India's Sand Mafia: The Dark Secrets of India's Booming Construction Industry

India's building boom has spawned an illegal trade in sand. Plundering the environment and even killing those who get in its way, the "sand mafia" has spread its influence throughout India. Subscribe to Journeyman here: kzread.info_c...
Sand is the key to the construction industry, but there is no legal supply to meet the increasing demand. Accordingly, criminal gangs are ravaging riverbeds and beaches. Sumaira Abdulali recounts the damage done to her local beach: "the whole level of sand has dropped by about 10 feet ... They’ve really destroyed it". When she tried to report the perpetrators, she was met with fierce resistance. "They bashed up the car, broke everything. They hit all of us. They broke my teeth." Sumaira now campaigns to expose this black-market trade, which harms many living near sand supplies. Brijmohan Yadav, like many farmers in his region, had his plot devastated by illegal sand mining. However, his complaints were ignored: "the mafia is so influential. They have police and local authorities on their side". Brijmohan began to fight for his land, but ended up fighting for his life. "These people kidnapped me and took me to an isolated place. They beat me up and threatened to kill me if I did not stop all this." Whilst there is an almost blanket ban on unlicensed mining across India, in remote, rural areas it continues unabated.
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  • @tamilpatriot8172
    @tamilpatriot81727 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Journeyman for getting a report on sand mafia, our media are very busy with yoga, namaz and stone pelting.

  • @wheeloflife17

    @wheeloflife17

    Жыл бұрын

    5 years on the names you mentioned are still keeping media busy and main issues are overlooked

  • @Pradeep.Poonia
    @Pradeep.Poonia6 жыл бұрын

    Its sad that a foreigner journalist is making a report on this issue while Indian media is not concerned. I have personally seens sand mining happening in Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Karnataka and Telangana. This actually reminds me of that famous dialoge which our politicians use quite often, "desh ki mitti se pyar"

  • @MrLangkahKanan

    @MrLangkahKanan

    3 жыл бұрын

    whar does that mean?

  • @walsakaluk1584

    @walsakaluk1584

    3 жыл бұрын

    Courtesy of Google translate.... "Love the soil of the country" Hmm

  • @zeono6276

    @zeono6276

    3 жыл бұрын

    You moron if an Indian person or media made this report he or she would have been in a graveyard

  • @syedarfazali9124

    @syedarfazali9124

    3 жыл бұрын

    Pradeep poonia came and visit west bengal especially Burdwan and birbhum district

  • @Sanjay-ub7eq

    @Sanjay-ub7eq

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol media is a pawn of the state

  • @Nadd108
    @Nadd1087 жыл бұрын

    The funny thing is that most Illegal activities happen like legal stuff in broad daylight in India such is the state of our country.

  • @akhashdhillon2159

    @akhashdhillon2159

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nadeem Ahmed so sad 😯

  • @neerjadudeja4838

    @neerjadudeja4838

    4 жыл бұрын

    Talk about mexican cocaine cartels

  • @love_paradise4238

    @love_paradise4238

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah ,😉

  • @chrisstrebor

    @chrisstrebor

    2 жыл бұрын

    That’s everywhere lol

  • @alvinb6443
    @alvinb64435 жыл бұрын

    Judging by the way he said "No mafia" means there is a mafia.

  • @wasimjaan3300
    @wasimjaan33007 жыл бұрын

    poor man has no where to go.. Even Law..Law is such spider web in which only small animal gets caught.....big animal gets through it with ease...

  • @blackandwhiteguy4264

    @blackandwhiteguy4264

    4 жыл бұрын

    well said and so true

  • @davyderr9067

    @davyderr9067

    3 жыл бұрын

    You would think that all the sand in that region cannot be used for concrete look at Dubai they had to import all that sand to construct that's bizarre

  • @ChapBloke
    @ChapBloke7 жыл бұрын

    I hate sand, it's coarse and irritating and gets everywhere.

  • @ObamacareMishra

    @ObamacareMishra

    7 жыл бұрын

    thats the best random reference i've heard all day

  • @jltaco85

    @jltaco85

    7 жыл бұрын

    i love bacon but i hate canadian bacon, sad thing is they're both the same.

  • @mr.lumberjakn3055

    @mr.lumberjakn3055

    7 жыл бұрын

    jltaco85 technically they only come from the same animal, bacon is from pork belly and is cured in a different process, while Canadian bacon is ham that is fried. Same animal completely different parts.

  • @bonson9156

    @bonson9156

    7 жыл бұрын

    the joys of sand

  • @TSideWes805

    @TSideWes805

    7 жыл бұрын

    noo he lives in some shitty inland state

  • @MrCupka
    @MrCupka7 жыл бұрын

    sad indian media cant cover this.... a noteable contribution in this field was done by a Lady IAS officer ( dont remember her name or her living status), who had to suffer a lot for standing up

  • @crow9149
    @crow91496 жыл бұрын

    America: Drugs Africa: Diamonds Thailand: People India: Sand

  • @HaKim-gs2zb

    @HaKim-gs2zb

    6 жыл бұрын

    North Korea: Kim Jong Un.

