Project Details-Minor Minerals (Sand Stone)

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1 Project Details-Minor Minerals (Sand Stone) Sr.No. Details Particulars PROPOSAL 1. Name of Lease Holder Singhal Maladebhai Nebhabhai 2. Location address At Village : Rajthali, Ta : Wankaner, Dist : Morbi. 3. Lease Area (Hectares) Ha. 4. Ownership of the Land It is a private land and transferred for (Govt./Private Land) 5. Status of Operation (New project OR Existing project operating since ) 6. Status of Lease (Lease no., date of issue, lease period, date of application for lease renewal, etc.) 1 mining purpose. It is a proposed project. It is a proposed project and new application for Ec. 7. Name of mineral to mine Sand Stone mineral is to be mined out. 8. Mineral Reserve (MT) As per the area survey and exploratory bores the depth of sand stone mineral is an average of about 20 mtr. By considering the above depth of mineral the calculation of mineral reserve can be M 2 x 10 M. x 2.50 = MT. 30% of the land is reserve for green zone. 9. Rate of Mining of mineral 2500(MT/Month) (MT/Month) 10. Life of Mine (Years) The life of mine can be mineral reserve (MT) = TPA 11. Whether project involves forest land?. If yes, status of application for diversion of forest land. 12. Applicability of the CRZ Notification. No. ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS 13.. If located within 10 km, aerial distance of the lease area from the nearest : = ,000 (12 x 2500) = years No. project does not involve any forest land. Name i. Water Body : Machchhu Dam-2 Distance (Km) km

2 There is no major water body in 10 km periphery of lease area. ii. National park/wildlife Sanctuary/ Biosphere Reserve: 10 km of proposed project. iii. Reserve Forest/protected forest: No national park/wildlife Sanctuary/ Biosphere Reserve is in the periphery of No reserve forest/protected forest is in the periphery of 10 km of proposed project. iv. Human Habitation: List of Human Habitations in the 10 km periphery of existing project Name of Human Distance from Habitations project boundary Rajthali 1.00 km Google image saws the human habitations in the 10 km periphery of proposed project. v. Railway Line : Wankaner km Railway Station vi. Road : S.H. No km N.H. 8A km 2

3 vii. Notified/Protected Archaeological sites : Social infrastructures, e.g. school, hospital, historic/cultural/religious places, defence establishments, etc.: No notified/protected Archaeological sites within the 10 km periphery of proposed project School Distance Rajthali Primary School 1.00 km Hospital Distance Rajthali Primary Health 1.00 km centre Govt. Hospital km Wankaner Historic/ Cultural None Religious places Distance Matel Mandir km defence establishments None 14 Present land use of lease area Presently there is no land use for any activities. After grant of Ec. proponent will start land use for mining activities. The mining method will be open cast mining and there will be permanent change in land pattern. 15 Geo-hydrological features : Rajkot District comprises of 14 talukas. It is the Headquater of the district with population of 10 lacs soul and area of the District is Km2. Annual average Rain fall of last decdae is 523mm. The main rivers are Bhadar, Aji Machhu, Venu, Fofal and Nyari, all of which are seasonal and flow from East to West. Main irrigation dams are Bhadar, Machhu, Aji & Nyari. Geologically 85% of Rajkot district is composed of Basaltic Rocks. It is covered with inherent saline alluvium in Maliya taluka in the North. The area east and southeast of Morbi taluka and east and northeast of Wankaner taluka outcrops of sandstone are seen, which is a good aquifer but highly exploited by farmers for abstraction of groundwater due to which the ground water level has gone down considerably. In Deccan Trap formation ground water is confined to secondary porosity and permeability such as weathered basalt, cracks, joints, fractures, fissures etc. and the groundwater movement is controlled by numerous network of dykes. The multiple and scattered aquifers gets recharged mostly during rainy season. In the area south of Rajkot district i.e. in Jetpur taluka 300 to 400mts deep 3

