KADAPA: After the receipt of orders from the government, the district collector shall issue necessary permission to the pattadar for de-casting the sand. The pattadar shall furnish a refundable security deposit equivalent to 25 per cent of seigniorage fee on the entire assessed quantity of sand in the form of a demand draft in favour of Asst. Director of Mines & Geology concerned.
The duo will enter into an agreement as appended to this order, remit seigniorage fee on the quantity of sand proposed for de-cast in advance before transit forms are handed over. The de-casted sand will be removed from the patta land and despatched along with the transit form issued by the Asst. Director of Mines & Geology, that will have details of quantity, destination, date and time.
Every vehicle carrying de-cast sand from patta land shall carry the transit form at all times from source to end consumption point.
The de-casted sand shall be sold from the patta land as per the sale price fixed by the government from time to time. The loading of sand from the patta land shall be as per the capacity of the vehicle permitted by the transport department.
Rock sand is a good alternative to natural sand. Availability of rock sand reduces the pressure on natural sand which is not found abundantly in the state. The technical viability of rock sand has been established without doubt. In fact L&T used rock sand for their Hyderabad Metro-Rail Project. Rock sand manufactured can be accorded industry status as long as the unit manufactures 100 per cent rock sand. Right now only 20 per cent of the capacity is being used for the manufacturing of rock sand. Taxes and power subsidy can be extended prospectively. Regular incentives can be given for new units.
In addition, preference in quarry lease allotment will be given for units manufacturing rock sand. It would be mandatory for government departments to use at least 50 per cent of rock sand in government constructions according to the availability. There are very few rock sand quarries are in Kadapa district.
The Kadapa district collector Ch. Harikiran said the government’s intention was that no one should suffer because of lack of availability of sand. The collector had a meeting with the district sand committee officials. Three lakh cubic metres of sand have been newly discovered, therefore remote villages also should not have any problem, he said. The sand reaches will be operated through the online booking system owned by the APMDC from September 5, while supplying sand online will prevent illegal sand transportation he said.
He further added, “We have identified eight new sand reaches in the district. These include Jyothi village in Siddavatam mandal, Mandaram and Balara-jupalle in Rajampeta mandal, Illuru village in Yerraguntla mandal, Peddsettipalle in Proddatur mandal, Bukkapatnam village in RS Kondapuram and Chervukindipalle.”
