Panaji: Illegal sand mining in Goa has stopped for a month, the Rivers Sand Protectors Network told the high court of Bombay at Goa on Monday.
Advocate Norma Alvares told the court via video conferencing that there hasn’t been a single incident of illegal sand mining since December 12, when the high court passed its last order.
Police have been patrolling hotspots at least three times a day and carrying out random inspections using a Captain of Ports boat from Panaji to Ponda every day, Alvares stated.
Seized boats are being taken to Naibhag, and some are being destroyed, she stated.
Meanwhile, advocate general Devidas Pangam told the HC that sand mining should be permitted to restart because it is a difficult situation for the whole state. He added that the matter of starting legal sand mining at River Chapora has been challenged in the NGT.
Alvares stated that she has not sought any adjournments in the case, but it is the government that is seeking adjournments on several occasions in the matter before NGT.
Advocate Norma Alvares told the court via video conferencing that there hasn’t been a single incident of illegal sand mining since December 12, when the high court passed its last order.
Police have been patrolling hotspots at least three times a day and carrying out random inspections using a Captain of Ports boat from Panaji to Ponda every day, Alvares stated.
Seized boats are being taken to Naibhag, and some are being destroyed, she stated.
Meanwhile, advocate general Devidas Pangam told the HC that sand mining should be permitted to restart because it is a difficult situation for the whole state. He added that the matter of starting legal sand mining at River Chapora has been challenged in the NGT.
Alvares stated that she has not sought any adjournments in the case, but it is the government that is seeking adjournments on several occasions in the matter before NGT.