Copy to:

1 The Additional Secretary (CP Division)

Ministry of Environment, Forestg
& Climate Change,
Indira P ary av aran Bhawan,
Jor Bagh Road,
New Delhi -110 003

2 ALI Regional Directors,

CPCB
(as per list)

3 Div. Head,IPC-[,
CPCB, Delhi

4 Div. Head-IT, with a request to upload this letter on

CPCB, Delhi CPCB website

(Bharat Kumar Sharma)

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 Annexure-I

Categorization of sand / riverbed material mining from riverbed and its

Iloodplains (excluding manual excavation)
SL SI. No. (as Non-industrial Category Remarks
No. per CPCB operations
Document)

1 63 Sand / riverbed material l. Sand / riverbed material

mining from riverbed
and its floodplains
(excluding manual
excavation)
(i) Mining lease area
more than 5 hectares
or
Mining lease area up to
5 hectares which is part
of cluster mining
(ii) Standalone mining
lease area up to five
hectares in areas (not a
part ofany cluster
mining)
mining from riverbed and
its floodplains may cause
ecological disturbances,
erosion of riverbed, change
in hydro-geological
conditions & river
Red ecosystem, etc.
1t Cluster mining means that
the distance of mining
lease area is less than 500
m from periphery of
another lease area.
Orange lll This categorization is
made considering the
ecological damages and
not based on pollution
potential/index.

Note: Cluster mining as defined in 'Enforcement & Monitoring Guidelines for Sand Mining, 2020', issued by
MoEF&CC.
 Address List of Member Secretaries, SPCBsiPCCs
I The Member Secretary z. The Member Secretary
Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board Arunachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board
D.No. 33-26-l4Dlz, Near Sunrise Hospital, Paryavaran Bhawan, Yupia Road,
Pushpa Hotel Centre, Chalamvari Street, Papu Nalah,
Kasturibaipet, Vij ayawad a- 520007 Naharlagun - 791110
(Andhra Pradesh) (Arunachal Pradesh)
l Ihe Member Secretary 4 Ihe Member Secretary
Assam Pollution Control Board Bihar State Pollution Control Board
Bamunimaidan, Parivesh Bhawan, Plot No.N-B/2,
Guwahati -781021 Patliputra Industrial Area
lAssam) Patna-800010 (Bihar)
5 Ihe Member Secretary ). The Member Secretary
Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board Goa State Pollution Control Board
Paryavas Bhawan, North Block, Sector-19 Nr. Pilerne Industrial Estate,
Atal Nagar, Raipur- 492 002 Opp. Saligao Seminary,
lChhattisearh) Saligao ,Bardez,- 40351 1(Goa)
7 The Member Secretary 3 The Member Secretary
Gujarat Pollution Control Board Haryana State Pollution Control Board
P aryav aran Bhavan, Sector- 1 0A, C-1 1, Sector 6,
Gandhinagar- 382043 Panchkula- 134109
(Guiarat) (Harvana)
9 The Member Secretary 10 The Member Secretary
Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board J&K State Pollution Control Board,
Paryavaran Bhavan, Phase III, Parivesh Bhawan,
-
New Shimla 171009 Forest Complex, Gladni, Narwal,
Transport Nagar, Jammu- 180004
Jammu & Kashmir (J&K)
11 Ihe Member Secretary t2 Ihe Member Secretary
Iharkhand State Pollution Control Board Karnataka State Pollution Control Board
LA Building, HEC Campus, P.O. Dhurwa Parisara Bhavan, #49, Church Street,
Ranchi -834004 Bengaluru - 560 001
lJharkhand) lKarnataka)
13. The Member Secretary t4 The Member Secretary
Kerala State Pollution Control Board Maharashtra Pollution Control Board
Plamoodu, Pattom P.O Kalpataru Point, 3rd& 4th floor,
Thiruvananthapuram-69 5 004 Opp. PVR Cinema, Sion Circle (E),
(Kerala) Mumbai- 400022 (Maharashtra
l5 Ihe Member Secretary l6 Ihe Member Secretary
Manipur Pollution Control Board Mizoram State Pollution Control Board
Lamphelpat, New Secretariat Complex,
tmphal West D.C. Office Complex -795004 Khatla, Thlanmual Peng, Aizwal
lManipur) Mizoram- 796001
t7 fhe Member Secretary 18 Ihe Member Secretary
Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board Madhya Pradesh State Pollution Control Board
Arden, Lumpyngngad, Paryavaran Parisar, E-5 Arera Colony
Shillong -793014 Bhopal -462016

