quarrying by lease/permission holders. The State was,
therefore, well within its power in making a rule which
directed cessation of quarrying of sand ... sand
quarrying, does not arise for our consideration as the High
Court has held that creation of such monopoly is not illegal
having regard
grant of EC
but at subsequent stages with respect to illegal sand mining,
the NGT, in an order dated 05.04.2019 in National Green
Tribunal ... rampant
unscientific illegal mining needs no reiteration. Unabated
illegal mining has resulted in the emergence of sand mafia
who have been conducting illegal mining
sand quartzites.
Status: Above groundwater table
Whether ground water is extracted : No.
Status of environmental clearances: No clearance
given. No environmental management plan.
Stone quarry ... Status of environmental clearances: No clearance
given. No environmental management plan.
Stone quarry. No plantation seen. Near
habitation of Gurgaon town.
25. (21)
Name
discussed the object
of restriction put in the illegal mining, transportation and storage of
minerals including sand and after considering various reports observed
thus ... look at the larger picture - the impact of indiscriminate,
uninterrupted sand quarrying on the already brittle ecological set up of
ours. According to expert reports
proposing
to auction the extraction of minor mineral boulder, gravel
and sand quarries of an area not exceeding 4.5 hectares in
each case ... regard
to the disturbing trend of serious illegal and unrestricted
upstream, in-stream and flood plain sand mining activities
and the prevailing degree of degradation
sand quartzites.
Status: Above groundwater table
Whether ground water is extracted : No.
Status of environmental clearances: No clearance
given. No environmental management plan.
Stone quarry ... Status of environmental clearances: No clearance
given. No environmental management plan.
Stone quarry. No plantation seen. Near
habitation of Gurgaon town.
25. (21)
Name
discussed the
object of restriction put in the illegal mining, transportation and
storage of minerals including sand and after considering various
reports observed thus ... look at the larger picture — the impact
of indiscriminate, uninterrupted sand quarrying on the already
brittle ecological setup of ours. According to expert reports
make rules is restricted to:
(a) making rules for grant of quarry leases, mining leases or
other mineral concessions in respect of minor minerals ... Page 9 of 41
(b) making rules for preventing illegal mining, transportation and
storage of minerals and for the purposes connected therewith
Bandhua Mukti Morcha vs Union Of India & Others on 16 December, 1983
Equivalent citations
T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad vs Union Of India & Ors on 6 July, 2011
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