ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN Of GRAVEL QUARRY For Sri Moram Bhavana Rushi 4.497 HA GRAVEL QUARRY SY. NO. 117/P Kanasanapalli (V), Agiripalli (M), Krishna (DT), ANDHRA PRADESH Submitted by P.V.SATYANARAYANA & PAMPANNA GOUD Consultant Geologist & RQP Regn.No. RQP / DMG/ AP/ 34/ 2017 Lattice Bommasani Sadhan, 2nd Floor, Near One Center,Gollapudi, Vijayawada -521225 Ph No-8610692941 INTRODUCTION Sri Moram. Bhavana Rushi, has filed an application for grant of quarry lease for Gravel, Over an extent of 4.497 Hectares (11.11 acres) in Sy No. 117/P, of Kanasanapalli Village, Agiripalli Mandal, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, for a period of 5 years and the same was received by the Asst. Director of Mines and Geology, Vijayawada on 03-11-2018. The Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Vijayawada has submitted proposals on the application duly recommending for the grant of quarry lease for Gravel over an extent of 11.11 acres/ 4.497 Hectares in sy. No. 117/P Kanasanapalli village, Agiripalli Mandal, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh for a period of 5 years. After careful examination of the proposals of the Assistant Director of Mines and Geology, Vijayawada, Deputy Director of Mines and Geology, Vijayawada has agreed in principle to grant of Quarry Lease for Gravel over an extent of 4.497 hectares / 11.11 acres in Sy. No. 117/P of Kanasanapalli Village, Agiripalli Mandal, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, for a period of 5 years in favour of Sri Moram Bhavana Rushi subject to submission of approved mining Plan as required under Rule 7A (i) of APMMC Rules, 1966. Along with Environment Clearance as per the procedure mentioned in the Notification S.O.No 1533 (E) Dt: 14.02.2006 and subsequent amendments issued there from time to time and also S.O.N141 (E), Dt.15.01.2016 of the Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change and CEF from APPCB. The mining plan is prepared under G.O.Ms.56, I&C (Mines-II), Dt: 30.04.2016 of AP for obtaining the Environmental Clearance (EC) from State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) & annual production plan under semi mechanized open cast method of mining under Rule 7(A) of APMMCR 1966. The Mining Plan was approved by the Deputy Director Of Mines & Geology, Kakinada vide letter No. 702/Q3-MP/2019, Dated: 09.04.2019 2 The mine lease area falls under the Toposheet No. 65D/14 bearing following Toposheet details: B.P LATITUDE LONGITUDE No. 1 N16°38'31.68" E080°45'21.09" 2 N16°38'32.70" E080°45'23.25" 3 N16°38'27.06" E080°45'26.14" 4 N16°38'24.43" E080°45'27.19" 5 N16°38'19.90" E080°45'25.98" 6 N16°38'15.30" E080°45'24.58" 7 N16°38'15.81" E080°45'24.27" 8 N16°38'17.57" E080°45'23.81" 9 N16°38'20.50" E080°45'24.33" 10 N16°38'23.12" E080°45'23.021" 11 N16°38'29.41" E080°45'21.14" LOCATION OF THE MINE The applied area falls in the Toposheet No. 65D/10. The quarry lease area is spread over in Survey No. 117/P, of Kanasanapalli Village, Agiripalli Mandal, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. State Transport bus services ply from Vijayawada-Nuzivid towns frequently. Private transport is also available on this road network. Primary & Upper primary school education is available at Kanasanapalli & Vijayawada. Higher education is available at Vijayawada . Introduction of the Project Land The Quarry Lease for Gravel over an extent of 4.497 Hectares in Sy. No. 117/P, of Kanasanapalli Village, Agripalli Mandal, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. Location 4.497 Hectares of Gravel Quarry, Sy.No.117/P, Kanasanapalli Village, Agiripalli Mandal, Krishna Dt, Andhra Pradesh. The present mining lease area falls in the Government land from Kanasanapalli village at a distance of 1.3 Kms from the Quarry Lease Area. 3 Boundaries: North Siva rama krishnaiah Q.L. Area South Hill Area East Hill Area West Hill Area & Agricultural Lands The Salient Features of the proposed project Nature of the project Sri Moram Bhavana Rushi Mining of Gravel Quarry Size of the Project 4.497 Ha Production 44,421.75 M3 /annum. LOCATION OF PROJECT District & State Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh Village & Mandal Kanasanapalli Village, Agiripalli Mandal Land Availability 4.497 Ha. Nearest Village Kanasanapalli village at a distance of 1.3 Km Ownership Government Land Toposheet No. 65D/10 GENERAL CLIMATIC CONDITIONS Annual rainfall 1,000 mm Min and max temp. 25 C and 48 C Avg. relative humidity 75% Predominant wind direction SW to NE HISTORICAL / IMPORTANT PLACES Nearest human settlement The Nearest Village Kanasanapalli is situted 1.3 km due SW. Nearest town Agiripalli at a distance of 12.5 Kms Nearest railway station Gannavaram is the Nearest Railway Station is about to 23.5 km from this Q.L.applied area. Archaeological /Historically None within 10 km radius of the site