mining

Basalt mining work resumes at West Bengal’s Deocha Pachami coal block, activists allege crackdown by administration

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Basalt mining work resumes at West Bengal’s Deocha Pachami coal block, activists allege crackdown by administration

The gathering of protestors on March 6, 2025, at Sagarbandi under Mohammed Bazar block in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, close to where basalt mining work has started since February this year. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Basalt mining work at the Deocha-Pachami-Dewanganj-Harisingha (DPDH) coal project resumed on Thursday (March 6, 2025) evening, March 6, 2025, … Read more

Kerala conveyed its disapproval of offshore mining to Centre on three occasions: Industries Minister

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Kerala conveyed its disapproval of offshore mining to Centre on three occasions: Industries Minister

Refuting the Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF)‘s allegations that the State government was complicit in the Union government’s offshore sand-mining move, Industries Minister P. Rajeeve has said that the government had on three occasions conveyed its strong disapproval of the plan. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday (February 27, 2025), he said that the … Read more

NHAI has clearance for sand mining at Perittivakkam lake, confirms SEIAA

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NHAI has clearance for sand mining at Perittivakkam lake, confirms SEIAA

Southern bench of the National Green Tribunal. File | Photo Credit: M. Prabhu The State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has informed the southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had obtained prior environmental clearance for sand mining from Perittivakkam lake in Thiruvallur district as … Read more

Sand mining case: Madras HC summons T.N. Public Secretary after no law officer turns up to represent State

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Sand mining case: Madras HC summons T.N. Public Secretary after no law officer turns up to represent State

A view of the Madras High Court. File | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani The Madras High Court on Thursday (November 28, 2024) summoned the Tamil Nadu Public Department Secretary, irked that no counsel turned up to represent the State government in a batch of five writ petitions filed by it in 2023, which challenged the … Read more

Wildlife Board defers grant of permission for new mining licences around protected forest areas

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Wildlife Board defers grant of permission for new mining licences around protected forest areas

A total of 28 proposals were submitted before the Board seeking permission for mining within 10 km of the Kappattagudda Wildlife Sanctuary in Gadag district.  The Karnataka State Wildlife Board, which met on Monday (October 7) under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, has deferred the proposal to grant permission for new mining licences around … Read more

Illegal sand mining: 23 boats seized in Mangaluru

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Illegal sand mining: 23 boats seized in Mangaluru

The boats have been parked at Adyar Katte, closer to the police station and further investigation is on. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A team of officials from the Department of Mining and Geology carried out a raid at an illegal sand mining site in Mangaluru taluk and seized sand and 23 boats used … Read more

Telangana urges Centre to allot mining blocks in coal belt area to Singareni

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Telangana urges Centre to allot mining blocks in coal belt area to Singareni

Telangana Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Energy and Finance, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka. File | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Telangana Government has urged the Central Government to allot all the mining blocks in the coal belt area of the State to public sector miner Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of … Read more

Beach sand mining cases | Madras High Court to commence final hearing from March 11

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Beach sand mining cases | Madras High Court to commence final hearing from March 11

Representational image. File | Photo Credit: N. Rajesh The Madras High Court on Monday, February 12, 2024 decided to commence from March 11 the final hearing on a huge of batch of cases related to alleged illicit beach sand mining in Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Kanniyakumari districts and the blanket mining ban in the State since … Read more

HC notices to Centre, State over ‘illegal mining at Srirampur by SCCL’

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HC notices to Centre, State over ‘illegal mining at Srirampur by SCCL’

The Telangana High Court on Tuesday issued notices to Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) and governments of the State and the Union in a writ petition to stop alleged illegal mining undertaken by the SCCL as part of Open Cast Project-II at Srirampur. A Bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti … Read more

TDP leaders stage protest against ‘illegal’ sand mining in Andhra Pradesh

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TDP leaders stage protest against ‘illegal’ sand mining in Andhra Pradesh

Telugu Desam Party(TDP) leaders staged Isuka Satyagraha Deekshalu across the State on Monday seeking to expose the illegal sand mining being done allegedly with the support of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). Leaders of the main opposition party squatted at 44 major sand quarries amidst a crackdown by the police, whom they accused of scuttling the … Read more