Ratdi Limestone (Building) Mine Location Near Village- Ratdi, Taluka & district Porbandar, (Gujarat) Latitude. 9.0m RL.

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1 PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Particulars Details Project Name Ratdi Limestone (Building) Mine Location Near Village- Ratdi, Taluka & district Porbandar, (Gujarat) Latitude to N Longitude to E Topo sheet No. Not Available Total area Hect. Mineable Reserves MT Capacity 20,000 MTPA Approx. Life of Mine 10 years Estimated cost project 10.0 Lacs EMP cost 2.5 Lacs Power requirement 50 KW Fuel requirement NA DG set NA Highest and lowest Elevation This is flat area and general ground level is 9.0m RL. Land use Govt. Land Nearest Habitaion/town Ratdi Nearest air port Porbandar (30 km) Nearest highway NH-8E (800 mt) Nearest Railway Station Porbandar (Aerially 30 km) Power supply Ratdi(880 mts) Nearest dispensary and Govt. Hospital Porbandar Educational facility Primary School Ratdi, Secondary-Porbandar Water demand and supply 3.0 KLD & Wall inside the area Nearest tourist place Porbandar Defense installation Not Available Archeological Features Not Available Ecological sensitive zones Not Available Nearest streams/rivers/water bodies (from Coastal area aerially 610 mts mine boundary) Seismic zone. III 2. INTROSUTION OF THE PROJECT The proposed Ratdi Building Limestone Stone area, near Village Ratdi, Taluka & District Porbandar, (Gujarat) has leased to Mr.Maliben Bhimabhai Modhwadiya. The lease area is : ha. The total capacity has been anticipated to be 20,000 MTPA. 15 Ratadi Bl Lime stone of Maliben B Khunti

2 2.1 Copy of Miming lease/letter of Internt The project comprises of Ratdi Buiding Limestone Stone mining at Survey no. 51/2/p (Govt.), near Village-Ratdi, Taluka & District Porbandar, Gujarat. Has been leased to Mr. Maliben Bhimabhai Modhwadiya. The Letter of Internt (LOI) has been granted in favour of Mr.Maliben Modhwadiya Bhimabhai Modhwadiya, over an area of hectare on /01/ S/o Shri Refer Annexure No. I : Copy of Letter of Internts (LOI) Refer Annexure No. II : Copy of Map 2.2 Nature of the project: The proposed Ratdi Buiding Limestone Stone mining at survey No. 51/2/p (Govt.) near Village-Ratdi, Taluka & District Porbandar, Gujarat. TABLE 2.1 SHOWS THE ML AREA ALONG WITH ITS DIMENSIONS. SI NO. Near village Area 1. Ratdi Hector 2.3 Need for the project and its Importance to the country: Building Limestone stone is an important mineral for the building construction. In the area building limestone easily available right on surface. It is naturally available in this region & non-polluting activity involved in this project. The limestone of that area is building limestone,it is low grade limestone. so,it is used only for building construction material i.e Bricks & khandas. 2.4 Demand-supply gap The demand of building stone depends on the level of development and the rate of growth of the economy. 16 Ratadi Bl Lime stone of Maliben B Khunti

3 2.5 Imports Vs. Indigenous Production There is no import of building limestone. All production of building stone is earmarked for the indigenous demand/local market. 2.6 Export possibility There is no proposed to exports the production. 2.7 Domestic/Export markets The Limestone (building stone) will be only for domestic market /local suppliers. 2.8 Employment generation (direct and indirect) due to the project The proposed Building Limestone stone marketing activity is envisaged to improve the socioeconomic condition on a micro-economic scale by generating local employment 18 direct and about 5 indirect. TABLE NO.2.2 EMPLOYMENT POTENTIAL SR.NO PARTICULARS NUMBERS 1 Permit manager 1 2 Forman 1 3 Other 08 Total 10 For the plantation, secureity, any type of worker will be arranged on contact basis. 3.PROJECT DESRIPTION: 3.1 Type of project including interlinked and interdependent project, if any. The present project is a fresh application for environmental clearance and not interlinked or interdependent. The area of proposed building limestone stone mining is hact., Which is situated at the proposed Building Limestone Stone mining at the proposed Building Limestone Stone mining near Village-Ratdi, Taluka & District Porbandar, Gujarat. 17 Ratadi Bl Lime stone of Maliben B Khunti

