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  Kerala to issue roadmap on beach sand-mining: CM

  Politics | November 30, 2014 13:36 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government will soon issue a roadmap on what needs to be done after the high court overturned its decision to bar private sector from mining mineral beach sands in the state, Chief

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  Northeast states want manual sand mining to be allowed

  India | September 27, 2013 13:07 IST

  Agartala/Aizawl: Four northeastern state governments are unhappy with the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) ruling that bans sand mining in river beds across the country without the clearance of Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF).Ministers and

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  National Green Tribunal restrains illegal sand mining across India

  India | August 05, 2013 16:39 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 5: The National Green Tribunal today restrained sand mining without any licence or environmental clearance from river beds across the country on a plea alleging that such activities were going on in

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  Noida vegetable shortage due to sand mining

  India | August 04, 2013 19:07 IST

  Noida, Aug 4: Noida is facing an acute shortage of vegetables due to illegal sand mining along the Yamuna river belt, leading to skyrocketing prices, claim local residents.Locals say the fertile river belt has been