INDIAN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS DEVELOPMEMT AND REGULATION DIVISION MCDR INSPECTION REPORT Nagpur regional office

Mine file No : MAH/BHD/KYA-23/NGP Mine code : 33MSH05022 (i) Name of the Inspecting : B014( ) CHANDRESH BOHRA Officer and ID No. (ii) Designation : Deputy Controller Mines (iii) Accompaning mine : Mr. M. Kanan, Agent Official with Designation (iv) Date of Inspection : 26/07/2019 (v) Prev.inspection date : 21/08/2017

PART-I : GENERAL INFORMATION 1. (a) Mine Name : PAVRI KYANITE MINE(SAKRA) (b) Registration NO. : IBM/863/2011 (c) Category : B Manual (d) Type of Working : Opencast (e) Postal address State : District : Village : SAKHARA Taluka : Post office : DIGHORI (MOTHI) Pin Code : FAX No. : NIL E-mail : NIL Phone : 0712 - 526378 (f) Police Station : LAKHANDUR (g) First opening date : 15/04/1970 (h) Weekly day of rest : SUN 2. Address for : SALPEKAR BUILDING, correspondance RANI JHANSI SQUARE, SITABULDI,NAGPUR-440012

3. (a) Lease Number : MSH0297 (b) Lease area : 11.35 (c) Period of lease : 50 (d) Date of Expiry : 10/01/2051

4. Mineral worked : SILLIMANITE Associated KYANITE Main PAGE : 2

5. Name and Address of the Lessee : SHRI H. M. PAVRI SALPEKAR BUILDING, RANI JHANSI SQUARE, SITABULDI,NAGPUR-440012 NAGPUR MAHARASHTRA Phone: FAX :

Owner : Naushad Bhagwagar Paim Road , Civil Lines NAGPUR MAHARASHTRA Phone: 942280218 FAX :

Agent : SHRI M. KANNAN C/O KIRAN HOTEL SAKOLI, DISTT. BHANDARA BHANDARA MAHARASHTRA Phone: FAX : Mining Engineer Name : Kumbhe R.Y.,Part Time Qualification : B.E.Mining Appointment/ : Termination date

Mining Engineer Name : SHRI DIPAK RAHANGDALE,Full Time Qualification : DIPLOMA IN MINING & MINE SURVEYING Appointment/ : Termination date

6. Date of approval of Mining : Fresh under rule 22 MCR1960 04/10/2000 Plan/Scheme of Mining Mining Scheme rule 12 MCDR1988 21/09/2006 Mining Scheme rule 12 MCDR1988 08/10/2013 MP modif under MCR 1960 09/09/2016 PAGE : 3

PART - II : OBSERVATION/COMMENTS OF INSPECTING OFFICERS

Exploration :

Sl.No. Item Proposals Actual work Remarks

1a Backlog of Nil Nil previous year 1b Exploration over Nil Nil lease area for geological axis 1 or 2 1c Exploration Nil Nil Agencies and Expenditure in lakh rupees during the year 1d Balance area to 10.15 Ha is at G2 level. be explored to 1.2 Ha is at G3 Level. bring Geological axis in 1 or 2 1e Balance reserve 91140MT 82932MT as on 31.03.2019 as on 01/04/20 1f General remarks Geological of inspecting exploration was officers on proposed in year geology, 2016-17 but no exploration etc report or intimation is available to this office. violation is raised in this effect.

Development :

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

2a Location of C6-C6', C7-C7' C1-C1', C3-C3' and C8- Violation is development and C8-C8' C8' raised in this w.r.t.lease area effect. 2b Separate benches Yes OB Bench- 1 metre, No sufficient in topsoil, advance overburden and Ore Bench - 2-4 metre development . minerals (Rule high Violation is 15) raised in this effect. 2c Stripping ratio 114500 m3 Nil on against 8208 MT Violation is or ore to OB schist and production issued in this ratio quartzite effect. against ore 13,160 Tonnes production 2d Quantity of Nil Nil topsoil generation in m3 PAGE : 4

2e Quantity of 114500 m3 Nil overburden generation in m3

2f General remarks Faces are not well of inspecting advance. some OB officers on handled also kept development of near working pit w.r.t. type benches.Violation of deposit etc issued.

