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"The Tamil Nadu government's initiative, a long-pending demand of the sector, will help reduce long wait at buy sand quarries and stockyards," Tamil Nadu State Sand Lorry Owners' Association president S Yuvaraj told TOI.Currently, it takes a fortnight to load sand from the quarry after reaching the riverbed. He urged the builders to go for an alternative for sand - manufactured sand, which is the crushed aggregates of hard granites. "The public and sand truck operators can buy sand only online. Two months later, chief minister Palaniswami announced that all sand quarries would be closed down in the state in three years and government would take up mining, storing and selling sand at cheaper rates. Industry players heaved a sigh of relief after law enforcement agencies arrested sand mining baron, Shekhar Reddy in March..