Ramesh's strongly worded letter to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank refers to inaction by the state government in tackling illegal riverbed mining.
"It is unfortunate that in spite of my repeated requests, no effective action appears to have been taken by the state government to stop illegal river bed sand mining. Various media reports appearing in recent days confirm the inaction on the part of the state government," Ramesh wrote.
The environment minister's charge of inaction by the state government is likely to raise the pitch of the blame game, which is already underway, between the Congress and the BJP in the election bound state. This is not the first time that the environment minister has urged the state government to take steps to curb illegal mining. Ramesh had written 18 months ago asking the Uttarakhand government to take action. Read the full report here.
Source: ET Bureau, Economic Times, New Delhi.
