DIRECTORATE OF GEOLOGY AND MINING � CHHATTISGARH � DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT � BILASPUR � CONTENTS • Introduction • Overview of Mining Activity in the District • The list of Mining Leases in the District with location, area and Period of validity • Details of Royalty of Revenue received in last three years • Detail of Production of Sand, Bajari or others minor mineral in last three years • Process of Deposition of Sediments in the rivers of the District • General Profile of the District • Land utilization Pattern in the district: Forest, Agriculture, Horticultrue, Mining etc. • Physiography of the District • Rainfall : month-wise • Geology and Mineral Wealth o District wise detail of river or stream and other sand source. o District wise availability of sand or gravel or aggregate resources o District wise detail of existing mining leases of sand and aggregates. 1. INTRODUCTION Bilaspur district is named after a fisherwoman called “Bilasa.” The city stands on the banks river Arpa. It is famous for its unique characteristics of rice quality, and its cutural background. The district play a major role for contribution in rice production and so Chhattisgarh called as “Dhan ka Katora.” It is situated between north latitude 210 47’00’’ to 230 08’00’’ and east longitude 810 14’00’’ to 830 15’00’’. It is bounded by Koria on the north, Anuppur and Dhindori district of Madhya Pradesh on the north-west, Mungeli on the west and south west, Baloda Bazar on the south, Korba district on the east and Jangir-Champa on the south-east. The area of the district is about 5818.49 km2. The total population of the district is approximately 19,61,922 (as per census 2011). The district consists of 8 tahsils namely Bilaspur, Pendra, Pendra road (Gaurela), Marwahi, Kota, Takhatpur, Bilha and Masturi. There is 7 blocks and total number of villages in the district is 899. Bilaspur is the second most important city in the state and the High Court of Chhattisgarh which is the 19th High Court of our country is situated here. Bilaspur is also called as Nyaydhani (legal capital) of Chhattisgarh. It is famous for Kanan Pendari Zoo Park. Few tourist places of the district are Ratanpur, Malhar, Talagram, Khutaghat, Belpan, Kabir Chobutara etc. The 16th railway zone of the country came into being on 20th September 1998 with its headquarter at Bilaspur. South East Central railway started functioning as a separate zone from 1st April 2003. It is largest revenue earning railway division of the zone. South Eastern Coal Field Ltd.(SECL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Coal India Ltd It was incorporated in 1985 with its headquarter in Bilaspur and is the largest coal producing company in the country. SECL was awarded as a mini ratna company in 2007. It is the matter of pride for Chhattisgarh that a power plant has been established by National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd.(NTPC Ltd.) at Sipat approximately 22 km away from the district headquarter Bilaspur that use the super critical boiler technology for the first time in the nation. It comprises of 3 large units of 660MW capacity each. The project also has two units of 500MW capacity. Once completed, the project will add 2980MW to the national grid. District Survey Report has been prepared as per the guidelines of the Gazette of India notification no. S.O. 141(E) New Delhi, Dated 15th January 2016 of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change mentioned in Appendix-X. District Environment Impact Assessment Authority (DEIAA) and District Environment Assessment Committee (DEAC) are constituted to scrutinize and sanction the environmental clearance for mining of minor minerals of lease area less than 5 hectare. 2.Overview of Mining Activity in the District: Minerals of economic importance are found in Bilaspur district mainly Limestone, Dolomite and Quartzite etc. Building materials like aggregate, sand, murrom, ordinary stone, brick clay are also found in enough quantity. Two mines of Limestone has been allotted to Lafarge Cement Pvt Ltd and second to Jindal Power Ltd. Beside these 26 quarries of Dolomite are operational in Bilha and Takhatpur tahsil at villages Dhaurabhata,Hardi, Hirri, Pendridih, Bodsara, Chhatauna, Kharkena, Medpar, Chichirda etc. 07 stone quarries at Kota, Manikpur, Khaparakhol of Kota tahsil, Khargahani, Chanadongri, Dadiya of Marwahi and Kargara(Dhanauli) of Pendra area have been leased out. 25 quarries have been sanctioned for mining of soil to prepare brick at villages Pharhada, Sarwani, Bhilauni,Manawa, Itwa, Nigarbandh, Lamer, Binauri, Sagar, Parsada, Domuhani, Mopka,Shivtikari, Bhadam, Chanadongri, Samdil etc. 18 sand quarries have been leased out on the bank of river Arpa and Son at different villages for sand mining. The mining activity in the district is mainly concentrated in Masturi, Bilha and Takhatpur block. 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