THIS BRIEF NOTE (REPRODUCED BELOW) BY SHRI RATHINDRA KUMAR OJHA, DIRECTOR,MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IS AN OPEN LETTER TO INVESTORS FOR ESTABLISHING SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANT IN HIS NATIVE VILLAGE BADAKA SINGHANPURA
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Dumraon Railway Station
Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha |
"This brief note envisages establishment of a Solar
Thermal Power plant in village & Post – Badaka Singhanpura Police Station –
Semri, Distt- Buxar, Bihar. This is situated 9 Km north of Dumraon Railway
Station on Main Line Mugal Sarai – Patna section of Eastern Railway. It is
connected by an all weather metalled road that starts at Naya Bhojpur at Buxar
– Patna NH and goes to Sundarpurmore on Padri – Niazipur Road.
Why Badaka Singhanpura :- The land owner of Badaka Singhanpura
mostly brahmins (title ojha) own land to the extent of approximate 2500 acres in thirteen adjoining revenue
villages. One of such revenue village namely Hirpur has many brick kilns. These
brick kilns have rendered approximately 100 acres of land useless for Agriculture.
The useful 20 to 30 feet top soil has been taken away by these brick kiln owners
leaving at the bottom only white sands which are practically useless for
cultivation. The present proposal seeks to utilise these land for construction
of a power plant. Revenue village Hirpur is situated on a 30 feet wide metalled
road, the site therefore is well connected. Besides, the site is already
electrified. There is a branch of Punjab National Bank at less than 300 meters
from the site. Under ground water is available in plenty. Though the site is
only 9-10 Km south of main Ganga river yet it is never inundated by river water
even during worst of floods in Ganga. Besides, 33 KVA power station is located
in Semri only 4 Kms away and 132 KV Power Station is located at Dumraon at 8
Kms from the site respectively.
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Punjab National Bank on a Metaled Road in Badaka Singhanpura
Image(C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha |
Why Solar Thermal Power
Plant :- Buxar
District in Bihar receives good sun lights approx 290 days during 365 days of
year. It is also an area of extensive cultivation as the land is one of the
most fertile land in the world being part of great alluvial soil of the plain
land of Ganga basin. The agricultural
waste are used as fodder and fire wood.
These wastes still cannot be fully utilized by the Kisans of the area,
because of limited place available with them to store and because of
non-availability of any industry to utilise the excess agricultural waste. The present proposal seeks to utilise the
sunshine and agricultural waste to generate enough heat to vaporise water to
propel turbine and resultant power generation.
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River Ganges near Badaka Singhanpura
Image(C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha |
How
and Why the land will be made available :- The lack of creation of infrastructure during
last many decades has compelled the erstwhile kisans to educate their children.
These educated children of the erstwhile kisans of the village who mostly
graduated from Banaras Hindu University or Patna University, Magadh University,
Veer Kunwar Singh University in many disciplines have migrated to cities for Govt.
or Private sector jobs. Now their land is being tilled by landless labourers of
the village. These educated absentee
landlords or owners are very positive to pool their land for the purpose of
industry, dairying, cold chains, food processing industries, etc.
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Land Surrounding Badaka Singhanpura
Image (C) Dr Ajay Kumar Ojha |
Their
basic aim now is to invite finances/funds so that the villages, founded by
their fore-fathers, generate employment for those who are still living there
together with sufficient profits/surplus for bringing urban facilities like
sanitation, good housing, good school and skill development right at every
doorstep of their village. These changes will render those who migrated to
green pastures to return to their roots in twilight of their life period and
share their experiences and resources with their Balsakhas and the children of
the village who are living in the village.
Anticipated Benefits:-
As already stated that the village has around 2500 acres of land. This land is very fertile. It produces
potato, tomato, onion, wheat, paddy, bajra, maize, etc. in huge quantity, but
due to non-availability of assured power supply no industry like Dairy, Food
Processing, Cold Chain or Packaging have been set up. There is electricity in the village, which is
utilized for domestic use, there is bank, there is metalled road, there is
peace and security in the area and enough manpower readily available for
harnessing these resources into opportunity for the development and economic growth."
