Archive · 5 Jun 2025
Women Lead Protests Against Illegal Mining in Rajasthan
Women in Neem Ka Thana are protesting against illegal mining that's hurting their water supply and farms.
The women are organizing protests to protect the Girjan river, which is essential for their villages.
The mining is digging up the land and taking away water, drying up the river.
This is hurting farming and forcing villagers to consider leaving their homes.
The women are standing together, sharing information, and protesting to save their water and land.
The environmental damage from the mining is severe with wells, borewells and ponds drying up because of the mining.
Women from 18 villages in Neem Ka Thana are protesting against illegal soapstone mining.
The mining is endangering the Girjan river, a critical water source for the villages.
Protests are organized every 15 days by the Prakriti Bachao Sangharsh Samiti.
The mining is impacting agriculture, water resources, and causing environmental damage.
Local environmentalist Kailash Mina reports catastrophic levels of illegal mining with over 120 pits dug.
- Who
- Women from 18 villages in Neem Ka Thana, supported by Prakriti Bachao Sangharsh Samiti.
- What
- A sustained protest against illegal soapstone mining.
- When
- Ongoing for a year, with protests every 15 days.
- Where
- Neem Ka Thana tehsil, Sikar district
- Why
- To stop illegal soapstone mining that is damaging the Girjan River, agriculture, and water resources.
Villagers
Mining Mafia and Unresponsive Officials
Key Issues
Villagers
Illegal mining, water diversion, and damage to agriculture.
Mining Mafia and Unresponsive Officials
Government inaction, environmental destruction.
- Location
- Neem Ka Thana tehsil, Sikar district
- Affected River
- Girjan River
- Mining Type
- Illegal soapstone mining
- Protest Organization
- Prakriti Bachao Sangharsh Samiti
- Villages Involved
- 18
- Environmental Damage
- Dried wells, borewells, ponds, and loss of green cover