FORM-I AND PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT Mining of “Sand” (Minor mineral) PRODUCTION CAPACITY – 12,67,200 MTPA (AREA- 35.00 ha) Gyaspur-Rasulpur Sand Unit, Tehsil - Sonipat DISTRICT - SONIPAT (HARYANA) (The Project Falls in Category ‘A’ due to Interstate boundary of Haryana & U.P. at distance of 1 Km) APPLICANT: M/s Ultimate Group SCO 2 & 3, Service Road Near Ranveer Hooda Park, Mungal Kanal Karnal, Haryana Mail ID: [email protected] Environment Consultant Vardan Environet (QCI and NABET/EIA/1316/IA001) D-142, Sushant Lok-III, Sector 57 Gurgaon (Haryana) Mail ID: [email protected] Contact No. 0124-4291036, 09899651342 Project Name- Mining of Sand (Minor Mineral) Form-I Gyaspur-Rasulpur Sand Unit, District- Sonipat, Haryana M/s Ultimate Group CONTENTS S. NO. PARTICULARS PAGE NO. 1. FORM-1 1-20 2. PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT 21-35 ANNEXURES 3. ANNEXURE-I (LETTER OF INTENT) 36-42 4. ANNEXURE II (KHASRA No. OF LAND) 43 5. ANNEXURE III (KEY PLAN) 44 6. ANNEXURE-IV (NABET CERTIFICATE) 45 7. ANNEXURE-V PARTNERSHIP DEED 46-48 Vardan Environet, Gurgaon Page | 2 Project Name- Mining of Sand (Minor Mineral) Form-I Gyaspur-Rasulpur Sand Unit, District- Sonipat, Haryana M/s Ultimate Group APPENDIX –I FORM – I (I) BASIC INFORMATION S. NO. ITEMS DETAILS 1 Name of the Project: River Sand Mining (minor mineral) Project of proposed production capacity of 12,67,200 MTPA over an area of 35.00 Ha. by M/s Ultimate Group (Interstate boundary at distance of 1 km.) 2 Serial no. in schedule As per EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006, as amended on 24.12.2013, the project activity falls under Category ‘A’ (Interstate boundary of 1 km of Haryana & U.P.), Project or Activity 1(a). 3 Proposed capacity Mining Lease Area – 35.00 Ha. Production Capacity = 12,67,200 MTPA 4 New/Expansion/Modernization New Contract 5 Existing capacity/Area (Mining) Existing Capacity: Nil Land area = 35.00 Ha. 6 Category of project Project activity falls under Category ‘A’, Project or Activity 1(a). 7 Does it attract the general Yes, it attracts general condition. Interstate Boundary at 1 km. condition 8 Does it attract the specific No, it doesn’t attract any specific condition. condition? 9 i) Location of unit Gyaspur-Rasulpur Sand Unit SOI Topo sheet No. - H43R4. ii) Plot/Survey No,/Khasra No. Village wise khasra numbers are enclosed in a separate sheet at Annexure-II iii) District Sonipat iv) State Haryana 10 a) Nearest Railway station Sonipat – 19.5 km SW b) Air Port IGI Airport – 59.5 km, S 11 Nearest City Sonipat – 19.5 km, SW Distt. Head Quarter Sonipat – 19.5 km, SW 12 Village Panchayat, Zila Parishad Gyaspur-Rasulpur (Village wise khasra numbers are enclosed in a separate sheet at Annexure-II) 13 Name of Applicant M/s Ultimate Group Vardan Environet, Gurgaon Page | 3 Project Name- Mining of Sand (Minor Mineral) Form-I Gyaspur-Rasulpur Sand Unit, District- Sonipat, Haryana M/s Ultimate Group 14 Regd. Address M/s Ultimate Group SCO 2 & 3, Service Road Near Ranveer Hooda Park, Mungal Kanal Karnal, Haryana 15 Address for correspondence: SCO 2 & 3, Service Road Near Ranveer Hooda Park, Mungal Kanal Karnal, Haryana Name Sh. Amrinder Singh Designation Authorized Signatory Address SCO 2 & 3, Service Road Near Ranveer Hooda Park, Mungal Kanal Karnal, Haryana Pin Code 132001 E mail [email protected] 9813980002, 9896014167. Telephone 16 Detail of alternative site, if any Project is mineral specific, hence no alternative site is proposed. 17 Interlinked Project None 18 Whether separate application for Not Applicable interlinked project has been submitted 19 If, Yes Date of Submission Not Applicable 20 If no, reason Not Applicable 21 Whether proposal involves approval/clearance under: if yes, details of same and status to given a) Forest (conservation) 1980 No. The Project area is free from forest. b) Wild life protection Act No. The Project area is not falling under wild life. 1972 c) CRZ notification 1991 No. The Project area is not falling under CRZ notification. 22 Whether there is any Govt. The LOI of Mining contract was granted to M/s Ultimate Group order/policy relevant/relating by Director Mines & Geology department, Chandigarh, Haryana site on 21/04/2015, vide memo No. DMG/Hy/Cont/Gyaspur- Rasulpur/2015/2128 (Copy of LOI is attached as Annexure-I). 