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Yamuna Sand Mining: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta wrote to her Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath on Monday, urging him to take action against illegal sand mining on the Yamuna floodplains on the national capital-UP border. Gupta asserted illegal sand mining was weakening the river embankments and raising the danger of floods. She also highlighted concerns for damage to the ecological system.

CM Cites NGT's Concern

The Delhi Chief Minister cited the National Green Tribunal's concerns over the issue in her letter. The tribunal has also sought the stoppage of illegal sand mining through a regulatory enforcement involving inter-state coordination, she added.

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Sharing details of illegal sand mining in the Yamuna floodplains, the Delhi chief minister said that it can be a cause of a serious problem and impact the lives of people residing along the banks of the river.

Delhi CM Calls For Froming Joint Enforcement System

Illegal sand mining is an inter-state issue, the Delhi chief minister said in the letter and emphasised framing a joint and coordinated enforcement system involving Uttar Pradesh and Delhi to check it.

She hoped that with the cooperation of her Uttar Pradesh counterpart, an effective solution to the problem could be found.

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An official statement said, "The Delhi chief minister urged Yogi Adityanath to direct Uttar Pradesh officials to carry out a joint inter-state demarcation so that ecological balance could be effectively safeguarded through coordinated efforts of the two states."

Top officials of the Delhi government said they were in touch with their Uttar Pradesh counterparts and providing all required information, including on illegal sand mining on the Delhi-UP border, it said.

Illegal sand mining was also causing a diversion of the natural course of the river and changes in its riverbed, officials said, adding it was causing irreversible ecological damage and posing a threat to life and property of those settled along the Yamuna.

(With PTI inputs)