Sand Extraction News Today

Government must push through vital measures for results

Razing of hills in Bandarban and elsewhere must stop

Illegal and indiscriminate sand extraction from the rivers is increasing at an alarming rate, with the backing of ruling party politicians, causing massive erosion of riverbanks and destruction of rural settlements and farmlands.

Government must take stern action against those lifting sand from Jamuna, Meghna

Mangaluru: Amid allegation of sand shortage crisis, officials from mines and geology department have clarified that there is no shortage of sand in Da.

Mangaluru: Mangaluru City South MLA D Vedavyasa Kamath alleged that Dakshina Kannada district has been facing a shortage of sand due to inordinate del.

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada DC Mullai Muhilan MP said that the district administration is waiting for environmental clearance from the Karnataka State.

“The district administration has already conducted a bathymetry survey in CRZ areas with the help of NITK, Surathkal to assess the quantum of sand dunes and a report was submitted to the KSCZMA for environmental clearance. We are waiting for an approval from the state to commence the sand extraction in the CRZ areas,” he said.

The River and Delta Research Centre (RDRC), a research institute, has found that around 77 rivers face the onslaught of aggressive extraction of sand.

Some six billion tonnes of sand and other sediment is extracted from the world's seas and oceans every year, the UN said Tuesday, warning of the devastating toll on biodiversity and coastal communities.He warned that the world is approaching the natural replenishment rate of 10-16 billion tonnes of sediment washed into the world's oceans each year.