Form-1, Prefeasibility Report and Approved Mining Plan for Quarrying of Rough Stone in S.F.No. 103 (Part – 6) Madathahalli Village, Taluk, District, of Thiru.M.Santhamurthy, (Extent –3.42.0 Hect)

PREFEASIBILITY REPORT

CHAPTER -1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT /BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Thiru.M.Santhamurthy got Awarded tender from government to quarry Rough Stone deposit in government Prompoke land over an extent of 3.42.0 Hectares In S.F.No. 103 (Part – 6) in Madathahalli Village, , , Tamil Nadu for 10 years.

The District Collector, Dharmapuri vide their Rc.No.71/2018 (Mineral), Date: 09.07.2018 have conveyed its decision to grant lease over an extent of 3.42.0 Hectares in S.F.No. 103 (Part-6) in Madathahalli Village, Pappireddipatti Taluk, Dharmapuri District Tamil Nadu and requested Thiru.M.Santhamurthy to submit the approved mining plan through the Department of Geology and Mining, Dharmapuri and also obtain Environmental Clearance from DEIAA.

Department of Geology and Mining, Dharmapuri vide their letter Rc.No.71/2018 (Mines), Date: 23.07.2018 have approved the Mining Plan over an extent of 3.42.0 Hect in S.F.No. 103 (Part-6) in Madathahalli Village, Pappireddipatti Taluk, Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu. (Copy of Mining plan approval letter enclosed)

Thiru.M.Santhamurthy has proposed to quarry Rough Stone is 192266 m3 for the first five years from this lease applied area by open cast semi- mechanized mining technique. This Prefeasibility report is prepared towards obtaining the Environmental Clearance.

As per MOEF O.M. No.L - 11011/47/2011 –A.II (M) dated 18th May, 2012, leases of minor minerals also require environmental clearance. For getting environmental clearance, depending on the nature magnitude and capacity, the projects are categorized as “A” Category & “B” Category. “A” Category projects have to be cleared by MOEF while “B” Category by the District Environmental Impact Assessment Agency (DEIAA). This being a small quarry of just 3.42.0Hect (< 25 Ha) it can be treated as B-2 category. 1.2 DETAILS OF THE AREA: It is Government Prompoke land in S.F.No. 103 (Part-6) (3.42.0 Hect). 2.1. PROJECT DETAILS: 2.1.1 SITE DESCRIPTION: Salient details of the site & its environs are as follows: SALIENT ASPECTS OF SITE AND ITS ENVIRONS 1. Name of the Project Rough Stone

2. Project Proponent Thiru.M.Santhamurthy 3. ML area 3.42.0 Ha 4. Land use Area in use Present during the Sl. Land Use Area (Hect) quarrying No. period (Hect) 1. Area Under Nil 2.73.64 Quarrying Pit 2. Infrastructure Nil 0.01.0 3. Roads 0.01.00 0.02.0 4. Un-Utilized 3.42.0 0.38.61 Area 5. Green Belt Nil 0.26.75 Total 3.42.0Hect 3.42.0Hect

5. Nearest Railway station Buddireddippati – 3kms 6. Nearest Airport Bangalore – 130Kms 7. Nearest major water bodies There are no major water bodies like, (River, Pond, Lake, Odai, Channel etc) 50m radius forms the lease applied area. 8. Nearest Town / city – 4kms 9. Nearest Village Dharmapuri - 21km 10. Notified Arachaeologically important Nil places, Monuments

11. Local Places of Historical and Nil Tourism interest 12. Environmental sensitive area , Eco-sensitive areas, CRZ, Forest, Monuments Protected area (Tiger reserve, etc., within 10 Kms of these areas. elephant reserve, Biospj Heres, a. No Nearest ESZ (proposed) b. No CRZ National parks, Wildlife sanctuaries, c. The nearest Reserved Forest is kavaramalai Community reserves and conservation reserves) Reserved Forest with Approximately distance of 5km on South side of the lease area. 13. Reserved / Protected Forests The nearest Reserved Forest is kavaramalai Reserved Forest with Approximately distance of 5km on South side of the lease area. 14. Defence installations Nil 15. Seismic Zone Nil 16. Other Industries in the area Nil

2.1.2 PROJECT DESCIPTION Salient of the project are as follows:

1. Production Capacity 38453m3 /Year for Rough Stone 2. Geological reserves 1659490m3 for Rough stone 3. Total waste Weathered Rock: Weathered Rock production details follows: (Refer plate No-VI-A) Weathered : 74116 m3 Total : 74116m3

