Says not a single environmental clearance granted for it in Gautam Budh Nagar district

The Uttar Pradesh government today reluctantly admitted before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that illegal sand mining was going on in the state and not even a single environmental clearance granted for it in Gautam Budh Nagar district.

Two IAS officers are in the dock for alleged non-compliance of judicial orders on the mandatory environmental clearance for mining quarries measuring up to five acres in Punjab.

There's evidence of "rampant, unscientific and illegal (sand) mining" at various locations along the Yamuna in UP's Gautam Budh Nagar district, a union ministry of environment and forest probe has

The outrage over the suspension of Durga Shakti Nagpal, an IAS officer who was simply doing her job by checking illegal mining of sand along the rivers of Uttar Pradesh, has highlighted a crucial i

The ruling by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) making it mandatory to get environmental clearance for mining or removal of sand from river beds including areas less than five-hectares has put both

The ban on sand mining imposed by the National Green Tribunal is unlikely to have any impact in Punjab.

The Environment and Forests Ministry has constituted a committee to assess illegal mining in Uttar Pradesh and the panel will submit a report by August 9.

The Ministry decided to send a team to the State after United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi wrote a letter to the Prime Minister seeking stronger action to defend officers such as Durga Shakti Nagpal.

“There is no sand mining in the 20 mining points along the stretch of River Cauvery since Sunday as the flood has made sand mining impossible.

The National Green Tribunal’s ruling is likely to have an impact in Meghalaya where some of the rivers have been reduced to drains because of unregulated and unabashed sand mining with environmenta