Additional advocate general Narmadha Sampath submitted that savudu is a colloquial term of ordinary sand, which is a minor mineral and Rule 12 (2) of the Tamil Nadu Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1959, permits quarrying of silt, savudu and gravel from river banks under the control of the PWD or rural development and panchayat raj department and also in private patta lands.

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Madurai: Observing that the court is not satisfied with the response given by the state government with regard to the queries on the steps taken to prevent illegal mining, Madras high court has directed the state government to further submit a detailed report on a series of queries.
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Additional advocate general Narmadha Sampath submitted that savudu is a colloquial term of ordinary sand, which is a minor mineral and Rule 12 (2) of the Tamil Nadu Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1959, permits quarrying of silt, savudu and gravel from river banks under the control of the PWD or rural development and panchayat raj department and also in private patta lands.
With regard to the queries raised by the court on the adoption of the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 2017 or framing of own rules, the AAG submitted that the matter is under consideration. Similarly, with regard to the implementation of guidelines for sand mining issued by the Union ministry of environment and forest and climate change, the AAG also submitted that it requires a detailed examination by the government.
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Observing that the court is not satisfied with the response given by the state government, a division bench of Justices M Sathyanarayanan and B Pugalendhi said that the ministry had given certain guidelines pursuant to the direction of the National Green Tribunal. Similar guidelines were issued in 2016, with a view to identifying sand mining sources, replenishment of the river bed material and for effective monitoring and enforcement mechanism for sand mining in the country.

The judges observed that the need for replenishment study for river bed sand is to nullify the adverse impact due to the sand extraction and these guidelines also suggest standard practice for assessment of illegal mining and universal monitoring mechanism to control the illegal mining activities.
The Supreme Court while hearing a special leave petition had directed to dispose of these petitions before HC Madurai bench within four weeks. Taking into account of this, the judges sought a detailed report on a few queries which include the details on number of licences/leases granted for quarrying savudu and ubari soil, the distance between the quarry sites and the river beds/waterbodies.
The queries also include details on the number of vehicles/instruments/ tools seized and confiscated for the past seven years, the mechanism available for the verification for the compliance of conditions, accountability of various officers, details of the action taken against the VAO, in whose village, the illegal mining activities were found and the criminal cases registered.
The case was adjourned to November 11 for further hearing.
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