DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT FOR NANDED DISTRICT PART –A FOR SAND MINING OR RIVER BED MINING Prepared under A] Appendix –X of MoEFCC, GoI notification S.O. 141(E) dated 15.1.2016 B] Sustainable Sand Mining Guidelines C] MoEFCC, GoI notification S.O. 3611(E) dated 25.07.2018 1 1.0 Introduction : Hon’ble Supreme Court of India vide its judgement dated February 27,2012 and further relief amendment dated April 16,2012 directed all state, union territories and ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India, New Delhi to screen mining of minor minerals leases within the purview of EIA notification 2006 and made requirement of environmental clearance to minor minerals less than 5 ha compulsory. Ministry of Environment & Forest , GoI vide its office Memorandum L-11011/47/2011.IA.II(M) dated 18.05.2012 directed mass to comply Ho’ble Supreme Court decision. Further streamlining of environmental clearance procedures, MOEFCC, GoI amended EIA notification 2006 vide S.O. 141(E) dated 15.01.2016 where procedure for preparation of District Survey Report (DSR) for minor minerals has been prescribed. Further the procedure for preparation of DSR and format is amended vide MOEFCC notification S.O. 3611(E) dated 25.07.2018. The subjected DSR is defined at “ Appendix -X (See Paragraph 7(iii)(a)” of the notification S.O.141(E)dated 15.01.2016 and S.O. 3611(E) dated 25.07.2018 Accordingly this document is prepared by DEIAA, Nanded, Maharashtra State. Nanded district has constituted District Environmental Impact Assessment Authority vide 2016/Mashaka/Gaukh/T-1/Pra.kr.19 Dated Nil and comprised as Sr. No. Name of the Member/Expert Designation Role 1 Shri.Arun Dongare (IAS) District Collector, Nanded Chairman 2 Shri.Ashish Thakre D.C.F.Nanded Member 3 Shri. Sudhir Shilvanikar Expert Member (Non Govt. Member Official) 4 Shri.Pradeep Kulkarni S.D.O.Nanded Member Secreatary Nandedl district has constituted District Expert Appraisal Committee Authority vide letter 2016/Mashaka/Gaukh/T-1/Pra.kr.19. Dated Nil and comprised as Sr. Name of the Designation Role No. Member/Expert 1 Shri.N.V.Pattewar Executive Engineer, NID, Nanded Chairman 2 Shri.D.S.Pawar Assit.C.F.(EGS & WildForest), Member Nanded 3 Smt.Vijeta Chauhan Senior Geologist, GSDA, Nanded Member 4 Shri.B.P.Kadam Civil Surgen, Nanded Member 2 5 Shri.Gaikwad M.M. Executive Engineer, Water Supply Member Dept. Z.P.Nanded 6 Shri.Rakesh Dafade Dy.Regional Officer, Pollution Member Control Board, Nanded 7 Dr.Dipak Baburao Panskar Expert Member (Non Govt. Member Official) 8 Dr.Hari Shakarrao Patole Expert Member (Non Govt. Member Official) 9 Dr.Arjun Bapurao Bhosale Expert Member (Non Govt. Member Official) 10 Shri.Sandeep Kotalwar Assitant Engineer Garde-1, Member P.W.D.Nanded 11 Shri.Arvind Narsikar District Mining Officer, Nanded Member Secretary Brief Introduction of Nanded district : Nanded is one of the historical places in Marathwada region of Maharashtra State. It is situated on the north bank of Godavari river. It is famous for Sikh Gurudwaras. Nanded is a town of great antiquity. It is said that during the Puranic days, Pandavas travelled through Nanded district. Nandas ruled over Nanded through generations. The mention of Nanded is found in the Lilacharitra, a treatise written by Mahimbhatta. It gives the description of the idol of Narasimha in the town. Nanded was formerly known as “Nanditat” which is confirmed by the copper plate found at Vasim. Nanded District and the adjoining areas The district of Nanded has between 180 15' and 190 55' North latitude and 770 7' to 780 15' East longitude. The district has a geographical area of 10528 Sq. Kms. The district of Nanded is surrounded in the North by Yeotmal District, in the West by Parbhani, Latur and Osmanabad districts, in the South by Bidur district of Karnataka State and in the East by Nizamabad and Adilabad districts of Telangana. The district has a geographical area of 10,528 Sq. Km., which forms 3.41% of the total geographical area of Maharashtra State. The district is situated in the Deccan Plateau. The Southern part of the district has light and barren land. The North -Eastern part of Kinwat block 3 is mountainous and largely barren. The remaining part of the district is mostly flat and has fertile black soil. The principal rivers in the district are Godavari, Penganga, Monjura and Mongad, all of which are perennial. Asna, Sita, Saraswati & Lendi are the mixed rivers with seasonal flow. The climate in Nanded district extreme with large variations in the temperature. During summer the district experiences extreme heat with the mercury touching 44oC while in the winter the temperature drops to 9oC. The district receives rain from the South-West monsoon during the months of June to December. The average rainfall in the district is 1150 mm. Kinwat Taluka receives the maximum rainfall while Kondhav receives the minimum. The total road length in the district as on March 1998 is 7670 kms. Major district roads is about 1647 kms and 853 kms is of other district roads. The length of village roads is about 3891 kms. About 2338kms of road length in the district is tarred. 