Sri R.Rama Chandra Rao-Colour Granite-2Ha Pre-Feasibility Report
1.0 Executive summary of the project
1.1 Introduction
The proposed mining lease area of Sri R.Rama Chandra Rao is located at Sy.no. 02 of Elavanellore village & Ramasamudram Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh State.
Salient features of the project are given in Table 1.0 & 2.0
Fig.1.0 Topo Map showing 10 km radius around the project site
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Table 1.0 Project location and quarry details Project Name Sri R.Rama Chandra Rao- Colour Granite-3.141Ha. Area 3.141Ha Location of quarry Sy.no. 02 of Elavanellore village & Ramasamudram Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh State Project cost Rs.30 lakhs Mineral of mine Colour Granite Proposed production 9,570m3/annum Method of mining Opencast semi mechanized method No.of working days 300 Water requirement 6.33KLD Source of water Tankers from outside Manpower 30
Table 2.0 Salient features of the Project
Details Measurement
Nearest village & Habitation Pillagondala palli village,1.0 km, W
Road access The applied quarry site is accessible through a good motorable asphalted road from Elavanellore town and is about 1.5km of southern direction of mine lease area, after driving 4km up to Ramasamudram.
Nearest Major Road The project area is approachable from SH-82 is within 16Km distance.
Nearest Town The mandal head quarter’s town of Ramasamudram and is about 4km from the mine site.
Rail network Bangarapet Railway Station, 56 km.
Nearest water source Water table is about 30m from surface. Bore wells and dug Wells exist near the quarry site and adequate water is available.
River/Stream There are no major rivers surrounding of lease within 5 km radius.
Forest boundary There are no reserved and protected forests are found within 10 km radius area.
Interstate Boundary There is no interstate boundary within 10km raduious.
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Nearest mines if any 1. M/s.G.K Stones India Pvt Ltd Quarry within 500m Distance. (Nearest Quarries)
Cluster details
a. Cluster classification and location details: As per the cluster definition the present cluster of mines comes under the examination purview of DEAC (District Expert Appraisal Committee) Government of Andhra Pradesh. This is because of the proposed mine is minor mineral (Colour Granite). One Non-working quarry is
identified within 500m distance but the lease is expire on 31.07.2017 as per
ADMG vide proceedings No. 1895/TQL/DM/2005. Thus the condition of cluster no needs for preparation of EMP. This cluster condition does not need EIA study or public hearing. The cluster details are given below.
Details of Cluster of Mines Name of the Extent S.No. Present Status project location (Ha.) 1 M/s.G.K Stones 2.00 Non-Working India Pvt Ltd
Technical Details of Cluster of mines
S.No. Name Extent Production (Ha.) (tonnes/annum) 1 M/s.G.K 2.00 10,473 Stones India Pvt Ltd
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2.0 Introduction of the Project/ Background Information 2.1 Identification of project and project proponent. The present project area of 3.141 Ha is already found to have deposits of a Colour Granite in Sy.no. 02 of Elavanellore village & Ramasamudram Mandal, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State. Road metal is used for road lying and construction of buildings.
2.2. Brief description of nature of the project. The mining lease area of 3.141Ha is located in Govt.land. Open cast semi mechanized method of mining is followed and it has been proposed to produce 9,570m3/annum of Colour Granite.
Sri R.Rama Chandra Rao is in Colour Granite Business from Chittoor for the last one year, he has applied for grant of quarry lease for Colour Granite occurring at Sy.no. 02 of Elavanellore village & Ramasamudram Mandal, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State. The quarry lease application was received on no.40003/R4-1/2011 Dt.28-08-5015 and 40003-R5-1/2001 Dt.01- 09-2017 received by the DDM&G Chittor.
In the approved mining plan the average year wise production is given about 9,570 m3. Due to heavy demand of Colour Granite the lessee has interested to do the mining. Now the application is submitted for Environment Clearance for the production capacity of 9,570 m3/annum to DEIAA, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh State. 2.3. Need for the project and its importance to the country and or region. The demand for Colour Granite is increased due to rapid industrialization and growth in infrastructure. So the number of Colour Granite producing quarries is increasing in India. Road metal is used for construction of buildings and road lying purpose the lessee intends to produce the required quantity of Colour Granite for domestic market.
