Kochi: Village panchayats in Ernakulam district have sought the permission of the Seventh Finance Commission to resume river sand mining process.

FRANCISTOWN: The continuous illegal mining, especially the exploitation of aggregates, endangers farmers and livestock, an ...

In a major operation, Maharashtra police seized machinery and boats worth Rs 2 crore used for illegal sand mining in Nanded ...

Davanagere: Deputy commissioner GM Gangadharaswamy instructed officials to identify and combat unauthorised soil, sand, and ...

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has moved to halt mining operations along the tributaries of the Offin River at Pasoro in the Ashanti Region.

Lapôtre: A landscape's topography, wind, and water all dictate where sand accumulates. Sand mining disturbs that natural balance, and it can have ripple effects. One example of this is in ...

Over 20 years ago, then Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri banned the export of sea sand from her archipelago nation ...

To curb this, the minister ordered CCTV surveillance on both sides of key bridges, including the Addoor Bridge, to ensure ...

The decision to allow sand mining along the Kalu River in Kalutara was postponed until February 8 by the District Coordination Committee on Thursday. The Kalutara District Coordination Committee, ...

Residents of Nadigadda have been complaining to the officials over illegal sand mining and transportation from River ...

has allowed the sand mafia to carry out the illegal sand mining from the Mavi river. It is the same river that Lord Ram entered into Chhattisgarh crossing it and has high religious importance.