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Form-I Chandi White Clay Mine Name of Project: Devla Soapstone Mine Applicant: M/s. Associated Soapstone Dist. Co. Pvt. Ltd. FORM – I (I) Basic Information: S. No. Item Details 1. Name of the project/s Devla Soapstone Mine, M.L. No. 04/94, 2. S.No. in the schedule 1(a) 3. Proposed capacity/area/length/tonnage to be Proposed capacity of production is 45000 TPA handled/command area/ lease area/number of for mineral Soapstone. wells to be drilled Area 24.42 Ha. 4. New/Expansion/Modernization Existing Project; Applied for Environmental Clearance as per the MoEF Notification 06.04.2018. 5. Existing Capacity/Area etc. 45000 TPA Area-24.42 ha. 6. Category of Project i.e. ‘A’ or ‘B’ ‘B’ 7. Does it attract the general condition? If yes, No please specify 8. Does it attract the specific condition? If yes, No please specify. 9. Location Toposheet No. 46 I/5, Latitude- 23˚ 59' 20" N & 23˚ 59' 41"N Longitude-74˚ 18' 13" E & 74˚ 19' 45" E a. Plot/Survey/Khasra No. Khasra No.: 1031,1430,1431,1434,1435 b. Village Devla c. Tehsil Dhariyawad d. District Pratapgarh e. State Rajasthan 10. Nearest railway station/airport along with The nearest railway station is Bansi Bohera distance in Kms. Railway Station which is about 49 Kms from the mine site Bansi Bohera is situated on Udaipur – Sadari meter gauge section of Western Railway. however the major railway station is situated at Udaipur at a distance of 108 Km. Maharana Pratap Airport Dabok is at the distance of about 126 Km from the lease area 11. Nearest Town, city, District Headquarters Nearest Town is Dhariyawad that is at distance along with distance in kms. of about 20 km from the mine site. District Headquarter is Pratapgarh at a distance of about 65 km from the mine site. 12. Village Panchayats, Zila Parishad, Municipal Village Panchayat: Devla Corporation, Local body (complete postal Village-Devla addresses with telephone nos. to be given) Tehsil- Dhariyawad District-Pratapgarh State- Rajasthan 13. Name of the Applicant M/s. Associated Soapstone Dist. Co. Pvt. Ltd Enviro Green Consultants (India) Private Limited, Udaipur Name of Project: Devla Soapstone Mine Applicant: M/s. Associated Soapstone Dist. Co. Pvt. Ltd. 14. Registered Address 24, Akashwani Marg, Post Box No. 3, Udaipur (Rajasthan). 15. Address of Correspondence 24, Akashwani Marg, Post Box No. 3, Udaipur (Rajasthan). Name Shri Bacha Prasad Designation(Owner, Partner, CEO) Nominated Owner Address 24, Akashwani Marg, Post Box No. 3, MIG, Udaipur (Rajasthan). Pin Code 313001 Email [email protected]; [email protected] Telephone No. 0294-2490754-463 Fax No. 0294-2493490 16. Details of Alternative Sites examined, if any No alternative sites are available. Location of these sites should be shown on a Topo sheet. 17. Interlinked Projects No 18. Whether separate application of interlinked Not applicable Project has been submission. 19. If Yes, Date of submission Not applicable 20. If no, reason Not applicable 21. Whether the proposal involves No approval/clearance under: if Yes, details of the same and their status to be given. (a) The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980? Diversified Forest Land (6.55 ha) Final stage –II approval vide Letter No. 8B- 05/1343/97/FC/311; Dated:11.04.2000 (b) The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972? Not applicable (c) The C.R.Z. Notification, 1991? Not applicable 22. Whether there is any Government No Order/Policy relevant/relating to the site? 23. Forest land involved (Hectares) Yes, 6.55 ha Diversified forest land 24. Whether there is any litigation pending against No, litigation pending against the proposed the project and/or land in which the project is project. propose to be set up? (a) Name of the Court Not Applicable (b) Case No. Nil (c) Order/directions of the Court, if any and its None relevance with the proposed project Enviro Green Consultants (India) Private Limited, Udaipur Name of Project: Devla Soapstone Mine Applicant: M/s. Associated Soapstone Dist. Co. Pvt. Ltd. (II) Activity 1. Construction, operation or decommissioning of the Project involving actions, which will cause physical changes in the locality (topography, land use, changes in water bodies, etc.). S. No Information/Checklist confirmation Yes/ Details thereof (with approximate No quantities/rates, wherever possible) with sources of information data 1.1 Permanent or temporary change in land Yes The land will be changed permanently due to mining. use, land cover or topography including Detail of the land use of the mine as under: increase in intensity of land use (with Area in ha. At the end At the respect to local land use plan). Particulars Post Present of plan end of mining period life 3.86 (Backfilling) Pits & Quarry 3.92 5.95 10.62 6.76 (Water body) Storing Public use 0.83 0.63 0.11 Mineral Dumps 4.71 6.83 6.83 Plantation Infrastructure 0.10 0.11 0.11 Public use Road 0.46 0.30 0.04 Public use Plantation on Plantation 2.52 5.11 5.11 fresh ground Sub Total 12.54 18.93 22.82 - Un used area 11.88 5.49 1.60 - Total 24.42 24.42 24.42 - 1.2 Clearance of existing land, vegetation and No Clearance of existing land is not required buildings? 