Table 1.1 : Salient features of the project. Sy. No. 379/1, Perecherla Village, Medikonduru Mandal, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

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1 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1 Introduction Road Metal of M/s. Lakshmi Stone Crusher covering an extent of 2.10 Ac is located at Sy. No. 379/1 of Perecherla Village, Medikonduru Mandal, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh The quarry lease area has been granted for 15 years. The salient features of the project are given Table 1.1. Project Name Mining Lease Area Location of mine Table 1.1 : Salient features of the project Road Metal Of M/s. Lakshmi Stone Crusher 2.10 Ac. Sy. No. 379/1, Perecherla Village, Medikonduru Mandal, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. Minerals of mine Proposed production of mine Method of mining Drilling/Blasting Road Metal 8,000 cu. m./annum of Road Metal Open cast Semi Mechanized method. Drilling & Blasting is required in production of boulders. No of working days 300 days Water demand Nil Sources of water Quarry lease area is surrounded by water bodies Man power Total : 20 Solid Waste Nil Nearest railway station Perecherla railway Station 0.5 km Nearest airport Gannavaram Airport 54 km (NE) Project Cost Rs Lakhs 1

2 2.0 INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/BACKGROUND INFORMATION 2.1 Identification of Project and Project Proponent The proposed project area is found to have good deposits of Road Metal. It is used in infrastructure development. 2.2 Brief Information about the Project The mining lease area of 2.10 Ac., is located in Non-forest, Government land. Open cast mining is followed and it has been proposed to produce approximately 8,000 cu. m./annum of Road Metal. The nearest habitation is Perecherla Village located at a distance of 0.5 Km due NW of Quarry Lease. 2.3 Need for the Project and Its Importance to the Country or Region The demand for Road Metal has increased due to rapid industrialization and growth in infrastructure. So the number of Road Metal producing quarries is increasing in India. Due to bifurcation of State, there is a huge demand for Road Metal. As per EIA notification 2006 project proponent is submitting the proposal to get Environment Clearance for QL area of 2.10 Ac. from District Level Environmental Appraisal Committee/District level Impact Assessment Authority of Guntur constituted by MoEF, GOI for the purpose of operating the quarry lease for which Notification is issued. 2.4 Demands-Supply Gap There is huge demand since the material is used extensively in building construction infrastructure development. This project will help in reducing the Demand-Supply gap in the area. 2.5 Domestic/ Export Markets The material is used in the domestic market and in there is no scope for exporting the material. 2.6 Employment Generation Proposed mining is semi-mechanized method and this project operation will provide livelihood to the 20 workers. It will provide employment to the people residing in vicinity. 2

3 3.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 3.1 Type of Project Including Interlinked and Interdependent Projects, If Any. The proposed Road Metal is of 2.10 Ac. No interlinked projects were associated with this project. 3.2 Location The Quarry lease area is located in Sy. Nos. : 379/1 of Perecherla Village, Medikonduru Mandal, Guntur District, A.P. The mining lease area falls in Survey of India toposheet No.s 65 D/7. The latitude & longitudes of the Quarry lease area are: GCP LATITUDE LONGITUDE A 16 19'1.02"N 80 20'5.17"E B 16 19'1.37"N 80 20'4.09"E C 16 18'57.24"N 80 20'2.42"E D 16 18'54.39"N 80 20'7.93"E E 16 18'54.72"N 80 20'8.26"E F 16 18'55.85"N 80 20'8.36"E G 16 18'57.63"N 80 20'2.93"E Location of the mining lease in Guntur District is shown in Figure 1. Google Image of Mine lease area is enclosed as Figure km radius map around the quarry lease area is shown in Figure -3. 3

4 FIGURE 1 LOCATION MAP QUARRY LEASE AREA 4

5 FIGURE 2 GOOGLE IMAGE OF QUARRY LEASE AREA 5

6 FIGURE 3 : 10 KM RADIUS MAP 6

7 3.3 Details of Alternate Sites No alternate site was considered as the project is mineral specific and site specific. 3.4 Size or magnitude of operation The proposed mine has lease over an area of 2.10 Ac., and the production rate is 8,000 cu. m./annum. The lessee follows open cast semi mechanized mining. Production parameters The Mineral production target for five years is given in Table 3.1. Table 3.1 : Year wise Production Programme Year Area Bench Height Volume I Year ( ) II Year ( ) III Year ( ) IV Year ( ) V Year ( ) Total Average Geology and Reserves Regional Geological setup The Eastern Ghat Mobile Belt (EGMB) in Andhra Pradesh occupying large parts of Coastal District, Prakasam, Guntur, Krishna, East & West Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam Districts for more than 600 Km in length with maximum width of 100 Km in Northern District and tapers it to 20 Km in Southern District. It is NNE SSW trending in Southern part and charge to NE SW, West of Eluru. 7

