District Survey Report of River Bed Mining of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand
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DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT: MINOR MINERAL (RBM), TEHRI GARHWAL,UTTARAKHAND (2019-20) DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT OF RIVER BED MINING OF TEHRI GARHWAL, UTTARAKHAND, In Compliance of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Notification No. 2827 dated: 25th July 2018 Complied by District Task Force, Tehri, Geology and Mining Unit, Uttarakhand September, 2019 1 DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT: MINOR MINERAL (RBM), TEHRI GARHWAL,UTTARAKHAND (2019-20) 1. Introduction Uttarakhand, a hill state of India, lies in the northern part of country in the loftiest Himalayan mountain range. It covers in total 53,066 km2 area. Out of which approximately 48,000 km2 (90%) falls in hilly terrain (Joshi, 2004). Geologically this area is complex and forms a part of the young Himalayan belt. Tehri Garhwal is one of the largest districts in the hill state of Uttarakhand, which falls in hilly terrain. Its administrative headquarters is at New Tehri. The district has a population of 604,747 (in 2001 census), a 16.15% increase over the previous decade. It is surrounded by four districts, viz., Rudraprayag in the east, Dehradun in the west, Uttarkashi in the north, and Pauri Garhwal in the south. 2. Overview of Mining Activity in the District In the earlier time the mud houses/buildings were constructed with the use of mud. However with the passage of time, new techniques of development activities were started. As such the demand of Minor Mineral started on an increasing trend. In order to meet the requirement of raw material for construction, the extraction of sand, gravel & boulder carried out manually / semi- mechanized process from the river beds. 3. The List of ‘Mining Leases’ in the District with location, area and period of validity:- 3.1.1. Detail of existing mining leases of sand and aggregates in the District. Sr. Name of lessee Lot Location River Name Type of Area Validity Period No. Mineral (in ha.) 1. Smt. Sushila Devi Village-Ranihaat Alaknanda RBM 10.65 01.10.2015 to Sate Singh Rana, Tehsil Kirtinagar 31.03.2023 Kailash gate, Muni ki reti, Tehri Garhwal 2. M/s Kilkileshwar Village- Naithana Alaknanda RBM 9.713 01.10.2015 to mining comp. C/o Tehsil- Kirtinagar 31.03.2023 partner Sate Singh Rana, Kailash gate, Munikireti, Tehri Garhwal 3. Mr. Bansidhar Village- Kanda Daur RBM 0.660 12.12.2015 to Uniyal S/o Sh. Mai Daur, Tehsil- (Chandrabh 18.12.2020 Devender Dutt Narendernagar aga) 2 DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT: MINOR MINERAL (RBM), TEHRI GARHWAL,UTTARAKHAND (2019-20) Uniyal Village Dhalwala, Tehsil- Narendernagar 4. Mr. Anil Kothari S/o Village- Ratwari Bhagirathi RBM 0.290 22.02.2016 to Sh. Mayaram, Tehsil- Tehri 21.02.2021 Village Hadam Dandasli, Tehsil- Tehri 5. Mr. Sumer Singh Village- Nakot Bhagirathi RBM 0.558 17.01.2016 to Bhandari, Village Tehsil- Tehri 16.01.2021 Bada Suita, Tehsil- Tehri 6. Mr. Bharat Singh Village Devanj, Bhagirathi RBM 0.523 04.06.2018 to Gusain, S/o Shri Patti- Bhilang, 03.06.2023 Bhagwan Singh, Tehsil- Ghansali, Residence of Village - Ranidang, Post- Ghuttu, Patti – Bhilang, Tehsil– Ghansali, Distt:- Tehri Garhwal 7. Shri Mastan Singh, Village- Kanda Mai Daur RBM 1.490 15.09.2018 to S/o Late Shri Keshar Daur, Patti- (Chandrabha 14.09.2023 Singh, R/o Village- Dhamandsyun, ga) Kailash Gate Tehsil - Munikireti, Tehsil- Narendranagar, Narendranagar, District- Tehri District- Tehri Garhwal Garhwal 8. Shri Hukum Singh Village- Doban, Bhagirathi RBM 0.722 07.06.2019 to Padiyar S/o Shri Tehsil- Kandisaur, 06.06.2020 Amar singh District- Tehri Vill-Doban, Tehsil- Garhwal Kandisaur, District- Tehri Garhwal 9. Shri Atol Singh Village- Doban, Bhagirathi RBM 0.849 10.06.2019 to Chauhan S/o Late Tehsil- Kandisaur, 09.06.2020 Shri Mor singh District- Tehri Chauhan, Vill-Sarot, Garhwal Tehsil-Kandisaur, Tehri garhwal 10. Shri Suman Singh Village- Bhagirathi RBM 0.227 10.06.2019 to Bist, S/o Late Shri Dharwalgaon, 09.06.2020 Roopchand singh Tehsil- Kandisaur, Bist District- Tehri Garhwal 11. GMVN 8 revenue lots under consideration for extension of period to State Govt. 3 DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT: MINOR MINERAL (RBM), TEHRI GARHWAL,UTTARAKHAND (2019-20) 4. Details of Royalty or Revenue received in last three years Table 1: Mineral royalty or revenue achieved in last three years S.No. Financial year Royalty (in ` ) 1. 2016-17 13,53,54,120.00 2. 2017-18 13,20,08,158.00 3. 2018-19 14,13,94,659.00 5. Detail of Production of Sand or Bajari or minor mineral in last three years Table 2: Production of river bed material (RBM) or minor mineral in last three years S.No. Financial year Mineral (In MT) 1. 2016-17 279618 2. 2017-18 580090 3. 