Six new sand reaches identified in Mulugu

Mulugu: Six sand-bearing areas have been identified in the district. While two of them are in Mangapet mandal, the remaining four are in the Venkatapuram (Nugur), said District Collector S Krishna Aditya here on Friday. Addressing a district-level meeting on the sand availability and number of applications submitted for quarrying and other issues on the […]

Mulugu: Six sand-bearing areas have been identified in the district. While two of them are in Mangapet mandal, the remaining four are in the Venkatapuram (Nugur), said District Collector S Krishna Aditya here on Friday.

Addressing a district-level meeting on the sand availability and number of applications submitted for quarrying and other issues on the sand held at the Collectorate, he directed the officials concerned to submit a report after identifying the boundaries of the sand reaches along with the Google earth images at the earliest. He also directed the officials to show proper causes/reasons for the closure of the sand reaches. Stating that the forest officials had denied NOC for sand quarrying in seven places in citing that they are under the eco-sensitive zone, he asked them to submit the proper documents and reasons for the denial of the permission during the next district level meeting scheduled to held on Wednesday.

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139 applications finalised

While a total of 262 applications were submitted for the sand quarrying by societies and individuals, he said that 139 of them have been finalised. He asked the officials to conduct a joint survey to take a decision on the 123 pending applications at the earliest. Some sand-bearing areas are in the patta lands along the streams and the rivers. DRO Rama Devi, AD, Mining department, Raghubabu, DCO Sardhar Singh and other officials attended the meeting.

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