Despite oppositions from various quarters, sand mining has been going on relentlessly on Hemavathi river bed in the taluk.

Illegal sand mining on Hemavathi river-bed. dh photo Mines and Geology department has identified 26 spots in the taluk where mining operation will be auctioned.

R Krishna Das / Kolkata/ Raipur March 06, 2010, 0:15 IST

The Global Positioning System (GPS) would track the movement and location of rich minerals in Chhattisgarh. The move is aimed to check the illegal transportation of minerals in the state that has been endowed with valuable and rich commodities, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said.

Biodiveristy theft, especially the illegal trade in wildlife contraband products including tradi- tional medicines, has risen sharply in recent years.

The Indian Wildlife Crime Control Bureau worked closely with Inter- pol and wildlife agencies from across 18 countries in February to check this smuggling.

Says provided it allowed legal mining activities

Supporting Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on the new State mining policy, Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane said it is in the right direction provided it allowed legal mining activities in the State.

Lambasting the Kamat-led government over core issues such as corruption, illegal mining, law and order problem which he had been persistently following during last one year , the Leader of the Opposition Manohar Parrikar said, 18 to 22 per cent of minerals exported comes from illegal sources.

BHUBANESWAR: Even as the State Vigilance is probing the multi-crore mining scam, illegal mining activities are in full swing. This is evident from two separate official letters of the Deputy Director of Mines (DDM), Joda, to the Inspectorin- charge, Government Railway Police, Rourkela, on January 30.

Prakash Kamat

The long-term players in Goa's private sector mining industry have, for the first time, formally distanced themselves from the illegal mining operations in the State and welcomed the steps of the State Government to curb illegal mining.

Alok Jha

Almost half of the world's primate species

The water racket at Yasin Nagar in HBR Layout 2nd Stage got murkier on Thursday afternoon with the whistleblower in this connection allegedly assaulted by those involved in the racket.