District Survey Report District Ludhiana Punjab
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DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT DISTRICT LUDHIANA PUNJAB Prepared By: Executive Engineer-cum- District Mining Officer Ludhiana. Ph. 0161-2520232 E-Mail: [email protected] Page 1 of 81 INDEX District Survey Report in respect of Minor Mineral Quarries/Deposits of District Ludhiana, Punjab. Contents: Page No. 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 03-04 2. OVERVIEW OF MINING ACTIVITY IN DISTRICT ...................... 05 3. LIST OF MINING LEASES IN DISTRICT LUDHIANA WITH LOCATION, AREA AND PERIOD OF VALIDITY. ............ 06-09 4. DETAILS OF ROYALTY OR REVENUE RECEIVED IN LAST THREE YEARS....................................................................... 10 5. DETAIL OF PRODUCTION OF SAND OR BAJARI OR MINOR MINERAL IN LAST THREE YEARS................................ 11 6. PROCESS OF DEPOSITION OF SEDIMENTS IN THE RIVERS OF DISTRICT LUDHIANA.............................................................. 12-14 7. GENERAL PROFILE OF THE DISTRICT...................................... 15-29 8. LAND UTILIZATION PATTERN IN THE DISTRICT: FOREST, AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, MINING ETC.... 30-46 9. PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE DISTRICT........................................... 47-49 10. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL WEALTH......................................... 50-52 11. METHODOLOGY AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES…………… 53-55 12. METHOD FOR CALCULATION OF RESERVES & DETAIL OF SATLUJ RIVER IN LUDHIANA DISTRICT: ……..…………… 56-60 13. THE LIST OF MINING LEASES GRANTED IN THE DISTRICT WITH LOCATION,AREA AND PERIOD OF VALIDITY…........... 61-64 14. LIST OF NEW IDENTIFIED MINING SITES IN DISTRICT LUDHIANA ..........................................................................………. 65-81 Page 2 of 81 1. INTRODUCTION (i) Origin of the name of the District :- Ludhiana city was founded in the time of Lodhi dynasty which ruled in Delhi from 1451-1526 A.D. The legend goes that two Lodhi chiefs, Yusaf Khan and Nihang Khan were deputed by Sikandar Lodhi (1489-1517 A.D.) to restore order in this region. They camped at the site of present city of Ludhiana which was then a village called Mir Hota. Yusaf Khan went across the river Sutlej in Jalandhar Doab to check Khokhars who were plundering the Doab and made a settlement at Sultanpur while Nihang Khan stayed back and founded the present city at the site of village Mir Hota. The new town was originally known as Lodhi-ana, which means the town of Lodhi’s. The name later changed to the present name Ludhiana. (ii) Location, General boundary of the District :- Ludhiana is the most industrially developed districts of Punjab and falls in the Patiala Division. It lies between 300 –33’, 310-1’ north latitudes and 750-25’ and 760-27’ east longitudes. It is bounded on the north by the river Satluj, which separates it from Jalandhar District. The river also forms the boundary between Ludhiana, S.B.S.Nagar and Hoshiarpur Districts. To the east, the district adjoins Ropar District and Chandigarh Union Territory and to the west Moga District while to the south and south east it is bounded by Sangrur and Patiala Districts respectively. The district is almost a rectangle having a length along the Satluj of nearly 96 kms, while its breadth ,north and south, is about 39 kms. The district is divided in to seven subdivision-namely Samrala ,Ludhiana East, Ludhiana West, Raikot, Payal ,Jagraon and Khanna. Besides lying on the Grand Trunk Road 307 kilometres from Ferozepore, Ludhiana is an important junction on the Northern Railway, from which the Ludhiana- Dhuri- Jakhal and Ludhiana Ferozepore railway Ludhiana take off. All important places in the district are interlinked by rail or road. Page 3 of 81 iii) Total area and population of the District :- The total area of the district is about 3,614,44 square kilometres comprising tahsil Samrala 873 square kilometres, tahsil Jagraon 1,064.60 square kilometres, and tahsil Ludhiana 1,676.84 square kilometres (including sub tahsil Payal, 227.84 square kilometres) An official Census 2011 detail of Ludhiana, a district of Punjab has been released by Directorate of Census Operations in Punjab. Enumeration of key persons was also done by census officials in Ludhiana District of Punjab. In 2011, Ludhiana had population of 3,498,739 of which male and female were 1,867,816 and 1,630,923 respectively. In 2001 census, Ludhiana had a population of 3,032,831 of which males were 1,662,716 and remaining 1,370,115 were females. Ludhiana District population constituted 12.61 percent of total Maharashtra population. In 2001 census, this figure for Ludhiana District was at 12.45 percent of Maharashtra population. There was change of 15.36 percent in the population compared to population as per 2001. In the previous census of India 2001, Ludhiana District recorded increase of 24.89 percent to its population compared to 1991. Page 4 of 81 