GHODAPALANA SAND QUARRY (IN GANJAM DISTRICT OF ODISHA)

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1 PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT ON GHODAPALANA SAND QUARRY (IN GANJAM DISTRICT OF ODISHA) Lease Area: acres or Ha. of Sri Rama chandra Dash Polasara

2 CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Ghodapalana sand Quarry lease extends over an area of acres or ha. and located in village Ghodapalana under Polasara Tahasil of Ganjam district, Odisha. The revenue department, Govt. of Odisha has settled the sairat source in favour of Sri Rama Chandra Dash At/P.o - Ghodapalana, P.S.- Polasara in the district of Ganjam for 5 (five) years from to The lease area comes under Survey of India Toposheet No.74-A/14 and is bounded by Latitude to North & Longitude: to East. The Ghodapalana Lease area is well connected to Polasara town by Pucca road. There is no existence of Public road and railway line within the Lease area. However, the area is approachable from Polasara which is located at a distance of 8 km. All type of infrastructure facilities such as water, electricity, medical, education etc. are available at Polasara. There are lower and middle Primary Schools are available in the village Ghodapalana. In accordance with the provisions of the OMMC (amendment) Rules, 2014, the Sairat Source OMMC letter no: dated was granted in favour of Sri Rama Chandra Dash At/Po-Ghodapalan, P.S.- Polasara in the district of Ganjam. Here the lessee will deposit of E.M.D. Rs. 18,549/- towards submission of approved mining plan and Environment clearance. The lessee has proposed to excavate 1600 cum per annum of sand (Minor Mineral) from Ghodapalan Sand Quarry on payment of Royalty, Dead Rent, Surface Rent and Income Tax as assessed by the state government of Odisha. As per Environmental Impact Assessment Notification dated 14 th September, 2006, and subsequent amendments thereof, this project falls under Category B 2 of the list of the Project or activities requiring environmental Clearance prior to operation of quarry/mines from the from State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. An application seeking prior environmental clearance has been made in prescribed Form-I as per Appendix under EIA Notification, 2006,prefeasibility report of the project & Mining plan approved by the authorized officer of the concerned State Government to SEIAA. 2

3 So, this mining plan is prepared in FORM-ZB under Rule 27-A (3) of the Odisha Minor Mineral Concession (Amendment) Rules, 2014 dated by the RQP, Sri Pravata Kumar Sahoo (Regn. No. RQP/OD/025/2015) with detailed planning for the lease period from year to As per the approved mining plan, there is quarry excavation present on the lease area. The lessee has proposed to excavate 1600 cum of sand from the Ghodapalana Sand Quarry on plot no 858 & 887 by means of open cast manual method of mining. Considering the cost of the project, cost towards production, sale value etc, the project is viable and bring some positive benefit directly or indirectly to the nearby locality. 3

4 CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT /BACKGROUND INFORMATION (i) Identification of project and project proponent. In case of mining project, a copy of mining lease/letter of intent should be given Ghodapalana Sand Quarry lease has applied for 5 (five) years, over an area of acres or ha in village Ghodapalana, Tahasil Polasara in Ganjam district of Odisha. The lease is granted in the name of Sri Rama Chandra Dash At/Po-Ghodapalana in the district of Ganjam for 5 (five) years from to vide letter no: 2354 dated (Copy of letter of the Tahasildar order is attached as annexure in approved mining plan). (ii) Brief description of nature of the project. The project for production of Sand as minor minerals from Sand Quarry has been proposed for an annual production of 1600 cum (max) by Open Cast manual method. (iii) Need for the project and its importance to the country and or region. This Sand Quarry is used in almost any type of construction activity. It is also the most important input in domestic activity. Thus in current times, where the focus of the governments is on improvement of basic infrastructure like roads, railways, dams and other social infrastructure both in rural and urban areas, there is a constant need for ensuring regular supply of these minor minerals. (iv) Demand-Supply Gap Due to ban on illegal mining and with increasing growth of infrastructure industry the demand of construction material has increased by almost 50%. India is one of the fastest growing economies of the world, and its focus since last few years has been on infrastructure development. Minor minerals like Sand Quarry are one of the basic inputs in any kind of construction work. Further since these are low value items and is voluminous the users of this basic input- looks for local supply sources instead of transporting the material from far away areas. With hectic construction activity in the area, there is always a constant need of ensuring a regular supply of this basic input. Thus any efforts for increasing minor mineral production in the district must be encouraged to ensure smooth supply of aggregates to match the pace of 4

