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Rampant illegal mining on the Manawar-Tawi river in the Nowshera area of Rajouri district has destroyed more than 200 kanals of agricultural land.

The National Green Tribunal has slammed the Haryana government over illegal sand mining and extraction of minerals on the floodplains of Yamuna in the state and directed it to submit a report on th

To promote sustainable sand extraction, these guidelines released by the Union ministry of environment and forests lays emphasis on monitoring of the mined out material, which is key to the success of environment management plan. It has suggested tapping “alternative sources of sand and gravel”.

The National Green Tribunal has constituted a panel to inspect the Betwa river bank in Jalaun and Hamirpur districts of Uttar Pradesh and probe the allegations of rampant illegal sand mining in the

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.

Bareilly: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh, director of state level environment impact assessment authority, district magistrate and senior supe

Taking note of the claim of an environment activist that he was being "threatened" after filing case against illegal sand mining in UP's Sambhal district, the National Green Tribunal today sought r

An environment activist, who had sought prohibition of alleged illegal sand mining near Narora atomic power station in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district, today moved a fresh plea claiming he was bei

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone Bench, Chennai) in the matter of M.P. Muhammed Kunhi Vs Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change & Others dated 10/05/2016 regarding river sand mining in Valapattanam river in Kannur District, Kerala. This appeal is directed against the order of the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Kerala dated 17.12.2015, granting Environmental Clearance (EC) to the District Collector, Kannur for river sand mining in Valapattanam river (from Parassinikadavu bridge to Valapattanam bridge) in Kannur District.

Ajmer: The divisional commissioner of Ajmer on Thursday inspected the sand dunes of Pushkar and directed police to register case against illegal mining mafia who are extracting the sand from this r

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