Exploitation:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

3a Number of pit 3 3 Total six numbers proposed for of small pits production available in the mines. 3b Quantity of ROM 13160 MT 8208 MT Less due to market mineral condition. production proposed 3c Recovery of 100% 100% sailable/usable mineral from ROM production 3d Quantity of Nil Nil mineral reject generation 3e Grade of mineral Nil Nil rejects generation and threshold value declared. 3f Quantity of sub Nil Nil grade mineral generation. 3h Manual / Manual Manual Mechanised method adopted for segregating from ROM 3i Any analysis or No No beneficiation study proposed and carried out for sub grade mineral and rejects. 3j Provision of Jack hammer No drilling blasting drilling and drilling and carried out. Mined blasting in sequential through Manual breaking mineral benches blasting and loading. PAGE : 5

3k Provision of The OB is in Deployed as per mining form of Top requirement. machineries in Soil /murrum mineral benches will be removed by dozer and transported through excavator dumper combination. 3l Whether height 3 metre in Height of benches in not Violation is of benches in hard rock. ob uniform. somewhere OB raised in this overburden and 1.5 m and Ore bench is merged. effect. mineral suitable for method of mining proposed in MP/SOM 3m Total area covered under O/c covered under working- 2.50 Ha, used excavation/pits for waste desposal- 1.20 Ha, infrastructure- 0.64 Ha 3n Ore to OB ratio 114500 m3 Nil OB handled against Violation is for the pit/mine Schist& 8208 Ore raised. raised in this during the year. Quartzite : effect. 13160 Ton Ore 3o Total area put covered under O/c in use under working- 2.50 Ha, used different heads for waste desposal- 1.20 at the end of Ha, infrastructure- 0.64 year Ha 3p Production of 2014-15-5786 2014-15-NilTonnes ROM mineral Tonnes 2015-16-3614 tonnes during the last 2015-16-6545 2016-17-280 Tonnes five year period tonnes 2017-18-368 Tonnes as applicable 2016-17-8100 2018-19-8208 Tonnes Tonnes 2017-18-11760 Tonnes 2018-19-13160 Tonnes 3q General remarks OB benches are not of inspecting well advanced. officers on Boundary pillar method of mining were errected . etc. Leaseis executed upto 11.01.2030 and extension order of further 20 years granted.

Solid Waste Management - Dumping:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks PAGE : 6

4a Separate dumping Separte Dumping done separately of topsoil, OB dumping of along the lease and mineral soil, schist boundary. rejects (Rule and waste 32,33) material proposed. 4b Location of Top soil- no waste and top soil violation is topsoil, OB and northern generated during the raised in this mineral reject boundary, year. but waste was effect. dumps waste on lying along the boundary western and some waste was lying boundary near faces only not moved to boundary. 4c Number of dumps along the along the lease boundary within lease lease boundary area and outside of lease area 4e Number of active along the along the boundary of and alive dumps. boundary of lease. not in shape of lease. huge dumps. around 2 metre high in line waste is dumped along the lease boundary 4i Length of Nil Nil As waste is dumped Retaining wall in lease boundary or garland drain not more than 2 all along dumps metre high in a line so no parpete wall or drain prepared. 4j Number of Nil Nil settling ponds 4k Specific Waste is not comments of dumped properly . inspecting all kind of officer on waste material is mixed. dump management

Solid Waste Management - Backfilling:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

5a Status of part Nil Nil or full extraction of mineral from mined out area before starting backfilling. 5b Area under Nil Nil backfilling of mined out area PAGE : 7

5d Total area Nil Nil fully reclaimed and rehabilitated 5e General remarks No area is matured of inspecting for backfilling so officers on backfilling not backfilling and done. reclamation etc.

Progressive Mine Clousre Plan:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

6a Whether Annual Annual report Not submitted Violation issued report on PMCP to be in this effect. submitted on submitted by time and 1st July every correctly. Rule year for 23 E(2). preceding year. 6b Area available nil nil for rehabilitation (ha) . 6c afforestation nil nil done (ha). 6d No. of saplings nil 80 planted during the year 6e Cumulative no 1700 for plan 840 Plantation needs .of plants period to be improved. 6f Any other method nil nil of rehabilitation 6g Cost incurred on nil nil watch and care during the year 6h Compliance on nil nil reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (i) Voids available for backfilling ( Lx B x D 6i Compliance on nil nil reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (ii) Voids filled by waste / tailings PAGE : 8

6j Compliance on nil nil reclamation and rehabilitation by backfilling (iii)Afforestati on on backfilled area 6l Compliance on nil nil area not matured reclamation and for backfilling. rehabilitation by backfilling (v)any other specific means. 6m Compliance of nil nil rehabilitation of waste land within lease (i)afforestation 6n Compliance of nil nil rehabilitation of waste land within lease (ii)Area rehabilitation (ha) 6o Compliance of nil nil rehabilitation of waste land within lease (iii)Method of rehabilitation 6p Compliance of not proposed no environmental monitoring (core zone and buffer zone) 6q General remarks Area not matured of inspecting for backfilling so officers on PMCP no backfilling compliance and done. some progressive plantation seen on closure the lease operations etc. boundary.

