Sand mining: SC asks NGT to consider MP govt plea in a week

August 16, 2013 19:44

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the National Green Tribunal to consider within a week the plea of Madhya Pradesh government seeking modification of its order putting a blanket ban on sand mining without any licence or environmental clearance from river beds across the country.

The appeal filed through the state Chief Secretary submitted that the NGT's August 5 order was affecting the construction industry as the district authority which is entitled to permit sand mining in less than five hectare of area has been left with no option.

A bench of justices AK Patnaik and JS Khehar considered the state's plea that under the MP Minor Minerals Rules, 1996, framed under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act for regulating the mining of minor minerals, the district administration can allow sand mining on land measuring less than five hectares.

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