  • @hamed3423

    @hamed3423

    6 жыл бұрын

    serbia: zoophillia ring Morocco:child sex ring Vatican:child sex ring

  • @dhirajkothari3360

    @dhirajkothari3360

    6 жыл бұрын

    Skelotor Ghost india.... People people n people

  • @geniuz33

    @geniuz33

    6 жыл бұрын

    Philippines: Marble Stones

  • @mateozaldivar7179

    @mateozaldivar7179

    6 жыл бұрын

    México cartels

  • @rakshithec079
    @rakshithec0797 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for speaking up on this issure JOurneyman Pictures ... The world should know what happens here...

  • @bestelectronicmusicfromnew5189

    @bestelectronicmusicfromnew5189

    7 жыл бұрын

    As a first step it would be good to get together with some charities and NGO's to print education material for the 1 million or something sand mining employees of India... In the deserts, far away from the rivers, there are abandoned riverbed where the water has shifted, and geological maps can give better alternatives than the current anarchy... many informations can be provided to the workers to help them, for example legal information about prospecting for legal sand mining land, how to purchase it, licence it, etc, and how to mine deep and safely, digging deep instead of displacing wide surfaces is technically difficult. AFAIK, semi metamorphic rock from particular kinds of mountains can produce the sharp sand that is good for cement, in areas with gneiss and grey/brick colored rock, i dont know for sure, but you can find billions of tons of prospecting to get rich in legal sand mines if you research in geology. I expect there is perhaps a minimum of known sources in India, so it would be a good idea to see what research is being done NOW to find cheaper sources to undercut/equalize with illegal mining.

  • @bestelectronicmusicfromnew5189

    @bestelectronicmusicfromnew5189

    7 жыл бұрын

    Technically speaking it's a study of construction aggregate, which is anarchy in India, so an indian who researches science on the geology and worldwide industry of construction aggregate and information solutions can perhaps become wealthy... i.e. reading many documents. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212609012000064 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_aggregate Also, a person who buys and sells old industrial mining and grinding machines from europe and for construction industry can become wealthy perhaps, sorry i dont know for certain. text: Aggregate quality and prospecting - KTH Research Project Database text: European marine aggregates resources: Origins, usage, prospecting found from construction aggregate prospecting search on google.... Rivers have to be managed technically with banks to regulate flow speed, and... it's interesting to see that they don't use any dredging machines, which at least dont take water from the banks. They use pickets and stuff to change the flooding nature of the river, it's also very technical, it can help stop erosion. river erosion studies also should be in full power by the state.

  • @eladioflores9702

    @eladioflores9702

    7 жыл бұрын

    rachar901

  • @eladioflores9702

    @eladioflores9702

    7 жыл бұрын

    rachar901

  • @Sikhboys555

    @Sikhboys555

    7 жыл бұрын

    rachar90s

  • @hit_likeg5859
    @hit_likeg58593 жыл бұрын

    Go pro is a must have.. A person diving 50 feet deep without protective measures is wild...

  • @TheMinimumPC
    @TheMinimumPC6 жыл бұрын

    Just watching this for 5 minutes gave me a bunch of solutions for this problem. Most of the sand used in construction is used in big projects undertaken by big construction companies. The government can VERY EASILY ban the use of sand supplied by unapproved sources. Using this can get your license revoked and any unapproved construction by such a company can be stopped. The government can also start seizing all this sand with a specialized armed force. A small investment in this direction will help save the environment and all that. But the reason why they don't do this is because the government is INVOLVED in the scam. I bet a bunch of politicians run these mafias themselves. India is a dead country.

  • @sangamithraswaminathan3354
    @sangamithraswaminathan33547 жыл бұрын

    it's heartbreaking to see my motherland getting robbed of her treasures..

  • @gaslitworldf.melissab2897

    @gaslitworldf.melissab2897

    6 жыл бұрын

    SANGAMITHRA SWAMINATHAN - Me too. Im not Indian, but you are still my kin.

  • @hhhydra2397

    @hhhydra2397

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ganji, river is good for you, it has healing powers 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @princegahlawat6903
    @princegahlawat69037 жыл бұрын

    There are larger issues involved than simply blaming the "sand-mafia" Would any of these judges, activists, reporters tell us how do they expect roads, buildings, houses to be built without sand? India has been made a mess by courts legislating without expertise and legislature being lethargic.

  • @chuindovu
    @chuindovu7 жыл бұрын

    gee weez a Mafia from sand, ONLY in INDIA.

  • @EagleZtoTheGrave

    @EagleZtoTheGrave

    7 жыл бұрын

    EARTH lol

  • @bonson9156

    @bonson9156

    7 жыл бұрын

    probably in Russia and other former USSR countries as well.