4 3.2 Location (map showing general location, specific location, and project boundary & project site layout) with coordinates. The mining area is located at the situated Building Limestone Stone mining near Village Ratdi, Taluka District Porbandar, Gujarat. Refer granted :location plan of Ratdi limestone (building Stone ) mine & Key plan of study area 3.3 Size and magnitude of operation The maximum rated capacity of the project will be 20,000 MTPA productions and the mine leased area is spread over ha. The bricks formation is in form of 15 X 9 X Project Description with process details & Flow diagram Building limestone stone will be open cast semi mechanized. The mineral produced here will be sold to local suppliers and market. Proposed production will 20,000 MTPA. Semi mechanized method of excavation, Removal of soil cover. Cutting of limestone blocks using stone cutter. Size of cut blocks will be 15 X 9 X 9. Anticipated recovery of blocks will be about 60%. Waste 40 % of ROM will be temporarily stored and used to backfill the pit. 18 Ratadi Bl Lime stone of Maliben B Khunti

5 3.8 Availability of water its source, energy/power requirement and source should be given. A well is situated in the lease area. Water is required for plantation, stone cutting, sprinkling and drinking purpose. Water Requirement TABLE NO. 3.1 WATER REQUIREMENT Propose Requirement (KLD) Drinking Purpose 0.50 Dust suppression/stone cutting 2.20 Plantation 0.30 Total quantity of wastes to be generated (Liquid and solid) and scheme for their management / disposal. About 40% wastes will be generated & waste will be used for the backfilling. TABEL NO. 3.2 PROPOSED PRODUCTION & WASTE YEAR TRAGET PRODUCTON BLOCKS (60%) WASTE (40%) I 20, II 20, III 20, IV 20, V 20, TOTAL SITE ANALYSIS 4.1 Connectivity Connectivity details are given in Table Ratadi Bl Lime stone of Maliben B Khunti

6 TABLE-4.1: connectivity details from project site: 1 Nearest Railway Station Nearest Railway station is Porbandar. Railway station near about aerially 30 km. 2 Road connectivity The project site is about 0.88 km from the village Ratdi. Ratdi is about 200 mt form the national highway 8E. 3 Nearest town Nearest village is Ratdi is approximately 0.880km form the project site. 4 Nearest village Nearest village is Ratdi is approximately 0.80 km from the project site. 4.2Land form, land use and land ownership Ratdi Building Limestone Stone area is flat and Govt. Land. The letter of intents (LOI ) grants to Mr. Maliben Modhwadiya S/o Mr. Bhimabhai Modhwadiya for bulling stone over an area of hectare on Topography Ratdi building limestone stone area is flat and general ground level is 9.0m RL.there is no nalla /river in the proposed site. Due to mining. Drainage pattern will not be disturbed. 4.4 Existing land use pattern TABLE -4.1: LAND USE PATTERN OF THE ML AREA S.NO. Particulars Pre operational phase Operational phase 1 Pits Dumps Plantation * 4 Road/building Mineral stack Back filled mine out area 7 Remaining virgin area Total Past operational phase *Total Heat. Area will be planted p to lease period, which hectare area along the lease boundary and Hect. backfilled area also included. 20 Ratadi Bl Lime stone of Maliben B Khunti

7 4.5 Existing infrastructure An office cum store available at the project site and a first aid box with necessary facility will be provided. 4.6 Soil /rock formation The project area is primarily well black soil in the lease area. Ratdi building Limestone stone area is also part of miliolitic Limestone belt of the saurashtra region, having widespread exposure of limestone.the encroached Portion is having some soil cover; but believed to be underlain by miliolitic Limestone The Limestone formation is practically horizontally bedded and off white to buff color.the Limestone is soft, porouns and friable in nature also compact, hard and boulder at places.the upper layer of Limestone occurring up to 3.0m is limestone Description of the rocks units within the lease area: The Geological succession of the area is given below: TABLE NO.4.3 LOCAL STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE S.No. Components Depths(m) 1 Top sol/subsoil Limestone Marl Limestone 3.0 Proposed Method The mining operation has been proposed by means of open cast method of mining by adoption of stone cutter, the block wise cutting in Building Limestone with the help of stone cutter and directly sold to the local suppliers. 21 Ratadi Bl Lime stone of Maliben B Khunti

8 (i)extent of Mechanization & mining Machinery Deployed: Block wise Build Limestone Loading of mineral shall be carried out by semi Mechanized.build Limestone mineral shall be directly sold to local suppliers. Stone cutter is required as the only mining machinery. (ii) Reserve Estimation: Reserve Estimation: Measured Category 331 Section Length Area of Volume cross section Specific Gravity Tones B-B C-C Total IN CUM IN MT Probable MT Reserves= Possible MT Reserves TOTAL UNFC Code MT Particulars UNFC Code tons Losses along the lease boundary Total Remaining Reserves (MT) UNFC code Total Mineable Reserves (MT) Production (MT) Life of mine (Years) 10 years Recovery Factor:60% of Building Limestone & remaining 40% is rejecting. 4.7 Climate date from secondary sources The atmospheric temperature in summer rises from March onwards and reaches its maximum in May in the region of The average annual rainfall is approximately 1243mm.In the post 22 Ratadi Bl Lime stone of Maliben B Khunti

