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DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT OF YSR DISTRICT DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT OF YSR DISTRICT GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH Prepared as per Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006 issued under Environmental (Protection) Act 1986 (S.O 141 (E) Dt: 15.01.2016) By DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND GEOLOGY Govt. Of A.P, YSR District Andhra Pradesh SV ENVIRO LABS & CONSULTANTS Page 0 NOVEMBER-2017 80 DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT OF YSR DISTRICT INDEX S.No Description Page no 1 Introduction 3 2 Overview of Mining activity in the District 7 3 The List of Mining Leases in the District with location, area and period 13 of validity 4 Details of Royalty and Revenue received in last three years 19 5 Details of production of sand or Bajari or minor mineral in last three 66 years 6 Process of Description of sediments in the rivers of the district 66 7 General profile of the District 71 8 Land utilization pattern in the district: Forest, Agriculture, Horticulture, 82 Mining etc 9 Physiography of the district 84 10 Rainfall: Month-wise 88 11 Geology and Mineral wealth 89 12 Project Team 99 13 Conclusion 99 Tables Table-1 Salient Features of YSR District 6 Table - 2 Mineral Resources of Y.S.R. District 8 Table - 3 Mandal wise occurrence of Major Mineral in Y.S.R. District 8 Table -4 Details of Mining Leases / Quarry Leases in YSR District 9 Table -5 Mineral revenue for the last (6) years 10 Table-6 YSR District Exiting Leases with location, extent and its validity 19 Table - 7 Yerraguntla Existing Leases with location, extent and its validity 35 Table-8 Target and achievements for the year 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 66 Table-9 Mineral Production & Revenue in Kadapa District for the last three 67 years Table-10 Production & Revenue Collections for the Last 3 years (2014-15 to 69 2016-17) pertaining to ADMG, Yerraguntla Table- 11 List of Sand Leases sanctioned/Expired/Existing in YSR District 72 SV ENVIRO LABS & CONSULTANTS Page 1 81 DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT OF YSR DISTRICT Table-12 Spatial Distribution Of Level-II Land Use/Land Cover In YSR District 84 Table-13 Month wise Rainfall during 2015-16 and Normal Rainfall from IMD 89 Sites Table-12 YSR Rainfall data – Month wise from 2004-2011 91 Table-13 Drainage system with description of main rivers 97 Table-14 Salient features of the Rivers and Streams 97 Table -15 List of Experts involved in the project 99 Figures Figure-1 Graphical representation for Mineral revenue for last six years 11 Figure-2 Topo Map of YSR District 12 Figure-3 Mineral Resource Map of YSR District 65 Figure-4 YSR District Map 83 Figure-5 Land use map of YSRDistrict 86 Figure-6 Satellite Imagery of YSR District 87 Figure -7 Hydro Geology Map of YSR district 94 SV ENVIRO LABS & CONSULTANTS Page 2 82 DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT OF YSR DISTRICT 1. Introduction: The Government of India, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate change has made certain amendments in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification No: S.O.1533(E) dated 14.09.2006 issued by the erstwhile Ministry of Environment and Forest., vide notification no. S.O.141 (E) dated 15.01.2016 and notification no. S.O. 190(E), dated: 20.01.2016. These amendments led to the constitution of the District Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (DEIAA) at district level for grant of environmental clearances for category B2 projects (B2 category projects pertaining to mining of minor minerals of lease area less than or equal to 5 hectares) for mining of minor minerals, for all the districts in the country. DEIAA comprises of following members: 1 District Magistrate or District Collector of the district Chairperson 2 Senior most Divisional Forest Officer in the district Member 3 An expert member to be nominated by the Divisional Member Commissioner or Chief Conservator of the Forest 4 Sub-Divisional Magistrate or Sub-Divisional Officer Member Secretary of the district head quarter Ordinary sand other than sand use for prescribed purposes and some other minerals have been specified as minor mineral in Sec 3(E) of The Mines and Minerals (Development and regulation) Act, 1957. The Central Government in addition to some other minor minerals have also declared the ordinary earth (used for filling or leveling purposes in construction or embankments, roads, railways and buildings) and brick earth as the minor minerals. The Government of Punjab vide notification no. S.O.22/P.A.9/1996/S.3/2008 dated 28.03.2008 have acquired the rights of ordinary clay, ordinary sand other than sand use for prescribed purposes, brick earth and ordinary earth (used for filling or leveling purposes in construction or embankments, roads, railways and buildings) in addition to some other minor minerals. The DEIAA shall base its decisions on the recommendations of District Level Expert Appraisal Committee (DEAC). It comprises of following members 1. Senior Most Executive Engineer, Irrigation Department Chair Person 2. Senior most Sub-Divisional Officer (Forest) Member 3. A representative of Remote Sensing Department or Geology Member SV ENVIRO LABS & CONSULTANTS Page 3 83 DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT OF YSR DISTRICT Department or State Ground Water Department to be nominated by the Distinct Magistrate. 