INDEX S.NO ITEM PAGE NO 1. INTRODUCTION 3 2. DETAILS ABOUT THE MINE LEASE AREA 4 3. MINING ACTIVITY 5 4. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 8

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1 M/s. Nandini Mineral Industries (Mine Lease Area Ha.) Sy. Nos. 105, 105/1, 2 & 113/1A Kolumulapali Village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN PREPARED BY ISO 9001: 2008 Certified Accredited by Flat # 7-3 Dhruvatara Apartments Amrutha Estates Erramanjil Somajiguda Hyderabad- 82 E mail: info@pioneerenvirolabs.com PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR ENVIRONMENT SAVE ENVIRONMENT 1 Page

2 INDEX S.NO ITEM PAGE NO 1. INTRODUCTION 3 2. DETAILS ABOUT THE MINE LEASE AREA 4 3. MINING ACTIVITY 5 4. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 8 2 P a g e

3 1.0 INTRODUCTION M/s. Nandini Mineral industries has granted Amalgamation of Two ML areas an extent of Ha. in Sy. Nos. 105, 105/1,2 & 113/1A of Kolumulapali Village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh by Govt. of Andhra Pradesh vide G.O. Ms. No.216 dated13/08/2007. The mine is in operation from Profile of the Project Proponent B. Sreedhar Reddy is the Managing Partner of the M/s. Nandini Mineral Industries. The Managing Partner of this mine is having experience to undertake the mining operations. However the Mine will be undertaken under the supervision of well experienced Mining Consultant. Objectives Of The Project The present proposal aims at excavating Steatite at the rate of 13,100 TPA in an area of Ha. Brief Description Of The Proposed Mining Activity Nature The proposed method of mining is by Opencast Semi Mechanized Mining Method. 3 P a g e

4 2.0 DETAILS ABOUT THE PROPOSED ML AREA The Mine lease area of Hectares of land is in Sy. No. 105, 105/1,2 & 113/1A of Kolumulapali Village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh. The following are the environmental settings of the ML area within 10 Kms. The following are the salient features of ML area. Rail head Bethamcherla railway station (3.3 Kms.) Airport Nil within 10 Km radius Defence Installations Historic & places of tourist importance Reserved forests National & State Highway Interstate Boundary National Park/ Wild life sanctuary/biosphere reserve Nearest village List of Industries Seismicity Water bodies Major crops in nearby areas Rehabilitation & Re-settlement Forest land in the ML area Nil within 10 Km radius Nil Bethamcherla RF, Rangapuram RF, Ramatirtham RF and Panyam RF are present within 10 Km. radius from ML area Nil within 10 Kms. Nil within 5 Km radius Nil within 10 Kms. Kolumulapali Village 60 meters. Nil The study area falls under seismic zone III Nil within 10 Km radius Paddy, Cotton, Bengalgram, Sunflower, Caster etc., Nil Nil Site Services Office room, First Aid facility, Shelters and Lavatory will be provided in ML area. EMPLOYMENT POTENTIAL: The mine shall have the following manpower organization. Sl. No. Particulars Total No s 1 Mines Manager 1 2 Mine mate 1 3 Part time Geologist 1 4 Semi-Skilled 4 5 Un Skilled 15 Grand Total 22 Cost of the project is Rs.15.0 Lakhs. Topographical Map showing the 10 km radius of the ML area is shown figure below. 4 P a g e

5 3.0 MINING ACTIVITY Introduction M/s. Nandini Mineral Industries has granted Amalgamation of Two ML areas an extent of Ha. in Sy. Nos. 105, 105/1,2 & 113/1A of Kolumulapali Village, Bethamcherla Mandal, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh by Govt. of Andhra Pradesh vide G.O. Ms. No.216 dated13/08/2007. The mine is in operation from RESERVES: In the approved mining plan of the reserves were estimated under one category i.e proved category which were established by borehole drilling all along the strike length of the mineral from the bottom of the working pit. Based on the data available from this existing exploration, the reserves were estimated to 10,37,136 recovery. Subsequently in the approved mining scheme prepared for the 2nd five years plan i.e , the reserves available for the plan estimated after depleting the production met during 2001 to August 2007 were 9,28,738 recovery.. Depletion of Reserves: The production generated during the plan period (Sep March-2011) is considered as depletion of reserves. The production details submitted every year to IBM are given below. Year Production in Tonnes Sep Mar So the total depleted reserves are= tons. Updated Reserves & Life of the Mine: Updated reserves arrived as per the present position of the working pit for future plan Updated reserves recovery= 8,89,852 tons Anticipated life of Mine= Updated available reserves/ Targeted production per annum 8,89,852/13,100= years Say = 68 years =9,08,012 tons MINING: The mining operations are being carried out by simple opencast method manually right from the inception of mining activity. But it is observed that the mining is not being carried out in a systematic manner by forming the regular benches of 1.5m height as per the proposals given in the earlier approved mining scheme. The 5 P a g e

