Updated: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 06:24 PM (IST) Due to the non-receipt of applications for the SandGhats auction in the Palamu district, the sand crisis is deepened. Due to the apathy of the contractors, the auction process is disrupted, which is likely to be affected. The district administration is now trying to find a solution to this problem. Image used for presentation. (Jagran) Ketan Anand, Medinagar (Palamu). Although the National Green Tribunal (NGT) prohibits the upliftment of sand from the Ghats on October 15, there is no possibility that the sand crisis in the Palamu district will be resolved. Remove advertisement read only news, according to the new state government policy, the operation of Sand Ghats must be handed over to private hands. To overcome the sand crisis, the e-tender process in many districts was completed. On the other hand, not a single application has been received for different sand losses in the Palamu district, and now the last date for the submission of e-tender has ended for this. Let us tell you that the last date for the first phase of e-auction for Sand Ghats for five years was set on September 15. But not a single bird has emerged. After this, the Mines directorate drastically reduced the minimum deposit of the security and the auction process began again. For this, the date for the submission of tender applications was set from September 23 to October 6 and the date of auction was set for October 11. Not only that, while the minimum secure deposit amount was determined earlier based on the availability of sand in the ghats, the serious money is now determined based on the deposit of sand available for excavation in the ghats. On the one hand, it not only increased the sand gats in the groups, but also reduced the security amount of Rs 13 crore to about Rs 3 to 4 crore. The department was of the opinion that new bidders, due to the availability of small ghats, would emerge for the auction. But that didn’t happen and the district again reached the edge of sand drought. According to departmental sources, the tender process can now be started again after the leadership of the Mines directorate. 19 Sand Ghats of Category Two was identified in Palamu. On the other hand, under the rules of Jharkhand Sandmine Rule 2025 notified by the State Government, a total of 19 SandGhats of Category Two in the Palamu district were identified in the district survey report. It must be auctioned in 12 groups. The area of the largest sand gat in the district, Singraha, is 205.03 hectares, while the area of the smallest sand gat, kankekhurd, is 4.08 hectares. In the district, 2 SandGhats are less than 5 hectares, while 17 SandGhats are larger than 5 hectares. This time, two Sandghats, a group of three Sandghats and a few single SandGhats are being auctioned for the next five years. This time, sand crisis in the Palamu district as well as in the neighboring Garhwa district may arise, as the date of fresh tender has been announced. Let us tell you that the date of e-tender was received, due to not a single application in the first phase in the Garhwa district. According to the information, e-tender of Sand Ghats under the Garhwa district was made online from Friday 10 October. This time, the tender of about 11 SandGhat groups was driven. For this, interested persons can complete the tender form from October 10 to 31, along with the required documents and the minimum deposit amount mentioned. In this series, a special meeting was arranged for all the tender participants on October 17 at the district mining office, Garhwa Complex. In this, technical support and information on the tender process will be shared.
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