Coastal sand mining push despite eco-risks

This report was published in India Together, June 2005

By M Suchitra and P N Venugopal

The report of the John Mathew Commission, released on 7 June by the Kerala Government has created concern, confusion and anxiety among the people living on the seashores of south Alapuzha district and among environmentalists. The report recommends that mineral-sand mining can be allowed in the area, subject to certain conditions. "The report is to be rejected outright", says V M Sudheeran, former Congress MP and leader of the region's anti-mining agitation. "It is a fraud on the people and the result of nefarious influence exerted by the sand mining lobby on the political leadership and the top bureaucracy", he says... Read the whole article here

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