NGT issues slew of directions on illegal sand mining By IANS | Published on Wed, Mar 3 2021 14:48 IST | 0 Views National Green Tribunal. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, March 3 : The National Green Tribunal has issued a slew of directions to the chief secretaries of the states and union territories, and the Environment Ministry on a batch of applications relating to updation of enforcement and monitoring mechanism to control and regulate illegal sand mining, including riverbed sand mining. Some of these applications have been pending for about seven years while others have been tagged to the pending matters later, from time to time, in view of common question of illegal sand mining.