2. OVERVIEW OF MINING ACTIVITY IN DISTRICT LUDHIANA The District Ludhiana is situated entirely on alluvials of river Satluj. The area is entirely covered with alluvial deposits which comprises of clay and sand. The presence of minor mineral are suitable for mining. Mining of sand/gravel is being done since long time therefore no specific method of exploration is required as the sand, deposited all along the bed is very well exposed on surface moreover, the excavated minerals are accumulated/replenished every year during rainy season by flow of water depending on intensity of rains on the upstream side . Adequate quantity of sand in reserved is available for meeting consumer demand. In district Ludhiana, 6 quarries of sand namely Majara kalan, Ratangarh, Boont, Hujra, Akkuwal and Chakli Kasab are working and another 16 are about to start operations. There are 305 brick kilns that are working in district and sufficient amount of brick earth is available in district. Page 5 of 81 3. THE LIST OF MINING LEASES IN DISTRICT LUDHIANA WITH LOCATION, AREA AND PERIOD OF VALIDITY THE LIST OF MINING LEASES IN THE DISTRICT WITH LOCATION, AREA AND PERIOD OF VALIDITY. VALIDITY SR. SITE NAME & AREA DISTRICT of Agreement/ Contract NO. Location Acre/Hectare Period 1. Bhaini Gahi Ludhiana 1.00 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 2. Kum Kalan Ludhiana 6.00 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 3. Ghumait Ludhiana 3.40 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 4. Miani Ludhiana 4.00 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 5. Gujjarwal Bet Ludhiana 12.40 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 Kishanpura 6. Ludhiana 1.00 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 Urf Kum Khurd 7. Sheriya Ludhiana 1.40 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 8. Chaunta Ludhiana 0.40 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 Bounkar 9. Ludhiana 3.00 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 Gujjaran 10. Hambran Ludhiana 6.40 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 11. Patti Multani Ludhiana 1.00 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 Gorsian Khan 12. Ludhiana 4.20 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 Moh. 13. Kania Husaini Ludhiana 12.40 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 14. Burj Pawat Ludhiana 3.00 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 15. Rattipur Ludhiana 3.40 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 16. Bairsal Khurd Ludhiana 3.00 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 17. Jodhwal Ludhiana 4.00 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 18. Mand Jodhwal Ludhiana 10.00 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 19. Rajewal Jattan Ludhiana 3.00 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 20. Mand Udhowal Ludhiana 12.00 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 21. Sansowal Kalan Ludhiana 7.10 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 22. Musafarwal Ludhiana 11.30 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 Page 6 of 81 23. Udhowal Khurd Ludhiana 6.40 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 24. Rour Majri Ludhiana 5.10 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 25. Sikandar Pur Ludhiana 1.70 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 26. Lubangarh Mand Ludhiana 2.70 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 27. Dupana Ludhiana 2.60 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 28. Chaki Kasib Ludhiana 6.40 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 29. Kutbewal Gujran Ludhiana 2.00 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 30. Bagga Khurd Ludhiana 2.00 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 31. Talwara Ludhiana 2.00 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 Fatehgarh 32. Ludhiana 1.00 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 Gujran 33. Majara Kalan Ludhiana 1.60 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 34. Rajapur Ludhiana 7.20 01/12/2011 to 31/10/2016 35. Parjian Biharipur Ludhiana 91.40 01.03.2013 to 28.02.2015 According to EC 23.09.2014 36. Koom Kalan Ludhiana 14 to 30.01.2019 According to EC 23.09.2014 37. Miani Ludhiana 13 to 30.01.2019 According to EC 23.09.2014 38. Gujjarwal Bet Ludhiana 35 to 30.01.2019 According to EC 23.09.2014 39. Mand Chaunta Ludhiana 32 to 30.01.2019 According to EC 23.09.2014 40. Pawat Ludhiana 33 to 30.01.2019 According to EC 41. Parjian Biharipur Ludhiana 91.40 04.01.2016 to 25.06.2017 According to EC 42. Miani Ludhiana 14 04.01.2016 to 30.01.2019 According to EC 43. Pawat Ludhiana 29 04.01.2016 to 30.01.2019 According to EC 04.05.2017 44. Lubangarh Ludhiana 16.73 to 03.05.2024 3.76 According to EC 04.02.2015 45. Dupana Ludhiana to 03.02.2020 According to EC 04.02.2015 46. Sikanderpur Ludhiana 1.70 to 03.02.2020 According to EC 04.05.2017 47. Rattangarh Ludhiana 29.01 to 03.05.2024 Page 7 of 81 According to EC 04.05.2017 48. Bonkar Gujran Ludhiana 18.53 to 03.05.2024 According to EC 30.04.2018 49.