Karnataka has seen more than 10,000 instances of unlawful sand mining in the course of the most recent three years even as the state government is making a decent attempt to acquaint another strategy with direct the accessibility of this key ware. As per government information postponed in the Legislative Council, unlawful sand mining has gone unabated in any event, during the pandemic with around 3,451 recognized cases in 2020-21 and 3,193 cases in 2019-20. In 2018-19, there were 3,869 cases recognized, amounting to 10,513 cases in the course of the most recent three years. Further, right in the course of the most recent eight months among January and August 2021, there have been 290 instances of illicit sand transport and 35 instances of unlawful sand mining. Most of such unapproved transport have been found in Kalaburagi,Raichur, Hosapete, Haveri and Chikkamagaluru. The public authority has enlisted 6,116 FIRs against wrongdoers and has required a combined punishment of about Rs 20 crore.
The public authority will likewise introduce GPS on authorized trucks to screen the measure of sand being moved, aside from giving over the obligation to panchayats to screen mining and sand dispersion at the town level.
