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 …
The mining mafia continues to dig into the Sutlej riverbed here as the authorities concerned have failed to tighten the noose around the culprits. The Tribune team today visited the site at Ramsinghwala and found more than 10 tractor-trailers, not bearing any registration number and being filled by a JCB …
Illegal sand, gravel mining goes on despite public protests Illegal mining has been continuing unabated in Ropar district despite a hue and cry by the public here. The involvement of huge money, vested interests of a section of local people and political patronage proved stronger than any measure taken up …
The Uttarakhand high court, taking a serious note of illegal mining of the Kosi riverbed in Udham Singh Nagar's Bajpur, on Wednesday sought responses of the state secretary for industrial development, UDS Nagar district magistrate and the area's divisional forest officer on the issue by April 30. A PIL was …
Illegal mining continues in many areas in Haridwar, despite a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order banning such activity. On April 15, the NGT ordered that “no illegal, unauthorised, unscientific mining” should take place in Haridwar “without taking environmental clearance.” Swami Shivanand of the Matri Sadan Ashram is on an indefinite …
Hundreds of activists of civil society movements in the State assembled at Muthalamada village in Chittur taluk in Palakkad district on Sunday in a rare show of solidarity against the mining lobby. Activists representing over 20 civil society movements joined hands with the local community in organising the protest. The …
Haldwani resident Ravishankar Joshi filed a petition on Saturday alleging rampant illegal mining in areas like Jamrani, Amiya and Amritpur by people who had got government land on lease. The court has sought a response in the matter from the state government within four weeks. "As per the law and …
District Magistrate Harish Chand Semwal has directed revenue, administrative, police and irrigation officials to inspect all permitted quarrying lots in the city. The directions come in the wake of reports of illegal quarrying being carried out at the permitted lots. Semwal said there had been complaints of the violation of …
In a move seen as a big boost to those fighting against illegal mining, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed the Uttarakhand government as well as the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to stop illegal mining in Haridwar district from immediate effect. The NGT bench, headed by …
Nexus between political, sand mafia responsible for unabated extraction Jammu and Kashmir is losing nearly Rs 300 crore annually due to illegal extraction of sand, gravel and boulders from rivers as a nexus between sand and political mafia has forced the Geology and Mining Department to silently watch the unlawful …
The Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP) district unit has demanded that environmental clearance for sand-mining be given at authorised sand-mining points (kadavus) after completing a scientific study by the Centre for Environment and Development. KSSP office-bearers in a statement here on Tuesday demanded that urgent steps be taken to protect …
From rural tanks in more than 20 villages in Athoor block The Madras High Court Bench here on Tuesday sought the reply of Dindigul Collector to a public interest litigation petition alleging widespread illegal sand mining from several rural tanks situated in more than 20 villages in Athoor block. Justices …
`National Green Tribunal (NGT) has expressed concern over illegal sand mining in Madhya Pradesh following death of a cop, who was mowed down by a dumper carrying illegally-quarried sand in Morena. NGT has asked state government to furnish its reply on what is being done to curb illegal mining. NGT …
Matri Sadan seers, long campaigning for a curb on mining in the Ganga, won a major battle on Wednesday, when a state-level committee comprising officials of the Union ministry of environment and forests, validated most of the complaints they had made against the proposed mining of minor minerals by the …
HARIDWAR: Matri Sadan's Swami Shivanand on Tuesday went ahead with his threat, which he made on Sunday, to sit on an indefinite hunger strike against mining along the Ganga. This is the second such protest by seers of the Haridwar ashram in the last month and a half. "The state …
Ministry hasn't yet appointed its member on panel formed to look into illegal mining The environment ministry has come in for criticism from the National Green Tribunal for its slow response in tackling the problem of illegal mining on the Yamuna riverbed between Noida and Faridabad. More than a month …
The environment ministry has come in for criticism from the National Green Tribunal for its slow response in tackling the problem of illegal mining on the Yamuna riverbed between Noida and Faridabad. More than a month after the green court set up a committee to look into the magnitude of …
Ground water is fast depleting the in the district. Efforts to get ground water by digging deep into the ground have failed in most of the places. Only a few parts in Gubbi, Turuvekere, Kunigal and Tiptur in the jurisdiction of Hemavathi canal are getting ground water at a depth …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court on Friday sought details from forest officials about incidents of fire, if any, caused by the mining mafia on the banks of Shetrunji river near Gir sanctuary for mining activity. Fire creates a lot of trouble for the wildlife in the protected area which is the …
The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Centre and mining companies to file their counter within four weeks to a petition seeking an SIT probe into the beach sand mining in the State. If the counter is not filed before the deadline, it would be taken on record subject …
