Surge in M-Sand price affects construction projects, lorry operators across T.N.
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Surge in M-Sand price affects construction projects, lorry operators across T.N.

The Hindu  

The recent surge in the price of M-sand has significantly affected construction activity across the State, with costs doubling in about a month. Members of the Southern Lorry Owners Welfare Association said that the escalating prices of construction materials such as M-sand, P-sand, and blue metal left 90% of the 75,000 lorries idle without work. According to association president R. Munirathinam, the cost of M-sand escalated from ₹650 per tonne to ₹1,250 since February. S. Yuvaraj, president, Tamil Nadu M-sand Lorry Owners Association, said only a few manufacturing units had the e-way bill system. Public Works Department officials, which certifies M-sand crusher units for product quality, say its high-level assessment committee have provided voluntary product quality certificates to 460 M-sand manufacturers across the State.

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Builders association writes to CM Stalin to address m-sand scarcity
3 months ago

Builders association writes to CM Stalin to address m-sand scarcity

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Builders’ Association of India has written a letter to Chief Minister M K Stalin urging him to address the ‘acute scarcity’ of M-sand by relaxing restrictions on government and private quarries to ensure a stable supply of mineral raw materials; and establish government-fixed pricing for gravel and M-Sand to curb market inflation and support contractors. Additionally, supply chain disruptions …

Cost of blue metal and m-sand to increase in Coimbatore district
1 year, 2 months ago

Cost of blue metal and m-sand to increase in Coimbatore district

The Hindu  

Almost 300 quarry owners in Coimbatore district, who are members of the Coimbatore District Crusher and Quarry Owners Association, have decided to increase the cost of blue metal and m-sand by 10% from February 1. “Additionally, the cost of machinery parts and insurance for heavy vehicles have surged, creating an unfavorable business environment for the industry,” he said in the …

ED inspects quarry sites across Tamil Nadu, begins probe into illegal sand mining
1 year, 5 months ago

ED inspects quarry sites across Tamil Nadu, begins probe into illegal sand mining

The Hindu  

Officials of the Directorate of Enforcement on Sunday, October 8, 2023 visited sand quarry sites across Tamil Nadu to measure the sand available at stockyards and assess the quantum of sand mined in recent times. To get today’s top stories from the State in your inbox, subscribe to our Tamil Nadu Today newsletter According to police sources, investigators, assisted by …

New policy to regulate M-sand production
2 years ago

New policy to regulate M-sand production

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin announced a new policy to regulate the production of M-sand, which has emerged as a viable and more robust alternative to the river sand in the construction industry, by encouraging the rough stone quarries to produce M-sand by invoking laws relating to the environment and land use. Since excessive mining of river sand and …

Tamil Nadu sand lorry owners demand e-way bill system
2 years, 8 months ago

Tamil Nadu sand lorry owners demand e-way bill system

The Hindu  

Members of the Tamil Nadu State Sand Lorry Owners’ Federation want the State government to introduce e-way billing system to streamline m-sand transportation. However, transportation of m-sand remains a hassle as lorry drivers have to make multiple trips without proper bills. As the quarry operators are only given limited transit passes, transporters are not provided proper bills to operate trips …

State fails to pressurise govt. contractors to use M-sand
5 years, 2 months ago

State fails to pressurise govt. contractors to use M-sand

The Hindu  

At a time when there was a severe crisis for sand in the construction sector, the government had been urging large construction groups to use M-sand or manufactured sand But ironically it did not put pressure on its own departmental contractors to use this sand for the government works. Karnataka, which has encouraged large-scale use of M-sand, had asked the …

PWD to issue notices to M-sand units
6 years, 8 months ago

PWD to issue notices to M-sand units

The Hindu  

The Public Works Department will begin to issue notices in two days to M-sand manufacturing units across the State that are yet to get quality approval from its assessment committee. While there are 320 manufacturers who own quarries and crushing units across Tamil Nadu, only 44 have been certified by the PWD for quality. Norms set by panel In a …

Sand scarcity halts construction activity in Vijayawada
10 years, 6 months ago

Sand scarcity halts construction activity in Vijayawada

The Hindu  

Construction activity has come to a standstill in the State with acute shortage of sand and escalation in its price. Though the State government has announced that Self Help Groups would be entrusted the sand mining activity, it hasn’t taken a proper shape till now. Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India State president A. Siva Reddy says there …

Sand scarcity hits construction activity
10 years, 7 months ago

Sand scarcity hits construction activity

The Hindu  

Construction activity has come to a standstill in the city with acute shortage of sand and escalation in prices in the district. Builders in the city are sending SOS to the State government seeking measures to ease the situation arising out of scarcity of sand. The city requires 200 to 300 lorries of sand every day, according to Confederation of …

Lorry owners plead for reopening of quarries
11 years, 4 months ago

Lorry owners plead for reopening of quarries

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Sand Lorry Owners Federation has urged the State government to resume operations at the quarries immediately. “Coming as it does in the wake of the closure of several sand quarries across the State following the orders of the National Green Tribunal and the ban on sand mining in Kancheepuram district, the closure of the 19 functional quarries …

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