MUMBAI: Environmentalists have urged union minister for environment Jairam Ramesh to ban sand mining across Maharashtra as a first to stop illegal sand mining and save the state's creeks and coastline.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/ban-sand-mining-state-activists
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-mumbai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/minerals
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environmentalists
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/raigad
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ratnagiri-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/illegal-trade
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coastal-regulation-zone-notification