In a bid to bring down the price rates of construction material in Raipur, the district mining department has asked all the stone crusher owners in the district to reduce rate of stone chips by Rs 2,000-2500 per truck. The new rate will be implemented with immediate effect officials said here on Wednesday.
The meeting of Raipur Crusher Operators Association and the Mining department was called following the raids at various crusher plants situated in district. It was decided in the meeting that the rate of stone chips per cubic feet will be cut down by Rs 4 that means now every cubic feet of stone chips will cost Rs 22 instead which earlier was Rs 26.
The meeting was chaired by Additional Collector Ramesh Sharma. Crusher Operators Association president Rakesh Dubey, office bearers Vijay Jadwani, Ajay Masih, Prakash Advani, Ramesh Patel, Kamlesh Advani others were present.
Meanwhile the District Mining Officer informed that after this decision the consumers will have to pay Rs 2000-Rs 2500 less than what they have been paying earlier for buying a truck-load with stone chips. Official further said every cubic feet stone chips (mixed) will cost Rs 22 and this rate was applicable some three-four years back. He said that usually 500 cubic feet stone chips is transported by a truck in a single trip and consumers had to pay Rs 13,000 against one truck stone chips. Now, the consumers can get the same quantity of stone chips between Rs 10,000 and Rs 11,000.