8 Stratigraphy & Lithology Eastern Ghat Mobile Belt in Andhra Pradesh is devided into 3 longitudinal zones based on the lithological characteristics. 1) Western Charnockite Zone (WCZ) 2) Central Khondalite Zone (CKZ) 3) Eastern Migmatite Zone The Southern half of the coastal belt is mainly represented by Western Charnockite zone with minor patches of Central Khondalite Zone like near Mangalagiri, where as in the Northern District of Andhra Pradesh, Central Khondalite Zone predominant with bands of Charnockite Rock Local Geology Present area constitutes part of Western Charnockite zone represented mainly of Charnockite and basic granulite with minor banded iron formation. Lithologically the lease area is underlain by Charnockite, which is fresh looking, greasy, dark coloured with domination of hypersthenes, blue quartz minerals in it. The Charnockite in the area forms dome shaped, steepy sloping hills. The rock is medium to coarse grained texture composed of greasy quartz, hypersthene, orthoclase and plagioclase with or without garnet. The rock is massive, with widely spaced vertical to sub vertical joints trending in NE-SW direction. It is observed that sheet joints are absent. Owing to its compact and hardness charnockite with stand to weathering and form huge, steepy sloping dome shaped hills in the area Exploration Road Metal quarries as the lease area is located on undulating land with surface relief of 17 m. The Road Metals found to be normal in that area, the deposit is being worked out to an maximum depth of 25 m only Reserves Reserves of Road Metal are estimated by Cross Sectional Area method. One cross section was drawn in the lease area and the summary of reserves are given in the below table: 8

9 S. No. Category TABLE 5.1: Geological Reserves Section Sectional Area (m 2 ) Influence (m) Volume (m 3 ) 1 Proved(111) A - A' Proved(111) B -B' Total Proved Reserves Mineable Reserves Mineable reserves are calculated by deducting the reserves blocked under benches and reserves blocked in 7.5 m buffer zone from the total geological reserves. Only proved reserves were considered for calculating the mineable reserves. The details of reserves blocked under benches & safety/buffer zone are given in table below: A. Total Proved Reserves (m 3 ) : B. Reserves Blocked under Benches (m 3 ) : 9670 C. Reserves Blocked under 7.5 m Buffer zone : 7918 (m 3 ) D. Mineable Reserves [A-(B+C)] (m 3 ) : Yearly production : 8000 Life of mine : 72614/8000 =9.08 Say 9 Years 100% recovery of the Road Metal is considered from the quarry. 3.6 PROJECT DESCRIPTION WITH PROCESS DETAILS Method of Mining The Road Metal lease area is exposed on the surface. Hence, it is proposed to mine the Road Metal by open cast, using semi-mechanized method, by developing the benches of 6 M height with 2 slices of 3 m and 1.5 M bench width with shallow drilling and blasting. The development of benches will be safety slopes. 9

10 Drilling Drill holes of m depth will be drilled in a staggered pattern at 3 m. interval: i) Drill hole diameter : 32 mm up to m long ii) Depth and inclination of drill hole : Generally drilled vertically in an alignment iii) Explosive type : Detonator Fuse/Anfo with detonators It is proposed to produce cu. m. of Road Metal during next five years plan period with an average annual production of 8000 Cu. M. from an area of 6000 m 2. Benches of 6 m height and 3 m width will be developed during the plan period in depth of previous year workings successively. The lessee proposes to take up quarrying operations in entire quarry lease area The excavation activity will be taken up in West of the quarry lease area and then continue moves to North and South. a) Removal / Excavation of O.B. and other Quarry Waste: No Waste is generated in Road Metal. 3.7 Raw Material Required Along With Estimated Quantity, Likely Source, Marketing Area of Final Product/S, Mode of Transport of Raw Material and Finished Product No raw material will be required in the proposed project. The operation involves the extraction of Road Metal and dumping in stock yard Use of Mineral The Road Metal carried out will be used for construction of structures and for infrasture projects Processing The Road Metal produced will be stocked within the mining lease area and will be loaded in tippers and transported to the crushing plant proposed near the quarry lease area. A separate stock yard is earmarked for stacking. 10

