Sand – A Priceless Resource?

https://www.dw.com/en/sand-a-priceless-resource/a-65861239?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#ecoindia #Sandmining #sandmafia #coastalsanderosion #riversand #artificialsand #socialforests

#didyouknow
Dredging and coastal #sandmining are responsible for a great loss of organisms and lead to other #ecological impacts like noise pollution, chemical #pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time there is no global agreement to regulate the mining of ocean sand. In terms of governing sand often local administrations are responsible and a monitoring of legal and illegal sand mining activities is left to voluntary initiatives. (5)

கல்லணைக்கு அருகே மணல் குவாரிகள் செயல்பட இடைக்கால தடை! சென்னை உயர்நீதிமன்றம் உத்தரவு
https://patrikai.com/temporary-ban-on-sand-quarries-near-kallanai-madras-high-court-order/

#Trichy #Kallanai #GrandAnaicut #SandQuarry #SandMining #Ban #madrashc

RT @Indian_Rivers
#Goa:“#SandMining hs to b conducted by MANUAL METHOD ONLY. NO mechanised boats or machinery to b operated. Activity shall b restricted to areas mentioned; extraction depth shld not exceed 3mtrs frm existing baseline profiles,” #EIA report. #Rivers https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/nio-identifies-sand-mining-zones-in-zuari-mandovi-with-riders/articleshow/95588891.cms @veditum

RT @EndangeredHimal
A report on unregulated & illegal #sandmining in the rivers of #Himachal

RT @mehebubsahana@twitter.com

The level of sand mining in India. Photo is from the Bank of the Ajay river in West Bengal. Unsustainable sand mining could result in riverbank collapse, deepening river beds, sinking deltas & coastal erosion & biodiversity loss.
#sandmining
#ClimateEmergency
#IllegalMining

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/mehebubsahana/status/1554856647520034817

RT @mehebubsahana@twitter.com

The level of sand mining in India. Photo is from the Bank of the Ajay river in West Bengal. Unsustainable sand mining could result in riverbank collapse, deepening river beds, sinking deltas & coastal erosion & biodiversity loss.
#sandmining
#ClimateEmergency
#IllegalMining

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/mehebubsahana/status/1554856647520034817

BJP knows it can't win, so trying to drum up support for junior diyar -- Kejriwal!

RT @ttindia@twitter.com

'Punjab CM himself giving patronage to the crime'
#Channi #SandMining #ArvindKejriwal
https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/raids-in-punjab-over-illegal-sand-mining/cid/1848097?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tt_daily_twit