Sand for building purpose available at Ernakulam at Rs 60/- per square feet.

Sand for building purpose available at Ernakulam at Rs 60/- per square feet.

Availability of river sand is an important factor for the flourishing of building industry. Till recently river sand was mined form Bharathapuzha  and periyaar and there was no scarcity for river sand. But over mining of river sand from the above two rivers has evoked  much criticism and protest from  the environmentalists and the high court of kerala had ordered that the river sand collected through kadavus shall be sold through kalavaras the fair price outlet for construction materials. The high court also directed the State Government to take steps to open more kalavaras in the State for making the distriubution of mined river sand easier. These directions were passed by the court on the petition filed by the prakrithi samrakshana samithi,Aluva, after getting a report from Center for earth science studies in this matter. The court also permitted Ernakulam District Legal Expert Committee to  monitor the sand mining and alos imposed a condition that the quantity of sand mined should be half of the quantity mined in the previous year.

So procuring sand for construction purpose has become a very tedious and expensive matter and people are wandering here and there in search of sand. Today I had come across an agency near by-pass Ernakulam where they have stored great deal of sand and is being sold without any problem. When I contacted them  they told me their prices and also told me that they will get passed for the sand purchased and one can transport them easily to any place as they have got their own lorries which can be used for transporting purpose if no vehicle had already been arranged by the purchaser.

But one important fact which I could not understand was that they said it is mutty sand. I do not know what is mutty sand. It may be sand collected from the ground and not from river. The price of the sand is Rs 60 per square feet. And any amount of sand is readily available there. Anybody who wants to buy sand immediately can contact me in my mobile number 9605933311 and the required sand can be collected within 2 hours which is the time required to load the sand in the vehicle.

They also quoted Rs 5500 for a load of sand  in Alwyn Nissan which is expected to carry 70 square feet of sand  to be transported to kannamaly which is 25 kilometers form the site from where sand is loaded. At this rate I think one load of Nissan can be transported to other places which as per my calculation will include places like kumbalangi, Aroor, Udayamperood, Puthencruz. Piravam, Kizhakkambalam,Pattimatton, Alwaye. Varapuzha, Parur, Munambam, Pallipuuram, Cherai, Edavankkad etc. A slight difference if any based on the distance would have to be borne by the  purchaser. In a similar way they have informed that a load of Mazda which is expected to carry 110 square feet of sand to be transported to my  house at a rate of Rs 8500/- which includes that transporting charges and all other incidental expenses except the unloading charges which will have to be borne by the purchased of the sand. This load can be transported at this rate to the places mentioned above at the same rate.

Anybody who wants to know more details can call me in my mobile number 9605933311