11 3.8 Resource Optimization/ Recycling and Reuse Not envisaged Availability of Water Its Source, Energy/ Power Requirement and Source Water Requirement Water is required only for drinking purposes, green belt and dust suppression. The number of working people is around 22 so the total water requirement will be around 2.5 KLD. This water will be supplied through tankers from nearby area. S. No. Description Table 3.3: Water Requirement Water Requirement (KLD) 1. Domestic Dust suppression Greenbelt 0.5 Total QUANTITY OF WASTES TO BE GENERATED (LIQUID AND SOLID) AND SCHEME FOR THEIR MANAGEMENT/ DISPOSAL Solid Waste Generation& its Disposal No Solid waste will be generated from Road Metal Mine Liquid Effluent No liquid effluent will be generated at the mine site. The domestic wastewater generated will be sent to septic tanks followed by soak pits. 4.0 SITE ANALYSIS 4.1 Connectivity Nearest Railway Station Perecherla Railway Station 0.5 km due from the Quarry lease area Nearest Port Facility Krishnapatnam port is 230 km from the quarry lease area. 11

12 4.2 LANDFORM, LANDUSE AND LAND OWNERSHIP The mining lease is located in Non-Forest, Government land. Already mining was taken up in this quarry lease area. 4.3 Topography The Quarry lease area is a part of small mound. Lease area is in the shape of English letter L. Lease area is sloping from SE to NW in the QL area. The SE part of the area has a maximum RL 95 m and slopes gently towards North West side having minimum RL of 78 M observed at the west side of the hill. Surface relief in QL area is 17 m. General ground level in the surrounding areas is observed as 70 m. R.L. Four pits were opened in the QL area with 3-10 m bench depth. QL area is having other Quarry leases on Southern, Eastern & Western side. Assumed Bench Mark (ABM) is considered as 80 m. at NE corner of the lease area at boundary pillar G. A concrete pillar will be laid at ABM and it will be protected from mining operations. 5.0 PLANNING BRIEF 5.1 Planning Concept It is proposed to produce 8,000 Cu. m./annum of Road Metal from the Quarry lease. 5.2 Population projection The project will employ mostly workers from nearby villages. There will not be any increase in population due to the project. 5.3 Land use planning The project is located in 2.10 Ac. of Non-Forest, Government land. There will be change in land use as the Road Metal will be excavated. After the exhaustion of materials, the pit will be used for storing the rain water. 5.4 Assessment of Infrastructure Demand (Physical & Social) On the basis of the preliminary site visit, the infrastructure demand in the villages was assessed on the basis of need and priority. The assessment will be made in the socio economic survey & will be submitted at the time of final presentation regarding EC. 12

13 5.5 Amenities/Facilities Mines Office, Rest shelter, first aid station and drinking water facilities will be constructed. 6.0 PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE 6.1 Industrial Area (Processing Area) No infrastructure is proposed. 6.2 Residential Area (Non Processing Area) As the local persons will be given employment, no residential area/housing is proposed within the mining lease area. 6.3 Green Belt Green belt will be developed along the along the approach road to the mine lease area. 6.4 Water Management About 1.3 KLD will be required for dust suppression, 0.5 KLD for greenbelt purpose, and about 0.7 KLD for domestic therefore total water requirement is 2.5 KLD. This water will be supplied through tankers from nearby villages. 6.5 Sewerage System The domestic wastewater generated will be sent to septic tanks followed by soak pits. 6.6 Industrial Waste Management Not applicable. 6.7 Solid Waste management There is no waste of either topsoil or mineral rejects to be stacked separately. Hence, management does not arise. 7.0 REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R&R) PLAN There will be no displacement of houses. Hence rehabilitation and resettlement is not envisaged. 13

14 8.0 ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS) 8.1 Financial and Social Benefits with Special Emphasis on the Benefit to the Local People Including Tribal Population, If Any, In the Area. This project will help in providing employment to local people and help them to earn livelihood. It also increases state revenue in by paying royalty and taxes xxxx