The caretaker Punjab government has decided to cancel the licenses of 56 illegal salt mining companies.
The 9th meeting of the Provincial Cabinet was held under the chairmanship of caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi. In which the newly revised rock salt policy of Punjab was approved.
The Caretaker Punjab Cabinet decided to cancel the salt mining licenses of 56 companies against the rules and gave approval to start the process.
The cabinet constituted a committee to finalize all the rules and regulations related to license cancellation.
On behalf of the cabinet members, it was said that in the recent past, collusion licenses were issued by favored companies without bidding and open auction, and billions of rupees were lost to the national treasury by issuing illegal licenses. The license for mining will be issued through open auction.