4. Method of Mining: Opencast Shallow mining with drilling & blasting. 5. Main mining equipment Hydraulic excavator, jack hammers, Tippers, 6. Bench height & Slope Bench height of 5m and bench width of 5m is proposed for Rough Stone/Gravel. 7. Life of mine 38453m3/Year from for Rough stone. Total Mineable reserves are 378416m3 Life of the Mine = 10 years. 8. Man power 18 including managerial staff 9. Water Requirement & source 2.5 KLD will be met from the bore well within the ML area or through tankers. Drinking & Domestic 0.250 KLD Purposes (in KLD) Dust Suppression (in 1.500 KLD KLD) Green belt (in KLD) 0.750 KLD Total 2.500 KLD

10. Infrastructure Mine office, store room, toilet, first-aid room and, magazine will be provided on semi- permanent structures with the lease area. Portable drinking water can be transported to the work site in tippers or can be at from bore well. 11. Use of Rough Stone /Gravel Rough Stone are used mainly in construction industries. 12. Environmental status Being a small mine, impact of mining on environment will be negligible. The mining operation will provide more employment to the rural people and environment friendly operations. 2.2 DISPOSAL OF WASTE: Weathered Rock: Weathered Rock production details follows: (Refer plate No-VI-A) Weathered : 74116 m3

Total : 74116m3 2.3 LAND USE PATTERN: The area is a rural area. Rough Stone exposes in the lease area and it is strewn with boulders of various sizes ranging from a few cm to one to half meter in diameter. The terrain is almost flat. Except some small bushes there are no other trees in the applied area.

Optimum Depth of mining is taken as 110m from RL585m to RL475m depth from the top of the hill. Since there is mineral occurrence below this depth also, mining activity may continue in future below this depth. As such no backfilling of mined out void is suggested now.

The post mining land use plan/ Conceptual plan along with cross section is shown as mining plan.

3.1. SITE ANALYSIS: 3.2. CONNECTIVITY: – Kadathur Quarry site is located at Madathahalli Village and distance of 2km west side.

3.3. PROJECT LAYOUT IN RELATION TO PRIME NATURAL FEATURES: There is no declared biosphere, wild life Sanctuaries, or tiger Sanctuary or migrating corridor or Coastal Zone in the 10km buffer zone. As already mentioned, the entire mine lease area is Government Poramboke Land. The applicant has surface right over the area There is no habitation or other structures like HT electric lines, water bodies in the lease area.

4.1. PLANNING CONCEPT: Rough stone mined from this quarry will meet the domestic and export demands. The production and method of mining is planned considering the geological factors, availability of proven technology, demand for the material etc. Safety barriers as per State Government order is left in the planning stage itself.

4.2. GREENBELT: Green belt will be developed in the safety zone area etc, and at all possible places. Local species will be used for plantation. 5.1 REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R&R) PLAN: The entire quarry lease areas of 3.42.0 Hect are Government Poramboke land project proponent. The area is totally barren. There are no human habitations also. As such no rehabilitation and resettlement plan is involve 6.1. PROJECT SCHEDULE AND COST ESTIMATES: As soon as environmental clearance and other statutory clearance are obtained, the mining operations will be commenced. The project cost would be around Rs. 2,05,91,000/-

for deployment of machinery and creation of infrastructural facilities like approach road, Mine Office / Workers Shed, first Aid Room etc., Including electrifications and water supply. 7.1 ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATION) The proposed Rough Stone quarry of Thiru.M.Santhamurthy, will bring prosperity and improvements in physical and social infrastructures in the area like  Direct employment to about 18 persons  Indirect employment to more than 100 persons.  Financial gains for the state and central governments, through collection of various taxes like Royalty, cess, etc.  Increase in General Awareness of the People  Improvement of the General Living Standard of the people in the vicinity  Overall Improvement in HDI (Human Development Index)  Growth of Allied Industries in the Area.  Reduction in migration of local people and at the same time increase in Inflow from outside.  Improvement in Per Capital Income.  Providing certain faculties’ for the local schools and Panchayat In short, the working mining project will region in the fields of potential employment opportunities, improved per capita for local people , improved social welfare facilities like infrastructural build – up , etc.

A meticulously well planned Environmental Management Plan, with various programme schedules and timely execution objectives will ensure that the future environmental quality in the area will be maintained within statutory limits.

