The Gautam Budh Nagar mining department has put a freeze on issuing licenses that allow removal of sand accumulated on farmlands for sale in commercial markets.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/licences-mine-sand-farms-put-hold
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-noida
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/sand-mining
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gautam-budha-nagar
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/noida
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttar-pradesh
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecology
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment