A run-on for sand leads to a creeping crisis worldwide

Mongabay
Feb 8, 2018, 5:20 am208 pts
Every day, miners remove 5,500 to 6,000 truckloads of sand (about 20 tons each) from the scenic beachfronts and 17 river basins of Tamil Nadu in India, according to the state government. India is hungry for sand. Fueled by a real estate boom estimated to generate $180 billion annually by 2020, India is digging…

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