Sand is being mined in Andhra Pradesh in a transparent manner, says Minister of Mines Peddireddi Ramachandra Reddy.
Brushing aside the criticism on the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government’s sand policy by Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu, the Minister told the media at the Secretariat here on August 31 that the government had entrusted the activity to only one company, the Jayaprakash Power Ventures.
The company had in turn given sub-contracts to many others, the Minister said, adding that the JP Ventures was the only authorised company as far as sand mining was concerned, for which it pays money to the government.
