Minister for Energy and Mines Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy on Saturday clarified that the State government had nothing to do with the sub-contracts system in the sand policy, as “the government is concerned only with the foolproof functioning of the sand policy”.
He said that the lead company holding the tenders was entitled to issue sub-contracts.
Addressing a press conference at Tirupati, the Minister rejected the reports in a section of the media about the involvement of outsiders in the sand contracts and policy execution. He said that Jayaprakash Power Ventures Ltd., which took up the tender, had paid ₹120 crore as a deposit to the government, and in case of any irregularities, the company concerned, which obtained the tenders through a national agency, would be held responsible.
