Kerala Government Allows IREL To Continue Sand Mining …
At a high-level meeting chaired by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on January 16, 2019, the state government ordered the temporary halt of sea washing in Alappad. At the same time, the government permitted Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL), a government body that carries out sand mining along with Kerala Minerals and Metals …
Kerala Rivers Profile – SANDRP
The State's forests are under threat of de-notification for development and expansion schemes to promote recreational and religious tourism related activities in the upper catchments of Chalakudy and Pamba rivers, respectively. Even with the Sand Mining Regulatory Act (2001) in place, mindless sand mining continues in all of …
Sand mining in coastal Kerala is swallowing villages and …
Sand mining in coastal Kerala is swallowing villages and displacing thousands. The threat of coastal erosion looms large over the coastline between Chavara and Alappad in Kollam district....
The Hidden Environmental Toll of Mining the World's Sand
In recent years, as I have traveled the world looking at environmental issues, sand mining has kept appearing out of the corner of my eye. Always there, but rarely the main story. While in Kerala in August, researching the environmental factors behind recent floods, I found that sand is dredged from local rivers 40 times faster than the rivers ...
Resource nexus perspectives in the Blue Economy of
Most sand mining zones in Kerala are located along riverbanks (river sand) and along coastal areas (coastal sand) which highly degrades water quality, and affects …
Sand Mining : Environmental Impacts and Selected Case …
This book addresses most of the environmental impacts of sand mining from small rivers The problems and solutions addressed in this book are applicable to all rivers that drain through densely populated tropical coasts undergoing rapid economic growth. Many rivers in the world are drastically being altered to levels often beyond their …
Economic Analysis of Sand Mining in Bharathapuzha
This paper addresses the issues relating to sand mining in the BharathapuzhaRiver in Kerala India, its economic analysis and its consequences. Finally ... "Indiscriminate river sand mining: a man-made disaster in kerala, india", Bionano Frontier, Eco revolution 2012 Colombo, Srilanka. P(46-49), 2012. 2.
Watch: How sand mining in Kerala is wiping out acres of …
The sand mining done by two government companies - Indian Rare Earth Ltd owned by the Central government and the Kerala State Metals and Minerals Ltd., by the state, has reduced the coastline and ...
Alappad Mining: NGT raps Kerala Pollution Control Board over black sand
The National Green Tribunal has rapped Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) over its "incompetence" to decide environmental impact of sand mining in a coastal village in Kollam district.
Impact of Mining and Quarrying in Muvattupuzha River Basin, Kerala …
The midland and lowland areas of the basin close to Kochi city are dotted with 667 quarries (Hard rock 374; Laterite 111; Soil 182) and 298 sand mining (Instream 181; Floodplain 117) locations. The unscientific extraction and transportation of these resources impose severe adverse impacts on various environmental components of the region.
7 sand mining sites identified in Periyar and Muvattupuzha
The district survey draft report has identified seven potential sites for sand mining in Muvattupuzha and Periyar rivers in Ernakulam district. Find out the environmental impacts and recommended ...
NGT forms committee to assess damage to environment …
The tribunal has taken suo motu (on its own) cognizance of an Indian Express news report titled "17-year-old's video gets Kerala talking of impact of sand mining". The news report mentioned about Kavya S, a class 12 student, who made the video about the environmental impact of the decades-long black sand mining activity in …
Environmental Impacts of Sand Mining from Meenachil River, Kerala …
Sand mining, a severe environmental problem to the river basins of Kerala, have numerous impacts on land, water and biota. The study revealed that channel deepening and widening occurred mainly at ...
(PDF) Socio-Environmental Impact of River Sand Mining: An …
Excessive sand mining triggers many negative impacts in Kerala. Market fails to internalize such negative externalities and characteristic of common property throws up tremendous challenges to state government.
Villages vanish in Kerala's Kollam coast as they succumb to …
Red coloured ponds and dried up mangrove forests are another painful sight on this coastline. This stretch in Kerala is where the extensive mineral beach sand …
Uncontrolled sand mining led to Kerala floods. This is only …
Kerala has lost 50% of its forest cover between 1973 and 2016, thanks to roads and dams, commercial plantations and illegal sand mining. In 2012, a sand audit of 11 rivers reported that ...
Climate crisis in Kerala: An integrated approach is needed …
Quarrying, mining and large-scale construction activities, which affect the ecological stability of the landscape, could be the major factors causing these landslides. There are an estimated 5,924 quarries in Kerala.
THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION THE "BHARATHAPUZHA" …
issues such as water scarcity, the consequence of such an interface ... terns, sand mining and disruptions in traditional water manage- ... verely devastated in the deluge that hit Kerala in August 2018. However, by October 2018 reports of severe drought, water scar-
(PDF) Resource Nexus Perspectives in the Blue Economy of …
In Kerala, current sand mining policies are either less integrated, less enforced, lacking, or exploitative to the marine and coastal resources (read Blue Economy resources) that sustain coastal ...
Kerala HC asks govt to respond to PIL on sea sand mining
Kochi, Aug 14 (IANS): The Kerala High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to respond to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding the alleged illegal mining of beach sand minerals from Thottappally area of Alappuzha District and other coastal areas. The PIL was filed by BJP leader Shone ...
Villages vanish in Kerala's Kollam coast as they succumb to sand mining
The coastline between Chavara and Alappad in Kollam district of Kerala, has a decades-long story of people's battle for survival against mining companies. On a
IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF MINING AT ALAPPAD, …
Kollam, Kerala. Due to mining, a number of negative impacts have been identified in these regions including coastal erosion, water quality deterioration, loss of agricultural land, depletion ... Sand mining study on the Alabama OCS should have low environmental impact on fluid and sediment dynamics, according to the literature, data collected, ...
Black sand mining and private sector
Only PSUs have the right to mine black sand, Kerala's largest mineral resource. Three public sector companies have been working in this field for many years in Kerala.
Quarrying in Kerala needs more monitoring, indicates environmental panel
India's environmental science and conservation news. Kerala has a total of 5924 functioning stone quarries while the number of those which hitherto obtained mandatory permission from the Department of Mining and Geology stands at 750.
Save Alappad, Stop Sand Mining, Kerala, India
Save Alappad, Stop Sand Mining, Kerala, India. Save Alappad, Stop Mining is a protest by the people of Alappad fighting against the decades-long mining practices …
An Analysis of Various Coastal Issues In Kerala
An article by Pavithran et al. (2014) that coastal communities are plagued by problems such as sand mining, natural disasters, loss of land due to coastal erosion, etc. Sand mining is a ...
India still miles away from sustainable sand mining, voices …
Unscientific sand mining from rivers including the Bharathapuzha, the Periyar and others has caused huge environmental issues in Kerala. The floods of 2018 …
KARIMANAL (MINERAL BEACH-SAND) MINING IN …
Sekhar, L.K and Jayadev S.K "Karimanal (Mineral Beach-Sand) Mining In The Alappuzha Coast Of Kerala – A People's Perspective" in Martin J. Bunch, V. Madha Suresh and T. Vasantha Kumaran, eds., Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Environment and Health, Chennai, India, 15-17 December, 2003.
Kerala Sand Mining 2018: How a 17 year Allapad became anti sand
Kerala Sand Mining 2018: How a 17 year Allapad became anti sand mining icon. February 17, ... An expert committee will be assigned to study the issues related to mining at Alappad. The committee headed by T N Prakash, CESS scientist, should submit its report in a month. Damaged sea walls will be reconstructed.
Karimanal, mineral beach
The coast sand dunes of Kerala are enriched with six prescribed minerals viz. ilmenite, rutile, zircon, monazite, leucoxene (brown ilmenite), sillimanite and garnet. The state government in a much controversial move decided to lease out a 17-km stretch of state owned land from Valiyazhikkal to Thottappilly in Alappuzha district to Kerala Rare …
Green tribunal bans sand mining in Kerala, Tamil Nadu …
After banning mining of river sand and other minor minerals without the mandatory environment clearance, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has now banned beach sand mining from the sea coasts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.The ban was in response to a petition filed by the NGT Bar Association, which among other …
Kerala Government Allows IREL To Continue Sand Mining in …
At a high-level meeting chaired by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on January 16, 2019, the state government ordered the temporary halt of sea washing in …
Quarrying in Kerala needs more monitoring, …
This is affecting the natural absorption of water into the soil causing mudslides and landslides. Kerala assembly's panel on environmental affairs is suggesting a comprehensive mining policy …
Socio-Environmental Impact of River Sand Mining: An …
Of Geography, University College, Trivandrum, Kerala, India) Abstract:Indiscriminate sand mining can lead to the degradation of riverine environment. The study conducted ... in the Neyyar river basin shows that indiscriminate and illegal sand mining has created many problems in the environmental setting and water quality of the river basin. In ...