Form-1, Pre-Feasibility Report and Approved Mining Plan for Quarrying of Rough Stone in S.F.No. 143 (Part) Pilparuthi Village, Taluk, District, of Thiru.K.Gauthaman (Extent – 0.71.0 Hect).

PREFEASIBILITY REPORT

CHAPTER -1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT /BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Thiru.K.Gauthaman got Awarded tender from government to quarry Rough Stone deposit in government Promboke land over an extent of 0.71.0Hect. in S.F.No 143 (Part) in Pilparuthi Village, , , Tamil Nadu for 5 years.

The District Collector, Dharmapuri vide letter RC.No.160/2017 (Mineral) Date: 20.07.2018 have conveyed its decision to grant lease over an extent of 0.71.0 Hect in S.F.No: 143 (Part) in Pilparuthi Village, Pappireddipatti Taluk, Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu and requested Thiru.K.Gauthaman 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.160/2017 (Mines) Date: 26.07.2018 has approved the Mining Plan over extent of 0.71.0Hect in S.F.No: 143 (Part) in Pilparuthi Village, Pappireddipatti Taluk, Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu. (Copy of Mining plan approval letter enclosed)

Thiru.K.Gauthaman has proposed to quarry Rough Stone for 37562m3 five years from this lease 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 0.71.0 Hect (< 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. 143(Part).

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.K.Gauthaman 3. ML area 0.71.0 Hect 4. Land use

Area in use Present Area Sl. during the Land Use (Hect) No. quarrying period

(Hect) Area Under 1. 0.31.99 0.41.25 Quarrying Pit

2 Infrastructure Nil 0.01.00 3 Roads 0.01.00 0.02.00 Unutilized 4 0.38.01 0.10.83 area 5 Green belt Nil 0.15.92 Total = 0.71.0Hect 0.71.0 Hect

5. Nearest Railway station Bommidi - 4kms 6. Nearest Airport Salem - 60Kms 7. Nearest major water bodies Nil 8. Nearest Town / city Bommidi - 4kms

Distance 9. Nearest Village Direction Village Population in Kms North Gandhinagar 2 500 East Vasigoundanur 1.5 700 South Kuppanur 1 300

west Pilparuthi 2 900

10. Notified Arachaeologically There are no Archeological / Historical important places, Monuments Monuments within a radius of 500m. 11. Local Places of Historical and Nil Tourism interest 12. Environmental sensitive area , Nil Protected area (Tiger reserve, elephant reserve, Biospj Heres, National parks, Wildlife sanctuaries, Community reserves and conservation reserves)

13. Reserved / Protected Forests The nearest R.F is Kavaramalai extension Reserved Forest with a distance about 1.7km on East Side. 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 A mineable reserve of Rough Stone is 37562m3 and 7512m3/per Year. 2. Geological reserves 115833m3 for Rough stone 3. Total waste There is no Top soil since rough stone exposed right from the surface itself.

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.

7. Life of mine 7512m3/ Year of Rough stone. Total Mineable reserves are 37562m3. Life of the Mine= 37562m3/ 7512m3 = 5years. 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 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: There is no Top soil since rough stone exposed right from the surface itself. 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 almost plain terrain area Except some small bushes there are no other trees in the applied area.

Depth of mining is taken as 20m Depth from general ground level. 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: Bommidi- Quarry site is located at Pilparuthi Village in West side at a distance of 2km. 3.3. PROJECT LATOUT 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 Zone and 10km buffer zone. As already mentioned, the entire mine lease area is Government Prompoke land. The applicant has obtained tender from the government. There is no habitation or other structures like HT electric lines. 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 0.71.0 Hect are Government Prompoke land. 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. 1,02,70,000/- 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.K.Gauthaman 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.K.Gauthaman has obtained lease area through government tender for quarrying Rough Stone deposit over an extent of 0.71.0 Hect Ares of Government Prompoke land in S.F.No. 143 (Part) of Pilparuthi Village, Pappireddipatti Taluk, Dharmapuri District and Tamil Nadu for 5 years.

