Indiatimes

MLAs demand that administration control laterite stone price

Mangaluru: MLAs Umanath Kotian, D Vedavyas Kamath, Y Bharath Shetty, Harish Poonja and Bhagirathi Murulya raised the issue of contractors charging high prices for laterite stone despite the reduction ...
The Hindu

Mangaluru: Laterite stone extractors seek more permits to bring down cost of stone

Laterite stone extractors in Dakshina Kannada on Wednesday sought more permits to extract the stones to bring down the cost of each stone. Talking to reporters, Satish Acharya, president of Dakshina ...
The Hindu

Despite reduced royalty, laterite stone price hasn’t reduced, says contractors’ association

Dakshina Kannada Civil Contractors’ Association on Tuesday (October 28) urged the district administration to rein in laterite stone quarry owners, who are charging exorbitant prices for the product.
Indiatimes

BJP holds day-long agitation over sand, laterite stone crisis

Mangaluru: The BJP in Dakshina Kannada held a day-long protest in front of the Mini Vidhana Soudha in Mangaluru on Tuesday, seeking solutions to the laterite stone and sand shortage crisis. BJP ...