BRIEF SUMMARY

M/s. Vedanta Limited proposed Production Capacity Enhancement of Blast Furnaces 1 & 2 from 2, 92,000 TPA to 3, 50,000 TPA by Process Optimization, along with Production Capacity Enhancement in BF-3 from 0.54 MTPA to 0.65 MTPA through Technology Up gradation and setting up Additional Oxygen Plant, Putting up additional 4 Ovens in Battery 1 to increase production Efficiency, Introduction of Ductile Iron Pipe Plant of 0.30 MTPA capacity and Fe- Si Plant of 0.005 MTPA capacity at Navelim village, Amona Navelim (Bicholim) Industrial Area, Bicholim Taluka, North district, Goa. Estimated cost of the proposed project is about Rs. 701 crores.

 Project Details

The existing plant is located in an area of about 161 ha. The geographical co-ordinates of the plant lies between latitude: 15030’19.81” N to 15031’ 39.25” N and longitude: 73058’ 53.71” E to 74000’ 32.14” E. The proposed activity will be taken up within the existing plant premises.

 Resource Requirement

Land: No additional land acquisition involved as the proposed project will be taken up within the existing plant premises.

Water: Total water requirement for proposed expansion project will be 2280 m3/day. The permission to draw the water upto 6,000 m3/day from Bandara dam has already been granted by GWRD-Goa government for M/s. Vedanta Limited. Additional approval for 4000 KLD is in advanced stage of grant.

Power: 28 MW of power is required for the proposed expansion with total consumption of 53 MW. This requirement will be sourced from 65MW captive power plant.

Manpower: 450 persons

 Environment Sensitivity

Ecological Sensitivity: Church (9.7 km, W), Mhadei WLS boundary (9.8 km, NE), Bondla WLS (10.5 km, SE), Dr.Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary (14 km, W)

Forests: Nil

Water bodies: (0.4 km, W), Kudne river (1.0 km, N), 3.5 km, N), Valvot river (4.2 km, WSW), Kumbharjua Nadi (6.0 km, SW)

Interstate boundary: Interstate boundary of Karnataka & Maharashtra(9.1 km, N)

Highway: NH-4A (5.2 km, WSW), SH-1 (4.0 km N), SH-4 (4.7 km, N)