DCI inks MoU with NHAI to provide sand for construction

The Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) has inked an MoU with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for facilitating supply of sand for construction work, said an official statement.

"Concessionaires working on highways projects have been facing a shortage of sand at many sites. The MoU aims to fill this gap by facilitating the availability of sand for these concessionaires," it said.

The DCI intends to do dredging operations at locations in Southeast Asia, generating large volumes of sand.

"This dredging will be done for the purpose of obtaining sand. As per the MoU, business intermediaries will ship and store this sand at various ports in India and market it in India.

"NHAI will facilitate the process by displaying the availability of sand at various stockyards at the ports," said the statement.

--IANS

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