M/s Crystal Consultants. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR JINGI & JONJRO SAND MINING Lease Area Ha. Capacity 146 Tonne / Day

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1 2018 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR JINGI & JONJRO SAND MINING Lease Area Ha. Capacity 146 Tonne / Day PROPONENT M/s Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (A Govt. of Jharkhand Enterprises) Khanij Nigam Bhawan, Doranda, Ranchi (Jharkhand). M/s Crystal Consultants Ranchi, Jharkhand Accredited by NABET as Environment Consultants Certificate No. NABET / EIA /1619 / IA0021

2 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.0 GENERAL This Environmental Management Plan has been prepared for Jingi & Jonjro Sand Mining Project. Sand to be used for construction project are classified as minor mineral as per MMDR. The EIA Notification 2006 has laid down that mining projects having lease area less than 50 Ha. are category B project. OM of MoEF dated 24/12/2013 laid down guideline for consideration of proposals for grant of environmental clearance regarding categorization of category B projects into B1 & B2. As per this OM river sand mining projects having lease area >5 Ha. and <25 Ha. are to be categorized as B2. Relevant provisions of this OM related to sand mining are reproduced below : The projects of mining of minor minerals, categorized as Category 'B' are hereby categorized as 'B2' as per the following: (i) 'Brick earth' I 'Ordinary earth' mining projects having lease area less than 5 ha will be considered for granting EC as per the aforesaid guidelines issued by MOEF on (ii) 'Brick earth' I 'Ordinary earth' mining projects with mining lease area >: 5 ha but < 25 ha and all other minor mineral mining projects with mining lease area <25 ha, except for river sand mining projects will be appraised as Category 'B2' projects. These projects will be appraised based on following documents: (a) Form -1 as per Appendix-1 under EIA Notification, 2006 (b) Pre-feasibility report of the project (c) Mining plan approved by the authorized agency of the concerned State Government Provided, in case the mining lease area is likely to result into a cluster situation, i.e., if the periphery of one lease area is less than 500 m from the periphery of another lease area and the total lease area equals or exceeds 25 ha, the activity shall become Category 'B1' Project under the EIA Notification, In such a case, mining operations in any of the mine lease areas in the cluster will be allowed only if the environmental clearance has been obtained in respect of the cluster. (iii) No river sand mining project, with mine lease area less than 5 ha, may be considered for granting EC. The river sand mining projects with mining lease area 25 ha but < 25 ha will be categorized as 'B2'. In addition to the requirement of documents, as brought out above under sub-para (ii) above

3 for appraisal, such projects will be considered subject to the following stipulations: (a) The mining activity shall be done manually. (b) The depth of mining shall be restricted to 3m/water level, whichever is less. (c) For carrying out mining in proximity to any bridge and/or embankment, appropriate safety zone shall be worked out on case to case basis to the satisfaction of SEAC/SEIAA, taking into account the structural parameters, locational aspects, flow rate, etc., and no mining shall be carried out in the safety zone so worked out. (d) No in stream mining shall be allowed (e) The mining plan approved by the authorized agency of the State Government shall inter-alia include study to show that the annual replenishment of sand in the mining lease area is sufficient to sustain the mining operations at levels prescribed in the mining plan and that the transport infrastructure is adequate to transport the mines material. In case of transportation by road, the transport vehicles will be covered with taurpoline to minimize dust/sand particle emissions. (f) EC will be valid for mine lease period subject to a ceiling of 5 years. Provided, in case the mining lease area is likely to result into a cluster situation i.e. if the periphery of one lease area is less than 1 km from the periphery of another lease area and total lease area equals or exceeds 25 ha, the activity shall become Category 'B1' Project under the EIA Notification, In such a case, mining operations in any of the mine lease areas in the cluster will be allowed only if the environmental clearance has been obtained in respect of the cluster.