  • @agustinperez150

    @agustinperez150

    7 жыл бұрын

    There is a trash mafia in Mexico

  • @BurningAt420

    @BurningAt420

    7 жыл бұрын

    ^And Italy

  • @yanmarle2864

    @yanmarle2864

    6 жыл бұрын

    only a step removed from the 'concrete mafia' in new york

  • @EdwinHenryBlachford
    @EdwinHenryBlachford6 жыл бұрын

    Australian development was shaped by it's building sand supply locations. Quarry Industries control it and are vast. However, the most expensive part of such sand is transport. With technology closer supplies that are cheaper to transport can be washed, graded and mixed. What India lacks is this technology. Since concrete is the basis of development it would pay for more people to be trained in quarrying and concrete batch management

  • @wjameszzz186

    @wjameszzz186

    7 ай бұрын

    Why should any country look to Australia for development? That "technology" you speak of can find in Japan or Germany.

  • @TrashPandamonium
    @TrashPandamonium5 жыл бұрын

    If VICE did a piece on this subject, it would focus on how the rivers have changed their paths and blame global warming :D

  • @aravindgtr

    @aravindgtr

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes hahah

  • @NutzBdragon

    @NutzBdragon

    3 жыл бұрын

    FACTS. vice is cnn's little brother.

  • @quantumpuddles7591

    @quantumpuddles7591

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bro stfu fr

  • @rcox225
    @rcox2254 жыл бұрын

    He tried the Jedi mind trick on her " you are mistaken there is no sand mining going on here" lmao....as thirty dump trucks go by

  • @gumbooter5562
    @gumbooter55626 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, the high chloride levels of this sand from beaches and estuaries will manifest itself as structural weakness in the years to come. The concrete will damage the reo embedded in it, and buildings/infrastructure will fail under load.

  • @pandarama67

    @pandarama67

    6 жыл бұрын

    They may wash it first

  • @BracaPhoto

    @BracaPhoto

    5 жыл бұрын

    Throw some aluminum in there for good measure ! Haha

  • @jacobishii6121

    @jacobishii6121

    5 жыл бұрын

    Building codes and safety aren't very advanced in India

  • @LeonardoDeVinci1452
    @LeonardoDeVinci14526 жыл бұрын

    Sand Mafia got that politician on the payroll

  • @stripersniper1531

    @stripersniper1531

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sonic Crash Yes just like America

  • @zeono6276

    @zeono6276

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sand mafia IS IN POLITICS!!! WHERE R U BRO

  • @tumble0weed
    @tumble0weed7 жыл бұрын

    This docu was made really well. I only wish they would have blurred the faces of those who were speaking out. Although something tells me they wanted to have a face to their voice.

  • @socrates_the_great6209
    @socrates_the_great62093 жыл бұрын

    16:44 Damn that official wears a lot of gold...where did he get all that money from lol???

  • @rahulj8724

    @rahulj8724

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's why no mafia

  • @nukemanmd
    @nukemanmd6 жыл бұрын

    Who are we (developed countries) to pass judgment on developing countries? Of course, it would be nice if India was able to enforce its environmental laws, but in a country where civil servants are grossly underpaid, is it surprising that bribery is commonplace? In a country where most of the rural population lives below the poverty level, is it fair to expect them to do whatever they can to feed their families? These are problems that must be solved by the Indian people. Solutions cannot be forced on them by the west unless they request our assistance.

  • @JBrander
    @JBrander5 жыл бұрын

    16:35 Yeah, I'm pretty sure that district magistrate is involved with the sand mining business

  • @DJMishaGrin
    @DJMishaGrin5 жыл бұрын

    Dont worrie we banned straws here in Seattle, we saved the planet!

  • @bhavinshukla428
    @bhavinshukla4283 жыл бұрын

    Amazing journalism. Thank you so much. Australian TV doing worthy journalism than any of Indian Media....

  • @sheepnipples3029
    @sheepnipples30295 жыл бұрын

    "this woman was beaten to inches of her life and this man tortured for three days, we're gonna get get out and continue our pursuit of these miners on foot"

  • @danyelberger6959
    @danyelberger69593 жыл бұрын

    I guess what I do not understand is, eventually won't that have an impact on erosion in our oceans? Haven't I been seeing oceans practically drying up and moving? This must have an impact on our ecology...i go to the impossible channel and James talks about this.

  • @LEARNER4LIFE1
    @LEARNER4LIFE17 жыл бұрын

    Mafia in mumbai? when was that a new thing lol.

  • @Christinebanks11

    @Christinebanks11

    7 жыл бұрын

    desisongs4155 always!

  • @jordanmarkis

    @jordanmarkis

    6 жыл бұрын

    The reporter looks about as green as it gets. 'News' for the sheltered

  • @JeffMorrisonAdventures
    @JeffMorrisonAdventures6 жыл бұрын

    What a unique subject, bravo to who ever suggested doing a piece on this. Ive been itching to visit India for years, this video has me even more excited to make it happen.

  • @ramanujamveda1928
    @ramanujamveda19286 жыл бұрын

    I can now see why civil services in India have lost it's charm...Nice work by Journeyman Pictures, felt nice to feel the true spirit of journalism in this era ...

  • @allthatyouneed5164
    @allthatyouneed51642 жыл бұрын

    My family owns 4 mines but all of them are legal. We have legal licence as well as legal tender for the sites. But still these sites were highly dangerous . We have carry out armed men all the time day and night for protection but still we sometime lose our labours in armed clashes with mafia's.

