Sand Mining has become one of the grave environmental challenges in India. Elucidate.
Answer: Illegal sand mining is a perennial problem in India. No one knows for sure how much sand is illegally mined around the world, much less in India. However, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) calls it ‘largest extractive industry on the planet’, with up to 50 billion tonnes of sand and gravel being mined each year.
Many people consider sand a virtually infinite resource, since it can be found in huge heaps in deserts, along beaches, river beds, mountains, and in other places. However, each type of sand has different properties.
Around the world, as well as in India, the ....
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