5 developmental activities in the area. Further, there are not many large scale sand deposits in the districts and thus the focus is to systematically develop known small and medium size deposits. (v) Imports vs. Indigenous production Minor mineral demand of the country is entirely met domestically, i.e there are no imports of such low value mineral. In fact since these minerals are low value high volume items- efforts are made to source the material from the nearest point of supply. This is to avoid high cost of transportation and keeping the cost within reasonable limits. (vi) Export Possibility Not required (vii) Domestic/ export Markets The proposed mining activity is for obtaining sand for sale to nearby cities and towns located in the state of Odisha. (viii) Employment Generation (Direct and Indirect) due to the project The wining of sand from river bed will be carried out by open cast manual method. OMS has been assumed to be 2 cum only. A total of 4 nos. of workers are to be employed in sand quarry for winning/raising of 6.66 cum sand as daily production considering an average of 240 working days per annum. Indirect employment through creation of shops, hotels, hired vehicles, etc also can be generated to full fill the day to day requirements of the mining personals. 5

6 CHAPTER 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION (i) Type of project including interlinked and interdependent projects, if any. The project has been proposed for winning/raising of river sand from the Ghodapalana Sand Quarry. It is estimated that the amount of total daily production of sand is 6.66 cum considering an average 240 working days per annum which is to be extracted by open cast manual method. This is not linked or dependant on any other projects so far as the winning of sand is concerned. (ii) Location (map showing general location, specific location, and project boundary & project site layout) with coordinates. The lease area is bounded by Longitude: to East, Latitude: to North. It is a part of the area covered in the Survey of India Toposheet No. 73-A/14 (iii) Details of alternate sites considered and the basis of selecting the proposed site, particularly the environmental considerations gone into should be highlighted. Ghodapalana Sand Quarry lease area is not a virgin land. Small excavations are present within the lease area and also having sand deposit and the lease area is non forest govt. waste land. Hence no such alternative sites have been considered. (iv) Size or magnitude of operation Total lease area is acre or hectare of non-forest Govt. land. And the lessee is going to work within the said area for 5 years from with a maximum production of 6.66 cum considering an average 240 working days per annum. (V) Project description with process details Method of Mining The Ghodapalana Sand Quarry is in a river bed from where the sand will be excavated. The lessee has planned to work in open cast manual method. The height and width of benches had been proposed 0.5 m & 1m each. No drilling & blasting will be performed for production requirement. Extent of Mechanization No machines are proposed to be deployed to carry out wining of sand in Ghodapalana Sand Quarry. 6

7 Excavation The sand is excavated by open cast manual method. 0.5 m each of height and 1m width benches will be required. Keeping in view the market demand and resource availability in respect of reserve, proposed Sand Quarry is scheduled to produce 6.66 cum as daily production on average of 240 working days per annum during the plan period as per the following table: Year of Plan Financial Year Surface Area (m 2 ) Depth (m) Volume of sand (at 100% recovery) 1st nd rd th th TOTAL 6670 Transportation The Lessee has a proposal to transport the sand to local domestic market for sale. Loading will be done manually. Sand will be exclusively used for different construction, building work etc. Further, the material can also be used for nonindustrial purposes. Reserve: Geology of the area: Ghodapalana Sand Quarry is the granted Lease area over Baghua river showing an undulating topographical features having ground elevation difference of 2 to 2.5m above 52.5m MSL respectively. A major part of southern and central Odisha is occupied by the eastern ghats mobile belt constituted of rock types belonging to eastern ghat super group comprising metasediments, charnockites and its variants and migmatitic granitoids. The rock types found in the Ganjam district are basically granite deposit of eastern ghats super group. The said sand lease area presents in the river bank of Baghua, which consists only the residual deposit of sands by the weathering and erosion process and long term transportation. Size of the sand grain is small and shape is mostly rounded because of long transportation from the source. 7

