The National Legal Services Authority will file a social justice litigation petition in the Supreme Court for protection of rivers from sand mining operations.
The decision was taken at a meeting held here on Saturday under the chairmanship of Justice Altamas Kabir of the Supreme Court and NALSA executive chairman. According to NALSA member-secretary U. Saratchandran, “Rivers are the important lifelines for water requirements of riparian lands and also for the watershed areas of such rivers.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/nalsa-move-sc-against-sand-mining
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/j-venkatesan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/sand-mining
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/supreme-court
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/landslides
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sustainable-development
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
