M/s.Alekya Minerals Quartz & Feldspar Mine – 2.27 Ha. Environment Management Plan

1.0 Executive summary of the project

1.1 Introduction

M/s.Alekya Minerals has applied for Q.L for Quartz and Feldspar occurring in Survey No. 210 and 211 (Patta Land) of Gattu Ippalapally Village, Talakondapally Mandal, , State over an extent of 2.27 Hectare

The Director of Mines and Geology vide notice no.11065/R2-1/2018.Dated.19-09- 18 requested the applicant company to submit Quarry Plan under rule12 (5) ( C) of TSMMCR, 1966 to consider the precise area for grant of Quarry lease area.

Salient features of the project are given in Table 1.0 & 2.0

Fig.1.0 Topo Map showing 10 km radius around the project site

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Table 1.0 Project location and quarry details

Project Name M/s.Alekya Minerals Quartz & Feldspar Area 2.27 Ha. Location of quarry Sy.no. 210 & 211 of Gattu Ipplapally village, Talakondapally Mandal, Ranga Reddy district, Telangana State. Project cost Rs.30 lakhs Mineral of mine Quartz & Feldspar Proposed production Quartz – 15,345 TPA Feldspar - 20,658 TPA Total - 36,003 TPA Method of mining Opencast semi mechanized method N0.of working days 300 Water requirement 3.0 KLD Source of water Tankers from outside Manpower 20

Table 2.0 Salient features of the Project

Details Measurement

Nearest village & Habitation Gattuippalapally village,1.0 km, W

Road access Approach Road, 0.2 km, S

Nearest Major Road Gattu lppalapalli to Verannapalli Road, 0.8 km, W Nearest town Talakondapally, 16 km

Rail network Shadnagar Railway Station, 45 km

Nearest water source Borewell and tankers from outside

River/Stream Surasamudram Cheruvu, 9.5 km, NE

Forest boundary None

Interstate Boundary There is no interstate boundary is located within 5 km radius

Nearest mines if any None

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2.0 Introduction of the Project/ Background Information 2.1 Identification of project and project proponent. The present project area is already found to have deposits of quartz & Feldspar in Sy.no. 210 & 211 of Gattu ippalapally village, Talakondapally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana State.

The mineral Quartz will be sold to the Ferro Alloy Industries. Foundries, Ceramics and to Glass Industries, hence there is not disposal of waste.

2.2. Brief description of nature of the project. The mining lease area of 2.27 Ha. is located in Patta land. Open cast semi mechanized method of mining is followed and it has been proposed to produce 36,003 T/annum of Quartz & Feldspar.

Sri B.Anantha Reddy is in quartz & Feldspar Business from Ranga Reddy, he has applied for grant of quarry lease for Quartz & Feldspar occurring at Sy. No.210 & 211 of Gattu ippalapally village, Talakondapally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana State.

In the approved mining plan the average year wise production is given about 36,003 T/annum. Due to heavy demand of Quartz & Feldspar the lessee has interested to do the mining. Now the application is submitted for Environment Clearance for the production capacity of 36,003 T/annum to DEIAA, Ranga Reddy, Telangana State.

2.3. Need for the project and its importance to the country and or region. M/s. Alekya Minerals, Proprietor Sri. B. Anantha Reddy, has well-established contact with the buyers from Chennai, Bangalore, New Delhi, and Rajasthan. The sale of the quartz at the international marketing is different from the marketing of other products. Applicant has plans to enter international market in a big way by purchasing sophisticated equipment for quarrying and processing 2.4. Demand-Supply. M/s. Alekya Minerals Proprietor Sri. B. Anantha Reddy, has developed a very strong net-work of operating quarries and established wide contacts with marketing agency in . The applicant is well equipped by efficient executives and technocrats with up to date knowledge on quarrying technology, advances in processing techniques, marketing strategies and financial management.

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M/s. Alekya Minerals, Proprietor Sri. B. Anantha Reddy, has well-established contact with the buyers from Chennai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Hyderabad and Rajasthan. 2.5. Imports vs. Indigenous production Not Applicable 2.6. Domestic/ Export markets.

Not Applicable

2.7. Employment Generation (Direct and Indirect) due to the project. Proposed mining is semi mechanized mining it will be provide direct employment of 20 no.s and indirect employment will also be provided like machinery operators.

3.0 Project Description 3.1. Type of project including interlinked and interdependent project, if any. Not applicable 3.2. Location (map showing general location, specific location, and project boundary & project site layout) with coordinates.