With proper environmental management strategy, it is possible that industrial growth, if properly planned with all environmental concerns and appropriate remedial measures can go a long way to improve life pattern and living conditions of the local community around the project. In view of above factors, the proposed project is worthy of approval for improving the social, physical and financial status of the region, the state and the country as a whole. CHAPTER-II

INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT / BACK GROUND INFORMATION

2.1. IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECT AND PROJECT PROPONENT:

Thiru.M.Santhamurthy has obtained lease area through government tender for

quarrying Rough Stone deposit over an extent 3.42.0Hect in S.F.No 103 (Part-6) of

Madathahalli Village Pappireddipatti Taluk, Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu for 10 years.

The District Collector, Dharmapuri vide their letter Rc.71/2018 (Mineral) Dated

09.07.2018 have conveyed its decision to grant lease over an extent of 3.42.5Hect in

S.F.No. 103 (part-6)of Madathahalli Village, Pappireddipatti Taluk, Dharmapuri District,

Tamil Nadu and requested Thiru.M.Santhamurthy, to submit the approved mining plan

through the Department of Geology and Mining, Dharmapuri and also obtain

Environmental Clearance from DEIAA.

Department of Geology and Mining, Dharmapuri vide their letter

Rc.71/2018(Mines) Dated 23.07.2018 have approved the Mining Plan over an extent

3.42.0 Hect. In S.F.No. 103 (part-6) of of Madathahalli Village, Pappireddipatti Taluk,

Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu (Copy of Mining plan approval letter Enclosed)

Thiru.M.Santhamurthy, has proposed to quarry Rough Stone for 192266m3/ first

five year from this lease applied area by open cast semi- mechanized mining technique.

This feasibility report is prepared towards obtaining the Environmental Clearance.

As per MOEF O.M. No.L - 11011/47/2011 –A.II (M) dated 18th May, 2012,

leases of minor minerals also require environmental clearance. For getting

environmental clearance, depending on the nature magnitude and capacity, the projects are

categorized as “A” Category & “B” Category. “A” Category projects have to be cleared by

MOEF while “B” Category by the District Environmental Impact Assessment Agency

(DEIAA). This being a small quarry of just 3.42.0 Hect (> 25 Ha) it can be treated as B-

2 category.

2.1.1DETAILS OF THE AREA:

It is government Poramboke land in S.F.No 103 (Part-6) (3.42.0Hect). 2.1.2. PROJECT PROPONENT: Name : Thiru.M.Santhamurthy

Address : Thiru.M.Santhamurthy, S/O. Manicka Udayar, M-7, Old Temple Land, HUDCO, Hosur, 2.2MINING LEASE: State District Panchyat / Taluk Village S.F.No Extent union in hectares Tamil Pappireddipa 103 3.42.0 Dharmapuri Pappireddipatti Madathahalli Nadu tti (Part-6) Hect Total 3.42.0 1.95.5Ha Hect

The period of mining lease is 10 years. The Quarry lease area is shown in lease plan (Plate – II in the Mining Plan). 2.3 NEED FOR THE PROJECT & ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE COUNTRY AND OR REGION: Rough Stone is used in the constructions industries and road projects. The smaller domestic sales will also bring good returns financially to state government in the form of taxes, cesses, duties, etc.

As the Rough Stone mining operations in the proposed mine will employ about 18 persons directly and about 100 persons on indirect basis through allied opportunities in logistics, trading, repining works etc good employment potential will arise in this internal rural backward area, which will provide a great fillip for raising income levels and standards of living in the area. CHAPTER-III PROJECT DESCRIPTION 3.1. TYPE OF PROJECT: This will be an Open cast, semi-mechanized mine to mine about 192266m3/ first five year mineable reserves of Rough Stone. 3.2. LOCATION: This project is for Quarrying of Rough Stone over an extent of 3.42.0 Hect of Government Prompoke Land in S.F.No 103 (Part-6) of Madathahalli Village, Pappireddipatti Taluk and Dharmapuri District Tamil Nadu. The area lies in the North Latitude 12° 03'36.03"N to 12°04'00.38"N, Longitude 78°19'14.82"E to 78°19'26.99"E falls in the survey of Topo sheet No. 57 L/08 3.3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: 3.3.1. GEOLOGY: REGIONAL GEOLOGY: Dharmapuri District is underlain by the wide range of metamorphic rocks of peninsular gneisses complex. These rocks are extensively weathered and overlain by the recent valley fills and alluvium at places. The geological formations found in the district are Archaean rocks like Gneisses, Granites, Charnockites basic granulites and calc-gneisses. The younger formations are Quartz veins and pegmatite. Description Age Rock Formation Recent to Sub recent Soil, Alluvium Archaean Granites, basic granulites, Peninsular Gneiss, Calc Gneiss and Charnockites GEOLOGY OF THE AREA 1. The area is mainly composed of Archaean crystalline metamorphic complex. 2. The rock type noticed in the area for lease is Charnockites which contains mostly Quartz and Feldspar with some ferromagnesian minerals.

