District - Bijapur (C.G.)

PREFEASIBILITY REPORT OF TIMED CLAY/MITTI QUARRY, AREA: 1.0 HA

Prefeasibility Report of Clay/Mitti Quarry, Village - Timed, Area – 2.47 Acre (1.0 Ha), District - Bijapur (C.G.)

PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT

1. SUMMARY Project Clay/Mitti Quarry Name of Company / Mine M/s Vasishta Constructions Pvt. Ltd. Owner Location Village Timed Taluka Bhopalpatnam District Bijapur State Chattishgarh

1 Mining Lease Area & Type of Govt. waste land and area is 2.47 Acre land (1.0 Ha), non forest Govt. waste land.

2 Geographical co-ordinates Corner Latitude Longitude P1 18°49'52.97"N 80°21'57.19"E P2 18°49'52.97"N 80°22'0.54"E P3 18°49'49.72"N 80°22'0.59"E P4 18°49'49.72"N 80°21'57.19"E 3 Name of Indravati River at 900 meters due to West. Rivers/Nallahs/Tanks/ Chinta Vagu River at 1.0 km Due to Spring/Lakes etc South. 4 Name of Reserve Forest(s), There is no Reserve forest(s) / Wild life Wild life Sanctuary/ sanctuary / National park present in the National parks etc. project area.

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5 Topography of the area The quarry lease area is a small gentle granitic terrain, gently sloping towards North – West direction. The study area consists of essentially flat land. The general slope of the area is towards North - West direction and drainage is controlled by a small gullies formed due to running rain water along the slope. Indravati River located at 900 meters due to West direction and Chinta Vagu River located at 1.00 km due to South direction from lease area. The highest R.L. of the quarry lease area is 103 and lowest R.L. is 101 meters above MSL. 6 Project Proposal Proposed average rate of production is about 6833.0 m3 per year. 7 Name of Mineral mined Clay/Mitti

8 Rate of Production (in cubic Based on 300 working days, production meter) per day is about 23 m3 9 Mineral Reserve in cubic The estimated geological reserve in the meter area is 20000.0 m3. Mineable reserve is 13666.34 m3

10 Life of mine About 2 years 11 Drilling/ Blasting Drilling will not be required. 12 Mining method Opencast, semi mechanized method. 13 Ground water table No ground water pollution will be there as intersection the rock or waste/soil dump of this deposit does not contain any harmful ingredients, which could leach down to the water table that is much below the lowest quarrying bench level. 14 Drainage pattern/ water Drainage is controlled by small gullies courses formed due to running rain water along the slope, these gullies area joining the seasonal nala of the area.

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15 Break-up of Land Utilization Total area is 1.0 Ha. Pattern This Govt. Waste land. Area under excavation is – 0.72 ha

16 Water requirement & Source As much as about 2500 liters water will be required for quarrying operations including dust suppression along haul road / mine faces, cleaning, washing, drinking as well as plantation. Domestic – 1000 Liters Plantation – 500 Liters Sprinkling – 1000 Liters during dry seasons. 17 Solid waste/Tailings Only about 5% waste materials will be generated. This material is nothing but crushed and broken pieces of Clay/Mitti.

18 Mining Plan Approval : Date Øekad [kfut nUrsokM+k fnukad 905/कले॰/ / 2018, 01/02/2018 19 Cost of project The project is existing one therefore don’t (Rs. Lakhs] require any investment. 20 Any Other (specify) Not applicable

Name and address of the Timed Clay/Mitti Quarry, Village- Timed, company Tahsil - Bhopalpatnam, District: Bijapur, Chhattisgarh - 494444 Main office M/s Vasishta Constructions Pvt. Ltd. BRO, Camp Asaralli, Tehsil –

Tehsil – Sironcha, Distric- Gadchiroli, Maharashtra

Email [email protected] Prospecting Agency Prospecting is not required as the area is less than 5 ha. Type of Activity Opencast semi mechanized quarry Utilities (Power, water No water required, no power required for Requirement) quarry activity Manpower Requirement Unskilled workmen (labours 10), Supervisory 4, Approximately the manpower requirement envisaged will be 15.

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2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT / BACKGROUND INFORMATION (i) Identification of Project and Project Proponent. Name of the Project: Timed Clay/Mitti Quarry, Village- Timed, Tehsil- Bhopalpatnam, District – Bijapur, Chhattisgarh.