Location: Survey No. 210 and 211 (Patta Land) of Gattu Ippalapally Village, Talakondapally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana State

S.No. Latitude Longitude 1 160 47’ 37.40” N 780 27’ 28.50” E

2 160 47’ 37.61” N 780 27’ 28.53” E

3 160 47’ 36.81” N 780 27’ 31.74” E

4 160 47’ 36.18” N 780 27’ 34.01” E

5 160 47’ 34.22” N 780 27’ 33.24” E

6 160 47’ 31.99” N 780 27’ 32.41” E

7 160 47’ 32.04” N 780 27’ 28.35” E

8 160 47’ 35.69” N 780 27’ 28.43” E

3.3. Details of alternative sites, considered and the basis of selecting the proposed site particularly the environmental considerations gone into should be highlighted. Not applicable 3.4. Size & magnitude of operation

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The proposed project envisages an average production of 36,003 T/annum of Quartz & Feldspar.

Table. 3.0 Production Details

Year Production (Tonnes) Quartz Recovery (90%) Waste (10%) 1st Year 16200 14580 1620 2nd year 16848 15163 1684 3rd year 17280 15552 1728 4th year 17640 15876 1764 5th year 17280 15552 1728 Total 85248 76723 8524

Year Production (Tonnes) Feldspar Recovery (90%) Waste (10%) 1st Year 21600 19440 2160 2nd year 22680 20412 2268 3rd year 23040 20736 2304 4th year 23688 21319 2368 5th year 23760 21384 2376 Total 114768 103291 11476

3.4.1 Topography

The Quartz and Feldspar is exposed to surface level. The area gently sloping towards South - Eastern side. This region is characterized by tropical climate. Q.L area for grant of Quarry lease has been demarcated on the ground with reference to pillar (8), which is located at NW corner of the Q. L applied area. Later the topographical survey of the area is carried out and the pillar (8) is taken as ABM 100m. Even though the Quartz is well exposed to surface and Feldspar to subsurface level in this area, Eight DTH holes were drilled from top of the mound to a depth of 50m each and it is noticed that the boreholes that the mineral is not continuing further depth beyond 30m an average

3.4.2 Regional Geology

The Quarry lease applied area forms part of Talakondapally division in the west side of the District in Telangana. It consists of Granites, Granitie Gneisses and Granitoid porphyries and is traversed by Dolerite dyke and numerous veins of pegmatite, quartz and epidote. The Granites are of gray and white types. The granite gneisses show alternate bands of mafic and felsic minerals. Dolerite dyke occur in the form of ridge. Quartz veins are of ribbon type having thickness

Page No. 5 M/s.Alekya Minerals Quartz & Feldspar Mine – 2.27 Ha. Environment Management Plan ranging from 5to 50 cm over a length of up to 100 cm. The thickness of Pegmatite ranging from 10 cm to 1.0mtrs., thickness up to 50 cm. They consist of quartz, feldsper (mostly microcline), mascovite, phogophite, biotite, tourmaline and apatite minerals. 3.4.3 Local Geology

The Quartz and Feldspar cut across the Granite gneiss, which corresponds to the peninsular gneiss, is consciously banded. The light bands being rich in quartz and feldspar and the dark bands in mica and hornblende. The Country rock exposed towards north sides of the Quartz deposit. The trend of the Quartz vein is E-W direction. The trend of the Feldspar vein is NW-SE direction. The Quartz and Feldspar veins have invariably sharp contacts with the host rock.

No shear zone or fault has been noticed in this area. Since it is sub surface formation there are no major discontinuities. The Quartz is found to occur as sub-surface formation. The sheet formation is not exposed in the study area. In the Study area the joints are trending in N 40 E and N 40 W. in general the overall shape of the Quarry openings would be broadly governed by the direction of the prominent sets of joints. Joints are helpful in rock splitting at primary stage.