6 workings without formation of the benches are because of, the mining operations are to be carried out essentially at depths as the mine has gone considerable depth. So the lessee has planned to convert the mining operations into semi-mechanized method to overcome the problem of forming benches in order to develop the mine in a systematic manner. Here development of mine by forming benches will be taken up by using the machinery like Poclain, Compressor and tippers as the side burden is of hard dolomite. The actual production of mineral steatite will be met by carrying out the mining manually using simple implements like crowbars and pickaxes to avoid dilution of mineral with machinery. Hence it is proposed to continue the mining operations for future plan i.e from 2011 to 2014 by forming regular benches of 3.0m height of two 1.5m thick slices towards Southwestern side of the pit as shown in plate.v. The hard patches of dolomite and quartzite encountered during development of benches will be handled by occasional blasting as the lessee has been granted with Magazine license NO.AP.1807/E, dated: A 5HP electric motor is installed at the mines head to bail out the rain water that accumulates in the working pit. The mineral extracted from the working pit would be loaded into the hired trolley mounted tractors/tippers at mines head and transported to the stack yard at Betamcherla town. As explained above, the mining operations will be carried out a leaving the 7.5m buffer zone towards southwestern side of the working pit. It is proposed to carry out mining operations by simple opencast method by forming benches of 3m height and they will be formed into 2 slices of '1.5m thick as per the statute of manual mining. The benches will be oriented in NW-SE direction with advancement towards Northeast The year wise production is given in the following table. Year Development in cum Production in cum Tonnage factor 98% recovery in tons II III IV V MINING MACHINERY S: It is proposed deployment of machinery and occasional blasting to remove hard and compact dolomite patches encountered during development of benches in side burden. The following machinery is proposed to deploy in the leasehold-area to carry out the present mining operations as the production is being increased at par with the market S. No Name of Machinery s Capacity Numbers 6 P a g e

7 1 Loader/Poclain 0.9 tons 1 2 Tippers/Trailer Tractors 10 tons 3 3 Tractor mounted Compressor with Jack 250 cum 1 Hammer 4 Water tanker with sprinklers 5000 ltrs 1 5 Pumpset 10 HP 1 USE OF MINERAL: The mineral steatite is generally used in Paper, Textile industries as bleaching agent and also used in Paint, Cosmetics, Rubber, Detergent and Plastic industries as a filler. The mineral steatite occurring in the leasehold area is being supplied to the following industries Name of the Industry Chemical Comp CaO PH Brightness Southern Pesticide Ltd 1-2 % <8 % 75 % Detergent India Ltd 1.5 % <8 % 75 % Sesha Sai Paper Mill 1.5 % <8 % % AP Paper Mills 1.5 % <8 % >80 % I 7 P a g e

8 4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN AIR ENVIRONMENT The major emissions from mining activity will be dust and major sources of dust will be due to mining and vehicular movement. The following measures will be adopted in mining to eliminate the fugitive dust emission. PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURES Wet drilling method will be adopted to reduce the dust generation.. The dust rising due to drilling will be controlled by covering the drill rods with cloth, dust extractors will also be employed Millisecond delay detonators or sequential blasting exclusively used Dust suppression through tanker. Dust masks. Planting of trees in ML area and on approach road. WATER REQUIREMENT The Mining activity requires 7.91 KLD of water. Water required will be sourced from bore well. S. NO. ITEM WATER REQUIREMENT IN KLD 1. For Dust Suppression along the approach Road For Dust Suppression in ML area For Domestic Use For plantation within the ML area For plantation along the approach Road 5.0 Total 7.91 WASTE WATER There will be no waste water generation due to mining activity. The only source of waste water generation will be 0.44 KLD of sanitary waste water, which will be treated in septic tank followed by subsurface dispersion. 8 P a g e

9 CALCULATION OF WATER REQUIREMENT FOR DUST SUPPRESSION & PLANTATION: Water requirement for dust suppression along the approach road: Length of the approach road : 160 m Width of the approach road : 2 m Area of road to be sprayed with water : 160 m x 2 m : 320 m 2 Water requirement per m 2 of L per time for 3 times in a day : 3.0 L /day Total water required for dust suppression on approach road : 320 x 3.0 L : 960 L/day : 0.96 KLD Water requirement for dust suppression in ML area: Length of the road in ML area : 200 m Width of the approach road : 2 m Area of road to be sprayed with water : 200 m x 2 m : 400 m 2 Water requirement per m 2 of L per time for 3 times in a day : 3.0 L /day Total water required for dust suppression on approach road : 400 x 3.0 L : 1200 L/day :1.2 KLD Water requirement for plantation along both sides of approach road: No of saplings to be planted along the approach road : 32 No of saplings to be planted in buffer zone : 833 Total number of plant : 865 Water required per sapling : 6 L/day Total water required for plantation along the approach road : 5190 L/day : 5.19 KLD NOISE ENVIRONMENT The main source of noise generation will be drilling and blasting and vehicular movement. The following noise control measures will be taken to reduce the noise impact. Drilling precautions: Wet Drilling is adopted. Use of sharp drill bits, delivery of compressed air at optimal pressure and proper maintenance of compressor and drilling machine. Provision of earplugs/earmuffs to drillers. 9 P a g e

