DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT OF DISTRICT GURUGRAM (HARYANA) 1? ;*-*r-). -r \.* Prepared by :- Anil Jaglan, Mining Officer, Gurugram, HARYANA DISTRICT MAP I LEGEND State Boundary District Boundary o o 4 Etllt -1 t-" _)_ ( I t - \l i/, District Survey Report - District Gurugram (HARYANA) 1 Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change prior Environmental clearance vide notification dated 15.01.2016 provided that the at District level, the District Environment Impact Assessment Authority (DEIAA) shall deal and grant ,B2' environmental clearances for matters falling under category for mining of minor minerals in the said Schedule. The notification dated 15.01.2016 further provides thar the District Survey Report for mining of sand a minor mineral deposits be shall be prepared as per procedure prescribed for preparation of District Survey Report for sand mining or river bed mining and mining of other minor minerals is given in Appendix X of the notification. The main objective of the preparation of District Survey Report (as per the Sustainable Sand Mining Guideline) is to ensure that the identification of areas of aggradations or deposition 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 reprenishment after mining in that area. However, under the heading "Methodology adopted for calculation of Minerar Potential" it has been stated that the District Survey Report shall be prepared for each minor mineral in the district separately and its draft shall be placed in the public domain by keeping its copy in corlectorate and posting it on district's website for twenty one days for seeking comments of the general public before finarsing the same. In district Gurugram there are no sand deposits existing in the district as there is no perennial or seasonal river/s in the area, however, in the Iight ofabove, DSR needs to be prepared for each minor mineral in the district, the DSR for the Stone a minor mineral has been prepared asunder. 2. INTRODUCTION:- Gurgaon district, officially known as Gurugram district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana in northern India. The city ofGurgaon is the administrative headquarters of the district' The population is 15,14,432. Ir is one ofthe southem districts ofHaryana. It lies in between the 27" 27' 20" and 28o 32,25" latitude, and 76. 39' 39', and 77" 20' 50" longitude. Being in the vicinity of Delhi, Gurugram falls under National capital Region. on its norrh, it is bounded by the District of Jhajjar and National Capital rerritory of Delhi; Faridabad District lies to its east; palwal District lies to its 4, south east. on souih it shares boundaries with Nuh whereas Rewari lies to its west. To its South, lies the state of Rajasthan. The distict spreads over l25g sq. km.The district Gurugram is divided into 4 sub-divisions headed by Sub-Divisional Magistrates: Gurgaon North, Gurgaon South and pataudi, Badhsahpur, which are further divided into 6 revenue tehsils, namely, Gurgaon, Sohna, pataudi, Farukh Nagar, Manesar, Wazirabad and 3 sub-tehsils namely Badshahpur, Kadipur and Garhi Harsaru and also comprises 4 rural development blocks, pataudi, Sohna, Gurgaon and Farrukhnagar. There are Haryana Vidhan sabha constituencies located in this district: Pataudi, Badshahpur, Gurgaon and Sohna. A[ of these are part ofGurgaon Lok Sabha constituency. Gurugram district is well connected by roads and railways. National Highway No.48 (erstwhile NH-8) connecting Dehi with Jaipur passes through the district. Major state highways are - No. 13, No 2g, No 26 and No. l5A connecting Gurgaon - Alwar, Palwal - Sohna, Gurgaon - Rewari - Namaul _ Singhana road and Jhajjar - Farrukhnagar - Gurgaon respectively. Almost all the villages are connected by metalled roads. District Gurugram is known as the indusnial hub and it houses several automobile companies Maruti Udyog Ltd., Honda Pvt Ltd, Hero Motor Corps are the few names among them. Gurugram district is popularly known as the 'Cyber City,as the dishict houses several world class 'I-nformation Technology' (IT) industries. 2. Geology of the area: The district is situated in the transitional zone ofGanga plain in the north and Aravali Hills in the south and comprises of Aeolian sand deposits, Aravali Hills and Indo- Gangetic alluvial plain. The Aravatli Hills exposed around Sohna and Manesar belongs to Ajabgarh group and mainly consists of quartzite and phyllite. The major part of Gurugram and Patuadi block is covered by alluvium consists of micaceous sand, silt and clay with kankar. Aeolian deposits, which includes brown fine sand of sandy flats covers the major parts ofdistrict. Brief of Mineral Deposits The district Curugram of Haryana is not known for any major minerals .However the mineral such as silica sand, building stone, and bricks clays are available in the district. 