8 These deposits are renewable unlike other mineral deposits. It is mostly difficult to assess the deposit of a specific stretch with certainty as every year sand gets deposited there in various patches along the river course. Unlike other mineral resources sand is formed and gets deposited through majorly physical action. However, the assessment has been made based on prevailing surface conditions. Exploration already carried out Based on the topographical & Geological survey of the entire lease area, geological mapping was carried out and Surface Geological plan has been prepared on a scale of 1:2000 with contour interval of 2m.The existing features have been marked. Based on the surface exposures, adjacent opened workings water cut, attempts have been made to mark the mineralized zones in the Surface Geological Plan (Enclosure Plate No IV). Estimation of Geological Reserve The reserve has been estimated based on surface exposure of river bed by surface area method. The total area covered under sand deposit is 13,390 m 3. Category Quantity (m 3 ) Proved 2240 Total 2240 Estimation of Mineable Reserve :- The mineable reserve has been calculated by excluding the reserve blocked under the pit slope of 7.5m safety all along the lease boundary, 10m from water course and 100 m from both side of power transmission line. The mineable reserve estimated as follows: Category Quantity (m 3 ) Proved 1600 Total 1600 As estimated, geological reserve of sand is 2240 cum and mineable reserve is 1600 cum. During the plan period, a total of 6670 m 3 sand will be produced by replenshible of sand deposit every year. The proposed mined out area will gradually get filled up by river sands transported with water from upstream direction. Quarry floor level (RL) at the end of the lease period will be 52 m from the Mean Sea Level. 8

9 Raw material required along with estimated quantity, likely source, marketing area of final product/s, mode of transport of raw material and finished Product. As this is winning of sand project, so no raw material is required. Here the sand excavation from the sand quarry is the raw material for infrastructural industries. (v) Resource optimization / recycling and reuse envisaged in the project Not applicable in the present case a constant size of minerals will be extracted and transported to local area for domestic purpose. (vi) Availability of water its source, Energy / power requirement and source Water Requirement This is a sand wining project to excavate sand as a raw material for building & constructions purpose. As such no raw material is required for the purpose. Power Requirement No electrical power shall be required for operations as the mining will be worked out during day time only. Minimal power required for office shall be taken from the general electric supply of the area. (vii) Quantity of wastes to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme for their Management/disposal. There will be no waste/overburden generation during mining of sand from the lease area. Waste dump management Not required. Proposal for Stacking of Sub-grade Ore: There will be no generation of the sub grade material in the area and the entire sand will be dispatched for domestic use. (viii) SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATIONS OF THE FEASIBILITY DRAWING WHICH GIVE INFORMATION OF EIA PURPOSE As the project is categorized in category-b 2 of Schedule under item 1(a) in the EIA notification, 2006 and its subsequent amendments; it will be considered at the State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) for the purpose of obtaining Environment Clearance and also for determining whether or not the project or activity requires further environmental studies for preparation of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for its appraisal prior to the grant of Environmental Clearance depending up on the nature and location specificity of the project. 9

