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Mangaluru: Notwithstanding illegal sand mining in the coast, Bantwal MLA Rajesh Naik has pitched for extending legal rights for sand mining. The proposed plan is just a suggestive to use sand mining as a positive prospect. Hence, we are contemplating at increasing the scope of mining. On the occasion, he also submitted a set of photographs showing base of the pillars of the Mullarapatna bridge, which were visible after the level of sand had declined considerably due to rampant mining. Talks in this regard are on,” Naik said.The MLA believes a robust system in place will bring in accountability to every heap of sand that gets mined..