3. The Charnockite is part of peninsular Gneisses, a high grade metamorphic rock. 4. The general geological succession of the area is given as under Age Rock Formation 1. Recent to Sub recent Soil, Alluvium 2. Archaean Charnockites 3. Archaean Peninsular Gneiss, and Calc Gneiss 3.3.2. RESERVES: 3.3.2.1 EXPLORATION: There is no exploration previously carried out in the lease applied area. 3.3.2.2 METHOD OF ESTIMATION OF RESERVES: The geological and mineable reserves are estimated by cross-sectional method. Depth of mining is taken as 110m (From RL585m to RL475m) depth from the top of the hill. 3.3.3 GEOLOGICAL RESOURCE & MINEALE RESERVES: The geological resource is estimated for the area by the Cross-Sectional method is as 1659490m3 upto the estimated depth 110m (From RL585m to RL475m) depth from the top of the hill. The reserves details are as follows: ESTIMATION OF GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES FOR ROUGH STONE: Geological Resources: The Geological resources are estimated 1659490m3by area cross sectional method.

GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES

Geological Weathered length Width Depth Volume Section Bench Resources in Rock in in (m) in (m) in (m) In CBM CBM CBM

I 158 107 2 33812 33812 I 16 10 3 480 480 II 31 25 5 3875 3875 III 52 40 5 10400 10400 IV 68 54 5 18360 18360 V 80 68 5 27200 27200 VI 92 86 5 39560 39560 XY-AB VII 105 16 5 8400 8400 VIII 122 31 5 18910 18910 IX 137 53 5 36305 36305 X 137 83 5 56855 56855 XI 137 103 5 70555 70555 XII 137 103 5 70555 70555 XIII 137 103 5 70555 70555 TOTAL 465822 432010 33812 I 224 133 2 59584 59584 XY-CD I 9 70 3 1890 1890 II 36 121 5 21780 21780 III 57 180 5 51300 51300

IV 72 180 5 64800 64800 V 87 180 5 78300 78300 VI 100 162 5 81000 81000 VII 115 32 5 18400 18400 VIII 130 88 5 57200 57200 IX 147 131 5 96285 96285 X 170 131 5 111350 111350 XI 197 131 5 129035 129035 XII 197 131 5 129035 129035 XIII 197 131 5 129035 129035 XIV 197 131 5 129035 129035 XV 197 131 5 129035 129035 TOTAL 1287064 1227480 59584 GRANDTOTAL 1752886 1659490 93396

Mineable Reserves The mineable reserves are estimated as 378416m3 for the proposed depth of 110m from the top of the hill. MINEABLE RESERVES

Mineable length Width Depth Volume Weathered Section Bench Reserves in in (m) in (m) in (m) In CBM Rock in CBM CBM

I 148 87 2 25752 25752 I 6 10 3 180 180 II 21 24 5 2520 2520 III 32 37 5 5920 5920 IV 42 50 5 10500 10500 V 48 70 5 16800 16800 VI 43 6 5 1290 1290 XY-AB VII 50 16 5 4000 4000 VIII 51 32 5 8160 8160 IX 61 57 5 17385 17385 X 40 55 5 11000 11000 XI 33 43 5 7095 7095 XII 14 22 5 1540 1540 XIII 7 12 5 420 420 TOTAL 112562 86810 25752 I 214 113 2 48364 48364 I 9 68 3 1836 1836 XY-CD II 36 82 5 14760 14760 III 57 72 5 20520 20520 IV 72 55 5 19800 19800 V 87 50 5 21750 21750

VI 89 22 5 9790 9790 VII 97 68 5 32980 32980 VIII 91 95 5 43225 43225 IX 103 75 5 38625 38625 X 104 65 5 33800 33800 XI 111 49 5 27195 27195 XII 85 35 5 14875 14875 XIII 60 25 5 7500 7500 XIV 48 15 5 3600 3600 XV 18 15 5 1350 1350 TOTAL 339970 291606 48364 GRANDTOTAL 452532 378416 74116

