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 …
Monitoring committee scheduled to meet next week Sand mining in the Moovattupuzha and the Periyar rivers, banned by the district administration this week, will resume only after the State-level environmental monitoring committee studies the results of the sand auditing of these rivers. District Collector P.I. Sheik Pareeth told The Hindu …
NOIDA: The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed the UP government to submit the complete list of leases and licences issued in the last 10 years for sand mining in Gautam Budh Nagar. Notices were also issued by the tribunal to offenders who have been apprehended by police for indulging …
Thiruvananthapuram: The state government is planning to approach the Supreme Court and the national green tribunal (NGT) seeking a relief in the recent orders that had almost stopped activities like sand mining and quarrying in the state. Chief minister Oommen Chandy said the government will file review petitions in the …
KANPUR: Illegal sand mining in the riverbeds of the Yamuna and Sindh rivers along the Uttar Pradesh-Madhya Pradesh border in the region is continuing in blatant violation of the Supreme Court's February 2012 ruling. Sand, illegally extracted in Etawah, Jalaun and Fatehpur is being used to fuel construction activities in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. Ministry of Environment & Forests & Ors. dated 22/01/2014 regarding illegal mining going on in the District Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. NGT order also asks the state government to fie the list of …
The government is considering the possibility of mining sand from lakes in the districts of Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Bangalore Urban and Rural districts and Ramanagara. The government has begun the tendering process for awarding works for mining sand from river fronts in the State, Minister for Public Works Department H C …
Petitioner accused KMML of not following tender norms The Kerala High Court on Wednesday set aside the contract awarded by Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd (KMML) for mining and transportation of mineral sand from Kovilthottam, near Chavara in Kollam, to TVK Constructions Company. The Bench comprising Justice K.T. Sankaran and …
Illegal mining is continuing along the borders of Punjab in Una district. In many areas, hills are being destroyed and rivulets getting choked due to illegal mining. A survey by The Tribune in areas along the border revealed that about 100 heavy-duty tippers cross into Punjab from Himachal every day. …
Some local influentials are lifting sand mindlessly from the Surma River in Sadar and Dakshin Surma upazilas under Sylhet district defying restriction by the authorities concerned. Illegal sand lifting from the river is going on unabated, leaving the bridges and cropland along the river at risk. As a result, the …
Of late, the weekly grievances day meeting at the Collectorate here has been witnessing villagers turning up — not for individual grievances or complaints but for an environmental and social cause. Villagers have been drawing the attention of the district administration to the massive quarrying of sand and pleading for …
Commuters bear the brunt as tractor-trailer drivers encroach upon road in Haibowal While the police claim to be going strict on illegal sand mining, the fact is that illegally mined sand is being sold with impunity. Sand-laden trolleys are giving a tough time to commuters living in Haibowal and the …
“The quarry, if completed, will be a jolt to our livelihood” A group of farmers and residents of Natham village near Thottiyam on the northern banks of the Cauvery have urged the district administration to immediately suspend the work of setting up a quarry for exploiting the sand resource in …
The nearly three-year ban on mining of sand and gravel at five quarries in the district is likely to be lifted this week. Sources said the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) issued a no objection certificate in this regard yesterday and the state government was expected to approve mining in …
The National Green Tribunal has expressed displeasure over the absence of a representative of the Ministry of Environment and Forest in a sand mining case, saying even in the New Year it “persists” in its “practice” of being unrepresented. “Nobody is present on behalf of respondent 1 (MoEF). It had …
Industries minister P K Kunhalikutty on Tuesday said in the assembly that the government has not taken any decision to introduce mineral sand mining in the private sector. At present, sand mining is allowed only in the government sector and India Rare Earths (IRE) is the only agency allowed for …
The National Green Tribunal has expressed displeasure over the absence of a representative of the Ministry of Environment and Forest in a sand mining case, saying even in the New Year it “persists” in its “practice” of being unrepresented. “Nobody is present on behalf of respondent 1 (MoEF). It had …
The Madras High Court Bench here on Thursday passed an interim order restraining use of more than two earth movers in sand quarrying sites in Tiruchi and Karur districts. A Division Bench comprising Justices R. Sudhakar and V.M. Velumani passed the order while hearing a public interest litigation petition filed …
States get authority to give clearance to mines less than 25 hectares By revising guidelines for considering proposals for the grant of environmental clearance, the Central Government has cleared the decks for allowing mining up to 25 hectares (62 acres). The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has amended the …
Unregulated sand mining from river Jhelum is gaining a dangerous proportion across Kashmir, experts say, similar to central Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, posing an existential threat to water body’s biodiversity and sudden erosion of its banks. The state government says it will dispatch teams to locations …
NAGPUR: Sand ghat owners, builders and contractors have breathed a sigh of relief as union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has relaxed norms for sand mining. Sand ghats having area of less than 5 hectare would no longer require environmental clearance. However, for sand ghat above 5 Ha area …
