Nellore, Jan. 27 -- Senior YSR Congress party leader and former minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy on Tuesday alleged that the much publicised "free sand policy" of the Chandrababu Naidu government was a fraud and demanded immediate steps to stop it.
Addressing a press conference here, he alleged that the policy has become "a cover up for large-scale illegal mining and organised plunder of natural resources" by ruling party leaders.
The sand is being sold at more than five times the government-fixed price, while coalition MLAs are minting over Rs 3 crore per month from each sand reach, he charged.
The former Minister presented photographic evidence of midnight and early-morning illegal mining at the Virivuru and Surayapalem reaches, showing...