4 bores yield adequate potable water in Basalt such as in the village Jetalsar, Devki,Galol etc. Static water level of the area varies from 30mts to 50mts and PWL varies from 120 to 200mts during summer. In sandstone area generally non-potable aquifers occur below 150mts depth. The deeper confined aquifers of Basalf are generally non- potable (except few pockets such as Devki Galol, Jetalsar, Dhank etc. 16 Predominant wind direction The secondary data from IMD Ahmedabad for the Period of October 2013 to December 2013 is as under. Wind rose diagram : 17 Endemic and endangered species of flora and fauna, if any, in the area As per the information provided by villagers there is no endemic and endangered species of flora and fauna. But the native trees, shrubs, birds, reptiles mentioned table wise. DOMINANT TREE SPECIES AROUND PROJECT AREA : TABLE - 1 and mammals are as under 4

5 DOMINANT SHRUBS SPECIES AROUND PROJECT AREA : TABLE - 2 HERBACEOUS SPECIES AROUND PROJECT AREA : TABLE - 3 SYSTEMATIC LISTS OF BIRDS AROUND PROJECT AREA : TABLE - 4 5

6 SYSTEMATIC LISTS OF REPTILES AROUND PROJECT AREA : TABLE - 5 SYSTEMATIC LISTS OF MAMMALS AROUND PROJECT AREA : TABLE Width and condition of access road (kutch/pucca) to the lease area. Kutcha road of width 4 mtr. and of length 0.45 km up to pucca road Rajthali which is gramyamarg. The gramyamarg is of asphalt road which is of length 0.45 km. and meet to S.H. No km. 6

7 DETAILS ON MINING / EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES 19 Requirement of power supply and its source There will be requirement of power supply is 90 H.P. and the source 20. Requirement of water supply and its source 21. Type of mining (Manual/Semi - mechanized/mechanized). P.G.V.C.L. Requirement of water will be 3.0 KLD. and source is bore well nearby project area. Lay out of mining operations Surface mining (Not Started) Site preparation (Pole Marking and Fencing) (Not Started) Overburden removal (Not Started) Cutting by machine (Not Started) Shelling (Not Started) 22. Equipment's to be used (bulldozers, hydraulic excavators, JCB, scrapers, loaders, etc.) List of the equipments to be used. (1) Stone cutting machine (2) Trolley based tractor (3) Tanker based tractor 23. Details of method of working with phasing of activates (sequence of mining operations) It is open cast mining and the mining will be conducted manual as well as semimechanized. As per the layout mentioned in Sr. No. 21, the mining activities will start by site preparation, in this phase proponent will start site clearance and make fencing around project area. In second phase the proponent will start to remove OB 7

8 from the approved area which is grant for mining purpose. In third phase proponent will start mining of sand stone by use of cutting machine and will produce the cubs of sand stone for sale. 24. Explosives, detonators to be used It is opencast mining project and there is no need to use explosives and detonators. 25. Details of drilling, blasting No drilling and blasting is required for mining of sand stone. 26. Safety measures at the time of N.A. blasting 27. Details of Over Burden (OB) removal and stacking The area as per the plan approved is mtr. for mining purpose. The calculation of OB is as under. The depth of soil and waist material is of 0.5 mtr. to 1.0 mtr. approx. OB = area x depth x specific gravity of soil = x 0.75 x 1.45 = MT 28. Height and width of benches and side slope 29. Depth of ground water table (Meters) 30. Maximum depth of working (Meters). Whether it will intersect ground water table? The upper layer of the soil is use full for green belt so the upper layer part of the OB will be used for green belt and rest part of OB will be staked in common plot for refilling purpose. The height of the benches will be maintained up to 5.0 mtr. and width of benches will be of 50.0 x 10.0 mtr. and side slope maintained to slope of Data of the CGWB ( Central Ground Water Board) for ground water table is mentioned in Sr. No. 15 sub para (2) Maximum proposal of depth of working will be 20.0 mtr. It will not intersect ground water table. 31. Land use pattern of the lease area Sr. No Particulars Per Operatio nal phase (Ha) Post Operatio nal phase (M 2 ) 8

