EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The District Stone Crushers Association has formed a cluster of 17 quarry sites in order to apply for Environmental Clearance. This is in compliance to the Office Memorandum dated 24th December 2013 by MoEF, New Delhi regarding the cluster formation. The projects proposed are within 500m for the periphery of each other. The total area of the cluster comes to around 24.52 Ha.

The list of quarry owners, extent of lease along with their survey numbers is attached as Annexure 1. The cluster falls in Vankayalapadu, , , Hasanabad, Gundlapalli, Kubudapuram, Kotanemalipuri, Kesanupalli Villages of Piduguralla, Bellamkonda, Yedlapadu, Dachepalli, , Nakrekallu, Rajupalem Mandal of , . There are total 17 existing and new leases in the cluster.

Table 1: Salient features of the project

Project name Proposed Road Metal & Building Stone mine of The Guntur District Stone Crushers Association Mining Lease Area 24.52 Ha. Location of mine Vankayalapadu, Piduguralla, Bellamkonda, Hasanabad, Gundlapalli, Kubudapuram, Kotanemalipuri, Kesanupalli Villages of

Piduguralla, Bellamkonda, Yedlapadu, Dachepalli, Krosuru, Nakrekallu, Rajupalem Mandal of Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. Minerals of mine Road Metal Method of mining Opencast semi mechanized mining Drilling/Blasting Line Drilling and offset cutting is proposed. No of working days 300 days Sources of water Water will be supplied from water tankers/ Bore wells of the nearby area Man power 100 Nearest railway station Bellamkonda Railway station- 12.5 km

Nearest airport Airport – 63.2 km

2.0 INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/ BACKGROUND INFORMATION Identification of Project and Project Proponent Table 2: Details of Project Name of the applicant The Guntur District Stone Crushers Association Name & Address of Applicant Sri. Shankara Rao President Mineral Road Metal and Mozaic Chips Area (ha) 24.52 ha Location of Mine Vankayalapadu, Piduguralla, Bellamkonda, Hasanabad, Gundlapalli, Kubudapuram, Kotanemalipuri, Kesanupalli Villages of

Piduguralla, Bellamkonda, Yedlapadu, Dachepalli, Krosuru, Nakrekallu, Rajupalem Mandal of Guntur District,

Andhra Pradesh. Status of Mine Existing Mine

ANNEXURE – I TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP SHOWING 10 KM RADIUS