Project Details-Minor Minerals ( Rajula Building Stone)

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1 Project Details-Minor Minerals ( Rajula Building Stone) Sr.No. Details Particulars PROPOSAL 1. Name of Lease Holder Dineshbhai Laljibhai Sarvaiya 2. Location address At Village : Rajula, Ta : Rajula, Dist : Amreli. 3. Lease Area (Hectares) Ha. 4. Ownership of the Land (Govt./Govt. It is Govt. waste land and allotted for Land) 5. Status of Operation (New project OR Proposed project operating since ) 6. Status of Lease (Lease no., date of issue, lease period, date of application for lease renewal, etc.) mining purpose. It is an existing project and granted on and applied for renewal and Ec. It is an existing project and granted on and applied for renewal and Ec. 7. Name of mineral to mine Building Stone mineral is to be mined out. 8. Mineral Reserve (MT) Approx 1 lac. 9. Rate of Mining of mineral (MT/year) 9000(Nine Thousand) TPA 10. Life of Mine (Years) 20 years 11. Whether project involves forest land?. If yes, status of application for diversion of forest land. No. project does not involve any forest land. 12. Applicability of the CRZ Notification. No CRZ notification applicable. ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS 13.. If located within 10 km, aerial Name Distance distance of the lease area from the (Km) nearest : i. Water Body : Rajula Local Lake 0.25 km There is no major water body in 10 km periphery of lease area. 1

2 ii. National park/wildlife Sanctuary/ Biosphere Reserve: iii. Reserve Forest/protected forest: No national park/wildlife Sanctuary/ Biosphere Reserve is in the periphery of 10 km of proposed project. No reserve forest/protected forest is in the periphery of 10 km of proposed project. iv. Human Habitation: List of Human Habitations in the 10 km periphery of proposed project Name of Human Habitations Distance from project boundary Rajula 0.10 km Khakhbai 2.98 km Google image saws the human habitations in the 10 km periphery of proposed project. v. Railway Line : Rajula Railway 2.35 km Station vi. Road : S.H. No km N.H. 8E 2.96 km vii. Notified/Protected Archaeological sites : No notified/protected Archaeological sites within the 10 km periphery of proposed project Social infrastructures, e.g. School Distance school, hospital, Rajula Primary School 0.10 km historic/cultural/religious Hospital Distance places, defence Rajula Primary Health 0.10 km establishments, etc.: centre Govt. Hospital Rajula 0.10km 2

3 None Historic/ Vulyutsl Religious places defense establishments Distance None Distance None 14 Present land use of lease area Presently there is opencast mining 15 Geo-hydrological features : activities is in process. It will create permanent change in land use pattern. Amreli district is located between latitudes 20' 45' and 22' 15' North and longitudes 70' 30' to 71' 45' east spreading over 6950 square Kms. It is bounded by Rajkot district in North; Bhavnagar & Junagadh district district inwest, and Arabian Sea in south. Amreli district is divided into to 10 talukasnamely Amreli, Babra, Dhari, Savarkundla, Jafrabad, Khambha, Kunkavav, Lathi,Liliya and Rajula. Physiographically the entire area of Amreli district is more or less plain except for a small hill ranges in areas of Babra, Khambha, Savarkundla and Rajula talukas.the district is drained mainly by Shetrunji, Ghelo, Kalubhar, Raidi and Dhatarvadi rivers. Minor and medium irrigation projects are constructed across the main rivers of the district. The average annual rainfall of last decade is about 582 mm. Geologically the area of Amreli district is covered by Deccan trap lava flows, supra trappeans, Gaj beds, Miliolite Limestone and recent unconsolidated deposits. Deccan trap lava flows cover greater part of the district. The Gaj beds consist of highly fossiliferous, pale yellow limestone, sand and silt along the coastal area of the district. Miliolitic limestone occurs along the coast. It is buff colored, current bedded limestone in the form of coastal ridge and thinning out towards coastal plain. Ground water in the district occurs under unconfined to confined conditions in weathered, fractured and jointed basalt, vesicular basalt fractured dykes, sand and conglomerate's of supra trappeans, porous limestone of Gaj beds, silt and clay of alluvium. In the trap the aquifer ranges in depth from 15 Mts. to 150 Mts. BGL. 3

