
SAND MINING IN INDIA - Amazon S3
Sand Mining in India Sand forms 25 % of the total minerals of Gujarat. Sand is the fourth most mined minor mineral (source- Indian Bureau of Mines) Cases of illegal mining of minor minerals including sand were reached more than 19,000 in 2015 - 16 (source – Ministry of Mines). Increasing Urbanization and in-frastructure development can further spike the demand of sand and illegal mining
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