Rajouri April,20: In order to fix the rates of Sand and Bajri sold by the stone crushers ,the District Development Commissioner Rajouri Mohammad Aijaz Asad today convened a meeting with the concerned officers in his office chamber.
The meeting was attended by Additional Deputy Commissioner Rajouri Sher Singh, Divisional Officer Pollution Control Board, Executive Engineer PWD Rajouri, Assistant Director Food and Civil Supplies and other concerned official and non official members.
Threadbare discussion was held over various issues pertaining the running of crushers, availability of raw material and royalty issues.
The President Contractor association Rajouri informed the DDC that royality on raw material is charged from the contractors but it should be charged from stone crushers owners. He also said that the rates of Sand and Bajri are very high which causes sufferings to the final consumer.
He recommended for online tendering and not open auction of extraction of minor minerals.
During the meeting the DDC said that a committe headed by ADC Rajouri while District Mineral Officer, SE PWD ,Assistant controller legal meterology and AD Food and Civil Supplies shall be constituted for fixing the rates of Sand and Bajri in the district.
He directed District Mineral Officer to collect the current rate list of sand and bajri being sold by crushers. He also assured the stone crusher owners and contractors to resolve their issues of royality.
He added that the regulation of rates is essential for public interest and should be a holistic situation for everybody to ensure that there is no undue burden on the end consumer.
Morever the DDC also directed the president contractor association and the president stone crusher association to follow the norms of air and noise pollution.
Moreover DDC said that District Adm will not tolerate the unprofessional and unregulated mining if there is any report of illegal extraction being done action shall be initiated under the law.
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