Based on a complaint from Mr.Dhayadevadas, with a view to finding out the truth whether the beach minerals are replenishable or not in nature, Govt. of India constituted a committee under the Chairmanship of Mr.Nagar, Chairman (Retd), IREL and officials from AMD, NIOT, NIO and State Geological officials from Tamilnadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh. The committee held several rounds of discussions and inspections and submitted a report to Govt of India. According to their findings, it has been established that the beach sand minerals are replenishable in nature. Besides, the report says that it is not an offence if the replenishable resources are legitimately exploited within their leasehold areas. The report further enlightens the fact that it is not physically possible to make the precise quantification of the replenishable resources and even if any attempt is made to do so, it will not be an accurate one. The report further recommends that the private consultancy of technically competent group may be entrusted with the responsibility of evaluation of replenishable beach minerals at regular intervals namely season to season. Excerpts from Chapter-III of the above report is given below.
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