Raipur. During the discussion on illegal sand excavation in the Assembly on Tuesday, Finance Minister OP Choudhary made a big announcement. On the question of Assembly Speaker Dr. Raman Singh, he said that the villagers will be given free sand from a small tractor for their own use to build the Prime Minister’s residence. Read this also: Assembly Budget Session: DMF issue echoed in Question Hour, Congress MLA asked – How seriously will our words be taken, Finance Minister’s answer brought laughter…
Raising the issue, Congress MLA Sheshraj Harvansh said that a complaint has been received regarding illegal sand mining. Is loading from machines allowed in sand mines? In the absence of the Chief Minister, Finance Minister OP Chaudhary said that no one is anticipating loading from the machine. If mining is going on anywhere without permission, strict action will be taken against it. BJP MLA Dharamjit Singh said that you should leave right now by helicopter, if more than 200 Poklanes are not found doing excavation then I will resign from my legislature.
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Dharamjit Singh requested to run the campaign for fifteen days and said that the previous government had played a big game of sand. It is better that this authority be given to the Panchayat like before. The Finance Minister said that the department is keeping an eye on this, and appropriate action is being taken. Asandi told the minister to take such strict action that an example would be set. Along with this, Minister Chaudhary gave instructions to take strict action every day for the next 15 days.
Many MLAs of BJP-Congress spoke in the House regarding illegal excavation of sand. The issue of illegal excavation of sand from Arpa in Bilaspur was also raised. Questions were also raised regarding the problems faced by the villagers. Assembly Speaker Dr. Raman Singh asked whether the Prime Minister gives permission to the villagers to take sand for housing? This will be a big thing. On this, Minister OP Chaudhary announced in the House that sand will be given free from small tractors for the villagers’ own use to build the Prime Minister’s residence.
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Former leader of opposition and BJP MLA Dharamlal Kaushik said that action should be taken against those who extract oil from sand. Rickesh Sen said that if minerals are confiscated, then where are they kept? On this the minister said that both the value of the mineral and the fine remain in it. The mineral is returned to the same person after taking the fine. Rikesh Sen said that there has been a lot of corruption in sand mining in the last 5 years.
Minister Choudhary said that the minerals that are seized are seized by trucks and are not taken back and auctioned. After taking both the amount of mineral and the penalty, the mineral itself is given to him. On this, Rikesh Sen demanded investigation on all the minerals seized in district Surguja, Balrampur and Surajpur and strict action if the complaint is found true.
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Excavation done without a lease and environment clearance, or outside the designated area, is called illegal. If a truck is plying, a dumper is plying, and caught on the road without paying royalty, a case of illegal transportation is registered.
The minister said that the second concern is that there are small tractors, we will ensure that action is taken against the big mafia and big musclemen. This is the government of Vishnu Dev. We will ensure that no one will save Bahubali. If someone is taking sand for Gram Panchayat work or any local for his own work, then mining rules have given exemption under such local rules. They are doing transportation in it, and if anyone is harassing them, we will not let them do so.
The Minister said that many important concerns have come to light and the houses being built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana will not be disturbed. On this, Assembly Speaker Dr. Raman Singh said that if you agree then say it and announce it in the House. On this, Minister OP Chaudhary said that we will provide free sand for the Prime Minister’s Housing Scheme.