In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
As recently as 100 years ago, an estimated one lakh tigers roamed about in Asia. Today we can only count a few hundreds. For every two tiger skins seized from poachers, there are 20 leopard skins. If this situation continues, many species may become extinct at a rate faster than …
Wild tigers are at a tipping point and action, or inaction, in the coming decade will decide their fate. Action will lead to the tiger’s recovery; inaction or mere maintenance of the status quo will lead to its extinction. The GTRP represents the last best hope for the survival of …
In order to control illegal mining activities and avert incidents of attack on the enforcement team, the Terai-west forest division has demanded one battalion of PAC. The concerned forest division has also sought additional consignment of arms and ammunitions from the higher authorities to strengthen its enforcement operations. In order …
The nexus between officials of groundwater, mines and geology wing and the sand mafia came to light when the ZP chairman, Mr K.Govardhan Reddy, produced a book of nearly 212 pages containing copies of various communications, government orders and court rulings before media persons here on Tuesday. The documents clearly …
Janata Dal (United) workers held a protest blocking road at Handi village near Aldur on Monday as a mark of protest against the alleged illegal sand mining taking place on Hemavati river bed. Party workers led by District President K Bharath and hobli President M D Manjaiah stopped four trucks, …
In the past one year, the state government lost revenue up to Rs800 crore, as it has not been able to auction sand mines and issue licences for mining. The Bombay high court lifted its stay on sand mining in October 2010. However, the government has not framed a policy …
A recently deputed Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer in Alwar was driven off by a mob when he stumbled upon an alleged case of illegal mining while conducting a survey in the area. The mob also allegedly roughed up some homeguards deployed to prevent illegal mining. The IFS office has …
BHUBANESWAR: Former Union minister and senior Congress leader Kanhu Charan Lenka said that a CBI probe should be ordered immediately into the multicrore mining scam to expose the involvement of higher-ups in the State administration, including Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Criticising Naveen for trying to implicate two Central organisations, the …
Lokayukta Justice N Santhosh Hegde has said he would submit the final report on the illegal mining in State before March 31. Talking to reporters here, Justice Hegde said he had two tasks to finish before he quits his office this year. Firstly, to complete the report on illegal mining …
The Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) has put onus on the State Government to check illegal mining in free and encroached areas. Controller General CS Gundewar said IBM has constituted task forces to keep tabs on violations by lessees. However, there is nothing that the agency can do about deviations …
MADURAI: Courts can always interfere and ban stone quarries, including those operated beyond the statutorily prohibited distance of 300 m from ancient monuments and archaeological sites if quarrying poses a threat to those monuments or sites, the Madras High Court Bench here has ruled. Stating that nothing would
Gujarat, which received investment proposals of over $462 billion during the recently concluded Vibrant Gujarat conference, will be a role model for other states in curbing illegal mining. The Ministry of Mines, which has hailed the state government
It is around 8.30 a.m. The sun is up, but there is still some nip in the air as the breeze from the lake wafts landward. The glistening pitch-dark water is a ravishing sight. But the idyllic dream sequence ends there. For, closer shore are the tops of coconut palms …
The Supreme Court today asked the Karnataka Government to either notify within two weeks the new law against illegal mining or lift its order banning transportation of iron ore meant for export, saying that the ban cannot be sustained indefinitely. Earlier, the Karnataka Government had banned transportation of iron ore …
The Supreme Court today asked the Karnataka government to either notify within two weeks the new law against illegal mining or lift its order banning transportation of iron ore meant for export, saying the ban cannot be sustained indefinitely. Earlier, the Karnataka government had banned transportation of iron ore for …
