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TO MINE OR NOT: The Supreme Court of India has asked the Madhya Pradesh government to explain why the mining activity in the state should not be restrained. Petitioner Ajay Dubey, secretary of Prayatna, a Bhopal-based NGO, pointed out that a number of mining leases were functioning illegally across the state. The state pollution board had also admitted that of the 5,069 mining leases across the state, 3,874 were operational and only 2,162 had necessary environmental clearances.
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