10 Blasting precautions: Proper charge per delay shall be regulated Millisecond delay detonators or sequential blasting exclusively used. Stemming column shall be more than the burden to avoid blown out shots. The machinery will be maintained properly to reduce the noise levels. The protective noise reducing gear like earmuffs, the company will provide earplugs to all the employees. Plantation will be taken-up along the 7.5 m buffer area within the ML area. SOLID WASTE GENERATION: The waste that generated while forming the benches in OB and side burden will be dumped at abutting to the northwestern side of the leases area boundary as that land is owned recently by the lessee. The waste inclusive of 2% of mineral rejects that generated during the recovery of the mineral amounts to 68,781 cum will be dumped in an area of 6,878 sqm to a height of 10 m. Estimated Waste Quantity that will be generated in the Balance Lease Period Total Waste generation for remaining years(4) = Cum Height of waste dump will be 10 m. Area required for dump will be = 6878 m 2. The waste generated will be dumped in the QL area with size of dump yard as 100m x 69 m x 10 m. The waste will be dumped along the northwestern side are abutting mining lease area. A retaining wall will be constructed around the dump for preventing the slanting of boulders. Garland drain will be constructed around dump yard. RETAINING WALL: A retaining wall will be constructed around the dump for preventing the slanting of boulders. Cost for Retaining wall for 1 m (L) x 2m (H) - Rs /- Size of the Dump area m x 69 m Total length of the Dump Area m Total Cost for proposed Retaining wall for remaining Lease Period x 1400 = Rs.4,73,200/- 10 P a g e

11 GARLAND DRAIN: Garland drain of 0.5 m (W) x 0.5 (D) will be constructed around the dump Cost for proclainer per hour for 5m length Garland drain - Rs. 600 per Hour Total length of the Garland drain m Total hours m / 5m = 67.6 Cost for Proclainer for constructing total Garland drain x Rs. 40,560/- Cost for constructing Stone Pitching - Rs. 16,900 Total Cost for proposed Garland drain for remaining Lease Period =Rs.40,560 + Rs. 16,900 = Rs /- GREEN BELT DEVELOPMENT The plantation will be taken up in the Buffer zone of the ML area and along the approach road. In buffer zone 833 sapling will be planted and 32 sapling will be planted in approach road. The sapling to be planted will be Neem, Mango, Subabul, Ganuga etc., PLANTATION COST DETAILS: Cost of garden soil+ compost for filling cum : Rs 100 Cost of sapling : Rs 60 Total capital cost per sapling : Rs 160 Total plantation area proposed in 5 years : 1000 m x 7.5m Total no of spacing : 833 Total capital cost for plantation in QL area in 5 years : Rs 833 x 160 : Rs 1,33,280 Length of approach road to QL area to be developed with plantation : 160 m Total length for avenue plantation on both sides of approach road : 320m Number of plants to be planted in 5 years : 32 Cost per sapling with garden soil & compost : Rs 160 Total cost for avenue plantation : 32 x 160 : Rs 5120 TOTAL COST FOR PLANTATION in 5 years : Rs : Rs 1,38, P a g e

12 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & BUDGET: Dust masks (to reduce 25 nos.) will be provided for control of dust. Ear plugs (25 nos.) will be provided to employees to reduce the Noise impact.. Health check-up will be carried out for all employees in an external hospital yearly once and medical records will be maintained Rs. 3000/- per person/year will be allocated employee occupation health. So total budget for occupation health will be 22 X3000=Rs.66,000/- Periodicity of health checkups done for yearly for workers working in mine. Blood test (once in a year) Urine test (once in a year) Complete Physical examination (once in a year) X-ray of chest (once in a year) Lung/Pulmonary function test (once in a year) Sputum Examination (once in a year) 12 P a g e

13 BUDGET FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN S. NO. DESCRIPTION ITEM CAPITAL COST IN RS. RECURRING COST IN RS. 1 Air pollution Dust masks 25 nos. Nil 6250 Dust Suppression -- 66,000 Plantation in mine lease area, along Approach road & maintenance 1,38,400 30,000 2 Water pollution Construction of garland drains around 57,460 Nil Dump Area for remaining Lease period Construction of retaining wall for waste 4,73,200 Nil dump for remaining Lease Period 3 Noise pollution Maintenance of machinery suitably Nil Environmental monitoring Ambient Air Quality monitoring (PM 10 & PM 2.5 ) Ear plugs (25 nos.) Nil 7500 Nil 48,000 5 Occupation Health (for Max. no of Employees) Noise level For conducting Health Tests for employees (Max. 22 nos.) Nil 66,000 TOTAL 5,30, P a g e