Executive Summary for Thiru. A. Kumar Rough Stone and Gravel Quarry
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Executive Summary Executive Summary For Thiru. A. Kumar Rough stone and Gravel Quarry “B1” Category S.F.Nos 272/3, 272/4, 273/1, 273/2, 273/3, 277/1 & 1240 Extent 7.41.5 Ha Village Kullapuram Taluk Periyakulam District Theni Purpose Prior Environmental Clearance Total Production for 5 Year Mining Plan Rough Stone = 21, 05,265 m3, Period Weathered Formation = 74,514 m3 Gravel = 2, 98,056 m3 Project Cost Rs. 1.40 Crores /- PROPONENT ADDRESS Thiru. A. Kumar, S/o. Ananthakrishnan, No.23, New Sriram Nagar, Allinagaram, Theni - 625 531 PREPARED BY M/s. Geo Exploration and Mining Solutions, Accredited for Sector 1, 28 & 38 Category ‘A’ Quality Council of India – National Accreditation Board for Education & Training, New Delhi Certificate No : NABET/EIA/1821/RA 0123 www.gemssalem.com 1 Executive Summary 1. INTRODUCTION – Thiru. A.Kumar S/o. Ananthakrishnan residing at No.23, New Sriram Nagar, Allinagaram, Theni-625 531 applied for Rough Stone and Gravel quarry lease over an extent of 7.41.5 Ha in S.F.Nos. 272/3, 272/4, 273/1, 273/2, 273/3, 277/1 & 1240 in Kullapuram village, Periyakulam Taluk, Theni District and Tamil Nadu State. The extent of the individual lease is more than 5 Ha ie 7.41.5 ha, This EIA report is prepared to evaluate the environmental impacts of the project in line with the requirements of EIA notification SO 1533(E) dated 14.9.2006 and amendments made thereof. The proposed production of Rough stone is 21,05,265 m3 of Rough Stone, 74,514 m3 of Weathered formation and 2,98,056 m3 of Gravel for five year mining plan period. Project Identification:- This is the Opencast Mining Project Statutory details:- Precise area communication received from the District Collector vide 5358/MMB.2/2018-1, Dated: 14.05.2018 Mining plan approved by the Assistant Geologist/Assistant Director (i/c) Theni vide Rc.No 381/Mines/2018 Dated 22.03.2019 Quarries located within 500m radius details received from the Assistant Geologist/Assistant Director (i/c) 381/Mines/2018 Dated 01.04.2019 Submitted application for Terms of Reference (ToR) on 08.04.2019 Terms of Reference (ToR) issued vide Lr No. SEIAA-TN/F.No.6775/SEAC/ToR- 627/2019, dated: 11.07.2019 Identification of the project proponent:- Proponent Address Thiru. A. Kumar, S/o. Ananthakrishnan, No.23, New Sriram Nagar, Allinagaram, Theni-625 531 Mobile No: +98421 15651 Aadhaar Number: 8925 2292 0967 www.gemssalem.com 2 Executive Summary 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION – Project profile and Salient Features S.No Particulars Details 1 Name of the project A. Kumar Rough Stone and Gravel Quarry 2 Project proponent Thiru. A. Kumar 3 Location of the project S.F.Nos - 272/3, 272/4, 273/1, 273/2, 273/3, 277/1 & 1240 Village - Kullapuram Taluk - Periyakulam District - Theni 4 Co ordinates Latitude between 12°04’28.11” N to 10°04’42.42” N Longitudes between 77°37’10.91” E to 77°37’22.68” E. Toposheet No 58- E/12 5 Extent and Capacity Extent 7.41.5 ha Production Capacity 2,98,056m3 of Gravel 74,514m3 of Weathered formation 21,05,265m3 of Rough Stone 6 Topography and MSL The project area exhibits an elevated topography with highest elevation of 278m on the North west side and lowest elevation of 264m on the south east side h Slope towards South East www.gemssalem.com 3 Executive Summary Environmental Settings around the Project area Sl. No. Particulars Distance & Direction I Wildlife Sanctuary 1 Kodaikanal Wild Life Sanctuary 7.4 km, North II Reserve Forests 1 Andipatti North Slope Block RF 5.8 km, SE 2 MurugamalaiRF 7.3 km, North 3 Doddapanayakanur RF 10.5 km, SE III Water Bodies Varaganadhi 1.5 km, E Vaigai Dam 2.5 km, SW Vaigai River 2.8 km, South IV Nearby Quarries Tvl. Sri Amman MahaliSuyauthavikuzhu Quarry 20 m, West S. Lyander Stalin Quarry 130 m, West Mariappan Quarry (Abandoned) 210 m, South West G. Muthugovindan Quarry 280 m, NE V Transport Routes SH 101 (Andipatti-Vaigai-Varusanadu Road) 0.8 km, West MDR 732 (Kullapuram Road) 1 km, South MDR 763 (Andipatti to Vaigai Dam Road) 4.3 km, SW NH 45 (Vathalagundu to Periyakulam Section) 5.8 km, North NH 85 (Madurai-Andipatti-Theni Section) 8.3 km, South Southern Railway Line (Madurai-Andipatti-Theni 8.8 km, South Section) (under BG Conversion) Andipatti Railway Station 8.8 km, South Madurai Airport 57 km, Southeast Coimbatore Airport 120 km, Northwest VI Kerala-Tamil Nadu State Border 40 km, WNW VII Nearby Towns & Villages Kanimarpatti 1.3 km, ENE Kovilpatti 1.5 km, E Jayamangalam 1.5 km, NW Varadharaja Nagar 2 km, SW Kullapuram 2.2 km, SE Andipatti 