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| Illegal mining in Kathua poses threat to environment | | |  Early Times Report
Kathua, March 4, : Under the nose of district administration, mining mafia is illegally digging the Tarnah river. Expressing concern over rapid degrading of ecological balance in the state, the environmentalists and ecologists are worried over the stoic silence maintained by the authorities over the Illegal mining from rivers across the state resultantly posing a threat to ecology of the state.
According to sources the unabated illegal mining especially from various rivers of the sate in general and Jammu region in particular has become a cause of concern for the environmentalists who have also taken up the issue with the state government to take preventive steps before it is too late.
Seeking government's help in protecting environment, the environmentalists have urged state to wake up before the things go from bad to worse.
Environmentalists also observed that increasing illegal mining of sand and stone (called Bajri in local parlance) from the river beds has deepened the bed level of the rivers decreasing their water retention capacity which will lead to water crisis in many parts of the state in future.
The problem is galore in Kathua where especially illegal miners from Punjab are excavating sand and bajri from river bed of Ravi and other nullahs posing a grave threat to ecology. The failure of the concerning departments to take action against the illegal mining and arrest of the non state subjects mafia involved in the trade has emboldened this mafia group who has spread its tentacles.
Sources said the problem is not over as the illegal mining still continues as the Department has till date failed to take punitive action against them. |
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