PROPOSAL TO OBTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR QUARRYING OF SAMANUR & GUMMANUR BLACK GRANITE QUARRY

(TO SUBMISSION OF FORM-1, APPROVED MINING PLAN & PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT)

(PROJECT CATEGORY - "B2" / PATTA LAND) (LEASE PERIOD - 20 YEARS)

LOCATION OF THE QUARRY LEASE APPLIED AREA S.F.No. 292/2D2, 294/1(P), 115/2B2 (P) & 115/2C (P) Samanur & Gummanur Village, , District, Extent: 1.58.3 Ha (less than 5Ha) Category: B2 Project

SUBMITTED TO DISTRICT LEVEL ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY (DEIAA), , GOVERNMENT OF TAMILNADU

SUBMITTED BY Thiru.P.Raman, S/o.Periyasamy Gounder, 5/11B, Theerthagiri Nagar Palacode Town&Taluk, Dharmapuri District. Index Files

S.NO DESCRIPTION PAGE NO.

1 To Obtain Environmental Clearance Format 1

2 Environmental Clearance Format 3-5

3 Declaration Letter 6

4 Demand Draft 7

5 Form-1 8-27

6 Approved Mining Plane Along With Approval Letter 28-99

7 Pre-Feasibility Report 100-128

8 Baselines Studies 129-140

9 Affidavit Document 141

10 Details of Quarries 88A

63 11 Habitation Details

12 Copy Of Explosive License 142

13 Consolidated Above Document In PDF Format (DVD) 143

SAMANUR & GUMMANUR BLACK GRANITE(DOLERITE) QUARRY LEASE APPLIED AREA (1.58.30Ha) The proponent Thiru.P.Raman, has applied for environmental clearance for the proposed quarry Black Granite (Dolerite) for over an Extent of 1.58.3Ha in S.F.NO:292/2D2, 294/1(Part), 115/2B2 (Part) & 115/2C (Part) Samanur & Gummanur village in Palacode Taluk, Dharmapuri District. Details of the Page S.No. : Data furnished Proposal No. Thiru.P.Raman, S/o.Periyasamy Gounder, Name of the 5/11B, Theerthagiri Nagar 1,30, 1 : owner/Firm Palacode Town&Taluk, 85 Dharmapuri District Tamilnadu-636808 S.F.NO:292/2D2, 294/1(Part), 115/2B2 (Part) & 115/2C (Part) 1,30, 2 Location of the quarry : Samanur & Gummanur village in Palacode Taluk, Dharmapuri District. 100 It is a Black Granite (Dolerite) Quarry Project in Samanur & Gummanur 9,30, 3 Purpose of application : village 100 1.58.3Ha 30, 4 Extent of quarry in Ha : 100

Area to be required Area at the end of Description during the mining plan Land use planning life quarry (Ha) period(Ha) A) Mining Area under quarry Nill 0.95.9 b)Storage of topsoil 5 : Infrastructure Nill 0.01.0 12,68 over burden Roads 0.01.1 0.02.0 c)Infrastructure road Green Belt Nill 0.10.0 d) utilized area total Waste dump Nill 0.18.0 Un-utilized area 1.57.2 0.31.4 Grand total 1.58.3 Ha 1.58.3 Ha

Production (Quantity in m3) : The proposed quantity of reserves (20%) is about 4865m3 (or) 859 Lorry Loads of Black Granite for during this period of five years. The quarry operation is proposed up to the depth of 42mts (1m topsoil + 1m Weathered Rock + 40m Black Granite) at present scenario considering for the entire lease period. The applicant

proposed up to a depth of 12m during this first five years period. 3,49, 6 51, Rom Reserves Granite waste (80%) Top soil in Description Weathered rock m3 Side burden in m3 Total waste in m3 (m3) (20%) m3 m3 m3 102 Geological 630928 51232 204928 6404 6404 361960 5732920 resources Mineable 190348 19470 77880 9545 9628 73825 161250 Reserves