10 Chapter 4 SITE ANALYSIS (i) General Ghodapalana Sand Quarry Lease has been applied for 5 (five) years, as minor mineral over an area of acres or ha which is located in village- Ghodapalana, under the Tahasil- Polasara in Ganjam district of Odisha. The lease is granted in the favour of Sri Rama Chandra Dash At/P.o-Ghodapalana, P.S.-Polsara, District-Ganjam, State- Odisha for 5 (five) years from to The Lease area is located at village Ghodapalana under Polasara Tahasil of Ganjam district, which comes under Topo Sheet No. 73-A/14 and the area is bounded by Longitude: to East, Latitude: to North. Connectivity The Ghodapalana Sand Quarry is well connected to Budhamba - Buguda district road at Polasara by pucca road. There is no existence of Public road and railway line within the lease area. However, the area is approachable from Polasara which is located at a distance of 8 km. Land Form, Land use and Land ownership. Applied lease area over acre is a river bed, non forest government waste land. (ii) Existing land use pattern (agriculture, non-agriculture, forest, water bodies (including area under CRZ)), shortest distances from the periphery of the project to periphery of the forests, national park, wild life sanctuary, eco sensitive areas, water bodies (distance from the HFL of the river), CRZ. In case of notified industrial area, a copy of the Gazette notification should be given. The lease area here is a river sand bed. Work will continue only during summer months when there is no water in the leasehold. Mining will be restricted to water level only. Hence there would not be any requirement of water handling. There is no national park, wild life sanctuary, eco sensitive areas and industrial area situated within 10Kms radius of the lease area. Mining of sand will not be done in the sand quarry during rainy season so there is no adverse effect at present all parameters are within specified limits. 10

11 (iii) Existing Infrastructure. There is no existing infrastructure, however during mining temporary rest shelters for workers will be provided. (iv) Soil Classification. As no toxic substance will be generated or involved, the impact on soil quality is not likely to be more intensive than the existing level. However, the dust generated during operation of mining activity, loading and unloading and vehicular movements normally constitute heavier particles that would readily settle on very small areas within the lease area. (VI) Social Infrastructure available. It is a fact that Ghodapalana Sand Quarry is located in backward areas where general living condition of the people is below poverty line. Agriculture has not been developed in the region to the extent. People, therefore, depend mostly on this type of mines or other local work for their livelihood. This has got a positive impact on the living condition of the local inhabitants. At least, these people have been assured of their daily bread. Besides the direct employment in the mines, indirect engagement may be two to three times. Mining activity in the area has brought some positive effect like better employment potentiality, better health care, better living, better sanitation conditions, better education facilities etc. 11

12 CHAPTER 5 PLANNING BRIEF: (I) Planning Concept (type of industries, facilities, transportation etc.) Town and Country Planning/Development authority Classification. Open cast manual mining method will be adopted for mining of sand. Project will excavate 6.66 cum of river sand (minor mineral) as daily production considering 240 working days per annum which will be used for meeting the huge demand of construction material required in building construction and infrastructure works, road material for construction and maintenance of roads/highway in the state of Odisha. (II) Population projection. It has been proposed that the work will be carried out by open cast manual method. The labours are mainly required for excavating of sand. It has been calculated that, about 6 manpower are required. Hence, there will be an overall improvement of socio-economic status of the people of surrounding areas. (III) Land use planning (breakup along with green belt etc.) The lease area is a river sand bed. Afforestation As the area comes under the river bed so, no plantation program is incorporated. (IV) Assessment of Infrastructure Demand (Physical & Social) Necessary approach & mine roads will be constructed. (V) Amenities/ Facilities All the site services and other facilities including regular & periodic health check up, eye camp, adult & female education & training programmes shall be provided outside nearer to the lease. 12

13 CHAPTER 6 PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE (i) Mining Area (Processing Area) Temporary arrangements like site office, rest shelters & approach roads etc shall be provided. No permanent infrastructure is proposed. (ii) Residential Area (Non Processing Area) As the local person shall be employed, no residential building is proposed. (iii) Green Belt As the area comes under the river bed so, no plantation programme is incorporated. Social Infrastructure In-line with the social responsibility activities at other operational sites, relevant developmental assistance shall be rendered depending on the local needs identified during operation. (iv) Connectivity (Traffic and Transportation Road /Rail /Water ways etc.) The Ghodapalana Sand Quarry is well connected to Budhamba-Buguda district road at Polasara by pucca road. There is no existence of Public road and railway line within the lease area. However, the area is approachable from Polasara which is located at a distance of 8 Km. Water Quality Management Work will continue only during summer months when there is no water in the leasehold. Mining will be restricted to water level only. Hence there would not be any requirement of water handling. Drinking water source for the area is from tube wells. (v) Air Quality Management Since the proposed m ining is a sand mining project, there will be no emission of noxious gas to the air during the mining operation. There will be, however, generation of a negligible amount of dust during excavation o f sand. Suitable measures for dust suppression will be carried out by spraying water at dust generating points. Emission of noxious gas from vehicles can be controlled by regular maintenance. (vi) Waste Management No waste will be generated as there is no waste except from sand. 13

