Considering the importance of assessments on the extent of environmental degradation due to indiscriminate sand mining, an attempt has been made in this paper to address a few aspects about the impacts of sand mining on the …
This has altered Shaji E & Pradeepkumar AP (Eds) 2014 Mineral Resources of Kerala Trivandrum: Dept of Geology Univ of Kerala ISBN 9788192344904 123 Shieka E J et al. Environmental effects of river sand mining, Kerala considerably the river systems and the channel hydraulics in addition to the reduction of productivity within the in ...
The identification and survey of specific sites of sand deposition and the potential to remove sand from rivers help the State control illegal sand mining and avoid associated revenue loss and environmental and social impacts.
Corpus ID: 132446148; Impact of Mining and Quarrying in Muvattupuzha River Basin, Kerala - An Overview on Its Environmental Effects @article{Maya2012ImpactOM, title={Impact of Mining and Quarrying in Muvattupuzha River Basin, Kerala - An Overview on Its Environmental Effects}, author={Kang Maya and V. Santhosh and Damodaran Padmalal and …
To create effective policies for sustainable extraction of river sand, there is a need for both qualitative and quantitative data on the effects of river sand mining. This paper brings together the effects of river sand mining on the physical, biological, chemical, and anthropogenic environment through a systematic literature review.
D. River sand and environmental issues on sand mining E. Clays and mineral-based industries in Kerala F. Mining, mining policies, future strategies & socio-political issues Seminar Organizing ...
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Sand mining, a severe environmental problem to the river basins of Kerala, have numerous impacts on land, water and biota. The study revealed that channel deepening and …
Reviewing the effects of sand mining on the elements of river biomes and using cutting-edge technology to monitor these activities were the goals of this study. The study found that illegal sand mining, which harms both the environment and society economically, has grown to be the most underappreciated threat to the river ecology.
Sand mining from rivers is a major environmental issue in Kerala and the urgent need for regulating sand extraction based on a scientific assessment of the amount of sand available is widely ...
Despite society's increasing dependence on sand, there are major challenges that this industry needs to deal with: limited sand resources, illegal mining, and environmental impact of sand mining.
Consequence of instream sand mining can be categorized into three aspects i.e. channel hydrology, channel morphology, river ecology including surface water deterioration and ground water fluctuation along the channel bed (Ghosh et al. 2016).Several researchers predict that consequence of instream mining not only occur individual but its extensive and cumulative …
John E (2009) The impacts of sand mining in Kallada River (Pathanapuram Taluk), Kerala. Journal of Basic and Applied Biology 3: 108–113. Google Scholar. Koca D (2016) Türkiye'de Çağdaş Konut Üretiminin Yeniden Okunması. ... Maya K, Sreebha S, et al. (2008) Environmental effects of river sand mining: A case from the river catchments of ...
Indiscriminate sand mining can lead to the degradation of riverine environment. The study conducted in the Neyyar river basin shows that indiscriminate and illegal sand mining has created many problems in the environmental setting and water quality of the river basin.
Alongside this, the marked degradational impacts engendered by sand mining within the river channel (both on the bed and from in-channel deposits) and from the adjacent floodplain on the local ...
1. Introduction. Globally there is unprecedented extraction of natural sand (Prakash Chandar and Loganathan, 2022; Susheel Kumar et al., 2022); especially along river beds (Pandya et al., 2023) and marine coastal zones with heavy mineral-rich sands (Prasad et al., 2020; Sundararajan et al., 2021).According to Szabo and Hedge (2021) and Singh et al. …
banks of river Periyar, Sand mining is a serious threat to most of the rivers in Kerala but the case is more visible in the Periyar river. ... mining from the Periyar river basin and to study the impact of sand mining on the environment. It is mainly concentrated in the area Thannipuzha and Neeleswaram. About 60 houses
Current World Environment. Sand Auditing is the process that evaluates the health status of rivers subjected to sand mining. This study reviews the river sand audit methodology applied in Kerala, India, from 2011 to 2019 in terms of geographical coverage, results, and applications.
Here we report the environmental effects of river sand mining from the small rivers (catchment area < 10,000 km 2; Milliman and Syvitski 1992) debouching into the largest …
Sand and gravel mining is an extensive human activity that is vital to supplying the world's need for infrastructure development as well as construction. This review compiles recent studies on the environmental and socio-economic effects of this harmful practice. We followed the PRISMA guideli...
Here we report the environmental impacts of sand mining in one of the important rivers of Kerala—the Periyar river, an example—to highlight the significance of the issue. On an average, 5.657 million ty1 of sand is being extracted from the …
Sand mining projects have socio-economical profit for community, but it can also have environmental trouble Socio-Environmental effect factors due to sand min practice of examining the ...
Introduction Sand and gravel account for the highest quantity of solid material mined worldwide 1.China and India top the list of crucial hotspots for sand mining impacts in rivers 2.Unauthorized mining of river sand causes riverbank erosion, loss of riparian habitat, lowering of river beds, shrinking of the delta, and complex impacts on society and economy 3.
Here we report the environmental effects of river sand mining from the small rivers (catchment area < 10,000 km2; Milliman and Syvitski 1992) ... All Kerala River Protection Council (AKRPC), etc., were the other sources of information for the present study. The data analysis and interpretations were done following the published works of
Current World Environment. Sand Auditing is the process that evaluates the health status of rivers subjected to sand mining. This study reviews the river sand audit methodology applied in Kerala, India, from 2011 to 2019 in terms of geographical coverage, results, and applications.
impacts of sand mining in river Kivou. Sand mining in this river is going on at a high rate which is uncontrolled, a factor that raises need to study the phenomena in a bid to enrich the existing technical literature and inform the policy-making process. Figure 2.0: Causes, Control and Impacts of Sand Mining Source: Author, 2017 IV. METHODOLOGY ...
This paper presents an overview of the environmental impact of river sand mining in Kerala, with special reference to the groundwater.
6.2.1 Instream Sand Mining. As rampant sand mining activities in the river impose serious environmental problems in the basin environments, the Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS), a premier research institution, based at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala state was directed by the Hon'ble Courts and the Government of Kerala to carry out studies on the impacts of …
Two different methods—Matrix method and Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix method are used here to assess the environmental impact of sand mining in the longest river of Kerala—the Periyar river. The study reveals that the activity is a major threat to the very existence of the Periyar river in particular and the small rivers of tropics in general.