TN cancels sand quarrying licences
The Tamil Nadu Government has announced that all existing leases for sand quarrying will cease to be effective and the work will be entrusted to the Public Works Department, according to an official
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High Court declines to extend quarrying permits
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
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TN sand mining
A division bench of the Madras high vourt on Wednesday banned sand quarrying in leased out sites in Tamil Nadu, hours after a single judge bench stayed a government order cancelling the licenses for
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Guidelines for abatement of pollution in mineral grinding industry
Rajasthan is rich in non-metallic and industrial minerals. The minerals found in the state include limestone, dolomite, lignite, barytes, calcite, clay, emerald, feldspar, fluorite, garnet, gypsum, potash,
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11,8456.66 mt of sand being exported from State daily
An estimated 118456.66 mt of sand is being exported per day from three districts in Kerala to outside States, according to a report fled on behalf of the Government.
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Andaman and Nicobar: Beyond India's landmass
Excerpts from <i>Troubled Islands!</i> by Pankaj Sekhsaria
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Sand mining in Kerala must be regulated
Study : Pointing out the economic importance as well as the ecological significance of river sand, a scientific paper has called for an environmental impact analysis (EIA) aimed at stipulating the
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Unhindered run on the delta lifeline
Tiruchi road margins in Tamil Nadu being littered with fine sand is not an uncommon sight, nor is the reason far to seek. The prolonged and unhindered quarrying in the nearby Cauvery and the Coleroon
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Environmental effects of river sand mining: a case from the river catchments of Vembanad lake, Southwest coast of India
Rivers in the southwest coast of India are under immense pressure due to various kinds of human activities among which indiscriminate extraction of construction grade sand is the most disastrous one. The
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Abandoned mine behind highway collapse in West Bengal
an explosion in an abandoned underground coalmine tore through several homes in West Bengal's Burdwan district on January 16, 2007. It also caused cracks along a stretch of the National Highway 2
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Movement of sand lorries at Kuruvimalai hit
The movement of sand lorries from the Kuruvimalai quarry in the dry bed of the Palar river in the outskirts of the town was blocked as trouble erupted between lorry drivers and owners and the
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Sandminers party at Porur lake
With the High Court's recent direction to the Tamil Nadu state government to legislate against sand quarrying on river beds, the scene of action has shifted to the Chennai city's lakes. The latest to
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Quarrying worries environmentalists
The indiscriminate quarrying of clay, stones and sand from the riverbeds, located near the Baddi-Barotiwala industrial belt, about 40 km from Kasauli(HP), has created a contention among
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Villagewise auction of sand proposed
The Andhra Pradesh Government has proposed villagewise auction of sand from major rivers such as the Godavari, the Krishna, the Tungabhadra and their tributaries and offer the same to "genuine"
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Even strike won't deter Theni sand miners
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
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The failure
Nationalisation of coalmines has failed badly
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End sand extraction at Terekhol river, demands opposition
St. Cruz MLA, Victoria Fernandes expressed serious concern over sand extraction from Terekhol and Chapora rivers in Goa which in her opinion would grossly affect fields and bundhs in the area if the
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Sand mining: Collector warns of stern action
Stern action will be taken against those who indulge in sand quarrying in the river beds, warned Theni district Collector Atul Anand. He was replying to a farmer Kannan's charge at the farmers
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Fish curry and rice: a source book on Goa, its ecology and life-style
Fish curry and rice is designed to teach, to provoke and to stimulate people--young and old--not just to discover the astonishing beautives of Goa's diverse ecosystems, but to delight in its life-style as well.
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Crackdown on illegal sand quarrying
Officialdom has struck at the illegal sand quarrying menace after being forced into silence for long. Though no arrests have been made, the quantum of quarrying in Chennai outskirts has come down,