EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

EIA/EMP REPORT OF

URTAN NORTH COKING COAL BLOCK

SOHAGPUR COAL FIELD TEHSIL KOTMA, DISTRICT , M.P.

OF

URTAN NORTH MINING CO. LTD.

PO : KOTMA, DIST : ANUPPPUR-484334 M.P.

ISSUE 01 REV. 0 OCTOBER, 2012

PREPARED BY:

KALYANI LABORATORIES PVT. LTD., BHUBANESWAR 2011 - 12 Executive Summary of Draft EIA / EMP Report for Urtan North Coking Coal Block at Sohagpur Coal field, Dist. Anuppur, M.P.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This executive Summary presents a brief outline of Draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) & Environmental Management Plan (EMP) of the underground coal mining project M/s Urtan North Mining Co. Ltd which is a joint venture company of M/s Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (JSPL) and M/s Monnet Ispat & Energy Ltd. (MIEL). 1. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE PROJECT Mine lease area 475 Ha Washery area 8.8 Ha within mine lease Villages Baskhala, Baskhali, Thodha and Mauhari Taluka Kotma District and State Anuppur, Land Category Private Land: 443.6214 Ha Gochar(Govt.) Land: 5.3816 Ha Other Revenue(Govt.) Land: 25.997 Ha Reserves Geological reserve : 69.823 MT Mineable reserve : 49.930 MT Extractable reserve : 25.721 MT Quality (Grade) of coal W – I to W – IV and E to F Rated capacity 0.6 Million tonnes per annum Distribution of production 1. Jindal Steel & Power Ltd’s – two thirds 2. Monnet Ispat & Power Ltd’s – one third Life of the mine 46 Years approximately Depth of working Below 282 m up to 454 m. Method of Mining Mechanised and semi-mechanised bord and pillar underground mining by Continuous Miner with shuttle cars as well as LHDs and SDLs with solid blasting method. Water requirement 550 cum/day (265 cum/day for drinking and 285 cum / day industrial water)

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Source of water Potable water will be met from bore well initially and later on from treated mine water; industrial water requirement will be met from mine sump and surface reservoir. Power requirement 10 MW Power source From 33 KV nearest sub station of Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board. Emergency arrangement from 1000 KVA and 500 KVA DG sets for ventilation and pumping and other essential services. Washery capacity 0.6 MTPA Technology Cyclone process and Flotation process for fines. Middling utilization For power generation Transportation Coal transport through 20 T dumpers to nearest railway sidings for onward dispatch through rail to end use plant. Sidings, in order of priority, at  Harad railway station located about 20 Km  at 25 km by road (10.5 km, E aerially) End use plants are located in Raigarh, Patratu, and Angul Manpower 777 No. of working days 330 days/year (3 shifts of 8 hour each) Residential Colony For 50% of workforce; within block boundary Cost of the project Rs. 250 crores approximately

2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 Urtan North Coking Coal block over an area of 475 Ha has been allotted to Urtan North Mining Company Limited, a joint venture company of M/s Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (JSPL) and M/s Monnet Ispat & Energy Ltd. (MIEL), vide letter No. 13016/77/2008-CA-I dated 24th October, 2009 by Ministry of Coal. 2.2 This Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)/ Environmental Management Plan (EMP) report has been prepared for Urtan North Coking Coal block located in the eastern part of the Sohagpur Coalfield for a rated capacity of 0.6 MTPA along with