The District Collector, Dharmapuri District, vide their letter RC.No.160/2017 (Mines) Date 20.07.2018 have conveyed its decision to grant lease over an extent of 0.71.0 Hect ares of Government Prompoke land in S.F.No. 143 (Part) of Pilparuthi Village, Pappireddipatti Taluk, Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu and requested Thiru.K.Gauthaman 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.160/2017 (Mines) Date: 26.07.2018 approved the Mining Plan over an extent of 0.71.0 Hect ares of Government Prompoke land in S.F.No.143 (Part) of Pilparuthi Village, Pappireddipatti Taluk, Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu (Copy of Mining plan approval letter Enclosed) Thiru.K.Gauthaman has proposed to quarry Rough Stone for 37562m3 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 0.71.0 Hect (> 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. 0.71.0 Hect. 2.1.2. PROJECT PROPONENT: Name : Thiru.K.Gauthaman Address : Thiru.K.Gauthaman S/o Kumarasamy, 273, Salem Main Road, Bommidi, Dharmapuri District. 2.2MINING LEASE:

Panchyat Extent in State District Taluk Village S.F.No union hectares

0.71.0 Tamil Dharmapuri Pappireddipatti Pappireddipatti Pilparuthi 143 (Part) Hect Nadu

0.71.0 Total Hect

The period of mining lease is 5 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 governmental 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 7512m3/year, out of which is about 37562m3 will be the recoverable reserves of Rough Stone.

3.2. LOCATION: This project is for Quarrying of Rough Stone over an extent of 0.71.0Hect. In S.F.No:143 (Part) of Pilparuthi Village, Pappireddipatti Taluk, and Dharmapuri District Tamil Nadu. The area Lies in the North Latitude 11°59'17.45" N to 11°59'21.72"NLongitude 78°15'59.90"E to 78°16'3.61"E falls in the survey of Toposheet No. 58-I/05, 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 Soil, Alluvium recent Granites, basic granulites, Archaean 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 Gneisses 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 Gneisses 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 Recoverable reserves are estimated by cross sectional method up to a depth of 20mts as Rough Stone. 3.3.3 GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES & MINEALE RESERVES: The geological resources are estimated for the area by the Cross-Sectional method is as 115833m3 upto the estimated depth 20m. The resources details are as follows: ESTIMATION OF GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES FOR ROUGH STONE: Geological resources: The Geological resource is estimated as 326835m3 by area cross sectional method. GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES

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

I 12 29 2 696 696 I 38 58 3 6612 6612 II 59 58 5 17110 17110 XY-AB III 59 58 5 17110 17110 IV 59 58 5 17110 17110 58638 58638 TOTAL I 5 18 3 270 270 II 69 55 5 18975 18975 XY-CD III 69 55 5 18975 18975 IV 69 55 5 18975 18975 TOTAL 57195 57195 GRAND TOTAL 115833 115833 Recoverable Reserves The mineable reserves and the recoverable reserves are 37562m3 respectively MINEABLE RESERVES Mineable length Width Depth Volume in Section Bench Resources in in (m) in (m) in (m) CBM CBM I 2 13 2 52 52 XY-AB I 28 41 3 3444 3444 II 44 31 5 6820 6820

III 39 21 5 4095 4095 IV 34 11 5 1870 1870 16281 16281 TOTAL I 59 3 3 531 531 II 59 35 5 10325 10325 XY-CD III 54 25 5 6750 6750 IV 49 15 5 3675 3675 TOTAL 21281 21281 GRAND TOTAL 37562 37562

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 20.07.2018 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 37562m3 and the recoverable reserves is 37562m3. The Rough Stone life of the mine is computed as 5 years at a production rate of 7512m3per annum.

Year Wise Production for Rough Stone: ROUGH STONES PRODUCTION DETAILS AS FOLLOWS: The average proposed rate of production of Rough stone is about 7512m3 per year for 37562m3 five years.

YEARWISE PRODUCTION Mineable length Width Depth Volume Section Section Bench Resources in (m) in (m) in (m) in CBM in CBM I 2 13 2 52 52 I-YEAR I 28 41 3 3444 3444 XY-AB II 26 31 5 4030 4030

II 18 31 5 2790 2790 II- III 39 21 5 4095 4095 YEAR IV 13 11 5 715 715 IV 21 11 5 1155 1155 III- I 59 3 3 531 531 YEAR II 33 35 5 5775 5775 IV- II 26 35 5 4550 4550 XY-CD YEAR III 24 25 5 3000 3000 V- III 30 25 5 3750 3750 YEAR IV 49 15 5 3675 3675 TOTAL 37562 37562 Overburden Development There is no Top soil since rough stone exposed right from the surface itself. 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 32Hand held Atlas Compressor Mm Copco

2 Hydraulic excavator 1 M3 1.7 Ex 300 3 Tipper 2 MT Ashok 10 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 : 25m3 x 2.6 = 65 MT Blasting efficiency @ 95% : 1.17 x95% = 1.05MT / hole Charge per hole : 140 gms of 25mm dia cartridge Quantity of rock broken per : 62MT per day day 3.4.5. DISPOSAL OF WASTE: There is no Top soil since rough stone exposed right from the surface itself. 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 strewn with boulders of various sizes ranging from a few cm to one to half meter in diameter. The terrain is almost plain terrain. except some small bushes there are no other trees in the applied area. Depth of mining is taken as from general ground level. 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 1.500 KLD (in 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 Bommidi - 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 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-Harur Quarry site is located at Pilparuthi Village in west side at a distance of 2km.

