FILE G · GLOSSARY · Everyday officialese
Sand Reach
MEANING
A notified stretch of river or stream from which sand may be worked — identified by the Collector-chaired district sand committee, operated by TGMDC.
Reaches are identified in third-order and larger streams, then cleared through mining plan, environmental clearance and pollution-board consent before extraction. Everything taken outside a notified reach, or beyond its permit, is illegal mining — the Tahsildar's seizure power is the front line.