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0.6 MTPA pit head coal washery in villages Baskhala, Baskhali, Thodha and Mauhari, Tehsil Kotma, District Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh to seek Environmental Clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of . 2.3 Environmental clearance is a statutory requirement as per EIA notification dated 14th September 2006 and its amendments since the Coal Block and Coal Washery fall under Sl. No. 1(a) and 2 (b), respectively. In this connection The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) was approached with the Form-1, Pre-feasibility report on 12th October, 2011. The TOR was issued on 11th January, 2012. This EIA/EMP study has been conducted in line with the approved TOR for the purpose of environmental clearance. The report outlines the project specific issues related to environmental pollution and delineates mitigation measures to combat pollution. 3. PROJECT OUTLINE 3.1 There will be only underground mining activity within the applied mining lease area. Out of total lease area of 475 ha, disturbed area (including green belt and lawn plantation) will be only 22.98 Ha i.e. 4.83% of land and remaining 452.02 Ha of land i.e. 95.16% will remain undisturbed. The disturbed area within ML will comprise of facilities, inclines, settling pond, coal stack yard, colony, waste dump, magazine, green belt, roads, washery etc. 3.2 The Urtan North Coking Coal block is located in the eastern part of the Sohagpur Coalfield. The area is covered in the Survey of India Toposheet No. 64E/15(R.F.1:50000) and is located between latitude 23°14’31” and 23°16’20” N and longitude 81°58’48” and 82°01’17”E. The Urtan block earlier explored by MECL is located in south of Urtan North Coking Coal block. The location map of the site is given in Figure 1. 3.3 The detailed exploration of Urtan North Coking Coal block has established the presence of six persistent and regionally co relatable Seam viz. Seam-V, Index, IV, III, II and I in descending order, Seam V being the youngest while Seam I is the oldest Seam. Out of the six regionally co relatable coal horizons, Seam V is most promising as far as thickness and quality are concerned while Seam II & I, in general, do not attain mineable thickness and are of least significance. Hence Seam III has been considered as target Seam. Seam V splits at places into three sections viz. V (Top) V (Middle) & V (Bottom). 3.4 The Urtan coals are low moisture, medium volatile, medium rank and coking in nature. The coal is not devolatilised within the block. The quality of the seam having <35% ash content are found to vary between S-II to W-IV grade coal while that of >35 ash content variation is from E-F grade.

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Figure 1. Location Map

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3.5 The entire block has been divided into four sectors viz. sector –I to IV for estimation of reserves. Seam wise, sector wise, thickness wise, grade wise, barrier wise, and UVM wise reserves have been estimated. A total of 48.680 million tonnes of proved and 21.147 million tonnes of indicated reserves have been estimated accounting for 69.827 million tonnes of total reserves. A total of 43.729 million tonnes of reserves of the sections of seam V have also been estimated as per new exercise of seam delineation. Thus, geological parameters of coal seams considered for reserve and mining based on geological report are as follows: Total block area = 475 Ha Total Net Geological reserve of the Coal Block = 69.827 MT Mineable reserves in the block = 49.930 MT Net extractable reserve of the Coal Block = 25.721 MT

3.6 The target is kept as 0.60 MTPA. The life of the mine will be 46 years. Additionally, there will be construction activities for 1 year prior to start of mine. 3.7 The mining at Urtan North Coking Coal block is proposed through fully mechanized as well as semi-mechanised system. The fully mechanized panel is equipped with Continuous Miner. No blasting is required with Continuous Miner. Blasting is required in semi-mechanised panel. It will give half of total production i.e., 0.30 MTPA. Total three panels are required for semi-mechanised mining panel. Only Permitted Explosive will be used in UG mining for solid blasting. It is proposed that all these three panels will be deployed with three nos. of LHDs in each panel to give annual output @ 0.10 MTPA from each panel. 3.8 The transportation of coal from the Urtan North Coking Coal block to the nearest railway siding at Harad (20 Km from the block) will be carried by 20T capacity dumpers. The front end loaders will be used for loading the wagons. Further the coal will be transported to the end use plants through rail. The middling will be transported to the Power plant. 3.9 A total of 98,545 cum(B), waste rock is generated during drivage of inclines and ventilation shaft which will be used for development of terrain near mine entries, office, workshop, roads, haulage ramp etc. The rest of waste produced during mining of coal will be stacked in selected space within the mine boundary. This surface dump has been proposed on the Southern side of the mine entry. The area of waste disposal site is 1.5 Ha and the height will be kept below 10m.

