Chandigarh: Punjab will rope in IIT Kanpur, Roorkee, Delhi and Kharagpur to assess
demand of sand and its availability in rivers as per Union Environment
Ministry guidelines, as part of the state government's efforts to plug
revenue leakage by curbing illegal mining in the state.
During a
cabinet sub-committee meeting on mining chaired by state minister Navjot
Singh Sidhu for framing of a new mining policy in the state to boost
revenue from the sector, it was proposed that sand would be made
available to consumers at a fixed rate.