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‘Political nexus’: HC orders probe into illegal beach sand mining
February 18, 2025
|The Morning Standard
FINDING a strong case of collusion, corruption and connivance among politicians, officials and mining mafia in causing thousands of crores of rupees loss to the state exchequer in the excavation of beach sand minerals (BSM), the Madras High Court on Monday ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The court asked the CBI to investigate the entire process of granting of leases, transport permits, and inclusion of monazite, which has application in atomic energy generation, among minerals permitted for mining lease. The court also directed the agency to probe the "role of policy-making authorities" in conspiring with private mining firms, and directed that cost and royalty amount of ₹5,832 crore be recovered from the companies for illegal mining.
هذه القصة من طبعة February 18, 2025 من The Morning Standard.
اشترك في Magzter GOLD للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة، وأكثر من 9000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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