<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of New item titled “Six workers killed in fire inside Nagaland rat-hole mine “appearing in The Hindu Bureau
Six persons were killed and five others injured when a mud mine caved in at village Jamunia, in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh. The villagers were collecting mud at the mine when it suddenly
Rampant illegal sand mining in river beds with political backing may have led to the death of the first official who tried to stop the illegal activity on the Palar river bed in Kancheepuram district
Illegal sand quarrying is a 'well organised' operation in Madurai. Thanks to the Vaigai remaining dry for the most part of the year, the riverbed serves as a perennial source of "minting money" for
Putting an end to the controversial issue of indiscriminate sand quarrying in the Palar river basin in Kancheepuram district, the Madras High Court declined to extend quarrying permits to a batch of
The World Bank-backed coal mine project in Parej Hazaribagh, Jharkhand is violating various policies involving resettlement, environment, information and cultural property management, according to a
Partnership spanning political barriers, official apathy, money and muscle power, inter-gang rivalty, baiting locals and muzzling dissent explain looting of sand from the Cauvery bed in Karur
Neither the recent truck strike nor the law has precented sand quarrying from the riverbed and main canals of reservoirs in Dindigul and Theni districts.In Palani taluk alone, about 30 lorries and
Riverbeds in Tirunelveli are not only a good source of income to the exchequer, but they also enrich some people and provide them muscle power and political clout. For, some of the riverbeds are
Village after fertile village along the Kortaliyar cutting across Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu face total destruction of water and land resources, as illegal and sand miners have descended on
Parej and Duru Kasmar villages of Jharkhand are scarred with opencast mining pits, many abandoned after use. Green forest patches are few. Those that remain are likely to die of lack of water and
