BHOPAL: National Green Tribunal (NGT) appointed commission of advocates has found illegal sand mining taking place in the submergence area of Sardar Sarovar Project in four districts of Madhya Prad

The National Green Tribunal has summoned officials of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana government for their failure to curb illegal sand mining on the floodplains of river Yamuna, already banned by the gr

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

Smugglers are extracting sand illegally at various places.

According to data from the union environment ministry and Solapur district administration, there was a massive revenue increase of Rs.50 crores in the 2013-14 financial year due to e-auctioning, sp

District Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority constituted to grant EC for mining of minor minerals

Rampant sand mining activity on Cheyyar river bed has rendered the twin water channels, created 120 years ago near Kavanthandalam, useless.

It is on plea of Dinesh Pandey , environment activist, that the NGT has taken stringent action of banning the mining activity on Gaula river on January 29.

Though the protest on ban on mining in Gaula river by NGT has begun in by the affected groups in Haldwani, the Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation deny from any such ban in place.