Mining department minister Janak Ram said the would invite open tender for the authorised sand ghats after completion of the district survey report (DSR) in the wake of the Supreme Courts directive recently.
The mining department had started the process of auction of authorised sand ghats in eight districts from October 1, but it was stopped on the order of the NGT, causing huge loss to the state exchequer. The state government then moved The Supreme Court against the NGTs order.
The NGT had directed the state government to undertake further exercise for preparation of a fresh DSR for Banka. This led to stalling the process of auction of the sand ghats in other districts as well.