District Survey Report
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1. INTRODUCTION As per gazette notification dated 15th January 2016, of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the District-Environment Impact Assessment Authority (DEIAA) to be constituted by the divisional commissioner for prior environmental clearance of quarry for minor minerals. The DEIAA will scrutinize and recommend the prior environmental clearance of ministry of minor minerals on the basis of district survey report. The main purpose of preparation of District Survey Report is to identify the mineral resources and mining activities along with other relevant data of district. This DSR contains details of Lease, Sand mining and Revenue which comes from minerals in the district and prepared on the basis of data collected from different concern departments and concern Mining Inspector. DISTRICT-SHRAVASTI Shravasti district is in the north western part of Uttar Pradesh covering an area of 1858.20 Sq. Km. It is a created district carved out from Bahraich district. Shravasti, which is closely associated with the life of Lord Buddha, shares border with Balrampur, Gonda & Bahraich districts. Bhinga is the district headquarters of Shravasti and is approximately 175 kilometers away from the state capital. The district is drained by river Rapti & its tributaries. In 2001 census, Shravasti has three Tehsils, viz., Bhinga, Jamunaha and Ikauna. Shravasti is a historically famous district of eastern Uttar Pradesh. As per 2011 census, total population of the district is 1,114,615 persons out of which 594,318 are males and 520,297 are females. The district has having 3 tehsils, 5 blocks and 536 inhabited villages. According to 2001 census, the district accounted 0.71 % of the State’s population in which male and female percentages are 0.72 and 0.69 respectively. D.S.R.- SHRAVASTI Page 2 Figure District Map of Shravasti Drainage The main drainage feature in the area is the river Rapti which originates in Nepal from where it is flows towards west and near about Nepalganj (Nepal) it takes a sudden southerly or south easterly turn and follows a meandering course. A study of the topographical features and geomorphological evidences indicates that the Rapti seen parallel to the present one about 3 to 5 Km. Transportation Roads D.S.R.- SHRAVASTI Page 3 District hedquarters Shravasti is well connected by road. Shravasti is about 152 km by road to Lucknow (the Capital of Uttar Pradesh). Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport (UPSRTC) runs buses from major cities to towns and villages in the district. Railways Some of the railway stations in district are Chilwariya which connects most of the town and villages in the district. Air Shravasti airport is situated in the Shravasti district. It is near and important Buddhist pilgrimage site. 2. OVERVIEW OF MINING ACTIVITY OF DISTRICT Although, Shravasti district is famous for its Buddha Temple but Mining activity of sand / ordinary sand are done along the major river Rapti. 3. LIST OF MINING LEASES/ SHORT TERM PERMIT OF SAND IN THE DISTRICT WITH LOCATION, AREA AND PERIOD OF VALIDITY List of leases are tabled below and marked on Plate-3 Drainage map of District: Gata No./ Area Mineable S. No. Village & Tehsil Period Khand No. (Acre.) Reserve M³ Vill- Gohaniya, Tehsil- 1018 K mi 2.470 25000 6 month 1. Ikauna Vill- Bhutaha, Tehsil- 1436 mi 5.547 56120 6 month 2. Ikauna Vill-Khapariha, Tehsil- 119 1.025 6000 6 month 3. Jamunaha Vill-Sarra, Tehsil- 562 N 4. 3.965 50000 6 month Jamunaha 562 R D.S.R.- SHRAVASTI Page 4 1087, 1084, Vill. Katharamafi, 1076, 1066, 2.409 3068 6 month 5. Tehsil-Jamunaha 1075, 1078 In addition to above, new potential areas have been identified for fresh allotment for five years and will be notified in coming future tabulated below- Gata No./ Area Mineable S. No. Village & Tehsil Period Khand No. (ha.) Reserve M³ Vill- Dayali Tehsil- 1. 20.622 4,12,440 Bhinga 117, 118 5 Years Vill- Kodaridehriya 2. 5.600 1,12,000 5 Years Tehsil- Bhinga 37 mi Vill- manikaura 3. 5 kondari, Tehsil- 373 2.048 51,000 Years Ikauna 4. DETAILS OF ROYALTY OR REVENUE RECEIVED IN LAST THREE YEAR MINOR MINERALS Total Royalty or Revenue Received from Minor Minerals is tabled bellow- Financial Year Revenue (Rs.) Target 2014-15 2,93,74,374 3.00 Crore 2015-16 4,95,96,796 4.00 Crore 2016-17 4,95,96,028 6.00 Crore 2017-18 (Up to Aug. 2017) 2,12,52,654 12.00 Crore TOTAL 320159.00 D.S.R.