EMP in Respect of Cluster of Nine Mines of 15.834 Ha. Represented

Sri T.N.Praveen Kumar Reddy, Colour Granite Quarry – 1.200 Ha. Cluster Environnent Management Plan

EMP In respect of

Cluster of Nine Mines of 15.834 Ha.

Sy.no.6, Palempalli Village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor district,

Andhra Pradesh

Represented by

Sri T.N.Praveen Kumar Reddy – 1.200 Ha. Colour Granite Quarry

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1.0 Introduction

The deputy director of mines & geology , Kadapa originally granted Q.L. fro Road Metal over an extent of 1.200 Ha.in Sy.no.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor district for a period of 10 years in favor of Kum.R.Sandhya Rani vide proceedings No.2015/Q/PLMR/2009, Dated 06.08.2010 DDM&G, Kadapa and the QL deed was executed by ADMG, Palamaner on 17.03.2011 vide proceedings No.3740/Q/2009, Dt.17.03.2011 to the Assistant Director of Mines & Geology, Chittoor and the same has been valid up to 16.03.2021.

Kum. R Sandhya Rani, has filed an application to transfer of Q.L of Road metal & Building Stone over an extent of 1.200 Ha., in Sy.no.06, Palampalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor district for the unexpired portion of lease period . i.e up to 16.03.2021 quarry lease held by Kum.R.Sandhya Rani. –transfer in favor of Sri.T.N Praveen Kumar Reddy in the Assistant Director of Mines & Geology, Palamaner.

Finally the Assistant Director of Mines & Geology Palamaner has submitted the proposals duly recommending for transfer of quarry lease in favor of Sri T.N. Praveen Kumar Reddy for the unexpired portion of lease period up to 16.03.2021. on 12.01.2017.

After careful examination of the proposals of the Assistant Director of mines & Geology, Palamaner, the Director of mines & Geology, Ibrahimpatnam, accorded permission for inclusion of colour granite as additional mineral in the existing lease held by Sri T.N.Praveen Kumar Reddy for the unexpired portion of lease period i.e.Up to16.03.2021issued vide notice no.8178/R5-1/2017, Dt.16.11.2017 in favor of Sri T.N.Praveen Kumar Reddy for 20 years.

Mining plan is approved vide letter no.5098/MP-PLNR/2017, Dt.23.11.2017.

It is proposed to conduct open cast method for colour granite quarry with the production capacity of 2918 m3/annum within the lease period. Capital cost proposed for the quarrying is Rs.40 lakhs.

1.1 Mining Technology

Opencast method of mining is adopted whereas the mode of working is semi mechanization by using compressor operated jack hammer drills, excavators and dumper etc. transportation will be made by trucks to dispatching point.

Hydraulic excavator and compresses operated jack hammers were used for cutting the rock. Closed spaced drilling of 0.2 m was adopted along a straight line and charged with low explosives to avoid feather cracks.

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1.2 Mine Location and its details

The proposed site is falling in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh is depicted below (Fig.1.0)

Fig.1.0 Location Map

Fig.2.0 Satellite Imagery of the mine location

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The project location and client details are summarized as follows

Table 1.0 Project location and Mine details Description Details Name of the Project Sri T.N.Praveen Kumar Reddy, Colour Granite Quarry, 1.200 Ha. Survey Number 6

Latitude and longitude B.P. No. Latitude Longitude A1 130 27' 23.5" N 780 34' 15.3" E A2 130 27' 22.1" N 780 34' 14.2" E A3 130 27' 25.1" N 780 34' 09.0" E A4 130 27' 27.8" N 780 34' 10.8" E A5 130 27' 27.0" N 780 34' 12.3" E A6 130 27' 25.7" N 780 34' 16.0" E Name of village Palempalli Mandal Punganur District Chittoor State Andhra Pradesh Manpower 43 Water requirement 3.5 KLD (Cluster) Registered address Sri T.N. Praveen Kumar Reddy H.No.III-145-9-6-3, 07th Cross, Prasanth Nagar, Madanapalli, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh Mob.no.8106064118 Production (m3/annum) 2918 Area of the Mine (Ha.) 1.200 Proponent Sri T.N.Praveen Kumar Reddy Cost of the project Rs.40 lakhs

