Sand shipped from Malaysia to Ennore Port is distributed now
Posted on: 09/Oct/2018 9:34:45 AM
A fortnight ago sand from Malaysia arrived at the Ennore Port in Chennai and it caught the attention of many is known. The latest news is the sand imported from Malaysia is being distributed by the state government now. The popular Kamarajar Port in Ennore was very busy on Monday, 8th October 2018, and trucks loaded with sand got from Malaysia exited from this port. This marked the maiden sale of the sand sourced from abroad and it is revealed that 40 bookings of this sand was made online.
On Monday which was the first day as many as 30 lorries transported the sand from Ennore Port and this was confirmed by the sources. These 30 lorries had booked the sand previously. It is important to mention that government had fixed rate of Rs 10350 for one unit of imported sand measuring 4.5tonnes and about 40lorries had booked the sand imported from Malaysia.
According to an official belonging to public works department or PWD, waiting period was 3 days and it has been cut down to one day and every truck is allowed for 2 to 5 sand units. He later spoke about nil or zero waiting time as the sand is available next day for the bookings made a day before. The poor response for the commodity was because of rampant availability of sand illegally mined from the rivers in Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts. This was confirmed by the sand transporters. Many now want the government to take action against those who are involved in the illegal sand trade.
As per the president of the Federation of Tamil Nadu Sand Lorry Owners Coordination, Mr. R. Paneerselvam, the initiative of the government would fail to attract buyers unless stern action was taken against those who engage in illegal sand trade. One important point to be noted here is to scoop sand from the sand quarries Tamil Nadu State Sand Lorry Owners Federation sought PWD to allow trucks waiting in queue.
Federation president, Mr. Yuvaraj, expressed his thoughts and spoke about how it was the need of the hour and how 41000 lorries that have registered with TN sand in different sand quarries cannot register their vehicles for imported sand.
