· Sand is a mineral as defined under Section 3 (e) of Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation Act, 1957 (MMDR Act). This act empowers government and state to make any laws to prevent illegal mining. Sand mining is a practice that is used to extract sand, mainly through open pit. This demand is exalting at alarming rates a result of ever ...
· Around 40 Punjab government teachers will now guard prominent checkpoints of Phagwara in Kapurthala district between 9 pm and 1 am to stop illegal sand mining …
· BJP''s Punjab unit secretary Vineet Joshi issued a statement demanding the government order a CBI probe to inquire into the mining contracts allegedly bagged by four former employees of the Punjab minister. The two two-day sand auctions related to 50 mines and they have generated a revenue of nearly Rs 300 crore, leading to the highest ever ...
· Just three months after his emphatic win in the Punjab Assembly polls, Captain Amarinder Singh''s government is battling allegations of corruption. Rana Gurjit, the power minister in the Punjab cabinet, has been accused by the AAP and Akali Dal of awarding sand mining contracts to people close to him under questionable circumstances.
· It may not be surprising if sand gets costlier than cement in Punjab. And it looks quite likely as the bids offered on Thursday''s auction for about 20 mining-pits in six districts fetched a whopping Rs 97 crores for the government. Interestingly one pit in village Chandiala in Mohali district fetched a whopping Rs 34…
· CHANDIGARH: Intensifying his government''s crackdown on illegal mining in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered a total ban on mining from 7.30 p.m. to 5 a.m, also directed the police and Enforcement Directorate (Mining) to take strict action against those found engaged in mining operations at night.
· Punjab Online Sand Portal – The Cabinet, headed by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, approved the New Sand & Gravel Policy. Through this policy, the state government aims at bringing further transparency in the sand mining business. For this, the Punjab Mining Department will soon launch an online "Punjab Sand Portal" for the sale of sand to all the consumers of the state.
· The Enforcement Directorate has already attached Rs42 crore assets of contractor Gurinder Singh in irrigation scam. The ED is now probing his suspected involvement in "shady" sand mining ...
· CHANDIGARH: In a police crackdown against illegal sand-mining in the state, nine persons have been arrested from six districts of Punjab in a night-long operation, state police chief Dinkar Gupta ...
· Sand mining is not supposed to happen in eastern Punjab''s Khizrabad. It is an area not sanctioned for any kind of mining by the government. More so at the time (monsoon) NDTV …
· Last Updated: 19th April, 2020 14:20 IST Punjab Allows Sand Mining, Stone Crushing From April 20 Sand and gravel mining and stone crushing have been permitted as part of the construction-related activities in Punjab from Monday, according to the state home department.
· Police on Thursday arrested 16 persons involved in illegal sand mining in the Majri block of Mohali, and seized from them a .32 bore pistol and …
· Sandmining is destroying Asia''s rivers. Banned in 1991, sand mining from riverbeds continues illegally in Nepal. PHOTO: Nabin Baral. There is …
· The entire Punjab knows that the word sand mafia originated in the Akali government and the Akalis "looted" Punjab. Sarkaria said Badal was making "useless" visits just for "political motives" as he knew that the "transparency" ensured by the Congress government in mining activities would become an issue in the upcoming assembly ...
· Punjab plans to sell sand online, works out modalities; Punjab plans to sell sand online, works out modalities The Congress government may make an announcement in this regard on March 16, when it completes three years in power in Punjab, provided it finds a way to pay out the contractors who were allotted the sand clusters for mining last year.
· NAKODAR: The Mehatpur police have booked unidentified persons for alleged illegal sand mining. The Station House Officer (SHO) Lakhvir Singh that the police have received and information that Josan mining company is indulging in illegal mining at Kaimwala khud .He said the police reached on the spot and seized fake documents issued by the company to a tractor trolley and …
4 Acronym Full Form MoEFCC Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change MoM Ministry of Mines MP Mining Plan/ Mine Plan MP Madhya Pradesh MPSMC Madhya Pradesh State Mining Corporation M-sand Manufactured Sand MSS Mining Surveillance System NA Information Not Available NAC National Academy of Construction NCCBM National Council for Cement & Building Materials
People who indulge in mining sand illegally even fill it in bullock carts and sell it. Whenever the issue comes up at zilla panchayat progress review meet, officers reply that action has been taken against the persons involved in it. But in reality, there is no check on illegal sand mining and …
· Sand mining does not involve risk-taking or elaborate technology. Hence, there isn''t much that a private player brings to the table. The Union Government can exercise more control.
· In the northern state of Punjab, illegal mining has its own consequence. The un-regulated sand mining has resulted in the erosion of the river banks resulting in …
· Gurinder was the leader of the gang involved in illegal sand mining in the Rahon area. He was a hardcore criminal and wanted in many cases of murder and robbery in Punjab …
· Pan-India problem, global concern. Sand mining is a pan-India problem is prevalent in the Garo Hills in Meghalaya, the Sutlej in Punjab, Yamuna in Delhi, the Ganga in Haridwar, Urmil and Betwa in Bundelkhand, Kosi in Bihar, the Chambal and Narmada in Madhya Pradesh, Ojat in Gujarat, the Subarnarekha in Odisha, Musi in Telangana, Netravati and Phalguni rivers in Karnataka, Godavari and ...
· Mafia''s role in sand mining in UP. For lakhs of residents of the Trans-Yamuna regions of Allahabad, Kaushambi and Chitrakoot districts in Uttar Pradesh, life depends largely on the river ...
· Lead ; Readers'' Editor ... An official statement said it was also decided that the department of Mining would launch an online Punjab Sand Portal for sale of sand to all consumers, small or medium ...
Chandigarh/Khanna, April 9, 2021 (Yes Punjab News) Launching a crackdown heavily on the persons indulging in illegal mining causing ecological damage and revenue loss to the state, Khanna Police on the directions of Enforcement Director (Mining) RN Dhoke, Punjab, have arrested Samrala resident over his involvement in activities pertaining to illegal sand mining surrounding Sutlej.
· Illegal mining and encroachment of riverbeds lead to massive flooding in Punjab. ... (BBMB) had time and again written to the authorities and pointed out that sand mining was a …
· The Punjab government on Saturday imposed a ban on sand mining at night, according to a statement. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who chaired a review meeting over the issue, directed ...
· To muddle matters further, mining at all the three sand mines in Etawah is suspended due to a court case pending since 2015. Manish Yadav, DMO of Etawah, said that the eauction of mines will start again in September. The result is that there is no mining and there is an acute shortage of sand. "Earlier, the sand was sold for around Rs 5,000 ...
· This is a common pattern, the man shares, the quantity of sand coming from what appears to be a local sand mining operation is being severely under-reported. Welcome to the shady and lucrative world of illegal sand mining in Punjab, where sand mafias mine the resource critical for concrete production with impunity.
· Chandigarh, Jul 3 (PTI) SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday alleged that illegal sand mining was being carried out at Mukerian in Punjab''s Hoshiarpur district. Badal made a surprise visit to Mukerian and while talking to reporters there, he alleged that there was a nexus between certain officials and Congress leaders behind the illegal mining.
Punjab As per a govt sub committee report, sand demand in the state is 40 Million tons, legal production currently is 4 million tons. The gap is being fulfilled by illegal mining. Over past many years, illegal sand mining related incidents are increasing. Sutlej, Beas, Swan and Ghaggar rivers have been facing large scale illegal and mechanized ...