Amarinder seeks cancellation of sand mine auction
Friday, 11/01/2013
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CHANDIGARH: Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Capt Amarinder Singh has demanded the cancellation of the auction of all the sand mines held on Thursday.
Questioning the genuineness of the auction, he said the mines have been allotted for unrealistically high bids defying all financial logic. He said the way auction has been held will only lead to monopoly both in mining of sand as well as its pricing and it will virtually be impossible for the common man to build a house as sand will now be costlier than cement.