Rampant, illegal sand-dredging, in contravention of rules laid down by the state government in its tender agreement with the dredgers, was witnessed on Tuesday when TOI visited Bankot Creek in Raigad ...

The sand-mining mafia, which is gradually choking Bankot Creek in Raigad, attacked a TOI team and environmental activists Sumaira Abdulali and Naseer Jalal that visited the creek to report on the ...

'Massive operations will destroy marine life and alter the channel's course' Mumbai: The sand-mining mafia in Maharashtra is breaking rules and violating a court ban by dredging up colossal amounts of ...