Rajasthan News / Rajasthan's Balotra will be the new district, 40 years of effort paid off

Rajasthan News: Rajasthan government has announced to make Balotra town a district. Balotra is also called the industrial area of Rajasthan, because cloth from Balotra is supplied all over the country. Because the biggest business of Poplin Nighty in Balotra is in Balotra. On the other hand, Asia's biggest refinery is under construction at Pachpadra in Balotra area. Because of this, people from all over the country have settled here due to employment. Balotra was a strong contender amidst the demand to divide Barmer into two parts, including refinery being a major industrial area including textile industry under construction and crime being high.

In 1984, the demand for making the first district arose

Balotra District Banao Sangharsh Samiti was formed in 1984 to make Balotra district, since then the leaders and opposition were speculating about making Balotra district. Since then, for 40 years, the demand for creation of Balotra district has been raised. Regarding this demand, local MLAs and MLAs of nearby assembly constituencies also raised the demand in the Vidhansabha. After that, some committees were also formed by the governments, but now only the committees were left standing.

Actually, Balotra is very big in terms of area. Geographical odd situation desert area area of 19000 square kilometers and nearby villages including Kalyanpur Doli have to travel a distance of 200 kilometers to the district headquarter. Due to lack of resources, the passers-by and the general public have to face a lot of trouble.

New district can be like this

Balotra may consist of 4 Vidhan Sabhas, 3 Subdivisions and 7 Panchayat Samitis and has a population of around 970760.

These areas may include

Sl.      Area               Population

1        Balotra              250655

2        Lyanpur             97633

3        Sivana              169380

4        Samdadi           103180

5        Sindhari            149111

6        Gida                 118930

7        Bytu(partial)      81871

The main reason for making the district

Balotra district In such a situation, it has become necessary to divide Barmer district into two parts and make Balotra a separate district. Experts say that Balotra can be made a separate district by including the villages of Tehsil area Pachpadra, Siwana, Gudamalani Sindhari sub-tehsil. Aadhaar fulfills all the criteria, requirements for making Balotra district. Kalyanpur Doli Araba Shivana and surrounding villagers have to travel 200 to 200 kilometers to reach Barmer district headquarters and due to lack of resources and lack of education, economic hardships, they have to face problems at the same time. Due to this, there has been a major demand for making Balotra district.

Long struggle to make Balotra district

Balotra District Construction and Development Committee has been fighting for a long time to make Balotra a district. Several times dharnas, demonstrations, public agitations have been held. Regarding this demand, a big rally was taken out with five and a half thousand school children, four hundred three wheeler auto taxis demonstrated so that the voice of our reasonable demand reached the government. When a small area like Pratapgarh was made a district, then our claim is the strongest. - Mevaram Mehta, Coordinator, Balotra District Construction and Development Committee

At present the situation is that the distance of many villages of Balotra subdivision from district headquarter Barmer is 160 to 180 kms. In such a situation, when the work related to the district headquarters is done, the people of these villages have to change the means of transport at two to three places. It takes four to five hours to reach the district headquarters. If you reach late then the offices are closed, in such a situation it becomes a compulsion to stay there for the night. If the concerned officers are not found on the second day also, then the complainant gets worried. If Balotra becomes a district, every person can come and go to the district headquarters for work in less time and less cost.

Every facility is available here

Every facility required for the district headquarters is available in Balotra. Balotra where is directly connected with rail bus service. Wherein electricity, water, medical, college level education, agricultural produce market, municipal council, many banks, all courts up to district and session level, almost all offices of state and central government, panchayat committee, district transport officer office, additional police, Superintendent, Additional District Collector office etc are present here. Apart from this, Balotra Jasol is a big industrial area. There are also abundant granite, sodium, selenite salt mines here. Two crops are cultivated in a considerable area.

The population also increased by 25 lakhs.

Barmer district is big in terms of area, but even if seen from the point of view of population, the district has increased a lot. According to the 2001 census, the population of Barmer district was around 20 lakhs, which has now increased to above 25 lakhs. In such a situation, it had become necessary to divide Barmer district into two parts and make Balotra a separate district. Experts say that Balotra can be made a separate district by including the villages of Tehsil area Pachpadra, Siwana, Gudamalani Sindhari sub-tehsil. Aadhaar fulfills all the criteria, requirements for making Balotra district.