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Unregulated sand mining threatens Indian rivers - Ground report article
This article takes a look at unregulated sand mining, which is supported by corrupt politicians and bureaucrats, has lead to destruction of forests, land and rivers.
Posted on 11 Dec, 2010 03:47 PM

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Many in India, perhaps, are not able to foresee how lack of governance, virtually, in every sphere is going to hit them in not too distant future. Take for instance mining. Illegal mining of mineral resources, with generous help of political and bureaucratic big wigs, is so rampant that not only are the country’s precious natural resources being purloined in a big way, its forests are being clean-felled, land degraded and its rivers threatened with extinction.

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