Punjab to e-auction 27 quarries in Feb

The Punjab government is set to e-auction 27 quarries next month to ease out the supply of sand and crusher in the state. Stating this here on Wednesday, the spokesman of the Punjab government said 27 quarries - in Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Ropar, Mohali, Patiala and Jalandhar - would be e-auctioned on February six and seven.

He said that with the auction of these quarries, people would get sand and crusher on very nominal rates as quarries have an area of 705.58 acre, which would produce huge quantity of these natural sources mainly used for construction.

He said the industries and commerce minister of Punjab had 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 easily, besides giving a big push to the development works across the state.