4.2 LAND FORM, LAND USE AND LAND OWNERSHIP: 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 almost plain terrain area. Except some small bushes there are no other trees in the applied area. Crops are only seasonal cultivation with lift irrigation is practiced. The main crops are groundnut, maize, soybeans and cereals.

4.3 TOPOGRAPHY: Rough Stone is located in the South east side is elevated from the ground level as an exposure in few places. There are no HT Electric lines located in within a radius of 50m. Temperature of the region is reported to be 18 ºC to a maximum of 39º C during summer. Rain fall of this area is about 810 mm 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 lands in lessee’s possession .There no habitation or other structures like HT electric lines, Water bodies in the Government Prompoke land.

Distance 1 Nearest villages Direction Village Population in Kms North Gandhinagar 2 500

East Vasigoundanur 1.5 700

South Kuppanur 1 300 west Pilparuthi 2 900 2 Nearest Major Water There are no Water bodies (River, Pond, Lake, Odai, bodies Channel etc) within the 50m radius. 3 Notified Nil Archaeologically important places ,monuments 4 Local Places of Nil Historical and

Tourism Interest

5 Environmental Nil sensitive areas , Protected areas as per Wild life Protection Act,1972 (Tiger reserve ,Elephant reserve , biospheres’ ,National Parks ,Wild life Sanctuaries ,community reserves and conservation reserves ) 6 Reserved /Protected The nearest R.F is Kavaramalai extension Reserved Forests Forest with a distance about 1.7km on East Side. 7 Defence Installations Nil 8 Seismic Zone Zone –II (lease active) 9 Other Industries in No other industries in this area. the area Index plan showing the features within 10km radius is given.

4.5 EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE: The area is well accessible by road .The mining work is restricted to one general shift during day time only .Major Machinery repair Works are attended at Bommidi - 4km town 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 provided on semi –permanent structures within the lease area .

4.6 CLIMATIC SCENARIO: The area receives rainfall about 810 mm/per annum and the rainy season is mainly from Oct –Dec. The summer is hot with maximum temperature of 39°C and winter records a minimum temperature of 30°C. 4.7 SOIL STATUS: There is no Top soil since rough stone exposed right from the surface itself. 4.8 SOIL INFRASTRUCTURE: The Project area and its immediate surroundings do not contain any human habitations, 1. Post Office Pilparuthi – 2km

2. Police Station Nadur – 3kms 3. Government Hospital Mallapuram – 4km 4. DSP Office Harur – 25kms 5. Nearest Railway Bommidi – 4kms Station 6. School Bommidi – 4kms 7. Nearest Airport Salem – 60kms 8. Nearest Seaport Chennai – 280kms 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 0.71.0Hect 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. Trees like Pungan, Neem and Casuarinas etc will be planted along the lease boundary and avenues as well as over non active dumps at a rate 100 trees per annum with an interval of 5m. The rate of survival expected to be 80% in this area. 5.5 ASSESSMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEMAND: Bommidi-Harur

Quarry site is located at Pilparuthi Village in West side at a distance of 2km.the logistics details of the product area as follows: There is no Top soil since rough stone exposed right from the surface itself. 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 on bore well supply basis 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-Harur Quarry site is located at Pilparuthi Village in West side at a distance of 2km the logistics details of the area.

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 & 0.250 KLD Domestic Purposes (in KLD) Dust Suppression 1.500 KLD (in KLD) Green belt (in 0.750 KLD 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. F.R

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 0.71.0 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

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

8.2 PROJECT COST AND ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF THE PROJECT 8.2.1 PROJECT COST: The project cost would be around Rs. 1,02,70,000/-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.

8.2.2 ECONOMIC VIABILITY: Infact 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)

9.1 CONCLUSION: The proposed Rough Stone quarry of Thiru.K.Gauthaman 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.

Signature of the applicant K.Gauthaman Place: Dharmapuri Date:

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