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 …
Congress leader V.M. Sudheeran has accused the government of using the Emerging Kerala summit to make a backdoor attempt to promote mineral sand-mining. Inaugurating the Kerala Environment Convention organised by the Paristhithi Aikya Vedi, a group of environmental activists, he alleged that the government was trying to hoodwink detractors of …
The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), which has received applications for opening 44 new sand quarries on the Cauvery-Coleroon river basin, is clueless about how to proceed further, in the absence of Central guidelines on such project proposals. As a sequel to the August 3 order of the Madurai …
Tamil Nadu government has issued a lookout notice against Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister M.K. Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi Alagiri for his alleged involvement in the multi-crore granite mining scam. But the state opposed a bunch of petitions in the Madras High Court seeking a CBI probe into the illegal …
Extraction of sand, bajri beneath bridges, culverts banned JAMMU: The State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has issued orders for closure of B N Stone crusher at village Thathar, Bantalab as the same was located near residential area and adding pollution to the air and noise pollution in the area. The …
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Wednesday observed that a clear audit should be done on the effect and impact of mining activities on the environment so that mishaps and natural calamities of larger order could be prevented. A Bench comprising Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice …
Chandigarh: With the Punjab and Haryana High Court banning sand mining in 241 quarries of less than five hectares across the state, the prices of minor minerals have rocketed. In the past two days, the price of sand has gone up by Rs 500-Rs 700 per 100 cubic feet. Sand …
Author of two books on Cauvery says it will also benefit the dam While there is so much of brouhaha over sand quarrying, “there is quite a lot sand available untapped in the water spread area of Mettur Dam,” says N. Natarajan, former Superintending Engineer, Public Works Department, and author …
Ashtamudi Lake was declared a wetland of global import 10 years ago On August 19, 2012, it will be 10 years since the brackish water Ashtamudi Lake with eight creeks was declared a Ramsar site by designating it as a wetland of international importance. The lake was recommended by the …
In the grievance meet held here on Friday, Collector Ajay Yadav assured farmers that polluting units that do not conform to Zero Liquidity Discharge norms would be shut down. Addressing farmers’ grievances, he said, “We will take measures to close down the factories discharging effluents into Palar and not complying …
More than 5-year-old quarries banned in some districts It may take a few months for authorities to open new sand quarries on the Cauvery-Coleroon river basin in the wake of the recent order of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court. One of the decisions taken at a meeting …
Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee has alleged that the illegal mining business in the state is still going on and the mining mafia has got the patronage of the influential persons in the ruling party. Congress state president Kantilal Bhuria alleged that government employees posted at mining sites to check illegal …
All seven functioning quarries ordered to be closed in Karur district Sand quarries in the river Cauvery that are more than five years old have remained shut since Saturday following the Madras High Court directive. Through Friday night, vehicles awaiting their turn to load sand were hurriedly cleared and excavators …
Chandigarh: The district administration of Nawanshahr today swung into action to check illegal mining in the Sutlej riverbed. All mining activity in the riverbed has come to a halt. Following a report on illegal mining in The Tribune columns today, Industries Minister Anil Joshi directed the Nawanshahr district administration as …
AHMEDABAD: Residents of Dedasan and Chailpur villages in Kheralu taluka have taken to the streets, protesting the indiscriminate sand mining along the Sabarmati river. The river's width has increased by almost 50 feet due to the illegal mining activity in the last few months. The residents have found that the …
PANJIM: In a categorical statement, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar declared that no additional or new forest land would be diverted for mining also indicating that new rules are in the offing for regulating extraction of minor minerals, including sand extraction. Leaving it to the administrative machinery to work out the …
During the season of water regattas a river here has almost dried up. The water level in the Varattar which links the Pampa and the Manimalayar has been going down for the past 25 years. Even during the monsoon there is no water flow in the 9.5-kilometre-long river. The sand …
Will two ministers be able to check it? ask public With the delay in introducing new sand mining policy in the district, the illegal sand filtering business on the banks of river, lake, streams are thriving day-by-day. This surely does not require any proof because everyone is well aware of …
Union Minister of State for Power K.C. Venugopal has written to the Chief Minister and Industries Minister against putting the policy of carrying out mineral sand-mining with private participation on the website of ‘Emerging Kerala Global Connect,’ an initiative to woo investors to be held in September. The letter demanded …
Lucknow Maya govt abandoned attempt after pilot project Apprehensive that the now-infamous first-come, first-served policy for allocation of natural resources comes with risks, states are now wiser and embracing the safer option of auctions for these allocations. The newly-elected Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh has introduced an e-tendering system …
