Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 24, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal  

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 3, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal  

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 27, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

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

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

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

Look back at the decade: Sand

India faces sand scarcity leading to conflicts and illegal trade

How will India address illegal sand mining without any data?

New laws to regulate sand mining have not had much impact

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

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

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

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

Illegal sand mining: 20 arrested, 40 big boats seized in Bihar police operation on Sone river

Criminal syndicates have been unleashed terror in recent months by attacking & killing police officials who have cracked down upon them  

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

Replenishment studies must be done by credible institutions, says court  

Andhra Pradesh unveils new sand policy

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

Dirt cheap backup: Why Finland’s installation of the world’s 1st sand battery may be a game-changer

Sand batteries can ensure round-the-year availability of clean energy

A new source of fire records, hidden in the sands, gives us a bigger picture of the risks

The records from sand dunes matched the other records

Sand and dust storms are increasing, human activities contribute 25% emissions: UNCCD

Such storms present a formidable challenge to achieving 11 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals

Environment ministry stops clearance to mining of beach sand minerals

Move comes after request from mines ministry

Traditional communities can mine sand in coastal areas: MoEF

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

Sand mafia attacks journalists again

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

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

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

Exempts state-owned Singareni Collieries

NGT allows mining on Valapattanam river bank

Residents of river-island Pamburuthi have been opposing sand mining in the region

Coastal trouble

Aravalli Biodiversity Park: How a sand mine was restored to a 350 acre forest

But why is this place called a ‘biodiversity park’?

Desertification in India: Canal, tubewells make saline Jaisalmer green

Increasing agricultural activity reversed soil erosion in the district