As per EIA notification 2006 the project falls under Category‐ B, the proponent is submitting the proposal to get Clearance for production capacity of 9,570 m3/annum of Colour Granite from DEAC, DEIAA Chittoor District for the purpose of grant of Environment Clearance of the quarry. 2.4. Demand-Supply
There is need of export the Colour Granite it will be used in domestic market.
2.5. Imports vs. Indigenous production Not Applicable 2.6. Domestic/ Export markets.
There is no export of Colour Granite. It will be used in Domestic purpose.
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2.7. Employment Generation (Direct and Indirect) due to the project. Proposed mining is semi mechanized mining it will be provide direct employment of 30no.s and indirect employment will also be provided like machinery operators.
3.0 Project Description 3.1. Type of project including interlinked and interdependent project, if any. Not applicable 3.2. Location (map showing general location, specific location, and project boundary & project site layout) with coordinates.
3.3. Details of alternative sites, considered and the basis of selecting the proposed site particularly the environmental considerations gone into should be highlighted. Not applicable
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3.4. Size & magnitude of operation The proposed project envisages an average production of 9,570 m3/annum of Colour Granite
Table. 3.0 Production Details
Year Production (m3) Colour Granite Recovery O.B (20%), m3 (10%),m3 1st Year 6207 24,830 2nd year 12628 50,515 3rd year 11438 45,754 4th year 8237 32,947 5th year 9342 37,368 Total 47,852 1,91,414
3.4.1 Topography The Quarry lease area is an undulating terrain interspersed with a small elevated mound, which are mostly covered by small rock boulders. These boulders are of irregular shapes and vary widely in size and shape. The hill feature is a result of weathering and denudation and raise in height from the general ground level to about 18m. The area thus presents a rugged topography. The general soil cover in the area comprises of brown clayey soil type with kankary encrustations. The applied Q.L area is devoid of any forest or tree cover and the only vegetation seen comprises of shrubs. There are no agricultural lands in the leased area. The surrounding low land however it has been converted to arable lands and is owned by local residents. As already stated earlier, the Topographical expression of the applied area is in the form of small- elevated mound, which are made of small boulders and sheet rock out crops. The boulders are of various shapes and sizes. Often it is seen that the boulders vary in size between 5 X 3 X 5m and 3 X 2 X 4m sizes. The gaps between the boulders at are filled with murram soil washed down by rainwater from surface. This gives the impression that the boulders are embedded in the murram soil. Bellow the boulders Granite gneiss sheet rock exposed.
3.4.2 Regional Geology The region of the subject area is belonging to Peninsular Gneissic complex of Archaean group. The Peninsular Gneissic Complex comprising Granite gneiss dyke, grey granodiorite, and porphyritic granite intruded by Granite gneiss and aplite veins. The Peninsular Gneissic Complex comprises gabbroic dyke granite suite of rocks. They are highly variable in mineralogical composition appearance structure and relative ages. The individual members have not been distinguished in a major part of the area. However, granite and Granite gneiss dyke occupy a large part of the area, while bands of relatively younger coarse-grained gneissic granite occur in the north eastern part.
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The Ramasamudram belt is located along the Peninsular Gneissic Complex comprises a Complex assemblage of gneissic variants and gabbroic rocks which occupy almost the entire proposed area the Peninsular Gneissic Complex in the area is representing mostly by biotite hornblende gneiss, biotite Granite gneiss and gabbroic Granite gneiss in north eastern part of the lease area and made up of rocks of high grade metamorphism, Granite gneiss and intense deformation. These granites, which are often porphyritic, are intrusive into the gneissic terrain and contain alkali feldspar space, which ranges from light to deep black because of the massive nature of these intrusive they are amenable for producing large size blocks, due to the wide spaced joint pattern in to them. The granite deposits are mostly confined to the belt between Rayachoti and Sundupally. The rock is exposed in the form of cluster of big boulders and occasionally sheets.