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Fig.3.0 Topogrpahical Map showing 10 km radius around mine site

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Table 2.0 Salient features of the Project

Details Measurement

Nearest village & Timmapuram, 0.5 km, NW Habitation

Road access Approach road connecting to Madanaaplli to Boyakonda Road, 6 km, NE

Nearest Major Road NH-219, 3.4 Km, W

Nearest town Pumganur, 12.0 km, S

Madanapalli Railway Station (CTM), 16.5 km Rail network

Nearest water source Bore wells & Tankers from outside

River/Stream Stream,3.0 km, E

Forest boundary Boyakonda R.F, 100 m, E

Arantlapalli R.F,, 4.6 km, NW

Interstate Boundary There is no interstate boundary is located within 10 km radius of the area.

Nearest mines if any • M/s Sri Sai Granites, 2.00 Ha., Colour Granite (Working) • M/s Sri Sai Granites, 2.00 Ha., Colour Granite (Working) • M/s Sri Sai Granites , 2.024 Ha., Colour Granite (Working) • M/s.Divya Granites, 1.00 Ha., Colour granite (Working) • M/s.Akshaya Granites, Colour Granite, 1.796 Ha. (Working) • M/s.Akshaya Granites, Colour Granite, 1.964 Ha.(Working) • Sri T.N.Praveen Kumar Reddy, 1.400 Ha. , Colour Granite (Applied area) • Sri T.N.Praveen Kumar Reddy, 3.650 Ha. Colour Granite, (Applied area)

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Cluster details

a. Cluster classification and location details: As per the cluster definition the present cluster of mines comes under the examination purview of SEAC (State Expert Appraisal Committee) Government of Andhra Pradesh. This is because of the total area of the cluster of mines is 15.834 Ha (>5 Ha.). Total area is more than 5 hectares. The total lease area under cluster of Mines is around 15.834 hectares which is less than <25 Ha. Thus the condition of cluster needs only preparation of EMP. This cluster condition does not need EIA study or public hearing. Accordingly the present EMP is prepared. The cluster details are given below.

Details of Cluster of Mines

S.No. Name of the project location Extent (Ha.) Present Status

1 Sri T.N.Praveen Kumar Reddy , 1.200 Applied area Colour Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 2 M/s. Sri Sai Granites, Colour granite 2.00 Working Quarry Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 3 M/s.Sri Sai Granites, Colour Granite 2.00 Working Quarry Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 4 M/s.Sri Sai Granites, Colour Granite 2.024 Working Quarry Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 5 M/s. Divya Granites, Colour Granite, 1.00 Working Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra

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Pradesh 6 M/s.Akshaya Granites, Colour 1.796 Working Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 7 M/s.Akshaya Granites, Colour 1.964 Working Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 8 Sri T.N.Praveen Kumar Reddy , 1.400 Applied area Colour Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 9 Sri T.N.Praveen Kumar Reddy , 3.650 Applied area Colour Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh

Technical Details of Cluster of mines

S.No. Name Extent (Ha.) Production Waste (m3) (m3/annum) 1 Sri T.N.Praveen Kumar 1.200 2918 43776 (5 Years) Reddy , Colour Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 2 M/s. Sri Sai Granites, Colour 2.00 700 -- granite Quarry Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 3 M/s.Sri Sai Granites, Colour 2.00 1224 -- Granite Quarry

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Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, - Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 4 M/s.Sri Sai Granites, Colour 2.024 3409 -- Granite Quarry Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 5 M/s. Divya Granites, Colour 1.00 1000 -- Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 6 M/s.Akshaya Granites, Colour 1.796 1300 -- Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 7 M/s.Akshaya Granites, Colour 1.964 1560 -- Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 8 Sri T.N.Praveen Kumar Reddy 1.400 8331 97,201 ( 5 Years) , Colour Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 9 Sri T.N.Praveen Kumar Reddy 3.650 15,420 1,79,903(5 years) , Colour Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh

1.3 Geology

1.3.1 Topography

Topographically the area proposed for grant is a pediment hillock gently slopes towards east direction. Generally it is low lying plain land with an average altitude

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of 771-778m and above MSL dendritic to sub dendritic drainage is observed. The area is elevated towards south of the hillock and sloping towards east direction. The area is devoid of any forest or tree cover. It comprises shrubs only.

