On Monday evening, Eliamma George, president of Thiruvambady gramapanchayat, declared the 12-hour hartal in the district against K. Kasturirangan Committee report on Western Ghats a “success”.
A fine of Rs. 44.11 lakh was levied against R. Vijayakumar of Aruppukottai for mining sand illegally, according to K. Vijaya Karthikeyan, Sub Collector of Kovilpatti.
A division bench of high court has directed secretary, Union environment ministry to appear in person before it on October 17 and explain the reasons for not considering applications of Bajri lease
The government on Tuesday told the Goa Legislative Assembly that it will move the National Green Tribunal (NGT) next month, urging it to exempt Goa from the ban on the removal of sand from river beds.
Sand mining has many devastating traits. For one, it destroys the river beds, changes the course of the river, causes banks to flood as well as washes away houses that lie near its path.
In the wake of the Supreme Court verdict that the Madhav Gadgil panel report will be valid till any other report on the subject is approved by the Centre, the Kerala Government will have to impleme
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought responses from the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh and Haryana governments on a plea alleging that illegal sand mining is still going on in some districts of the two states.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today informed the Uttar Pradesh government that it was "unhappy" with its investigation into instances of illegal sand mining as most of the people arrested are d