9 monsoon period, the average temperature remains in the range of ,which makes the winter month pleasant and cool. 4.9 Social infrastructure available. The infrastructure that exists within the project site is an office cum store with toilets facilities. 5.PLANNING BRIEF 5.1 Planning concept The present project is Limestone (Building Stone) mining for making Building Stone &Khandas. 5.2 Man Power requirement Man power requirement for area is estimated to be 18 Nos. Most of the employees will be recruited from neighboring village. 5.3 Land use Planning (Breakup along with green belt etc.) The Ratdi Limestone (Building Stone) mining will be carried out on an area of ha. TABLE-5.1:LAND USE PATTERN OF THE ML AREA S.NO. Particulars Pre operational Operational Past operational phase phase phase 1 Pits Dumps Plantation * 4 Road/building Mineral stack Back filled mine out area 7 Remaining virgin area Total *Total Hect.Area will be planted upto lease period, which hectare area along the lease boundary and Hect. backfilled area also included. 23 Ratadi Bl Lime stone of Maliben B Khunti

10 TABLE-5.2:PLANTATION PROGRRAME Year Along the lease On backfilled area Total boundary Area (ha.) Plants Area (ha.) Plants Area (ha.) Plants I II III IV V Total Facilities Provided Infrastructure The infrastructure required is office, store and rest shelter for workers and these will provided at the project site. Drinking water : For drinking, dust suppression & plantation purpose water is required. A wall also exists in the site. Workers : Most of the workers will be from nearby villages so no accommodation at the site will be required Landscaping and Green belt development It is propose to plant a total 10 tree per year during five year plan period. By the end upto lease period about total hect. Area will be coveredby the plantation. A number of species will be planted suitable to this area of climate condition like Neem, mango, Jungle jalebi, Jamun etc. The afforested area will be encircled by a barbed wire fencing to protect it from cattle s and regular waterin thrice a week (Except monsoon) and manuaring as required will be done Health and Safety System During the opencast working, and allied activities, all the precautionary measures shall be taken into account as per mines Rules & Regulation for safety & security. 24 Ratadi Bl Lime stone of Maliben B Khunti

11 5.4.4 Disaster Management and Risk Assessment The mining activities will involve accident like landslides, fall of material or equipment from benches and failure of dump retaining wall. The applicant will prepare a detailed emergency plan in consultation with DGMS. 6. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE S. No. Particulars Details 1 Mining area Hect 2 Residential area Not applicable 3 Industrial area Not applicable 4 Connectivity NH-8E, (800 mts) 5 Green belt 0.01 hect area will situated be covered by plantation/year 6 Water management 3.0 KLD, wall situated inside the area 7 Power requirement & supply/source The mine would be opencast semi mechanized. Electrical power will be required at the site in the office and for stone cutter will be obtained from the State Electricity Board. 8 Water Management The daily water demand including for dust suppression, drinking & plantation water will be required, which will be supplied by the wall inside the project site. 9 Solid waste management Top soil will be stacked at earmarked site and finally use for the plantation. 10 Hazardous Waste Management : NA 7. REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R & R) PLAN Since the project is Government land, there is no reserves forest or protected forest land within the area. There is no human settlements within the area so, no resettlement and rehabilitation is required 25 Ratadi Bl Lime stone of Maliben B Khunti

12 8. PROJECT SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES 8.1. Likely date of start of construction and likely date of completion (time schedule for the project to be given) The project activity will be taken up in parallel along with the opening of mine, after the Environmental Clearance & CTE/CTO is granted. The production will commence within two months of the Environmental Clearance & CTE/CTO Estimated project cost along with analysis in terms of economic viability of the project The project proponent will incur a total cost of Rs. 10 lakh and may vary from place to place and with magnitude of the Limestone (Building Stone) mining. This will include the rent/lease for land, cost of labor, cost of transportation, fuel charges etc. 9. ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS) 9.1 Financial and social benefits with special emphasis on the benefit to the local people including tribal population, if any, in the area. The project will bring economical benefits to the State by the way of royalty for mineral and people by the way of direct (12 persons) and secondary employment (2 persons) opportunities. The mine management will be helping nearby villages by providing aid to school, conducting medical and social awareness camps, helping in formation of self help group etc especially keeping in the view the tribal and economically backward population in the area as part of its corporate social responsibility. Thus the project will bring out socio-economic improvement of the area and will prove beneficial to the area. Building Limestone Stone will create & indirect employment opportunities within the surrounding area. Mining activities will provide numerous new, although temporary, work opportunities for both skilled and unskilled labor, as well as contribute significantly to the local economy. IN operational phase, the proposed project would require significant workforce of non-technical and technical persons. Migration of highly education and skilled experience will result in increase of literacy in the surrounding villages. 26 Ratadi Bl Lime stone of Maliben B Khunti

