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The Uttarakhand High Court has issued notices to 159 soapstone mining lease holders in Bageshwar district over cracks in houses due to mining activities. The court has also asked the state government to file its reply within four weeks, and extended the ban on chalk mining. The court's action follows widespread news reports of the negative impacts of mining activities on the local population.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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