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 …
While the controversy over the suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal — who took on the sand mafia in Greater Noida — still brews, Noida police continue the crackdown in her absence. In the last two days alone, the Noida police have arrested 15 people and seized 24 vehicles …
The lax attitude of the authorities in the Nalagarh sub-division of the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh industrial area has led to an increase in illegal mining on the Nalagarh-Ropar State Highway close to the Sarsa Bridge. Here even the demarcated protected forest (DPF) land has not been spared. The blatant plundering of sand …
The state government’s claims to have curbed illegal mining in UP holds no water since a proposal to raise a dedicated task force to achieve this end is gathering dust since June 18. The department is also reeling under manpower crisis. Besides the lack of resources, mining officers also have …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday 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 UP with the "wilful connivance" of its state machinery. Widening the ambit of the plea, a bench headed …
The issue relating to environmental degradation arising out of sand mining was raised before the Hon’ble National Green Tribunal, New Delhi on 5th August, 2013 by the National Green Tribunal Bar Association. The Applicants, inter alia, contended that the large scale illegal and impermissible mining activity going on, on the …
Application of the National Green Tribunal Bar Association on rampant illegal sand mining in the Yamuna riverbed, without prior Environment Clearance, August 2013. See Also: Order of the National Green Tribunal on mining activity on the banks of rivers dated 05/08/2013 An analytical brief of NGT order on sand mining …
By Trust Legal The issue relating to environmental degradation arising out of sand mining was raised before the Hon’ble National Green Tribunal, New Delhi on 5th August, 2013 by the National Green Tribunal Bar Association. The Applicants, inter alia, contended that the large scale illegal and impermissible mining activity going …
The Cabinet today gave nod to the new policy for scientific exploitation of minor minerals, short-term permits to private land owners, regulate use of machinery deployed for mining and providing relief to brick kilns in respect of environment clearance. It also approved a memorandum to be submitted to the 14th …
A mud track was laid inside the dam catchment area Green activists are sore over the laying of a mud track within the Gunderipallam dam catchment area along the Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve and reports of rampant illegal sand mining. According to S. Jayachandran, secretary of Tamil Nadu …
The department wants own sleuths to crack down on illegal mining activities, just like transport and excise department have their personnel for such tasks The Uttar Pradesh mining department has proposed to raise its own force to deal with the menace of illegal mining in the state. The department wants …
Amritsar, July 29: Despite directions from the Punjab and Haryana High Court to check the menace, illegal sand mining continues unabated in Ajnala sub-division of the district. The activity is not only causing environmental degradation but also affecting the movement of the BSF along the India-Pakistan border. Concerned over the …
The Goa construction industry can breathe a sigh of relief, as legal sand extraction is likely to start by the end of the monsoon after a prolonged drought of two years. The government has now decided to accept applications for issuing licenses for sand extraction ~the lifeblood of the construction …
A few days before six members of the environment committee quit, they had made proposals to standardize guidelines for mining and quarrying, before they get environment clearance. The meeting was held on July 3 and the state level expert appraisal committee (SEAC) of the environment department had set definite guidelines …
A woman and her three children have been staging a protest in front of the Collectorate here since July 11 demanding action against illegal extraction of beach sand from near her home at Puthiyangadi here. She had earlier staged a sit-in near the Pazhayangadi police station here raising the same …
The Alirajpur district administration raided two illegal sand storage and refining plants near MP-Gujarat border on Wednesday, and seized premium quality sand bound for Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra. The sand which was being refined in the plants in Sakdi Faliya area near Khandwa-Baroda state highway, under Chandpur police …
The district administration is gearing up to crack the whip on illegal sand mining, in the light of reports that the menace had led to the Malaprabha river changing its course. The task force to curb illegal mining had found it difficult to rein in those extracting sand illegally as …
Illegal extraction thrives under the nose of authorities; officials say they are helpless Sand from the basins of the Bheema, Kagina, Mullamari, Bennethora, Bori and Kamalavathi rivers in the district did not command much demand in the region in the past, as these rivers flow through areas with black soil …
On the afternoon of 16 June, local resident Manav Bisht watched dozens of constables leaving the paramilitary Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Academy, which stood between his house in Shakti Vihar, a locality in Uttarakhand’s Srinagar town, and the Alaknanda river that had started swelling from 10 am. The waters threatened …
Public Works Department Minister H C Mahadevappa announced on Thursday that a new sand-mining policy will be formulated to control the growing sand mafia in the State. Speaking to reporters here, Mahadevappa said that the new policy will be ready in the next month and a half, after a sub-committee …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed the e-auction of minor-mineral quarries in 19 districts of Punjab. The e-auction of 115 minor-mineral — sand or gravel — quarries in 19 of the state’s 22 districts was to be held from July 1 to 3. But, the state had proposed …
