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  Govt to come out with sustainable sand mining policy: Prakash Javadekar

  India | June 28, 2015 14:41 IST

  New Delhi:  The Centre will soon come out with a national policy on "sustainable" sand mining to ensure that the ecology of rivers was maintained and they remain alive, and to curb the instances of flooding.Union

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  Illegal sand mining on IAF land: NGT seeks Centre's response

  India | September 26, 2013 16:11 IST

  New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal today sought responses of the Centre, UP and Haryana on a plea alleging that sand was being illegally mined from land belonging to IAF in Faridabad and is being

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  Team inspects sand mining sites in Noida

  India | August 07, 2013 19:45 IST

  Noida, Aug 7: Under pressure from various quarters over the unabated illegal sand mining along the Yamuna, Hindon, Ganga and other rivers, the ministry of environment & forests (MOEF) inspected the banks of the Yamuna