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     Gilakkai Junior Artist Username: Gilakkai Post Number: 52 Registered: 10-2012 Posted From: 204.45.158.210 Rating: N/A |
************************************************************ ****** Limestone mining in Saurashtra, Kutch & North Gujarat has turned many hills into flat grounds. Estimates from industry insiders suggest that atleast 60% of all limestone and every other mineral mined for leading industries is procured through illegal means. Insiders say that around 80 lakh tons of building stone is mined in the coastal areas of Porbandar. One ton of this higher quality lime-stone used in buildings costs around Rs1,300 to Rs1,400 per tonne. This puts the illegal mining of building grade stone alone at over Rs1,000 crore per year. And if we calculate figures of only the building stone in just Porbandar, over the last 10 years, Gujarat’s own scam will go zoom past Bellary or any other mining scam in India http://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/1870494/report-dna-expose- who-moved-my-mountains | ||
| Gilakkai Junior Artist Username: Gilakkai Post Number: 51 Registered: 10-2012 Posted From: 204.45.158.210 Rating: N/A |
Modi’s confidant sentenced in illegal mining case http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/modis-con fidant-sentenced-in-illegal-mining-case/article4817990.ece Mr. Bokhiria was arrested and granted bail for seven days to file an appeal against the ruling. He continues as a Cabinet Minister holding the charge of Agriculture, Water Resources, Irrigation and Fisheries ministries. Illegal mining in Porbandar district shot to lime-light recently as senior cabinet minister Babu Bokhiria was indicted in a Rs 54 crore illegal mining scam here. But this is only the proverbial tip of the iceberg. Bokhiria and three others were convicted in the case on June 15 by chief judicial magistrate’s court in Porbandar. Bokhiria, who was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment in the case, is believed to be the first sitting minister ever to be convicted by a court of law in the history of Gujarat. http://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/1849284/report-decision-on -babu-bokhiria-today-bjp-in-a-dilemma |
