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Category: mining :: sand
Last updated: Sep 10 2010 24:59 IST RSS 2.0
 
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�Beneficiaries may get sand for Rs 350 per load� 9.9.2010 Deccan Herald: District
�Beneficiaries may get sand for Rs 350 per load�
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Flamboyant Pratap Hamir Solanki was 'mining czar' of Kodinar (Cached) 9.9.2010 DNA: Top News
Pratap Hamir Solanki alias Shiva, the nephew of BJP MP from Junagadh, Dinu Solanki, was known for his lavish lifestyle.
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Shivalik could be declared as biosphere reserve: Jairam (Cached) 8.9.2010 Hindustan Times: News
During his speech on the 6th National Meeting of State Biodiversity Boards, Union Minister of Environment and Forests (Independent Charge), Jairam Ramesh informed that there was a proposal from the Punjab Biodiversity Board to declare the Shivalik corridor as biosphere reserve. HT reports.
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Sand ghat auction in Nagpur breaks all records (Cached) 8.9.2010 TOI: Cities
Sand would not have been so precious for realtors than today. As the district collectorate auctioned sand from the river beds it fetched almost six times the reserve price with an unprecedented participation in the process.
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Shivalik to become India's first inter-state biosphere reserve (Cached) 7.9.2010 New Kerala: World News
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Sand ghat auction to take place today (Cached) 7.9.2010 TOI: All Headlines
Sand ghat auction to take place today
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Shivaliks to be India's first interstate biosphere reserve 6.9.2010 Deccan Herald: National
Shivaliks to be India's first interstate biosphere reserve
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Shivaliks to be India’s first inter-state biosphere reserve 6.9.2010 Hindu: Home
Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh on Monday said Shivalik Hills will be notified as country’s first inter-state biosphere reserve with the setting up of a biodiversity c...
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Declare Shivalik a biosphere reserve, says Punjab (Cached) 6.9.2010 New Kerala: World News
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�GPS will be installed in 550 sand trucks by Sept 20� 4.9.2010 Deccan Herald: District
�GPS will be installed in 550 sand trucks by Sept 20�
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Sand contractors call for task force meet (Cached) 3.9.2010 TOI: Cities
The system was still complex as officials at the lower level in the department of mines and geology were still harassing them demanding trip sheets.
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‘Not enough steps taken to curb attacks’ (Cached) 31.8.2010 Hindustan Times: News
Activists in the state face a bleak scenario after Nanded activist Ramdas Ghadegaonkar’s was brutally murdered.
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RTI activist found dead after exposing sand mafia (Cached) 29.8.2010 CNN-IBN Top Stories
RTI activist Ramdas Ghadegavkar was found dead under mysterious circumstances after he exposed the sand mafia in Nanded.
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Row over sand mining (Cached) 28.8.2010 Deccan Chronicle: Karimnagar

Adilabad, Aug. 27: Illegal sand mining which is rampant in the Godavari belt is negatively impacting both Singareni underground coal mines and river Godavari in the district.

People of villages along Godavari are opposing the excavation of sand from the river for filling underground mines in Srirampur division by the Singareni management.

The latter postponed work at a few underground mine

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GPS device installed in 164 vehicles 27.8.2010 Hindu: News
Deputy Commissioner V. Ponnuraj has said that Global Positioning Systems had been installed in 164 vehicles transporting sand and the rest of the vehicles will be fitted with the device by t...
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Green team to take on eco-villains 26.8.2010 Mid-Day: Mumbai
State Environment Minister Suresh Shetty to form special task force that will crack down on industrial projects that put ecological balance at stake Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has once again firmed up his reputation as a no-nonsense neta and those at the helm of affairs in Maharashtra are taking a cue. After Ramesh said no to London-based industrialist Anil Agarwal's bauxite mining project in Orissa citing environmental concerns, state environment minister Suresh Shetty has also decided to put ecology first. Shetty has decided to set up a special task force to look at violations that put the environment at stake. Speaking to MiD DAY he said, "We are forming a special task force that will only look into complaints which we receive ...
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Lorry owners threaten strike in September 25.8.2010 NIE: Bangalore
BANGALORE: The Federation of Lorry Owners and Lorry Agents Association (FKOLA) have threatened to go on strike from September 5, i..
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Sand transportation to be regulated in a week (Cached) 25.8.2010 TOI: All Headlines
Sand transportation to be regulated in a week
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‘No real will to protect activists' (Cached) 25.8.2010 Frontline
Interview with Sumaira Abdulali of AWAAZ Foundation.
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�GPS in all sand trucks mandatory from Sept� 25.8.2010 Deccan Herald: District
�GPS in all sand trucks mandatory from Sept�
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