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3.10 The Coal mined from Urtan North Coking Coal block is coking coal having ash from 23% to 46% with moisture of 1.15% to 1.55%, so it is essential to wash this coal before it can be used in the blast furnace. 3.11 Therefore a coal washery of 0.6 MTPA is proposed at pithead for beneficiation within the mine lease area over 8 ha, which will wash coal and generate middlings & rejects. The washed coal from the washery is likely to have ash of 16 -18% where as middling will have ash of 50-54% and the rejects will have ash of 75-78%. The coal washery is based on zero discharge concept. 3.12 Total requirement of water for mining and allied activities are estimated to be 550 m3/day. The entire requirement will be met from borewell in the initial stage and later it will be met from mine sump and surface water reservoir for the purpose other than drinking water. 4. PRESENT ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING 4.1 For the description of baseline environmental scenario, the lease area has been considered as the core zone. The area falling within a distance of 10 km from the boundary of the core zone has been considered as the buffer zone. 4.2 The baseline data for micro-meteorological data, ambient air quality, water quality, noise levels, soil quality and traffic density was collected during Winter Season -December 2011 to February 2012 and analysed by M/s Min Mec R&D Laboratory, New Delhi. Long term meteorological data recorded at the nearest IMD station, Pendra was collected and micrometeorological data generated at the site using an automatic weather monitoring station was recorded. Apart from these, secondary data have been collected from Census Handbook, Revenue Records, Statistical Department, Soil Survey and Land use Organisation, District Industries Centre, Forest Dept. etc. 4.3 Urtan North Coking Coal block has gently undulating topography with ridges and shallow depression. The ground elevation ranges from 526 m in east of block to 566 m north-west of block. General slope of the ground is southerly in the block. 4.4 The lease area forms a part of Kewai river watershed which is an important tributary to Son river. The buffer zone forms a part of son river basin and drained by two rivers namely Kewai and Gohrari. 4.5 The climate of the study area is of subtropical type, and is characterised by an oppressive hot summer, a mild winter and well distributed rainfall during the south western monsoon season. The monthly mean of minimum temperatures ranges from 5.3°C in December to 23.3°C in May. The monthly mean of maximum temperature ranges from 25.0°C in January to 41.8°C in May. The average annual

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rainfall for the year 1994 to 2005 was 1285.2 mm. The monsoon season is spread over the months from June to September. The relative humidity data for 8:30 hrs and 17:30 hrs as per IMD, Pendra for the year 1994 -2005 is 68% and 53%, respectively. The wind speeds were found in the range between calm and 10.20 km/hr, with an average value of 3.34 km/hr. Northern winds are the most frequent accounting for 25.98 % (including calm) of the time. 4.6 Ambient air quality monitoring was done in 8 locations including one inside the ML 3 area. The PM10 concentration of the study area ranged from 42.2 µg/m to 65.0 3 3 3 3 3 µg/m , PM2.5 from 23.8 µg/m to 38.5 µg/m , SO2 from BDL µg/m to 10.8 µg/m , 3 3 3 NOX from BDL µg/m to 13.2 µg/m and CO from 125 to 375 µg/m . 4.7 The water level in core zone during pre-monsoon is 3.4 m to 12.5 m bgl, average being 6.5 m bgl, while during post-monsoon it is 1.0 to 2.2 m bgl, average being 1.50 m bgl. The average water level fluctuating between two extreme seasons in core zone is around 5.00 m. The water level in buffer zone during pre-monsoon is 2.00 m to 12.7 m bgl, average being 7.35 m bgl, while during post-monsoon it is 0.20 m to 8.0 m bgl, average being 2.06 m bgl. The average water level fluctuating between two extreme seasons in buffer zone is around 5.0 m. The ground water balance before mining is 46.81 MCM and during mining, draft will be 1.15 MCM. Hence, Ground water balance after mining will be 45.66 MCM per year. 4.8 Four surface water samples and six ground water samples were collected for assessing the water quality in study area. All the parameters analysed for surface and ground water is found to be within the desirable limits except manganese and Aluminium concentration in two samples.  The concentration of manganese is higher than the desirable limits in the ground water sample in Murdhaha village and exceeds permissible limit in the core zone.  Concentration of aluminium are found to be within desirable and permissible limits of all the samples except in surface water samples of Thema nala near Piparia and Chaudar nala near Nigwani where it exceeds the permissible limit of 0.2 mg/l. 4.9 The total mine lease area of 475 Ha, covering part of the four villages is mostly in the form of private and government land. No forest land is involved. A perusal of the land use pattern of the buffer zone from the satellite imagery shows that about 45.31% of the total area is occupied by un-irrigated agricultural land, while irrigated agricultural land is comprised of only 0.74%. Out of the total area, 13.74% is under forest land, area not available for cultivation is 15.95% and culturable waste land is about 24.26%.

