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K. Sreenivasa Reddy Survey No K. SREENIVASA REDDY SURVEY NO. 194, CHINNAHYTA VILLAGE, HOLAGUNDA MANDAL, KURNOOL DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH 1. FORM I 2. ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN 3. MINING PLAN (OPEN CAST QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR MINE – 10.00 Ha) SUBMITTED BY STUDIES AND DOCUMENTATION BY Sri. K. SREENIVASA REDDY TEAM Labs and Consultants 8-1-329/1, 501, (MoE&F O.M. - S. NO: 25, List A-1) My Home rainbow Apt, B-115, 116,117 & 509, Annapurna Block, Shaikpet, Tolichowki, Aditya Enclave, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500008 Hyderabad-500 038 Mobile No: +91 77308 66688 Phone: 040-23748 555/616, Email: Tele fax: 040-23748666 [email protected] Email: [email protected] SUBMITTED TO STATE LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY, ANDHRA PRADESH, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA K. SREENIVASA REDDY SURVEY NO. 194, CHINNAHYTA VILLAGE, HOLAGUNDA MANDAL, KURNOOL DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH FORM I (OPEN CAST QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR MINE – 10.00 Ha) SUBMITTED BY STUDIES AND DOCUMENTATION BY Sri. K. SREENIVASA REDDY TEAM Labs and Consultants 8-1-329/1, 501, (MoE&F O.M. - S. NO: 25, List A-1) My Home rainbow Apt, B-115, 116,117 & 509, Annapurna Block, Shaikpet, Tolichowki, Aditya Enclave, Ameerpet, Hyderabad - 500008 Hyderabad-500 038 Mobile No: +91 77308 66688 Phone: 040-23748 555/616, Email: Tele fax: 040-23748666 [email protected] Email: [email protected] SUBMITTED TO STATE LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY, ANDHRA PRADESH, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Kothapalli Ranga Rao Form-1 APPENDIX I (See paragraph – 6) FORM 1 (I) Basic Information S. No Item Details 1 Name of the Project/s Sri K. Sreenivasa Reddy 2 S. No in the Schedule 1(a) – B2 Category 3 Proposed capacity/area/length/tonnage to be Mine lease area is 10.0 Ha. Proposed handled/command area/lease area/number of wells open cast mining for production of to be drilled Quartz is 653743 tons/annum Capital cost estimated Rs. 50 Lakhs. 4 New/Expansion/Modernization Existing Mine 5 Existing Capacity/Area etc. About 20000 tons of quartz was produced from 2011-2016. 6 Category of Project i.e 'A' or 'B' B 7 Does it attract the general condition? If yes, please No specify. 8 Does it attract the Specific condition? If yes, please No specify. 9 Location Plot/Survey/Khasra No. Sy. No. 194 Village Chinnahyta Tehsil Holagunda District Kurnool State Andhra Pradesh 10 Nearest railway station/airport along with distance in Railway Station : Adoni -27.7 kms -SE, kms. Airport: puttaparthi – 165 km – Se direction 11 Nearest Town, City, District Headquarters along with Town: Adoni -24 km –NE direction, distance in kms. District head quarter is Kurnool – 105 Km-NE 12 Village Panchayats, Zilla Parishad, Municipal Village Panchayat: Chinnahyta, Corporation, Local body (complete postal address Zilla Parishad: Kurnool with telephone nos. to be given) 13 Name of the Applicant Sri K. Sreenivasa Reddy 14 Registered Address Sri. K. Sreenivasa Reddy 8-1-329/1, 501, My Home rainbow Apt, Shaikpet, Tolichowki, Hyderabad - 500008 Mobile No: +91 77308 66688 Email: [email protected] 15 Address for Correspondence: F-1 Kothapalli Ranga Rao Form-1 Name Sri K. Sreenivasa Reddy Designation(Owner/Partner/CEO) Owner Address Sri. K. Sreenivasa Reddy 8-1-329/1, 501, My Home rainbow Apt, Shaikpet, Tolichowki, Hyderabad - 500008 Pin Code E-mail Telephone Number Phone: +91 77308 66688 Fax No. Fax: 91-040-23748666 16 Details of alternative Sites examined, if any. Location Village-District-State – of these sites should be shown on a topo sheet. -NA. Site specific i.e. mining. 17 Interlinked Projects -NA- 18 Whether separate application of interlinked project No has been submitted? 19 If yes, date of submission 20 If no, reason 21 Whether the proposal involves approval/clearance No under: if yes, details of the same and their status to be given. (a) The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980? (b) The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972? (c) The C.R.Z Notification, 1991? 22 Whether there is any Government Order/Policy Yes – In principle of mine lease relevant/relating to the site? proceedings by The Assistant Director of Mines and geology, Kurnool vide proceedings no. 2265/M4/2009, dt.30.08.2011 for a period of 20 years 23 Forest land involved (hectares) No 24 Whether there is any location pending against the No project and /or land in which the project is propose to be set up? (a) Name of the Court (b) Case No (c) Orders/directions of the Court, if any and its relevance with the proposed project. F-2 Kothapalli Ranga Rao Form-1 (II) Activity 1. Construction, operation or decommissioning of the Project involving actions, which will cause physical changes in the locality (topography, land use, changes in water bodies, etc.) S.No. Information/Checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate confirmation quantities /rates, wherever possible) with source of information data 1.1 Permanent or temporary change in NO Total mine lease area is 10.0 ha, The land use, land cover or topography lease area consist of a small hillock. including increase in intensity of The maximum elevation of this hillock land use (with respect to local from general ground level is 55m. land use plan) 1.2 Clearance of existing land, NO It is running quarry on hillock. Mine vegetation and buildings? lease grant notice obtained from Government of Andhra Pradesh. 