CHANDIGARH: Punjab mines and geology minister Harjot Singh Bains said in the Vidhan Sabha on Saturday that he will present a detailed report on illegal sand mining after Monday’s state budget and lay a roadmap for generating revenue and preventing this mineral robbery.
Bains said no minister or MLA, current or former, will be spared if involved in illegal mining. Earlier this month, Bhoa’s former Congress MLA Joginder Pal was arrested. The minister said the state government had earned more than Rs 30 crore from mining in the last three months and booked 270 people. Sand is worth Rs 26 to 28 and gravel is worth Rs 29 to 30 in the state, for each cubic feet. Bains said this in reply to a question from former mines minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria.
