Project Details- Riverbed Sand Mining Project

Sr. Details Particulars No . PROPOSAL 1. Name of Lease Holder “Mr. Aswinbhai Sitarambhai Prajapati” 2. Location address On river bed of Tapi Sr No. 18 to 21 At- Machhi, Tal: , Dist: . 3. Applicability of the CRZ Not Applicable Notification, 2011 4. Lease Area (Hectares) Sand lease Area: 02-00 -00 ha 5. Co-ordinates of the lease Latitude Longitude area a 21°16’56.553” 73°04’38.8806” b 21°16’54.3606” 73°04’37.9452” c 21°16’57.1584” 73°04’36.5268” d 21°16’57.9858” 73°04’32.6814”

6. Ownership of Land (Govt. / Lease area is river bed of Tapi owned by Govt. The Private Land) District Collector has allotted the lease to “Mr. Aswinbhai Sitarambhai Prajapati” 7. Status of Operation (New Existing project operating since 2006 project OR Existing project operating since ____) 8. Status of Lease (Lease no., Existing Lease date of issue, lease period,  Order No.: GS/QL/Renew/205/06/2675 date of application for lease  Lease area: 02-00-00 ha (In front of Survey No.18 renewal, etc.) to 21, on river bed of Tapi At-Machhi, Tal: Kamrej, Dist: Surat.)  Lease Issue Date: 04/04/2007.  Lease period: Three Years from issue date.  Lease Renewal: 22/03/2012 (Applied for lease renewal) 9. Sand Reserve (MT) -- 10. Rate of Mining of Sand 10,000 TPA (MT/Month) ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS 11. If located within 15 Km, Name Distance (Km) aerial distance of the lease area from the nearest: i. National Park / Wildlife Vansda National Park 68.52 Km SE Sanctuary / Biosphere Purna wild life sanctuary 50.11 Km ESE Reserve: Shoolpaneshwar wild life 88.69 Km NE sanctuary ii. Reserve Forest / No -- Protected Forest: iii. Human Habitation : Machhi: 1 km from site Digas : 3 Km from site

Timba : 7 km from site 1

Sr. Details Particulars No . iv. Railway Line : Sayan Railway Station : 24.50 Km WNW v. Road : State Highway 167: 3.5 Km from site NH-8: 14 km from site vi. Notified / Protected ------Archaeological sites : vii. Social infrastructures, Shree Sardar Smarak Hospital: 15.24 km from site e.g. school, hospital, Primary School,Digas: 3 km from site historic / cultural / Galteshwar Mahadev Temple: 2 km from site religious places, Kamrej Police station: 17 km from site defence establishments, etc. : 12. Width of riverbed (Meters) 410 meters 13. Average depth of water at Max: 8.0 m to 10.0 m lease area (Meters) Min: 4.0 m to6.0 m 14. Average thickness of sand 4.0 m to 5.0 m deposit at lease area (Meters) 15. Details on Riparian  The floral diversity of the study area includes vegetation, including variety of trees & shrubs. Plants that offer rich endemic and endangered timber such as Teak, Babul etc., plants with species of fauna, if any medicinal values such as Neem, Nilgiri, Tulsi etc., and plants that offer fruits and vegetables are observed.  No threatened plant species have been recorded in study area.  The faunal diversity includes a wide range of birds, mammals, reptiles & insects.  There is no national park/sanctuary; Elephant/Tiger reserve area within 25 Km from the project site.  No endangered or endemic floral and faunal species have been available within 5 km area. 16. Geo-hydrology of the river, Please refer Annexure- A flow (perennial, seasonal, etc.), sediment transport characteristics / replenishment potential, etc. 17. Width and condition of Kutcha road is 1.5 km from site to approach road. access road (kutcha / With of that road is 5 meter. pucca) to the lease area. DETAILS ON MINING / EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES 18. Type of mining (Manual / Semi Mechanized (By scraping/dredging the mineral) Semi-mechanized / Mechanised). 19. Equipments to be used (i) Sand Dredger with pump (bulldozers, hydraulic (ii) Truck excavators, JCB, scrapers, loaders, Diesel Pump, etc.)

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Sr. Details Particulars No . 20. Minimum setback distance 30 meter from river bank (Meters) 21. Minimum buffer distance from bridge piers / water -Bodhan bridge: 4.5 Km away from project site. intake wells / irrigation structures 22. Minimum distance of 30 meter stockpiles / vehicle loading place from the river bank 23. Maximum depth of sand 1.5 meter (From top of the sand deposition) removal (3 m or water depth whichever is less) 24. Man power requirement 10 People 25. No. of working days in a 180 Days (Approx.) year 26. Time of working hours in a 8:00 am to 6:00 pm day ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 27. Measures proposed for protection of environmental attributes like riverbed, As per Annexure -B riparian vegetation, water, air, human health, etc. 28. Details on transportation Details on transportation Route: route & measures proposed Status of Access Type Width of road for control of fugitive road (Meter) emission during Project site to SH – Kachcha 5.0 transportation 165 Road SH – 165 to NH – 8 Pucca 6.5 Road (For measures proposed for control of fugitive emission during transportation Please refer Annexure- B) 29. Plan for tree plantation in riparian area / road sides in Plantation of about 80 Nos various plant like Neem, at least 20% of lease area, Nilgiri, and local species in year. numbers & types of species and budgetary outlay for the same 30. Plan for restoration / --- reclamation

