Irfan Tramboo
SRINAGAR, Mar 3: With the ban on mining across J&K, the non-availability of construction material has taken a hit on the Government as well as private works across Kashmir and those who manage to get the minerals they are being sold at exorbitant rates.
Several contractors, who have taken up the Government, as well as the private works in Kashmir, told Excelsior that they are suffering due to the absence of raw material and that the Government is not paying any heed to their issues.
“It has all happened due to the ban that was imposed on the mining by the Government and due to which all the Government works as well as the private ones have come to a grinding halt,” Ghulam Jeelani Purza president of J&K Contractors Coordination Committee (JKCCC) told Excelsior.