There are no prominent natural drainage channels in the area. In general the area is plain land.

1.3.2 Regional Geology

The geological foramtions in the chittoor district can broadly be dived in to distinict and well marked groups and older group of metamorphic rocks belonging to archean and younger group of sedimentary rocks belonging to the proterozoic age the later cover part if gudipala block. The remaining pats of district is occupied by archean roacks which consist of schist, Gneisses, Quartz veins and basic dykes. The archean rocks have suffered considerable degree of tectonic disturbances, as a result of which the rocks have been metamorphosed and recrystallized.

Geological age Lithology Recent Pleistocene Alluvium laterite

------Unconfirmity------Younger intrusive, epidote veins quartz veins and reefs. Pegamatte veins of alkali feldspar granite and syenite dolerte/ gabbro/Basalt dykes leuco granite nebulitic to homophonous biotite granite

1.3.3 Local Geology

The subject area belongs to a hillock with a height of 24-26m gently sloping towards east direction. The area is exposed with white color granite sheet rock intruded with quartz & small dolerite dykes. The Subject area is exposed with sheet Rock of pink color granite which is locally named with branded rock of white colour granite of Palamaplli or Madanapalli. Either side of the area intruded in to the granite gneisses, it indicating it will be youngest suits of granitic rocks. The peninsular gneissic complex comprises gneisses (migmatite), gray granite and pink granite and gneisses granite. The intrusive relationship of the granite rock is evident by the presence of tongues and apophyges within the older rocks and the occurrence of xenoliths of the older rocs within the granite. 1.3.4 Litho units

White colour granite consists of quartz, orthoclase feldspar and biotite Mica, low quantities of olivine with iron oxide minerals. The rock belongs to Archean age.The gneiss in general show banding due alteration of light colored quartzo-fedlspathic

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minerals and dark colored biotite hornblende minerals. Due to crisscross jointing and quartz veins are less and it is useful for dimensional stone.

2.0 Estimation of Geological Reserves

Category Quantity (m3) Proved 96358 Probable 10374 Possible 10374 Total reserves 1,17,106

Reserves of the buffer zone:

=Length of the boundary* width *average depth*recovery factor = 493*7.5*32.75=121093*0.25=30,273 m3

Blocked under buffer zone & slope =117106-30,273=86,832 m3 Reserves under blocks in bench slope = 96*493=47328*0.25=11832 m3

Total mineable reserves=86832-11832=75,000 m3

Net mineable reserves of color granite in QL area =75,000 m3

Total mineral waste available in QL area =225001 m3

Life of the Quarry

Mineable Reserves / Annual production =75,000/2918 =29.75 (Say 30 years).

3.0 Production Details

The year wise production details are summarized in the following Table 3.0

Table. 3.0 Production Details

Granite Waste Volume Year R.F (25 %), (75 %), (m3) m3 m3

01st year 14592 0.25 3648 10944

02nd Year 14592 0.25 3648 10944

03rd Year 14592 0.25 3648 10944

04th Year 14592 0.25 3648 10944

Total 58,368 14,592 43,776

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Details of common road patches of travel in cluster

Total Internal number of road Exclusive Shared S trucks per Mine length road used road in no day plying in in meters meters on common meters road 1 Sri T.N.Praveen 750 2500 750 with 2 all Kumar Reddy , quarries Colour Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 2 M/s. Sri Sai 750 2500 750 with 1 all Granites, Colour quarries granite Quarry Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 3 M/s.Sri Sai 750 2500 750 with 2 all Granites, Colour quarries Granite Quarry Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 4 M/s.Sri Sai 750 2500 750 with 2 all Granites, Colour quarries Granite Quarry

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Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 5 M/s. Divya 750 2500 750 with 1 all Granites, Colour quarries Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 6 M/s.Akshaya 750 2500 750 with 1 all Granites, Colour quarries Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 7 M/s.Akshaya 750 2500 750 with 1 all Granites, Colour quarries Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 8 Sri T.N.Praveen 750 2500 750 with 2 all Kumar Reddy , quarries Colour Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli

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village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 9 Sri T.N.Praveen 750 2500 750 with 2 all Kumar Reddy , quarries Colour Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh

