Saudisand, Bajriand Boulder Mining Project

APPLICATION

FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE

OF SAUDISAND, BAJRIAND BOULDER MINING PROJECT

AT VILLAGE – SAUDI, TEHSIL & DISTRICT –RUDRAPRAYAG, STATE - UTTARAKHAND Proposed Production Capacity: 14,080 TPA of Sand, Bajriand Boulder Lease Area: 0.64 Ha

Name of Project Proponent: Shri Jay Singh S/o Shri Late Abbal Singh Address:Village- Guptakashi, Tehsil- Ukhimath District-Rudraprayag, State-Uttarakhand

Prepared By Grass Roots Research and Creation India (P) Ltd. PROJECT:SAUDISAND, BAJRI AND BOULDER MINING PROJECT FORM-I (M) APPLICANT: SHRI JAY SINGH

FORM-1(M)

OF SAUDISAND, BAJRIAND BOULDER MINING PROJECT

AT VILLAGE – SAUDI, TEHSIL & DISTRICT –RUDRAPRAYAG, STATE - UTTARAKHAND Proposed Production Capacity: 14,080 TPA of Sand, Bajriand Boulder Lease Area: 0.64 Ha

Name of Project Proponent:Shri Jay Singh S/o Shri Late Abbal Singh Address: Village- Guptakashi, Tehsil- Ukhimath District-Rudraprayag, State-Uttarakhand

Prepared By Grass Roots Research and Creation India (P) Ltd.

0 PROJECT:SAUDISAND, BAJRI AND BOULDER MINING PROJECT FORM-I (M) APPLICANT: SHRI JAY SINGH

FORM 1 M APPLICATION FOR MINING OF MINOR MINERALS UNDER CATEGORY ‘B2’ FOR LESS THAN AND EQUAL TO FIVE HECTARE

(I) Basic Information S.No Item Details

1. Name of Mining Lease Site SaudiSand, Bajriand Boulder Mining Project Latitude: 30°24’39.10"N to 30°24'40.23"N Longitude: 79°03'12.10"Eto 79° 3'11.17"E Village : Saudi 2. Location/ site (GPS Co-ordinate) Tehsil: Rudraprayag District : Rudraprayag State :Uttarakhand

3. Size of the mining lease 0.64 ha 4. Capacity of mining lease 14,080 TPA 5. Period of mining lease 1 Years 6. Expected cost of the project 3.5 Lacs 7. Contact information ShriJay Singh Village: Guptakashi Tehsil: Ukhimath District: Rudraprayag, State: Uttarakhand

ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY S.NO AREAS DISTANCE IN KILOMETER/ DETAILS 1 Distance of project site from nearest rail  RishikeshRailway Station (Approx. or road bridge over the concerned river, 81km in SWDirection) Rivulet, Nallah etc.  Gauchar Airport (Approx. 17km in SEDirection) 2 Distance from infrastructure facilities  Railway line  RishikeshRailway Station (Approx. 1 PROJECT:SAUDISAND, BAJRI AND BOULDER MINING PROJECT FORM-I (M) APPLICANT: SHRI JAY SINGH

81km in SW Direction)

 National highway  NH-109 (Approx. 0.15km in SW Direction)  State highway --

 Agastmuni-Basukedar Road  Major district road (Approx. 0.7km in W Direction) --  Any other road

--  Electric transmission line pole or tower

--  Canal or check dam or reservoirs or lake or pond

--  In-take for drinking water pump house --  Intake for irrigation canal pumps 3 Areas protected under international  No areas with international conventions, national or local legislation conventions, national or local for their ecological, landscape, cultural legislation for their ecological, or other related value landscape, cultural or other related value are present. 4 Areas which are important or sensitive  Noimportant areas or sensitive areas for for ecological reasons - Wetlands, ecological reasons in 5 km radius. watercourses or other water bodies, coastal zone, biospheres, mountains, forests 5 Areas used by protected, important or  There are no protected, important or sensitive species of flora or fauna for sensitive species of flora or fauna for breeding, nesting, foraging, resting, over breeding, nesting, foraging, resting, wintering, migration over wintering, migration. Inland, coastal, marine or underground  Inland, coastal, marine or underground 6 waters waters are not present in the lease area 7 State, National boundaries  No Inter-State boundary lies within 5 km radius of the project.

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8 Routes or facilities used by the public  NH-109 (Approx. 0.15km in for access to recreation or other tourist, SWDirection) pilgrim areas 9 Defense installations  No defense installations are present. Densely populated or built-up area,  Saudi(Approx. 0.2km in SDirection) 10 distance from nearest human habitation 11 Areas occupied by sensitive man-made Hospitals land uses (hospitals, schools, places of  Govt. Hospital, worship, community facilities) Agastmuni(Approx. 3.0km in SW direction) Colleges/ Schools  Primary School, BeduBagad(Approx. 1.0km in SW Direction)  Inter College, Agastmuni(Approx. 3.0km in SW Direction) Areas containing important, high quality  Areas containing important, high 12 or scarce resources. quality or scarce resources (ground (ground water resources, surface water resources, surface resources, resources, forestry, agriculture, forestry, agriculture, fisheries, fisheries, tourism, minerals) tourism, minerals) are not present. Areas already subjected to pollution or  No areas subjected to pollution or 13 environmental damage (those where environmental damage is present existing legal environmental standards within 15 km of the lease area. are exceeded) Areas susceptible to natural hazard  The area comes under Seismic Zone – 14 which could cause the project to present V as per IS: 1893 (Part-I):2002 so environmental problems (earthquakes, there is high risk of earthquake. subsidence, landslides, erosion, flooding or extreme or adverse climatic conditions) Is proposed mining site located over or  No, the proposed mining site is not 15 near fissure/ fracture for ground water located over or near fissure/ fracture recharge for ground water recharge 16 Whether the proposal involves approval or clearance under the following Regulations or Acts namely:

(a) The Forest (Conservation) No Act, 1980

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(b) The Wildlife (Protection) No Act, 1972

(c) The Coastal Regulation Zone No Notification, 2011. If yes, details of the same and their status to be given. 17 Forest land Involved (hectares)  No forest land is involved. 18 Whether there is any litigation pending  No, litigation is pending against the against the project and /or land in which project and /or land in which the the project is propose to be set up? project is propose to be set up (a) Name of the Court (b) Case No. (c) Orders/directions of the Court, if any and its relevance with the proposed project.

Shri Jay Singh S/o Shri Late Abbal Singh Village - Guptakashi, Tehsil- Ukhimath District-Rudraprayag, State-Uttarakhand (Signature of Project Proponent)