14 (vii) Top-Soil Management The area is devoid of top soil. (viii) Disposal of Mining Machinery: No machineries are required as it is a sand quarry. (ix) Safety and Security All required safety measures including using safety tools will be taken during mining/ raising of sand. However, the following safety precautions need to be taken. All required safety measures including using safety tools will be taken during mining/raising of sand. Lessee must take due care for workers health and safety. Precautionary measures will be initiated for closing the operation and shifting the men and machineries prior to onset of monsoon and in case of unprecedented rainfall in the catchment area leading to submergence of the leasehold. Since the operation is in the downstream of Baghua Nadi, water level will be closely monitored and accordingly precautionary measures are to be planned so that there would not be any loss of life and machines. Moreover, care should be taken to maintain the 7.5 m safety zone on both sides of the deposit (no mining zone) for safety of the embankment. Deep rooted plants should be planted along the embankments to avoid possible soil erosion leading to weakening of the embankments. In addition to that the lessee, while operating the mines, should have a close watch on soil erosion which might damage the embankment. Any such unforeseen happenings should be promptly brought to the notice of authorities. (x) Disaster Management and Risk Assessment: High risk factors such as landslide, subsidence flood, fire, tailing dam failure etc are neither encountered nor anticipated. As such, emergency plan for quick evacuation measures are not proposed. Also no local habitant exists in the area. (xi) Care and maintenance during temporary discontinuance A caretaker skeleton staff, mostly guard to take care of the lease area and mine machinery shall be kept under the roll of the management in case of any temporary discontinuation. (xii) Power Requirement & Supply / source. No electrical power shall be required for operations as the mining will be worked out during day time only. Minimal power required for office shall be taken from the general electric supply of the area. 14

15 REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R & R) PLAN CHAPTER 7 (i) Policy to be adopted (Central/State) in respect of the project affected persons including home oustees, land oustees and landless labourers (a brief outline to be given). There is no human settlement in the applied lease area which is entirely located in Government non-forest wasteland of acre or hectares. Therefore, rehabilitation and resettlement proposal is not required. Plantation work is carried out in the area from time to time and shall continue in future also on yearly basis, as a part of rehabilitation to maintain and improve the ecology of the area. 15

16 CHAPTER 8 PROJECT SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES. (i) Likely date of start of construction and likely date of completion (Time schedule for the project to be given). The project is awaited for the environmental clearance from the concerned Authority to start the mining operation over the lease hold. This is a project for winning of sand from river bed. (ii) Estimated project cost along with analysis in term of economic viability of the project. Considering cost of production in all aspects and market rate of sand, the project is economically viable. 16

17 ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS) CHAPTER 9 (i) Financial and social benefits with special emphasis on the benefit to the local people including tribal population, if any, in the area. The proposed project is expected to provide employment to local people in different activities such as mining & transportation and plantation activities. The project activity will not have any major impact on the environment. With progress in sand mining/raising activities, the per capita income of local people will increase which will reduce the public expenditure of the Govt. on social consumption need. Ultimately, it will add to the Govt. exchequers in the form of various taxes & returns. On the whole, overall development of the area will be there. This mining of sand project is financial viable and can comply with the environmental norms. In view of the above mentioned benefits we request to grant us Environmental Clearance (EC). 17