  • @RaginYak
    @RaginYak6 жыл бұрын

    I feel for Akash and his family. It will take lifetime in India to solve this case. Good luck to Akash for this brave pursuit.

  • @AdhirajGupte
    @AdhirajGupte7 жыл бұрын

    This whole drama started aftet Supreme Court of India banned sand mining. You cant ban something when there is huge demand for it, jn a way it actually created a parallel system to get sand which provided kick backs to local level authorities and made more tough to buy house for poor.

  • @soorma01

    @soorma01

    7 жыл бұрын

    mining happens all over the world, but there are laws & environmental regulations that should be followed. Illegal mining isn't the same a mining after an environmental analysis & with proper procedure to limit the damage to the area.

  • @tharaknathreddy2165

    @tharaknathreddy2165

    6 жыл бұрын

    There are alternatives and parallel systems i.e Manufactured Sand. This is much efficient and cheaper than natural sand.

  • @Maurazio

    @Maurazio

    6 жыл бұрын

    Well the court has to uphold the law. It's the politicians who should find a solution. If demand is not met they should find new legal mines to open. If they don't do that there is not enough sand or price is driven up so much that illegal mining becomes a lucrative option if they can even pay bribes with what they make. At the same time fines should be high enough to make illegal mining not worth it.

  • @davidsonpedro1494

    @davidsonpedro1494

    6 жыл бұрын

    They need a healthy environmental approach that is will regulated to benefit the industrial growth and minimal damage to the environment.

  • @anineo89

    @anineo89

    6 жыл бұрын

    how is manufactured sand made?

  • @TG-xo1uj
    @TG-xo1uj3 жыл бұрын

    At the heart of any of these illegal issues that are over looked and condoned by the very officials or the the police in charge to stop it is the fact that the mafia pays better than their own employer. Give those in charge to stop it better pay and you will see a change.

  • @adamokuhle9753
    @adamokuhle9753 Жыл бұрын

    It's very difficult to get this under control. When you have bribery and corruption added to an already big problem the situation becomes a down hill battle

  • @fuchong1216
    @fuchong12166 жыл бұрын

    It is easy to get mad with the sand miner, the challenge is coming out with a better solution. Most of the building material volume come from sand/rock. Where do you get them in a big scale with India’s building boom? Sand mining is dangerous, do you have a better job offer for them? Or can you think of a better system that can be implemented?

  • @nonoozabletodogmaisaiah4577
    @nonoozabletodogmaisaiah45775 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for reposting this in your Channel. It's not pleasant to know that capable and wealthy men do this to poor individuals for a chicken in a pot of rice. Anybody who thinks that's okay is a criminal themselves.

  • @dkathir80
    @dkathir807 жыл бұрын

    They did not cover Tamilnadu's sand mafia

  • @marriedkiwi
    @marriedkiwi7 жыл бұрын

    brave brave woman, all strength to her

  • @univuniveral9713
    @univuniveral97136 жыл бұрын

    This is very dangerous. Such labourers don't joke with their wages. That is, if they buy something in the market, the change must be accurate, else they would kill,since their job is so risky.

  • @biibikiki1304
    @biibikiki13047 жыл бұрын

    In countries where there is a whole lot of poor people who has not many choices of making a living this is what happens. The greed of the rich, victimizing of the poor and the destruction of the environment.

  • @nubianking5862

    @nubianking5862

    7 жыл бұрын

    Let's looks at who is responsible for the most pollution, dumbass. Sand is a fucken non issue

  • @adurpandya2742
    @adurpandya27427 жыл бұрын

    It would be easy to get rid of these mafias if people had balls. That's why they stay out of everyones' way.

  • @brarindersingh6789

    @brarindersingh6789

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your English is wrong mr ball

  • @brarindersingh6789

    @brarindersingh6789

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your English is wrong mr ball

  • @VIVEKKUMAR-nh3zl
    @VIVEKKUMAR-nh3zl3 жыл бұрын

    This is what we called real journalism, half of Indian don't even aware of it...

  • @anupnishanrao7767
    @anupnishanrao77675 жыл бұрын

    In india,the ppl that are expected to save the system are biggest threat to it.😞😔

  • @amosstarkey485
    @amosstarkey4855 жыл бұрын

    "Hey man you got the good stuff" "Yeah, I got this from a ToysRus sand box" "How much do I own you?"

  • @TheMikeman1971
    @TheMikeman19717 жыл бұрын

    Sand over Sand really....Never herd of such a thing over sand the most abundant material in the world...God Bless The poor people of the world......

  • @garrettkeith1959

    @garrettkeith1959

    7 жыл бұрын

    TheMikeman1971 H2O is the most abundant material on the planet ya fuckin wombat

  • @TheMikeman1971

    @TheMikeman1971

    7 жыл бұрын

    Who really cares moron get a life ....troll

  • @shashikanth1144

    @shashikanth1144

    7 жыл бұрын

    TheMikeman1971 . poor of world lol. after being rich for 5000 years u can't always be rich just like u were begging in past u will beg in future.

  • @thespiritof76.

