Driven by greed, audacious sand mafia kills with impunity
2 years, 5 months ago

Driven by greed, audacious sand mafia kills with impunity

Firstpost  

The shocking murder of a Haryana DSP red flags the audacity of the sand mafia. Activists, police officials and journalists who have probed local illegal sand mining issues have been killed. The very same day, 26-year-old G Moses, a television journalist in Tamil Nadu, probing illegal sand mining, was hacked to death. According to the Sand Mining Framework, 2018, the demand for sand in India is around 700 million tonnes and it is increasing at the rate of six-seven per cent annually. The environment ministry, with its ‘Enforcement & Monitoring Guidelines for Sand Mining 2020’, regulates sand mining and checks illegal mining.

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Sand mafia unleash terror in Bihar, three killed in five days
1 year, 1 month ago

Sand mafia unleash terror in Bihar, three killed in five days

Op India  

“Nothing new”, is what Bihar education minister Chandra Shekhar said about a sand mafia tractor mowing down a police sub-inspector this week. BJP Spokesperson Arvind Kumar Singh alleged that the sand mafia is running a parallel economy in Bihar asserting that the sand market in the state goes beyond Rs 25 lakh crore. On November 14, a police sub-inspector and …

Killer mafia: The Hindu Editorial on the sand mafia in Tamil Nadu and attacks on public servants
1 year, 8 months ago

Killer mafia: The Hindu Editorial on the sand mafia in Tamil Nadu and attacks on public servants

The Hindu  

The gruesome murder of Lourdhu Francis, a Village Administrative Officer in Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu, on Tuesday — he was in his office — is a reminder of the lengths to which the sand mafia will go to protect its lucrative activities involving illegal quarrying. Five years ago, in neighbouring Tirunelveli, a 33-year-old police constable was brutally murdered by the …

SANDRP report points to increasing violence by illegal sand miners and calls for urgent need to regulate riverbed mining
4 years ago

SANDRP report points to increasing violence by illegal sand miners and calls for urgent need to regulate riverbed mining

The Hindu  

SAND mining, fuelled by the booming construction industry, has grown into a huge business in India though much of it is illegal. The South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People has documented the impact of illegal sand mining on the lives of people in a report titled “Sand Mining Violence India: 2019-20”. According to the report, for almost two …

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