Where is the will to find out what is best for the people and the economy? MINING in India is frequently in the news these days. There has hardly been an issue of this magazine lately where an article on mining was not printed. The headlines are predictable by now: mining destroys forests; mining pollutes rivers; people are evicted to allow mining; mining encroaches on wildlife habitat;
Anti-mining stir leads to a row, death and persecution ON THE morning of March 19, people of Kalane village in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra were roused by the sound of heavy machinery. Workers hired by mining company Minerals and Metals were building a road at 4 am leading up to the mine in Survey Number 57.
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday sought a report on illegal sand mining operations in coastal districts of Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and neighbouring Navi Mumbai area.
A bunch of PILs, including the one filed by city-based NGO Janhit Manch, has alleged that illegal sand mining is being carried out in several areas of Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, and Navi Mumbai.
Maharashtra plans industries in its tourist spots The Maharashtra government has invited companies to set up industries in a district, which it declared eco-sensitive 12 years ago. On January 2, the government passed a resolution allowing thermal power plants, renewable energy projects, mining and stone crushers in the coastal district of Sindhudurg. The district with its backwaters,
DODAMARG & SAWANTWADI: On the back of the recent border row between Maharashtra and Karnataka over Belgaum, here comes a territorial dispute of another sort. The Maharashtra Forest Department is in a bind over what to do with three elephants that strayed over from neighbouring Karnataka and caused havoc in the state.
In the past 15 years, various groups of researchers, state Forest Department officials and nongovernment organisations have been involved in the conservation and monitoring of turtle populations in Maharashtra. Sindhudurg, the southern-most district of Maharashtra. This district has a rich coastal environment and has a site that has been identified for the creation of a marine park and sanctuary.
wild elephants that stray into territories that traditionally do not belong to them and affect people and crops may be in for a surprise. The Maharashtra government has, secretly, dug up trenches in two districts, Kolhapur and Sindhudurg, bordering Karnataka. Wildlife activists in Karnataka don
Maharashtra has reasons to push for the power projects. Its electricity demand is estimated to have touched 13,500 mw by October 2007, while the supply is about 10,500 mw. JSW Energy is one of the eight companies that signed agreements with the state government in 2005 to set up power plants. As per the MoEF website, 11 thermal power projects are awaiting environmental clearance. "Almost the whole of coastline of Maharashtra is industrialized and some parts of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg are left intact.
