AQUIFER MAPPING AND MANAGEMENT PLAN IN PARTS OF NORTH 24 PARGANAS, SOUTH 24 PARGANAS HOWRAH DISTRICTS, WEST BENGAL
| Category |
Aquifer Mapping |
| State |
West Bengal
|
| District |
24 Paraganas North 24 Paraganas South Howrah |
| Block |
Amdanga Amta-I Amta-Ii Baduria Bagda Bagnan-I Bagnan-Ii Bally-Jagacha Barasat-I Barasat-Ii Barrackpur-I Barrackpur-Ii Baruipur Basanti Basirhat-I Basirhat-Ii Bhangar-I Bhangar-Ii Bishnupur-I Bishnupur-Ii Bongaon Budge Budge-I Budge Budge-Ii Canning-I Canning-Ii Deganga Diamond Harbour-I Diamond Harbour-Ii Domjur Falta Gaighata Gosaba Habra-I Habra-Ii Haroa Hasnabad Hingalganj Jagatballavpur Jaynagar-I Jaynagar-Ii Kak Dwip Kulpi Kultali Magra Hat-I Magra Hat-Ii Mandirbazar Mathurapur I Mathurapur-Ii Minakhan Namkhana Panchla Pathar Pratima Rajarhat Sagar Sandeshkhali-I Sandeshkhali-Ii Sankrail Shyampur-I Shyampur-Ii Sonarpur Swarupnagar Thakurpukur Mahestola Udaynarayanpur Uluberia-I Uluberia-Ii |
| Year of Issue |
2021 |
| Number of Authors |
2 |
| Name of Authors |
Ms. Prachi Gupta Ms. Madhumanti Roy |
| Keywords |
NAQUIM report, Ground Water, Management plan, Aquifer characteristics, Aquifer disposition, Chemical data, 24 Parganas North, 24 Parganas South, Howrah, West Bengal |
| File |
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The study area is located in the southern part of the State and mainly located in the lower deltaic region of Bengal Basin. This area covers 3834.59 sq kms in 25 blocks (North 24 Parganas - 13 blocks, South 24 Parganas - 9 blocks and Howrah -3 blocks). Most of this part of study area i.e. part of North South 24 Parganas districts are in the Eastern part of Bhagirathi- Ichhamati in lower delta interfluves and areas of Howrah district is in the Western part of Bhagirathi river. The area extends between North latitudes 23°07'48.1” and 22°54'33.6” and East longitudes 87°56'30.5” and 89°04'07.7”. The northern and western parts of the area comprising North 24 parganas and Howrahdistricts is characterized by a part of alluvial tract of Lower Ganga Basin, which showsgentle southerly slope with some local elevations and depressions. This flat alluvial plainis dissected by numerous meandering rivers and streams, viz. Hugli, Bidyadhari, Raimangala, etc. with dendritic drainage pattern. A small portion is flood plain near adjoining parts of banks of major river. The aquifers in the study area belong to unconsolidated sediments of Quaternary sediments deposited by the Hugli-Bhagirathi river system and consists of a succession of coarse to fine grained sand, along with their various admixtures with localized patches of gravel.
