District Survey Report(For Mining of Minor Minerals)
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DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT (For mining of minor minerals) As per Notification No. S.O.3611 (E) New Delhi dated 28TH Of December 2020 Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) PREPARED BY: RSP GREEN DEVELOPMENT & LABORATORIES PVT. LTD. ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 14001:2015 Certified Company QCI-NABET ACCREDITED February, 2021 DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT, PURULIA 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 XXX 1 PREFACE 1 2 INTRODUCTION 2 - 3 3 GENERAL PROFILE OF THE DISTRICT 4 - 19 a. General information 4 - 5 b. Climate condition 5 c. Rain fall (month wise) and humidity 5 - 7 d. Topography and terrain 7 - 8 e. Water course and hydrology 8 - 9 f. Ground water development 9 - 13 g. Drainage system (general) 13 h. Demography 13 - 16 i. Cropping pattern 16 - 17 j. Landform and seismicity 17 k. Flora 17 - 18 l. Fauna 18 - 19 4 PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE DISTRICT 20 - 23 o General landform 20 - 21 o Soil and rock pattern 21 - 22 o Different Geomorphological Units 23 5 LAND USE PATTERN OF THE DISTRICT 24 - 27 . Introduction 24 - 27 a. Forest 26 b. Agriculture & Irrigation 26 - 27 c. Horticulture 27 d. Mining 27 6 GEOLOGY 28 - 34 Regional geology 28 - 32 Local geology 32 - 34 I PREPARED BY: RSP GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND LABORATORIES PVT. LTD DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT, PURULIA DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL SL. TOPIC DETAILS PAGE NO NO. 7 MINERAL WEALTH 35 - 40 Overview of the mineral resources 35 - 36 (covering all minerals) Details of major and minor 36 - 40 mineral resources 8 SAND AND OTHER RIVERBED MINERALS 41 - 82 A. Sand & Other riverbed minerals 41 - 75 i. Drainage System 41 - 43 ii. Annual deposition of river bed mineral 43 - 44 iii. General profile of River/stream 45 iv. Annual deposition factor 46 - 49 v. Replenishment 50 - 57 vi. Total potential of minor mineral in the riverbed 57 - 58 vii. Riverbed mineral potential 59 viii. Riverbed mineral potential zones (sand) 60 - 75 B. In- situ minerals 76 - 88 9 OVERVIEW OF MINING ACTIVITY IN THE DISTRICT 89 - 115 a. General overview 89 b. List of existing mining leases 89 - 115 c. Details of production of sand and other 115 minor minerals during last 3 years 10 DETAILS OF REVENUE GENERATED FROM MINERAL 116 SECTOR 11 TRANSPORT (RAILWAY, ROAD) 117 - 118 12 SUMMARY 119 14 REFERENCE CITED 120 - 121 15 ANNEXURES XI -XXXIV II PREPARED BY: RSP GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND LABORATORIES PVT. LTD DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT, PURULIA 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, PURULIA 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, PURULIA DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL LIST OF TABLES TABLE TOPIC PAGE NO. NO. 1. DGPS survey points (deg-min-sec) 4 2. Maximum and Minimum Temperature of the District 6 3. Rainfall of the district in preceding 5 years 6 4. Monthly rainfall in the district 7 5 Status of Ground Water Development 9-11 6. Demography of Purulia (as per 2011 Census) 14 7. Percentage distribution of population by age group 15 8. Showing Literacy Rate in Purulia (in %) 15 9. Agricultural Land Use of the District 17 10. Location and extent of different types of slopes in Purulia district 21 11. Location wise soil distribution 21 - 22 12. Land use & land cover distribution of the district 24 - 25 13. Stratigraphic Succession of Purulia 28 14. The extent of different rock groups of various geological ages 32 15. Rock type of different chronostratigraphic units 33 16. Wentworth’s Sediment Size Classes (1922) 36 17. Major mineral resources of Purulia 37 - 38 18. Minor mineral resources of Purulia 38 19. Drainage system with description of main rivers 43 20. Salient features of important rivers and streams 43 21. River name with influenced block 43 V PREPARED BY: RSP GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND LABORATORIES PVT. LTD DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT, PURULIA DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL 22. Coordinate details of cross section line 51 23. Estimation of Sand resources