3.3.4. SELECTION OF MINE BOUNDARY: The mine boundary is demarcated in line with the following conditions / stipulations laid down by the state government in their precise area letter on 09.07.2018 I. Mining plan shall be prepared by incorporating all the details as proposed in the draft Tamilnadu Minor Mineral Conservation & Development Rules 2010. II. Mining plan shall be prepared by incorporating all the details as proposed in State Environment Impact Assessment Authority. 3.4. MINING METHOD: Open cast method of semi –mechanized mining will be adopted to quarry the Rough stone. 3.4.1 BENCH DESIGN PARAMETERS: Rough Stone benches will be formed to a height of 5m and width not less than 5m for movement of machineries and slope shall not be more than 60º for waste bench and therefore the working face is designed to a height of 5m and the width not less than 5 - 10m and the working slope will be vertical, however the final slope will be 45º while abutting the ultimate pit limit. Construction of parapet as a fencing around such ultimate pit limit on top of opencast workings will be arranged to safeguard the mine from inadvertent entry and hazards. 3.4.2 PRODUCTION RATE AND LIFE OF MINE: The mineable reserves is estimated by cross-sectional method having considered the recovery factor, depth of mining, safety barriers etc., The Rough stone mineable reserves is estimated as 378416m3 the recoverable reserves is 192266m3 . The Rough Stone life of the mine is computed as 10 years at a production rate of 38453m3 per annum.

The development involves only removal of Weathered Rock 2m small amount of rejects. The total production Weathered Rock is 74116m3 for the proposed five years and generation of rejects are shown as under, Year Wise Production for Rough Stone. Rough Stone production details as follows: The average proposed rate of production of about 38453m3per year. Recoverable reserves are 192266m3 for the proposed first five years period.

YEARWISE PRODUCTION

Recoverabl Weathered length Width Depth Volume Section Year Bench e Reserves Rock in in (m) in (m) in (m) In CBM in CBM CBM

I 148 87 2 25752 25752

I 6 10 3 180 180

II 21 24 5 2520 2520 I- III 32 37 5 5920 5920 XY-A YEAR IV 42 50 5 10500 10500 B V 48 70 5 16800 16800

VI 43 6 5 1290 1290

VII 50 16 5 4000 4000

VIII 51 32 5 8160 8160

II- I 214 113 2 48364 48364 XY-CD YEAR I 9 68 3 1836 1836

XY-AB IX 61 57 5 17385 17385

XY-CD II 17 82 5 6970 6970

XY-CD II 19 82 5 7790 7790 III- XY-AB X 40 55 5 11000 11000 YEAR XY-CD III 57 72 5 20520 20520

XY-AB XI 33 43 5 7095 7095

XY-CD IV 72 55 5 19800 19800 IV- XY-AB YEAR XII 14 22 5 1540 1540

XY-CD V 42 50 5 10500 10500

XY-CD V 45 50 5 11250 11250

XY-AB XIII 7 12 5 420 420 V- YEAR VI 89 22 5 9790 9790 XY-CD VII 50 68 5 17000 17000

TOTAL 266382 192266 74116

Topsoil Development Weathered Rock production details follows: (Refer plate No-VI-A) Weathered : 74116 m3 Total : 74116m3 3.4.3 PROPOSED MECHINERIES: The following machineries are proposed exclusively for the development for the development and production works at this mine:

S.No Machineries Numbers Unit Size/Capacity Make 1 Jack hammer with 6 Mm 32Hand held Atlas Copco 2 Compressor 1 m3 1.7 Ex 300 Hydraulic excavator 3 Tipper 2 MT 10 Ashok Leyland The above machineries are adequate to meet out the simultaneous development and production schedule.

3.4.4. BLASTING: The massive formation shall be broken into pieces of portable size by drilling and blasting using jack hammers and shot hole blasting. Powder factor of explosives for breaking such hard rock shall be in the order of 6 to 7 tonnes per K.g of explosives. Blasting parameters are as follows. Diameter of the hole : 32-36 mm Spacing : 60 Cms Depth : 1 to 1.5m Charge / Hole : D.Cord with water or 70 gms of gun powder or Gelatine. Pattern of hole : Zig Zag Inclination of hole : 700 from the horizontal. Quantity of rock broken : 128m3 x 2.6 = 333MT Blasting efficiency @95% : 1.17 x 95% = 1.05MT / hole Charge per hole : 140 gms of 25mm dia cartridge Quantity of rock broken : 316MT per day per day 3.4.5. DISPOSAL OF WASTE: Weathered Rock production details follows:

(Refer plate No-VI-A)

Weathered : 74116 m3

Total : 74116m3

3.4.6 USES OF PRODUCTS FROM QUARRY:

Rough Stone is mainly used in construction industries.