4 Jharkhand State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (JSEIAA) has laid down guidelines for grant of EC. Relevant portion of guidelines are reproduced below :

5 For grant of environmental clearance to category B-2 projects, proponent has to submit following documents : Form I Pre-Feasibility Report Environmental Management Plan This EMP is for compliance to above requirement. 2.0 PROJECT BRIEF Project under consideration is Jingi & Jonjro Sand Mining Project. The mine has lease area of Ha. It is located in South Koel River which is an inland river. It is basically a rain fed river. River flow is contributed by rainfall in its catchment. Sand will be mined by opencast method. Project has been planned to produced 146 T / Day. Location of Lease Area The location details of the lease area is given below : River - South Koel Village - Jingi & Jonjro P.S. / Block - Kuru District - Lohardaga State - Jharkhand Co-ordinates The geographical co-ordinates of the lease area is given below : MOUZA - JONJRO MOUZA - JINGI CO-ORDINATES CO-ORDINATES B.P. NO. LATITUDE LONGITUDE B.P. NO. LATITUDE LONGITUDE 1 N23 28'43.34" E84 49'58.32" 21 N23 28'34.36" E84 50'21.83" 2 N23 28'44.63" E84 49'57.24" 22 N23 28'32.92" E84 50'22.29" 3 N23 28'46.90" E84 49'55.87" 23 N23 28'31.86" E84 50'24.67" 4 N23 28'48.49" E84 49'53.65" 24 N23 28'31.51" E84 50'26.99" 5 N23 28'49.82" E84 49'51.39" 25 N23 28'30.10" E84 50'31.06" 6 N23 28'50.64" E84 49'48.34" 26 N23 28'27.79" E84 50'34.69" 7 N23 28'50.51" E84 49'46.27" 27 N23 28'25.33" E84 50'36.67" 8 N23 28'48.81" E84 49'45.44" 28 N23 28'22.83" E84 50'37.43" 9 N23 28'46.66" E84 49'45.89" 29 N23 28'20.52" E84 50'37.69" 10 N23 28'43.58" E84 49'45.20" 30 N23 28'20.25" E84 50'35.41" 11 N23 28'43.65" E84 49'42.85" 31 N23 28'22.25" E84 50'35.27" 12 N23 28'46.20" E84 49'43.19" 32 N23 28'23.74" E84 50'34.90" 13 N23 28'48.66" E84 49'43.15" 33 N23 28'25.47" E84 50'33.71" 14 N23 28'51.24" E84 49'43.20" 34 N23 28'27.42" E84 50'31.50"

6 15 N23 28'52.88" E84 49'45.45" 35 N23 28'28.56" E84 50'29.06" 16 N23 28'52.59" E84 49'49.13" 36 N23 28'29.76" E84 50'25.54" 17 N23 28'51.81" E84 49'52.63" 37 N23 28'30.86" E84 50'21.08" 18 N23 28'49.55" E84 49'56.88" 38 N23 28'32.30" E84 50'19.78" 19 N23 28'47.06" E84 50'00.64" 20 N23 28'43.27" E84 50'05.13" Accessibility Road Railway Air - The lease area is connected to National Highway through a village road. Nearest highway is NH 75 is about 5 Km away from the Project area in the southern direction. - Barkichanpi Railway Station (11 KM) - Birsa Munda International Airport (54 Km) 3.0 PROJECT PROPONENT M/s Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation Limited. is a Govt. of Jharkhand undertaking registered under Company Act. Its registered office is Khanij Nigam Bhawan, Nepal House Area, Doranda, Ranchi (Jharkhand). Managing Director is the CEO. It is responsible for mining of minerals and marketing of minerals in the state. Govt. of Jharkhand has taken decision to operate all sand mines of Catergory II through JSMDC Ltd. a govt. of Jharkhand Enterprises. The District Survey Report for Lohardaga has identified this ghat as category II ghat. M/s JSMDC ltd. has got the mining plan for the project prepared by RQP and approved & proposes to obtain Environmental Clearance for the project. As per current rules, this project is category B2 project requiring Environmental Clearance from Jharkhand State Environmental impact Assessment Authority (JSEIAA).

