The Gazette

Time Machine: Mining the Cedar River’s sand

For centuries, the sandbars in the Cedar River drifted and flowed with the river current. Then, in the late 1800s, William King thought about how useful that sand would be in making plaster and cement ...
Indiatimes

Rs 60 lakh sand mining machines seized near site of Mahad bridge collapse

Sand-suction machines, dumpers and machinery worth Rs 60 lakh were seized close to the site of the Mahad bridge collapse recently. Meanwhile in a raid conducted by a Vadkhal police team near Dharamtar ...
Dhaka Tribune

Cyclone Sitrang: 8 labourers missing as sand extraction dredger sinks in Chittagong

8 labourers have gone missing after a sand extraction dredger sank in tidal water in Chittagong's Mirsharai upazila during the inclement weather caused by the cyclonic storm Sitrang. The missing ...
Dhaka Tribune

Illegal sand mining goes on unabated in Kurigram

Reckless and illegal sand extraction from the riverbed and banks in villages of Rajibpur Upazila of Kurigram district is causing untimely river erosion and threatening nearby homesteads. Some ...
Indiatimes

Ban on use of sand mining machines

Dakshina Kannada district administration has made it mandatory that sand mining should be carried out manually from next season onwards. (Representative image) MANGALURU: Dakshina Kannada district ...