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Illegal sand-miners flourish in unguarded coastal areas [1]

Cashing in on scarcity and the high price of river sand in the open market, illegal sand-mining gangs have turned their attention to the interior coastal areas of Kozhikode to dig up salty sand and

Publication Date: 
03/02/2016
Mithosh Joseph [2]
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram) [3]
Tags:
Kerala [4], Mining [5], Sand [6], Kozhikode (D) [7], Illegal Trade [8], Construction Industry [9]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/mithosh-joseph
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-thiruvananthapuram
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/sand-mining
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kozhikode-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/illegal-trade
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/construction-industry