The National Green Tribunal today extended the order to beach sand mining in Kerala and Tamil Nadu and asked both these coastal states along with others to tell it within two weeks as to why did ...
A PIL has been filed by lawyer and BJP leader Shone George before the Kerala High Court alleging illegal mining and exploration of beach sand minerals from …
CHENNAI: How rampant is illegal mining of sand from river banks in Tamil Nadu? Going by the official record, all quarries are under government control and outside involvement is limited to getting ...
The Kerala State Government has banned sand mining in 6 rivers for the next three years.
It was illegal to mine these rare earth heavy minerals until recently; the only entity allowed to do so was the government-owned Indian Rare Earths Limited (IERL). In October 1998, the government of India opened sand mining to private companies. This would be done on the basis of two licenses, one to mine the sand and another to handle …
India News: NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday took strong note of rampant illegal sand mining in Rajasthan and directed the state government, its collecto.
Economic Analysis Of Sand Mining In Bharathapuzha River, Kerala, India Moinak Maiti MBA Banking Technology, Pondicherry Central University, Pondicherry, India ... Bharathapuzha River course in Kerala State Result And Discussions ... This uncontrolled and illegal sand mining leads to the degradation of the environment.
This gap formed the foundation of this study to gain an understanding of the state of sand mining in Kerala state in India, the resource nexus perspectives of sand mining, the existing pathways ...
Moreover, Section 23C of the MMDR Act, empowers the State Governments / U.T Administrations to make rules for preventing illegal mining, transportation and …
The existing provision is to sell the seized sand to the Kalavara store run by the Kerala State Nirmithi Kendra, as per the rate fixed by the Public Works Department.
Illegal sand mining driven by a post-pandemic surge in infrastructure spending risks causing degradation to some of the world's most vulnerable lakes and rivers, environmental researchers have ...
The thesis examines a case study to explore this argument, a case study of illegal sand mining in Madhya Pradesh state of central India, examining the case from a policy perspective considering ...
The sand-mining frenzy, as it is happening right now in western India, illustrates one of the most important questions India faces in its march to become a 21st-century economic powerhouse: Can this nation of 1.2 billion people pursue economic growth without destroying its environment?
India News: Efforts continued to look for children who were travelling on boat that capsized in a river in Kerala's Ernakulam district.
Even under controlled circumstances, the practice of extracting the sand from the riverbed and -banks impacts the environment. Unfortunately, many countries lack sand mining regulation policies and in combination with a high demand, this results in indiscriminate and illegal mining.
Kerala - the God's own country is in strong grip of unsustainable sand mining which has been happening for decades in the rivers and coastal areas of the state. The state has suffered hugely in 2004 Tsunami and 2018 Floods which, as several reports explain, were aggravated by illegal sand extraction. Yet nothing seems to…
Two public sector companies, Indian Rare Earth, which comes under the Centre and Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited, a company under the state government, have been mining since 1968.
Governments come and go, but some irregularities last forever. And that is the theme of amicus curiae V. Suresh's comprehensive report on illegal beach sand mining in Tamil Nadu, submitted to ...
The protestors are demanding an immediate halt to mining to protect the last remaining coastal villages near the Thottappally Pozhi, Kerala's largest deposit of exceptionally …
The guidelines also push for online sales and purchase of sand and other riverbed materials to make the process transparent. They propose night surveillance of mining activity through night-vision drones.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh within six weeks on a plea seeking …
Providing an account of the rivers of North India affected by sand mining Rawat highlighted the murky situation of illegal sand mining, corruption, rampant nexus between politicians-officials-sand miners, and numerous cases of violence and death.
Read about the latest updates on the removal of mineral sand from Thottappally Spillway mouth in Alappuzha. HC instructs the government to respond to the petition filed by Shone George.
NGT today banned illegal sand and minerals mining without environmental clearance on beaches and other coastal areas in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Of Geography, University College, Trivandrum, Kerala, India) Abstract:Indiscriminate sand mining can lead to the degradation of riverine environment. The study conducted in the Neyyar river basin shows that indiscriminate and illegal sand mining has created many problems in the environmental setting and water quality of the river basin.
Sand mining, Alappuzha, Kerala State, India. Photo source: ©© Christopher Macsurak. Excerpts; Despite the police ban on the sand mining at Andhakaranazhi beach, local people are still illegally collecting sand from the beach, which is a famed tourist destination of Alappuzha.
The sand is now being sold in Kerala at Rs 2,000 a tonne; market rate in the state is Rs 2,500 a tonne. ... says illegal sand mining cost the state exchequer of Uttar Pradesh a massive Rs 477 crore in 2015-16. Kerala lost Rs 1.63 crore in 2014, says the 2014 CAG report. ... India can rely on sand imports till the time it is viable, but it …
This chapter provides an overview of the rivers of Kerala, the current sand mining scenario, and existing regulations and mechanisms to control and prevent illegal sand …
¬Mining of sand is rampant in many rivers of India. With the construction boom fuelling the demand, weak governance and widespread corruption are facilitating uncontrolled and illegal mining of ...
Tamil Nadu police have arrested a bishop and five priests from Kerala in connection with an illegal sand mining case. The quarrying was facilitated by officials from revenue, mines, police and ...