Chennai: As sand crunch continues to haunt the real estate industry of Chennai and the government is directing the industry players towards Manufactured Sand (M-Sand), Tamil Nadu Sand lorry Owner’s Federation has called for action against its quality.
“The strength of the sand is comparatively weaker as it requires to be washed with water before using and the current water shortage does not support the move,” said the association president, S.Yuvaraj, also urging the State to provide necessary infrastructure and subsidies to bring down the price of M-sand. Currently, two units of M-sand cost '10,800 and river sand stands at '1,080 for two units.
Also, After the Tamil Nadu government started online sale of sand in a bid to ease the bottlenecks in supply and check exorbitant costs, business-parched private players switched to gravel, fine sand and other minerals used for construction and the fancy prices have affected the industry players.
They said due to this the government is losing a lot of revenue and could also make the sale of these materials online to increase transparency and reduce price. The federation office-bearers said they would meet the Chief Minister soon to present the demands and threatened to go on a state-wide strike.