1.3 Creation of new land uses? Yes In way of pits, dumps, road, office and plantation. 1.4 Pre-construction investigations e.g. bore No Not required holes, soil testing? 1.5 Construction works? No Office building & rest shelters for workers already exist in the lease area. 1.6 Demolition works? No None 1.7 Temporary sites used for construction No works or housing of construction None workers? 1.8 Above ground buildings, structures or Yes Excavation work will be done by the deployment of the earthworks including linear structures, machinery and no construction work will be envisaged. cut and fill or excavations 1.9 Underground works including mining or No Not applicable tunneling? 1.10 Reclamation works? Yes Presently Pits & Dumps is not mature for reclamation. At the conceptual stage total pit area will be 10.62 ha out of which 6.76 ha will be left for Rain water collection pond and 3.86 ha will be backfilled. Backfilled area will be reclaimed by planting native plant species at the conceptual stage. 1.11 Dredging? No Not applicable Enviro Green Consultants (India) Private Limited, Udaipur Name of Project: Devla Soapstone Mine Applicant: M/s. Associated Soapstone Dist. Co. Pvt. Ltd. 1.12 Offshore structures? No Not applicable 1.13 Production and manufacturing processes? Yes Semi Mechanized method of mining will be adopted for open cast mining. 1.14 Facilities for storage of goods or Yes Mineral stored at sorting yard is covered by tarpaulin materials? and it will be transported to the buyers as well as at grinding units owned by the company for further processing. 1.15 Facilities for treatment or disposal of solid Yes Solid waste is disposed of at earmarked dump site as waste or liquid effluents? per approved Mining Plan/Scheme. There is no liquid effluent discharged from the lease area. 1.16 Facilities for long term housing of No Housing facility is not planned as the workers are operational workers? deployed from the nearby villages. 1.17 New road, rail or sea traffic during No Roads are already available for transportation of construction or operation? mineral and machinery in the area. 1.18 New road, rail, air waterborne or other No transport infrastructure including new or Not applicable altered routes and stations, ports, airports etc.? 1.19 Closure or diversion of existing transport No routes or infrastructure leading to Not applicable changes in traffic movements? 1.20 New or diverted transmission lines or No Not applicable pipelines? 1.21 Impoundment, damming, culverting, No realignment or other changes to the Not envisaged. hydrology of watercourses or aquifers? 1.22 Stream crossing? No No stream crossing from the lease area. 1.23 Abstraction or transfers of water form yes Permission from CGWA has been taken for dewatering ground or surface waters? 90m3/day water due to intersection of water table. 1.24 Changes in water bodies or the land No Water course doesn’t exist within the lease area and surface affecting drainage or run-off? drainage pattern will not be disturbed. 1.25 Transport of personnel or materials for No Operational workers are deployed from nearby construction, operation or villages. Transportation of mineral and goods will be decommissioning? done by existing road infrastructure. 1.26 Long-term dismantling or No Dismantling and decommissioning is not required. decommissioning or restoration works? 1.27 Ongoing activity during decommissioning No None which could have an impact on the environment? 1.28 Influx of people to an area in either No No influx is envisaged temporarily or permanently? 1.29 Introduction of alien species? No Not applicable 1.30 Loss of native species or genetic diversity? No Not envisaged, selection of plant species for plantation will be added advantage to raise number of the existing plant species. 1.31 Any other actions? No None Enviro Green Consultants (India) Private Limited, Udaipur Name of Project: Devla Soapstone Mine Applicant: M/s. Associated Soapstone Dist. Co. Pvt. Ltd. 2. Use of Natural resources for construction or operation of the Project (such as land, water, materials or energy, especially any resources which are non-renewable or in short supply). S. Information/checklist Yes Details thereof (with approximate quantities/rate, No. confirmation /No wherever possible) with source of information data 2.1 Land especially undeveloped or No Total lease area is 24.42 Ha Lease area is devoid of agricultural land (ha.) agricultural land.
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