Five years of 74963 4865 19460 9545 9628 31465 60470 mining plan

Top soil & over The thickness of topsoil is about 1m. There will be generation 19, 7 : 3 burden of topsoil about 9628m for the present period. 50-51 (quantity in m3) ,102

The quarrying operation will be carried out by Open cast semi 8 Method of Mining : mechanized mining method with 5.0m vertical bench with a 102 bench width of 5.0m is being proposed. Life of mine as per Mining license applied for period of twenty years. 9 approved mining : Present mining plan prepared for a period of first five years 102 plane only. Height/width of the 48, 10 : Height 5.0m / width 5.0m bench 55 Source of water/ Quantity Quantity required required source (in litres)

Drinking & domestic 0.2KLD For Drinking and Domestic purpose packed water is available purposes in KLD. from the nearby approved water vendors. 116- 11 117

Dust suppression (in 0.4 KLD For dust suppression water will be pumped from existing bore KLD) hole on nearby the quarry.

Green belt (in KLD) 0.4 KLD For dust green belt development water will be pumped from existing bore hole on nearby the quarry. Waste water There is no waste water 12 Sewage water : The septic tank is constructed on permanent structure with in - Mode of disposal the quarry lease area. The Granite stone are quarried as undamaged dimensional stone without involving deep hole drilling and heavy blasting, fragmentation and generation of lumps, fines or dust is 13 APC measures : 4 negligible. Water will be sprinkled for the suppression air borne dust from mine approach roads waste dump on regular intervals using water tankers.

Approximate Name Of the Approximate S.No Direction Aerial Village population Ariel distance of Distance 26,44 14 : 1 Pasigam North 3km 500 nearest habitation 2 Rasikuttai East 2km 300 ,63 3 Padahandahalli South 2km 350 4 Nammandahalli west 4km 500 Aerial distance from The nearest forest is Reserved forest located reserve Forests, 4km away. sensitive areas , The nearest wild life sanctuary is Cauvery north wild life forest bird sanctuary located 4km away 15 sanctuaries wild life : National park- Nill 25 sanctuaries, national Monuments-Nill parks, Monuments etc., within 10Kms of these areas. Land owner ship document own patta It is a own patta land , vide patta No :1277, 1268, 933, 930 16 : 75-78 land lease govt. (Refer annexure No: IV) porompoke

Land Use 17 : The area is an almost flat terrain 43 Classification Mining Plane Dr.S.Karuppannan M.Sc.,Ph.D 18 : 86 Prepared By RQP/MAS/263/2014/A The Precise area The Precise area Communication has been granted as per 19 Statement Approved : Govt. letterNo.10852/MME.2/2017-1, Dated:21.09.2017 70 By The Mining Plan was approved by the Commissioner of 20 Approved By : Geology and Mining, Chennai vide Letter. No: 28 5405/MM5/2017, Dated: 20.10.2017. There are no quarry located within the located the radius of 21 Nearby Quarries : 90 500m There is no River/Stream, Lake, Reservoir and Odai within the 500m radius to the lease applied area. Nearby lake /river/ Panjapalli Dam is situated 8.5km away from the Northwestern 22 : 104 Odai / channel etc… side of the area. Chinnar River passing 2.5km away from the south western side of the area. 12° 26' 19.6" N - 12° 26' 14.2" N 23 Latitude/Longitude : 102 77° 59' 58.1" E - 77° 59' 51.5" E 24 GI Sheet No : 57 -H/15 102 The Project cost: A. Fixed Asset cost =Rs. 17, 00,000/- Project Cost (Capital 65, 25 : B. Operational cost =Rs. 2,11, 50,000/- And Recurring) 104 C. EMP cost =Rs. 2, 65,000/- Total cost =Rs. 2,31, 15,000/- EMP Cost (Capital 65, 26 : Total EMP cost is about =Rs.2, 65,000/- and Recurring) 104 27 Ground Water Table : Ground water is about 54m depth from ground level. 5, 45

28 Interstate boundary : There is no interstate boundary within the radius of 10km 64 29 Western Ghats : The lease area does not falls in Western Ghats region 88