Trucks requirement for the production projected for the Colour Granite No Mine Daily Truck No. of Hr of Trucks Production capacity T truck operation required trips 1 Sri T.N.Praveen 26 T 10 2 6 2 Kumar Reddy , Colour Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 2 M/s. Sri Sai 6 T 10 1 6 1 Granites, Colour granite Quarry Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 3 M/s.Sri Sai 11 T 10 1 6 2 Granites, Colour

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Granite Quarry Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 4 M/s.Sri Sai 31 T 10 2 6 2 Granites, Colour Granite Quarry Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 5 M/s. Divya 9 T 10 1 6 1 Granites, Colour Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 6 M/s.Akshaya 12 T 10 1 6 1 Granites, Colour Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 7 M/s.Akshaya 14 T 10 1 6 1 Granites, Colour Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh

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8 Sri T.N.Praveen 75 T 10 4 6 2 Kumar Reddy , Colour Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh 9 Sri T.N.Praveen 125 T 10 6 6 2 Kumar Reddy , Colour Granite, Sy.No.6, Palempalli village, Punganur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh

4.0 Mining and Methods

Open cast method of mining is carried out in this mine by semi mechanization by using compressor operated jack hammer drills, excavators and dumper etc. transportation will be made by trucks to dispatching point.

Closed space drilling of 0.2 m was adopted along a straight line and charged with low explosives to avoid feather rocks.

The mining will be followed in the form of linear cut method. This involves loosing of the primary block from mother rock. Hence primary cutting will be done by line drilling method where closed spaced parallel holes along straight line will be made. Line drilling method is used for separation of primary blocks.

Table 4.0 Machinery Requirement S. No Name of Machinery's Capacity Numbers

Bucket capacity 1 m3, Boom 2 1 Excavator length , 7m Model: Tata Hitachi 200 Lc 2 Air compressors 450 CFm 2

3 Jack hammers --- 6

4 Tippers 10 Tonnes 2

5 Wire saw machine -- 1

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5.0 Land use Pattern

The area is elevated towards south of the hillock and sloping towards east directions. The area is devoid of any forest or tree cover. It comprises shrubs only.

There are no prominent natural drainage channels in the area. In general the area plain land.

6.0 Waste Management

S.No. Year Total waste (m3) 1 01st year 10944 2 02nd Year 10944 3 03rd Year 10944 4 04th Year 10944 43776

Dumping of the waste will be dumped on the ear marked in the prescribed mine area in NE side with an area of 2554 m2 to a height of 10m.

7.0 Use of Mineral: Granite is the chief material for the export industries like monuments, flooring slabs, Kitchen articles, sculptures & export. Based on the demand of Granite, the lessee intends to produce the required quantity of Colour Granite for domestic market.

The owner is exporting the material to the import trade centers and also local factories. And he has contacted the buyers at Chennai and other important trade centers to export white colour granite from this area. At present china and Europe etc. are the major importing countries of colour granite.

8.0 Anticipated Impacts & Mitigation Measures due to proposed project

Impacts & Mitigation measures prepared with a view to facilitate effective environmental management of the project in general and implementation of the mitigation measures in particular. The EMP provides a delivery mechanism to address potential adverse impacts and to introduce standards of good practice to be adopted for all project works.

The anticipated impacts due to mining and allied activities are air, noise, land, water and socio-economic along with the mitigations to the extent possible are described in the following paragraphs.

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8.1 Sources of Pollution and Control measures

The major sources of pollution are air and noise due to proposed mine from digging and transportation of material to the far places.

8.1.1 Air Pollution and its Mitigation

Anticipated Sources of Air Pollution

➢ Digging & Excavation (Dust, Non-fugitive) ➢ Loading & unloading and Transportation by vehicles (fugitive and line sources

Air Quality Management

Road - Regular repair (every 6 months) and Grading -Regular water sprinkling on haulage roads during dry conditions

Trucks -Avoid overloading of trucks and unnecessary idling of vehicles Movement - Trucks to be covered with tarpaulin/plastic Enforcing speed limit (<25 kmph) Plantation -Green belt development and avenue plantation

