Overview

• Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta wrote to Uttar Pradesh’s Yogi Adityanath on July 7 calling for a joint inter-state demarcation and coordinated enforcement against illegal sand mining along the Yamuna floodplains.
• The Uttar Pradesh government has agreed to review the demarcation proposal and is collaborating with Delhi officials to draft a joint crackdown plan.
• Delhi authorities are providing Uttar Pradesh officials with detailed data and field reports to map mining hotspots in Ghaziabad, Baghpat and surrounding areas.
• The National Green Tribunal has repeatedly warned that unregulated sand extraction weakens embankments and disrupts the Yamuna’s ecological balance.
• Officials aim to finalize the demarcation and launch combined operations ahead of the monsoon peak to protect riverside communities from heightened flood risks.