3.5 LAND USE PATTERN:

The area is a rural area. Rough Stone exposes in the lease area and it is undulated hillock terrain boulders of various sizes ranging from a few cm to one to half meter in

diameter. The undulated hillock terrain it is cover with a except some small bushes there are no other trees in the applied area. Depth of mining is taken as 110m (From RL585m to

RL475m) depth from the top of the hill. Since there is mineral occurrence below this depth also, mining activity may continue in future below this depth. As such no backfilling of mined out void is suggested now. The post mining land use plan/ Conceptual plan along with cross section is shown as mining plan.

3.6 REQUIREMENTS: 3.6.1 Man Power: Total manpower required will be 18 on direct basis. Indirectly more than 100 persons can derive benefits in allied services like logistics, polishing, loading/ unloading repair works trading etc. 3.6.2 Water: About 2.5 KLD water will be used for dust suppression, green belt and domestic sanitary needs. Drinking & Domestic 0.250 KLD Purposes (in KLD) Dust Suppression (in 1.500 KLD KLD) Green belt (in KLD) 0.750 KLD Total 2.500 KLD 3.6.3 Effluent System:

The only effluent arising from project consists of domestic water, to the tune of about 5 KLD which is discharged into septic tanks with soak pits.

3.6.4 Electricity requirement:

No electricity is needed for quarry operations etc as only diesel operated mining machinery are used for quarrying. The mining work is restricted to one general shift during daytime only. However, the power requirement of the administrative buildings, roads etc are met from state grid. Besides, standby generators can be used to meet the negligible power requirement of the mines.

3.7. SITE SERVICES:

The simple methods adopted and the limited scale of activities involved in Rough

Stone dimensional stone quarrying does not require huge worship facilities. Major

Machinery repair works are attended at kadathur-4Kms and minor repairs are carried out by the company’s staff at the quarry site itself. Mine office, store room, toilet, first – aid room and, magazine will be provided on semi- permanent structures within the lease area.

3.8 SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION FOR MINING AND PROCESSING OF ROUGH STONE LAND ITS FEASIBILITY: The line diagram of Mining Operation is given below:

Drilling by Jack Hammers

Blasting

Segregation

Loading by tipper /trucks to the crushing units

CHAPTER-IV SITE ANALYSIS

4.1 CONNECTIVITY: Bommidi– Kadathur Quarry site is located at Madathahalli Village in west side at distance of 2km.

4.2 LAND FORM, LAND USE AND LAND OWNERSHIP: The quarry lease area is an undulated hillock with altitude of 590m maximum and minimum of 500m from the MSL, the general ground level of the area is 460m from MSL. The area is sloping towards eastern side covered with Rough Stone which does not sustain any type of vegetation

4.3 TOPOGRAPHY: The quarry lease area is an undulated hillock with altitude of 590m maximum and minimum of 500m from the MSL, the general ground level of the area is 460m from MSL. The area is sloping towards eastern side covered with Rough Stone which does not sustain any type of vegetation. There are no HT Electric lines located in within a radius of 50m. Temperature of the region is reported to be 19 ºC to a maximum of 40º C during summer. Rain fall of this area is about 800 mm to 900mm during monsoons in a year. Regional crops are ragi, paddy and maize. There are no monuments or area of public interest is found in the vicinity.

4.4 PROJECT LAYOUT IN RELATION TO IMPORTANT NATURALFEATURES: There are No declared biosphere, wild life Sanctuaries, or tiger Sanctuary or migrating corridor or Coastal Zone and 10km buffer Zone As already mentioned, the entire mine lease area is Government Prompoke Land in lessee’s possession. There no habitation or other structures like HT electric lines, Water bodies in the Government Prompoke Land. Index plan showing the features within 10km radius is given as plate no I-B in the mining plane.