8.1.2 Noise pollution and its mitigation

Sources of Noise

1. Loaded trucks movement generates 80- 84 dB (A) (2-3 trucks short time stay at mine area) 2. Digging and excavation activities - 70 dB(A) (Only during day time) 4. Normal values when mining is not in operation (40-45 dB(A)

Control Measures

• Mining operations will be carried out during day time only and avoid inconvenience to the nearby habitations • The noise propagation values found to be less than the prescribed noise limits • Ear plugs will be provided to the noise prone areas • Vehicular maintenance will ensure less noise. • Usage of sharp teeth on the JCB will reduce noise during loading operations

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8.1.3 Water Quality

As the proponent is allocated dump area to accumulate the waste generated from the quarry and retaining wall also will be provided so there is less impact anticipated on the surroundings due to proposed quarry.

The rainwater flows through the slopes of the area and drained off through nalas.

The ground water table in this belt is 30 to 40m below from the surface and since the mine depth during first four years is 18m will not reach upto this depth in the near future flooding by ground water is not anticipated. However, during rainy months, there is a possibility of wet conditions developing in the working pit. This will be minimized if not altogether eliminated by adopting simple techniques like digging trenches all round to drain off rainwater and preventing surface run off from entering and flooding working pit. The water will be pumped by using electric motor, if and when required, the mine drainage can be effectively managed and the pit kept dry to keep up the production schedule.

9.0 Water Requirement

Table 5.0 Water Requirement

S.No. Water Usage Quantity (KLD) 1 Water sprinkling on haul 1.5 roads & Common roads 2 Domestic 1.0 3 Green Belt including common 1.0 roads Total 3.5

Garland drains will be provided around the mine wherever required to arrest any soil from the mine area being carried away by the rain water

10.0 Solid Waste, Land reclamation and soil conservation

S.No. Year Total waste (m3) 1 01st year 10944 2 02nd Year 10944 3 03rd Year 10944 4 04th Year 10944 43776

Dumping of waste will be dumped on the area earmarked in north east side of the mine area of 2554 m2 to a height of 10m.

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Reclamation of the effected land includes back filling, drainage development, spreading and fertilization of soil, leveling and revegetation etc. care will be taken to implement the said factors.

11.0 Manpower Requirement

Table 6.0 Manpower requirement

S. No Designation Numbers

1 Mines Manager cum Mining engineer 1

2 Blaster cum mate 1

3 Excavator operator 3

4 Compressor Operator 3

5 Tipper operator 4

6 Drillers 12

7 Helpers 12

8 Cutters 6

9 Watchman 1

12.0 Occupational Safety and Health

➢ Safety precautions as per Metalliferrous mines Regulations and Mine Rules and Act shall be taken. ➢ Minimum distance of 7.5m will be left all along the mine lease boundary. The mined out area will be kept out of bounds for public by providing fencing. ➢ Occupational Safety and Health to Control Exposure to Noise * Reducing the exposure time of workers to the higher noise levels

13.0 House Keeping

Proper house keeping and cleanliness will be maintained in the infrastructure facilities. Wet mopping will be adopted to conserve water. Sign boards will be provided in the work areas and the road and building highlighting the safety and occupational aspects

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14.0 Transport Systems

Loading of the blocks will be made by chain pulley with the help of crane or proclaim by the skilled laborers to the hired trucks to transport the material to the nearest ports and consumer sites. The materials while transporting do not pose any hazard. Sufficient parking facilities will be provided for vehicles loading and unloading of material. Safety signs will be displayed inside and outside the mine to avoid road accidents.

15.0 Afforestation Programme and Flora-fauna

In every year about 30 m length of buffer zone will be planted along the boundary on east side of applied area. About 33 saplings consisting of Neem, Teak will be planted per year over an area of 30 m* 6m at 3m grid interval.

Flora and Fauna

➢ The loss of biomass can be compensated by providing ideal conditions (proper supervision, water, fertilizer etc.) for the proposed greenbelt. ➢ Other than domestic animals no ecologically important animals are reported in this area.

15.1 Proposal for reclamation of land affected by mining

Reclamation and rehabilitation of the lands affected by quarrying will done by back filling, soil amelioration and afforestation. This will be taken up on need basis before the conclusion of quarrying operations. The back filling of the mine starts from the eastern end proceeds towards west side. Drainage will be developed along the slopes of the hill. Reclamation of the effected and includes back filling, Drainage development, spreading and fertilization of soil, leveling and revegetation etc. care will be taken to implement the said factors.

