Over 10,000 Dependent on Illegal Mining for Livelihood
Alwar: Nearly 10,000 peoplein 50 villages of Alwar’s Tijara area alone are dependent on illegal mining for earning their bread and butter.
This simple statistics of a small area in Alwar speaks volumes aboutthe gravity ofillegal mining in Rajasthan even asthe administration, police and mining department launched a statewide campaign against illegal mining on Monday.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/hills-disappear-mining-mafia-takes-over-tijara
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rajendra-sharma
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-jaipur
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rajasthan
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/alwar-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karauli-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/illegal-trade
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests