Bharti for joint probe into 'unauthorised' mining in Ganga

Expressing concern over "unauthorised" mining activities in Ganga at Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh, Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti has shot off a letter to Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar seeking to send a joint team for inquiry.
An official statement here today said that Bharti has expressed concern over unauthorised mining activities going on in river Ganga in Bijnor district of UP.
In a letter sent to Javadekar, she has requested him to send a joint team of her Ministry and Environment Ministry to inquire into unauthorised mining activities going on there leading to change in river hydrology and resulting in soil erosion as well as impinging upon the conservation of endangered aquatic species.

Earlier, the statement said, a delegation led by Kunwar Bharatendra Singh, Lok Sabha MP from Bijnor, called on Bharti and submitted a detailed memorandum, seeking her immediate intervention to stop unauthorised mining activities there.
According to the memorandum, the illegal sand mining will have an adverse impact on the flow of the river and its flora and fauna, the statement said.