    @thespiritof76.

    7 жыл бұрын

    @ garrett keith Probably bridgmanite

  • @jahidos

    @jahidos

    7 жыл бұрын

    shashi kanth lol

  • @mrk2005
    @mrk20055 жыл бұрын

    You covered a small tip of ice Burg , there are many such uncountable incidents in India.

  • @michaelbannerman-roberts1518
    @michaelbannerman-roberts15185 жыл бұрын

    wow! that was an eye-opener! However the guys who are involved in the illegal mining are at the bottom rung of the ladder above them are the authorities and the developers. The developers have the politicians and judiciary in their pockets so NOTHING but NOTHING will be done to stop this. Obviously steel is too expensive to build with. A few little earth tremors and many of those buildings will come toppling down like card houses. Building inspectors (if there are any) will have been paid off too to pass sub-standard construction. But, what goes round, comes round - In India there is Karma.

  • @AA-uu9ik
    @AA-uu9ik7 жыл бұрын

    This is silly. What else are they going to build with? As a westerner, even I can see the hypocrisy of this journalist.

  • @MicroSamgg

    @MicroSamgg

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's a tough situation, yet ultimately in India, China and much of Asia the situation is mis-managed. There is nothing wrong with development, but this unhinged growth is clearly very unhealthy. The governments can use their absolute power to encourage modesty and anti-materialism to the people, and focus on providing basic needs, but instead the ideas these people have are to grow as quick as possible, become rich and buy all the coolest things to somehow prove something to the world. I went to China hoping to find a more genuine life but instead encountered a crass commercialism on a scale I couldn't imagine in my home country, which has a reputation worldwide for this sort of mentality. It's really too sad. We live in an age of abundance and general world peace, yet many developing countries are abandoning their principles and pursuing riches. Perhaps I give them too much credit, maybe they had no principles to begin with and this western idea of development was an outlet for them to put their constructive and destructive energies. I sometimes got that feeling in China.

  • @AA-uu9ik

    @AA-uu9ik

    6 жыл бұрын

    Avidi Arshid well I'm a white Aussie male I'm not conspiring to hinder their development.

  • @AA-uu9ik

    @AA-uu9ik

    6 жыл бұрын

    MicroSamgg I know what you mean and think you make good points but I just can't see how a rich westerner who has at least indirectly benefited from environmental plunder is justified in condemning Indians building modern homes for themselves

  • @MicroSamgg

    @MicroSamgg

    6 жыл бұрын

    A I understand my own hypocrisy in this reasoning, but the situation is still fucked. These buildings may be new but are of extremely low quality, and the reinforced concrete highrises in India seem to be on the same level as in China. They will be gleaming jewels to make good face at the beginning and then rundown and without routine maintenance within 5 years' time. I myself am not necessarily rich but I have been fortunate be educated and can see this is a disastrous recipe. In fact, I for now have chosen a technically lower standard of living in order to put forward my best foot as to what people believe they should expect from life. These countries can do better, much better, and they can look at places like Japan, South Korea and Malaysia (Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong included) as examples of how to properly scale a society. Western countries are not the only paradigm here.

  • @MicroSamgg

    @MicroSamgg

    6 жыл бұрын

    I understand this...was/is the same for China. Sometimes I feel it is purely a cultural problem, no matter the solution, these people cannot seem to get it together. However the prevailing logic under these market economy systems says 'well, things are definitely a hell of a lot better than they used to be' so we'll keep doing it this way, even if the methods are terribly inefficient.

  • @fitofight8540
    @fitofight85407 жыл бұрын

    All industrialized country have gone through this and other similar practices.

  • @rikenwwe

    @rikenwwe

    7 жыл бұрын

    fitofight that's right America went through something similar back in the late 1800s and 1900s India is going through the same phase but heightened because of the overpopulation.

  • @univuniveral9713

    @univuniveral9713

    6 жыл бұрын

    America went through this when there was nothing better anywhere else. Now the world has advanced and India has the internet created by America which shows them better options. It is evil have this knowledge in 2017 and still act keep your country behind. And how long did USA go through that. India and Africa have been going through this for ages, while for USA it was just a stage. And simultaneously when USA was going through this there were revolutions and scientific inventions taking place there as well. And Why did India and Africa not go through this love ago at the same time as USA. I am African, but I ask, are we not all humans who started evolving at the same time? Why are the whites so advanced?

  • @a.caguax78

    @a.caguax78

    6 жыл бұрын

    America is among the most corrupt countries in the world. I live here, don't believe the propaganda you here on the news. There is many issues here just like everywhere else. Also whites are not more advanced than anyone else.

  • @PreciousBoxer

    @PreciousBoxer

    6 жыл бұрын

    All industrialized countries should jump off the Golden Gate Bridge for destroying the planet in order to generate profits. Milton Friedman used to say that if you put government in control of the Sahara Desert there would be a shortage of sand within 5 years. Currency should be boycotted immediately.

  • @univuniveral9713

    @univuniveral9713

    6 жыл бұрын

    Joe Marks3 Been thinking, what do companies do with the excess profits they target each year?

