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Ramesh lifts sand-mining ban in Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg [1]

MUMBAI: The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has lifted the ban on sand mining in the ecologically fragile Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri districts along the Konkan coast, for two years. But while making this announcement, environment minister Jairam Ramesh clarified that mining activities will be restricted to those areas that do not fall under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ).

Publication Date: 
16/04/2011
Times Of India (Mumbai) [2]
Tags:
Ratnagiri (D) [3], Sindhudurg [4], Mining [5], Minerals [6], Maharashtra [7], Coastal Regulation Zone Notification [8], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [9]
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