9 1 Pits Dumps Plantation Road/Building Mineral Stack Bake filled Remaining Water/Develo Total Man power requirement 10 labours required 33. No. of working days in a year 300 days 34. Time of working hours in a day 9 am to 5 pm ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN :- ped The Environment Management Plan (EMP) is required to ensure sustainable development in the area of the existing project. Hence, it needs to be all encompassive plan for which the industry, Government, Regulating agencies like Pollution Control Board working in the region and more importantly the population of the area need to extend their co-operation and contribution. It has been evaluated that the surrounding area will not be affected significantly due to the existing project. Mitigation measures at the source level and an overall Management Plan at the site level are elicited so as to improve the surrounding environment. The following mitigation measures will be taken in order to synchronize the economic development of the project area with environmental protection of the region. The construction phase impacts are mostly short term restricted to the plot area and not envisaged on the larger scale. In the operational phase the environmental impacts are due to continuous operation of the project, hence, the emphasis in the Environment Management Plan (EMP) is to minimize such impacts. The emphasis on the EMP development is on the following. * Mitigation measures for each of the activities causing the environmental impact. * Monitoring plans for checking activities and environmental parameters and monitoring responsibilities * Role responsibilities and resource allocation for monitoring. Following sections describes the environment management plan existing for site clearing and mining phases. MITIGATION MEASURES :- 9

10 Each of the activities during production phase is critically reviewed for suggestions of mitigation measures. Based on this, the Table 1 to 6 gives the mitigation measures for the activities considered to be causing significant environmental impacts during production phase of every year. Table :- 1 Environment Management Plan :- Activity Environmental Mitigation Remarks Impacts Site Clearing, Pollmarking and OB removal Air Water spraying, PPEs will be used Land Well maintained vehicles will be used. Metalled Road for vehicle movement. Water -- Noise -- Implementation responsibility: Project Proponent Table :- 2 Environment Management Plan :- Activity Environme ntal Impacts Mitigation Mining process Air : Remarks Environme Water : The mining area, due to its very nature and scale of operation is likely to marginally contribute towards air pollution in the area. This effect is mostly due to dust and fugitive emission. For mine, the only pollution occurs from dust (SPM) during vehicular traffic, operation of cutting machine, loading / unloading etc. As the particles are heavy in nature, they settle easily in the immediate vicinity. There is no other source for SO 2, NOx and cco except a little contributed by the vehicular traffic, which is well below the prescribed limits. (a) Construction of well-compacted haul roads and other roads. (b) Regular water spraying on roads and waste dumps by tankers. (c) Provision of dust collectors for the cutter machine. (d) Supply of dust masks for cutter machine operators. (e) Transportation by covered trucks. Ensure uses of personal protective equipments. (PPEs) (f) Plantation of wide leaf trees, creepers, tall grasses around quarry sites, waste dumps, rods, colony and other surrounding barren zones. Implementation responsibility: Project Proponent 10

11 ntal Impacts Mitigation Remarks Environme ntal Impacts Mitigation The cause and source of pollution of water in the area could be attributed mostly to the surface runoff during rainy season. (a) No overburden or loose sediments will be kept in the working benches particularly during monsoon months.. (b) Check dam will be provided around the overburden dumpsites to arrest flow of loose sediments before discharge into the drainage system of the region. (c) Peripheral drain existing to arrest the inflow of run off water to the quarry area. (d) The possibility of the project activity contributing to the pollution of watercourses of the region or to the ground water regime is so less that this does not significantly constitute an area of concern. (e) A rain water harvesting pond will built up in lower part of the existing site, by which natural surface rain water will automatically come to the pond. The rain water harvesting pond will be in the size to carry minimum 5 days of heavy rain fall in the tank these water passes through the ETP for treatment and then it will be used. The rain water will be used for gardening and plantation etc. Implementation responsibility: Project Proponent Noise : Noise is important parameter of environment in the mines. Noise generated mainly due to cutting machine and vehicular movement. Noise levels are expected to increase at work zone with commencement of mining and allied activities (in comparison to existing state). The following measures will be taken to reduce noise levels. (a) Diesel powered machinery, which are major source of noise (b) (c) (d) in open cast mines, will be properly maintained as per maintenance schedule to prevent undesirable noise. Attention shall be paid towards rigorous maintenance of the silencers of diesel engines. Static diesel engines shall be housed as far as possible (not made of sheet metals) or surrounded by baffles. If possible they will be placed on vibration isolators. Duty hours of operators of noisy machinery like cutting machine will be regulated to keep their noise exposure levels within limits or provision of supplying earplugs for cutting machine operators. Use of only PUC certified vehicles, only trained / approved transporters will be given work for the transportation and ensure proper maintenance of machinery to reduce noise level. 11

