whether it is sand plunder from the river by big mafia or by small time thieves, one thing is clear. the vital rivers, backwaters and the estuaries will get slammed by degradation so bad that the entire ecosystem will collapse. this blog had repeatedly highlighted the sorry state of rivers and the open thievery of sand mining. hindu has a picture that captures vividly how illegal sand mining is happening in a jolly way in the progressive state of kerala.

(sand mining, small, big and medium, develops india to a great extent!!!)