To ease out supply of sand and crusher in the State, Punjab Government is all set to e-auction 27 quarries next month. “All these 27 quarries in the district of Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Ropar, Mohali and Patiala and Jalandhar will be e-auctioned on February 6 and 7,” said a spokesman of the Punjab government.
He said that with the auction of these quarries, people of Punjab would get sand and crusher on very nominal rates as quarries has an area of 705.58 acre, which would produce huge quantity of these natural sources mainly used for construction.
The State Industries and Commerce Minister has ordered the department officials to auction these quarries in an honest and transparent manner so that the common man would be able to get sand and crusher in an easy way besides giving a big push to the development works across the State, added the spokesman.