7 CHAPTER II PROJECT DESCRIPTION 2.1 RIVER NAME The lease is located in South Koel River. 2.2 GEOLOGY OF AREA & BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lohardaga district is a part of Ranchi plateau. The district is divided into two major physical division viz. the hilly tract and the plateau region. The hilly tract is extended in the west and north western part of the district, which includes part of Kisko, Kuru and Kuru development blocks. This plateau region is the part of the Gumla plateau comprised with entire part of Lohardaga and Bhandra and some part os Kuru, Kisko and Kuru development blocks. The general slope of the district is from west to east. Geologically the area is comprised with archean granites and gneisses. In the uplands considerable thickness of laterite of Pleistocene age is found in the Granite and Gnesisses tracts. Alluvium of recent to sub-recent age is found in the river valley. The general stratigraphic sequence of the district is as follows: Age Formation Recent Soil and/ or alluvium Late Tertiary Upper (ferruginous) laterite Bauxite Lower (aluminous) laterite Upper Gondwana (?) (Mahadeva Series) Unconformity Pre-cambrian Sedimentary clay and clayey sandstone With intercalated bands of ferruginous Sand, shale and mudstone. Chotanagpur Granite Gneiss older Metamorphics including mafic rocks.

8 2.3 GROSS SAND RESERVE Reserves and Resources estimated for River Sand: Classification Code Quantity in Cum T.F. Quantity in Tonnes Total Mineral Resources (A+B) A. Mineral Reserve (1) Proved Mineral Reserve (2) Probable Mineral Reserve 122 B. Remaining Resources (1) Feasibility Mineral Resource (2) Pre-feasibility Mineral Resource 221 Pre-feasibility Mineral Resource 222 (3) Measured Mineral Resource 331 (4) Indicated Mineral Resource 332 (5) Inferred Mineral Resource 333 (6) Reconnaissance Mineral Resource MINING METHOD The mining is confined to collection of sand from the river bed. The operation will be manual with the help of spade, hands shovel in which the river bed material will be collected in its existing form. Sand Mining will be carried out only up to a depth of 1m at river bank and in water it could not be measured. Hand tools like shovel, pan, sieve etc. will be used. Mining will be carried out only during the day time 2.5 MANPOWER Proposed Manager 1 Storekeeper 1 Attendance Clerk cum register Keeper 1 Munshi 1 Miners (Semiskilled) 50(inclusive of absentees & leave) Unskilled 10 Total 64

9 Additional deployment of labors in allied works such as haul road repairing, water carrier, etc. will be 16 numbers. (i.e = 80) 2.6 MACHINERIES No machineries will be used. 2.9 SAND EVACUATION ROUTE The sand mined from the lease area will be stored in a dump yard closed to the project. The sand will be dispose off from this stock yard. The stock yard is connected to State Highway through a village road. This is shown in fig. 1. Figure 1

10 CHAPTER III ANTICIPATED IMPACT OF SAND MINING ON ENVIRONMENT & MITIGATION MEASURES 3.1 Likely Impact of Project Activities on Environment Different activities associated with project are likely to have impact on different environmental attributes including physical & biotic attributes in study area. A brief description of likely impact on environment attributes are given below : 3.2 Impact on Biotic Environment Project activities are likely to have impact on biotic environment also. Such impacts are described below in brief : A. Impact on Riparian Vegetation Riparian vegetation is vegetation along banks of river in the flood zone. They are one of important component of river & soil ecosystem. Uncontrolled sand mining & related project activities may disturb the riparian vegetation. B. Unregulated sand mining may disturb the hydrological stability including change in bed gradient of river. Disturbance in hydrological stability is likely to disturb the bio-habitat in the river. C. Unregulated mining may increase the suspended solid concentration in the water during monsoon. This will prevent penetration of sunlight in water body thereby effecting photosynthesis process which is important for aqua flora in river. 3.3 Likely Impact on Physical Environment The Project activities including mining of sand, storage at stock yard & its handling would cause impact on physical attributes on environment including Ambient Air Quality, Noise Level, water Environment, Safety, etc Impact on Ambient Air Quality The likely impact of project activities on ambient air qualities in the study area are briefed below : i) Mining of Sand Mining of sand would generate dust that would get air borne, thus increasing level of concentration of Respirable Dust in the ambient air. ii) Formation of Stock Yard for Storage of Sand It is proposed to create a stock yard for storage of sand. Sand in proposed to be sold from these stockyards. This would be another source of air pollution. a) Wind blowing over the stock yard would cause wind erosion. Wind erosion will cause increase in level of dust in atmosphere. b) Unloading of sand in stock yard and loading of sand into truck for dispatch will also cause dust pollution. c) Noxious gases will be emitted from diesel operated trucks.

