Sand mining related deaths in Jatpura Village, Garhwa
In one of multiple incidents in India because of sand mining in rivers [6], on 19th May 2017 there were reports that villagers in Jatpura, about 260 km from Jharkhand state capital Ranchi, were trying to stop workers from lifting sand from a river bed, and that there had been a clash with several deaths.[1] [7] According to police, the villagers were opposing the sand mining in Jatpura village in Garhwa.