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4.10 Two soil samples were collected, one from core and one from buffer zone. The soil of the region is black in texture. The soil analysis result shows that pH is slightly acidic while conductivity is normal. The soil is deficient in potassium and rich in organic carbon. The area lies in one of the low seismic zones in the country i.e. Zone III. Also the project area is not prone to floods, landslides or cloudburst etc. 4.11 The ambient noise levels were measured at eight stations located near residential areas of 8 villages, which varied between 46.80 to 59.00 dB(A) during day time and 37.30 to 45.70 dB(A) during night time. The noise levels within the study area are well within the specified standards prescribed by CPCB except at Lahsui which experiences noise due to vicinity to traffic and railway line in the vicinity. 4.12 Total 992 vehicles were observed during 24 hours of monitoring 4.13 The forests are categorised under group 5 (Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest) as per the Indian forest classification of Champion and Seth. The above mentioned forests are mainly of Sal type, and the soil is derived from the parent rock. Soil is invariably deep sandy loam, brownish in colour and conductive to excellent growth of Sal. 4.14 The crown vegetation of the study area includes Sal, Tendu, Mahua, Achar, Haldu etc. The height of the dominant trees ranges from 6 m to 12 m. The ground flora of the area includes several grasses like Cynodon, Cyperus, Cymmbopogon, Hetropogon etc. and the herbaceous species like Achyranthus aspera, Amaranthus spinosus, Solanum nigrum etc. 4.15 There is no National Park/Wildlife Sanctuary present within the study area. The nearest National parks are Sanjay National Park at a distance of 50 km, NNE, Bandhavgarh National Park at a distance of 90 km, NW. The nearest Sanctuary are Achankimar Sanctuary at a distance of 70 km, S and Bagdera Sanctuary at a distance of 60 km, N. There is no migratory corridor in 10 km radius. The important mammalian species of the area includes Fox, Indian hare, five stripped squirrel etc. The reptiles found are garden lizard, house lizard, rat snake and blind snake. The major avifauna of the area are cattle egret, pigeon, house crow, quail, golden backed wood pecker, cheel and house sparrow. 4.16 The demographic profile of the study area shows that the total population is 110327 with 22254 nos of household. Schedule caste population is 11.27% and scheduled tribe population is 28.81% of the total population. The literacy rate of the study area is 51.88% and the total working population of the area is 36.51%.

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5. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 5.1 Mining operations and the coal washery process have direct bearing on land, air, water, ecology and socio-economics of the surrounding areas, amongst various other parameters. The environmental impact and management plan has been prepared for the proposed Urtan North Coking Coal Block in , Madhya Pradesh. 5.2 The mining activities will have very limited impact on topography of the mine lease area due to underground workings. The areas affected on the surface will be only the entry points to the UG mine, facilities at surface and the small dump area created for the disposal of limited waste generated from drivage of UG drifts/ inclines in rock. 5.3 The total area disturbed at surface will be only 22.98 ha including plantation and green belt which is only about 4.83 % of total land use. 5.4 Subsidence study has been conducted by Banares Hindu University. The maximum predicted horizontal tensile strain (HTS) has been predicted for each time block separately. The predicted peak HTS is less than 4 mm/m up to 30 years of mining. This peak HTS increases marginally to 5.7 mm/m at the end of 35 and 40 years of mining. Finally it increases to 8.16 mm/m at the end of 46 years of mining.

5.5 The underground mining operations are prone to generation of PM2.5, PM10, SO2,

NOx and CO due to blasting, fuel oil combustion, coal handling, transportation, etc. 5.6 This being an underground mine, dust producing activities are only a few. Therefore, impact on ambient air, in the mine lease area would be marginal. 5.7 The transportation of coal from the Urtan North Coking Coal block to the nearest railway siding at Harad railway station located at approximately 20 Km from the block will be carried by 20 T capacity dumpers. Transport vehicles will generate dust and gaseous emission while playing on haul roads. Primary impact due to transportation is fugitive dust. 5.8 In washery operation, the major sources of air pollution are of fugitive dust due to: i. Discharge of coal into receiving hopper. ii. Discharge of coal at the crusher. iii. Discharge of coal at screens. 5.9 Raw and clean coal stock yard, fine coal yard and reject stock yard shall be there. The coal comes through conveyor, is emptied into hopper where after it is

