Misleading Report of 3,000 Tonne Gold Ore Discovery In UP’s Sonbhadra, Twitter Reacts

Sonbhadra is the 2nd largest district of Uttar Pradesh and the only district to border 4 states in the country including Madhya Pradesh in the west, Bihar in the east, Chhattisgarh to the south, Jharkhand to the south-east. However, that is not the only reason Sonbhadra has been the centre of attention for many over the years.

Sonbhadra has in its name ‘son’ or ‘sona’ which means gold. According to NDTV, the British first initiated the process of hunting gold reserves in various regions of Sonbhadra. However, nothing seems to mention whether they accomplished or not.

The Geological Survey of India had started the works for finding gold reserves in Sonbhadra back in 1992, reports Hindustan Times.

It is now, after almost 28 years, that the GSI has found gold deposits consisting of nearly 3,000 tonnes which is worth Rs 12 lakh crore in Sonbhadra, reports HT.

According to the data given by the World Gold Council, India currently has 626 tonnes of gold reserves. The new reserves are almost five times that amount.

The official letter of the Uttar Pradesh Directorate of Geology and Mining alleges that GSI has discovered exactly 2,943.26 tonnes of gold at Son Pahadi while 646.15 kilograms of gold has been discovered Hardi block, reports News18.

However, it is gold ore which was discovered in Sonbhadra from which the gold metal can be extracted. A report by Money Control reports that a 7-member team has been given the task of geo-tagging and mapping the goldmine areas. The government has started the process of leasing these mines.

According to a report by Business Today, if 3,000 tonnes of gold is added to India’s gold reserve, then India will have the world’s 2nd largest gold reserve next to the United States. This discovery can be expected to boost the finances of the country.

People on the internet are amused by the news and are now calling the country ‘sone ki chidiya’. Have a look:

Every Indian Right Now:#Sonbhadra pic.twitter.com/A2LjWgeenn

— Goofy eyes👀 (@demuresoul10) February 22, 2020

3500 Tonnes Of Gold Found in #Sonbhadra, UP. Which is Almost Five Times The Current Gold Reserves.👏

Once again India will be called "Sone Ki Chidiya!"
Thanks to Geological survey of India.#SonbhadraHills https://t.co/lESe6snSLZ pic.twitter.com/DLW1T5gcam

— Abhishek Srivastav 🇮🇳 (@Thevampireabhi) February 21, 2020

Name of that place is Sonpahadi and name of district is Sonbhadra.
Sonbhadra was named it this way because of these gold reserves.
Ancient Hindu culture always had a reason for naming it's cities.#Sonbhadra #Gold #GoldMines @narendramodi @PMOIndia @AmitShah @myogiadityanath https://t.co/tMeZRzMgy2

— Gaurav (@GauravY11) February 22, 2020

https://twitter.com/NangalAkash/status/1231099199447453696

UP: Around 3,000 tonne gold deposits found in Sonbhadra, almost 5 times India’s reserves

The credit goes to #GeologicalSurveyofIndia which started work 2 decades back in 1992-93.#Sonbhadra#GoldMineshttps://t.co/QkrXaZ4bwB

— Dr Jwala Gurunath (@DrJwalaG) February 22, 2020

Just amazing incredible india 🇮🇳🇮🇳 #3500 tones of gold that Earliest found in sonbhadra dist of #UP Yaaass that India called sone ki chidiya now becomes true #Sonbhadra #goldmines exist pic.twitter.com/xzf9iWjt6k

— 𝑨𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒕 𝑷𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓 (@Ankitpwr007) February 21, 2020

#Sonbhadra
1) I m not surprised abt the gold finding
2) but em surprised with the name sonbhadra name of the area and hill ..
Thousands years old name yet they knew it has gold..
I mean isn't that amazing ?

— AjatShatru ™ ©️ (@vernaculartube) February 21, 2020

#Sonbhadra
*3000 ton gold reserves found in U.P.*

U.P. Nibbas – pic.twitter.com/kcUYNymrIv

— Unsecret Agent (@Aakash_kun) February 22, 2020

Kudos to the Geological Survey of India for working relentlessly. A great day for the country, indeed!