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
The Ernakulam District Expert Committee on sand mining, the official authority to control sand mining in the district, has handed over a memorandum to the Chief Minister proposing the resuming of s
‘Illegal sand-mining rampant in almost all rivers in Kerala’
Environment organisations have called upon the State government not to permit sand-mining in rivers and coastal areas without conducting the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) as stipulated by the National Green Tribunal.
A Special Mining Vigilance Force will be constituted in the State in the wake of rampant illegal mining, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said here on Wednesday.
PUCL team presents video and photographic evidence; mining operation could extend up to 200 hectares
Illegal sand mining is happening in broad daylight in the river basins of Palar and Cheyyar, according to a fact-finding team of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL).
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs Ministry of Environment & Forests & Others dated 09/10/2013 on heavy illegal mining activity in the city Banjarwala and Bopara in District Haridwar and Gautam Budh Nagar.
Officials have to be bribed to obtain consent, SHGs allege
Self-help groups (SHGs) involved in brick making, as well as artisans, complain that restrictions imposed by the department of mines to control illicit sand mining are crippling their trade, a charge denied by mining officials.
Taking suo motu cognisance of illegal mining in Punjab, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today put on notice the State of Punjab and its Principal Secretary.
The Western Ghats Protection Forum, formed to mobilise public support for conservation of the Western Ghats, has pointed out that unauthorised mining has emerged as a grave threat to the mountain r
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nirankar Singh Vs Government of India & Others dated 08/10/2013 in respect of granting Environmental Clearance (EC) for the proposed sand mining at Village Semrahavan, District Sidharthnagar, State of Uttar Pradesh.
