Health & Environment
All Dimasa Students' Union flags illegal riverbed mining in Assam's Dima Hasao
The Hindu13h
THE BRIEF
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The All Dimasa Students’ Union lodged a formal complaint with the Dima Hasao Chief Conservator of Forests regarding unscientific and illegal riverbed mining.
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The union warned that heavy mechanized excavators operating across local rivers are causing severe bank erosion, endangering National Highway 27 and railway tracks.
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ADSU demanded an immediate cease-and-desist order against non-compliant sites, seizure of machinery, and strict penal action under environmental laws.