4 16 Predominant wind direction The secondary data from IMD Ahmedabad for the Period of October 2013 to December 2013 is as under. Wind rose diagram (Secondary Data) 17 Endemic and endangered species of flora and fauna, if any, in the area As per the information provided by villagers there is no endemic and endangered species of flora and fauna. But the native trees, shrubs, birds, reptiles mentioned table wise. DOMINANT TREE SPECIES AROUND PROJECT AREA : TABLE - 1 and mammals are as under 4

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

6 SYSTEMATIC LISTS OF REPTILES AROUND PROJECT AREA : TABLE - 5 SYSTEMATIC LISTS OF MAMMALS AROUND PROJECT AREA : TABLE Width and condition of access road Kutcha road of width 4 mtr. and of length 6

7 (kutch/pucca) to the lease area km. DETAILS ON MINING / EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES 19 Requirement of power supply and No electricity is required. its source 20. Requirement of water supply and its source Requirement of water will be 1.0 KLD. and source is bore well nearby project 21. Type of mining (Manual/Semi - mechanized/mechanized). 22. Equipment's to be used (bulldozers, hydraulic excavators, JCB, scrapers, loaders, etc.) 23. Details of method of working with phasing of activates (sequence of mining operations) 7 area. Lay out of mining operations Surface mining Site preparation (Pole Marking and Fencing) Overburden removal Hand Working Sale List of the equipments to be used. (1) Mining Tools It is open cast mining and the mining is being conducted manual only. As per the layout mentioned in Sr. No. 21, the mining activities will start by site preparation, in this phase proponent will start site clearance and make fencing around project area. In second phase the proponent will start to remove OB from the approved area which is grant for mining purpose. In third phase proponent will start mining of Building Stone by use of Hand tools and will produce the of Building stone for sale. 24. Explosives, detonators to be used It is opencast mining project and there is no need to use explosives and detonators. 25. Details of drilling, blasting No drilling and blasting is required for mining of building Stone. 26. Safety measures at the time of N.A. blasting 27. Details of Over Burden (OB) The area as per the plan approved is

8 removal and stacking 1723 mtr. for mining purpose. The calculation of OB is as under. 28. Height and width of benches and side slope 29. Depth of ground water table (Meters) 30. Maximum depth of working (Meters). Whether it will intersect ground water table? 31. Land use pattern of the lease area Sr. No The depth of soil and waist material is of 0.5 mtr. to 1.0 mtr. approx. OB = area x depth x specific gravity of soil = 1723 x 0.75 x 1.45 = 1874 MT The upper layer of the soil is use full for green belt so the upper layer part of the OB will be used for green belt and rest part of OB will be staked in common plot for refilling purpose. The height of the benches will be maintained up to 5.0 mtr. and width of benches will be of 50.0 x 10.0 mtr. and side slope maintained to slope of Data of the CGWB ( Central Ground Water Board) for ground water table is mentioned in Sr. No. 15 sub para (2) Maximum proposal of depth of working will be 20.0 mtr. It will not intersect ground water table. Particulars Per Operatio nal phase (Ha) Post Operatio nal phase (M 2 ) 1 Pits Dumps Plantation Road/Building Mineral Stack Bake filled Remaining Water/Develo ped Total Man power requirement 10 labours required 33. No. of working days in a year 300 days 34. Time of working hours in a day 9 am to 5 pm ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN :- The Environment Management Plan (EMP) is required to ensure sustainable development in the area of the proposed project. Hence, it needs to be all encompassive plan 8