11 iii) Handling of Sand Sand mined out from the bed of the river would be loaded into truck / tractor for transportation. Movement of tractor / truck currying sand on road would generate dust. The diesel operated trucks / tractor would also generate noxious gases. Generation of dust & noxious gases will increase their level in atmosphere Impact on Ground Water a) Mining of substratum strata or unsustainable mining would lead to lowering of the ground water table near the river course. b) Removal of substratum strata would remove the filter strata. Absence of filtering process may impact ground water quality. The filtering strata facilitates removal of pollutants before water peculates down to join ground water table. c) The ground water table level in the project area has been assessed on consulting the district handbook published by Central Ground Water Board & observation of local open dug wells close to the lease area. The ground water table near the lease area has been found to be 4 meter below the ground level. The difference between ground water table & bottom of excavation has been found to be 1.5 m Impact on Noise Level Trucks involved in handling & transportation of sand would generate noise in the area adjacent to haul road. Operation of mining equipments would also generated noise Safety Trucks involved in transportation of sand from lease area to stock yard and from stock yard to consumer point will pass through habitated area. Unregulated truck traffic may be safety hazard for local population & livestock Impact on Surface Water Quality Unregulated sand mining may cause increase in sediment land during monsoon downstream of lease area. Thus the quality of surface water in river downstream of lease area will deteriorate. 3.4 Environment Pollution Mitigation Measure Environment pollution mitigation measures including preventive & suppressive measures have been planned to minimize the pollution arising out of project activities. Preventive measures have already been integrated in preparation of Mining Plan. Suppressive measures will be taken during operational stage of mine. These mitigation measures are described below : A. Air Pollution Mitigation Measures i) Regular water sprinkling on the road linking the lease area to storage yard. ii) Provide enclosure to sand stock yard with polyethylene sheet (2 m high) with posts spaced at 3 m c/c. this will prevent wind erosion from sand dump. This will prevent air pollution due to wind erosion from sand stock yard.

12 iii) Regular maintenance of link road. iv) No overloading of truck/tractor. v) All trucks transporting sand on public roads to be covered will trampoline. vi) Trucks having Pollution Under Control certificate will be allowed for transporting sand. vii) Tree (evergreen) will be planted along both sides of the link road. B. Ground Water i) Mining of sand to be confined to a level above existing Ground Water table. This will ensure that ground water is not intersected & hence not polluted. ii) Substratum layer above river channel bed will not be disturbed. This will ensure that filter layer that prevents transport of pollutant to ground water remains undistributed. C. Surface Water i) No in-stream mining to be allowed. ii) In the stock yard toe wall will be provided around the edge of sand dump. This will prevent water erosion of sand in case of unseasonal rains. This will also prevent siltation of local drainage network. D. Noise Only source of noise will be movement of sand transporting trucks and operation of mining equipments. Efforts will be made to service & maintain these trucks regularly to reduce noise. No, Horn Zone will be maintained on road passing through habitation with speed regulation. E. Bio-Environment i) Riparian zone will be protected. This will not be disturbed for mining purpose or for transportation purpose. ii) No waste will be dumped in riparian zone. iii) Trees & shrub of native. Species will be planted in riparian zone.

13 CHAPTER IV PROJECT & ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN 4.1 PURPOSE (OBJECTIVES) FOR MONITORING PLAN The sand mining project under consideration has been planned with an objective of mining sand in a Sustainable manner with due regard to conservation & protection of environment. To ensure that sand is mined on sustainable basis, i.e. the rate of mining of sand is equal to or less than annual rate of replenishment, it will be sustainable. The production capacity of mine has been fixed based on estimated annual sand replenishment rate of the river at the location of lease area. In order to ensure that during the operational stage of project, the mine is operated in compliance to project parameters envisaged in the approved mining plan for the project & that the production of sand does not exceed the planned capacity & also that the due care is given to conservation & protection of environment, a comprehensive monitoring plan has been drawn. Components of proposed monitoring plan are described below : 4.2 Control of overexploitation of Sand One of the concern in sand mining is its long term sustainability which means that exploitation of sand is limited equal to or less than rate of annual of replenishment of sand. For this purpose annual replenishment study has been carried out & mining plan has been prepared based on findings of this study. To ensure that in future, sand mining is limited to actual replenishment of sand, a method has been devised. Before mining is started in the lease area, cross section of the river will be measured at different locations along the course of the river. There will be one cross section at the beginning of course, other at the end of course & two locations in between. Again cross sections will be measured at same locations after mining is stopped at the beginning of monsoon. At the end of monsoon also cross sections at those locations will be measured. These measurements of cross sections will facilitate in determination of actual sand replenishment rate which will be taken into account for drawing programme for annual mining of sand after monsoon is over. Production will be maintained below the actual replenishment rate determined by measurement of cross section of river before monsoon & after monsoon. For next year rate of sand mining would be determined on basis of measured cross section. 4.3 Transportation The JSMDC Ltd. will select a Mining Agent for every lease. These mining agents will mine sand from that lease. The proponent has taken steps to establish a robust system to monitor & measure the mined out mineral at each lease & its