1.3 Creation of new land uses? NO 1.4 Pre-construction investigations e.g. YES Survey completed – Mine office, bore houses, soil testing? temporary rest shelters, first aid shed and toilets to workers will be constructed during mine lease period. No major construction will be done. 1.5 Construction works? NO Mine office and temporary rest shelters to the workers will be constructed. 1.6 Demolition works? NO 1.7 Temporary sites used for NO Local villagers shall be employed. construction works or housing of construction workers? 1.8 Above ground buildings, structures NO No major excavation is required. or earthworks including linear Temporary rest shelter and office will structures, cut and fill or be constructed with semi-permanent excavations structures. 1.9 Underground works including NO Open cast method by deploying small mining or tunneling? machinery and as well as drilling & blasting will required. 1.10 Reclamation works? YES Reclamation already started and going on concurrently with mining operation 1.11 Dredging? NO 1.12 Offshore structures? NO 1.13 Production and manufacturing YES Mining will be by opencast method. processes? The mineral deposit is very hard and requires drilling and blasting. Jack hammers will be used for such work. (Annexure I). F-3 Kothapalli Ranga Rao Form-1 1.14 Facilities for storage of goods or YES Mineral stock yard is proposed. materials? 1.15 Facilities for treatment or disposal NO Total of 905463 tons of waste will be of solid waste or liquid effluents? generated during this scheme period. Part of waste produced will be dumped over an area of 0.51ha and a part of waste will be used for backfilling of mined over pits. Domestic effluents shall be sent to septic tank followed by soak pit. 1.16 Facilities for long term housing of NO Temporary rest shelters to workers operational workers? shall be constructed. 1.17 New road, rail or sea traffic during NO Quartz will be transported through construction or operation? tipper of 17 Tons per day capacity by road. Number of trips will be 130 per day. 1.18 New road, rail, air waterborne or NO other transport infrastructure including new or altered routes and stations, ports, airports etc? 1.19 Closure or diversion of existing NO transport routes or infrastructure leading to changes in traffic movements? 1.20 New or diverted transmission lines NO or pipelines? 1.21 Impoundment, damming, NO culverting, realignment or other changes to the hydrology of watercourses or aquifers? 1.22 Stream crossings? NO 1.23 Abstraction or transfers of water NO Water shall be drawn from local form ground or surface waters? village for the purpose of domestic and water sprinkling on haul road. 1.24 Changes in water bodies or the land NO There is no discharge from the surface affecting drainage or run- quarrying operations. off? 1.25 Transport of personnel or materials YES Local villagers shall be employed for for construction, operation or construction and operation. Quartz decommissioning? produced from the mine will be transported through tippers. Employment potential and list of machinery is presented in Annexure-I. 1.26 Long-term dismantling or NO F-4 Kothapalli Ranga Rao Form-1 decommissioning or restoration works? 1.27 Ongoing activity during NO decommissioning which could have an impact on the environment? 1.28 Influx of people to an area in either NO temporarily or permanently? 1.29 Introduction of alien species? NO 1.30 Loss of native species or genetic NO diversity? 1.31 Any other actions? NO 2. Use of Natural resources for construction or operation of the Project (such as land, water, materials or energy, especially any resources which are non-renewable or in short supply): S.No. Information/checklist Yes/No Details thereof (with approximate Confirmation quantities /rates, wherever possible) with source of information data 2.1 Land especially undeveloped YES The mine lease area of 10.0 Ha. The or agricultural land (ha) lease area consist of a small hillock. 2.2 Water (expected source & YES Total water required for the proposed competing users) unit: KLD mine will be 18 KLD, which shall be drawn from local villages through tankers. (Annexure III). 2.3 Minerals (MT) YES The present proposal is for Quartz mine mining and it is a mineral. 2.4 Construction material– stone, NA aggregates, sand/soil(expected source- MT) 2.5 Forests and timber (source – MT) NO 2.6 Energy including electricity and YES Power required for the office and fuels (source, competing users) mining operations shall be drawn from Unit: fuel (MT), energy (MW) nearby village supply from state grid.
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