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ANNEXURE – A

GEO – HYDROLOGICAL DETAIL OF RIVER TAPI

The river Tapi Originates near Muitai in Betul district in Madhya Pradesh at an elevation of 752m above msl. The total lengh of this west following river from

Its origin to its out fal into the sea is 724 km. for the first 282km the river flows in Madhya Pradesh, out of which 54 km from the common boundary with Maharashtra state. It flows for 282 km in Maharashtra before entering Gujarat. Traversing a length of 214 km in Gujarat, the tapi river joins Arabian sea in the gulf of cambay after flowing past the surat city. The river receives tidal receives tidal influence for a length of about 25 km upstream from the mouth.

LOWER TAPI ZONE

Brief description : lover tapi basin consists main tapi stream from ukai reservoir to its mouth in the guif of cambay. The lower tapi basin extends over an area of 2920sq.km. the length of the tapi river in lower tapi basin is 129km.there ara a series of rapids for a distance of about 32km. between kakrapar and aamalpur. Through the kakrapar rapids, the river falls by nearly 4.6 mtr.in the last reach, the river passes through the gujrat plains and after felt up to 25 km. from its mouth in the gulf of cambay ( after completion of a weir cum causeway at singanpur near surat city.

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS

A baseline study of the Tapi river was conducted to determine the basic physical and chemical characteristics of the sediment. Surat station was selected along the study area sediment characteristics revealed sandy to loamy (muddy) sand soils with ph of 7.01. Values of organic carbon 0.380%, electric conductivity 3.99 dsm-1 , available potassium estimated 367 kg/ha. The exchangeable ca and mg present in tapi river sediment collected from surat station is 15.00 & 20.11 me/100 mg respectively.( reference: study report V-N collage , shahada dist. Nandurabar 425412 (M.S ) india )

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Annexure –B

ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN AND MITIGATION MEASURES

1.0. Air Quality management : There will be emission from combustion of fuels from the Transportation vehicles and material handling. Beside this, to control the emission further regular preventive maintenance of equipments will be carried out on contractual basis. It shall be ensured that all transportation vehicle should carry a valid PUC certificate. Plantation be carried out on approach road and nearby vicinity of River bank. Regular water sprinkling on road will be carried out to avoid dustiness due to vehicular transportation. Speed of the vehicle is maintained within the prescribed limits. Truck are not be over loaded and should be maintained to the body level. Condition of the all truck will be well maintained. Old age truck will not be utilized.

2.0 Noise Management :

No other equipment expect the transportation vehicles and Excavator( as and when required) for loading will be allowed. Noise generated by theses equipments shall be intermittent and does not cause any impact.

All vehicles which create high noise will be avoided.

Plantation be carried out on approach road and nearby vicinity of River bank. Proper maintenance of vehicles would be ensured. Mining activity will be restricted to day time only.

3.0 Management for Lend use pattern including change of River Course

The sediments will accumulate/ replenish every year during rainy season.

The minerals will be collected in a uniform way so that the River flow/ course shall not get disturbed.

Scrapping/ dredging of minerals shall be started from the centre towards the bank periphery in meter slice so that the river course does not get affected and barrier of at least 3 m will be left at both bank side for safety of banks.

Unused material including minerals or spillage( if any) will not be stroked on the bank side as it will binder the flow of river in monsoon season.

Suitable mitigation measure will be adopted to avoid water logging.

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4.0 Water Quality management :

No waste water will be generated from the mining activity of minerals as the project only involves scraping of sand from river.

Mining will not intersect the Water Level.

Mining will be done well above the riverbed water table therefore impact on water regime is not anticipated.

5.0 Soil Waste management:

No Solid waste will be generated from the said mining operation.

Unused material including minerals or spillage( if any) will not be stroked on the bank side as it will binder the flow of river in monsoon season.

6.0 Socio Economic Environment:

The deployed will be from nearby villages.

7.0 Occupational Health and Safety:

Dust mask will be provided to the workers, working in the dust prone zone.

Study will be conducted to identified, occupational Health hazards if any

Workers will be informed and trained about occupational health hazards if identified.

Any workers health related problem will be properly addressed.

Adequate PPE’s are provided to the workers during mining activity such as dust Mask, Ear plug, Life Jacket, Safety shoes, etc.

8.0 Greenbelt Developments and Plantation programme:

As the lease area falls in river bed, plantation and green belt development is not possible within the lease area.

Unit has proposed to carry out plantation in the vicinity of river bank, along the approach roads, around Govt. Buildings, school. The species will be planted as per the CPCB guidelines.

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