Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 19: Stone Crushers Owners Association (SCOA) Jammu president and former Legislator Vikram Randhawa accompanied by Association’s members met Deputy Commissioner Jammu Sachin Kumar Vaishya here today.
During meeting Randhawa apprised Deputy Commissioner Jammu of the issues being faced by the owners of the stone crushing units.
“We are being harassed by the Mining Contractors (lease holders). The lease holders are harassing us by levying extra charges on us and there is dire need to keep a check over the harassment being adopted by the Mining Contractors”, the president said.
“A stone crusher is installed after taking permission from all the concerned departments and still we are being harassed on one or the other pretext”, Randhawa said, adding that in the development process or basic infrastructure development, a stone crushing unit plays a pivotal role.
He also demanded action against the Mining Contractors, who are indulging in mal-practices and charging extra money from the stone crushing units.
“If no action is taken against the Mining Contractors, we have to close down our stone crushing units, which will hamper the development process, which is going on in full swing under the guidance of supervision of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.
DC Jammu gave a patient hearing to the issues raised the Association and assured to take up the matter with the contractors shortly. He extended all support on behalf of District Administration to the owners of the stone crushing units and assured them that all their issues will be redressed in a time bound manner.
Among others present on the occasion were Vijay Sharma, Chain Singh, Kuldeep Saini, Parveen Singh, Abhey Choudhary, Vinod Sharma, Nazir Khatana and others.
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