Sandstorm in the desert
A court-ordered ban on sand mining puts the BJP government in a bind as sand/gravel prices shoot up and the opposition alleges a nexus with miners.
by Rohit Parihar
Jun 17, 2018
1 minute
On May 4, the Supreme Court turned down the Vasundhara Raje government's plea to relax its total ban on sand mining imposed in November last year. Justice M.B. Lokur reiterated that mining could be permitted only after a scientific assessment of the
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