DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT Purba Medinipur 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 Prepared As Per MoEF&CC Notification S. O. 3611 (E), 25th July 2018 And Enforcement & Monitoring Guidelines for Sand Mining, January 2021 District Survey Report of Minor Mineral of Purba Medinipur 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 28 5 Detail of Production of Sand or Bajri or minor mineral in last 28 three years 6 Process of Deposition of Sediments in the rivers of the 29 District 7 General Profile of the District 39 8 Land Utilization Pattern in the district: Forest, Agriculture, 57 Horticulture, Mining etc. 9 Physiography of the District 63 10 Rainfall: Month-Wise and Climatic Condition 64 11 Geology and Mineral Wealth 65 12 Additional Information 67 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 73 14 Details of Eco-Sensitive Area, if any, in the District 74 15 Impact on the Environment (Air, Water, Noise, Soil, Flora & 75 Fauna, land use, agriculture, forest etc.) due to mining activity 16 Remedial Measures to mitigate the impact of mining on the 76 Environment 17 Risk Assessment & Disaster Management Plan 78 Prepared As Per MoEF&CC Notification S. O. 3611 (E), 25th July 2018 And Enforcement & Monitoring Guidelines for Sand Mining, January 2021 1 District Survey Report of Minor Mineral of Purba Medinipur 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, & burrowed 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. This report has been prepared considering the above guidelines as well as the procedures mentioned in Enforcement & Monitoring Guidelines for Sand Mining, January 2020. 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. 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 MoEF&CC Notification S. O. 3611 (E), 25th July 2018 And Enforcement & Monitoring Guidelines for Sand Mining, January 2021 2 District Survey Report of Minor Mineral of Purba Medinipur District Chapter - 1 Introduction District At A Glance:- Purba Medinipur district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division – one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The headquarters in Tamluk. It was formed on 1 January 2002 after the Partition of Medinipur into Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur which lies at the northern and western border of it. The state of Odisha is at the southwest border; the Bay of Bengal lies in the south; the Hooghly river and South 24 Parganas district to the east; and Howrah district to the north-east. Purba Medinipur is formed of the sub-divisions of Tamluk, Contai and Haldia of erstwhile Medinipur district. Another sub-division, Egra has been created out of the erstwhile Contai sub-division during the partition of Medinipur. In 2011, the state government has proposed to rename the district as Tamralipta district after the ancient port city of Tamralipta which used to lie near the modern district headquarters. Purba Medinipur district is part of the lower Indo-Gangetic Plain and Eastern coastal plains. Topographically, the district can be divided into two parts – (a) almost entirely flat plains on the west, east and north, (b) the coastal plains on the south. The vast expanse of land is formed of alluvium and is composed of younger and coastal alluvial. The elevation of the district is within 10 meters above the mean sea level. The district has a long coastline of 65.5 km along its southern and south eastern boundary. Five coastal CD Blocks, namely, Khejuri II, Contai II (Deshapran), Contai I, Ramnagar I and II, are occasionally affected by cyclones and tornadoes. Tidal floods are quite regular in these five CD Blocks. Normally floods occur in 21 of the 25 CD Blocks in the district. The major rivers are Haldi, Rupnarayan, Rasulpur, Bagui and Keleghai, flowing in north to south or south-east direction. River water is an important source of irrigation. The district has a low 899 hectare forest cover, which is 0.02% of its geographical area. Location of the District Purba Medinipur District lies between North Latitudes 21036’35” and 22057’10” and East longitudes 86033’50” and 88012’40”. This district falls under Survey of India Topo Sheet No.- 73 N/10, 73 N/11, 73 N/12, 73 N/14, 73 N/15, 73 N/16, 73 O/5, 73 O/6, 73 O/9, 73 O/10, 73 O/13, 73 O/14, 79 B/4 and 79 C/1. Boundary:- The district is bounded by Paschim Medinipur in the North and West, Bay of Bengal in the South, state of Orissa in the South-West and Hooghly River in the east. Nature of Land:- The district is characterized by gently sloping flat alluvial terrain, which gradually merges to deltaic plain. Administration Division:- Prepared As Per MoEF&CC Notification S. O. 3611 (E), 25th July 2018 And Enforcement & Monitoring Guidelines for Sand Mining, January 2021 3 District Survey Report of Minor Mineral of Purba Medinipur District Purba Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Subdivision Headquarters Population Rural Urban Area (2011) Population % Population % km2 (2001) (2001) Tamluk Tamluk 1084.30 1,791,695 94.08 5.92 Haldia Haldia 683.94 959,934 79.19 20.81 Egra Egra 940.96 958,939 96.96 3.04 Contai Contai 1251.21 1,385,307 93.55 6.45 Purba Tamluk 4,713.00 5,095,875 91.71 8.29 Medinipur district Tamluk subdivision consists of Tamluk municipality, Panskura municipality and seven community development blocks: Nandakumar, Moyna, Tamluk, Shahid Matangini, Panskura–I, Panskura–II and Chandipur (Nadigram–III). Haldia subdivision consists of Haldia municipality and five community development blocks: Mahishadal, Nandigram–I, Nandigram–II, Sutahata and Haldia. Egra subdivision consists of Egra municipality and five community development blocks: Bhagawanpur–I,Egra–I, Egra–II, Pataspur–I and Pataspur–II. Contai subdivision consists of Contai municipality and eight community development blocks: Kanthi–I, Kanthi–II, Kanthi–III, Khejuri–I, Khejuri–II, Ramnagar–I and Ramnagar–II, Bhagawanpur–II. Tamluk is the district headquarters. There are 21 police stations, 25 development blocks, 5 municipalities and 223 gram panchayats in this district. Other than in the municipality area, each subdivision contains community development blocks which in turn are divided into rural areas and census towns. In total there are 10 urban units: five municipalities and five census towns. Panskura municipality was established in 2001. Tamluk Subdivision: Two municipalities: Tamluk and Panskura Nandakumar community development block consists of rural areas only with 12 gram panchayats.