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 …
Vivekanand Gupta deals in all kinds of building materials. The locks hanging from the wall behind him, the neatly rolled up plastic pipes and the packaged water pumps are proof enough. Yet, the shine on the new locks wanes in comparison with the “worth” of the grey mound of sand …
The ban on sand mining imposed by the National Green Tribunal is unlikely to have any impact in Punjab. The Punjab Government has already allowed in-stream mining of riverbeds after obtaining the green nod. The government is also looking at creating a sand warehouse and then retailing sand from a …
The suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal by the Uttra Pradesh Government has annoyed the common people as well as the representatives of different officer lobbies throughout the country. Nagpal, who had shown courage and dared to stop the illegal sand mining while performing her duty as the Divisional …
The regional office of UP Pollution Control Board in Noida has written to the union environment ministry that it has not accorded clearances to any sand mining lease in the district in the last two years. The information has been provided to the ministry, reportedly in response to a number …
State had planned to auction at least 140 “in-stream” sites along the Sutlej, Beas and Ravi as well as numerous seasonal streams The National Green Tribunal’s stay on sand mining on riverbeds without clearance from the Environment Ministry has put a lid on the proposal by the Punjab Government to …
If the Green tribunal’s decision to ban sand mining can prevail over the peculiar land tenure system in Meghalaya, the threat to the water reservoirs in the state can be effectively safeguard. Water reservoirs in the state have come under threat from stone and sand quarrying along their sources and …
While the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned mining of sand from river beds across the country without an environmental clearance, Rajasthan is one of the states where all the norms related to sand mining are being openly flouted. Apart from raising environmental concerns, sand mining from Banas and Chambal …
Issue came to light when UP govt suspended IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal responsible for arrest of 15 people The ministry of environment and forests today set up a three-member committee to look into the illegal sand mining at Gautam Budh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh. The committee includes MoEF director …
The Rajasthan government is awaiting for a copy of the order issued by National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposing ban on sand mining before taking a final call on the issue. Sand extensively mined from Banas river is the main source for construction in the state. The government is treading cautiously …
Illegal sand mining is a lucrative business in Uttar Pradesh with all the major rivers in the State mined by the mining mafia with strong political links. The illegal sand mining is rampant in the flood plains of the Ganga, Yamuna, Ghagra, Ken, Betwa, Chambal and the Gomti. The business …
Nationwide stay on sand mining comes on plea following Nagpal suspension The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday ordered a nationwide stay on sand mining on river beds without Environment Ministry clearance. The interim order came on a petition filed by the NGT Bar Association as a reaction to the …
Not just in Gautam Budh Nagar, where former SDM Durga Shakti Nagpal is believed to have been suspended for taking on the sand mafia, illegal mining activities have shot up across UP with no fresh leases being given over the past year in the absence of environment clearances. “With no …
Sand mining in large parts of Maharashtra continues without mandatory environmental clearance, which is against the Supreme Court’s orders, activist Sumaira Abdulali has alleged. Abdulali, who had filed a PIL in the Bombay high court against illegal sand mining, said the illegal activity continued with support from local politicians. On …
The National Green Tribunal today banned mining or removal of sand from river beds across the country without an environmental clearance amid the uproar over suspension of an IAS officer who had cracked down on sand mafia in Uttar Pradesh. In its order, the Tribunal noted that the loss caused …
The National Green Tribunal today restrained sand mining without any licence or environmental clearance from river beds across the country on a plea alleging that such activities were going on in Uttar Pradesh with the “wilful connivance” of its State machinery. Widening the ambit of the plea, a Bench headed …
Amid the uproar over the suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday took judicial note of the environmental threat due to indiscriminate sand mining and prohibited such activities across the country without the necessary clearances. The tribunal passed the order on a petition …
The national green tribunal (NGT) on Sunday banned mining or removal of sand from river beds across the country without an environmental clearance amid the uproar over suspension of an IAS officer who had cracked down on sand mafia in Uttar Pradesh. In its order, the Tribunal noted that the …
In a relief to many builders in the city, the district administration on Monday permitted excavation at 36 crushing and quarrying sites. In January this year, 117 crushers and quarries were blocked by the district administration after Supreme Court made it mandatory for all those in the business to seek …
The National Green Tribunal’s ruling is likely to have an impact in Meghalaya where some of the rivers have been reduced to drains because of unregulated and unabashed sand mining with environmentalists raising the pitch for implementation of the order. The tribunal today banned mining or removal of sand from …
This is text of the order by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on constitution of a Committee to enquire into the adverse environmental impact of the alleged illegal sand mining in Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.
