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Uttarakhand gov’t snatches forest conservation funds, outsources policing and royalty collection from riverbed miners to private players https://www.reporters-collective.in/trc/uttarakhand-violates-sc-orders-on-river-mining
Ignoring the conflict of interest, the BJP government has encouraged tax-collecting private companies to also mine the rivers in the ecologically-fragile Himalayan state. All done in the name of preventing disasters. The state has gone a step further, establishing by regulation, what many experts believe is a classic case of conflict of interest. Any private company that wins the rights to collect taxes from riverbed mining will also be given priority over others to mine the rivers. In other words, a mining company could now be collecting taxes from other miners and also be in charge of preventing illegal extraction of boulders, sand and gravel from the state’s rivers. 

the Uttarakhand government has continuously violated the Supreme Court order which requires the state to plough the money from riverbed mining in forests into conservation – a face saver device to compensate for the damage caused to forests by ecologically harmful activities like river mining. T

Decoding a potential peace plan to resolve the crisis in Manipur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j74nisf3Nk  11 Jun 2024
RSS Supremo Mohan Bhagwat says that Manipur has been burning for a year and nothing has been done about it, he also added that the situation in Manipur needs to be addressed and resolved on a priority. News9 which has kept an eye on the Manipur situation, since the very beginning decodes a possible peace plan for the situation in Manipur. Tune in for a special show with an expert panel.

 the 10 points by News9

 formation of an empowered peace committee
this peace committee should be allowed to meet everyone and it should encourage cross community talk

it should be succeeded by Crackdown on civil militias civil militias who don't let Police Force Army work

it should be followed by action against CSOs who prevent public servants from discharging duties like Mara pip
there might be a small segment but they do that

Clarity on the SoO  agreement they should be there or shouldn't be there. have they been violated or have the sanctity been kept

search and cordon operation to recover looted weapons

quick sealing of the international border

prevent land grab by illegal immigrants

Crackdown on the drug business, and

timeline for the safe return of displaced people

https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/jaipur/news/national-conference-of-peace-builders-forum-india-organized-133281111.html