9 for which the industry, Government, Regulating agencies like Pollution Control Board working in the region and more importantly the population of the area need to extend their co-operation and contribution. It has been evaluated that the surrounding area will not be affected significantly due to the proposed project. Mitigation measures at the source level and an overall Management Plan at the site level are elicited so as to improve the surrounding environment. The following mitigation measures will be taken in order to synchronize the economic development of the project area with environmental protection of the region. The construction phase impacts are mostly short term restricted to the plot area and not envisaged on the larger scale. In the operational phase the environmental impacts are due to continuous operation of the project, hence, the emphasis in the Environment Management Plan (EMP) is to minimize such impacts. The emphasis on the EMP development is on the following. * Mitigation measures for each of the activities causing the environmental impact. * Monitoring plans for checking activities and environmental parameters and monitoring responsibilities * Role responsibilities and resource allocation for monitoring. Following sections describes the environment management plan proposed for site clearing and mining phases. MITIGATION MEASURES :- Each of the activities during production phase is critically reviewed for suggestions of mitigation measures. Based on this, the Table 1 to 6 gives the mitigation measures for the activities considered to be causing significant environmental impacts during production phase of every year. Table :- 1 Environment Management Plan :- Activity Environmental Mitigation Remarks Impacts Site Clearing, Pollmarking and OB Air Water spraying, PPEs will be used 9 Implementation responsibility:

10 removal Land Well maintained vehicles will be used. Metalled Road for vehicle movement. Water -- Noise -- Project Proponent Table :- 2 Environment Management Plan :- Activity Environme ntal Impacts Mining process Air : The mining area, due to its very nature and scale of operation is likely to marginally contribute towards air pollution in the area. This effect is mostly due to dust and fugitive emission. For mine, the only pollution occurs from dust (SPM) during vehicular traffic, operation of cutting machine, loading / unloading etc. As the particles are heavy in nature, they settle easily in the immediate vicinity. There is no other source for SO 2, NOx and cco except a little contributed by the vehicular traffic, which is well below the prescribed limits. Mitigation (a) Construction of well-compacted haul roads and other roads. Remarks Environme ntal Impacts (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) Regular water spraying on roads and waste dumps by tankers. Provision of dust collectors for the cutter machine. Supply of dust masks for cutter machine operators. Transportation by covered trucks. Ensure uses of personal protective equipments. (PPEs) Plantation of wide leaf trees, creepers, tall grasses around quarry sites, waste dumps, rods, colony and other surrounding barren zones. Implementation responsibility: Project Proponent Water : The cause and source of pollution of water in the area could be attributed mostly to the surface runoff during rainy season. Mitigation (a) No overburden or loose sediments will be kept in the working benches particularly during monsoon months.. (b) Check dam will be provided around the overburden dumpsites to arrest flow of loose sediments before discharge into the drainage system of the region. (c) (d) (e) Peripheral drain proposed to arrest the inflow of run off water to the quarry area. The possibility of the project activity contributing to the pollution of watercourses of the region or to the ground water regime is so less that this does not significantly constitute an area of concern. A rain water harvesting pond will built up in lower part of the proposed site, by which natural surface rain water will 10

11 Remarks Environme ntal Impacts automatically come to the pond. The rain water harvesting pond will be in the size to carry minimum 5 days of heavy rain fall in the tank these water passes through the ETP for treatment and then it will be used. The rain water will be used for gardening and plantation etc. Implementation responsibility: Project Proponent Noise : Noise is important parameter of environment in the mines. Noise generated mainly due to cutting machine and vehicular movement. Noise levels are expected to increase at work zone with commencement of mining and allied activities (in comparison to proposed state). The following measures will be taken to reduce noise levels. Mitigation (a) Diesel powered machinery, which are major source of noise in open cast mines, will be properly maintained as per maintenance schedule to prevent undesirable noise. Attention shall be paid towards rigorous maintenance of the silencers of diesel engines. (b) Static diesel engines shall be housed as far as possible (not made of sheet metals) or surrounded by baffles. If possible they will be placed on vibration isolators. (c) Duty hours of operators of noisy machinery like cutting machine will be regulated to keep their noise exposure levels within limits or provision of supplying earplugs for cutting machine operators. (d) Use of only PUC certified vehicles, only trained / approved transporters will be given work for the transportation and ensure proper maintenance of machinery to reduce noise level. (e) Provision of green belt (thick foliage) along the lease boundary and road. Implementation responsibility: Project Proponent Remarks Table :- 3 Environment Management Plan :- Handling and Transportation of Waste materials and products. Activity Environmental Impacts Mitigation Remarks 11