Mineral Conservation:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

7a ROM Mineral 13160 MT 8208 MT Less production dispatch or due to adverse grade-wise market scenereo. sorting within lease area PAGE : 9

7b Method of grade- Manual Manual Manual breaking wise mineral and sorting was sorting i.e. going on. manual or mechanical. 7c Different grade Kyanite- 40% Sillimanite & Kyanite of mineral and above sorted out at Al2O3 mines. Sillimanite- 30-35 % Al2O3 7d Any Nil Nil beneficiation process at mines . 7e General remarks Manual sorting of of inspecting ore and waste is officer on being practised. Mineral The Ore so conservation and generated is beneficiation despatched to issues captive grinding unit for size reduction.

Environment:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

8a Separate removal Yes proposed no top soil handled and utilization during the year 2018-19 of topsoil (Rule 32) 8b Concurrent use Plantation plantation or storage of topsoil 8c Separate dumps separate dumps No top soil and waste for overburden, proposed. generated during the waste rock, Waste will be year. rejects and near western fines (Rule 33) boundary, Top soil generated will staccked in northern boundary. 8d Use of Nil Nil Area not matured overburden, for backfilling. waste rock, rejects and fines dumps for restoring the land to its original use PAGE : 10

8e Phased Nil Nil Dump has not restoration, attained its reclamation and height, area has rehabilitation not matured for of lands backfilling affected by mining operations (Pits, dumps etc) 8f Baseline 1700 for two 840 information on years existence of plantation and additional plantation done (Rule 41) 8g Survival rate Not proposed 98 % of 80 saplings planted this year. 8h Water sprinkling Water Tanker Water tanker available During inspection on roads to only manual control airborne loading was going dust on . so no dust was being generated. 8i General remarks Plantation needs of inspecting to be improved. officer on Manual mining is aesthetic beauty going on no dust in and around generated during mines area inspection.

Compliance of Rule 45:

Sl.No. Item Propasals Actual work Remarks

9a Status of monthly return Monthly return submitted submission of should be upto May 19 and Annual Monthly and submitted by return for year 2018-19 Annual returns `10th of every has been submitted . month and annual return should be submitted by 1st of july for preceding year. 9b Scrutiny of Mining Mining Geologist has not Annual return Engineer- Mr. been appointed. for information Kutumbe R.Y. Violation issued in this on Mining and No mining effect. Engineer, Geologist Geologist and shown Manager PAGE : 11

9c Scrutiny of covered under area is well within Annual return on O/c working-- financial assurance land use pattern 2.50 Ha., limit. for area under under waste pits, reclaimed desposal- 1.20 area, dumps etc. Ha, occupied by plant , road , building etc- 0.64 Ha 9d Scrutiny of Nil as per discussion with Annual return on site team 80 numbers ofd afforestation saplings planted which were visible on lease boundary. 9e Scrutiny of Nil No mineralk reject Annual return on generated. mineral reject generation (Grade and quantity) 9f Scrutiny of nil stock Annual return on kyanite ROM stock and/or Sillimanite- graded ore 1558.075 Ton Sillimanite 9g Scrutiny of Ex Mine Price- Annual return on Kyanite- 1450 sale value, Ex. Rs/Ton Mine price and ExMine Price- production cost Sillimanite- 3612 Re/Ton Sale Price not given as despatched to Own Plant 9h Scrutiny of Fixed Asset of Annual return on Land and fixed assets Machinery- 1280990 rupees 9k Scrutiny of Shovel- 2.8 m3 Annual return on -1 No. mining Tipper-2Nos machineries PAGE : 12

Details of violations observed during current inspection and compliance position of violation pointed out

Violation observed Show couse position Rule NO. Issued on Compliance on Rule NO. Issued on Compliance on

MCDR17 Rule 11(1) 16/08/2019

MCDR17 Rule 13(2) 16/08/2019

MCDR17 Rule 26(2) 16/08/2019

MCDR17 Rule 55(1)(3) 16/08/2019

Date : (CHANDRESH BOHRA)

Indian Bureau of Mines