Coimbatore: Acute scarcity of river sand has dealt a blow to sand truck operators. Owners of sand vehicles stated they have been driven to promote their cars as they may no longer pay EMI as they had no industry because of sand scarcity.
The day-to-day necessity of sand for state’s building actions used to be round 20,000 to 25,000 quite a bit, stated S Yuvaraj, president of Tamil Nadu State Sand Lorry Owners Federation. “But now we get only round 1,500 quite a bit,” he stated. “Due to this several truck house owners have come to the degree where they had to promote their vehicles. I had to promote two of my vehicles, as I couldn’t manage them with the meagre industry today,” he added.
Secretary of Coimbatore district sand lorry house owners association Chandrika Mani stated the town had round 2,500 sand vehicles earlier, however now only round 500 are in operation. “Many people are pressured to promote their vehicles or surrender as they may no longer pay the dues,” he stated. Mani added that the sand scarcity used to be no longer a natural one and had caused through the lacklustre attitude of the state executive. “From ultimate October, the manager minister has been pronouncing the state would open 70 sand quarries, however it has no longer been finished but,” stated Mani.
Sand truck house owners stated there are round 55,000 sand vehicles in the state, out of which 40,000 are actually into bankruptcy. Of these vehicles, 15,000 are in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur. Yuvaraj stated the state’s on-line portal () to shop for sand is now defunct because of workforce scarcity. “The chief minister had introduced that B.Com graduates would be recruited to man the portal. But it has no longer been finished,” he stated.
While M-sand, an alternate for river sand, appears to be taking care of the sand needs of the construction industry, the manufacturing has no longer been regulated, stated Yuvaraj. “There is not any correct equipment for producing M-sand. Till now there are only 50 registered M-sand manufacturers,” he stated.
Mani stated, “Several M-sand manufacturers do not wash the sand properly, which makes it incorrect for building use.”
As an impact of the arrival of M-sand, the velocity of blue metal (jalli) too has long past up, say building workers. “As blue metal is used to make M-sand, its price has long past up through virtually 50%. This is because, blue metal is diverted to make M-sand which today sells for Rs 5,000 to Rs 6,000 consistent with unit,” stated N Selvaraj, assistant secretary of Tamil Nadu AICTU Construction Workers Association.
The day-to-day necessity of sand for state’s building actions used to be round 20,000 to 25,000 quite a bit, stated S Yuvaraj, president of Tamil Nadu State Sand Lorry Owners Federation. “But now we get only round 1,500 quite a bit,” he stated. “Due to this several truck house owners have come to the degree where they had to promote their vehicles. I had to promote two of my vehicles, as I couldn’t manage them with the meagre industry today,” he added.
Secretary of Coimbatore district sand lorry house owners association Chandrika Mani stated the town had round 2,500 sand vehicles earlier, however now only round 500 are in operation. “Many people are pressured to promote their vehicles or surrender as they may no longer pay the dues,” he stated. Mani added that the sand scarcity used to be no longer a natural one and had caused through the lacklustre attitude of the state executive. “From ultimate October, the manager minister has been pronouncing the state would open 70 sand quarries, however it has no longer been finished but,” stated Mani.
Sand truck house owners stated there are round 55,000 sand vehicles in the state, out of which 40,000 are actually into bankruptcy. Of these vehicles, 15,000 are in Chennai, Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur. Yuvaraj stated the state’s on-line portal () to shop for sand is now defunct because of workforce scarcity. “The chief minister had introduced that B.Com graduates would be recruited to man the portal. But it has no longer been finished,” he stated.
While M-sand, an alternate for river sand, appears to be taking care of the sand needs of the construction industry, the manufacturing has no longer been regulated, stated Yuvaraj. “There is not any correct equipment for producing M-sand. Till now there are only 50 registered M-sand manufacturers,” he stated.
Mani stated, “Several M-sand manufacturers do not wash the sand properly, which makes it incorrect for building use.”
As an impact of the arrival of M-sand, the velocity of blue metal (jalli) too has long past up, say building workers. “As blue metal is used to make M-sand, its price has long past up through virtually 50%. This is because, blue metal is diverted to make M-sand which today sells for Rs 5,000 to Rs 6,000 consistent with unit,” stated N Selvaraj, assistant secretary of Tamil Nadu AICTU Construction Workers Association.
Acute shortage of river sand affects truck operators
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