  • @MattShade64
    @MattShade647 жыл бұрын

    'Pretty hard' to stop one illegal operation when the entire country runs on bribes from anything like an overdue drivers license to drugs, on up to the building and medical industries.

  • @papapapist
    @papapapist7 жыл бұрын

    With all that corruption i can only imagine the quality of the cement. One earthquake and ....

  • @indubitablyso7874
    @indubitablyso78747 жыл бұрын

    Fix your toilets before you start building

  • @isrularviper6101

    @isrularviper6101

    7 жыл бұрын

    Triggerd non binary Feminist You're an idiot. Toilets won't even help. I understand that you think your toilet magically make your waste disappear, the truth is, they go to the make shift river. That destroys the environment I have one near my damn nieborhood but it's not clean but just waste

  • @foxmoulder7724

    @foxmoulder7724

    6 жыл бұрын

    Triggerd non binary Feminist whats to fix XD its a hole in the floor usually, if u mean the sewage situation then deffinitly. because the rivers are fucked already

  • @baku5130

    @baku5130

    6 жыл бұрын

    LOL

  • @cs-mi8ur

    @cs-mi8ur

    6 жыл бұрын

    Says a person who can't afford any of these apartments

  • @rantswithlance6198

    @rantswithlance6198

    6 жыл бұрын

    Don't forget to poo in the loo.

  • @alexshield7532
    @alexshield75327 жыл бұрын

    02:00 wow that guy is ripped

  • @SmokinStalin

    @SmokinStalin

    7 жыл бұрын

    damn

  • @glennparker73

    @glennparker73

    7 жыл бұрын

    Doc Holladay hahahahahahahahahahaha

  • @Cata995

    @Cata995

    7 жыл бұрын

    lmao

  • @raviranjan-wc8xm

    @raviranjan-wc8xm

    7 жыл бұрын

    Even without gym

  • @jenghiscanlui5097

    @jenghiscanlui5097

    6 жыл бұрын

    no gym no protein bars

  • @jimmy_junk
    @jimmy_junk4 жыл бұрын

    Just when you think you're aware of all the injustices in the world. You stumble onto this. Craziness

  • @jkeezy93

    @jkeezy93

    3 жыл бұрын

    "think you're aware of ALL Injustices" lmao do you study them? How big does it have to be for you to be notified? Someone stole money out of my car a month back too.

  • @bbgg1690
    @bbgg16906 жыл бұрын

    i think nobody have the courage to show it in main stream, subscribed after watching this video

  • @westhouse4641
    @westhouse46417 жыл бұрын

    safety rope? the one in their hands attached to the bucket

  • @deidradahl3186
    @deidradahl31864 жыл бұрын

    I was innocent for a long time, believing in law and order until a person i knew almost got fired for reporting theft in his company, the head he reported to was the mastermind, this nice lady went to the authority and was told to produce the evidence, it's not her job ,its theirs, they know what's happening and is turning a blind eye, she could have lost her life, sad to say, leave it alone, people have lost their lives, and it is still going on, so it seems it's all in vain

  • @Happyguy500001
    @Happyguy5000017 жыл бұрын

    Thank you journeyman pictures.

  • @nix-on-the-run8056
    @nix-on-the-run80566 жыл бұрын

    Investigative journalism is the best journalism it takes a lot of courage

  • @prem9543
    @prem95436 жыл бұрын

    i love india, but i want to live in other countries

  • @gaslitworldf.melissab2897

    @gaslitworldf.melissab2897

    6 жыл бұрын

    prem kumar - Honey, I hope one day you can. I really do.

  • @ulaga2462

    @ulaga2462

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nah... Stay in your lovely country.

  • @blacknwhitetruthfully5325

    @blacknwhitetruthfully5325

    5 жыл бұрын

    prem kumar stay in your shit hole

  • @am.1755

    @am.1755

    5 жыл бұрын

    Real patriotic indian 😂

  • @blacknwhitetruthfully5325

    @blacknwhitetruthfully5325

    5 жыл бұрын

    abhay 1234 😂

  • @picklebacon
    @picklebacon6 жыл бұрын

    Sure is sad the length these people will go through to make a buck. What’s next, air? The whole country is a landfill, the once beautiful rivers are now streams full of sewage and trash. These people wanna build these fancies cities, but can’t even keep their streets clean 😂 Pretty damn sad...

  • @reelillusionl123

    @reelillusionl123

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pickle Bacon indeed. Check out the river in java. Fuckin nasty.

  • @yugmathakkar4023

    @yugmathakkar4023

    5 жыл бұрын

    You do know that the streets were filthy in places like the US and UK during the 19th and 20th century, when they were actually going through a construction boom? Same is happening today, sure its pretty late, but its got to happen at some point right?

  • @alghenio2987
    @alghenio29875 жыл бұрын

    Father died and The son having lunch this can only happen in India. So modern India. Incredible Indiaaaaa

  • @binebum1
    @binebum12 жыл бұрын

    Awhh this is terrible! I cried for the people caught in this situation

  • @SunnySingh-iv9kf
    @SunnySingh-iv9kf7 жыл бұрын

    District Magistrate guy is wearing an Emporio Armani spectacle frame. Kind of suggests there is collusion because on his salary this would be a wee bit dear.

