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The positive aspects of mining stone, gravel and sand, like maintaining the riverbed balance, confining the flow to river channels, preventing flooding in riparian settlements and its role in implementation of infrastructure projects, are seldom discussed in intellectual circles and government meetings.Nepal’s stone, gravel and sand (SGS) mining sector has been shrouded in myth, fuelled by incessant news coverage of environmental and flood damage caused by rampant extraction, death of mine workers and use of musclemen by contractors to wrest mining contracts from the District Development Committee (DDC).
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