DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT Purba Bardhaman District Prepared As Per Ministry of Environment, Forest And Climate Change Notification S. O. 3611 (E), Dated 25th July 2018 PREPARED BY: Global Management And Engineering Consultants International An ISO 9001:2015, 14001:2015 & OHSAS 18001:2007 Certified QCI-NABET Accredited EIA Consultant Organization Saharan Tower | 308, Officers Campus Extension | Near Sanskar School Sirsi Road, Kkatipura | Jaipur – 302012 | Rajasthan | India UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF: West Bengal Mineral Development And Trading Corporation Limited A Govt. of West Bengal Undertaking Regd. Office: 13, Nellie Sengupta Sarani (Lindsay Street), 2nd Floor Kolkata – 700 087, West Bengal District Survey Report of Minor Mineral of Purba Bardhaman District Content Chapter Description Page No. No. 1 Introduction 3 2 Overview of Mining Activity in the District 9 3 The List of Mining Leases in the District with location, area 12 and period of validity 4 Details of Royalty or Revenue received in last three years 137 5 Detail of Production of Sand or Bajri or minor mineral in last 137 three years 6 Process of Deposition of Sediments in the rivers of the 138 District 7 General Profile of the District 148 8 Land Utilization Pattern in the district: Forest, Agriculture, 174 Horticulture, Mining etc. 9 Physiography of the District 177 10 Rainfall: Month-Wise and Climatic Condition 178 11 Geology and Mineral Wealth 179 12 Additional Information 182 i. District wise detail of river or stream and other sand source ii. District wise availability of sand or gravel or aggregate resources 13 Mineral Map of the District 206 14 Details of Eco-Sensitive Area, if any, in the District 207 15 Impact on the Environment (Air, Water, Noise, Soil, Flora & 208 Fauna, land use, agriculture, forest etc.) due to mining activity 16 Remedial Measures to mitigate the impact of mining on the 213 Environment 17 Risk Assessment & Disaster Management Plan 222 Prepared As Per Ministry of Environment, Forest And Climate Change Notification S. O. 3611 (E), Dated 25th July 2018 1 District Survey Report of Minor Mineral of Purba Bardhaman District PREAMBLE Keeping in view of experience gained in period of one decade, the MOEF&CC came out with Environmental Impact Assessment Notification S.O.-1533(E) dated 14th Sept.2006. It has been made mandatory to obtain environmental clearance for different kinds of development projects as listed in Scheduled -1 of notification. Further, pursuance of the order of Hon’ble Supreme Court Petition (C) No. 19628-19629 of 2009, dated 27th Feb.2012 In the matter of Deepak Kumar etc., Vs State of Haryana and others etc., prior environmental clearance has now become mandatory for Mining of Minor Minerals irrespective of the area of Mining Lease. And also in view of the Hon’ble National Green Tribunal, order dated the 13th Jan.2015 the matter regarding Sand, Brick earth, & borrowed earth cutting for Road Construction has to take prior E.C. For Mining Lease irrespective of the fact that whether the area involved is more or less than 5 hectares. They also suggested to make a policy on E.C. for sand including other minor minerals mining lease in cluster. MOEF & CC notification S.O.- 141 (E) dated 15th January 2016, Under 7(iii)(a) it was also suggested to prepare the District survey report for sand mining or river bed mining and mining of other mineral as prescribed in appendix X. This has been modified vide S.O. No.- 3611(E) dated 25th July 2018. MOEF&CC in consultation with State Government has prepared Guidelines on Sustainable Sand & other Minor minerals mining detailing the provisions on Environmental Clearance for cluster. To ease out E.C. activities MOEF & CC has taken initiative vide S.O.- 190(E) dated 20th January 2016 to create District Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (DEIAA) & DEAC under the chairman ship of respective district commissioner for proper monitoring of Minor Minerals (0-5 Ha.) Mining using Information Technology to track the mineral out material from source to destination. Appraisal Committee will scrutinize and recommend the prior environmental clearance of Mining of Minor Mineral on the basis of District Survey report. This will model and guiding document which is a compendium of available mineral resources, geographical setup, environmental and ecological set up of the district and replenishment of minerals and is based on data of various departments, published reports, Journal and websites. The District Survey report will form the basis for application for environmental clearance, preparation of reports and appraisal of projects. District Survey Reports are to be reviewed once in every five years as per statue, however the data bank of DSR can be updated, if required. This order took effect from 01-12-2017 The Main objective of the preparation of District Survey Report is to ensure the following:- 1. Identification of River Bed Sand with geo references. 