in Pre and Post monsoon period in 54 - 56 sand bars 24. Sediment Load comparison between Pre & Post Monsoon 57 periods for different rivers of Purulia District 25. Annual deposition 58 26. Riverbed mineral potential 59 27. Riverbed sand potential zones (Sand)(SOURCE: Field Survey) 60 - 75 28. Information on occurrence of each of the in-situ minerals is to be 76 - 88 mentioned separately 29. List of existing mining leases of the district with location, area, period 89 - 96 of lease and status (Sand) 30. List of existing mining leases of the district with location, area, 97 - 9 period of lease & status (Ordinary Earth) 31. List of existing mining leases of the district with location, area, 99 period of lease & status (Morrum) 32. List of existing mining leases of the district with location, area, 100 - 113 period of lease & status (Brick Earth) 33. List of existing mining leases of the district with location, area, period 113-115 of lease and status (Other than Sand) 34. Details of generated revenue for sand sector during last 3 years 115 35. Details of revenue generated from mineral sector during last 3 years 116 VI PREPARED BY: RSP GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND LABORATORIES PVT. LTD DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT, PURULIA DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL LIST OF MAPS MAP TOPIC PAGE NO. NO. 1. LOCATION MAP OF THE DISTRICT 3 2. ADMINISTRATIVE MAP OF THE DISTRICT 5 3. SLOPE MAP OF THE DISTRICT 8 4. WATER LEVEL DEPTH MAP OF PURULIA DISTRICT (PRE- 12 MONSOON) 5. WATER LEVEL DEPTH MAP OF PURULIA DISTRICT (POST- 13 MONSOON) 6. RELIEF MAP OF THE DISTRICT 20 7. SOIL MAP OF THE DISTRICT 22 8. LAND USE LAND COVER MAP OF THE DISTRICT 25 9. FOREST COVER MAP OF THE DISTRICT 26 10. GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE DISTRICT 31 11. LITHOLOGICAL MAP OF DISTRICT 34 12. MINERAL RESOURCE MAP OF DISTRICT 40 13. DRAINAGE NETWORK MAP OF THE DISTRICT 42 14. CATCHMENT AREA MAP OF MAIN RIVERS OF THE DISTRICT 44 15. ELEVATION MAP OF THE DISTRICT 45 16. ELEVATION & LONGITUDINAL PROFILE MAP OF MAIN RIVERS 49 17. CROSS_SECTION MAP OF PURULIA DISTRICT 51 18. TRANSPORT NETWORK MAP OF THE DISTRICT 118 VII PREPARED BY: RSP GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND LABORATORIES PVT. LTD DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT, PURULIA DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL LIST OF CHARTS CHART NO. TOPIC PAGE NO . 1. Graphical Representation of Male & Female Population of the 14 district 2. Graphical Representation of Caste Population of Purulia 15 3. Graphical Representation of distribution of male & female 16 literates of the district 4. Bar diagram depicting cropping pattern of Purulia 17 5. The Pie Diagram depicting land use pattern of the district (Area 25 in sq.km) LIST OFANNEXURES ANNEXURE TOPIC PAGE NO. NO. I EXSISTING SAND BLOCK MAP OF THE DISTRICT XI-XV II PROPOSED PROMISING SAND BLOCK MAP OF THE DISTRICT XVI- XX XXI - XXIV III FIELD PHOTOGRAPS LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE TOPIC PAGE NO. NO. 1. Modes of Sediment Transport in Rivers 48 2. Cross section of the Damodar Rivers 52 3. Cross section of the Dwarakeswar Rivers 52 4. Cross section of the kangsabati Rivers 53 5. Cross section of the Kumari Rivers 53 VIII PREPARED BY: RSP GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND LABORATORIES PVT. LTD DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT, PURULIA DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL CONFIDENTIALITY CLAUSE This District Survey Report (DSR) of Purulia District, West Bengal, has been prepared by RSP Green Development and Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Howrah, WestBengal, 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. of West Bengal. IX PREPARED BY: RSP GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND LABORATORIES PVT. LTD DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT, PURULIA DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RSP Green Development and Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. would like to thank & express its heartfelt gratitude to the government officials of respective departments of West Bengal and also to the reassuring residents of Paschim Bardhaman district, who helped a lot in finalizing this project within the limited time frame.