Smugglers are extracting sand illegally at various places.

According to data from the union environment ministry and Solapur district administration, there was a massive revenue increase of Rs.50 crores in the 2013-14 financial year due to e-auctioning, sp

Rampant sand mining activity on Cheyyar river bed has rendered the twin water channels, created 120 years ago near Kavanthandalam, useless.

It is on plea of Dinesh Pandey , environment activist, that the NGT has taken stringent action of banning the mining activity on Gaula river on January 29.

Though the protest on ban on mining in Gaula river by NGT has begun in by the affected groups in Haldwani, the Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation deny from any such ban in place.

It is feared lakhs of trees in Nangal Choudhary will be cut following a government’s move to lease out sites spread over 25 villages around Krishnawati and Dohan rivers for gravel mining.

Post-September 2014 floods, illegal sand and gravel mining from the Tawi is going on while the Flood Control, Geology and Mining Departments are not doing anything to stop the practice.

The irate residents of village Bhagtali situated on the bank of river Ravi today staged protest demonstration against the administration for allowing mining in Ravi river due to which the water lev

Seeking to strike a balance between construction as well as ecological concerns, the Centre has notified a policy of granting environmental clearances for minor minerals, including sand, and has co