PTI
Moga, April 21
To present sand and gravel at inexpensive costs to folks, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday devoted 20 more public mines to folks in five districts of the state.
(*20*) at Sanghera village in Moga, he stated beneath the third part of public mining websites, 20 new websites, together with in Ludhiana, Ferozepur, Moga, Hoshiarpur and SBS Nagar districts, have been made operational on Friday, growing the overall variety of operational websites to 55 throughout the state.
Mann stated the federal government will quickly operationalise a complete of 150 public mines throughout Punjab, guaranteeing they may get sand at Rs 5.50 per cubic ft.
The state authorities has eradicated the sand mafia which prevailed throughout the earlier regimes to make sure that folks get sand at cheaper charge, a press release stated.
The state authorities will allow guide excavation of sand in these public mining websites and can prohibit mechanical excavation. “Till now, 5.82 lakh metric tonne of sand has been utilized by folks from 35 public mines,” he stated, in keeping with an official assertion.
Apart from offering sand at cheaper charge, these public mines will even supply direct and oblique employment to a number of youths.
According to the chief minister, sand from public mining websites will solely be bought to be used in building of non-commercial initiatives.
The chief minister stated that the sale will probably be performed until sundown solely and a authorities official will at all times be current to manage the extraction of sand at every public mining web site.
Further, he stated that crackdown has been launched in opposition to the sand mafia, which was allegedly patronised by the earlier regimes.
“Previous governments have been hand in glove with each mafia that plundered the state throughout their tyrant and lengthy misrule,” he stated, including that “not even a single tainted particular person will probably be allowed to mint the cash illegally from any supply beneath our authorities”.
Stern motion will probably be taken in opposition to anybody who’s discovered indulging in corrupt practices, Mann added.
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