Lucknow: The National Green Tribunal has imposed a fine of ₹10,000 on Sonbhadra District Magistrate B. N. Singh for failing to submit on time a report on alleged illegal and midstream mining in the district. The penalty was issued by a bench led by Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava with expert member A. Senthil Vel in an order dated November 13.

The tribunal had, in April 2025, formed a joint committee to probe complaints of illegal mining and appointed the District Magistrate as the nodal officer. The panel included representatives from the Ministry of Environment’s Lucknow regional office, the Central Pollution Control Board, and the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board. It was asked to inspect the site, assess the extent of illegal mining, examine allegations of midstream minin

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