State government angered by Guthi's letter of taking land rent of 50 lakhs per annum
Guthi Sansthan has become a major player in the construction of the proposed Ramjanki Multi-Purpose International Stadium in Janakpur. Guthi Sansthan has written a letter to the Madhesh state government, which is in the process of constructing the stadium after preparing the DPR, demanding a high rent for the land.
The Madhesh state government has started preparations to build a multi-purpose international stadium for Ramzan with its own investment on the 17 bigha land of Guthi Sansthan located in Janakpur-14 Rajaul. The provincial government plans to take the land of Guthi on lease for 25 years and start the construction of the stadium from this year.
However, Guthi Sansthan has written a letter to the Madhesh state government last week and has demanded that 49 lakh 90 thousand rupees should be paid annually and the lease amount should be increased by 10 percent every year.
Sports and Social Welfare Minister of Madhesh Province, Pramod Jaiswal, expressed his anger that Guthi Sansthan has fixed the lease amount of the land used for the construction of the stadium. He said that Guthi Sansthan's latest letter has hindered the construction of the stadium.
'Annual lease rent of 50 lakh rupees has been requested,' Sports Minister of Madhesh Province Jaiswal told Kantipur, 'We are not in a situation where we have to spend so much money annually on lease. Guthi Sansthan should be flexible in this matter as stadium construction is connected with sports and the future of players, practice and performance.
There was a dispute with Manoj Saha, the head of Janakpurdham sub-metropolitan municipality, who visited Guthi Sansthan's headquarters in Kathmandu last week in the process of leasing the land of multi-purpose international stadium for Ramjan. "We are under pressure from all sides to build a stadium," Janakpur city chief Sah said, "but Guthi has been hesitating to hand over the land." Rather than the fact that the lease amount has increased, I was more upset. At that time, I called Chief Minister Satish Kumar Singh and made it clear about Guthi's intentions.
Earlier, Guthi Sansthan had entered into an agreement to lease the land with the National Sports Council for Rs 9 lakh per year. Sports Minister Jaiswal said that the Madhesh state government is preparing to start the construction of the stadium by taking the land of Guthi Sansthan on lease.
However, Guthi Sansthan's high rent has added to the problem. Sports Minister Jaiswal said, "The right to make a Guthi law belongs to the state government. We are writing a letter to the Guthi Institute if the rent is high." If there is no hearing, even if the state government brings the Guthi Bill, it will bring that land under its jurisdiction and leave it as a stadium.'
There is currently a cricket ground on the land of Guthi, which is to be built as a multi-purpose international stadium for Ramzan. There are three grass pitches in that cricket ground. Earlier, some Jai Trophy matches were played at this ground. Mayor Cup, Shahid Cricket Tournament and other big games have been played here. The state government has prepared a DPR to build separate stadiums for cricket, football, hockey, indoor covered hall, kabaddi, khokho and wrestling in the proposed stadium of Ramjan.
