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A stream floods over and provides a bounty of ready sand for construction business purposes, and miners, JCB operators and truckers line up to collect the freebies from the river bed and sell them to construction companies and contractors in Dehra dun, Uttarakhand. A swollen river in Dehradun. Is that the Sony or the lower Rispana / Bindal nullah / nalla that has turned into a monsoon torrent? The brown waters flow fast and deep, carrying away sediment and mud. Is that illegal sand mining taking place or are the JCB dozers clearing the river-bed during the monsoon season flooding time? Sand mining and out in the open in Dehra dun? Or are we not seeing this for what this really is? Help us better interpret this, perhaps! A swollen river in Dehradun. Is that the Sony or the lower Rispana / B
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