Extracted sand from the Thumbe dam to be sold online: Click for details

June 13: The experts have submitted a report stating that silt has accumulated in major portions of the Thumbe vented dam. To remove the silt and increase the water storage capacity, the Mangalore City Corporation and the district administration have taken measures to remove the silt.
Dredging work at Thumbe vented dam will be taken up in a week’s time. The district administration is making arrangements to sell sand that will be extracted. The available 1,000 loads of sand will be sold through the online system developed by the district administration https://www.dksandbazaar.com. The dredging work was entrusted to Althaf Trading Company and Nelco.
Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil said that modern machinery has been installed to take up the dredging work. Even power supply has been arranged. The preparations are in progress to begin the dredging in a week. One acre of land has been identified for dredging after conducting a scientific study. Sand between 100 and 200 lorry loads can be extracted a day using the machine.
The district administration had fixed Rs 3,700 for 10 tonnes of sand. Transportation charge is fixed at Rs 2,000 for a distance of 20 km, after which, the customer has to pay Rs 50 for every additional kilometre.