Environmental Impact Assessment

Mineral Sands Mining Operation in Selected Char Areas of Brahmaputra-Jamuna River under Gaibandha District

Project Details

The Brahmaputra-Jamuna is a sand-bed, braided river of a very large scale. Overall Channel complex of this river is about 15 km wide with having individual channel of 2-3 km wide.  Vastness in length and width of the river provides huge supply of sands deposited with shifting of thalweg within the channel. About 2 billion tons sediment flows down the Indo-Ganges River system per annum. Confluence of two main rivers Tista River and Brahmaputra River.

The proposed project covers 4,000 hectares of Sand Bars and River Sand-bed of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna River Channel under Kamarjani and Gidari union of Gaibandha Sadar Upazila and Kanchipara union of Fulchari Upazila of Gaibandha District.

The project (Exploration site) is about 11 km in Length and 7 Km in width. At the Geographic co-ordinate system, the area falls between the longitude of 89°42'41.85"E to 89°37'15.50"E and latitude of 25°24'01.36"N to 25°18'22.13"N.

The project (exploration area) is about 200 kilometers away from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, with highways and railways servicing the exploration area. The fastest access to the exploration area is to fly from Dhaka to Saidpur City, with a domestic flight distance of about 340 km, then take a car from the airport to the exploration area in Gaibandha District, via Rangpur city, capital of the Rangpur State, with a journey of about 110 km, basically via a tar sealed road, with smooth traffic. It can be a day trip between Dhaka and EML’s exploration area. Saidpur airport is undergoing reconstruction and expansion and will become an international airport in the near future.

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Department

Environmental Safeguard Department

Client

Everlast Minerals Limited

Location

Gaibandha, Bangladesh

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