The economics of sand mining in NCR

Bharat Chauhan, 20, grew up listening to stories of illegal sand mining in Raipur village, on the banks of the Yamuna, along the Delhi-Noida border. Nine years ago, someone from his village allegedly started mining a barren piece of land, where the river had accumulated silt over the years. During these years, the villager repeatedly robbed the land of its only asset-sand-and made fortunes, allegedly in connivance with the state administration.

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