13 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN 27 Ratadi Bl Lime stone of Maliben B Khunti

14 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN Ratadi Building Limestone Area 3.1 INTRODUCTION: The proposed Ratadi Building Limestone area, near Village Ratadi, Taluka Mangrol District Porbandar, (Gujarat) has been granted to Sh. Modhwadiya Maliben Bhimabhai. The lease area is hect. The total capacity has been anticipated to be TPA. The building limestone area near Ratadi is a hub for building limestone extraction. The building limestone industry is a thriving industry because of prolific use of limestone in building industry. The project is aimed at producing building limestone slabs from the lease area. Topography of the Area. The topography of the lease area is almost flat. The Mine has a thin veneer of soil having a thickness of about 0.4 to 1.7 meters. The lease is located at following latitude and longitude: Latitude: to N Longitude: to E The highest elevation is 10 mrl and the lowest elevation of the applied area is 9 mrl. Climate data from secondary sources. The atmospheric temperature in summer rises from March onwards and reaches its maximum in May in the region of The average annual rainfall is approximately 1243mm. In the post monsoon period, the average temperature remains in the range of 19-25, which makes the winter months pleasant and cool. Flora & Fauna No forests land in the Ratadi Building Limestonearea. It is entirely a government land. No endangered species found in the core zone, so no adverse impact on the flora & fauna. Since, there are no endangered spices of flora & fauna observed in core zone as well as buffer zone Ratadi Building Limestone Area Sh. Malibenbhai Ghusarji Modhwadiya The environmental management plan has been developed with a view to bring down the levels of impacts as discussed in the last chapter within limits. In each of the areas of impact, measures have to be taken to reduce potentially significant adverse impacts and where these are beneficial in nature, such impacts are to be enhanced/augmented so that the overall adverse impacts are reduced to as low level as possible. 28 Ratadi Bl Lime stone of Maliben B Khunti

15 The mining in the area has been proposed with time bound management plan so that impacts on different environmental parameters are minimized at every stage of mining. Measures to be taken for each of the impact areas are detailed in the following Para: Land Environment Air Environment Water Environment Noise Environment Reclamation & Rehabilitation of lands Discharge of Effluents Afforestation & Green belt development programme Corporate Social Responsibilities Risk Assessment & Disaster Management Plan 2.0 AIR ENVIRONMENT Anticipated impacts The opencast mining operations are generally prone to generation of high levels of PM and to a limited extent SO2, NOx due to fossil fuel based vehicles and machines etc. Air pollution due to SO2, NOx and PM may result in irritation and inflammation of eyes and congestion of throat and infection in lungs Mitigation Measures: In addition to the above the following measures will be adopted: - 1. Water spraying on the roads for suppression of dust. 2. Development of green belt. 3. PPE will be provided to the workers. 4. To control the emissions regular preventative maintenance of equipment will be carried out. 2.2 WATER ENVIRONMENT Anticipated impacts No impact on the surface water resources is envisaged. The rain water accumulates in the lease area, which will be used for dust suppression and plantationpurpose. The ground water table in this region range from 8-10 m from the surface level.due to mining, ground water will not intersect in this project Mitigation measures There is not the case with this lease, as mineral or soil does not contain any harmful ingredients that could leach to the water table. Thus the mine lease working shall not affect the ground water quality. The impact of mining on ground water is not anticipated; therefore measures are not required. 2.3 LAND ENVIRONMENT 29 Ratadi Bl Lime stone of Maliben B Khunti

