CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has reserved the orders in the case pertaining to illegal mining of beach sand minerals (BSM) in Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts.

The Madras High Court took up a suo motu PIL on the illegal mining of beach sand minerals in the southern districts in 2015 after a series of allegations were raised. The state government banned ...

The Tamil Nadu government has ordered the transfer of 1.4 crore tonnes of beach sand minerals, allegedly hoarded illegally by private companies, to the PSU Indian Rare Earths Ltd (IREL).