19 Ihe Member Secretary 20 Member Secretary

Nagaland State Pollution Control Board State Pollution Control Board
Signal Point, Dimapur, Bhawan
Nagaland -797112 -118, Nilakanta Nagar, Unit -VI[,
aneshwar -751012
 Member Secretary Member Secretary
State Pollution Control Board Sikkim State Pollution Control Board
Road, ITI Rd, Adarsh Nagar, of Forest,
Nagar,Patiala - 147001 & Wildlife Management
of Sikkim, Deorali,
-737r02
/3 Ihe Member Secretary 24 Member
Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board elangana State Pollution Control Board
A-4 Institutional Area, Jhalane Dungri Bhavan
Iaipur - 302004. , Industrial Estate, Sanath Nagar,
iRajasthan) yderabad - 500 0l 8

z5 Ihe Member Secretary 26 Ihe Member Secretary

Iripura State Pollution Control Board Iamil Nadu Pollution Control Board
Parivesh Bhawan No. 76, Mount Salai, Guindy,
Pt. Nehru Complex, Gorkhabasti P.O., Chennai - 600032
Kunjaban, Agartala, (Tamil Nadu)
Iripura - 799 006
z7 Ihe Member Secretary z8 Ihe Member Secretary
Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board
Gaura Devi Bhawan, 46BIT Park Sahastradhara, Building No. TC-12V
Dehradun- 248001 Vibhuti Kland, Gomti Nagar,
Uttarakhand Lucknow- 226010.
(Uttar Pradesh)

29 Ihe Member Secretary 30 Ihe Member Secretary

Andaman & Nicobar Islands Pollution Control Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee
Committee ParyavaranBhawan
Department of Science & Technology Madhya Marg, Sector - l9 B,
Dollyganj Van Sadan, Haddo P.O., -
Chandigarh 160019.
PortBlair-744102 Chandigarh
(Andaman & Nicobar)
31 The Member Secretary 32 The Member Secretary
Delhi Pollution Control Committee Daman, Diu & Dadra Nagar Haveli Pollution
4th & 5th Floor, ISBT Building, Control Committee
Kashmere Gate, 1't Floor, Udhyog Bhavan Bhenslore,
Delhi - 110006. Dunetha Nani Daman,
Daman -396210
55 Member Secretary 34. Ihe Member Secretary
Pollution Control Committee Puducherry Pollution Control Committee
Administration Department of Science, Technology &
of Science, Technology & Environment Environment
3rd Floor, Housing Board ComPlex,
varali - 682555
) Anna Nagar, Nellithope, Puducherry - 605 005

35 The Member Secretary

West Bengal Pollution Control Board
Paribesh Bhavan Canteen, 10A,
Sector III, Bidhannagar,
Kolkata- 700106
West Bengal
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Address list of Regional Directors, CPCB
1 The Regional Director (Kolkata)
Central Pollution Control Board
502, Southend Conclave
1582, Rajdanga Main Road
Kolkata-700107
t The Regional Director (Shillong)
Central Pollution Control Board
BSNL NE- 1, Telecom Circle
CTO Building Ground Floor
Shillong-793001
5. The Regional Director (Lucknow)
Central Pollution Control Board
Ground Floor, PICUP Bhawan
Vibhuti I(hand, Gomti Nagar
Lucknow- 226020
7 The Regional Director (Chandigarh)
Central Pollution Control Board
BSNL Exchange, 2nd Floor
Sector 49 -C, Chandigarh- I 60047
) The Regional Director (Pune)
Central Pollution Control Board
Row House No, 1, Nisarg Vihar,
Near Mitcon International Public School,
Balewadi, Pune-411045
2 The Regional Director (Vadodara)
Central Pollution Control Board
Parivesh Bhawan,
Opp. Ward No. 10 VMC Office
Subhanpura,
Vadodara - 390 023
Guiarat
4 The Regional Director (Bhopal)
Central Pollution Control Board
3rd Floor, Sahkar Bhawan
North T.T Nagar
Bhopal- 462003
6 The Regional Director (Bengaluru)
Central Pollution Control Board
1st & 2nd Floors, Nisarga Bhawan
A-Block, Thimmaiah Main Road
7th D Cross, Shivanagar
Opposite Pushpanjali Theatre
Bengaluru-560010
8 The Regional Director (Chennai)
Central Pollution Control Board
77-A, Second Floor
South Avenue Road,
Ambattur Industrial Estate,
Ambattur Taluk, Thiruvallur District,
Chennai - 600 058