Sand Gravel Mining In Punjab

Punjab minister Rana Gurjit Singh has been accused by opposition parties of acquiring sand and gravel mines through benaami transactions in the name of his company's cook and staff, a charge denied by him.

A lush green field and then suddenly, an 80-feet-deep pit. The landscape of Hajipur in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district, some 180 kilometers from Chandigarh, is nothing like the average village of the state.

Punjab minister Rana Gurjit Singh has been accused by opposition parties of acquiring sand and gravel mines through benaami transactions in the name of his company's cook and staff, a charge denied by him.

A lush green field and then suddenly, an 80-feet-deep pit. The landscape of Hajipur in Punjab's Hoshiarpur district, some 180 kilometers from Chandigarh, is nothing like the average village of the state.