<p class="title">Deputy Commissioner Hephsiba Rani Korlapati said tenders would be invited for sand mining in non-CRZ areas at the earliest. </p>.<p class="bodytext">“The relaxation in tender conditions, permitted by the screening committee headed by chief secretary, will be implemented during the pre and post tendering stages,” she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sand mining in CRZ areas needed permission from the Karnataka Coastal Zonal Management Authority (KCZMA).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Responding to a query on impending water crisis in the district, Korlapati said a meeting has been called on Thursday to review the water crisis.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The officials have been directed to submit a proposal for de-silting Baje reservoir and other canals, rivers, ponds, which are the source of drinking water.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The work will begin shortly, she added.</p>
<p class="title">Deputy Commissioner Hephsiba Rani Korlapati said tenders would be invited for sand mining in non-CRZ areas at the earliest. </p>.<p class="bodytext">“The relaxation in tender conditions, permitted by the screening committee headed by chief secretary, will be implemented during the pre and post tendering stages,” she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sand mining in CRZ areas needed permission from the Karnataka Coastal Zonal Management Authority (KCZMA).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Responding to a query on impending water crisis in the district, Korlapati said a meeting has been called on Thursday to review the water crisis.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The officials have been directed to submit a proposal for de-silting Baje reservoir and other canals, rivers, ponds, which are the source of drinking water.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The work will begin shortly, she added.</p>