14 transportation in the state. Under this scheme the proponent will issue a Transport Permit to the mining agent. These Transport Permits, printed on security paper, will have unique barcode. These Transport Permits will be backed by suitable software and dedicated websites. These Transport Permits with unique barcode, when scanned in the system will generate a unique invoice number. The Mining Agency will have to enter the name & location of lease area, vehicle no., destination, invoice number & date. This Transport Permits will have limited validity. Every Transport Permits would be provided with GPS which would facilitate in tracking its position during the transportation from the source to the destination. Transport Permit stands void on expiry of validity period. Officers of Proponent involved in monitoring will have android based application tool. Transport Permits can be checked anywhere on transport route. The barcode on Transport Permits, when scanned through this tool will furnish all information regarding lease area details, vehicle no., destination, etc. This tool is connected to dedicated server. Data collected through this tool will be used for generating daily, monthly & yearly sand production report. This will also facilitate tracking the vehicle from mine lease to destination through GPS and dedicated server. 4.4 Environmental Monitoring Environmental monitoring of project during operational stage are statutory requirements under this requirement proponent is required to submit following reports to designated statutory authorities : a) The proponent will submit quarterly environment monitoring report to the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board. This will include ambient air quality, water quality & noise level data measured on different monitoring location on lease area & buffer zone. b) EC Compliance Report The SEIAA will grant Environmental Clearance to the project with certain specific & general conditions. During operation of project mine operators are to ensure that the prescribed condition in Environmental Clearance are strictly complied. The proponent will submit EC Compliance Report to the Regional Office of the MoEF on annual basis. c) Environmental Statement Proponent will submit environment statement on annual basis to Regional Office of MoEF. These environmental statements are to prepared in a prescribed format. This is as per the Rule No. 14 of the Environmental Protection Rules Format V given in the rule has to be use to submitting this.

15 The location external & magnitude of erosion along the course of the river.

16 CHAPTER V ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN 5.1 INTRODUCTION The environmental impact assessment presented earlier in this report is based on the analysis of project activities described in approved mining plan & their analysis with respect to their likely impact on environmental attributes. It is concluded that the mining activities have some, but reversible impact on environment impact and the mitigation measures would be taken so as to minimize the impacts. Environmental management plan details the environmental quality control measures which are proposed for this project to achieve the project quantity of sand. The mitigation measures that would reduce the impact have already been identified earlier in this report. This chap ter gilts with : Summary of Environmental Impacts & their control measures in verify. Organization for implementation for mitigation measures. Budget for environment management. 5.2 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION The impact on major attributes of environment are not confined to the mining site alone. Implementation of proposed control measures and monitoring programme has an implication on the surrounding area as well as for the region. Therefore, mine management would strictly execute control measures as elaborated earlier in this report and monitor the efficiency of the control measures implemented within the study area relating to the following specific areas for sustainable & eco-friendly mining operation: Collection of air and water samples at strategic locations with frequency suggested and by analyzing thereof. If the parameters exceed the permissible tolerance limits, corrective measure will be taken. Measurement of water level fluctuations in the nearby ponds, dug wells and bore wells will be done. Regular visual examination will be carried out to look for erosion of river banks. Any abnormal condition, if observed will be taken care of. Measurement of noise levels at mine site, stationary and mobile sources, and adjacent villages will be done in every quarter of the year. Plantation/afforestation should be done as per program. Regular watering of plant and fencing to protect them from cattle/goats has to be provided. Post plantation, the area will be regularly monitored in every season for evaluation of success rate. For selection of plant species local people should also be involved. Mine management will be in regular touch with local surrounding villages to update the various developmental schemes made by them. They will also consider any immediate requirement, which could be taken care of in near future.

