District Survey Report, Paschim Bardhaman District, West Bengal
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
DISTRICTISO 9001:2015 & ISO 14001:2015 Certified Company SURVEY REPORT (For mining of minor minerals) As perPASCHIM Notification BARDHAMANNo. S.O.3611 (E) New D DelhiISTRICT, dated 25 TH Of July 2018 Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) PREPARED BY: RSP GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND LABORATORIES PVT. LTD. ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 14001:2015 Certified Company QCI-NABET ACCREDITED CONSULTANT AUGUST, 2021 DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT, PASCHIM BARDHAMAN DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL CONTENTS SL. TOPIC DETAILS PAGE NO. NO CONTENT I - II ABBREVIATIONS USED III - IV LIST OF TABLES V - VI LIST OF MAPS VII LIST OF ANNEXURES VIII CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE IX ACKNOWLEDGEMENT X FIELD PHOTOGRAPHS XXI 1 PREFACE 1 2 INTRODUCTION 2 - 4 3 GENERAL PROFILE OF THE DISTRICT 5 - 22 a. General information 5 - 7 b. Climate condition 7 - 9 c. Rain fall (month wise) and humidity 9 - 10 d. Topography and terrain 10 - 11 e. Water course and hydrology 11 - 12 f. Ground water development 12 - 15 g. Drainage system (general) 16 h. Demography 16 - 18 i. Cropping pattern 18 - 19 j. Landform and seismicity 19 k. Flora 20 - 21 l. Fauna 21 - 22 4 PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE DISTRICT 23 - 26 o General landform 23 o Soil & Rock pattern 23 - 25 o Different geomorphological units 25 - 26 5 LAND USE PATTERN OF THE DISTRICT 27 - 33 . Introduction 27 - 29 a. Forest 30 b. Agriculture & Irrigation 31 c. Horticulture 32 d. Mining 32 - 33 6 GEOLOGY 34 - 36 Regional geology 34 - 35 Local geology 36 7 MINERAL WEALTH 37 - 39 Overview of the mineral resources (covering all minerals) 37 - 39 I PREPARED BY: RSP GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND LABORATORIES PVT. LTD DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT, PASCHIM BARDHAMAN DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL CONTENTS SL. TOPIC DETAILS PAGE NO NO. 8 SAND AND OTHER RIVERBED MINERALS 40 - 61 A. Sand & Other riverbed minerals 40 - 56 i) Drainage System 40 - 42 ii) Annual Deposition of River Bed Minerals 42 - 54 a) Geomorphological Studies 42 - 54 i. Place of origin 42 ii. Catchment area 43 iii. General profile of River/stream 43 iv. Annual deposition factor 44 - 49 v. Replenishment 50 - 53 vi. Total potential of minor mineral in the riverbed 54 b) Geological studies 54 i. Lithology of catchment area 54 ii. Tectonics and structural behavior of rocks 54 - 55 c) Climate factors 55 i. intensity of rainfall 55 ii. Climate zone 55 iii. Temperature variation 55 Annual Deposition 56 iii) Riverbed mineral potential 56 iv) Riverbed mineral potential zones (sand) 57 - 59 B. In- situ minerals 60 - 61 9 OVERVIEW OF MINING ACTIVITY IN THE DISTRICT 62 - 105 a. General overview 62 b. List of existing mining leases 62 - 104 c. Details of production of sand and other minor minerals during last 3 years 105 10 DETAILS OF REVENUE GENERATED FROM MINERAL SECTOR 106 11 TRANSPORT (RAILWAY, ROAD) 107 - 108 12 SUMMARY 109 13 REFERENCE CITED 110 14 ANNEXURES XI- XXV II PREPARED BY: RSP GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND LABORATORIES PVT. LTD DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT, PASCHIM BARDHAMAN DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS USED ABBREVIATIONS & : FULL FORMS SYMBOLS USED % : Percent ′ : Minute ″ : Second < : less than (strict inequality) = : Equal to (strict equality) > : greater than (strict inequality) ≈ : approximately equal ° : Degree °C : Degree Centigrade °F : Degree Fahrenheit ArcGIS : ArcGIS is a GIS for working with maps and geographic information maintained by the ESRI. CD blocks : Community development blocks cm : Centimeter cum : Cubic meter Dec : December DEIAA : District Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority DSR : District Survey Report E : East e.g., : ‘exempli gratia’(Latin phrase) means ‘for example’ EC : Environmental Clearance et.al., : ‘et alia’ (Latin phrase) means ‘and others’ G:2 stage : General Exploration (stage of exploration as per UNFC norms) G:3 stage : Prospecting (stage of exploration as per UNFC norms) GIS : Geographic Information System Govt. : Government GPS : Global Positioning System Ha : Hectare i.e., : ‘id est’ (Latin phrase) means ‘that is’/’in other words’ III PREPARED BY: RSP GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND LABORATORIES PVT. LTD DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT, PASCHIM BARDHAMAN DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL ABBREVIATIONS & : FULL FORMS SYMBOLS USED ICAR : Indian Council of Agricultural Research Inch : inches kg/ha : Kilogram per hectare km : kilometer km/ hour : Kilometer per hour km2 : kilometer square LANDSAT : Land Satellite stands for Low Altitude Satellite LULC : Land use and land cover m : Meter Mar : March Max. : Maximum mbgl : Meter Below Ground Level Min. : Minimum mm : Millimeter MoEFCC : Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change N : North NH : National Highways No.(s) : Number(s) RI value : River Index value S : South SEIAA : State Environment Impact Assessment Authority Sept : September sp. : species sq.km : Square kilometer Temp : Temperature viz., : Latin phrase ‘videre licet’, and is used as a synonym for "namely", W : West IV PREPARED BY: RSP GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND LABORATORIES PVT. LTD DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT, PASCHIM BARDHAMAN DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL LIST OF TABLES TABLE NO. TOPIC PAGE NO. 1. Approximate Boundary Coordinates of Paschim Bardhaman District 2 2. Key Statistics of administrative section of the district, at a glance 5 3. Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the district 6 4. Community development blocks of the district 6 5. Maximum and Minimum Temperature of the District 9 6. Month-wise average normal and received rainfall data of the year 10 2018 7. Status of Ground water Development (Block wise) 12 -13 8. The urban-rural divide of the two administrative subdivisions 17 9. Demographic pattern of the district (Source: Census 2011) 17 10. Paschim Bardhaman Religion Data 18 11. Agricultural land usage and cropping intensity of Paschim 18 Bardhaman 12. Agricultural land utilization of Paschim Bardhaman during 2018-19 18 13. Seismic Zone Intensity on MM scale 19 14. Predominant and principal floral tree species of Paschim Bardhaman 20 15. Land use pattern of the district 28 16. Land utilization (in Hectare) of the district during 2018 -19 29 17. Basic irrigation statistics of the district during 2018-19 31 18. The major horticulture fruits grown in the district 32 19. The major horticulture vegetables grown in the district 32 20. Stratigraphic succession near north of Durgapur City (Das, 1970) 35 21. Major mineral resources of Paschim Bardhaman District 38 22. Minor mineral resources of Paschim Bardhaman District 38 23. Drainage system with description of main rivers (overall drainage 42 pattern is parallel & dendritic to sub-dendritic) 24. Salient features of important rivers and streams 42 25. Coordinates details of Cross Section Line 51 26. Estimation of Sand Resources in Pre & Post monsoon period in 53 sand bars 27. Sediment Load comparison between Pre & Post Monsoon periods 53 for different rivers of Paschim Bardhaman District 28. Annual deposition 56 29. Riverbed mineral potential 56 30. Riverbed sand potential zones (Sand)(SOURCE: Field Survey) 57 - 59 V PREPARED BY: RSP GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND LABORATORIES PVT. LTD DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT, PASCHIM BARDHAMAN DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL 31. List of proposed mining leases of the district with location, area period 60 - 61 for each minor mineral (In-situ) 32. List of existing mining leases of the district with location, area, period 62 - 67 of lease & status (Sand) 33. List of existing mining leases of the district with location, area, period 68 of lease & status (other than sand) 34. Data of Existing Brick earth fields of the district 68 - 104 35. Details of generated revenue for sand sector during last 3 years 105 36. Details of revenue generated from mineral sector during last 3 years 105 (other than sand) 37. Details of generated revenue for sand sector during last 3 years 106 38. Details of revenue generated from mineral sector during last 3 years 106 (other than sand) VI PREPARED BY: RSP GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND LABORATORIES PVT. LTD DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT, PASCHIM BARDHAMAN DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL LIST OF MAPS MAP NO. TOPIC PAGE NO. 1. LOCATION MAP OF THE DISTRICT 4 2. ADMINISTRATIVE MAP OF THE DISTRICT 7 3. SLOPE MAP OF THE DISTRICT 11 4. WATER LEVEL DEPTH MAP OF PASCHIM BARDHAMAN 14 DISTRICT (PRE- MONSOON) 5. WATER LEVEL DEPTH MAP OF PASCHIM BARDHAMAN 15 DISTRICT (POST- MONSOON) 6. SOIL MAP OF THE DISTRICT 24 7. GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAP OF THE DISTRICT 26 8. LAND USE LAND COVER MAP OF THE DISTRICT 29 9. FOREST COVER MAP OF THE DISTRICT 30 10. LITHOLOGICAL MAP OF THE DISTRICT 36 11. MINERAL RESOURCE MAP OF DISTRICT 39 12. DRAINAGE MAP OF THE DISTRICT 41 13. CATCHMENT AREA MAP OF MAIN RIVERS OF THE 43 DISTRICT 14. ELEVATION MAP OF THE DISTRICT 44 15. ELEVATION & LONGITUDINAL PROFILE MAP OF 49 MAIN RIVERS 16. TRANSPORT NETWORK MAP OF THE DISTRICT 108 VII PREPARED BY: RSP GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND LABORATORIES PVT. LTD DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT, PASCHIM BARDHAMAN DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL LIST OF CHARTS CHART NO. TOPIC PAGE NO. 1. Climate graph of Paschim Bardhaman district 8 2. Average temperature of Paschim Bardhaman district 8 3. Distribution of male and female literates of Paschim Bardhaman 17 district 4. Agricultural land use of Paschim Bardhaman district 19 5. Graphical representation the basic irrigation statistics of the 31 district during 2018-19 LIST OFANNEXURES ANNEXURE TOPIC PAGE NO. NO. II EXSISTING SAND BLOCK MAP OF THE DISTRICT XI - XVII III PROPOSED PROMISING SAND BLOCK MAP OF THE XVIII - XX DISTRICT III FIELD PHOTOGRAPS XXI - XXV VIII PREPARED BY: RSP GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND LABORATORIES PVT. LTD DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT, PASCHIM BARDHAMAN DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE This District Survey Report (DSR) of Paschim Bardhaman District, West Bengal, has been prepared by RSP Green Development and Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Howrah, West Bengal, India. Any reproduction, direct or indirect other than for the specific purpose for which the report has been prepared, should not be carried out, without prior written consent of RSP Green Development and Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. and Govt.