Project Proponent Proponent of the project is M/s Vasishta Constructions Pvt. Ltd., Niwasi – BRO, Camp Asaralli,, Tehsil - Sironcha, District – Gadchiroli, Maharashtra.

(ii) Brief Description of Nature of the Project. The proposed project is an opencast Clay/Mitti (minor project) and is classified as “Category- B2” by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, New Delhi.

(iii) Need for the Project and its importance to the country and or region,

Clay/Mitti is naturally hard and compact so it is good forroad material and filling purpose.

As Clay/Mitti is found in the area, there is great scope of Clay/Mitti for use as road material and filling purpose.

(iv) Demand Supply Gap

As Clay/Mitti is found in the area, there is great scope of Clay/Mitti for use as road material and filling purpose.

No specification is required for Clay/Mitti as it is used in road constructions and filling purpose. As per physical property of Clay/Mitti is loose, reddish in color, suitable for road material and filling purpose. (v) Demand Supply Analysis In order to have the great demand for Clay/Mitti the supply is limited. To fulfill the demand of market the mined out Clay/Mitti will be supplied in the market.

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(vi) Employment Generation (Direct and Indirect) Due to the Project. Unskilled labours 10 labors are employed for loading the mined out Clay/Mitti on trucks etc and skilled labors 4, for supervision purpose; maintain the record of production and shipment etc.

3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

3.1 TOPOGRAPHY The lease area is located at Village - Timed, Tehsil – Bhopalpatnam, District- Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. It is included in survey of India Toposheet no 65 E/5 and bounded by Latitude 18°49'49.72"N to 18°49'52.97"N & Longitude 80°21'57.19"E to 80°22'0.59"E.

The quarry lease area is a small gentle granitic terrain, gently sloping towards North -Westdirection.The study area consists of essentially flat land. The general slope of the area is towardsNorth - West direction and drainage is controlled by a small gullies formed due to running rain water along the slope. Indravati River located at 900 meters due to West direction and Chinta Vagu River located at 1.00 km due to South direction from lease area. The highest R.L. of the quarry lease area is 103 and lowest R.L. is 101 meters above MSL.

The main sources of drinking water is dug wells and bore wells. The ground water table is about 30 meters below the general ground level. The lease area is barren Government land. The surrounding agricultural land belongs to the private individuals of the Timed and nearby villages. The agricultural land of the surrounding grow paddy, gram, local crops and vegetable etc. depending on rain water only. Mango, Mahua, Teak, Pipal, Bija and Bargad etc. trees are seen extensively in the surrounding area.

The climatic condition of the area is moderate in nature. Summer season is intensively hot, where the mercury touches 42° C. The winter season is quite pleasant and during the month of December January the minimum temperature 7 - 8° C. The monsoon lasts for 4 months from June to September with an average annual rain fall of

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1100 to 1150 mm. Prevailing wind direction is SE-NW (October to February) to NE-SW March to September.

3.2 REGIONAL GEOLOGY

The project area falls in small Proterizoic Basin which is equivalent to Cuddapah Supergroup. The major rock formation in the area is Cuddapah consisting of Quartzitee, Shale and Limestone. Quartzite is fine to medium grain rock with rounded grain of quartz in ferruginous matrix. The dip range from 20° to 25° in South West and West direction. The rock are highly jointed and locally folded. The quartzite are underlained by Shale later being ferruginous. At South of Indravati the rocks met with the Limestone which are grey in colour and with prominent vein of calcite.

Soil are formed as result of disintegration of local rocks. The soil formed are generally deep, loamy and well dry. Alluvial deposit are fairly and black clay soil which are the capable of retaining moisture for long periods. The alluvial soil is usually met with at the foot hills along Nallah banks. The soil are silty in texture and reddish in color. The intensity of the hue is directly correlated with the degree of hydration which in turn is depend on drainage pattern. Accordingly the soil color range from brown, yellow, grey to dark grey. Soil derives from shales are uniform and fine texture.