17 5.3 LAND-USE PATTERN AND RIVER COURSE ENVIRONMENT Deviation from planned mining procedure can lead to bank erosion/cutting and thereby river channel shifting and degradation of land, causing loss of properties. Thus for environment friendly river bed mining the following control/abatement measures will be followed: Mining will be confined to width to channels as prescribed by SEIAA / MoEF & CC as described in Chapter-I. This will ensure that bank will not be eroded. Mining of minerals will be started from dip side along course of river and also laterally in 1 meter slice so that the river course will not get affected. Unwanted material including mineral or spillage (if any) will not be stacked by the side of the excavation area. If need be done then it should be dozed afterwards in excavation voids created. This is to be done so, because it will otherwise hinder the flow of water in monsoon season. Mining is to be done leaving safety barrier on both sides and maximum barrier should be on concave side of river. Preferably the flow channel (excavation void created) should be kept straight so as to help avoid erosion as side cutting. The proposed river bed mining is unlikely to change any characteristic of the river bed as the permitted mining volume is based upon annual replenishment as has been calculated. 5.4 AIR ENVIRONMENT In order to minimize impacts of mining on air quality and to maintain it within the prescribed limits of CPCB/SPCB, an ambient air quality impact mitigation plan has been prepared. This will help in mitigating the impacts likely to happen to air environment due to mining in the area and handling of sand. During the course of mining no toxic substances will be released into the atmosphere and as such there seems to be no potential threat to health of human beings. In river bed mining activities, the only source of gaseous emission is the fugitive dust generation during mining and from the engines of vehicles transporting the mined materials. The following mitigation measures are suggested to control the fugitive dust generation during mining and transportation: Proper mitigation measures like water sprinkling on haul roads will be adopted to control fugitive dust emission. Plantation will be carried out on approach roads and nearby vicinity of river bank. To control the emissions regular preventive maintenances of vehicles will be done and all transportation vehicles will carry a valid PUC certificate. The stock yard will fenced with polyethylene sheet. 5.5 NOISE ENVIRONMENT Proper maintenance of all vehicles will be carried out which will help in reducing generation of noise during operations.

18 Periodical monitoring of noise will be done and corrective actions will be adopted. Plantation will be taken up along the approach roads which will minimize propagation of noise. The transportation would be advised & informed not to use horn in habituated area. Road signs to this effect would be put by road side. 5.6 WATER MANAGEMENT SURFACE WATER & GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT Mining in the area will be done well above the water table as well as river bed water level. Therefore impact on water regime is not anticipated. River bed mining will be done up to maximum depth of 2 m from the surface. Mining will not intersect the river bed water level or ground water table of the area. So not at all disturbing water environment. 5.7 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT There will be no generation of solid waste during project operation. 5.8 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT The mining activity will have insignificant affect on the existing flora and fauna. Secondary data have been collected from various Government Departments such as forests, agriculture, fisheries, animal husbandry and various offices to establish the pre-project biological environmental conditions. For improvement of bio-environment & control of pollution following measures have been provided : Enrichment of riparian vegetation. Additional number of trees of native species would be planted along both banks of the river in riparian zone. This will increase the density of tree in this zone. Plantation of native species of tree, mostly evergreen species along both side of the link road. Plantation of one row of the tree along the periphery of the sand stock yard. A time bound plantation plan is given following: Zone Discription Duration Along approach 400 plant per 1 st & 2 nd Year road Along the river kilometer 2000 plant per hectare 1 st & 2 nd Year bank Total The planted plantation will nourished for next three years.