3.4.3 Local Geology: Granite Gneiss boulders soil covers the periphery of the area on three sides (north, west & southern) along the boundary line. But major portion of the area is covered by sheet rock with mix of weathered Granite gneiss boulders out crop. This rock type might have been derived from Granite gneiss of two different rock types of a granite material, which may take from magma have intruded through re-resting host rock. The area is mostly consists lot of big Granite gneiss boulders on the surface all along the trend of East to West. In this area the deposit is having exposures on the surface to maximum height of 22m from the ground level. In this area about 1-2m thick material is containing small, medium size and uneven, boulders with multiple fractures and joint zones. At surface itself the ripple type and Granite gneiss boulders are exposed with a height of 1-2m. On surface some big boulders also exist with prominent good quality rock. However the size of the boulders varies from 1– 2m3 will be utilized for marketing after necessary dressing. Big size boulders are available at the reef of the mound itself. After removing such boulders and soil the sheet rock will be reached. The granite sheet rock with ripples of Colour (feldspar, quartz, biotite and epidote) mineral distribution is observed in the course to medium grain size fabrication of Colour granite. The ripples are formed due to the distribution of different rock forming minerals wavy action with different lineation and foliation of gneissic structure.
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3.4.5 Reserves estimation:
Category Geological Reserves in m3
Proved Reserves 232142
Probable Reserves 31406
Possible Reserves 31406
Total 2,94,955
Life of the mine = Mineable reserves/Actual anticipated annual production
=1, 75,811/9570=18.37 Years. (Calculations)
3.5. Project description with process details
Type of Mining:
Open Cast – Semi mechanized method with bench height and width is about 6m.
To cut down cost and for achieving targeted production of Colour Granite for the operations are planned to be carried out semi-mechanized methods deploying machinery. The Poclain is to be deployed for the removal of overburden removal and for forming of the benches. The other pneumatic tools like Jack Hammers etc. will be deployed for shot hole drilling in sheet rock for taking out large of Road metal stones, Jackhammers will also be used in primary cutting of mother rock. Per year 300working days shall be proposed. Each year one bench shall be proposed one over the other from south to north direction.
Table 4.0 Extent of Mechanization
S.No. Machinery No.s 1 Jack hammers 4 2 50 CFM Compressors 2 3 10 Tonnes crane 1 4 Poclain 2
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5 10 tonnes capacity Tippers 2 8 Minor Tools Chisels, crow bars, Pick axes spades and hammers of different sizes (Including sledge hammers)
3.6.Raw material required along with estimated quantity, likely source, marketing area of final products, mode of transport of raw material and finished products. No raw material will be required in the proposed project. The operation involves the extraction of Colour Granite and dumping in stock yard. The finished material will be transported through hired trucks to the end users.
3.7.Resource optimization/recycling and reuse envisaged in the project, if any, should be briefly outlined. Not Applicable
3.8. Availability of water its source, Energy/power requirement and sources should be given.Water required for drinking, Green belt, Dust suppression and wire saw cutting is 3.29 KLD. This water will be supplied from tankers/bore wells of nearby area
Table 5.0 Water Requirement (Cluster)
S.No. Water Usage Quantity (KLD) 1 Water sprinkling on haul 3.6 roads 2 Domestic 1.05 3 Green Belt 1.68 Total 6.33
3.9 QUANTITY OF WASTES TO BE GENERATED (LIQUID AND SOLID) AND SCHEME FOR THEIR MANAGEMENT/ DISPOSAL
3.9.1 Solid Waste Generation& its Disposal
There is mineral waste is expected from the proposed mine, 38,283 m3/annum of over burden will be expected from the mine.
3.9.2 Liquid effluent
No liquid effluent will be generated at the mine site. The domestic waste water generated will be sent to septic tanks followed by soak pits.
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4.0 SITE ANALYSIS
4.1 Connectivity
4.1.1 Nearest Railway Station
The nearest Railway Station is Railway Bangarapet is major railway station 56KM near to Ramasamudram-Tirupati-Banglore main line and is only about 56Km away.
4.1.2 Nearest Airport
The nearest Airport is Chennai which is 350 km away from the quarry site.
4.2 LANDFORM, LANDUSE AND LAND OWNERSHIP
The general soil cover in the area comprises of brown clayey soil type with Kankary encrustations. The applied Q.L area is devoid of any forest or tree cover and the only vegetation seen comprises of shrubs. There are no agricultural lands in the leased area. The surrounding low lands however have been converted to arable lands and are owned local residents.
The study area is a plateau, with number of ridges and flat-topped hills is called butte, characterized by rugged to undulating topography interpreted by plains and valleys. The region of the subject area is belonging to Peninsular Gneissic complex of Archaean group. The Peninsular Gneissic Complex comprising Granite gneiss dyke, grey granodiorite, and porphyritic granite intruded by Granite gneiss and aplite veins.