1 Nearest villages Direction Village Distance Population in Kms North Linginaickenhalli 4 400

East Kandhagoundanor 3 300

South Thalanatham 2.5 1000 West Madathahalli 2 700

2 Nearest Major Water bodies There are no major water bodies like, (River, Pond, Lake, Odai, Channel etc) 50m radius forms the lease applied area. 3 Notified Archaeologically important places Nil ,monuments 4 Local Places of Historical and Nil Tourism Interest 5 Environmental sensitive No eco-sensitive areas, CRZ, Forest, Monuments etc., areas , Protected areas as per within 10 Kms of these areas. Wild life Protection Act,1972 a. ii) There is no wild life animal sanctuary within 10Kms radius. (Tiger reserve ,Elephant b. No CRZ reserve , biospheres’ c. The nearest Reserved Forest is kavaramalai ,National Parks ,Wild life Reserved Forest with Approximately distance of 5km Sanctuaries ,community on South side of the lease area. reserves and conservation reserves ) 6 Reserved /Protected Forests The nearest Reserved Forest is kavaramalai Reserved Forest with Approximately distance of 5km on South side of the lease area. 7 Defence Installations Nil within 10km radius 8 Seismic Zone Zone –II (lease active) 9 Other Industries in the area No other industries in this area.

4.5 EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE: The area is well accessible by road .The mining work is restricted to one general shift during daytime only Major Machinery repair Works are attended at Kadathure Town

(4km) and minor repairs are carried out by the company’s staff at the quarry site itself

.Mine office ,store room ,toilet ,first –aid room and , magazine will e provided on semi – permanent structures within the lease area .

4.6 CLIMATIC SCENARIO:

The area receives rainfall about 800 mm/per annum and the rainy season is mainly from Oct –Dec.

The summer is hot with maximum temperature of 40°C and winter records a minimum temperature of 19°C.

4.7 SOIL STATUS:

There is no Topsoil is in red colour and followed. The Rough Stone is overlain by

Weathered Formation.

4.8 SOIL INFRASTRUCTURE:

The Project area and its immediate surroundings do not contain any human habitations,

1. Post Office Madathahalli – 2 kms 2. Police Station Kadathur – 4 kms 3. Government Hospital Kadathur – 4 kms 4. DSP Office – 25 kms 5. Nearest Railway Station Buddireddippati – 3 kms 6. School Madathahalli – 2 kms 7. Nearest Airport Bangalore – 130 Kms 8. Nearest Seaport Chennai –255 kms

CHAPTER – V PLANNING BRIEF 5.1 PLANNING CONCEPT: Rough Stone mined from this quarry will meet the domestic demands. The production and method of mining is planned considering the geological factors, availability of proven technology, demand for the material etc. Safety barriers as per State Government order is left in the planning stage itself.

5.2 POPULATION PROJECTIONS: The project will give employment opportunities to about 18 persons directly. Indirectly about 100 persons will find employment prospects in allied service sectors such as Rough Stone crushing units, logistics, trading, etc.

While skilled persons for the project may have to be brought from outside initially, till local persons attain proficiency in skilled operations, ultimately the nearby villagers may upgrade their operational skills for finding good source of employment in the project late on.

5.3 LAND USE PLANNING: The present land use of the entire mine lease area of 3.42.0 Hect is a Government Prompoke Land to project proponent. The land use plans at the end of the mining period and in the ultimate stage of mining are described in Para 3.5 chapters III earlier.

5.4 GREEN BELT PROPOSALS: Green belt will be developed in the safety zone area etc, and at all possible places. Local trees like Casuarinas, Eucalyptus, Neem, acacia, Tamarind etc will be planted along the western side lease boundary and avenues as well as over Non- active dumps at a rate of 100 trees per annum with interval 5m in between. The rate of survival expected to be 80% in this area. Land use and Afforestation plan is given Figure No.6

5.5 ASSESSMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEMAND: Bommidi–Kadathur Quarry site is located at Madathahalli Village in west side at distance of 2km. The logistics details of the product area as follows: Rough Stone production : 38453 m3per year

No of Working days per year : 300 days

No of Tipper loads per days : 22 Tipper loads The existing roads are adequate to meet this negligible transport need.

5.6 AMENITIES AND FACILITIES: Good site services will be set up in project area by establishing mine office, rest shelter, first aid room, toilets etc. Drinking water facilities will be arranged from own bore well to all operational personnel. Toilet facilities will also be created through sewage pit and dispersion trench installations. Medical help on part time basis will also be created to treat injured persons etc. Besides, occupational health problems will also be minimised through proper pre-entry medical inspections and regular check – up thereafter during operational phase.

CHAPTER VI PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE

6.1 INFRASTRUCTURAL LAYOUT IN MINING PROJECT AREA:

All necessary infrastructural facilities like mine office, rest shelter, first aid room, toilets etc will be created for this project. 6.2 RESIDENTIAL AREA: For the present limited scale of Mining operations, no residential areas are envisaged.