19 5.9 MANAGEMENT OF FAUNA The following management measures are suggested to reduce the impact upon fauna: Sand extraction from vegetated riparian areas will be avoided. Undercut and incised vegetated banks will not be altered. Large woody debris in the riparian zone will be left undisturbed or replaced when moved and not be burnt. Sand stockpiles and vegetative debris will not be stored within the riparian zone. It is essential that the spillage generated is evenly redistributed along link road. Operation and storage of heavy equipment within riparian habitat will be restricted. Access roads will not encroach into the riparian zones CSR The proponent is a State Govt. Enterprise. The proponent in liaison with district & local authorities, will formulate schemes relating to social & economic development of the area. These schemes would be implemented by state agencies in consultation concern panchayat. Separate CSR budget has been provided. The budget for CSR will be dovetailed with District Plan Resettlement & Rehabilitation This is a river sand mining project where the mining area in confine to river channel. For this purpose no land is to be acquired. This being so no R & R issue is involved with project Budget for Environment Management Separate budget has been provided for environment management of the project. Break up of budget for environment management is given below : Particular Amount (INR) A. Capital Plantation along link road, riparian zone 12,19,450 Tractor for water sprinkling 2,50,000 Sub Total 14,69,450 B. Revenue Environmental Monitoring Sub Total 7,50,000 Grand Total 22,19,450

20 5.13 Monitoring of Sand Movement 1. The security feature of Transport Permit shall be as under: a) Printed on Indian Banks Association (IBA) approved Magnetic Ink Character ecognition (MICR) Code paper. b) Unique Barcode. c) Unique Quick Response (QR) code. d) Fugitive Ink Background. e) Invisible Ink Mark. f) Watermark. 2. Requirement at Mine Lease Site: a) Large Size Plots (More than 5 hectare): CCTV camera, Personal Computer (PC), Internet Connection, Power Back up. b) Access control of mine lease site. c) Arrangement for weight or approximation of weight of mined out mineral on basis of volume of the trailer of vehicle used. 3. Scanning of Transport Permit or Receipt and Uploading on Server: a) Website: Scanning of receipt on mining site would be done through barcode scanner and computer using the software; b) Android Application: Scanning on mining site would be done using Android Application using smart phone. Internet available on SIM Card would be provided. c) SMS: Transport Permit or Receipt shall be uploaded on server even by sending SMS through mobile. Once Transport Permit or Receipt would get uploaded, an unique invoice code gets generated with its validity period. 4. Proposed working of the system: The project Proponent would print the Transport Permit or Receipt with security features enumerated at Paragraph 1 above and issue them to the mine lease holder through the District Collector. Once these Transport Permits or Receipts are issued, they would be uploaded on the server against that mine lease area. Each receipt would be preferably with pre-fixed quantity, so the total quantity gets determined for the receipts issued. When the Transport Permit or Receipt barcode gets scanned and invoice is generated, that particular barcode gets used and its validity time is recorded on the server. So all the details of transporting of mined out material would be captured on the server and the Transport Permit or Receipt cannot be reused. 5. Checking On Route: The staff deployed for the purpose of checking of vehicles carrying mined mineral would be in a position to check the validity of Transport Permit or Receipt by scanning them using website, Android Application and SMS.

21 6. Breakdown of Vehicle: In case the Vehicle breakdown, the validity of Transport Permit or Receipt shall be extended by sending SMS by driver in specific format to report breakdown of vehicle. The server will register this information and register the breakdown. The State can also establish a call centre, which can register breakdowns of such vehicles and extend the validity period. The subsequent restart of the vehicle also would be similarly reported to the server or call centre. 7. Tracking of Vehicles: The route of vehicle from source to destination would be tracked through the system using check points, RFID Tags, and GPS tracking. 8. Alerts or Report Generation and Action Review: The system will enable the authorities to develop periodic report on different parameters like daily lifting report, vehicle log or history, lifting against allocation, and total lifting. The system would be used to generate auto mails or SMS. This will enable the District Collector or District Magistrate to get all the relevant details and shall enable the authority to block the scanning facility of any site found to be indulged in irregularity. Whenever any authority intercepts any vehicle transporting illegal sand, it shall get registered on the server and shall be mandatory for the officer to fill in the report on action taken. Every intercepted vehicle shall be tracked. The monitoring of mined out mineral, environmental clearance conditions and enforcement of Environment Management Plan will be ensured by the DEIAA, SEIAA and the State Pollution Control Board.