State government completely failed to resolve red stone and sand problem : Satish Kumpala

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Mangaluru : The state Congress government has completely failed to resolve the red stone and sand problem that has been going on in Dakshina Kannada district for the past three months. A BJP delegation recently met the Chief Minister and submitted a request regarding the problem. If the problem is not resolved, it is inevitable to protest again by involving workers in the entire district, said BJP Dakshina Kannada district president Satish Kumpala on Saturday.

Addressing reporters here, Satish Kumpala, president of BJP Dakshina Kannada unit, said, “Sand and laterite stones should be made available to people under the ambit of law.”

Mr. Kumpala said that district incharge minister spent a whole day in Mangaluru on Friday without discussing the matter related to the shortage of sand and laterite stones with MLAs, MLCs, and other elected representatives.

Though the BJP had held protests over the shortage of construction materials and the matter was raised in the Karnataka Development Programme Review Committee meeting, Mr. Rao was not bothered to hold any meeting to find out a solution.

The BJP leader said that many construction workers in the district did not have employment as extraction of sand and laterite stones had come to a standstill.

MLA Mangaluru City North Y. Bharat Shetty said that the sand in question is thick and rough, which is not suitable for plastering of buildings.

Dr. Shetty said that people need fine sand for construction purpose and claimed that they were not getting sand through the App.

He said that Mr. Rao and U.T. Khader, Speaker of Legislative Assembly, have held meetings in Bengaluru on their own to discuss the matter without taking MLAs and MLCs of the district into confidence.