Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 6: Former Minister, ex MLA, Marh and chairman Panchayati Raj Cell BJP, Ch Sukhnandan Kumar demanded early allotments of mineral blocks to the bidders so that the developmental activities could not get hampered in the UT of J&K. The demand was made by him at a press conference here in which he showed his grave concern over the ban on mining by Geology and Mining Department in J&K.
He urged the Government to formulate a policy to address the issues pertaining to viability of developmental activities, which has been stopped due to non availability of raw material across the UT.
He said the Government action has led to the hike in rates of the mining material manifold as the action has opened flood gates for corruption with the result a common man has been worst hit.
He said that Government must allow extraction and lifting of raw material including stones and sand on short term basis. “Since there is a blanket ban on stone quarrying and sand digging activities in both divisions of J&K, the Government must issue short term permits to the concerned stakeholders, so that the developmental activities can be made functional. This way the livelihood of thousands of people who solely dependent on this can be reinstated, “he added.
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