23 Forest land involved The Project site is free from forest. Vardan Environet, Gurgaon Page | 4 Project Name- Mining of Sand (Minor Mineral) Form-I Gyaspur-Rasulpur Sand Unit, District- Sonipat, Haryana M/s Ultimate Group 24 Whether there is any litigation There is a court case in the matter of Mr. Rajbir Singh v/s State of pending against the project and / Haryana and others [CWP No. 27700 of 2013] wherein the or land in which is project is petitioner had challenged the conditions of the auction notice proposed to be setup: and the rules relating to payment of rent and compensation to a) Name of the Court the land owners. The State Government (Dept. of Mines and b) Case No. Geology) has issued LoI subject to the outcome of this case. The Order/direction of court if any above mentioned case is still pending before Hon’ble Punjab and and its relevance with proposed Haryana High Court for adjudication. project The Project Proponent has not filed any court case against any department neither he is a party in this case. (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 Details Thereof (With Approximate Quantities/ Confirmation Yes/No Rates, Wherever Possible) With Source Of Information Data 1.1 Permanent or temporary change in No Land Use - As per revenue record the kind of land is land use, land cover or topography Gair Mumkin Nadi-Nallah, Private Agricultural land. including increase in intensity of land etc. use(with respect to local land use Land Cover - The contract area lies on the bed plan) Yamuna riverbed and Private Agricultural land. The sand mining is restricted to 3 m depth in the riverbed and 9 m in the land other than riverbed (Private Agricultural land). Mineral sand is replenished during monsoon to almost equal to extracted level hence the ultimate land use of the mine contract area will not change after systematic and scientific mining closure. Topography- The mine contract lies in the river plain and is part of Haryana Plains. No change in topography shall take place due to systematic & scientific mining. Only topsoil is available in the Private Agricultural field which will be scrapped separately and utilized in plantation. 1.2 Clearance of existing land, vegetation No Clearance of existing land is not required, as it is and building? devoid of vegetation and buildings however some thorny bushes/grass will be removed for facilitating mining. 1.3 Creation of new land uses? No The mining activity will be confined to the contract area, which will be replenished again with the sediments. So no new land use will be created. Vardan Environet, Gurgaon Page | 5 Project Name- Mining of Sand (Minor Mineral) Form-I Gyaspur-Rasulpur Sand Unit, District- Sonipat, Haryana M/s Ultimate Group 1.4 Pre-construction investigations e.g. No Proposed project is for mining of sand already lying bore house, soil testing? in the river bed section and clearly visible and being replenished on yearly basis. 1.5 Construction works? No The opencast semi-mechanized working in the river bed and open cast mechanized method in agricultural bed and it does not involve any construction work. 1.6 Demolition works? No Not Applicable during mining operation phase. However, the demolition of temporary structures like mine office; stores, workshops, rest-shelters etc. shall take place after the expiry of the contract period. 1.7 Temporary sites used for No Temporary sites located on the bank within the construction works or Housing of contract area shall be used for rejection of temporary construction workers? structures like mine office, stores, workshops, rest- shelters. As the local labour shall be employed, there is no proposal for making housing arrangements. 1.8 Above ground building , structures or No Extraction of minor minerals shall be restricted in the Earthworks including linear riverbed/Private agricultural field within the structures, cut and fill or excavations sanctioned limit. 1.9 Underground works including mining No This is opencast Riverbed sand mining (minor or tunneling? mineral), so there will be no underground mining or tunnelling is required. 1.10 Reclamation works? Yes Trees will be planted on the part of mine contract area at upper elevation i.e. river bank and along approach road to mine as per approved mining plan. Mining pits area will be replenished during monsoon on yearly basis. 1.11 Dredging? No Open cast mining doesn’t require any dredging operation. 1.12 Offshore structures? No No. 1.13 Production and manufacturing Yes The minor mineral (sand) shall be extracted from the processes? Riverbed section by adopting semi-mechanized open cast mining method and in Private Agricultural field by adopting mechanized open cast mining method, by deploying earthmovers like excavator/Poclain, Back hoe and loaders for loading into trucks, tippers and tractor/trolleys. No manufacturing process is implicated and the excreted mineral shall be transported directly to the market. 1.14 Facilities for storage of goods or No No storage facility is required as mineral will be materials? transported simultaneously to the market. 1.15 Facilities for treatment or disposal of Yes No solid waste generation is envisaged.