New Delhi, May 14 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday slammed Rajasthan authorities over rampant illegal sand mining inside the National Chambal Sanctuary, which spans across Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and is threatening aquatic and endangered wildlife, including gharials.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and Vijay Bishnoi directed the Rajasthan Additional Chief Secretary (Home) and the Principal Secretaries of the Mining, Finance, Forest, Environment and Transport & Road Safety Departments to remain personally present before the Court on May 19 with individual affidavits detailing compliance with the Court's April 2 order.

In the April 2 order, the Court had directed Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Prade...