Chandigarh: Punjab mining minister Barinder Kumar Goyal on Thursday said as part of the action against illegal mining in the state, 1,360 FIRs had been lodged between April 2022 and Oct 2024 as per provisions of state’s mineral policy. He said that the total extracted quantity to date is 18.38 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) out of the total capacity 47.19 LMT from 73 public mining sites. Whereas 40 commercial mining sites clusters have a planned extraction quantity of 138.68 LMT, with 34.50 LMT of sand and gravel already extracted. Over 132.99 LMT of sand and gravel is still available at various sites, he added. After a meeting with contractors of the commercial mining sites, Goyal said efforts would be made to provide sand and gravel at affordable prices to people in the state.