Delhi HC directs constitution of joint task force to stop illegal sand mining near Yamuna bank

Dated on: Tuesday 11th April 2023

The Delhi High Court has ordered the city police to work with their counterparts in Uttar Pradesh to form a combined task force to combat suspected unlawful sand mining on the banks of the Yamuna River in the city's northern outskirts. Justice Prathiba M Singh, who was hearing a petition alleging illegal sand mining near the Yamuna river embarkment in the national capital's Hiranki village area, observed that illegal sand mining was still going on and that undue advantage was being taken of the fact that while some of the area was within Delhi, the other part was in Uttar Pradesh.

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