12 Storage of all the Waste materials and products. Air Water Land Separate demarcated area for storage of wastes. Proper facilities to prevent rain / storm water contamination. Metalled Road for vehicle movement to reduce fugitive emission. Land Top soil will be conserved and be utilized for greenbelt. Implementation responsibility: Project Proponent The total amount of building limestone OB generated will be 1874 mt. and dumping shall be carried out temporarily and material shall be rehandled for back filling. Table :- 4 Environment Management Plan :- Other Facilities :- Activity Environmental Impacts Mitigation Remarks Toilets Water Proper sewage disposal will be ensured. Development and Air. Development and maintenance of Land maintenance of green belt green belt will be ensured. Implementation responsibility: Project Proponent 12

13 Direct / Indirect Socio- economic Policy of local Employment issue employment will be continued. Environmental Monitoring Plan :- Environment monitoring plan is given in table 5 as follows : Table No. 5 Sr.No. Activity Schedule Air Pollution Monitoring 1 Ambient air monitoring of parameters specified by GPCB in their air consents from time to time within the Proposed premises Once every Calendar Year Water Pollution Monitoring 1 No waste water Produced N.A. Solid Waste Generation Monitoring / Record Keeping 1 Records of generation of quarry spoil and mud form particles of minerals and record of their dispatch to approved users. To be updated once in a month Expenditure on Environmental Matters :- The following table gives the expenditure to be incurred by Proponent on environmental matters. Table No. 6 Sr. No. Description Approximate recurring cost per annum (Rs. In lacs) Approximate Capital Cost (Rs. In Lacs) 1 Air pollution control Water pollution control Environment monitoring and management 4 Solid and hazardous waste management Noise pollution control

14 6 Occupational health Green belt (Riparian vegetation) Total Table No. 7 : Green belt (With budgetary provision) Name of the trees Sensitive / tolerant to air pollution Height No. of Threes to be planted Amount to be Spent Neem Tolerant m 5 Vad Tolerant m 3 Piplo Tolerant m 4 Arando Tolerant 3-5 m 20 Total 32 20, Measures proposed for protection of environmental attributes like and, water, air, human health, etc. 36. Measures for control of noise, vibration and fly rock problems due to blasting 37. Plan for managing storm water. Details of garland drains to be provided 38. Plan for managing dust, noise, silt and other pollutants during mining activities 39. Details on transportation routs & measures proposed for control of fugitive emission during transportation 40. Plan for post mining use/reclamation of pits. As per Table 1 to 7 Blasting is not required. As per the EMP table no. 2 As per the EMP table no. 2 Transportation route is in two parts. Approximately 1.00 km of length of Kutcha road of 4 m and meet to S.H. No. 34. Water sprinkling on kutcha road will be done twice a day for control of fugitive emission during transportation. Only covered vehicles will be used for transportation. Vehicle speed will be restricted to 15 Km/Hour on kutcha road to reduce fugitive emission. The project is for excavation of Building Stone only up to limited depth of 10.0 m. 14

15 approximately. After the completion of mining activities there will be a pit having 1723 M 2 area and depth of approximately 10.0 m. Reclamation of pit will be carried out by using OB stored on dumps area. Expected and calculated reclamation area would be approximately 258 M 2 and rest pit area of 1465 M 2 would be used as a water reservoir. During the monsoon, rain water will be stored for surrounding farmers for agricultural use and to uplift ground water level. 41. Provision of fencing the pits in case of use as water reservoir. 42. Plan for green belt development, area of green belt, no & types of species to be planted and budgetary outlay for the same Project proponent decided to use the pit as water reservoir so the area granted for mining purpose is about 1723 M 2, before starting the mining activities as per the layout of mining operations, proponent will make pole marking and fencing as first operation. Proponent described the species and budgetary outlay for the green belt, marginal area surrounding lease periphery and plantation on both the side of kutcha road. 15