6.3 GREEN BELT: As mentioned earlier in V- chapter, green belt will be raised along the inner boundary of ML area and in all possible places

6.4 SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE: The proposed project will give following employment prospects. Direct basis - 18 persons Indirect basis – More than 100 persons The former category will be of skilled pattern and initially outside sources will be tapped. Later on, through skill up-gradation, local community will also be benefitted. The advent of the project will improve the social infrastructure through skills up- gradation, better drinking water facilities, improvement in medical and educational services etc. As a result, the social infrastructure in the area will improve considerably. Consequently the human development index of the area will also go up.

6.5 CONNECTIVITY: Bommidi–Kadathur Quarry site is located at Madathahalli Village in west side at distance of 2km.

6.6 DRINKING WATER MANAGEMENT: Drinking water facilities will be arranged from bore well within the lease or through tankers, as the demand will be meagre at about 2.5 KLD. Drinking & Domestic 0.250 KLD Purposes (in KLD) Dust Suppression 1.500 KLD (in KLD) Green belt (in KLD) 0.750 KLD Total 2.500 KLD

6.7 SEWERAGE SYSTEM: As there will be only about 18 persons during operational phase of project, the only effluent arising from project consists of domestic waste, to the tune of about 2.5 KLD which is discharged into septic tanks with soak pits 6.8 INDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT:

No industrial effluents or waste will arise from the project, except for solid waste, description of which is given in Para 3.3.8, Chapter – III.

6.9 POWER REQUIREMENT, SUPPLY AND SOURCE: As already mentioned the simple methods adopted and the limited scale of activities involved in Rough Stone dimensional stone mining does not require high- tension electric power. The mining work is restricted to one general shift during daytime only. No electricity is needed for quarry operations etc as mainly diesel operated mining machinery are used for quarrying However, the power requirement of the administrative buildings, roads etc can be met from state grid. Besides, standby generator will be available to meet the emergency power requirement of the mines. CHAPTER VII REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R&R) PLAN The entire quarry lease area of 3.42.0 Hect Government Prompoke Land to project proponent. The quarry is totally barren. There are no human habitations also. As such no rehabilitation and resettlement plan is involved.

CHAPTER VIII PROJECT SCHEDULE AND COST ESTIMATES

7.1 TIME SCHEDULE FOR THE PROJECT: As soon as environmental clearance and other statutory clearances are obtained the mining operations will be commenced.

7.2 PROJECT COST AND ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF THE PROJECT 7.2.1 PROJECT COST: The project cost would be around Rs. 2,05,91,000/-for deployment of machinery and creation of infrastructural facilities like approach road, Mine office / Workers Shed, First Aid Room etc.., including electrifications and water supply. 7.2.2 ECONOMIC VIABILITY: Infect there will be a great demand for Rough Stone for construction industries. Hence, the economic viability of the project will be greatly sustainable. CHAPTER IX ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATION) 8.0 CONCLUSION: The proposed Rough Stone quarry of Thiru.M.Santhamurthy will bring prosperity and improvements in physical and social infrastructures in the area like:  Direct employment to about 18 persons  Indirect employment to about 100 persons

 Financial gains for the state and central governments, through collection of various taxes like royalty , cess, etc  Increase in General Awareness of the People.  Improvement of the General Living Standard of the People in the vicinity  Overall Improvement in HDI (Human Development Index)  Growth of Allied Industries in the Area.  Reduction in migration of local people and at the same time increase in Inflow from Outside.  Improvement in Per Capita Income.  Providing certain facilities for the local schools and panchayat.

In short, the working mining project will benefit this region in the fields of potential employment opportunities, improved per capita income for local people, improved social welfare facilities like infrastructural build – up, etc. A meticulously well planned Environmental Management Plan, with various programme schedules and timely execution objectives will ensure that the future environmental quality in the area will be maintained within statutory limits. With proper environmental management strategy, it is possible that industrial growth, if properly planned with all environmental concerns and appropriate remedial measures can go a long way to improve life pattern and living conditions of the local community around the project. In view of above factors, the proposed project is worthy of approval for improving the social, physical and financial status of the region, the state and the country as a whole.

Date: Signature of Applicant Place: Dharmapuri Thiru.M.Santhamurthy

Signature of Recognized Qualified Person. Dr. S.KARUPPANNAN.M.Sc., Ph.D., Recognized Qualified Person RQP/MAS/263/2014/A