Dungarpur : despite cheap labor in Vagad-Mewar, is dependent on Gujarat for youth employment. As soon as they are born, illiteracy leaves an indelible mark of migration on the heads of the youth. Whereas, if the government shows seriousness towards the mines here, then the mines here can extract gold in the form of employment. The youth here should get ample employment opportunities right from their homes. The situation is such that the mines here, which were inhabited till a few years ago, have now become deserted. The increasing royalty and GST rates have broken the back of the mine owners. In such a situation, the current situation is that more than 90 percent of the mines in the district are closed. The government has suffered loss of revenue due to this. Besides, the sticks of employment have also been snatched from the hands of the unskilled workers here. In such a situation, the mine owners have been demanding for a long time that the government should change the rates as soon as possible so that the crores of rupees invested by the entrepreneurs in the mines are not wasted.
Soap-stone of Vagad-Mewar is number one
The soap stone extracted from the mines of Dungarpur is considered to be of excellent quality in the entire country, which is bought by connoisseurs of the enterprise as soon as they see it. There is abundance of soapstone in the underground of Dungarpur district under Vagad in southern Rajasthan and in the Aravalli hills. Due to this, most of the mines here are of soap-stone only. Soap-stone is visible at many places in Dungarpur, Aspur and Bichhiwara areas. Among these, there are good mines of soap-stone in areas like Deval, Jhakol, Thana, Rohanwada, Piplada, Sabli, Munged, Padra, Amjhara, Parsola, Bharkundi Sarkan, Surata ki Pal, Devpur, Patanpura, Solaj etc. and soap-stone is found here. It is the first choice of factories in Gujarat. In such a situation, it is necessary to promote the soap-stone mines of Vagad-Mewar.
