River Sand for Construction

Sand is used as fine aggregate in mortars and concrete. Natural river sand is the most preferred choice as a fine aggregate material. River sand is a product of natural weathering of rocks over a period of millions of years. It is mined from the river beds. River sand is becoming a scarce commodity now. River (Freshwater) sand is far superior for construction purposes than any other sand used in construction. Quarrying of river sand is an important economic activity in India with river sand forming a crucial raw material to the construction industry.

River Sand Export

Mahima Groups is the only license holder to export river sand from Odisha state to any world safe ports (AWSP). We can supply river sand (coarse / fines) for construction (suitable for building, plastering and readymix concrete) 40000 MT x 3 per month. The river sand is mined from Devi river (one of the principal distributaries of river Mahanadhi) at Jagatsinghpur District in Odisha. River sand is supplied in bulk on FOB basis from Paradip port to any costal port in India and AWSF.

Silt observations on Mahanadi river are being made systematically for a long time. They show that the Mahanadi river carries less silt compared to many other rivers of our country. (Source: NATIONAL WATER DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (NWDA) a Society under the Ministry of Water Resources, Govt of India.)
Mahanadi is the major river of Odisha and the sixth largest river in India. It originates from the Amarkantak hills of the Bastar Plateau in Raipur district of Madhya Pradesh. It is about 857 kms long (494 kms in Odisha), and its catchment area spreads over 141,600 sq.kms. (65,580sq.kms in Odisha). The river carries on an average about 92,600 million m of water.

Properties of River Sand Textural composition

Coarse Sand (4.75 2.00 mm) Medium Coarse sand (2.00 0.425 mm) Fine sand (0.425 0.075 mm)

(% by weight)
6.6 73.6 19.8

Note: River sand is a natural material and therefore actual specs will vary slightly for each shipment.

River Sand vs M sand (M-Sand, Manufactured Sand, Robo sand, Rock Sand, R Sand, crusher dust) for construction in India.
The production of robot sand or m sand, is at a nascent stage and might take some more years to gain wider acceptability. However, structural engineers and reputed builders are showing thumbs down to use of M-Sand ot robot sand in concrete applications citing test failures for load bearing strength and durability for any mixture classification. Particularly for concrete roof only river sand must be used to achieve the general required compression strength of 28-30 Kilogram Newton per square mm, Experts say adding any admixture aggregate containing quarry dust and M-sand or robot sand might just fail to pass muster. However, structural engineers and builders pointing out that Sieved silt collected from ponds as well as dam sites, and conforming to BIS 383 Table 15 and BIS 10232 (Bureau of Indian Standards) standards, could be used instead of river sand for mortar and plastering applications only in select cases under specialised care.

River Sand Mineral in short supply for construction and infrastructure projects in India.
The construction sector, mostly real estate, constantly complains of acute shortage of this minor mineral. The real estate sector is not limited to housing alone. Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi, along with their satellite towns, contribute 70 per cent of the countrys commercial space. Tier II citiesKolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Punecontribute 21 per cent of the share. Other investment-grade real estate developments in Tier III cities add nine per cent of the commercial space. In the non-housing sector, too, there is no estimate of sand requirement. Experts with the Construction Industry Development Council say it could be twice that of the housing sector. Under the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017), road infrastructure would require 75 million tonnes of cement and power infrastructure about 45 million tonnes. Considering the formula of mixing two parts sand into cement, road infrastructure needs about 150 million tonnes of sand and the power infrastructure about 90 million tonnes of sand. Mahima Groups Pvt Ltd.
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