16.0 Environmental Greening Program

Environmental greening program is an important component of the Environment Management Plan and is an imperative requirement for any major industrial activity, as per the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Environment and forests, Govt. of India. Conceptualization, design and implementation of the proposed activity, taking into account the specific requirement of the proposed mining activity and the site conditions are presented.

Each year some of the part of the barrier zone will be subjected to afforestation and care will be taken to protect the sapling. Fruit growing trees are proposed to be planted.

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Table 7.0 List of suggested plant species for Green Belt

Common Color of Flowering No. Botanical Name Height (m) Name the flower time

1 Acacia arabica Nalla 8.0-10.0 Yellow March-May thumma

2 Aegle marmelos Maaredu 8.0-10.0 Greenish March-April white

3 Albizia lebbeck Diresina 10.0-15.0 Greenish April-May (A.procera) yellow

4 Artocarpus integrifolia Panasa 6.0-8.0 - Feb.-March

5 Anogeissus latifolia Velama 10.0-15.0 Greenish Sept.-Jan.

6 Anacardium Jeedi 3.0-4.0 Cream Jan.-Feb. occidentale

7 Anthocephalus Kadambamu 10.0-15.0 Yellow Oct.-Dec. cadamba

8 Bauhinia variegata Devakanchan 7.0-8.0 Purple & Feb.-April amu white

9 Cassia fistula Reela 9.0-13.0 Yellow March-May

10 Casuarina equisetifolia Sarvi 10.0-15.0 Inconspicuo March-May us

11 Delonix regia Peddathurai 8.0-12.0 White- April- June orange

14 Mangifera indica Mamidi 7.0-8.0 White Feb.-March

15 Mimusops elengi Pagada 4.0-5.0 White Nov.-Dec.

17.0 Socio-economic Environment

➢ For the functioning of the mine approx. 43 manpower will be utilized and it will not have any significant impact on economy of the local people ➢ It will have indirect benefit to the people of AP in the form of collection of tax. ➢ Adequate land allocated for road will be laid with avenue plantation along with lights which will be useful for the local people ➢ No impact due to influx of population/ labour because the mine is very small

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Details of villages within 5 km of cluster area and direction

Distance S.No. Village Direction Km 1 Palempalli 2.5 S 2 Idigopalli 3.0 W 3 Chandramakulapalle 4.8 N 4 Yellarubayelu 3.0 N 5 Pujaganipalla 4.8 S

18.0 Disaster Planning

The mining operation shall be carried out under the management control and direction of a qualified mines manager holding a Second class manager’s certificate of competency to manage a metalliferous mine granted by Director General of mines safety (DGMS). DGMS have been issuing a number of standing orders and circulars to be followed by the mine management in case of disaster, if any. Moreover mining staff would be sent to refresher courses from time to time to keep them abreast of the regulations. However following natural/ industrial hazards may occur during normal operation

➢ Slope failure at the mine faces ➢ Accident due to heavy equipment/machinery

In order to take care of above hazards/disasters, the following control shall be adopted:

❖ All safety precautions and provisions of Metalliferous Mine regulation 1961 are strictly followed during all mining operations ❖ Checking and regular maintenance of garland drains and earthen bunds to avoid any inflow of surface water into mining area ❖ Entry of unauthorized persons shall be prohibited ❖ Fire fighting and first aid provisions in the mines office and mining Area; ❖ Provision of all the safety appliances such as safety boots, helmets, goggles etc. would be made available to the employees and regular check to ensure the use ❖ Training and refresher courses for all the employees working in the hazardous premises ❖ Working of mine as per approved plan, related amendments and other regulatory provisions ❖ Cleaning of mine faces shall be done regularly ❖ Suppression of dust on the haulage roads by providing water sprinkling.

19.0 Environment Management Cell

A Cell for Environmental Management within Mine lease area at the project level, will take the overall responsibility for co-ordination of the actions required for environmental management and mitigation, and for monitoring the progress of the

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proposed management plans and actions to be taken for the project. The Cell will be under the overall supervision of the Mine Manager, and responsible for monitoring of the implementation of the various actions which are to be executed by the agencies specified in the EMP.