S. No. Purpose Extent ( Ha )
1 Area Proposed for Quarrying 2.523
2 Waste Dump area 0.246
3 Mine Roads 0.072
4 Stock Yard 0.094
5 Site services 0.016 6 Magazine 0.014 6 Greenbelt 0.112 Total (Broken) 3.077
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4.3 Topography
The Quarry lease area is an undulating terrain interspersed with a small elevated mound, which are mostly covered by small rock boulders. These boulders are of irregular shapes and vary widely in size and shape. The hill feature is a result of weathering and denudation and raise in height from the general ground level to about 18m. The area thus presents a rugged topography. The general soil cover in the area comprises of brown clayey soil type with kankary encrustations. The applied Q.L area is devoid of any forest or tree cover and the only vegetation seen comprises of shrubs. There are no agricultural lands in the leased area. The surrounding low land however it has been converted to arable lands and is owned by local residents. As already stated earlier, the Topographical expression of the applied area is in the form of small- elevated mound, which are made of small boulders and sheet rock out crops. The boulders are of various shapes and sizes. Often it is seen that the boulders vary in size between 5 X 3 X 5m and 3 X 2 X 4m sizes. The gaps between the boulders at are filled with murram soil washed down by rainwater from surface. This gives the impression that the boulders are embedded in the murram soil. Bellow the boulders Granite gneiss sheet rock exposed.
5.0 PLANNING BRIEF
5.1 Planning Concept
It is proposed to produce average production of 9,570 m3/annum of Colour Granite from the proposed mining lease.
5.2 Population projection
The project will employ mostly workers from nearby villages. There will not be any increase in population due to the project.
5.3 Land use planning
The project is located in 3.141Ha. of Govt. land. There will be change in land use as the Colour Granite will be excavated. After the exhaustion of Colour Granite, the pit will be backfilled with the waste generated.
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5.4 Assessment of Infrastructure Demand (Physical & Social)
On the basis of the preliminary site visit, the infrastructure demand in the villages was assessed on the basis of need and priority. The assessment will be made in the socio economic survey & will be submitted at the time of final presentation regarding EC.
5.5 Amenities/Facilities
Office, Rest shelter, first aid room, workshop will be constructed.
6.0 PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE
6.1 Industrial Area (Processing Area)
No infrastructure is proposed.
6.2 Residential Area (Non-Processing Area)
As the local persons will be given employment, no residential area/ housing is proposed within the mining lease area.
6.3 Green Belt
Green belt will be developed along the boundaries of mine lease area.
6.4 Sewerage System
The domestic wastewater generated will be sent to septic tanks followed by soak pits.
6.5 Industrial Waste Management
Not applicable.
6.6 Solid Waste management
The waste (over burden) will be dumped within lease area towards northern side.
7.0 REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R&R) PLAN
There will be no displacement of houses. Hence rehabilitation and resettlement is not envisaged.
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8.0 ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS)
8.1 Financial and Social Benefits with Special Emphasis on the Benefit to the Local People Including Tribal Population, If Any, In the Area.
Although Colour Granite is a minor mineral, it is a major contributor in the domestic market. This project will also provide employment to local people helping them earn livelihood.
Environmental Management Plan
9. Anticipated Impacts & Mitigation Measures due to proposed project
The environment management plan is prepared with a view to facilitate effective environmental management of the project in general and implementation of the mitigation measures in particular. The EMP provides a delivery mechanism to address potential adverse impacts and to introduce standards of good practice to be adopted for all project works.
The anticipated impacts due to mining and allied activities are air, noise, land, water and socio- economic along with the mitigations to the extent possible are described in the following paragraphs.
9.1 Sources of Pollution and Control measures
The major sources of pollution are air and noise due to proposed mine from blasting and transportation of material to the far places.
