Sand removal in CRZ areas to be restricted to 12 locations
- | Saturday | 13th October, 2018
Experts from the National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, Surathkal, have identified 13 sand bars from where sand may be extracted from the Netravathi. It has also recommended exclusion of fish breeding zones, already deeply excavated river courses, places within 200-500m of bridges etc., from sand extraction. Deputy Commissioner S. Sasikanth Senthil, who is also the chairman of District Sand Monitoring Committee, said that the authority has informed him that sand extraction could be allowed only in 12 identified sand bars in Phalguni (Gurupura) and Netravathi rivers. The team identified 13 sand bars in Netravathi having about 4.3 lakh tonnes of sand and nine bars in Phalguni with 4.2 lakh tonnes of sand to provide a draft of 1.5m to fishing and tourist vessels. Sand extraction will be permitted to provide a safe channel of 1.5m draft for tourist and fishing vessels and not at the entire length and breadth of the rivers, he added.
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