16 2.3.1 Anticipated impacts In open cast mining, the top crust of earth i.e. top soil/sub soil is completely removed below which are mineral deposits. The earth rock and other strata, called O/B are completely removed to provide access to the mineral deposit. In this manner land use pattern of an area always changes in the form of voids formed due to excavation of mineral. Topography of the surrounding area will remain unchanged. The drainage pattern due to proposed mining will not be disturbed within core zone as well as buffer zone. The thickness of the top soil is 0.5m, it shall be scrapped and stacked at separate place and will be used for plantation Mitigation measures The mining area will be affected to the land environment. The excavated area will be partially backfilled and remaining area use for rain water storage at the life of mine. The top soil will be stacked at separate earmarked site and use for the plantation. 2.4 NOISE ENVIRONMENT Anticipated impacts As far as noise pollution is concerned, mining limestone for building purposes does not contribute much to noise pollution, except the noise generated from stone cutter,proper mitigation measures to reduce noise levels will be followed. Noise level in the working environment is compared with the standards prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board which will be adopted and enforced by the Govt. of India through The Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, The exposures to excessive noise levels can lead to: Prevention of sleep, insomnia & fatigue. Decrease in speech reception, communication, disturbance and diminished concentration thus adversely affecting job performance efficiency. Irreparable psychological disturbance including impaired hearing Mitigation measures Mitigate the noise level following control measures will be adopted: - 1. Periodical monitoring of noise will be done. 2. Regular and proper maintenance of noise generating machinery. 3. Proper PPE in form of earplugs and safety will be provided to workers working with the stone cutter and those in immediate vicinity of it. 4. Plantation in lease area will also reduce propagation of noise outside the core zone. 2.5 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT: No forests land in the area. It is entirely a government land. No endangered species found in the lease area, so no adverse impact on the flora & fauna. Since, there are 30 Ratadi Bl Lime stone of Maliben B Khunti

17 no endangered spices of flora & fauna observed in core zone as well as buffer zone. Therefore, measures are not required GREENBELT DEVELOPMENT The implementation for development of green belt will be of paramount importance as it will not only add up as an aesthetic feature, but also act as a pollution sink. The species to be grown in the area should be dust tolerant and fast growing species so that permanent green belt is created. Apart from the green belt and aesthetic plantation for elimination fugitive of emission and noise control, all other plantation efforts shall be decided and executed with the assistance and co-operation of the local community. Trees proposed for green belt development Sl. No.Scientific name Common Name 1. Azadirachtaindica Neem 2. Pithecolibiumducle Jungle Jalebi 3. Mangiferaindica Aam 4. Scigiumcumuni Jamun 2.6 Socio-Economics The impact of mining on social demographic profile is positive because displacements of habitat are not involved in this mining project. The mining in the area will generate rural employment. The mining activities in the area will raise economic status of the mine workers. 3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION Environmental Management Plan serves no purpose if it is not implemented with true spirit. Thus, an implementation and monitoring programme has to be prepared. Implementation of proposed control measures and monitoring programme has an implication on the surrounding area as well as for the region. Therefore, soil mining management should be strengthen the existing control measures as elaborated earlier in this report and monitor the efficacy of the control measures implemented within the mining area relating to the following specific areas: 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 regulation measure should be taken. Collection of soil samples at strategic locations once in a year and analysis thereof with regard to deleterious constituents, if any. Regular visual examination will be carried out to look for possibilities of erosion. Any abnormal condition, if observed should be taken care of. Measurement of noise levels at mine site, stationary and mobile sources, and 31 Ratadi Bl Lime stone of Maliben B Khunti

18 adjacent villages will be done. Plantation will be done as per program i.e. along the boundary and backfilled benches after mining operations have ceased. 3.1 ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER Environmental professional/officer should be appointed/ hired to implement the environment management plan. The officer shall ensure the suitability, adequacy and effectiveness of the Environment Management Programme :- Environmental officer will be responsible for proper maintenance and operation of the programme and it will oversee the following aspects: Conduct environmental awareness program to the workers, supervisory staff and contract laborers during the mining and operation period. Regularly monitor the environmental parameters and prepare reports as required by the GPCB. Recommend necessary measures to improve Environmental conditions. Conduct safety programmes to create safety awareness among workers/staff. Train the staff and other workers on safety measures and conduct safety drills to educate them. Environmental officer will be in regular touch with State Pollution Control Board and State Mining Department and send them annual progress report. Any new regulations considered by State/Central Pollution Control Board for the Building Stone mining would be taken under active consideration. 3.2 PROPOSED SET UP The Environmental professional/officer will be responsible for: Liaison with environment monitoring laboratory for collecting and analyzing water and air samples from surrounding area and work zone monitoring for pollutants. Implementing the control and protective measures. Co-coordinating the environment related activities within the project as well as with outside agencies. Ratadi Building Limestone Area Sh. Malibenbhai Ghusarji Modhwadiya Collecting statistics of health of workers and population of surrounding villages. Monitoring the progress of implementation of environmental management program. Greenbelt development along the access road to the mining site. Compliance with the yearly greenbelt development target and post plantation care. 32 Ratadi Bl Lime stone of Maliben B Khunti