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Apr 2023
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India’s sand mafia menace

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A few days ago, Bihar reported clashes between a sand mafia group and officials from the state’s Mines and Geology Department. And the thing is... We keep seeing such reports  day in and day out. So in today’s episode for 24th April 2023, we thought we could deconstruct the problem of illegal sand mining in India.

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