SRINAGAR, MAY 17: Minister for Food Civil Supplies & Consumer
Affairs (FCS & CA), Mohammad Ashraf Mir, today convened a meeting to review
the status of the relocation of stone quarries of Panthachowk and Athwajan.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner
Srinagar Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Director Geology and Mining Farooq Ahmad
Khan and other concerned officials from PWD, Revenue and other allied-departments.
On the occasion, the Minister was briefed about the
relocation plan of the stone quarries of Athwajan and Panthachowk as per the
government guidelines.
The meeting was told that in South Srinagar two
sites have been identified by the Revenue Department at Shaliguf with 9.55
hectares and Zewan Bala with 16.40 hectares from the State land for the
rehabilitation of the affected after a ban was imposed on stone quarrying works
at Athwajan and Pantha Chowk by the State Government.
The Minister directed the officials of Geology
& Mining Department to ensure that the alternative identified sites
allocated for mining conform to the relevant rules and are suitable for mining.
He directed the officials to expedite the process
of relocation of quarries from these areas to the identified areas so that the
affected don’t face further inconvenience in this regard.
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