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On #WorldWaterDay2023, Down To Earth looks into the sandmining menace on the mighty Mahanadi River of central-eastern India.

Globally, sand is the second most exploited natural resource after water. Pulaha Roy traces the unscientific quarrying of sand going on in Odisha.

Mining through suction pumps causes irreversible ecological damage. Pulaha Roy and Veditum India Foundation analyse the case of the Hooghly, the main distributary of the Ganges in South Asia. #rivers #Mining

These satellite images of Indian rivers highlight environmental impacts of sand mining 1. Betwa: Satellite images from December 2022 show the massive scale of excavation activity over a 7-kilometre stretch 🧵 downtoearth.org.in/news/mining/th… Pulaha Roy #River #Mining

With 1600+ homes demolished, thousands are homeless as Delhi prepares for the G20 summit. We map the impact of demolitions across the city | Research Land Conflict Watch

Part of our new project - Sand Mining Monitoring, collaborations with media orgs / reporters to do more detailed reporting on the issue. Here's a first with Pulaha Roy of Down To Earth. Basic, but important. SANDRP Siddharth Agarwal Anirvan 1/3 downtoearth.org.in/news/mining/th…

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I’m happy to have contributed to a project honouring the Adivasi members of the Constituent Assembly and their invaluable legacy. This first series of posters highlights Boniface Lakra, Devendra Nath Samanta, Ramprasad Potai, Jaipal Singh Munda, and J.J.M. Nichols Roy.

A request. Journalist Mukesh Chandrakar was killed while investigating corruption. His colleagues in Chhattisgarh are following up his work. The Collective is funding the investigation, but we can’t do it alone. Help honor his legacy — donate today. 1/2 rzp.io/rzp/Mukeshchan…

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Finally! After being blocked by aggregators the "Karnataka cabinet gives nod to gig workers welfare bill, to impose cess on aggregator apps" After Rajasthan, where the BJP has not notified the law we might soon have real legal protection. Historic! thenewsminute.com/karnataka/karn…

THREAD: Modi gov’t has diluted the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 — a law crucial for investigative journalism — through the backdoor. Via the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act. Let us tell you how it will impact your right to hold the powerful to account.

Amendments to the Punjab Minor Minerals Policy: 1. Private lands can be mined for sand & gravel 2. A new mission mode where DCs are authorised to grant NOCs for govt land Wonder where District Survey Reports fit? Or don't? SANDRP India Sand Watch sandwatch.envmonitoring.in/published-page…