2018-19 761099 6. Process of Deposition of Sediments in the rivers of the District The deposition in a river bed is more pronounced during rainy season although the quantum of deposition varies from stream to stream depending upon numbers of factors such as catchment, lithology, discharge, river profile and geomorphology of the river course. Where annual deposition is much more even two to three meters, but it is noticed that during flood season whole of the pit so excavated is completely filled up and as such the excavated area is replenished with new harvest of minerals. In order to calculate the mineral deposits in the stream beds, the mineral constituents have been categorized as clay, silt, sand, bajri and boulder. However during present calculation, the waste material i.e., silt which vary from 10 to 20% in different streams has also been included in the total production. Further the Survey of India Topo-Sheets are used as base map to know the extent of river course. The mineral reserves have been calculated 4 DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT: MINOR MINERAL (RBM), TEHRI GARHWAL,UTTARAKHAND (2019-20) only upto 1.0 to 1.5 metre depth, although there are some portions in the river beds such as channel bars, point bars and central islands where the annual deposition is raising the level of river bed thus causing shifting of the rivers towards banks resulting in to cutting of banks and at such locations, removal of this material upto the bed level is essential to control the river flow in its central part to check the bank cutting. While calculating the mineral potentials, the mineral deposits lying in the sub-tributaries of that particular stream/river has not been taken into consideration. Since these mineral deposits are adding annually to the main river, the mineral deposits will be much more. 7. General Profile of the District 7.1. Administrative Setup The district Tehri Garhwal is divided into two thirteen tehsils, nine blocks, two municipalities and four town area committees. The district covers 76 nyaya panchayats and 928 gram panchayats. It has 1,847 revenue villages and 2,508 clusters. 7.2. People Generally, the inhabitants of Tehri Garhwal district are the Aryans came from the different parts of northern India. Before the advent of the Aryans, the original inhabitants of this area were Koles, Bhils and Kirats. The western part of the district- Jaunpur block has an impact of a tribal group of Jaunsari. The dialect of the district is Garhwali with different accents. The custom in the different area has some diversity but not so different from one another. Some decades ago, the people used to wear mirzai, pajama, and turban on their heads. In high altitude woollen degla and dumkar. Ghaghra and angra were common among women. However, 5 DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT: MINOR MINERAL (RBM), TEHRI GARHWAL,UTTARAKHAND (2019-20) with the passing of time pants and shirts, sarees and blouse, salwar and kurta are taking place especially in new generation. 7.3. Religious Place Lord Shiva temple in Budhakedar, Nag temple in Sem-Mukhem and Mahasartal, Chandrabadni temple, Surkhanda devi temple, Kunjapuri temple, etc. are the famous sidhapithas in the district. In addition to these, there are countless temples belonging to different gods and goddesses. Place situated on the confluence of the rivers are also important in view of religion and faith. 7.4. Fairs and Festival The people of Tehri Garhwal have been fond fair and festivals since very long, which bring them joy and amusement. The month of Baishakha is the month of fairs. On Panchami, Makarsakranti, Vishvat Sakranti and on the different occasion we have fairs in addition to the common fairs in the country to make the life happy and joyful. Chaitra is the month of flowers to welcome the spring. Before the sunrise and the sunset the children use to go out in groups to collect the flowers of different colours and sprinkle them on the threshold of each door in the house and in the neighbourhood throughout the month. Before decades there were some fairs for amusement like BEDWARTH when the BADI had to slip on a rope with connected both ends with two logs in the opposite directions. LANG was also the fair BADI in which he used to make different actions and motions to make to audience laugh. In the name of sacrifice to goddess Durga a male buffalo made to run by hitting it with logs and swords ultimately that was killed. However, such fairs and festivals had gone by. Folk dances (MANDAN) are still popular among the people. The Jaunpur area of the district is 6 DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT: MINOR MINERAL (RBM), TEHRI GARHWAL,UTTARAKHAND (2019-20) famous for its folk dances and folk songs. Rapid change in socio-cultural life of people, the traditional customs are giving ground to the new urban culture. 7.5. District Tehri Garhwal at a glance Table 3: District Tehri Garhwal at a glance S.No Particular Year Unit Statistics 1 Geographical features Geographical Data i) Latitude 330 1’ N and 300