Important Site Sensitive Places Hospitals, schools and community facilities are available at Kanasanapalli village& Agiripalli Mandal Sanctuaries / National parks None within 10 km radius of the site. 4 GOOGLE MAP AROUND 10 KM RADIUS 5 TOPO MAP AROUND 05 KM RADIUS DETAILS OF THE MINE Mine Area This mine lease (ML) area is located in government land and the Quarry Lease for Gravel over an extent of 4.497 Hectares in Sy. No. 117/P, of Kanasanapalli Village, Agiripalli Mandal, Krishna Dt, Andhra Pradesh. The quarry lease applied area is located southern part of plain land, over the gravel outcrop with a maximum elevation of 85 M above ground level. The lowest & highest contours is 95 M and 180 M. Regional Geology The subject area is physiographical hillock area. The area is constituted of naturally occurring gravel. The area constitutes southernmost part of Eastern Ghat Mobile Belt (EGMB), where the belt is tapering to less than 20 km width. EGMB is trending in NNE – SSW in the area. They consist of Gollanapally sandstone, fluvial geological formation, quartz, k-feldspar, garnet, silliminite, graphite, with or without corundum. In the Northeastern part, a number of calc granulite and quartzite bands are present, within khondalite. Rocks of Upper Gondwana Group of the Gondwana Super group, comprising Tirupati Sandstone, Gollapalle/Chintalapudi Sandstone and Kamthi Sandstone are exposed north, northwest and east of Nuzivid. These rocks trend NE-SW with 200 dip towards SE Unconformably overlaying the Gondwana rocks is a small patch of Rajahmundry Sandstone, occurring NE OF Nuzividu. The sandstone is brick red in colour and contains nodules of clay. Major part of the district in the southern part is represented by the alluvial plains forming the Krishna delta. The river Krishna and its tributaries have contributed to the formation of this alluvial plain. There is no significant surface drainage in these alluvial plains. The delta is relatively a flat area. The alluvial plains along the major course of rivers form the flood plain deposits. The coastal and deltaic alluvial plain extends from Challapalli on the west to Kolleti Kota on the east and up to the coast line on the south. The main geomorphic units exist in these plains are palaeo-channels, beach ridges, lagoons, sand spits and sand barriers. The predominant soils in the district are black cotton soils/deltaic soils, red loamy soils and sandy soils. Red clayey soils with sandy loam to clayey loam in texture and occur in the northern part of the district. The deltaic alluvium is grey brown to black in colour with fine to medium texture and poorly permeable. They are fertile soils. The coastal sandy soils occur all along the coast, highly porous and lack of binding material. The rocks of Archean age are overlain by Proterozoic cover sequence of cuddapah super group and Kurnool group. The contacts between older crystalline and the younger sediment is marked by pronounced unconformity known as Eparchaean Unconformity. Local Geology: The Applied area is fallen western flack of hillock with 85 m above ground level which was trending to NE-SW directions with the lowest contour 95m and highest contour 180 m. The gravel exposed on the surface of the hillock. Which was formed in-situ weathering of Khondalite group of rocks of the eastern ghat super group of rock of Archean age. Especially in this area, it has exposed small veins of sillimanite quartzite rock within the Khondalite group of rocks. Which were semi consolidate nature i.e., Schist formation. The Khondalite schist is not formed fully rock due to low grade of metamorphism of sedimentary rocks. Hence it is considered (or) treated as Gravel of the weathered zone of Khondalite and semi consolidated rock material upto 6m from the top surface of the hillock (or) weathered zone of Khondalite. If any hard rock of Khondalite/ Sillimanite quartzite will be arrived i.e Gneiss form of Khondalite// Sillimanite quartzite it will be stocked at dumpy yard. The gravel utilized for formation of kaccha road & filling of low laying area formation layouts. Reserves and Average Production The deposit is found to be hillock land. Hence, cross sectional method adopted for Estimation of Geological Reserves. Accordingly, 6 Sections A-A1 to F-F1 has drawn at equal distance perpendicular to the trend direction of the deposit to estimate the reserves (Plate – IV). In this method, the ore body is divided into blocks by constructing geologic sections at intervals along the transverse lines. The interval between sections may be constant or may vary to suit the geological setting and mining methodology. As the Granted area is rectangular shape we use the formula V= ((s1+s2)/2)*L1+ ((s2+s3)/2)*L2+ ((s3+s4)/2)*L3+_ _ _+ ((sn1+sn)/2)*Ln Where V= Volume L1, L2, L3,_ _ _, LN are perpendicular distances between the adjoining sections with areas S1, S2, S3,_ _ _, SN.