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crushed, sieved and transferred to washing section. The sources of dust would be the crusher, sieve and transfer points. 5.10 Fugitive Dust Model (FDM) is based on the well-known Gaussian Plume formulation for computing concentrations for impact assessment. The model has been specifically adapted to incorporate an improved gradient-transfer deposition algorithm. 5.11 A perusal of the model data shows that the incremental values are only 0.0048 g/m3 for PM10 and 0.0026 g/m3 for PM2.5. This, when added to the baseline observed values, shall remain well within the permissible limits prescribed by National Ambient Air Quality Standards 2009. 5.12 Study carried out for assessment of impact on surface water bodies by modeling suggests that in pre-mining condition the surface runoff will be 309 mm i.e. 25% of annual rainfall whereas post-mining condition the runoff will be 284 mm i.e. 23% of annual rainfall. As such surface run-off contribution to the natural drains from the mining area would be reduced thereby some change is expected in hydrologic regime of the river system. It is expected that due to increase in recharge ground water runoff (base flow); the surface runoff may increase in nearby river. 5.13 Ground water occurs below the water table in the inter-granular pore spaces of sandstone in indurated semi consolidated sediments of Gondwana and their porous structure. Study has been done for groundwater recharge in pre-mining and post mining conditions. The modelling results reveal that recharge during pre- mining condition will be 196 mm (16% of annual rainfall) whereas 247 mm (20% of annual rainfall) will be under post-mining condition. Thus, there will be increase in ground water recharge due to mining. 5.14 The stage of Ground water development as per CGWB for Kotma block. is 26% whereas for buffer zone it is 27 %, and after mining it will be 29% indicative of Safe Category of development. Long term modeling for mine inflow prediction and radius of influence due to underground mining has been attempted by analytical model. The inflow volume through long term modeling has been estimated to range between 880 to 6837 cum/day at different depths of the shaft and for the incline it ranged between 20 to 1535 cum/day at different lengths. 5.15 Pumped out mine water (to the tune of 16000 cum/day maximum) and rainwater will be stored effectively through harvesting structures at suitable sites in and around mining areas. 5.16 Land degradation is one of the major adverse outcomes of mining activities. However, this being an UG mining project, it will cause meager land degradation since only 22.98 ha land area will be disturbed for surface facilities. | Executive Summary 6

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5.17 The solid waste dumping will lead to land degradation by occupying area to an extent of only 1.50 Ha inside the ML area (over the coal bearing area) to be located on north western side of the inclines. Surface dump will also cause an impact on topography and visual aesthetics due to its 10 m height. 5.18 The sludge from washing of vehicles as well as the oil and grease can contribute considerably to degradation of quality of water and soil if appropriate control measures, spelt out in management plan, are not adopted. The other wastes generated will be sludge from settling pond, municipal solid waste from mine office and from colony, sludge from septic tanks and from sewage treatment plant. 5.19 As the mine is underground, the surface flora & fauna shall not be uprooted from above the mining area. Only small areas under facilities, essential quarters and small dump shall be disturbed which will affect the existing floral coverage. The mining lease area does not include any forest land the flora/ fauna composition within the lease area is very less, the magnitude and significance of impact on ecology shall be extremely low. 5.20 There will be some positive impact on the socio economic status of the people of the project area. These includes increase in employment opportunity, enhancement in communication facility, health and education facility, training and capacity building of the local people. The negative impacts due to mining activity includes influx of the population of the area, price hike and loss of land by the farmers. 5.21 Cumulative impact : There are no industries in the study area. One Bio-mass power plant is under construction at 3-4 KM SW of the project. However, there are seven collieries within 10 km radius. Being underground mines, the impact on air is minimum and mostly due to the dumping of waste during development of underground workings. The impact of the mining activities and transportation is reflected in the monitored data of ambient air, noise and traffic. Ground water modeling has been carried out for the mines in Jamuna-Kotma areas to identify that no intersection of radius of influence will take place with the proposed mine. 6. MONITORING SCHEDULE AND PARAMETERS 6.1 To evaluate the effectiveness of environment management programme, regular monitoring of various environmental parameters will be carried out on a regular basis to ascertain the following:  Pollution status within the mining lease area (core) & buffer zone  Generate data for predictive or corrective purpose in respect of pollution;

