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JAMMU: President Stone Crushers Owners Association (SCOA) Jammu and Former Legislator Vikram Randhawa accompanied by Association’s members met Deputy Commissioner Jammu Sachin Kumar Vaishya.
The President of the Association Vikram Randhawa apprised Deputy Commissioner Jammu about the issues being faced by the owners of the Stone Crushing Units.
“We are being harassed by the Mining Contractors (lease holders). The lease holders are harassing us by levying extra charges on us and there is dire need to keep a check over the harassment (gundaism) being adopted by the Mining Contractors”, the President said.
“A stone crusher is being installed after taking permission from all the concerned departments and still we are being harassed on one or other pretext”, the Randhawa said, adding that in the development process or basic infrastructure development, a stone crushing unit plays a pivotal role.
He also demanded action against the Mining Contractors, who are indulging in mal-practices and charging extra money from the stone crushing units.
“If no action is taken against the Mining Contractors, we have to close down our stone crushing units, which will hamper the development process, which is going on in full swing under the guidance of supervision of Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha.
“Thousands of people are working in these stone crushing units and if we get harassed by the Mining Contractors, then we have close down our units and the unemployment ration will rise again”, the President warned.
Deputy Commissioner Jammu Sachin Kumar Vaishya gave a patient hearing to the issues raised the President and other members of the Association.
“We will call up a meeting with the Mining Contractors to settle the issue as soon as possible, so that the stone crushing units work freely”, the Deputy Commissioner Jammu asserted.
He extended all support on behalf of District Administration to the owners of the stone crushing units and assured them that all their issues will be redressed in a time bound manner.
Deputy Commissioner also sought assurance from the owners of the stone crushing units that all the development works in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir should not get hampered due to their any single loop-hole.
Among others present were Vijay Sharma, Chain Singh, Kuldeep Saini, Parveen Singh, Abhey Choudhary, Vinod Sharma, Nazir Khatana, Harman Singh and Iqbal Choudhary.