Jaipur: After replenishment study of 19 sand mine leases in Banas River received a nod from the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), the state government is expecting to get relief from Supreme Court on February 23. On November 16, Supreme Court restrained 82 large sand mine lease holders in …
Jaipur: After replenishment study of 19 sand mine leases in Banas River received a nod from the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), the state government is expecting to get relief from Supreme Court on February 23. On November 16, Supreme Court restrained 82 large sand mine lease holders in …
Rajasthan MP from Kota Om Birla has demanded the interlinking of rivers in eastern Rajasthan as one of the measures to deal with the severe water crisis in the desert state. Birla, while participating in the debate over drought in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, suggested the interlinking of rivers …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government is heavily promoting Narendra Modi's pet project of linking rivers, as it seeks to address the desert state's drinking water and irrigation requirements. Two months after Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje took a small step towards launching the concept by announcing a small pilot project, the state …
The Rajasthan high court on Thursday issued notices to the state government over illegal gravel (bajari) mining on the Banas river in Tonk district on Thursday. Justice M N Bhandari issued notices to chief secretary; additional chief secretary, home; principal secretaries of home and transport, district collector and police superintendents …
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 …
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 …
JAIPUR: The state government will start a drive from June 3 against illegal sand mining in the catchment area of Banas river. The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by chief secretary CK Mathew on Tuesday. "The drive will be carried out in the 200-km river bed area covering …
Court Asks Govt To Comply With Supreme Court Guidelines While Allowing Gravel Mining Jaipur: The Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday gave conditional sanction to sand mining from Banas river. The court asked the state government to comply with the Supreme Court guidelines while allowing mining of …
NEW DELHI: The Jaipur Metro Project on Monday rushed to the Supreme Court complaining that its construction work was badly hit by an order of the Rajasthan High Court extending the SC's ban on mining in Aravalli hill range to extraction of sand from Banas river bed. Appearing for the …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today asked the Jaipur Metro Development Authority to seek permission from the Ministry of Environment and Forests for carrying out sand mining from river bed for its metro rail project. A special forest bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and C K Prasad said the …
Jaipur: Those development projects which came to a halt for want of bajari (sand) will be anxiously looking forward to the Supreme Court decision on Monday as there is a desperate need to resume the work soon to meet the deadline. The Supreme Court has fixed the hearing for Monday …
This time it is not merely crying wolf! The Indian Gray Wolf, inhabiting scrub lands and the ravines along the banks of the Central Indian rivers, needs protection. The immediate threat to the Indian wolf ( Canis lupus pallipes ), found along the banks of the Yamuna, Chambal, Banas and …
