MINERALS DEVELOPMEMT and REGULATION DIVISION MCDR Inspection REPORT Goa Regional Office

INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS DEVELOPMEMT AND REGULATION DIVISION MCDR inspection REPORT Goa regional office

Mine file No : KNT/BGM/LST-26/GOA Mine code : 38KAR02032 (i) Name of the Inspecting : K02( ) KALMATA M.K. Officer and ID No. (ii) Designation : Senior Mining Geologist (iii) Accompaning mine : Shri Chekkennavar, Lessee. Official with Designation (iv) Date of Inspection : 14/02/2018 (v) Prev.inspection date : 05/09/2016

PART-I : GENERAL INFORMATION 1. (a) Mine Name : YADWAD LIMESTONE MINE (M. (b) Registration NO. : (c) Category : B Manual (d) Type of Working : Opencast (e) Postal address State : KARNATAKA District : BELGAUM Village : Yadwat Taluka : Post office : Yadwat Pin Code : 591136 FAX No. : 08334 279687 E-mail : chekkennavarminerals@gmail. Phone : 9449248221 (f) Police Station : YADWAD (g) First opening date : 23/04/2010 (h) Weekly day of rest : SUN 2. Address for : VILLAGE & P.O YADWAD correspondance TQ: GOKAK DIST: BELGAUM

3. (a) Lease Number : KAR1591 (b) Lease area : 4.86 (c) Period of lease : 20 (d) Date of Expiry : 14/01/2030

4. Mineral worked : LIMESTONE Main PAGE : 2

5. Name and Address of the Lessee : CHEKKENNAVAR MINERALS AT & P.O. YADWAD, TQ: GOKAK BELGAUM KARNATAKA Phone: FAX :

Owner : SHRI MALLAPPA S.CHEKKENNVAR M/S CHEKKENNVAR MINERALS AT &P.O. YADWAD,TQ:GOKAK DIST: BELGAUM BELGAUM KARNATAKA Phone: FAX : 6. Date of approval of Mining : Fresh under rule 22 MCR1960 07/07/2008 Plan/Scheme of Mining Mining Scheme rule 12 MCDR1988 08/06/2015 PAGE : 3

PART - II : OBSERVATION/COMMENTS OF INSPECTING OFFICERS

Exploration :

Sl.No. Item Proposals Actual work Remarks

1a Backlog of There was a Lessee has drilled eight violation is previous year proposal to boreholes in the year pointedout for the drill six 2017-18. However same. boreholes in intimation in the form I the year is not sent to this 2015-16. office so far. 1b Exploration over Entire lease Entire lease area is lease area for area. explored under G-1 geological axis 1 level. or 2 1c Exploration Geotech Ltd, Nagpur, Agencies and Expenditure is Expenditure in approximately 2.25 to lakh rupees 2.50Lakhs. during the year 1d Balance area to Nil Nil Entire area is be explored to explored under G-1 bring Geological level. axis in 1 or 2 1e Balance reserve Reserves Lessee has as on 01/04/20 - 264751 tons recently drilled 8 Remaining resources - boreholes and 1254443 tons samples were not sentfor analysis. Once anlysis is done, reserves will be re- estimated. 1f General remarks Lessee has recently of inspecting drilled 8 boreholes and officers on explored entire area geology, under G-1 level of exploration etc exploration. However analysis of the boreholes samples was not done so far. reserves will be re- estimated once analysis is completed.

Development :

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks PAGE : 4

2a Location of In the year Working has been not Violation is development 2017-18 there carriedout as per the pointedout for the w.r.t.lease area was a proposal proposal. same. to work between sections C-C' to G-G' and depth upto 570m. 2b Separate benches Benches were Benches were formed in in topsoil, proposed in ore only. overburden and ore only. minerals (Rule 15) 2c Stripping ratio 1:0.07 1:0.04 The production was or ore to OB less than the ratio proposal and recover was more. 2d Quantity of 90 inthe year 50 working has been topsoil 2016-17 carriedout in generation in m3 broken up area only. 2e Quantity of 1233 700 overburden generation in m3

2f General remarks The working has been not of inspecting carriedout as per the officers on proposal and benches development of were not made as per the pit w.r.t. type proposal and violation of deposit etc is pointed out for the same.

