Laterite Ochre & Clay Mine (Khasra No. 48/1, ML Area 9.0 Ha With

Laterite Ochre & Clay Mine (Khasra No. 48/1, ML area 9.0 ha with Proposed Production capacity of 1,02,000 TPA) at Village-Khitola, Tehsil-Majholi, Dist.-Jabalpur M.P. Executive Summary of Draft EIA / EMP Report

1.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION Shri Ashish Khampariya project proponent has Proposed Production of Laterite, Ochre & Clay 102000 TPA from its mining project situated at Village: Khitola, Tehsil: Majholi, District: Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh). 1.2 TYPE OF PROJECT The proposal is for Production of Laterite, Ochre & Clay 102000 TPA from its mining project situated at Village: Khitola, Tehsil: Majholi, District: Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh).

As per EIA Notification dated 14 th September, 2006, as amended on 1 st December, 2009; the project falls under S. No.‘1’ (Mining of Minerals), Project or Activity -1(a) , Category “B” and therefore, this project requires Environmental Clearance from State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Madhya Pradesh. The project was considered by SEAC, MP for TOR approval on 27.02.2013. Terms of Reference (TOR) have been issued by SEAC, MP for preparation of EIA/EMP report vide letter No. 466/PS-MS/MPPCB/SEAC/TOR (120)/2013 dated 25 th April, 2013. 1.3 NEED FOR THE PROJECT With respect to the importance of the project to the nation, it can be well said that in a developing nation like India, Laterite specifications are suitable for the cement industry in Damoh & Kaymore of Katni District and Red Ochre; Yellow Ochre/Clay can be used in colour/paint industry. Besides this, the project will prove beneficial in terms of socio economic development as it will provide employment to locals. Further, the average income level, which is the indicator of socio – economic status of house hold is expected to increase, which will ultimately result in the better standard of living of the people. 1.4 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT TABLE:1.4 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ROJECT

S. No. Particulars Details

A. Nature of project Proposed Laterite, Ochre and Clay Mining Project

B. Size of project

(i) Mining Lease area 9.0 ha

(ii) Proposed production capacity 1, 02,000 TPA

C. Project Location

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(i) Khasra 48/1

(ii) Village Khitola

(iii) Tehsil Majholi

(iv) District Jabalpur

(v) State Madhya Pradesh

(vi) Pillar No. Latitude Longitude

Pillar 1 23° 33’05.7” N 79° 57’ 08.4” E

Pillar 2 23° 33’08.0” N 79° 57’ 22.4” E

Pillar 3 23° 33’15.7” N 79° 57’ 22.6” E Lease area coordinates Pillar 4 23° 33’ 14.6” N 79° 57’ 16.0” E

Pillar 5 23° 33’ 07.8” N 79° 57’ 05.5” E

Pillar 6 23° 33’ 05.0” N 79° 57’ 05.2” E

Pillar 7 23° 33’ 05.1” N 79° 57’ 07.9” E

(vii) Toposheet No. 55 M/14

D. Project Site Vicinity Details

(i) Khitola at an aerial distance of ~0.5 km in SE direction from Nearest Village mine site

(ii) Nearest Town/District Majholi at an aerial distance of ~6.0 km in SW direction from Headquarter mine site.

(iii) Nearest State Highway/National NH-12A at an aerial distance of ∼43 km. in WSW Highway direction from mine site. SH–51 at an aerial distance of ~ 16.0 km in NE direction from mine site.

(iv) Railway Station/Railway Line Sihora Railway stationat an aerial distance of ~18.5 km. in SE direction from mine site

(v) Airport Jabalpur Airport at an aerial distance of ~16.0 Km in NE direction from the mine site.

(vi) Ecological Sensitive Areas None, within 10 km radius area of the mine lease boundary. (National Park, Wild Life Sanctuaries, Biosphere Reserves,

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Wildlife Corridors, Tiger/ Elephant Reserves)

(vii) Reserved / Protected Forest S. No Protected / Reserved Distance Direction within 10km radius Forest from ML boundary Reserved Forest 1. Kheri Reserved forest ~6.5 km NNW

Protected Forest

2. Protected forest ~7.0 km NW

3. Protected forest ~8.0 km WSW

(ix) Water Bodies within 10 km S. No Water Body Distance Direction radius of study area from ML boundary 1. Suhar Nadi ~1.8 km WNW

2. Kair Nadi ~5.0 km NW

3. Kanari Nadi ~7.5 km SE

4. Loraphalku Nadi ~8.0 km WSW

(x) Seismic Zone Zone – III [as per IS 1893 (Part-I): 2002]

E. Cost Details

(i) Total Project Cost Rs. 75 Lacs

(ii) Cost for Environmental Rs. 3.75 Lacs per annum Protection Measures

(iii) Recurring Cost/Annum Rs. 3.75 Lac per annum

F. Requirements for the project (i) Land requirement 9.0 ha (ii) Water requirement 6 KLD Source: Water will be purchased from the nearby villages (iii) Manpower requirement 19 persons Source: Site Visit & Mining plan

