The ban on sand mining in most of the riverine sand-mining locations (‘kadavus’) on the Valapattanam river was lifted with effect from May 23.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/ban-sand-mining-valapattanam-river-lifted
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-thiruvananthapuram
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/sand-mining
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/valapattanam
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-green-trbunal-ngt
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/environment-clearance-ec