Moulvibazar, Correspondent :
The upazila administration has put up for auction several crores of cubic feet of sand from the Manu River, which has been impounded for a long time in Kulaura, Moulvibazar. This is resolving the dispute between two parties in the local area over sand. The sand is being auctioned publicly after more than two years.
The relief has returned to the people of the area and their trust in the administration has been restored. The amount of sand available for auction is 2 crore 96 lakh 41 thousand 192 cubic feet. The value of which is estimated at 13 crore 33 lakh 85 thousand 364 taka.
Meanwhile, a four-member committee headed by Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md. Mohiuddin has been formed from the Deputy Commissioner’s office to implement the sand auction. The other members of the committee are Assistant Commissioner (Land), Upazila Engineer and Water.
This information was confirmed in an auction notice signed by Upazila Executive Officer and Convener of the Sand Auction Committee Md. Mohiuddin on Thursday, August 14. The notice mentioned that on July 2, Kulaura.
A total of 29.641 million cubic feet of illegally extracted sand stored in 1430 Bengali year was seized at Salon of Tilagaon Union of the upazila, Konimura, Harichak and Sadhanpur of Hajipur Union. On August 6, Moulvibazar Deputy Commissioner. The revenue branch of the office has issued instructions to sell the seized sand through spot auction. Those interested in purchasing sand auction are requested to visit the seized sand site and participate in the auction process on time.
Requested The value of 1 crore 62 lakh 13 thousand 680 cubic feet of sand seized in Salon area of Tilagaon union has been estimated at 7 crore 29 lakh 61 thousand 560 taka. The value of 79 thousand 50 cubic feet of sand seized in Kanimura area of Hajipur union has been estimated at 3 lakh 55 Thousand 725 taka In the Harichak area, the price of 1 crore 29 lakh 86 thousand 932 cubic feet of sand has been estimated at 5 crore 84 lakh 41 thousand 194 taka.
In the Sadhanpur area, the price of 3 lakh 61 thousand 530 cubic feet of sand has been estimated at 16 lakh 26 thousand 885 taka.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md. Mohiuddin said, in the past, there were allegations of illegal sale of seized sand at four places in Hajipur and Tilagaon unions. Later, a letter was sent to the Deputy Commissioner’s office for auctioning that sand. After receiving instructions from there, the upazila
The administration has announced a public auction of the seized sand. This auction will generate a lot of revenue for the government treasury. He also said that a four-member committee has been formed from the District Collector’s Office for the sand auction. The auction will be held on 18 August.
The seized sand will be auctioned at 4 locations in August. In addition to the members of the committee formed to implement the auction, the police will also be present to maintain law and order.
It is worth noting that the government earns crores of taka in revenue every year from the sand market adjacent to the Katarkona market on the Manu River.
Deepak Dey, a resident of Prithimpasha Union, took the lease of the sand palace from the district administration in the last 1430 Bengali year. Even after the sand extraction period ended, the sand was extracted day and night by exerting the influence of the top leaders of the Awami League district and upazila during the fascist government.
Deepak Dey excavated and stored about several crore cubic feet of sand in various places along the river, including Salon in Tilagaon Union, Konimura, Harichak, and Sadhanpur in Hajipur Union. At that time, he sold all the sand he excavated.
In the current 1432 Bengali year, Nazmun Nahar Lipi, wife of Jubo League leader Selim Ahmed, a resident of Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj, obtained the lease of Katarkona Balumahal in Kulaura.
It is alleged that he has illegally sold about 10 million cubic feet of sand from the several million cubic feet of sand he had accumulated, evading government revenue. After various complaints from local people and news reports in the media,
After identifying and seizing piles of accumulated sand on the orders of the administration, the administration has now issued a notice for a public auction of sand.