The EMC will prepare a formal report on environmental management and mitigation for the Environmental Engineer at the Mine, at six-monthly intervals. Reports on any urgent or significant issues may be prepared at shorter intervals. Apart from responsibilities listed above, the EMC will have the responsibility of the following:

❖ Collection of water and air samples within and outside the work zone ❖ Analyzing the water and air samples ❖ Implementation of the control and protective measures ❖ Land reclamation and vegetation ❖ Co-ordination of the environment related activities ❖ Collection of the statistics of health of workers ❖ Green belt development ❖ Awareness and implementing safety programmes ❖ Monitor the progress of implementation of EMP

20.0 Post Project Monitoring

The survey of air pollution comprises of the following monitoring aspects;

a. Ambient air quality survey b. Noise Level Monitoring

Ambient air quality and noise level Monitoring will be carried out at minimum three stations, one station within mine site and two stations nearby residential areas outside the mine. Parameters like suspended particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen carbon monoxide and lead will be monitored. The frequency of monitoring is preferably once in three months on 24 hour basis. The samples will be collected in accordance with the procedures given by CPCB.

21.0 Other Management Aspects

Records will be maintained for the analysis of ambient air quality and noise levels. These records are not only required for the perusal of the Pollution Control Board authorities. The management will maintain the records as per the hazardous waste regulations and EPA regulations and apply for the annual consents for air and water, and renewal of authorization for the storage of hazardous waste as per the Hazardous Waste (Handling & Management) Rules, 1989. The records of hazardous waste manifest will be maintained.

The mine shall obtain the consent for operation (CFO) as required under section 25/26 of the Water act, 1974 and under section 21/22 of Air Act, 1981, before trial

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production and commissioning from the State Pollution Control Board. The CFO will be renewed each year by the management. The mine will submit environmental statement every year before September 30. The management ensures that it will comply with all the directions and regulations issued by the Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change, New Delhi and Central Pollution Control Boards.

The Consent for Establishment, Consent for Operation will be displayed in a conspicuous location for the information of the inspecting authorities of different departments.

22.0 Cost proposed for Environment Management Plan Capital Recurring Aspects Item cost Remarks cost (Rs.) (Rs.) Nose masks 20 No's - --- 24,000 Once a week. Air Rs. 25/- each Replaceable, and cost pollution can increase with time Road wetting @ 1 Ltr/ --- 40,000 Water tanker cost @ Sq. m. 3000 Ltrs tank @ one tanker per day for Rs. 250/- 300 days Plantation on road side 30000 15,000 Re-plant the non- - 2m interval and buffer surviving plants, zone - 3m interval plus watering and maintenance protection from Greenbelt and Nursery 40,000 20,000 animals development Construction of garland 30,000 15,000 Once only for the lease Water drains period/life of mine pollution De-silting operations - 10,000 5,000 Yearly and manual operations Maintenance of 30,000 10,000 Included in main cost Noise machinery suitably - pollution Rs. 5000 per 3 months PPE's like Ear muffs 20 24,000 10,000 Once in three months No’s- Rs. 25 each Providing First aid kits - 20,000 10,000 Once in year, replace Occupational 2 No's and fire by conducting Safety and extinguishers - 2 No's periodical checkup Health Providing Personal 60,260 25,000 Safety shoe twice in a protective equipments year, helmets once in to all employees (hand three years and hand gloves @ Rs. 40, safety gloves thrice in a year shoe @ Rs. 1200 and helmet @ Rs. 300) Training and awareness 20,000 10,000 Once in six months and programs on risk create sign boards factors during about the risk and emergencies by the safety precautions

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experts regularly

Periodical medical 20,000 10,000 Once in a year and checkup and supply of supply of medicines for medicines every three months Infrastructure Road Repaires and 20,000 10,000 Once in a year lightening especially during monsoon Ambient air quality - 2,000 Environmental studies - Once in a monitoring month - 2 locations Water quality studies - - 2,000 Once a year - 2 Will be done through Locations MoE&F recognised laboratories Noise studies - Once in - 1,500 six months - 2 Locations Vibration studies - 2,000 Grand Total 3,04,260 2,11,500

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