Sand-mining may be banned in Maharashtra but that does not stop trucks loaded with illegally mined sand from plying on the city’s outskirts, where dredging is on in full swing.
Bhind district collector Sibi Chakkravarthy M on Thursday slapped a penalty of Rs 263 crore on a Rajasthan-based illegal miner involved with sand mining.
The regional office of UP Pollution Control Board in Noida has written to the union environment ministry that it has not accorded clearances to any sand mining lease in the district in the last two