4397 kms are stone, metal roads and 945 kms of road length in the district is made of other materials. The road length per 100 sq.km is 73.03 km, which is above the State figure of 62.08 kms per 100 sq.km. Major goods and Passenger Transportation from and to the city is done by road. Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation caters mainly to the passenger traffic need of the district. The MSRTC operates bus services to most cities of Maharashtra and also to the neighbouring States of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. With the commissioning of the broad-guage railway line upto Mudkhod Nanded is directly linked with Mumbai, Delhi, Amritsar and Bhusawal. Some more railway network like Latur- Nizamabad and Nanded-Pusad-Yavatmal and conversion of Mudkhod - Adilabad from meter- guage to broad-guage are in the proposed stage. The total Rail length in the district is 208 kms. The district has 3 major irrigation projects. They are (a) Purna Project - covering an area of 20,000 hectares, (b) Manor Project - covering an area of 23,310 hectares, and (c) Vishnupuri Project - covering an area of 28,340 hectares. 4 In addition, there are 10 medium projects and 394 minor irrigation projects and 6620 bore- wells used for irrigation. The total irrigated area in the district is 47,000 hectares, which forms to just 6% of the total cultivated area. This is far below the State's figure of 15.41%. Out of the total irrigated area, 48% of the land was used for cultivation of food grains and 27% for sugarcane. The district is situated on plateau’s having plain terrain with undulations. The main trend from hills is northwest to south west. There are three distinct traces of elevation 350 to 570 masl, 570 to 600 masl, and >600 masl. The principal rivers of the district are the Godavari, the Penganga, the Manjara and the Mansar. The river Godavari runs 140 kms and it has three tributaries Asna, Sita, and Siddha in the district. The river Manjara forms the district boundary on south east side for 40 km and has two tributaries viz. Mannar and Lendi. The Penganga river forms northern boundary of the district and flows west to east with a big “S” shape curve. A water fall of 10-12 m named as a “Sahastrakunda Fall” is situated near Islapur village in Kinwat taluka and it has two tributaries viz., Kayadhu and Tamsa nala. Based on geomorphic setting and drainage pattern the basin of the district are divided into 49 watersheds and out of these three watershed fall in runoff zone , Recharge zone and discharge zone respectively. The District is divided in to Eight Subdivisions and now sixteen talukas. There are seven Subdivisions and sixteen talukas listed as Name of Sub division Taluka 1. Nanded Nanded Ardhapur 2. Bhokar Bhokar Mudkhed 3. BIloli Biloli Naigaon 4. Degloor Degloor 5 Mukhed 5. Dharmabad Dharmabad Umari 6. Hadgaon Hadgaon Himayatnagar 7. Kandhar Kandhar Loha 8. Kinwat Kinwat Mahur Salient Features of Nanded District : Details of the Area District & State Nanded & Maharashtra Subdivision & Taluka 08 & 16 Nos. Villages 1603 villages Area of district 10528 Sq. Km Minerals in district Basalt, River Sand ,Granite Category ‘B’ LATITUDE LONGITUDE [E] Geographical Co-ordinates [N] N 18° 15’-N 19° 55’ E 77°7’-E 78°15’ Accessibility Road Connectivity The lease area is situated at a distance of about Railway Station at Nanded (Connecting Nagpur- Rail Connectivity Mumbai via Adilabad) Airport Nanded General Climatic Conditions Wind Pattern over the year West to East 6 Summer : 43 – 45 0C Temperature Winter : 09 – 12 0C Average Annual Rainfall (mm) 1150 mm Details of the Project Elevation 300m-600 m above sea level Historical / Important Places Sr. Name of Location No Archeological/Historical Site Brahmanical caves locally 1 Mahoor known as Pandavlena 2 Gurudwara Nanded State Protected Monuments : Nandagiri fort,Kandhar Fort, Mahur Fort, Archaeological/Historical/Ancient Pandava Leni, Brahmani leni, Parvati Monuments within district Temple, Mahadev temple,Parvati Temple,Mahadev Temple, Parameshwar temple, Nandi temple & Kunda, Narsimha temple , Ankaleshwar Mahadev Temple,Renukadevi Temple, Mahadeva Temple,Bhoganarsimha temple, Archeological remains of river ann temple, Kshetrapala temple remains, Mauli tale,Sarfaraz khan Masjid, (Source State Archeology Deptt.) Names of the national park, There is a forest cover in patches in taluka Kinwat, Hodgaon, Bhokur and Billoli.Forest cover sanctuary Biosphere reserve, is about 8-9% of overall district area.