Rajasthan govt knowledge: 639 unlawful mining circumstances final yr, over 3,000 FIRs since 2018-19

In the previous one yr, 639 circumstances pertaining to unlawful mining of various minerals have been reported in several districts of Rajasthan, knowledge from the state’s mining division has revealed.
Between January 1 2020 and January 31, 2021, the best — 86 circumstances — have been reported from Bhilwara district adopted by Jodhpur and Nagaur with 58 and 49 circumstances respectively, reveals the info furnished by the mining division in response to a query on the Assembly.
In January this yr, Rajasthan had launched the state’s M-sand coverage to control the manufacturing of sand utilizing mining waste. The coverage was described as a ‘game changer’ by the federal government and was launched with the aim of accelerating the availability of authorized sand within the state.
However, in latest occasions, unlawful mining of sand has come up as one of many greatest challenges confronted by the Rajasthan authorities, with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot himself acknowledging the issue on a number of events.
According to the info, prior to now three monetary years (2018-19, 2019-20 and as much as January 31 this yr), the mines division has registered 38,335 circumstances and picked up Rs 252.85 crore as positive.
In 3,375 of those circumstances, FIRs have been registered by the police, reveals the info.
The Supreme Court had on November 16, 2017, restrained all of the 82 sand mining leases in Rajasthan from finishing up mining actions for lack of environmental clearance and scientific replenishment research.
Since that order, unlawful sand mining has resulted in human casualties, legislation and order incidents and growing accusations of collusion between authorities officers and unlawful miners.

A central empowered committee of the Supreme Court lately had stated in its report that the state tacitly participated in ‘the free-for-all loot of this valuable natural resource’.