  • @MicroSamgg

    @MicroSamgg

    6 жыл бұрын

    I don't know how you know those frames or even noticed, but nice discovery

  • @DipakBose-bq1vv

    @DipakBose-bq1vv

    6 жыл бұрын

    Maybe he got it from Bangkok, made in China.

  • @BradleyWelshTV

    @BradleyWelshTV

    6 жыл бұрын

    fake

  • @manassurya2019
    @manassurya20197 жыл бұрын

    For journeyman pictures, India will always remain a "dark secret".

  • @krisj9139

    @krisj9139

    6 жыл бұрын

    Manas Surya no more like a dark work place heeh

  • @Kamofy

    @Kamofy

    6 жыл бұрын

    Except all journeyman pictures is a yt channel that reposts other media outlet's videos. This for example is a part of an ABC Australia news report.

  • @Kamofy

    @Kamofy

    6 жыл бұрын

    david bryan I always wondered the same thing. Not sure how it why they get away with it but whatever. The only thing that bums me out is that they rarely ever post the entire episode. Only a clip. Worthless imo. Btw ABC Australia has these up for free on their site.

  • @Kamofy

    @Kamofy

    6 жыл бұрын

    david bryan I'm still trying to figure that out tbh. Just go on ABC Australia website. You'll see the complete version of many of their episodes.

  • @Redishere

    @Redishere

    5 жыл бұрын

    david bryan she litteraly presents herself as such to every public figure she meets in the documentary series.

  • @bindasguy3666
    @bindasguy36665 жыл бұрын

    At 17:05 epic words spoken by collector 😁😁

  • @bruce9897
    @bruce98974 жыл бұрын

    Glad to see I’m not only one who ended up down this video rabbit hole.

  • @natheisler2918
    @natheisler29186 жыл бұрын

    salt in concrete is very bad !! you can not use beach sand to make concrete1111

  • @demonix321

    @demonix321

    5 жыл бұрын

    They wash the sand over and over to remove the salt

  • @CraftyShawn
    @CraftyShawn7 жыл бұрын

    Unacceptable and sad

  • @rhandycan1
    @rhandycan16 жыл бұрын

    in my province, when we were young the river is very beautiful...many fishes. We used to take a bath there...But now as illegal sand mining is going on, it looks like crap.

  • @theconcan2753
    @theconcan27537 жыл бұрын

    im not for environmental destruction like this but it' funny how people only start to care when they are peronally affected, in this case her property being devalued because the beach she doesnt own is being mined away.

  • @pritamk4388
    @pritamk43883 жыл бұрын

    Corruption is in our DNA and that's the reality.

  • @juanbulawan252
    @juanbulawan2526 жыл бұрын

    Booming economy? Booing economy instead

  • @bankingemployee
    @bankingemployee6 жыл бұрын

    Very good research done and you pickup one of the most sense tional topic

  • @yankee303
    @yankee3037 жыл бұрын

    love you journeyman journals.....very brave correspondents....

  • @gongaatherenegade.6676
    @gongaatherenegade.66767 жыл бұрын

    beautiful filthY INDIA.

  • @tajindersinghsidhu8242

    @tajindersinghsidhu8242

    7 жыл бұрын

    Owais Ahmed Khan which filthy country you are from lol

  • @harbanmitalmital731

    @harbanmitalmital731

    7 жыл бұрын

    ....thats why nobody takes you people seriously .... its like terrorists calling other terrorist ...ha ha ha

  • @khgaigonglinpou3538

    @khgaigonglinpou3538

    5 жыл бұрын

    Owais Ahmed Khan bhai Pakistani hai kya??

  • @hulfe2514
    @hulfe25143 жыл бұрын

    Came here from Ph1lzA's stream!

  • @sleepyrowdy1826

    @sleepyrowdy1826

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @TheRyadrian
    @TheRyadrian5 жыл бұрын

    Reading comments about sand is gold. This is the REAL sand. ;)

  • @HolyFosterConner
    @HolyFosterConner7 жыл бұрын

    No mafia. *reassures with indian head nod*

  • @sudarshans226
    @sudarshans2267 жыл бұрын

    For viewers information Journey man pictures is a Christian organisation.

  • @MrCameronIsAG
    @MrCameronIsAG5 жыл бұрын

    it sticks because it has poop in it

  • @misfitcircus5811

    @misfitcircus5811

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fire comment

  • @anaghieh9679
    @anaghieh96797 жыл бұрын

    This is barely an issue in the larger outlook of developing the economy. India should create a legal channel for land owners to sell their sand.

  • @thechief762
    @thechief7625 жыл бұрын

    Sometimes making things illegal sends what should be an honest business underground where it exists in the shadows, unregulated, where prices increase stimulating scarcity even more. All people use sand it is one of the most common natural materials on earth and isn't in short supply unless someone wants it to be that way. In the USA we dredge sand out of a hole and make a productive lake, no big deal. Example: Costa Rica allows sea turtle eggs to be sold supplying the small market from certain beaches which are overcrowded by the turtles who destroy each other's nests. Other countries nearby ban the use of the eggs driving the price up so much it encourages them to be taken even worse to where few nests survive and the turtles become nearly extinct.

