Consider the following statements: Statement I: The ban on river sand mining in Kerala has indirectly contributed to the expansion of stone quarries near ecologically sensitive areas. Statement II: The demand for stone quarrying surged because manufactured sand (M-sand), produced by crushing hard granite rock, emerged as the primary alternative to river sand. Statement III: The rapid expansion of stone quarries near protected forest buffers has had negligible ecological and landslide impact due to highly advanced mitigation technologies. Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

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Only one of Statements II and III is correct, and that explains Statement I

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