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1.5 LOCATION MAP

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1.6 MINE DESCRIPTION 1.6.1 Mining Lease Status Shri Ashish Khampariya, Pratap Ward, Vyas Mohalla, Panagar, Jabalpur Dist.- Jabalpur was granted permission to carry out prospecting licence for occurrence of minerals laterite, red ochre and clay in Village-Khitola, Tehsil-Majholi Dist.- Jabalpur M.P. vide letter no. F-2-11/10/12 dated 02/12/2010 for a period of two year. Agreement of prospecting lease was executed dated on 24/01/2011 for a period of two years. After processing the applicant has applied for mining lease and the LOI letter was issued to Shri Ashish Khampariya vide letter No. F-3-30/2012/2 dated 29.11.2012 for the submission of approved mining plan within six months. 1.6.2 MINING DETAILS TABLE - 2 MINING DETAILS

S. No. PARTICULARS DETAILS

1. Method of Mining Semi-mechanized Opencast mining

2. Mineable Reserves 744314 tonnes

3. Life of the Mine 7 Years

4. Bench Height 3-6 m.

5. Bench Width 6 m.

6. Ultimate Pit Slope angle 45°

7. General ground level 380 m RL

8. Ultimate Working Depth of Pit 384 m RL (4 m. above ground level).

9. Elevation Range 380 m RL to 430 m RL

10. Ground Water Table 360 m RL (20 m. below ground level)

11. Number of Working Days 300 days

12. Number shifts per day One shift (8 Hours)

13. Total waste generation at the 196421 m 3 conceptual stage (All the waste will be used for carpeting the RRD roads in the region after taking local authority permission. There is more requirement of this type of material to

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maintenance of road work.

14. Stripping Ratio (mineral in 1:0.26 tonnes to over burden in m 3)

15 Total excavated area at the 6.35 ha conceptual stage

16 Total backfilled area at the Nil conceptual stage

17 Total area converted into water Nil reservoir at the conceptual stage Source: Scheme of Mining 1.6.3 METHOD OF MINING Mining will be done by opencast semi-mechanized method as blasting to be carried out in hard quartzite body running along the length of the mound so that systematic benches can be formed & to get the required production semi- mechanized method is adopted using excavator cum loader. The proposed production cannot be achieved manually. Mining will be carried out by developing systematic, regular and separate benches mineral to achieve desired production. Mining will be done by formation of benches of 6 m. height and width with face slope 45°. Approach road having width 6 m. & gradient 1:16 will be provided to mining faces for the transportation of mineral. All operations of mining will be carried out by deploying of heavy earth moving machineries for loading and low capacity dumpers for transportation. Drilling will be done by Jack hammer. Blasting will be done on regular basis as the mining is soft. The holes of 32 mm dia and 1.5 m. depth will not be done. The blasted material will be heaped and loaded into dumpers with excavator is dressed by excavator. The various mining activities such as drilling, blasting, loading and transportation will be so conducted as to ensure maximum mineral conservation and minimum environment degradation. 1.6.4 EXTENT OF MECHANIZATION TABLE – 3 EXTENT OF MECHANIZATION S. No. Equipment Name Make Nos. 1. Excavator / Loader Tata Hitachi 1 2. Dumpers Tata 3 3. Truck - 1

4. Compressor tractor Hindustan and Atlaas 1

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mounted 5. Jack Hammer Atlas Copco 32mm dia. 1 Source: Scheme of Mining 2.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 2.1 PRESENTATION OF RESULTS (AIR, NOISE, WATER & SOIL) Baseline study of the study area was conducted during Summer Season, 2013.

The concentration for all the 7 AAQM stations for PM 10 ranges between 50.16 µg/m 3

to 95.33 µg/m 3, SO 2 ranges between 7.13 to 17.38 µg/m3 and NO 2 ranges between 13.25 to 32.75 µg/m 3 Ambient noise levels were measured at 7 locations around the mining project. Noise levels varies from 43.63 to 50.05 Leq dB(A) during day time and during night time noise levels ranges from 38.10 to 42.10 Leq dB(A). The surface water analysis for Pond in 50 m in NE direction and Suhar River samples shows that pH varies from 7.09 to 7.35, total hardness varies from 118.80 to 202.40 mg/l and total dissolved solids varies from 132.00 mg/l to 282.00 mg/l. The ground water analysis for all the 7 sampling stations shows that pH varies from7.32 to 7.52, total hardness varies from 259.60 to 668.80 mg/l and total dissolved solids varies from 342 mg/l to 725 mg/l. The analysis results for soil shows that pH value ranges from 7.35 to 7.55. It means soil is neutral to slightly alkaline in nature and texture of soil is Sandy Loam. The concentration of Nitrogen & Phosphorus has been found to be in good amount whereas Potassium has been found less in the soil samples. 2.2 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT Flora: Neem ( Azadirachtaindica ), Babool ( Acacia nilotica ), Karanji (Pongamiapinnata) & the shrubs are Aak ( Calotripisprocera ), Dhamas (Fagoniaindica ), Ber (Ziziphusnumularia ). Adhashishi ( Xanthium strumanium ), Lampla ( Aristidadepressa ) is the most common grass. Fauna: The Avifauna is – Titar, Koel, Babbler, Dove (most common), Myna, Drongo, Common Crow, Parrot and weaver birds. 2.3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT The population as per 2011 Census records is 13787 (for 10 km radius buffer zone). Scheduled Caste fraction of the population of the study area (10 km) is 9659 and Scheduled Tribe 11419. Percentage of literacy is 43.40 % and that of workers those actually engaged in occupation is -28491 (including marginal workers) and total household is 13787.