3.3 PROJECT GEOLOGY

The Clay/Mitti found in the area is mainly Clay/Mitti, Shale and Sandstone. The Clay/Mitti in the area is reddish grey in color, Presence of cavities seen in the Clay/Mitti filled with soil. Clay/Mitti covered with thin alluvial soil visible at Timed village. The shale is mostly purple in color and seen above the Clay/Mitti formation. The area is undulating slope at West direction. Clay/Mitti deposit is low and poor grade flat banded formation. (i) Type of Project (including interlinked and interdependent project, if any) This project is small Clay/Mitti quarrying project.

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(ii) Location (map showing general location, specific location and project boundary & project site-specific layout) with coordinates. The Clay/Mitti Quarry project is located in Timed Village, Tehsil – Bhopalpatnam, District – Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The project area falls in India troposheet no. 65-E/5

The detail of the area is as under:

District : Bijapur

Tahsil : Bhopalpatnam

Village : Timed

Area (ha) : 1.0 hectares

The coordinates of the area are:

Corner Latitude Longitude P1 18°49'52.97"N 80°21'57.19"E P2 18°49'52.97"N 80°22'0.54"E P3 18°49'49.72"N 80°22'0.59"E P4 18°49'49.72"N 80°21'57.19"E

(iii) Details of alternate sites considered and the basis of selecting the proposed site, particularly the environmental considerations gone into should be highlighted.

No alternate site is considered as the quarry lease is a site specific activity. In the present case, the collector has granted the quarry lease to the owner for the quarry of Clay/Mitti. As for as the environmental considerations are concerned the area is away from the human habitation, in the Govt. Waste land, free from forest. This quarry activity does not affect the water table of the area. Limited machinery is deployed for mining of Clay/Mitti and limited transport vehicles are needed for shipment of produced material.

(iv) Size or Magnitude of operation. The quarry lease area 1.0 ha in which the working area is 0.72 ha and the average rate of production of Clay/Mitti is about 23 tones per day that too with blasting etc. Hence the size or magnitude of operation is very small. 7 | Page

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(v) Project Description with Process details (a schematic diagram/ Flow chart showing the project layout, components of the project etc. should be given.

The Clay/Mitti quarrying will be carried out mainly by semi mechanized with the use of quarrying equipments and finally transported through trucks, tippers etc. to the end users.

Drilling :

Drilling will not be required.

Blasting : Not applicable Type of explosives used / to be used. : Not applicable

Storage of explosive (like capacity and type of explosive magazine) Not applicable

(vi) Raw Material/ Consumables Required along with estimated quantity, likely source, marketing area of final product, mode of transport of raw material and finished product. No any raw material/ consumables are required. The Clay/Mitti produced from the mine and transported through trucks, tippers etc. to the end users.

(vii) Availability of water, its source, Energy/power requirement and source should be given.

As much as about 2500 liters/day water will be required for mining operations including dust suppression along haul road/mine faces, cleaning, washing, and drinking as well as plantation. Required water will be supplied by bore-well available at site. Energy/power is not required as the mining activities are carried out in day time only.

(viii) Quantity of wastes to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme for their management/ disposal.

About 5% sub grade materials will be generated. This sub grade material is nothing but the crushed and broken pieces of Clay/Mitti. 8 | Page

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Hence it is proposed to stack this sub grade material in a suitable place.

Selection of Dumping Site:

Practically in average there is no soil found in Quarry Lease area, a small quantity will be generate from intercalated pockets, this kind of material kept separately along lease boundary in 7.5 m statutory mining limit for afforestation purpose.

SITE ANALYSIS

Connectivity The Quarry Lease area is located about 1.30 km due South of Village Timed which is well connected by Asphalt road from Bhopalpatnam and District Headquarter Bijapur. The area is about 47.00 km from Bijapur and about 4.00 km from Bhopalpatnam. The area can be approached from Bijapur – Madded – Bhopalpatnam – Timed Road.

(i) Land Form, and Land Ownership The land on which this quarry is located about 1.30 km from Timed village. The district head quarter is located at Bijapur 47.0 km.

(ii) Topography along with maps

The lease area is located at Village - Timed, Tehsil – Bhopalpatnam, District- Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. It is included in survey of India Toposheet no 65 E/5 and bounded by Latitude 18°49'49.20"N to 18°49'53.14"N & Longitude 80°21'53.01"E to 80°21'57.19"E.

The quarry lease area is a small gentle granitic terrain, gently sloping towards North – West direction. The general slope of the area is towards North - West direction and drainage is controlled by a small gullies formed due to running rain water along the slope. Indravati River located at 900 meters due to West direction and Chinta Vagu River located at 1.0 km due to South direction. The highest R.L. of the quarry lease area is 103 and lowest R.L. is 101 meters above MSL.

