Sand Mining

Pollution, Large Scale Mining Bringing Death To A Major River In North India

 
/ January 20, 2021

Ken river in Bundelkhand is one of the several rivers in India dying a slow death.

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IMPACT | Illegal Riverbed Mining Stopped in RanbiAra, Shopian, Kashmir

 
/ August 31, 2020

Video Volunteers reporting helps to stop illegal mining of sand and minerals from a Shopian riverbed in Kashmir

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Illegal Sand Mining on RambiAra River in South Kashmir Goes on Unchecked

 
/ August 14, 2020

Illegal sand-mining in a tributary of Jhelum poses long term threat not just for the environment but for south Kashmir's sustainability.

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Flood Affected Families in Bihar Await Rehabilitation

 
/ February 21, 2019

Land and livelihood in Bihar’s West Champaran have been destroyed by continuous floods and Illegal sand mining. Flood affected families are yet to receive rehabilitation. 

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Sand Mining in Bihar: An Industry, a Mafia, an Environmental Disaster

 
/ August 3, 2018

Sand mining in the rivers of West Champaran is causing unmitigated floods in the region, year after year. Why is the government not responding?

Illegal Sand Mining Wreaking Havoc on the Banks of the Narmada

 
/ June 27, 2017

The brazen sand mafia was looting 300 tonnes of sand per day destroying the environment and ecosystem around the Narmada. Things have turned around with activists from the Narmada Bachao Andolan stepping in.