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By Rathindra Kuruwita
The Ministry of Environment is planning to involve the cooperative system in mining and distribuion of sand in a bid to end illegal sand mining and bring down the sand prices, Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday.
This was proposed during a meeting the Minister had with officials of the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau.
“We discussed how to control the price of sand because it was obvious that businessmen are artificially inflating prices. There are also reports of these businessmen mixing high quality sand with other varieties of sand not suitable for construction work. These businessmen also create artificial shortages of sand, the Minister said, adding that three cubes of sand were sold at Manampitiya, a major source of sand, at Rs. 14,000. However, the same quantity was sold in Colombo and other urban areas at around Rs. 65,000, he said.
Vehicular movement between Gallella and Manampitiya on the Polonnaruwa- Batticaloa trunk road is restricted due to floods caused by heavy rain, Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said.
They said the road that leads to the Somawathiya temple is also closed due to the flood situation.
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