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न्यूज क्लिपिंग्स् | Revenue share from sand for dam areas

Revenue share from sand for dam areas

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published Published on Mar 15, 2010   modified Modified on Mar 15, 2010

Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac has rolled out a road map for utilising revenue from sand mined from dams. He has announced a proposal to make special provision for the development of areas around the dams as a compensation for the hardship they undergo owing to the mining and related activities.

Replying to a debate on the Appropriation Bill on the supplementary demands for grants worth Rs.3,400 crore in the Assembly on Monday, Dr. Isaac said he was considering a Rs.100-crore allocation for Palakkad district as part of this proposal. “The allocation is a compensation of sorts for the local people who face hardships owing to the huge activity that reservoir sand-mining involves.”

Check-dams

The amount would be utilised to construct check-dams in the Bharathapuzha and to renovate the famed Malampuzha Garden, which had fallen on bad days. He would work with the Tourism Department to formulate a special scheme for this. The Minister said that he would also make special provisions of Rs.15 crore and Rs.10 crore for Malampuzha and Muthalamada panchayats respectively because the people there had to bear with the hardships of sand-mining in the Malampuzha and Chulliyar dams. In addition, he proposed to earmark Rs.25 crore for heavy duty maintenance of the ring road and other connecting thoroughfares in Palakkad.

With revenue from sand-mining from dams continuing to be the focus of discussion in the Assembly for yet another day, Dr. Isaac utilised the moment to reveal his plans for spending the revenue from this activity. Terming the de-silting activity a big success, he emphasised the need to look after the local population who had to face hardships because of this activity. “However, the onus is on the MLAs to bring up proposals,” he said, prompting several members to seek the Minister's clarification whether he would consider the reservoirs in their respective constituencies.

He said that more than one-fourth of the revenue from sand-mining in reservoirs would be spent on forestation, including prevention of soil erosion in the catchment areas.

Sand for BPL members

Stating that the government expected to get 3,00,000 cc of sand from Malampuzha and Chulliyar, Dr. Isaac said those belonging to the BPL category could get one lorry load of sand at subsidised rates from Kalavara outlets, provided they produced a certificate from the panchayat authorities attesting to their status. Those who did not belong to that category would get two loads of sand at Rs.2,300 per load if they produced the certificate.

 

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