Mysore/Mysuru: Admitting that there is shortage of sand in Mysuru district, Minister for Mines & Geology and Women & Child Welfare, Halappa Achar, said that suitable measures will be taken to address the issue. He was speaking at the progress review meeting of Mines and Geology and Women & Child Welfare Departments at the Zilla…
Govt. plans to supply sand free of cost to poor people building houses
March 23, 2021Bengaluru: The State Government will soon implement a new sand policy to supply sand to poor people free of cost, said Mines and Geology Minister Murugesh Nirani. Replying to JD(S) MLA C.N. Balakrishna’s question during Question Hour in the State Legislative Assembly on Friday, he said that the Department has taken several steps to ease…
ASP’s night-out to nab sand smuggler
February 11, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With a firm resolve to arrest a repeat offender who used to transport sand illegally, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Shivakumar himself went on a night-out and sat on the main road. He was able to arrest the offender and also seize the truck along with the sand. Sand smuggler Murali from Induvalu village,…
New Sand Policy to help end-users: Minister Murugesh Nirani
February 11, 2021Govt. should have control over sand distribution and illegalities must be removed: BAI Chairman Bengaluru: The State Government will soon come out with a new Sand Policy to ensure that end-users get sand at a nominal price and without hassles, Mines and Geology Minister Murugesh Nirani announced in Bengaluru yesterday. He told reporters that the…
Three arrested for illegal transportation of sand
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The District Crime Information Bureau (DCIB) Police, have arrested three persons on charges of transporting sand from river bed and have also seized a Bolero vehicle used for transporting the sand. Following information that sand was being transported illegally, the DCIB Police, supervised by Superintendent of Police (SP) C.B. Ryshyanth and ASP Shivakumar, who…
New Sand Policy guidelines notified in State Gazette
May 24, 2020Bengaluru: The Department of Industries and Commerce has notified the guidelines in respect of the State Government’s New Sand Policy-2020 in the State Gazette. The State Cabinet had approved the new sand policy during the Cabinet meeting on April 30 and subsequently, Governor Vajubhai R. Vala has given his consent. As per the guidelines detailed…
Want sand? Book online
February 12, 2020State to bring out new sand policy to curb illegal supply and ensure easy availability Bengaluru: The State Government has proposed to bring out a new sand extraction policy for meeting the demand-supply gap. The new sand policy will have an online booking system to supply sand and thus will be one of the several…
State Government to supply Malaysian sand to ease shortage
August 8, 2017Bengaluru: The Government is making all efforts to ease the problem of sand shortage for construction purpose and strike at the sand mafia. Because of the shortage, sand is being sold at exorbitant prices and now it (Government) is planning to sell at Rs. 35,000 per lorry load, said Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T.B….
Sand exporter from Philippines speaks to SOM
May 30, 2017It may be recalled that Star of Mysore (dated Nov. 7, 2016) had published an interview with B.D. Jatti’s grandson, Channu Jatti (in pic), who is into sand business in Philippines where he had said, “The only way to curb sand mafia is to import sand.” Reacting to the State government’s decision to import sand…
Govt. to release seized sand
March 7, 2017In a major relief to people waiting for sand to carry out their construction activities, the District Administration has decided to take steps to release seized sand and also distribute M-sand according to requirements. At a review meeting of District Mineral Foundation at the Deputy Commissioner’s office this morning, Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep who is…
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