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Wednesday February 10 2021
An excavator extracts sand at Kayirira Wetland in Katabi Town Council oin 2019. Sand mining is one of the most lucrative business in Uganda s mining sectors. PHOTO/EVE MUGANGA.
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Prices: Miners say sand prices have been fluctuating since last year, and now ranges between Shs25,000 and Shs30,000 depending on the size of the truck.
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Ayub Kirya, 24, a sand miner, left his village in Nabusere, Nakalama Sub-county, Iganga District, two years ago and settled in Namutumba District, with sand mining as his main source of income.
However, Kirya says unlike in the past where the activity used to fetch them some reasonable income, things have changed for the worse.
AP Govt Likely To Tie Up With PSU For Sand Mining, Supply Jan 03, 2021, 14:40 IST
VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh Government is likely to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a public sector undertaking with regards to the mining and supply of sand in the State.
As per reports published in TNIE, the officials of the Mining department might enter into an agreement with Metal Scrap Trade Corporation (MSTC) next week.
Whether the agency will take up the task of implementing the revised sand policy of the State government on its own or it will appoint another agency is yet to be finalised. The AP Principal Secretary (Mines and Panchayat Raj and Rural Development) Gopala Krishna Dwivedi said that the talks are in the final stage with the PSU, after they had received response from several Central agencies about implementing the revised sand policy and explaining the proposal to them.
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NGT directs Andhra Pradesh to act against those involved in illegal sand mining DECCAN CHRONICLE.
Updated Dec 15, 2020, 10:09 am IST
Government told to have adequate control mechanism and monitoring mechanism on activities like mining/desilting/dredging
AP asked to set up a permanent Expert Appraisal Committee in each district to conduct replenishment study and for preparation of District Survey Report. DC Image
Vijayawada: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the AP government to take action against persons involved in illegal sand mining or exploitation of mines and minerals, by launching persecution, imposing penalty and collecting royalty.
The NGT, Southern Zone, Chennai comprising justice K. Ramakrishnan and expert member Saibal Dasgupta, while issuing an order on Monday on petitions filed by Devineni Rajasekhar and T. Srinivas, challenging regulations and notifications by several departments on sand mining, said that no act of sand mining in the guise