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3.0 ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES

➢ Impact on air – The key emissions from the project are particulate matter

(PM 10 ), Nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) and Sulphur dioxide (SO 2). Use of proper mitigation measures will be adopted like wet drilling, water sprinkling on haul roads, proper maintenance of vehicles, green area development along the road sides and along the lease boundary to minimize air pollution & periodic Air Quality Monitoring.

➢ Impact on Water Environment – The mining in the area will be done above the ground water table upto the conceptual period. There will not be any impact on the groundwater resources of buffer zone due to mining activity which will remain confined to a very small area and due to low hydraulic conductivity; there will not any effect on groundwater resources of buffer zone. Buffer zone will continue to be under the present status of safe zone.

➢ Impact of noise - The general noise level generated will be below 75 Leq dB (A) in the working area. The sources of noise pollution are hydraulic excavator, Jackhammer etc. Thus, measures will be taken to minimize the same, though noise due to operation of Mining machinery will be within permissible limits and limited to core zone only.

➢ Impact on land environment – As this is an opencast semi mechanized mine; the land use of the lease area will be altered due to mining operations. At the end of conceptual period the total excavated area will be 6.35 ha which will be rehabilitated by forestation for agriculture use. 4.0 POST PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME Table No.- 4

S. No. DESCRIPTION FREQUENCY OF MONITORING

1. Meteorological Data Daily

2. Ambient Air Quality at mine site Quarterly/ Half Yearly

3. Water Quality Quarterly/ Half Yearly

4. Noise Level Monitoring Quarterly/ Half Yearly

5. Soil Quality Half Yearly/Yearly

5.0 ADDTIONAL STUDIES The Additional Studies conducted as per the Terms of Reference (ToR) issued by SEAC vide letter no. 466/PS-MS/MPPCB/SEAC/TOR (120)/2013 dated 25 th April, 2013 are covered in Draft EIA/EMP report.

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6.0 PROJECT BENEFITS Better education facilities, proper health care, road infrastructure and drinking water facilities are basic social amenities for better living standard of any human being. An amount of Rs. 3.75 Lacs per annum is allocated for social welfare activities. 7.0 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN 7.1 AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT

➢ Periodic air quality survey will be carried out.

➢ All the haul roads will be kept properly graded with sufficient width and regular water spraying will be done on the haul roads.

➢ Development of green belt/plantation around lease boundary and along haul roads to arrest dust

➢ Personal Protective Equipments like dust mask, ear muffs, safety boots will be provided to all employees working in the mine. 7.2 WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT

➢ No wastewater will be generated from the mining operation.

➢ Garland drain will be constructed around quarry. The collected rain water in lower benches of the pit will be used for plantation and spraying on haul roads.

➢ Septic tanks and soak pits will be provided for the disposal of domestic effluent generated from mine office. 7.3 NOISE MANAGEMENT

➢ Periodical monitoring will be done.

➢ Proper maintenance, oiling and greasing of machines at regular intervals will be done to reduce generation of noise.

➢ Earmuffs will be provided to all operators and employees.

➢ Plantation will be taken up around the lease area and along haul roads. The plantation minimizes propagation of noise 7.4 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT In general quality of waste/overburden likely to be generated (e.g. murrum and weathered material which is most suitable for road works. There is no topsoil generation.

At the end of five years about 176354 m 3 of waste is likely to be generated. Total 196421 m3 waste will be generated during entire life of mine, which will be used for carpeting side of the Govt RRD road as the waste material is murrom like. Apart

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from that lessee has acquired land measuring 1.5 ha. Connected to lease boundary for temporary dumping of OB for which license permission from concerned authority is in advance stage. (copy of license permission is enclosed as Annexure no III )

7.5 MANAGEMENT OF LAND USE PATTERN At the end of conceptual period the total excavated area will be 6.35 ha which will be rehabilitated by forestation for agriculture use. 7.6 GREENBELT DEVELOPMENT AND PLANTATION PROGRAMME Out of total ML area of 9.0 ha, 2.65 ha area will be covered under plantation & green belt development till the end of life of mine.

Around 2650 trees (@ 1000 trees per ha) will be planted till the end of life of mine at different locations.

7.7 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

➢ The lessee will provide direct employment to about 19 people and indirect employment to many more.

➢ The lessee will recruit semi skilled& unskilled workers from the nearby villages thus increasing the social status of the villagers.

➢ Environmental awareness will also be created among people by organizing awareness camps, and rallies by school children.

➢ Adult Education programme are proposed for the up-gradation of literacy level.

➢ Medical and Health camps for workers and villagers will be organized.

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