Patna: Authorities have failed to stop illegal sand mining in different rivers in Bihar despite tall claims of a crackdown on the powerful sand mafia and action taken against dozens of government officials for their involvement since last month. On Monday, the illegal sand mining continued in rivers, mainly in Sone and Falgu, owing to a substantial nexus of the sand mafia with local ...
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Observing that a total ban on legal sand mining causes huge loss to the public exchequer, the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Bihar government to carry on mining activities through the Bihar State Mining …
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A total ban on legal mining, apart from giving rise to illegal mining, also causes huge loss to the public exchequer, the bench said. The order came on an appeal filed by the Bihar government ...
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The Bihar cabinet on Tuesday approved a 100 per cent hike in the royalty on sand to be paid by the miners from five rivers, from ₹ 75 to ₹ 150 per cubic metres, a move that is certain to ...
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In 1964, the Govt. of Bihar created a separate and independent department called Mines & Geology to cater to activities related to mining based on availability of minerals across the state. Later on as the responsibilities increased along with volume of work, two directorates called Directorate of Mines and Directorate of Geology came in ...
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PATNA: Sand mining at authorized ghats in the state will resume on October 1, state mining and geology department minister Janak Ram said on Friday. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the ...
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Sand mining is a major revenue source for the Bihar government. (HT Photo) In August this year, the state cabinet had cleared a decision to double the royalty on sand mining to ₹ 150 per cubic ...
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NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested former Bihar chief minister Lalu Yadav's close aide Subhash Yadav in a money laundering case involving illegal sand mining. ED on Saturday ...
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Patna: As illegal sand mining by powerful sand mafia continues in Ganga and its tributaries in Bihar on a large scale, contrary to the claim of governments, it is adversely affecting Gangetic the river ... It has now chalked out an action plan against the sand mafia. The Bihar Police 's Economic Offences Unit (EOU) has prepared a list of 55 ...
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SC allows sand mining in Bihar; says total ban gives rise to illegal mining; causes huge loss to public exchequer "When legal mining is banned, it gives rise to mushroom growth …
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A senior IPS officer said illegal sand mining in Bihar or any other state is a deep-rooted nexus in which all stakeholders, including police, government officers and those in power corridors, are ...
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Last year, Janak Ram, then Bihar's minister of mines and geology, admitted in public that the state government incurs an annual loss of about INR 70 million (USD 880,000) due to illegal sand mining. But sources close to the sand mafia estimate illegal sand mining is worth more than INR 200-300 million annually. The Bihar government imposed ...
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The sand will be sold from the spots where it had been stocked. Mining in the riverbed in the state remains suspended from June to September. The stock of sand was stored by the licensed dealers ...
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has extended the ban on sand mining in Bihar beyond October 1, 2023, due to changing monsoon trends. Sand mining will now resume on …
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River experts and environmentalists have warned that mindless sand mining had already ruined river ecosystems, health and biodiversity. Kiul river is on the verge of extinction, and the Sone …
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The probe into 'illegal' sand mining money laundering case began after 20 FIRs were registered by Bihar Police against a company called Broadsons Commodities Pvt. Ltd. (BCPL) and its directors ...
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The Enforcement Directorate conducted fresh searches in Bihar linked to alleged illegal sand mining, arresting a man associated with the RJD. Get the latest updates on the money laundering case.
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The NGT order had come on a plea filed by Bihar resident Pawan Kumar and other seeking proper sand mining in accordance with law and the regulatory framework including various decisions of the ...
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Literature review also evidently confirmed that no such study was conducted to study the sand mining mediated effects on three main rivers of Kishanganj district of Bihar however earlier similar ...
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Illegal sand mining in Bihar is causing an estimated annual loss of Rs 7,000 crore to the state exchequer. The sand mafia operates with impunity, using violence and intimidation to continue their ...
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The NGT had previously banned sand mining in Bihar from July 1 to September 30, 2023, during the monsoon season. However, due to moderate to heavy monsoon rains expected in early October, the NGT has extended the ban by two weeks. Sand mining ban in Bihar. This year, the average witnessed a rainfall deficit of 26 percent less than Bihar.
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"Broadsons has been involved in illegal sand mining and selling of sand without using the departmental prepaid transportation e-challan, issued by the mining authority, Bihar and has caused huge ...
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Patna: Ignoring the absence of a scientific study and data on sand mining's impact on river beds and the environment in Bihar, the state government is set to double the sand mining ghats from next month onwards to increase its revenue. It raised eyebrows among river experts and environmentalists. Until May 30, 2022, sand mining was going on on 435 ghats on …
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Patna: Though sand mining has been banned on paper during ongoing monsoon season in compliance with the order of the National Green Tribunal, large-scale illegal sand …
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) unearthed a Rs. 250 crore illegal sand mining scam involving two private firms in Bihar.. The agency raided 27 locations related to the firms in Bihar, Jharkhand ...
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PATNA: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday conducted fresh searches in Bihar as part of a money laundering case investigation linked to alleged illegal sand mining in the state, official ...
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Sand mining in Bihar is banned since May 1, 2021, when the company that had won mining rights for major quarries fled the scene, citing losses. However, illegal sand mining remains a thriving ...
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NGT dismisses plea against govt's sand policy NGT on Dec 12, 2019 dismissed a batch of applications filed against a govt policy which allowed artificial bifurcation of homogenous stretches of river bed in terms of sand mining. The NGT bench said that "Bihar Sand Mining Policy, 2019" was in conformity with the directions given by the SC ...
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