9.1.1 Air Pollution and its Mitigation
Anticipated Sources of Air Pollution
Digging & Excavation (Dust, Non-fugitive) Loading & unloading and Transportation by vehicles (fugitive and line sources
Air Quality Management
Road - Regular repair (every 6 months) and Grading - Regular water sprinkling on haulage roads during dry conditions Drilling -Wet drilling and usage of sharper drill bits Trucks -Avoid overloading of trucks and unnecessary idling of vehicles Movement - Trucks to be covered with tarpaulin/plastic Enforcing speed limit (<25 kmph) Plantation -Green belt development and avenue plantation
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9.1.2 Noise pollution and its mitigation
Sources of Noise
1. Loaded trucks movement generates 80- 84 dB (A) (2-3 trucks short time Stay at mine area) 2. Digging and excavation activities - 70 dB (A) (Only during day time) 3. Blasting (Occasionally) & drilling- (89 dB (A)), blasting gives only outburst of Noise (if required blasting operations only for few minutes) 4. Normal values when mining is not in operation (40-45 dB (A)
Control Measures
• Mining operations will be carried out during day time only and avoid inconvenience to the nearby habitations • The noise propagation values found to be less than the prescribed noise limits • Ear plugs will be provided to the noise prone areas • Blasting will be done through controlled methods (occasionally) • Vehicular maintenance will ensure less noise. • Usage of sharp teeth on the JCB will reduce noise during loading operations
9.1.3 Water Quality As the proponent is allocated dump area to accumulate the waste generated from the quarry and retaining wall also will be provided so there is less impact anticipated on the surrounding water bodies due to proposed quarry.
The rainwater flows through the slopes of the area and drained off through nalas.
The ground water table in this belt is 50 m below from the surface and since the quarry depth will not reach upto this depth in the near future flooding by ground water is not anticipated. However, during rainy months, there is a possibility of wet conditions developing in the working pit. This will be minimized if not altogether eliminated by adopting simple techniques like digging trenches all round to drain off rainwater and preventing surface run off from entering and flooding working pit. The water will be pumped by using electric motor, if and when required, the mine drainage can be effectively managed and the pit kept dry to keep up the production schedule.
Garland drains will be provided around the mine wherever required to arrest any soil from the mine area being carried away by the rain water.
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10.0 Occupational Safety and Health
Safety precautions as per Metalliferrous mines Regulations and Mine Rules and Act shall be taken. Minimum distance of 7.5 m will be left all along the mine lease boundary. The mined out area will be kept out of bounds for public by providing fencing. Occupational Safety and Health to Control Exposure to Noise
* Reducing the exposure time of workers to the higher noise levels * Smooth blasting techniques, special explosives and silent non-explosive demolishing agent will be used.
11.0 House Keeping
Proper house keeping and cleanliness will be maintained in the infrastructure facilities. Wet mopping will be adopted to conserve water. Sign boards will be provided in the work areas and the road and building highlighting the safety and occupational aspects.
12.0 Transport Systems
The finished product is transported by road using trucks from quarry site to yard and trucks to transport sized dimensional blocks from yard to destination. Cranes will do the loading of blocks. The materials while transporting do not pose any hazard. Sufficient parking facilities will be provided for vehicles loading and unloading of material. Safety signs will be displayed inside and outside the mine to avoid road accidents.
13.0 Afforestation Programme and Flora-fauna
Flora and Fauna Due to water stress conditions and edaphic factors the biomass cover is less. Tree coverage is less and mostly herbs and shrubs are dominating. The vegetation is very scarce. No plant species is found that is ecologically important (Rare, endangered, threatened etc.) restricted to this area. The loss of biomass can be compensated by providing ideal conditions (proper supervision, water, fertilizer etc.) for the proposed greenbelt. Other than domestic animals no ecologically important animals are reported in this area.
13.1 Proposed afforestation:
The soil scraped from the surface will be stored temporarily along the edges of the mine till the complete extraction. This ensures proper preservation and utilization of the soil.
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13.2 Proposal for reclamation of land affected by mining
The proposed mining will result in reducing the height of the area and exposing the parent rock. It will be covered with a mantle of soil to serve the dual purpose of utilization of soil and reclaiming the ground affected by mining. The reclamation will commence after the completion of mining activity.
14.0 Environmental Greening Program
Environmental greening program is an important component of the Environment Management Plan and is an imperative requirement for any major industrial activity, as per the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Environment and forests, Govt. of India. Conceptualization, design and implementation of the proposed activity, taking into account the specific requirement of the proposed mining activity and the site conditions are presented.
