Jaipur: The Supreme Court on Thursday gives sanctions on sand mining from river beds in the state and approved recommendations made by the Central Empowerment Committee (CEC) formed to see this problem.
Sand mining from river beds has been permitted after almost four years and rental holders are expected to start operations over the next three months after obtaining environmental permits (EC) from the Ministry of Environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC).
Additional Secretary, Mining and Petroleum Additional, Subodh Agarwal said, “With the efforts of our tribal chief, the old problem of the illegal Bajri mining has been resolved in the state.
This will be beneficial to the public in general.
At present, there are three large operational rentals and five more It is expected to immediately start the operation.
More companies will start working immediately after they receive EC.
“CEC, which was formed by the APEX court to see the issue of illegal sand mining on December 23, 2020, has submitted its report after conducting a physical examination.
“Recommendations made by CEC, except for the ‘J’ recommendation, approved for implementation with,” said court order.
An official with the Mining Department said the ‘J’ recommendation as intended to collect a penalty of Rs 10 lakh per vehicle and RS 5 Lakh per cubic meter of sand was confiscated.
CEC has recommended MoeFCC to publish EC to all valid Letter of intentions (LOI) recommended by the Expert Assessment Committee (EAC) within three months and without insisting on the submission of scientific charging reports as pre-conditions as pre-conditions.
Charging studies will be made during mining.
“Of the 82 large rent, EAC recommended 65.
After SC nodded, they would accept EC in 3 months from MoeFcc,” said the official mining department.
SC had previously resisted a large mining rental holder operation that did not have an EC from the Ministry.
The ministry then put the requirements for the company to conduct scientific charging studies.
In its report, CEC highlighted the delay in providing EC as the main reason for the widening slit between supply and demand, which resulted in the proliferation of illegal mining activities.
Following orders, state governments tend to get an estimated revenue of Rs 400 Crore per year.
A senior mining official said, “65 large rent can mine around 700 lakh tons of their operations.”