Illegal sand mining is posing biggest threat to last of the wild and breeding ghariyals left. Found in maximum strength in national chambal sanctuary running along three states — UP, MP and Rajasthan, ghariyals are losing out to human interference.
Illegal sand mining, fishing and stone quarrying in the sanctuary area is killing ghariyals.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/illegal-sand-mining-killing-ghariyals
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/neha-shukla
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-lucknow
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttar-pradesh
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-chambal-sa
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/sand-mining
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/madhya-pradesh
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rajasthan
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/illegal-trade
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/national-green-tribunal-ngt
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agra-d
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/etawah-d