Abstract
Rivers are the most important life supporting system of nature. River sand is used just as much as river water for human subsistence. The uses of sands in various fields are likely, concrete work in building sites, construction of roads, making of various sizes of bricks, glasses industries, even fill in deep space, reclamations to replace eroded coastline etc. Sands of river streams have no substitute for use as building material in reinforced concrete cement. Indiscriminate sand extraction from river is changing the course of the river bed and leading to environmental degradation.