Mangaluru: A high-level meeting, led by speaker UT Khader and ministers of various departments, was held at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on Tuesday, to facilitate laterite stone mining as per the law ...

The coordination committee of Udupi District Building and Other Construction Workers began an indefinite Dharna demanding adequate supply of laterite stone for the construction of buildings in the ...

The scarcity of sand and laterite stone has virtually brought construction activities across the district to a standstill, stressed the Civil Contractors’ Association, Mangaluru, on Tuesday, and urged ...

Mangaluru: A massive rally of workers in the construction sector and other labour organisations affiliated with CITU and AITUC will be held from Ambedkar Circle in the city and proceed to stage a ...

The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has announced a ban on the use of laterite as a base in road construction. He directed that henceforth, contractors should use lumps, sharp sand and stone ...

He clarified that no temporary measures will be taken, as the Lokayukta has already filed a suo motu case against 18 officers in connection with laterite quarry units in the district.

SHIMOGA: When Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa himself is fighting for a ban on illegal mining in the state, it is an irony that laterite stone or red stone mining is going on unabated for the past four ...

I was fortunate to recently visit the road construction work ongoing at the Takutu Bridge and also over in Bom Fin, Brazil. One thing that struck me was the use of laterite as a foundation material ...

Ponda: Stone excavation machines, including a power tiller and a stone extractor, were seized by Ponda police in a raid on an illegal laterite stone quarry at Marad, Dharbandora, on Saturday. The ...

The Federal government has directed its road construction contractors not to use laterite as a base in road construction any longer. Accordingly, lumps, sharp sand and stone base will form the base ...

The federal government has issued a directive to road construction contractors, instructing them to discontinue the use of laterite as a base in road construction. Instead, the base will now consist ...