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 …
With the technology hurdle no longer in the way, India is readying thorium supplies to fuel its pilot advanced heavy water reactor (AHWR) that is currently in the works. On July 7, the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) proposed amendments to the 1998 Policy on Exploitation of Beach Sand Minerals …
People carrying out illegal sand mining in Maharashtra will be booked under the stringent provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), said Mr Prakash Solanke, Minister of State for Revenue. Usually the stringent act is pressed against hardened criminals and terrorists. During the question hour in the …
New Delhi: Worried over scarcity in supply of stone and sand for construction of roads and highways, the Centre has asked chief ministers of five states — Punjab, Haryana, Jhakhand, Bihar and Tamil Nadu — to intervene and issue quarrying licences to contractors. Highways minister C P Joshi has appealed …
Desert sand, sea salt, volcanic ash and other forms of natural pollution are adding to rising levels of man-made dirt sullying the air and making it harder, especially for Mediterranean countries, to meet EU environmental regulations. A report released this week from EU body the European Environment Agency (EEA) found …
Chandigarh: The powerful sand mining mafia has thwarted attempts by the government to bring down the prices of sand and gravel. The powerful mining mafia has reportedly raised its “tax” on stone crusher owners, ensuring that there is no relief for consumers. As of now, sand is being sold at …
The Madras High Court Bench here on Monday ordered for production of licences granted by the Collectors of Namakkal, Karur, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts to the Public Works Department for quarrying sand along the stretches of rivers Cauvery, Amaravathi and Kollidam flowing through the six districts. A Division …
The National Legal Services Authority will file a social justice litigation petition in the Supreme Court for protection of rivers from sand mining operations. The decision was taken at a meeting held here on Saturday under the chairmanship of Justice Altamas Kabir of the Supreme Court and NALSA executive chairman. …
National Legal Services Authority To File PIL, Seek A Stop To Incessant Digging Of Rivers. To protect rivers from sand mafia, the country’s top official legal aid institution on Saturday decided to move the Supreme Court with a PIL seeking to stop incessant digging of river beds that reduces the …
Workshop on Conservation of Rivers and Lakes held V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, executive vice-president, Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), inaugurated a one-day workshop on Conservation of Rivers and Lakes organised here on Thursday by the Pampa Parirakshana Samithy (PPS), in association with Kuttanad Vikasana Samithy (KVS) and …
Impact: The prices of sand and gravel will come down. Chandigarh:The Punjab Government has finally got approval from the Environment Impact Assessment Committee allowing mining in 25 quarries with an area of over 5 hectares.The state can now allow mining operations on over 10,800 acres of land. It is learnt …
PANJIM: Cleansing government departments will be a hard task, despite claims of transparency and zero tolerance for corruption, as a committed government official of the mines department learnt. A senior officer in the mines department recently warned senior officials of the PWD department of stern action for allowing use of …
Ludhiana: Members of the Ludhiana Builders’ Association have complained to the government that the state’s building industry is in the grips of a very active mining mafia. Construction material like sand, bricks and crusher have suddenly experienced an artificial hike in prices since March 31, when the state failed to …
A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here to forbear the Public Works Department from carrying out sand quarrying operations along the stretches of rivers Cauvery, Amaravathi and Kollidam flowing through Namakkal, Karur, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts. When the case came …
Seize 24 tractor-trailers near Mehatpur Hand over their drivers to police Sand was being ferried from Sutlej bed Jalandhar/Nakodar : After the authorities concerned allegedly failed them, residents of Parjian-Kalan and Narangpur villages near Mehatpur, 40 km from Jalandhar, have showed the way in how sand mafia should be dealt …
Says Collector in response to complaints from farmers At a meeting convened for farmers to air their grievances here on Thursday, Collector Ashish Kumar, who presided over, asked authorities to crack down on those indulging in illegal sand mining. S. Kandasami of Velidupatti, said the illegal activity was going on …
Making an obvious reference to IPS officer Narendra Kumar, who was crushed to death in March while trying to stop a tractor carrying illegally mined stones in Madhya Pradesh, a city court has held that assault on police and government officials for trying to stop illegal mining activities must be …
Lack of vigil by authorities has helped it prosper In spite of ban, there is a rampant illegal sand mining in the taluk on the Chitravathi river bed. The taluk has no major water sources, hence, groundwater is precious here. With the increased dependency on groundwater, the water level has …
So far as the sand mafia goes in Faridabad and Palwal, popular opinion says law enforcing agencies have proved to be ineffective in countering the mafia. The police generally arrests petty associates of the main culprits who remain out of its reach. Jeetender, the owner of a tractor-trolley loaded with …
The Madras High Court on Tuesday upheld a rule in Tamil Nadu Minor Mineral Concession Rules making it mandatory for dealers in river sand to obtain a licence for setting up stockyard. The rule also makes it compulsory for the stockists to obtain the sale slip from the local Deputy …
Thirumalairajanar river is being ravaged, exposing the village to vagaries of monsoon At the stroke of dawn, tractors can be seen along the embankments of the Thirumalairajanar river at Polagam. Here, in Polagam panchayat of Thirumarugal union in Nagapattinam district, illegal mining of sand in the river reigns supreme. Each …
