Joint Committee report in reference to the National Green Tribunal in the matter of the Original Application No. 327/2021 (Rajjan Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others).

Grievance in the application is that cluster EIA procedure was required to be followed before grant of EC for sand mining, village Adhawaal, tehsil Fatehpur, district Fatehpur - having regard to the location of the sites, for which impugned EC has been granted in favour of Limelight Dealers Pvt. Ltd., M/s Pragyasan Business Pvt. Ltd., M/s Alok Mishra and M/s Anantadrishti Multiventures LLP.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Geeta @ Laxmi Meena Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 04/04/2022. Issue raised in this application is illegal sand mining being carried out in the village Chipaner and Chouraskhedi, tehsil Nasrullganj, district Sehore by means of tractors, dumpers & trollies alongside the river Narmada during night hours, mining through means of pandubbies and causing damage to the environment.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of All India Kaimur People’s Front Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/03/2022.

Grievance in the application is against illegal mining in village Billi Markundi, tehsil Obra, district Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Prabhat Mohan Pandey Vs MP SEIAA regarding sand mining in Madhya Pradesh.

Case set out by the appellants is that Madhya Pradesh Sand Mining Rules, 2019 were introduced on August 30, 2019 by Madhya Pradesh wherein every districts, it was required to have its own contractor or a group of contractors to carry out sand excavation from the declared and demarcated sand queries.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Haidar Khan Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 18/02/2022. The issue for consideration is remedial action against illegal sand mining, in violation of environmental norms, by M/s. R.S.I. Stone World Limited, without requisite Consent from the State PCB, in tehsil Naraini, district Banda, Uttar Pradesh.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rohit Kumar Vs State of Bihar dated 11/02/2022.

Grievance in the application is against illegal sand mining on the bank of Dakhner river near Paraiya (Gaya), Gaya-Rafiganj Road, Bihar, adversely affecting the environment. The applicant has filed photographs and mentioned coordinates of the location of illegal mining.

Report on behalf of the committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal vide its order, 08/11/2021 in the matter of Rohit Kumar Vs State of Bihar & Others.

The matter related to illegal sand mining on the bank of Dakhner river near Paraiya (Gaya), Rafiganj Road, Gaya Bihar, which is adversely affecting the environment.

The joint committee inspected sites along the river Morhar near Dakhner, Paraiya, Rafiganj Road, district Gaya, Bihar and carried out inspections at random spots to verify illegal sand mining.

Counter Affidavit filed by the Deputy Collector-cum-Sub Divisional Magistrate of Yanam in OA No 184 of 2017 (SZ) in the matter of Sri Sankara Swamy Naidu Welfare Organisation Vs Union of India, Through its secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi and Ors, dated December 15, 2021.

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of The State of Bihar & Others Vs Pawan Kumar & Others dated 10/11/2021.

The appeal filed in the SC challenged the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order, October 14, 2020 in O.A. No. 40/2020/EZ with O.A. No. 57/2020/EZ.

The NGT had directed the state of Bihar to undertake further exercise for preparation of a fresh DSR for the Banka district.

Objections filed by M/s Royal Sand and Gravels Pvt. Ltd. (Palakkad, Kerala) to the report and status report of the work done by the Joint Committee dated 29/10/2021.