Exploitation:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

3a Number of pit One One proposed for production 3b Quantity of ROM 31979 tons in 20700 tons (Upto Jan-18) mineral the year 2017- production 18 proposed 3c Recovery of 90% 95% sailable/usable mineral from ROM production 3d Quantity of 1599 tons Nil No mineral reject mineral reject was generated generation PAGE : 5

3e Grade of mineral NA NA rejects generation and threshold value declared. 3f Quantity of sub Nil Nil grade mineral generation. 3g Grade of sub NA NA grade mineral generation 3h Manual / Manual Manual Mechanised method adopted for segregating from ROM 3i Any analysis or Nil Nil beneficiation study proposed and carried out for sub grade mineral and rejects. 3j Provision of yes As per the proposal. drilling and blasting in mineral benches 3k Provision of Nil Nil Mine is working mining manually. machineries in mineral benches 3l Whether height 3 mtr height 3 mtr height was Height of the of benches in was proposed. suitable for method of bench was not overburden and mining. maintained as per mineral suitable the proposal and for method of violation is mining proposed pointed out for in MP/SOM the same. 3m Total area About 1.6 ha covered under excavation/pits 3n Ore to OB ratio 1:0.07 1:0.04 for the pit/mine during the year. 3o Total area put Area under mining-1.6Ha, in use under Area under dumps-0.08ha, different heads infrastructure-0.04ha at the end of year PAGE : 6

3p Production of 2017-18 2017-18 ROM mineral 31979 tons 20700 tons (upto Jan 18) during the last 2016-17 2016-17 five year period 31072 tons 27600 tons as applicable 2015-16 2015-16 29711 tons 16500 tons 2014-15 2014-15 35288 tons 11500 tons 2013-14 2013-14 30744 tons 20000 tons

3q General remarks Working has benn not of inspecting carriedout as per the officers on proposal and bench method of mining height was not etc. maintained as shown in the production and development plans. So violation is pointed out for the same.

Solid Waste Management - Dumping:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

4a Separate dumping yes separate Dumping of topsoil and of topsoil, OB dumping of waste was made and mineral topsoil and OB separately. rejects (Rule was proposed. 32,33) 4b Location of It was The dumping was not made Violation is topsoil, OB and proposed to as per the proposal. pointed out for mineral reject dump OB in the the same. dumps 7.5 mtr safty zone Near BP- B. 4c Number of dumps Dumping was four to five small dumps Duming was not within lease proposed in were made dump heigt was made as per the area and outside the 7.5 mtr less than 2.00mtr proposal and of lease area safety zone. violation is pointedout for the same. 4d Location of Within UPL dumps w.r.t. ultimate pit limit (Rule 16) 4e Number of active dumping was four to five small and alive dumps. proposed along dumps. the 7.5mtr safetyzone. 4f Number of dead Nil Nil dumps. 4g Number of dumps four to five small dumps established. PAGE : 7

4h Whether yes Since the dumps are very Retaining wall small and height was or garland drain less than 2.00mtrs, all along dumps retainng walls are are there. constructed along the 7.5 mtr safety zone. 4i Length of 120mtr x 0.5mtr x 0.5mtr Retaining wall or garland drain all along dumps 4j Number of Nil Nil settling ponds 4k Specific The duming of waste was comments of not made as per the inspecting proposal and violation officer on waste is pointed out for the dump management same.

Solid Waste Management - Backfilling:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

5a Status of part Mineral is not extracted No backfilling is or full upto the proved depth. proposed in the extraction of present plan mineral from period. mined out area before starting backfilling. 5b Area under Nil Nil backfilling of mined out area 5c Concurrent use Some topsoil was used of topsoil for for plantation in the restoration or safety zone. rehabilitation of mineral out area (Rule 32) 5d Total area Nil Nil fully reclaimed and rehabilitated 5e General remarks The mineral is not of inspecting extracted upto the officers on proved depth and no backfilling and bacckfilling is proposed reclamation etc. in the present plan period.

Progressive Mine Clousre Plan:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks PAGE : 8

6a Whether Annual 1st july of Yearly report on PMCP is report on PMCP every year. not submitted for the submitted on year 2016-17 and time and violation is pointed out correctly. Rule for the same. 23 E(2). 6b Area available Nil Nil for rehabilitation (ha) . 6c afforestation 0.07ha 0.09Ha done (ha). 6d No. of saplings 500 planted during the year 6e Cumulative no Approximately 800. .of plants 6f Any other method Nil Nil of rehabilitation 6g Cost incurred on Nil Nil watch and care during the year 6h Compliance on Nil Nil reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (i) Voids available for backfilling ( Lx B x D 6i Compliance on Nil Nil reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (ii) Voids filled by waste / tailings 6j Compliance on Nil Nil reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (iii)Afforestati on on backfilled area 6k Compliance on Nil Nil reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (iv) Rehabilitation by making water reservoir PAGE : 9

6l Compliance on Nil Nil reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (v)any other specific means. 6m Compliance of Nil Nil rehabilitation of waste land within lease (i)afforestation 6n Compliance of Nil Nil rehabilitation of waste land within lease (ii)Area rehabilitation (ha) 6o Compliance of Nil Nil rehabilitation of waste land within lease (iii)Method of rehabilitation 6p Compliance of The mine is operating environmental manually and imapct on monitoring (core environment is zone and buffer negligible. However zone) lessee is regularly monitoring air, water and sound and all the parameters are withinpermissible limit. 6q General remarks Plantation was made more of inspecting than the proposal. officers on PMCP Lessee has not submitted compliance and annual report on PMCP progressive for the year 2016-17 and closure violation is pointed out operations etc. for the same.

