} 1) No mining lease/permit shal! be granted to a person who is not an Indian National except with the prior approval of the Govérnment.
2) No mining lease/permit shall be granted in respect of any land notified by the State Government as reserved for the use of the Government, local authorities or for any other public or for special purposes except with the prior approval of the State Government.
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3) No mining lease/permit shall be granted in protected areas, reserved fore proposed reserved forests, protected Forest, un-classed open forest or othe:
recorded as forest land without prior clearance from the Central Govt. w section 2 of Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.
4) "Mining leases for river bed sand mining in the specific river stretch shall be identified by Divisional Forest Officer of the concerned trerritorial forest division for granting lease /permit preferably stretch-wise/ cluster- wise.
5) Depth of the mining may be restricted upto 3 meters/ water level whichever is less.
6) For carrying out mining in proximity to any bridge , railway line, national highway, water lifting area for drinking water, eco-fragile zone, irrigation projects, monuments, markets, cremation grounds/religious places and / or embankment, appropriate safety zone shall be worked out on case to case basis taking into account the structural parameters, locational aspects, flow rate etc. “Mo mining shall be carried out in the safety zone so worked out. ' aT 7) A clearance from local Gaon Sabha/Panchayet/ Municipality/local bodies is required as the case may be. ’
CHAPTER-11I GRANT OF MINING LEASES