<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) regarding illegal sand mining being done at the Balod Pod sand mine located in Balod district, Chhattisgarh.</p> <p>A report was called
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 day, even before the sun ascends the horizon, the bed and banks of this tributary of the Cauvery is slowly and steadily ravaged, exposing the village to the vagaries of the monsoon, which is often accompanied by cyclone.
Despite the expiry of its licence, a sand quarry at Natham (near Anbil) continues to haul several loads of sand every day, according to villagers from neighbouring T. Kalvikudi. In order to bring the issue to the attention of district authorities, a group of farmers from the village submitted a petition to the Collector, on Monday. “Every day, hundreds of sand lorries ply through T. Kalvikudi from the illegal sand quarry at Natham causing great inconvenience to the locals,” said C. Gurusamy, one of the farmers.
The district administration’s decision to close down 15 sand mining ghats came as a bolt from the blue for around 5000 sand mining labourers, who are now left in the lurch, struggling every day to make
The Madras High Court has ordered notice to authorities, including the Public Works Department, to file reply in two weeks on a public interest litigation seeking to restrain them from proceeding with sand mining in Kosasthalai river near Gerugampoondi in Tiruvallur district. The First Bench of Madras High Court, comprising Chief Justice M.Y. Eqbal and Justice T.S. Sivagnanam, also called for records from the authorities concerned after hearing a submission on a PIL filed by K. Venkatesan, president of the Vilapakkam panchayat.
Noida: Reacting to a TOI report on sand mining in Noida, the district police swung into action and conducted raids in several areas on Friday. However,the penetration of the sand mafia in the district
Admin Overlooks Largescale Mining In Sectors 79 And 113 Noida: Sand mining continues unabated in Gautam Budh Nagar. TOI visited a half-kilometre stretch in Sectors 79 and 113 on June 12 and found that
A day after a police constable was run over by a truck transporting sand mined illegally from the Yamuna riverbed, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said while there was little evidence of any
A day after a police constable was run over by a truck transporting sand mined illegally from the Yamuna riverbed, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said while there was little evidence of any
Sand-mining from rivers in the district has been banned by District Collector Ratan Kelkar from June 20 to July 31. An official press release here on Tuesday said the decision to ban sand-mining during the period was taken to ensure the availability of sand and to protect rivers. The ban period would be extended if necessary, the release said, adding that the river banks and organic resources in the rivers in the district were facing a serious threat from unauthorised sand-mining.
Faridabad: Police here have intensified their search for the contractor Rajpal Chauhan who has been absconding since Monday morning when the driver of his truck ran over a constable at a check post at
