patna the ongoing sand crisis in the state which has badly hit the construction work was raked up in the upper house on thursdaybjp member sanjay mayukh while moving the adjournment motion during the prelunch session of the council demanded special debate on this issue because the construction work is badly hit since january 19mayukh said that the state government is itself at fault by making amendment in the bihar state minor mineral concession rules 2014 in which it clearly said that no mining work would be done without the environment clearance by violating it rules how the state government has settled sandghat sand bearing area from where sand may be extracted and transported by means of a carrier for mining mayukh saidlater talking to reporters here leader of the opposition in the council sushil k modi said that on january 19 the national green tribunal kolkata has put a ban on the sand mining for its violation of ruleshe further said that the state government committee has a limitation of allowing the settlement of sandghat to the limit of meagre 50 hectares of areas but beyond 50 hectares of the settlement of sandghat central committee is authorised to permit after observing environment impact assessment modi saidas a result the construction work in bihar has come to a standstill since january the state government has already put a complete ban on stone chips as a result the demand for iron rods and cement has decreased which has badly hampered the services of real estate and housing construction sectora large number of labourers are also facing huge hardship because of the stoppage of the construction of huge number of indira awas yojana houses for the bpl families in the rural areas mayukh saidsensing the gravity of the situation the deputy chairman haroon rashid directed him to raise this issue through calling attention