. Original Source : http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/35-2014(WZ)(MApp)_19Feb2014.pdf
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. Ministry of Environment & Forests & Ors. dated 19/02/2014 regarding illegal mining in Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The NGT order also states that "proceedings in this Application shall be …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Gurpreet Singh Bagga Vs. MoEF Vs. Ors. dated 19/02/2014 regarding illegal mining in the state of Uttar Pradesh particularly in the District of Saharanpur.
