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 …
Navi Mumbai: Environmentalist Sumaira Abdulali of the NGO Awaaz Foundation has written to the chief minister's office about the rampant illegal sand mining operations taking place in Raigad areas such as Mahad creek, despite a directive issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) last year on this subject. Abdulali said …
Cracking the whip against illegal sand mining, the district police have booked 55 cases in one month and have seized sand worth Rs 1.88 lakh. Replying to media queries, SP Abhinav Khare said that in January alone, a total of 64 vehicles were seized in 55 cases. They were booked …
The Uttarakhand Parivartan Party has alleged that the State Government is abetting activites of the mining mafia in Uttarakhand. Addressing the media in Dehradun on Sunday, the party’s State president PC Tiwari said the stone crushers at Maletha in Tehri district had exposed the facilitation of the mining mafia by …
Union minister for environment, forest and climate change (MoEF) Prakash Javadekar has assured chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar that the Centre will revoke environment clearances (EC) which has been kept under suspension since September 14, 2012, following the Shah Commission report on illegal mining. The chief minister, who was on a …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has turned down the plea filed by Matri Sadan Ashram in 2014 for a complete ban on mining in Ganga. According to latest NGT order, sand can be taken out from the riverbed and not from the riverbank or any other mining site near or …
After making it mandatory to seek environmental clearances for mining near the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the state government for 'shutting its eyes' to indiscriminate mining activities in Alwar. The tribunal directed the state government to file a comprehensive plan for …
Say proposed changes fail to prevent unchecked exploitation of resources The draft notification issued by the government, revising the mining laws under the Kerala Minor Mineral Concession Rules (KMMCR) of 1967, has evoked sharp criticism from experts who feel that the proposed changes had failed to ensure environmental safeguards and …
Supreme Court had ordered setting up a company to undertake environment restoration work in mine ravaged districts in the state The Karnataka government has incorporated a new company to undertake ameliorative and mitigative measures in and around mining areas in three districts. The new firm, Karnataka Mining Environment Restoration Corporation …
Bulk collection of sand and its transportation in violation of rules that restrict it — sand is a minor mineral — continue despite the crackdown by the state government on the “sand mining mafia”. The state is now getting ready to roll out its ambitious system to keep track of …
The Kerala High Court on Thursday quashed Thiruvananthapuram district collector's order banning mining activity at Mookkunnimala. Justice P Ubaid issued the order while considering a petition filed by Metro Aggregates and Sand India Pvt Ltd questioning the ban imposed by the collector on January 15th. Issuing the order, the court …
Illegal mining in Sonebhadra district has been done in the knowledge of Mining Minister Gyatri Prajapati and well strong syndicate comprising of public representatives, media persons, transporters and local officials are facilitating the trade resulting into huge loss to state exchequer. Interestingly the extortion has been made in the name …
Illegal mining of sand stone and concrete continues to take place unabated at the Beas riverbed near Nadaun. Hundreds of tractor trolleys are engaged in excavation daily. The law enforcing agencies have failed to take any action to check the illegal activity. Illegal mining is being done at the Beas …
JAIPUR: With the National Green Tribunal (NGT) saying that its nod is mandatory for mining activities near Sariska Tiger Reserve and Supreme Court ban on mining at Aravalli, the aim of the government to increase mining areas in the state has come to a halt. In a conference on "reviving …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed that no person or company will be allowed to carry out stone quarrying or mining of any sort without the requisite environmental clearance near the Sariska Tiger reserve in Rajasthan. It was hearing a petition by Khayali Ram Chattiram, a resident of Alwar …
Trade in large cats (Panthera and Neofelis species), and indeed other wild cats, is a clear impediment to their conservation. Myanmar is an important country for cat conservation, both because of the presence of significant populations of threatened species but equally as it is positioned strategically between China, Thailand and …
Wildlife crime is at the top of the international conservation agenda. Current strategies for addressing it focus on law enforcement, reducing consumer demand and engaging local communities in conservation. To date considerably more attention has been paid to the first two strategies than to the third. This volume of case …
Mining poses threat to embankment, Pulwama villagers fear another flood The authorities have allegedly failed to curb the movement of machines and vehicles into the Jhelum for extraction of sand, resulting in weakening of the embankments and increasing the threat of floods. Residents of Kandizal, Samboora, Patal Bagh, Kakapora and …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has once again upheld its earlier order banning unscientific coal mining in Meghalaya. The Tribunal also asked the Meghalaya government to submit a list of all coal mine owners who are allegedly involved in violation of the ban imposed by it since April last year. …
Voicing concern over reports about Odisha lagging behind as compared to the national trend of increase in tiger population, Congress today said it reflects the failure of the state government. "It is unfortunate that Odisha Government failed to take proper steps to ensure conservation of tigers whose number has dropped …
The Fort Kochi sub-collector has issued a stop work notice to a quarry operating in close proximity to houses and an anganwadi in Ayyampuzha village. About 100 local residents, who gathered at the spot, briefed sub-collector S Suhas of the difficulties faced due to the functioning of the quarry. In …