  • @capespring
    @capespring7 жыл бұрын

    biggest democracy, thought it only happens in China

  • @MicroSamgg

    @MicroSamgg

    6 жыл бұрын

    yeah I think you and India have both fucked things up pretty awfully. Little room for banter between you two, especially where the environment is concerned.

  • @VKaul
    @VKaul7 жыл бұрын

    rajasthan#bjp government is involve in sand mafia at chambal and banas river in rajasthan ...shame#modi

  • @VKaul

    @VKaul

    7 жыл бұрын

    mumbai has congress in your dreams ...its bjp shiv sena ..government

  • @FireFox-di5cz

    @FireFox-di5cz

    7 жыл бұрын

    Vicky Kaul ahahahahahah

  • @sharath9893

    @sharath9893

    6 жыл бұрын

    Vicky Kaul fucking katua loser.

  • @dennislockhart8627
    @dennislockhart86277 жыл бұрын

    ~Everything must be destroyed to be rebuilt again~ #Shiva

  • @maniek423
    @maniek4236 жыл бұрын

    When the Last Tree Is Cut Down, the Last Fish Eaten, and the Last Stream Poisoned, You Will Realize That You Cannot Eat Money

  • @JesusGodHolySpirit3
    @JesusGodHolySpirit37 жыл бұрын

    How dare them! How dare anyone act like this! Disgusting!

  • @juangrcia4363
    @juangrcia43637 жыл бұрын

    pore people

  • @ctswampyankee8688

    @ctswampyankee8688

    6 жыл бұрын

    Juan Grcia you must be an inbred

  • @lesleyturner840
    @lesleyturner8403 жыл бұрын

    This was a great documentary

  • @santiagoe6534
    @santiagoe65343 жыл бұрын

    wilbur and philza got me here

  • @santiagoe6534

    @santiagoe6534

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Buenus Diuas new religion

  • @MarioLoco03
    @MarioLoco037 жыл бұрын

    Is that river made of chocolate milk?

  • @nubianking5862
    @nubianking58627 жыл бұрын

    "illegal Sand mining" ... sounds like a non-issue to me ..... NEXT!

  • @msingh9649
    @msingh96497 жыл бұрын

    keep up the good work

  • @nskiran
    @nskiran7 жыл бұрын

    This time its like "Ya we all agree we are part of a scam and we are silent on it.". Solving bigger problems looks like a necessity

  • @cottoneye2012
    @cottoneye20127 жыл бұрын

    Indians arent reluctant in pointing at Pakistanis for their problems

  • @FireFox-di5cz

    @FireFox-di5cz

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hassan Ali yaha bhi pahuch gaye lodu...ja apna desh thik kar pehley

  • @deepayankundu4744

    @deepayankundu4744

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hassan Ali what India no 1. hahahahh you mean bomb blast in India planned in Pakistan .

  • @deepayankundu4744

    @deepayankundu4744

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hassan Ali what ? Pakistan against terrorist . lol then why Osama bin Laden found safe in Pakistan

  • @FireFox-di5cz

    @FireFox-di5cz

    7 жыл бұрын

    TheHandsome Jack ass

  • @FireFox-di5cz

    @FireFox-di5cz

    7 жыл бұрын

    We r a secular state. With largest Hindu population,second largest Muslim population,largest Zoroastrian and we r the birth place of Buddhism. We r not just Hindus

  • @marcoabreo6506
    @marcoabreo65067 жыл бұрын

    Poo in the loo

  • @marcoabreo6506

    @marcoabreo6506

    7 жыл бұрын

    abdul rashid enjoy pooping on the streets rashed.

  • @marcoabreo6506

    @marcoabreo6506

    7 жыл бұрын

    abdul rashid but am I wrong tho? Do Indians not poo in the loo?

  • @FireFox-di5cz

    @FireFox-di5cz

    7 жыл бұрын

    Well not unlike Mexican we r not kicked out of countries and don't beg like dogs to get in

  • @FireFox-di5cz

    @FireFox-di5cz

    7 жыл бұрын

    Joseph Nez what about u super filthy shithole who r born to commit crime

  • @jonathanandrew2909

    @jonathanandrew2909

    7 жыл бұрын

    do or i will sue.

  • @jaikumarjadhav6575
    @jaikumarjadhav65753 жыл бұрын

    Irony of India is that, we call ourselves 'Socialist', but the most powerful people are politicians and bureaucrats. I think, we were better off under capitalism/libertarianism, so that the small businesses could make money, given the high taxes and regulations, licenses.

  • @shekharpaul966
    @shekharpaul9667 жыл бұрын

    Well..... DM(District Magistrate),who supposedly of IAS Rank..doesn't know to answer in English (24:34) .."Nothing Mafia"..what a fabulous Talent !!

  • @architsharma2877

    @architsharma2877

    7 жыл бұрын

    shekhar paul reservations.