# Baramulla contractors boycott tenders over construction material shortage 2026-08-19T21:47:43+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Baramulla Contractors Association has announced a boycott of tendering until sand, bajri and gravel become available, threatening delays to development projects in the district. The shortage follows a dispute between authorities and quarry and tipper owners over royalty payments on minor minerals. Protests by quarry owners and tipper operators have disrupted extraction and transport, leaving contractors unable to bid for works during a limited construction season. Association chairman Bashir Ahmad Sheikh said only about two months remained for completing several projects and warned that contractors could face blacklisting if work was delayed. Baramulla MLA Javed Hassan Baig also raised concern. Quarry owners, transporters, labourers and other workers dependent on the supply chain have been left without work. Contractors and suppliers have urged authorities to resolve the dispute and restore material supplies. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Royalty on minor minerals is tied to legal extraction and transport, so a resolution needs coordination between the authority collecting the payment and the agencies permitting quarrying and movement. For public works, contractors generally carry delivery and completion obligations even when inputs become unavailable, which explains their reluctance to submit bids without supply assurance. The practical test will be whether authorities issue a clear royalty arrangement and restore regular material movement before the remaining construction window closes. ## Coverage - greaterkashmir.com Presents contractors, officials and affected workers without adopting a side This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Baramulla, Bashir Ahmad Sheikh, Jammu and Kashmir, Javed Hassan Baig Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/baramulla-contractors-boycott-tenders-over-construction-material-shortage/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/baramulla-contractors-boycott-tenders-over-construction-material-shortage/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/