Each year some of the part of the barrier zone will be subjected to afforestation and care will be taken to protect the saplings. Fruit growing trees are proposed to be planted.
Table 6.0 List of suggested plant species for Green Belt
Common Color of the Flowering No. Botanical Name Height (m) Name flower time 1 Acacia arabica Nalla thumma 8.0-10.0 Yellow March-May 2 Aegle marmelos Maaredu 8.0-10.0 Greenish March-April white 3 Albizia lebbeck Diresina 10.0- Greenish April-May (A.procera) 15.0 yellow 4 Artocarpus integrifolia Panasa 6.0-8.0 - Feb.-March 5 Anogeissus latifolia Velama 10.0- Greenish Sept.-Jan. 15.0 6 Anacardium Jeedi 3.0-4.0 Cream Jan.-Feb. occidentale 7 Anthocephalus Kadambamu 10.0- Yellow Oct.-Dec. cadamba 15.0 8 Bauhinia variegata Devakanchanam 7.0-8.0 Purple & Feb.-April u white 9 Cassia fistula Reela 9.0-13.0 Yellow March-May 10 Casuarina Sarvi 10.0- Inconspicuo March-May equisetifolia 15.0 us
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11 Delonix regia Peddathurai 8.0-12.0 White- April- June orange 12 Nyctanthes arbortristic Paarijatha 2.0-3.0 White Oct.-Nov. 13 Lagerstroemia China goranta 7.0-10.0 Liliac May-June floreginae 14 Mangifera indica Mamidi 7.0-8.0 White Feb.-March 15 Mimusops elengi Pagada 4.0-5.0 White Nov.-Dec. 16 Nerium odorum Ganneru 2.0-4.0 Red, white Feb.-March 17 Pithecellobium dulce Cheema chinta 8.0-10.0 White March-April 18 Putranjiva roxburghii Kudhuru 8.0-10.0 Inconspicu March-April ous
15.0 Socio-economic Environment
For the functioning of the mine approx.30 manpower will be utilized and it will not have any significant impact on economy of the local people It will have indirect benefit to the people of Andhra Pradesh in the form of collection of tax. Land allocated for road will be laid with avenue plantation along with lights which will be useful for the local people No impact due to influx of population/ labour because the mine is very small
16.0 Disaster Planning
The mining operation shall be carried out under the management control and direction of a qualified mines manager holding a Second class manager’s certificate of competency to manage a metalliferous mine granted by Director General of mines safety (DGMS). DGMS have been issuing a number of standing orders and circulars to be followed by the mine management in case of disaster, if any. Moreover mining staff would be sent to refresher courses from time to time to keep them abreast of the regulations. However following natural/ industrial hazards may occur during normal operation
Slope failure at the mine faces Accident due to explosives Accident due to heavy equipment/machinery Sabotage in case of magazine Accidents due to fly rocks and boulder
In order to take care of above hazards/disasters, the following control shall be adopted:
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All safety precautions and provisions of Metalliferous Mine regulation 1961 are strictly followed during all mining operations Checking and regular maintenance of garland drains and earthen bunds to avoid any inflow of surface water into mining area Entry of unauthorized persons shall be prohibited Fire fighting and first aid provisions in the mines office and mining Area; Provision of all the safety appliances such as safety boots, helmets, goggles etc. would be made available to the employees and regular check to ensure the use Training and refresher courses for all the employees working in the hazardous premises Working of mine as per approved plan, related amendments and other regulatory provisions Cleaning of mine faces shall be done regularly Handling of explosives, charging and blasting shall be carried out by competent persons only Provision of magazine at safe place with fencing and necessary security arrangement Suppression of dust on the haulage roads by providing water sprinkling.
17.0 Environment Management Cell
A Cell for Environmental Management within Mine lease area at the project level, will take the overall responsibility for co-ordination of the actions required for environmental management and mitigation, and for monitoring the progress of the proposed management plans and actions to be taken for the project. The Cell will be under the overall supervision of the Mine Manager, and responsible for monitoring of the implementation of the various actions which are to be executed by the agencies specified in the EMP. The Cell will be headed by Mine Manager and the other members of the cell that will include a Horticulturist and 1 no. of supervisor.