4. Occupational health expert or Medical Officer to be nominated Member by the District Magistrate or District Collector 5 Engineer from Zilla Parishad Member 6 A representative of State Pollution Control Board or Member Committee 7 An expert to be nominated by the Divisional Commissioner or Member Chief Conservator of Forest 8 An expert to be nominated by the Divisional Commissioner or Member Chief Conservator of Forest 9 An expert to be nominated by the Divisional Commissioner or Member Chief Conservator of Forest 10 Senior most Assistant Engineer, Public Works Department Member 11 Assistant Director or Deputy Director or District Mines Officer Member- or Geologist in the district in that order Secretary District Survey Report (DSR) is required to identify the areas of aggradations or depositions where mining can be allowed and identification of areas of erosion and proximity to infrastructural structures and installations where mining should be prohibited and calculation of annual rate of replenishment and allowing time for replenishment after mining in that area. The District Survey Report (DSR) shall form the basis for application for environmental clearance, preparation of reports and appraisal of projects. The main purpose of preparation of District Survey Report is to identify the mineral resources and mining activities along with other relevant data of the District. This report contains details of Lease, Sand mining and Revenue which comes from minerals in the district. This report is prepared on the basis of data collected from different concern departments. The Report shall be updated once every five years. Kadapa (formerly known as Cuddapah) is a city in Rayalseema, a region of the south- central part of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the district head quarters of YSR District. It is located 412 kilometres (256mi) south of the state common capital, Hyderabad is 290 Kilometers (180mi) SW of new capital Amaravathi and is 8 kilometres (5.0mi) SV ENVIRO LABS & CONSULTANTS Page 4 84 DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT OF YSR DISTRICT south of the Penna River. The city is surrounded on three sides by the Nallamala and Palakonda hills lying on the tectonic landscape between the Eastern and Western Ghats. The city is nicknamed Gadapa (which means 'Threshold') because it is the gateway from the west to the sacred hills of Tirumala, which is known for its connections to Lord Venkateswara Swamy. Yerraguntla is a Leading Industrial town in YSR district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Yerraguntla mandal of YSR revenue division. The Leading industrial town is home to many cement factories and Rayalaseema Thermal Power Plant. Yerraguntla is located 37 km (23 mi) from Kadapa. Kadapa is also considered to be one of the districts, endowed with rich history, minerals, Flora and Fauna. Mineral resources in the YSR district, in geological parlance, are widely distributed in time and associated with rocks from Archaean to Kurnool Group of rocks. Barytes, chrysotile asbestos, clays, cement grade limestone black granites and Kadapa slabs/napa slabs are some of the well known workable mineral deposits associated with Proterozoic sedimentary rocks belonging to Cuddapah Super group and Kurnool Group in YSR district. YSR district is well known for the occurrence of chrysotile asbestos, barytes and steatite in the dolomites of Vempalli Formation of Cuddapah Super group in the Pulivendula taluk. It has a total geographical area of 15,379 sq.km with 3 Revenue divisions which are Kadapa, Rajampet and Jammalamadugu, 51mandals, 831 gram panchayats, 965 revenue villages and 4533 habitations and lies between the13°43′and15°14′North latitudes and 77° 55′ and 79° 29′ of the East longitude. The district is blessed with a series of beautiful valleys through which Papagni, Chitravathi, Mandavya, Penna, cheyyeru Rivers Flow. The River Penna is the most important river flowing right through the District. The annual normal rainfall received by the district is 709.6 mm southwest and northeast monsoon contributes 55% and 30% respectively. The YSR District (Kadapa) is drained by Pennar river and its chief tributaries are cheyyair, Papaghni, Chitravati, Sagileru and Kunderu. Pincha and Mandavi are minor streams. About 21,758 ha area is irrigated by canals while 4,168 ha and 1,29,983 ha are irrigated through dug wells and bore wells respectively. It has ground water resources of 1.05 lakh ham. SV ENVIRO LABS & CONSULTANTS Page 5 85 DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT OF YSR DISTRICT Out of the total geographical area of 5, 00,961 ha (32.57%) of the area is covered by forests.