NGT directs Andhra Pradesh to act against those involved in illegal sand mining

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
exploitation of mines and minerals, by launching persecution, imposing penalty and collecting royalty.The NGT, Southern Zone, Chennai
comprising justice K
Srinivas, challenging regulations and notifications by several departments on sand mining, said that no act of sand mining in the guise of
directed the AP to have adequate control mechanism and monitoring mechanism on activities like mining/desilting/dredging by providing all
necessary infrastructure including technical assistance
It asked for providing proper monitoring mechanism for transport of miners extracted from the point of dredging/desilting/mining to
each district for the purpose of carrying out the work of conducting replenishment study and for preparation of District Survey Report
It asked for installation of CCTVs in the places allotted or identified for dredging/desilting/mining so as to monitor the activities
scientifically and to curb illegal mining.