2. Identification of deposition of silt with geo reference, which is being used for filling purposes and brick manufacturing. 3. Identification of other mineral resources if available. Sincere thanks to Sathi Planners Pvt. Ltd. for their kind cooperation during field work and data procurement from concerned departments. Prepared As Per Ministry of Environment, Forest And Climate Change Notification S. O. 3611 (E), Dated 25th July 2018 2 District Survey Report of Minor Mineral of Purba Bardhaman District Chapter - 1 Introduction District At A Glance:- Location and Geographical Area: Purba Bardhaman district is one of the twenty three districts of West Bengal. It has come into existence on 7th April 2017, after bifurcation of erstwhile Burdwan district and its head quarter is Bardhaman. Purba Bardhaman is an agriculturally prosperous district of West Bengal. This part of the West Bengal is traditionally familiar as the agriculturally developed is known as the ‘Granary of the West Bengal’. It contain an area 5432.69 푘푚2 (2097.57 sq miles) as ascertained by the bifurcation, and population (according to 2011 census) is 4,835,532, density of population is 890/푘푚2. The district lies mainly between the river Ajoy, the Bhagirathi and the Damodar. The river Barakar forms the State boundary to the west; the Ajay separetes Birbhum and Dumka to the north with exception of a portion of Katwa subdivision; the Damodar forms a southern boundary with Purulia and Bankura, while Bhagirathi forms the main eastern boundary with a few exceptions. The maximum length from east to west is 208 Km while the maximum breadth from north to south is 112 Km. Purba Bardhaman district is a flat alluvial plain area that divided into four prominent topographical regions. On the northern part of the district, Ausgram - Ketugram plain lies along the Ajoy which joins the Bhagirathi. Bardhaman plain occupies the central area of the district with the Damodar River on the south and south–east, on the southern part is the Khandoghosh plain. The Bhagirathi flows along the eastern boundary of the district and the Bhagirathi basin lies on the eastern part of the district. The undulating lateritic topography of Paschim Bardhaman extended up Ausgram area of the district. The district falls under Survey of India Toposheet No.- 73M/10, 73M/11, 73M/12, 73/14, 73M/15, 73M/16, 73N/13, 79A/1, 79A/2, 79 A/4, 79A/5, 79A/6, 79A/7, 79A/8, 79B/1, 81A/3, and 75M/13. LATITUDE LONGITUDE EAST 23028’52.063”N 87027’9.521”E WEST 23012’45.047”N 88025’15.183”E NORTH 23050’28.432”N 87059’39.005”E SOUTH 22056’53.233”N 87050’42.352”E EAST Nadia District WEST Paschim Bardhman District NORTH Murshidabad & Birbhum District SOUTH Hooghly & Bankura District (Source - Purba Bardhaman Zilla Parishad Portal) Prepared As Per Ministry of Environment, Forest And Climate Change Notification S. O. 3611 (E), Dated 25th July 2018 3 District Survey Report of Minor Mineral of Purba Bardhaman District Administrative Units:- Sl. Subdivision Headquarters Area Population Rural Urban No. (Km2) (2011) Population% Population (2011) % (2011) 1. Bardhaman Bardhaman Sadar North 1,958.43 1,586,623 73.58 26.42 2. Bardhaman Bardhaman Sadar South 1,410.03 1,198,155 95.54 4.46 3. Kalna Kalna 993.75 1,097,732 87.00 13.00 4. Katwa Katwa 1,070.48 963,022 88.44 11.56 Purba Bardhaman Bardhaman 5,432.69 4,835,532 84.98 15.02 District Panchayat Blocks/ Municipality/ Sub-division : Municipal Corporation Samity Gram Gram Sansad Memari-I 1 10 150 Memari-II 1 9 109 Memari(M) - - - Burdwan Sadar (South) Jamalpur 1 13 189 Raina-I 1 8 128 Raina-II 1 8 116 Khandaghosh 1 10 134 Burdwan-I 1 9 144 Burdwan-II 1 9 105 Burdwan(M) - - - Burdwan Sadar (North) Ausgram-I 1 7 90 Guskara(M) - - - Ausgram-II 1 7 105 Bhatar 1 14 193 Prepared As Per Ministry of Environment, Forest And Climate Change Notification S. O. 3611 (E), Dated 25th July 2018 4 District Survey Report of Minor Mineral of Purba Bardhaman District Panchayat Blocks/ Municipality/ Sub-division : Municipal Corporation Samity Gram Gram Sansad Galsi-II 1 9 119 Purbathali-I 1 7 138 Purbasthali-II 1 10 141 Kalna-I 1 9 141 Kalna Kalna-II 1 8 110 Kalna(M) - - - Monteshwar 1 13 171 Mongolkote 1 15 186 Ketugram-I 1 8 114 Ketugram-II 1 7 82 Katwa Katwa-I 1 9 116 Katwa-II 1 7 100 Katwa(M) - - - Dainhat(M) - - - The district comprises four subdivisions:- Kalna subdivision consists of one municipality at Kalna and five CD blocks: Kalna I, Kalna II, Manteswar, Purbasthali I and Purbasthali II. Katwa subdivision consists of two municipalities at Katwa and Dainhat and five CD blocks: Katwa I, Katwa II, Ketugram I, Ketugram II and Mongakote.