7.4 km, South Taluk Headquarters, Periyakulam 8.6 km, NW District Headquarters, Theni 15 km, SW VIII Nearby Industries KMC Blue Metals 480 m, SSE TATA Coffee Ltd. 880 m, West Manure Factory 1.3 km, South Rajsree Sugar Factory, Varadharaja Nagar 1.6 km, SW Forestry Training College, Duraisamy Puram 4.4 km, SW www.gemssalem.com 4 Executive Summary Project Detail: - RESOURCES AND RESERVES Weathered formation Gravel Description Rough Stone in m3 in m3 formation in m3 Geological Resources 36,07,900 74,514 2,98,056 Mineable Reserves 21,05,265 74,514 2,98,056 Proposed Production for five years 21,05,265 74,514 2,98,056 (Mining plan period) Proposed Depth = 60m (20m Above Ground level and 40m below ground level) Method of Mining It is proposed to operate the quarry by opencast mechanized conventional mining method; by deploying Heavy Earth Moving Machineries, Wagon Drill of 110 mm dia. for drilling and Jack hammer for deep hole blasting as permitted by DGMS. Machineries details: Sl. No. Type Nos. Capacity Make Motive power I Drilling Machine Jack hammer 1 4 0.2 - 0.8 m length Atlas Copco Compressed air (35 mm dia hole) Tractor mounted 2. 2 400 psi Atlas Copco Diesel Compressor Wagon driller 3 1 Upto 8 m depth Atlas Copco (110 mm dia hole) II Loading Equipment 1 Tata Hitachi 2 1.5 cu.m EX 200LC Diesel 2 Hyundai 140 1 0.65 cu.m R140LC-9 Diesel III Haulage within the Mine & Transport Equipment 1 Taurus 5 20 Tonnes Ashok Leyland Diesel www.gemssalem.com 5 Executive Summary Figure 1.0 Location map of the project area www.gemssalem.com 6 Executive Summary 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT – Baseline data was generated for various environmental parameters including Air, Water (surface and groundwater), Land and Soil, Ecology and Socio-economic status to determine quality of the prevailing environmental settings. The Base Line Study was conducted during December 2019 – February 2020. 3.1 Land Environment Core zone: The entire project area (Extent - 7.41.5ha) is Consent patta land, The entire project area is almost plain topography covered by thick overburden 5m thickness (4m Gravel + 1m Weathered formation). There are no habitations, vegetation’s, trees any other infrastructures within project area. Project area exhibits elevated topography having gentle sloping towards South East It is a dry barren land and agricultural activities are carried out by utilizing well water around the area (lift irrigation-seasonal vegetation is mostly practiced). Out of 7.41.5hec, Mine working covers only 6.19.0Hec and the rest of land for dumps, roads etc., Land use pattern (Core zone) Area at the end of Description Present area in (ha) this Quarrying period (ha) Area under quarrying Nil 6.19.0 Infrastructure Nil 0.05.0 Roads Nil 0.05.0 Green Belt Nil 0.60.0 Unutilized Area 7.41.5 0.52.5 Total 7.41.5 7.41.5 Buffer zone 10km radius from the periphery of the project area is taken as buffer zone, Land use refers to “mans activity and the various use which are carried on land.” Land Cover refers to “natural vegetation, water bodies, rock/ soil, artificial cover and others resulting due to land transformation.” The Fallow Land occupies the majority of the study area viz. 28.57%. Agricultural Plantation occupies 20.35%. The Agricultural land occupies about 6.78%. Mines occupy about 0.16% of the Study Area. Water body occupies only 5.12%. About 4.72% of the study area is covered by built-up land. www.gemssalem.com 7 Executive Summary 3.2 Soil Environment The district is characterized by Red, Black and Brown soils. The major part of the area is characterized by red soil, which can be either transported or lateritic (insitu). These are medium to heavy textured soils with moderate to higher permeability. The black soils are limited to less than 1% of the area. They are fine textured with low permeability. The brown soils are limited to less than 1% of the area and they characterized by low permeability. Soil samples were collected from 5 sampling locations within an area of 10 km radius for analysis of the physio-chemical characteristics of the soil quality. Six soil samples were collected, one in core zone and another five samples collected in the buffer zone. pH ranges from 7.63 to 8.36. There was no heavy metals intrusion/leaching into the ground strata. These soils would support the vegetation, if amended suitably. The soil water properties reveal that the soil will suit for salt tolerant and semi salt tolerant plants. 3.3 WATER ENVIRONMENT – Hydrology: More than 90% of the district is underlain by hard rocks. Theni District Stage of Ground Water Development is 78% (Semi Critical Category).