Summary:
With statutory and security provisions put in place, the Revenue Department had initiated the registration process to give import permits. Quarantine certificateSources said the government had notified the rules after the Ministry of Agriculture exempted Karaikal port to import sand for construction purpose. Following the Cabinet decision, the government notified the rules allowing interested persons to register with the Department of Revenue to import sand in the first week of June. The port had the facility to quarantine sand for agriculture purpose. The acute shortage of river sand for the construction purpose has prompted the government to allow import of the material from foreign countries..