1 Overview of Mining Activity in the District:- In District Gurugram Aravalli hills belonging to Delhi super group are exposed in ,L and around Sohna area and these hills have elevation upto 340 meters. The Aravalli hills in the district mainly consist of quartzite, which is a source of construction material. Silica sand is also found in the Aravali hills near Sohna. Brick clay found in and around village Ghamrouj,Alipur,Harihera in sohna division and in and around village sherpur in division pataudi division of the district. 4 Details of Royalty/Revenue received in last three years from District Gurugram is asunder:- Year 2017-18 (in Rs.) Year 2018-19 (in Rs.) Year 2019-20 (in Rs.) 40347840 3546002s 4242n16 5 Detail ofProduction ofsand or Bajri or minor mineral in last three years:- No fluvial sand deposits are available in the district as no perennial or seasonal rivers are situated in the area and hence of production of sand or Bajri from river bed areas is not relevant. Mining activity is banned from 2002, by Apex court of India order dated 16.12.2002, however some short term permit were/are issued for excavation of stone, for development activitieyprojects. The details ofthe stone production w.r.t said short term permits for the last three years are given as under:- Year Production of Stone in M.T. 20t7-20t8 r l6l0 20t8-2019 91823 2019-2020 23703 The dust which is being refered as Manufactured Sand can be estimated considering that about 15% of the stone gets converted into dust/Manufactured Sand. On the basis of the same the production details of Manufactured Sand for the last three years are given asunder:- Ycar Production of Stonc (in M.T. 20t7-20t8 t74t.5 2018-20t9 13773045 2019-2020 3 5 55.4s 4 6. Process of Deposition of Sediments in the rivers of the District:- The area of Gurugram District is marked by the Indogangetic Alluvial plains with outcrops of Aravali Ranges and overlain by Aeolian Sand Dunes at isolated places. No perennial or seasonal rivers exist in district Gurugram and as a result no fluvial Sand deposits are available in the district. 7. General Profile ofthe Districl:- 7.1 Haryana State Profile:- Haryana is a state in north India. It was carved out of the state of punjab in 1966. It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal pradesh to the North, and Utrakhand to the North East and Rajasthan to the west and south. Eastem border to Haryana & Uttar Pradesh is defined by river yamuna. Haryana also surrounds Delhi on three sides, forming the northem, westem and southem borders of Delhi. Consequently, a large area of Haryana is included in the National Capital Region. The capital of Haryana is Chandigarh which is administered as a union territory and is also the capital ofpunjab. Haryana is a landlocked state in northern India. It is located between 27"37,to 30'35' N latitude and between 74.28, and 77"36, E longitude. The altitude of Haryana varies between 700 to 3600 ft. (200 meters to 1200 meters) above sea level. Haryana has four main geographical features. o The Yamuna-Ghaggar plain forming the largest part of the state The Shivalik Hills in the North Semi-desert sandy plains to the South-West The Aravali Range in the South 7,2 District Gurugram Profile:- Gurugram District falls in the southern most region of the state of Haryana. Its headquarters is at Gurugram. It lies in between the 27o 27' 20,, and,28 32'25,, latitude, and 76 39' 39" and 77" 20' 50" longitude. Being in the vicinity of Delhi, Gurugram falls under National Capital Region. On its north, it is bounded by the District of Jhajjar and National Capital Territory of Delhi; Faridabad District lies to its east; Palrval District lies to its south east. On south rft- it shares boundaries with Nuh whereas Rewari lies to its west. To its South, lies the state of Rajasthan. The district spreads over 1258 sq,km. Administratively District Gurugram is divide in to four blocks (Gurugram Pataudi, Sohna and Farrukhnagar) and these blocks contains of 242 villages. The district Gurugram contains four assembly constituencies viz. Gurugram , Pataudi, Badshapur and Sohna and the area of district Gurugram falls under Gurgaon Parliamentary constituency. The district Gurugram is well connected by road and rail network. Two National Highways NH-8 and NH-236, four state highways (SH 13, SH l5 A, SH 26 and SH 28). The network of Delhi Metro Rail corporation and rapid metro in the district is the feather in the cap ofdistrict transport network. 7.3 General Characteristics of the District:- Gurugram district is situated on South eastem part of Haryana state has an area of 7254 sq.km. In the North, it is bordered by the Union Tenitory of Delhi, in the east by Faridabad, in the North west by Jhajjar and Rewari districts of Haryana and in the west by the Alwar district of Rajasthan state and south by the Nuh district of Haryana state.