12 Remarks (e) Provision of green belt (thick foliage) along the lease boundary and road. Implementation responsibility: Project Proponent Table :- 3 Environment Management Plan :- Handling and Transportation of Waste materials and products. Activity Environmental Impacts Mitigation Remarks Storage of all the Waste materials and products. Air Water Separate demarcated area for storage of wastes. Land Proper facilities to prevent rain / storm water contamination. Metalled Road for vehicle movement to reduce fugitive emission. Land Top soil will be conserved and be utilized for greenbelt. Implementation responsibility: Project Proponent The total amount of sandstone OB generated will be mt. and dumping shall be carried out temporarily and material shall be rehandled for back filling. Table :- 4 Environment Management Plan :- Other Facilities :- 12

13 Activity Environmental Impacts Mitigation Remarks Toilets Water Proper sewage disposal will be ensured. Development and maintenance of green belt Direct / Indirect Employment Air. Land Socioissue economic Development and maintenance of green belt will be ensured. Policy of local employment will be continued. Implementation responsibility: Project Proponent Environmental Monitoring Plan :- Environment monitoring plan is given in table 5 as follows : Table No. 5 Sr.No. Activity Schedule Air Pollution Monitoring 1 Ambient air monitoring of parameters specified by GPCB in their air consents from time to time within the Existing premises Once every Calendar Year Water Pollution Monitoring 1 No waste water Produced N.A. Solid Waste Generation Monitoring / Record Keeping 1 Records of generation of quarry spoil and mud form particles of minerals and record of their dispatch to approved users. To be updated once in a month Expenditure on Environmental Matters :- The following table gives the expenditure to be incurred by Proponent on environmental matters. Table No. 6 13

14 Sr. No. Description Approximate recurring cost per annum (Rs. In lacs) Approximate Capital Cost (Rs. In Lacs) 1 Air pollution control Water pollution control Environment monitoring and management 4 Solid and hazardous waste management 5 Noise pollution control Occupational health Green belt (Riparian vegetation) Total Table No. 7 : Green belt (With budgetary provision) Name of the trees Sensitive / tolerant to air pollution Height No. of Threes to be planted Amount to be Spent Neem Tolerant m 50 Vad Tolerant m 30 Piplo Tolerant m 40 Arando Tolerant 3-5 m 200 Coconut tree Tolerant m 70 Ked Tolerant 3-4 m 300 Total Lacs 35. Measures existing for protection of environmental attributes like and, water, air, human health, etc. 36. Measures for control of noise, vibration and fly rock problems due to blasting As per Table 1 to 7 Blasting is not required. 14

15 37. Plan for managing storm water. Details of garland drains to be provided 38. Plan for managing dust, noise, silt and other pollutants during mining activities 39. Details on transportation routs & measures existing for control of fugitive emission during transportation 40. Plan for post mining use/reclamation of pits. 41. Provision of fencing the pits in case of use as water reservoir. As per the EMP table no. 2 As per the EMP table no. 2 Transportation route is in two parts. Approximately 0.45 km of length of Kutcha road of 4 m and and meet to S.H. No Water sprinkling on kutcha road will be done twice a day for control of fugitive emission during transportation. Only covered trucks will be used for transportation. Vehicle speed will be restricted to 15 Km/Hour on kutcha road to reduce fugitive emission. The project is for excavation of sandstone only up to limited depth of 20.0 m. approximately. After the completion of mining activities there will be a pit having M 2 area and depth of approximately 20.0 m. Reclamation of pit will be carried out by using OB stored on dumps area. Expected and calculated reclamation area would be approximately Nill and rest pit area of M 2 would be used as a water reservoir. During the monsoon, rain water will be stored for surrounding farmers for agricultural use and to uplift ground water level. Project proponent decided to use the pit as water reservoir so the area granted for mining purpose is about M 2, before starting the mining activities as per the layout of mining operations, proponent will 15

16 42. Plan for green belt development, area of green belt, no & types of species to be planted and budgetary outlay for the same make pole marking and fencing as first operation. Proponent described the species and budgetary outlay for the green belt, marginal area surrounding lease periphery and plantation on both the side of kutcha road. 16