Mineral Conservation:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

7a ROM Mineral About 27847 tons of dispatch or cement grade ore was grade-wise despatched in the year sorting within 2016-17 lease area 7b Method of grade- Manual Manual wise mineral sorting i.e. manual or mechanical. PAGE : 10

7c Different grade Only cement grade. of mineral sorted out at mines. 7d Any Nil beneficiation process at mines . 7e General remarks Lessee is blending low of inspecting grade ore with high officer on grade as per requirment Mineral of the buyor. conservation and beneficiation issues

Environment:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

8a Separate removal yes Topsoil was removed and utilization separately and some of topsoil (Rule quantity was utilized 32) for plantation and remaining is stocked separately for future use. 8b Concurrent use Topsoil was removed or storage of separately and some topsoil quantity was utilized for plantation and remaining is stocked separately for future use. 8c Separate dumps Waste was dumped for overburden, separately. Some waste rock, quantity is used for rejects and making bund in the 7.5 fines (Rule 33) mtr safety zone and remaining dumped within the lease area. 8d Use of Nil Nil overburden, waste rock, rejects and fines dumps for restoring the land to its original use PAGE : 11

8e Phased Nil Nil restoration, reclamation and rehabilitation of lands affected by mining operations (Pits, dumps etc) 8f Baseline 500 plants were planted information on in the year 2016-17 existence of plantation and additional plantation done (Rule 41) 8g Survival rate 70 to 80% 8h Water sprinkling Lessee is using water on roads to tanker for dust control airborne suppression. dust 8i General remarks Land is degraded by of inspecting mining. Retaining wall officer on is constructed in the aesthetic beauty 7.5mtr safety zone and in and around plantation is made along mines area the 7.5mtr safety zone. Waste was not dumped properly and violation is pointed out for the same.

Compliance of Rule 45:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

9a Status of Lessee is regularly submission of submitting monthly and Monthly and annual returns. Annual returns 9b Scrutiny of Mining Lessee has appointed Violation is Annual return engineer and Shri Chandrasekar as pointed out for for information Geologist was part time geologist. appointment of on Mining shown as nil Mining engineer. Engineer, and Manager is Geologist and shown as Shri Manager M.N.Shiragumpi . 9c Scrutiny of Area under mining- Annual return on 1.6ha, area under waste land use pattern disposal-0.08Ha and for area under infrastructure-0.04Ha pits, reclaimed area, dumps etc. PAGE : 12

9d Scrutiny of 500 plants About 350 plants were Annual return on were shown in observed during afforestation the annual inspection. returns submitted for the year 2016- 17.. 9e Scrutiny of Nil Nil Annual return on mineral reject generation (Grade and quantity) 9f Scrutiny of About 5482 Lessee has shown Annual return on tons of cement production and stock ROM stock and/or grade ore was postions both in ROM and graded ore shown as also under grade wise closing stock. processed ore. Lessee is doing only size separation manually and no grade wise separtion is there so MMS division has referred back the annual returns 2016-17 to the lessee for correction. 9g Scrutiny of Sale value is Annual return on shown between sale value, Ex. Rs 357 to Mine price and 481/tone , Ex production cost mine price-Rs- 274/ton and cost of production Rs- 186/ton. 9h Scrutiny of Value of fixed Land value is shown as Annual return on asset is shown Rs-9600000. fixed assets as Rs-9600000 9k Scrutiny of Only air The mine was not working Annual return on compressor is on the day of inspection mining shown. and no machinaries were machineries found. However since the mine is working manually lessee is not using any machinaries for mining activity. PAGE : 13

Details of violations observed during current inspection and compliance position of violation pointed out

Violation observed Show couse position Rule NO. Issued on Compliance on Rule NO. Issued on Compliance on

MCDR17 Rule 11(1) 01/03/2018

MCDR17 Rule 26(2) 01/03/2018 30/05/2018

MCDR17 Rule 27(1) 01/03/2018 30/05/2018

MCDR17 Rule 27(2) 01/03/2018 30/05/2018

MCDR17 Rule 31(4) 01/03/2018

MCDR17 Rule 47(a) 01/03/2018

MCDR17 Rule 48 01/03/2018

MCDR17 Rule 55(1)(3) 01/03/2018

Date : (KALMATA M.K.)

Indian Bureau of Mines