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 Goa 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: Old Goa 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: Mandovi river (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)