The EMC will prepare a formal report on environmental management and mitigation for the Environmental Engineer at the Mine, at six-monthly intervals. Reports on any urgent or significant issues may be prepared at shorter intervals. Apart from responsibilities listed above, the EMC will have the responsibility of the following
Collection of water and air samples within and outside the work zone Analyzing the water and air samples Implementation of the control and protective measures Land reclamation and vegetation Co-ordination of the environment related activities Collection of the statistics of health of workers Green belt development Awareness and implementing safety programmes Monitor the progress of implementation of EMP
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18.0 Post Project Monitoring
The survey of air pollution comprises of the following monitoring aspects;
a. Ambient air quality Monitoring b. Noise Level Monitoring
Ambient air quality and noise level Monitoring will be carried out at minimum three stations, one station within mine site and two stations nearby residential areas outside the mine. Parameters like suspended particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen carbon monoxide and lead will be monitored. The frequency of monitoring is preferably once in three months on 24 hour basis. The samples will be collected in accordance with the procedures given by CPCB.
19.0 Other Management Aspects
Records will be maintained for the analysis of ambient air quality and noise levels. These records are not only required for the perusal of the Pollution Control Board authorities. The management will maintain the records as per the hazardous waste regulations and EPA regulations and apply for the annual consents for air and water, and renewal of authorization for the storage of hazardous waste as per the Hazardous Waste (Handling & Management) Rules, 1989. The records of hazardous waste manifest will be maintained. The format of the same is enclosed in appendix. The mine shall obtain the consent for operation (CFO) as required under section 25/26 of the Water act, 1974 and under section 21/22 of Air Act, 1981, before trial production and commissioning from the State Pollution Control Board. The CFO will be renewed each year by the management. The mine will submit environmental statement every year before September 30. The management ensures that it will comply with all the directions and regulations issued by the Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change, New Delhi and Central Pollution Control Boards.
The Consent for Establishment, Consent for Operation will be displayed in a conspicuous location for the information of the inspecting authorities of different departments.
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20.0 Cost proposed for Environment Management Plan (Cluster)
Capital cost Recurring Aspects Item Remarks (Rs.) cost (Rs.) Nose masks 21 No's - Rs. --- 24,000 Once a week. Air 25/- each Replaceable, and pollution cost can increase with time Cloth for drillers 10 no's 1.0 --- 16,800 Once a week. m each @ Rs. 35/- Replaceable, and cost can increase with time Gunny bags for covering the 25,000 10,940 As and when surface of jackhammer holes needed, Lump sum. Road wetting @ 1 Ltr/ Sq.m. --- 60,000 Water tanker cost and waste dump settling (1/4 @ one tanker for of wetting & wet drilling) - 3 days for 300 5000 Ltrs tank @ Rs. 400/- days Plantation on road side - 2m 50,000 20,000 Re-plant the non- interval and buffer zone side surviving plants, watering and protection from animals Construction of garland 15,000 13,000 Once only for the Water drains lease period/life pollution of mine De-silting operations - 15,000 13,000 Yearly and manual operations Construction of retaining 15,000 13,000 Cost of wall for waste dump in slope construction of side wall around the dip side of the dump. Maintenance of machinery 25,000 10,000 Included in main Noise suitably - Rs. 5000 per 3 cost pollution months PPE's like Ear muffs 20 10,000 5000 Once in three No’s- Rs. 25 each months Providing First aid kits - 2 15,000 8,000 Once in year, Occupational No's and fire extinguishers - replace by Safety and 2 No's conducting Health periodical checkup
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Providing Personal 55,000 25,760 Safety shoe twice protective equipments to all in a year, helmets employees (hand gloves @ once in three Rs. 40, safety shoe @ Rs. years and hand 1200 and helmet @ Rs. 300) gloves thrice in a year Training and awareness 20,000 15,000 Once in six programs on risk factors months and create during emergencies by the sign boards about experts. the risk and safety precautions regularly Periodical medical checkup 25,000 14,000 Once in a year and supply of medicines and supply of medicines for every three months Infrastructure Road Repaires and 30,000 15,000 Once in a year lightening especially during monsoon Ambient air quality studies - - 5,000 Environmental Once in a month - 2 monitoring locations Will be done Water quality studies - Once - 5,000 through MoE&F a year - 2 Locations recognised Noise studies - Once in six - 1,500 laboratories months - 2 Locations Vibration studies - 15,000 Grand Total 3,00,000 2,90,000
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