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(iii) Climatic data from Secondary Sources The climatic condition of the area is moderate in nature. Summer season is intensively hot, where the mercury touches 42° C. The winter season is quite pleasant and during the month of December January the minimum temperature 7 - 8° C. The monsoon lasts for 4 months from June to September with an average annual rain fall of 1100 to 1150 mm. Prevailing wind direction is SE-NW (October to February) to NE-SW March to September.

Social infrastructure available

It is expected that the project will lead to much needed employment opportunities in the villages which will contribute to the socio- economic development of this area.

5) PLANNING BRIEF Planning Concept (type of industries, facilities, transportation etc) town and country Planning / Development authority classification:

The Clay/Mitti quarrying activity has no other concept except quarrying and transportation of mined out material to end-users.

The economic growth of the area in terms of employment generation, consumption behavior and market growth are expected outcome of the project.

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It is assumed that the generation of indirect employment would be multiple of direct employment. The significant positive impact on employment and occupation is envisaged on account of better economic status of the community due to better earnings.

To be mindful of its social and moral responsibilities to consumers, employees, shareholders, society and local community. The proposal will ensure the continuous Clay/Mitti supply for the building and construction materials in the surrounding areas for the improvement in social & regional development.

Project Proponent should do following:

 To keep transparent relations with the neighbors in the area  To strengthen the Gram Panchayat Democratic set up, by paying taxes  To prevent wasting of rain water and recharge ground water  To strengthen the physical infrastructure  To create greenery in lease premises and develop green belt around the mine lease area  Plantation program outside to some extent in villages.

(i) Population Projection: Since there will be hardly any influx of people from outside in the region hence no impact will be there on population of the region accept the normal increase in population. (ii) Land Use Planning The Area is 1.0 Ha. The area under excavation is only 0.72 ha, while the plantation the required area will be 0.12 ha along lease boundary. It is non forest, Govt. Waste land located near Timed village.

(iii) Assessment of Infrastructure Demand (Physical Social) Since there will be no major influx of people from outside in this region because of the project, no adverse effect on physical and social infrastructure like roads, electricity, water supplies anticipated.

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6. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE

(i) Industrial Area (Processing Area) There is no proposal for any infrastructure development.

(ii) Residential There is no plan for development of residential area in the mentioned area.

(iii) Green Belt Plantation will be carried out preferably on the lease boundary, on dump area, on overburden stack and along the road used for transportation.

(iv) Social Infrastructure It is expected that the project will lead to much needed employment opportunities in the villages which will contribute to the socio- economic development of this area.

(v) Drinking Water Management (Source and Supply of Water) The drinking water requirement for personnel working at the site will be met from the bore wells.

(vi) Sewerage System In view of the personals engaged in the project the movable type of sewerage system may be installed / deployed nearby the mine area. This may avoid polluting the land / water / air of the area. (vii) Industrial Waste Management No Industrial waste will be generated hence management is not required.

(viii) Power Requirement & Supply / Source. The mining would be semi-mechanized. Electrical power will be required about 60HP for crushing unit. Transportation will be done through tractor/trolleys operating on diesel.

7. REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R & R) PLAN The proposed area is away from the village and free from habilitation hence R&R is not required.

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8. PROJECT SCHEDULE AND COST ESTIMATES The project is an existing project and will be continued soon after obtaining statutory clearances. Cost of the project is nil, as it is an existing project. 9. CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS The Clay/Mitti mining in this area will provide employment to nearby villagers. This employment opportunity will help in raising the standard of living of the people in the area. Socio-economic condition of area generally improve as mining activities create additional employment opportunity for local habitant, social – economic status of local populace also improves as a result of social welfare activities under taken by mine owners. Significant contribution will be made towards education medical facilities and cultural aspects. Drinking water facilities will be provided to villagers, plantation will improve environmental condition of the area.

In any human activity there are always possibilities of finding various options. Project proponent has decided to examine and adopt one such option that will be both environment friendly and best suited for sand mining. A final selection is thus arrived-

1) The proposal is for environment clearance of the existing mine. 2) The proposal does not require further infrastructure. 3) The project is viable and environmental friendly

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