Bihar advocate alleges threat to life from sand mafia, seeks protection

He wrote to the chief minister and other officials but received no response

Supreme Court gives conditional go-ahead to Bihar to start sand mining

Illegal extraction becomes rampant when mining is banned, says apex court

Andhra Pradesh unveils new sand policy

A tonne of sand will be available for Rs 370 only at government-owned stockyards

Crackdown on sand mafia: ED raids across Tamil Nadu over money laundering, tax evasion

Sand mining sites and sales depots managed by the state water resources department under lens

How will India address illegal sand mining without any data?

New laws to regulate sand mining have not had much impact

Wildlife trafficking, organised crime linked: Nonprofit’s report sheds new light

Wildlife Justice Commission Report also includes illegal sand mining as environmental crime

Look back at the decade: Sand

India faces sand scarcity leading to conflicts and illegal trade

Tamil Nadu suspends coastal sand mining

Government orders a probe into alleged violations by big companies

Mining in news on April 11

Today’s updates in the mining industry

Replenishment study of riverbed sand must for sand mining in Uttar Pradesh: NGT

Replenishment studies must be done by credible institutions, says court  

Traditional communities can mine sand in coastal areas: MoEF

Ministry order has no provision to curb illegal sand mining in river beds

Illegal mining: Cauvery robbed of its sand, natural flow

Sand mined from Cauvery is being transported to Kerala and sold for very high prices

Supreme Court refuses to lift stay on sand mining in Andhra Pradesh

Asks state government to approach MoEF for environmental clearance

Supreme Court asks Jaipur metro authorities to approach environment ministry for mining sand

City metro rail project likely to get delayed

Environment ministry stops clearance to mining of beach sand minerals

Move comes after request from mines ministry

Sand mafia attacks journalists again

This is the third attack on mediapersons in the past one month

Bring Ganga back to original course, orders Patna High Court

Court directs Centre and state governments to stop illegal mining and dredging

Andhra Pradesh High Court firm on not lifting stay on sand mining

Exempts state-owned Singareni Collieries

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Jharkhand chief minister restores power of panchayats over sand mining

Decision follows meeting with coalition partners who threatened to withdraw support

Environmental clearance for small riverbed sand mining projects lifted

The decision is against the earlier orders of National Green Tribunal

Environmental issues figured nowhere in Uttarakhand elections

Around 170 hydropower and a number of sand mining projects in the pipeline or underway

Ban on illegal mining ineffective

It has only increased cost of illegally sourced construction material

Concrete without sand?

The world is sitting over a landfill of possible substitutes for sand

A river ruined: Are India’s mining laws deterrent enough?

Mining has to be considered not as either a law-and-order or an administrative issue, but rather as one of environmental management