“If they are so concerned, then why no action in BJP ruled states like UP, Maharashtra that have hundreds of cases of illegal mining?" the Tamil Nadu government's counsel argued before the Madras High Court today.
The National Green Tribunal has ordered Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project Corporation Limited (ERCPCL) to stop desilting, dredging, and mineral extraction at the Bisalpur Dam without obtaining environmental clearance. The order came after a petition filed by Jodhpur-resident Dinesh Bothra challenging the tender for sand mining at the dam for 20 years.
A patwari, a local revenue department official, was crushed to death by a tractor-trolley used for transporting sand illegally in Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Sunday.
ThERE will be no waiver of royalties for any firm involved in sand mining, even government- linked companies, says Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari (pic).
One summer morning, Le Thi Hong Mai's home collapsed into a river in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, where shoreline erosion caused by sand mining and hydropower dams threatens hundreds of thousands of people.Over the past two decades, hydropower dams upstream on the Mekong have restricted the flow of sand to the delta.