ORDER

1. Issues raised in this application are :-

i. that land for mining is being sold in a private capacity by sand mafia for a certain amount and approximately 100 trucks are being transported from this place to other places and are sold for financial gain, causing loss to the environment, loss to the State exchequer and in this way mining of more than 240 crores annually is being done damaging the forest area.

ii. that the old Neel Kanteshwar Temple is situated near the explosion site and the walls are cracking due to high explosions. The mining area is being sold from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 04 lakh for illegal mining by sand mafias with security guarantee and that despite repeated direction issued by the Hon’ble the Supreme Court of India and this Tribunal, the District Administration of Vidisha has failed to control the illegal mining in District Vidisha, Ganjbasauda, Tehsil in the Villages Udaipur, Pathari, Ghatera, Pathari, Noorpur, situated 120 km from the State Capital Bhopal. It is reported that there are various illegal mining activities in the forest area and more than 500 illegal mining are being done within the area of 5 km by use of heavy machines by sand mafias.

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