New sand mining policy soon: CM

Replying to a question raised by H P Manjunath (Congress) in the Legislative Assembly he said lack of co-ordination between the revenue, police and departments of mines and geology is encouraging looting of sand among mining contractors.

Efforts to check illegal mining in the past one year has gone vain, he said.
The government will be taking a firm decision on putting an end to illegal mining by authorising the PWD to give permits, he added.
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The chief minister has declared that the State’s financial position is good and all the defunct electric transformers would be repaired within a month.