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 Effectiveness of pollution control measures and control facilities;  To assess environmental impacts  To follow the trend of parameters which have been identified as critical. 7. ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN 7.1 There will be creation of void in surface of earth due to incline. Mechanised and Semi-Mechanised bord and pillar underground mining by Continuous Miner with shuttle cars as well as LHDs and SDLs with solid blasting method has been proposed. This can lead to subsidence. However, the subsidence prediction study shows the effect will be negligible and pillars will not be removed below villages, water bodies and other important surface features. 7.2 Dumping on the surface will change the topography of 1.5 ha, permanently. The waste dump shall be to a height of only 10 m and will be provided with garland drains and toe walls. The slopes of the dump shall be stabilised to prevent wash off during rainfall. 7.3 All effluent from mine, workshop, and domestic water shall be treated. For the workshop an oil water separator and desilting chamber shall be provided for removal of oil and grease and settling the suspended solids, which are the two main contaminants. The mine will generate domestic effluent from toilet complexes which will be treated in a septic tank/ soak pit system. 7.4 Check dams will be provided to prevent solids from wash off and screen if any from the mine related activities where ever required. Construction of garland drains around any freshly broken and stacked areas so that flow of water with loose material is prevented. The mine water will be passed through specially constructed settling ponds to arrest any loose material being carried away with water. 7.5 Since it is a coking coal mine, sulphur content will be less. Generally, water of the coking coal mines in the area has not been found to be not acidic in nature. However regular monitoring of pH value of mine water will be done. Whenever change in pH value (acidity) noticed appropriate action will be taken through treatment prior to disposal/ reuse. Active treatment will involve installing a water treatment plant, where the AMD will be first dosed with lime to neutralise the acid and then passed through settling tanks to remove the sediment and particulate metals. 7.6 The waste generated during development of mine will be dumped in OB dump of 1.5 ha with a height within 10 m. The sludge from washing of vehicles will be stored in impervious pit. The oil and grease will be collected and sold to

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authorized recycling vendors. Sludge from settling pond will be removed periodically and put in OB dump. Municipal solid waste from mine office and from colony will be segregated into biodegradable, recyclable and disposable. The biodegradable will be composted and used as manure, recyclable sold to recyclers and disposable sent to landfill site. Sludge from septic tanks and from sewage treatment plant will also be composted and used as manure. 7.7 A three tier greenbelt is proposed for establishment using different combination of native trees, shrubs and ground vegetation etc along the roads, around the washery and mine facilities. By the end of plan period 4.32 Ha of the lease area is covered under plantation with 10800 sapling and during the conceptual period about 20.74 Ha of the lease area will be covered under green belt with 51850 saplings. The total cost of the greenbelt during operation shall be Rs. 5.72 lakhs and a recurring cost of Rs. 2.37 lakhs/ annum The blasting of rocks and coal will be done in underground and no vibrations are anticipated to be felt at surface due to the depth of the mine. However, monitoring shall be carried out at the time of operation to assess, if any vibrations are being inadvertently felt. 7.8 100% utilization of middling from the washery unit is envisaged in the power plant. Used oil which will be stored and sold to authorized waste oil recyclers. 7.9 The company will establish its own well equipped occupational health center headed by an experienced Doctor with a team of nurse, Compounder and Pathologist. Each of the persons employed in the mine will undergo initial medical examination and periodical medical examination. 7.10 Project will generate direct employment. The preference will be given for local population for employment in the semi-skilled and unskilled category. Indirect employment is created by the project for supply of daily domestic goods. Additional facilities will be developed by the project proponent in surrounding villages as part of CSR. 7.11 Under corporate social responsibility (CSR), various improvement works shall be carried out in the nearby villages for education, medical, drinking water, power supply, communication, approach road, capacity building, assistance to vulnerable persons and other socio-cultural activities. The total capital investement in CSR activities is envisaged as Rs, 395 lakhs to be spent over 10 years and a recurring expenditure of 35.75 lakhs. Minimum, Rs 5/ tonne of coal production is envisaged to be spent.

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7.12 The total initial capital investment on environmental improvement works is envisaged as Rs. 2.23 Crores, while the recurring expenditure during the stage of production is envisaged as Rs. 106.76 Lakhs per year. 7.13 A disaster management plan, both on-site and off-site with a well-laid fire fighting system and fire extinguishers as per fire safety norms has been envisaged. Regular fire safety training and mock drills will be conducted. All applicable DGMS rules shall be adhered. 7.14 The EIA/EMP report has been prepared by M/s Kalyani Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Bhubaneswar. The NABL & MOEF accredited laboratory involved in baseline data collection is M/s Min Mec R&D Laboratory. Other consultants involved are B. D. Sharma, RQP for Mining Plan, BHU for Subsidence study and M/s MINJAL for Hydrogeological Study.

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