- SHRAVASTI Page 5 5. DETAIL OF PRODUCTION OF SAND OR BAJARI OR MINOR MINERAL IN LAST THREE YEARS There was no sand mining in the district from 2014-15 to 2016-17. Hence the production of sand or bajari during last three years was nil but minor mineral (ordinary earth & brick earth) contributed in the head of royalty as given below in table. Whereas from April 2017 to August 2017 total revenue generation was Rs. 2,12,52,654. The production comes around 14,04,936 cubic meter sands. 6. PROCESS OF DEPOSITION OF SEDIMENTS IN THE RIVERS Sedimentation Process: Rivers have a lot of energy and because they have energy, they do stuff. The obvious things rivers do with their energy is flow but, besides this, they also transport load, erode load and erode the channel through which they flow. Rapti River basin is one of the class II river basin having catchment area of around 6,700 sq. km. The river channel slope of the upstream area is about 12 %, due to high slope of river and topography, this basin is more prone to sediment disaster. In the downstream reach, the bed slope is about 0.1 %.The average annual rainfall, mean discharge and maximum discharge of the basin are 1500 mm, 136 m 3/sec and 3000m 3/sec respectively. The flow of sediment on river is destructing the agricultural and of downstream. Due to bed aggradation and bank erosion the river channel changes into braided and at the same time enhances lateral shifting, such channel changes are the main problems and features of the river Rapti. 7. GENERAL PROFILE OF THE DISTRICT S. No. Particulars Statistics General Information Geographical Area Geographical Area 1858.20 Sq. Km. 1 Geographical Position 27.5978° N, 81.9535°E Administrative Administrative Division –Lucknow, Division/Number of Three tehsils namely Bhinga, Jamuhana and Ikanna and D.S.R.- SHRAVASTI Page 6 Tehsil , 5 blocks No. of There are 5 blocks and 536 inhabited villages in the Panchayat/Villages district Total population of the district as per 2011 census Population (As Per is 1,114,615 persons out of which 594,318 are Census 2011 males and 520,297 are females. Geographology Younger alluvial plain Older alluvial plain ( Upper Major Physiographic Gangetic Mid-Plains (Alluvial Plain of Ghaghra & Units Saryu of Indo- Gangatic Plain) 2 The Ghaghra, The Gomti river & their tributaries Saryu Major Drainage and its tributaries Temperature Its minimum temperature is 6°C & maximum 43.34°C The land surface of the district is covered by moderately deep soil cover. These are well drained 3 Major Soil Types clayey soils on very gently sloping land with moderate erosion associated with very shallow somewhat excessively drained loamy soils with severe erosion. 8. LAND UTILIZATION PATTERN IN THE DISTRICT: FOREST, AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, MINING ETC. Land Utilisation of Shravasti district (2008-09) in Hectare Area Forest Barren/ Present Other Barren/u Land Past Area Cultivabfallow fallow ncultivab put to ures under le waste Land land le waste nonagric bush/garde land land ultural n use D.S.R.- SHRAVASTI Page 7 Jamunaha 35447 933 110 25 168 111 4174 4 142 Gilaula 30288 0 80 35 173 61 4443 2 262 Ikauna 27262 70 66 30 178 58 4525 8 236 Rani 42312 14741 84 20 158 108 2050 7 227 Sirsia 57578 18609 110 40 183 118 5634 8 302 Total Rural 192887 34353 450 150 860 456 20826 29 1169 Total 192887 34353 450 150 860 456 20826 29 1169 District The net area irrigated by ground water structures is 56760 ha (91.63% of total irrigated area) and net area irrigated by canals & other sources is 5183 ha. The net area sown is 69.7% of the total area of district and cropping intensity is 139.5 %. Area under irrigation as per various sources is given in table-2 . Table-2:- Source-wise area under irrigation (Ha), Shravasti, UP Tubewell Canals Public Private Wells Ponds Others Total Jamunaha 233 173 10643 527 814 0 12390 Gilaula 213 160 10663 532 810 0 12378 Ikauna 220 182 10653 534 803 0 12392 Rani 226 176 10640 520 823 0 12385 Sirsia 223 166 10666 525 818 0 12398 Total District 1115 857 53265 2638 4068 0 61943 D.S.R.- SHRAVASTI Page 8 Irrigation Coverage and Sources Irrigation coverage shows that only 41 % of the net sown area is irrigated by all the sources in Shravasti, which is substantially lower than those of irrigation coverage in Eastern 11 region and Uttar Pradesh. Looking into the source of irrigation tube wells are the main source of irrigation accounted 92.22 % in district that is much higher in comparison of eastern region and State level that is 74.47 and 71.49 % respectively. Irrigation through canals is less than 1 percent in the district as compared to both eastern region (22.58 percent) and State level (20.52 percent). Irrigation by other well accounted 3.50 percent is higher against eastern region’s 1.75 percent. Interestingly tanks accounted 3.89 percent in district that is quite higher than both eastern region as well as State.