A Division Bench of Madras High Court, on Monday, ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the massive illegal mining of beach sand minerals (BSM) going on for many years in the southern coastal districts, citing large-scale corruption, collusion and connivance among politicians, government officials and private mining firms.
Sand holds a lot of water and when it is mindlessly mined and transported on trucks, large quantities of water is lost in transit
“It is now clear that the government is helpless before the mining mafia. Only a Central probe can expose the mining mafia and force the government to stop illegal mining along the international border as well as elsewhere in the state,” says SAD senior leader Dr Daljit Singh Cheema.
According to a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report, sand has been mined at rates greatly exceeding natural replenishment rates.
The central agency said it registered a criminal case on the basis of a CBI FIR registered last month.
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