DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT Hoogly District Prepared As Per Ministry of Environment, Forest And Climate Change Notification S. O. 3611 (E), Dated 25th July 2018 PREPARED BY: Sathi Planners Private Limited QCI-NABET Accredited And ISO 9001:2015 Certified Company Address – Lake Avenue, Kanke Road, Ranchi - 834008, Jharkhand Email – [email protected], Ph. – 7604035778 Website – www.sathiplanners.com 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 Hoogly District Content Chapter Description Page No. No. 1 Introduction 3 2 Overview of Mining Activity in the District 8 3 The List of Mining Leases in the District with location, area 13 and period of validity 4 Details of Royalty or Revenue received in last three years 63 5 Detail of Production of Sand or Bajri or minor mineral in last 63 three years 6 Process of Deposition of Sediments in the rivers of the 64 District 7 General Profile of the District 74 8 Land Utilization Pattern in the district: Forest, Agriculture, 93 Horticulture, Mining etc. 9 Physiography of the District 97 10 Rainfall: Month-Wise and Climatic Condition 98 11 Geology and Mineral Wealth 100 12 Additional Information 103 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 126 14 Details of Eco-Sensitive Area, if any, in the District 127 15 Impact on the Environment (Air, Water, Noise, Soil, Flora & 128 Fauna, land use, agriculture, forest etc.) due to mining activity 16 Remedial Measures to mitigate the impact of mining on the 133 Environment 17 Risk Assessment & Disaster Management Plan 142 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 Hoogly 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. 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 Hoogly District Chapter - 1 Introduction District At A Glance:- Hoogly district is one of the district of the state of West Bengal in India. It can alternatively spelt Hoogli or Hugli. The district is named after the Hoogly River. The headquarter of the district is at Chinsura (Chuchura). There are four sub-division in the district namely Chinsura Sadar, Chandannagar, Serampore and Arambag. The great rive Ganga flows through this district and enhances its importance. The district is a rich zone both in agriculture and industry in West Bengal. There are 23 Police stations, 18 development blocks, 12 municipalities and 210 grampanchayets in this district. Other than municipality areas, each sub division contains community development blocks, which in turn are divided into rural areas and census towns. In total there are 40 urban units, 12 municipalities and 28 census towns. There are three Lok-sobha Constituencies in Hoogly district, namely Arambagh (with one assembly segment in Paschsim Medinipur), Hoogly, Serampur (with two assembly segments in Howrah district). There are eighteen Assembly Constituencies in Hoogly district, namely Uttarpara, Serampur, Champdani, Singur, Chandannagar, Chuchura, Balagarh, Pandua, Saptagram, Chanditala, Jangipara, Haripal, Dhaniakhali, Tarakeswar, Pursurah, Arambagh, Goghat, Khanakul. Location of the District North : 23 01’ 20’’ N Latitude: South : 22 39’ 32’’ N East : 88 30’ 15’’ E Longitude: West : 87 30’ 20’’ E This district falls under Survey of India Topo Sheet No. 73N/9, 73N/13, 73N/14, 73A/4, 73A/8, 73B/1, 73B/2, 73B/5 and 73B/6. Boundary:- The boundary of the Hoogly district is covered by the Hoogly river (sharing with Nadia in the East & North 24 Parganas in the South – East) in the East, Bardhaman in the North. Howrah in the South, Paschim Medinipore in the West, Bankura in the North-West. Nature of Land:- The district is a completely flat land with no place having more than an elevation of 200 meters. Most of the land of the district is alluvial type of soil due to well distribution of river system. Administrative Units:- The district comprises four subdivisions: Chinsurah, Chandannagore, Srirampore and Arambagh. No. of Blocks: 18 No. of Panchayat Samities: 18 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 Hoogly District No. of Municipalities: 11 District Head Quarter: Chinsura Population with density of population: 5041976 and 1601 per sq. km ( 2001 Census) Administration Division:- The district comprises four subdivisions: i. Chinsurah (Hoogly Sadar), ii. Chandannagar, iii. Serampore iv. Arambagh. Chinsura sub division consists of two municipalities (Hoogly-Chuchura and Bansberia) and five community development block: Balagarh, Chinsura-Magra, Dhaniakhali, Pandua and Polba-Dadpur. o Balagarh community development block consists of rural area with 13 grampanchayets and one census town : Badhagachhi. o Chinsurah-Magra community development block consist of rural area with 10 gram panchayets and 9 census town: Kodalia, Raghunathpur, Madhusudanpur, Amodghata, Sankhanagar, Chakbansberia, Kulihanda, Simla and Dharampur. o Dhaniakhali community development block consists of rural areas only with 18 grampanchayats. o Pandua community development block consists of rural areas with 16 grampanchayats and one census town : Pandua. o Polba-Dadpur community development block consists of rural areas only with 12 grampanchayats. Chandannagar Sub-Division consists of Chandannagar Municipal Corporation and three municipalities (Bhadreswar, Champdani and Tarakeswar) and three community development blocks: Haripal,Singur and Tarakeswar. o Haripal community development block consists of rural areas only with 15 grampanchayat. o Singur community development block consists of rural areas with 16 grampanchayats and one census town namely Singur. o Tarakeswar community development block consists of rural areas only with 10 gram panchayats. Serampore Sub-Division consists of five municipalities (Serampore, Uttarpara Kotrung, Konnagar, Rishra and Baidyabati) and four community development blocks: Chanditala-I, Chanditala-2, Jangipara and Serampore –Uttarpara. Prepared As Per Ministry of Environment, Forest And Climate Change Notification S. O. 3611 (E), Dated 25th July