12 ghats of Son river will be auctioned. Awakening
Jagran correspondent, Ara. The Mining Department has taken a big step towards increasing the revenue in Bhojpur district as well as creating new employment opportunities at the local level.
The process of auctioning 17 sand ghats of the district has been started. Under this, the work of downloading the tender documents and submitting the tender has started from January 6, which will continue till January 28.
Online auction of these sand ghats will be held on February 5. According to the Mining Department, this time 12 sand ghats of Son River and five sand ghats of Ganga River have been selected for auction in the district.
The total auction amount of all these ghats is estimated to be around Rs 2.55 billion (more than two and a half billion). The total area of the sand ghats to be auctioned is approximately 450 hectares, which is considered very important for the district in terms of both revenue and employment.
While the government will get revenue worth crores of rupees from the auction of sand ghats, the local people will get its direct benefit in the form of employment.
After the commencement of mining work, thousands of people related to tractors, trucks, boats, loading-unloading, security and transportation are likely to get direct and indirect employment.
Especially for the youth of the river bank areas, this auction can become a major means of livelihood. The Mining Department believes that the auction of sand ghats will give impetus to the economic activities of the district.
It will be easy to get sand available at low prices for construction works and there will be stability in the local market. Also, the amount received from the auction will be used in development plans, which will boost the overall development of the district.
Seven surrendered people included in new sand ghat tender
This time seven new sand ghats have been included for tender in Bhojpur district, which were surrendered by the contractor several months ago.
The contractor was incurring losses on all these sand ghats, due to which they surrendered them. This includes all these new sand ghat numbers three, five, eleven, 22A, 22C, 39 and 41A.
The price of only Saripur Ghat spread over 77 hectares is Rs 33 crores.
This time 17 sand ghats are to be auctioned in the district. If we look at their area and minimum price, the most valuable sand ghat is ghat number 11.
These sand ghats are located near Saripur Bachari Narayanpur. With its price being a record Rs 32.93 crore, it is the largest sand ghat spread over an area of 77 hectares alone.
17 sand ghats will be auctioned, will provide revenue and employment
Again on February 5, 17 sand ghats are being auctioned in the district on the instructions of the department and DM. By auctioning these sand ghats, on one hand the department will get revenue and on the other hand people will also get employment. - Kumar Gaurav, District Mining Officer, Bhojpur