3.4.4 Reserves

Category Geological Reserves

Proved Reserves 45000

Reserves blocked under 33750 buffer zone

Life of the mine = Mineable reserves/Actual anticipated annual production

= 367470/36003=10 Years. (Approved Mining Plan)

3.5. Project description with process details

Type of Mining:

To cut down cost and for achieving targeted production of Quartz the operations are planned to be carried out partly manually and partly by deploying machinery that poclain is to be deployed for removal. The proposed mining in the subject area is a semi mechanised, open cast method. Mining of Quartz and Feldspar in

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this area, involved of removing 1.5m height benches one after the other from higher levels to lower levels. A safe slope angle will be maintained throughout the mining operator. Apart from this mechanization is required for this mining

Table 4.0 Extent of Mechanization S.No. Machinery No.s 1 Poclain 1 2 Tippers 1 3 Jack hammers 2 4 Compressors 1 3.6. Raw material required along with estimated quantity, likely source, marketing area of final products, mode of transport of raw material and finished products. No raw material will be required in the proposed project. The operation involves the extraction of quartz & Feldspar and dumping in stock yard.

3.7. Resource optimization/recycling and reuse envisaged in the project, if any, should be briefly outlined. Not Applicable

3.8. Availability of water its source, Energy/power requirement and sources should be given.

Water required for drinking, Green belt, Dust suppression and wire saw cutting is 3.0 KLD. This water will be supplied from tankers/bore wells of nearby area.

Table 5.0 Water Requirement

S.No. Water Usage Quantity (KLD) 1 Water sprinkling on haul 1.0 roads 2 Domestic 0.5 3 Green Belt 1.0 Total 2.5

3.9 QUANTITY OF WASTES TO BE GENERATED (LIQUID AND SOLID) AND SCHEME FOR THEIR MANAGEMENT/ DISPOSAL

3.9.1 Solid Waste Generation& its Disposal

The mineral Quartz will be sold to the Ferro Alloy Industries. Foundries, Ceramics and to Glass Industries, hence there is not disposal of waste.

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Solid Wastes for next Five years: As explained in the previous para it is planned to produce and market 4000 T marketable Quartz and Feldspar in one year. As recovery rate of 90% is considered. To win possible 36003 T Quartz and Feldspar, it will be necessary to handle 40003 T of Quartz and Feldspar thus about 90% waste amounting to about 4000 T waste will be generated over period of one year. Such kind of waste will be dumped at the dumping yard. So in next five years the quantity of such kinds of waste will be about 20002 T. Much of the solid waste will be disposed for road construction back filling mine excavation and some other general purposes as enunciated above. Estimated Waste Quantity that 40830T will be generated over the entire period

3.9.2 Liquid effluent

The operation of the mine will not generate any appreciable quantity of liquid waste. The ground water table in this belt 50m below from the surface and since the quarry depth will not react upto this depth in the near future, flooding by ground water is not anticipated. However during rainy months, there is a possibility of wet conditions developing in the working pit. This will be minimized, if not altogether eliminated, by adopting simple techniques like digging trenches all round to train off rain water and presenting surface run off from entering and flooding working pit.

4.0 SITE ANALYSIS

4.1 Connectivity

4.1.1 Nearest Railway Station

Shadnagar Railway Station is 45 km from the quarry lease.

4.1.2 Nearest Airport

Shamshabad airport (Hyderabad) is 50 km from the mine lease area.

4.2 LANDFORM, LANDUSE AND LAND OWNERSHIP

Q.L area for grant of Quarry lease has been demarcated on the ground with reference to pillar (8), which is located at NW corner of the Q. L applied area. Later the topographical survey of the area is carried out and the pillar (8) is taken as ABM 100m. Even though the Quartz is well exposed to surface and Feldspar to subsurface level in this area, Eight DTH holes were drilled from top of the mound to a depth of 50m each and it is noticed that the boreholes that the mineral is not continuing further depth beyond 30m an average.

S. No. Purpose Extent ( Ha )

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0.665 1 Area Proposed for Quarrying

2 Waste Dump area 0.09

4 Stock Yard 0.01

5 Site services -- 6 Magazine -- 6 Greenbelt 0.3

Total (Broken) 1.065

Unbroken 1.205

4.3 Topography

The Quarry lease area is an undulating terrain interspersed with a plain land which are mostly covered by small sheet rock boulders. These boulders are of irregular shapes and vary widely in size and shape. The mound feature is a result of weathering and denudation and raise in height from the general ground level to about 3m. The area thus presents a rugged topography.

5.0 PLANNING BRIEF

5.1 Planning Concept

It is proposed to produce average production of 36,003 T/annum of Quartz & Feldspar from the proposed mining lease.

5.2 Population projection

The project will employ mostly workers from nearby villages. There will not be any increase in population due to the project

5.3 Land use planning

The project is located in 2.27 Ha. of Patta land. There will be change in land use as the quartz & Feldspar will be excavated.

5.4 Assessment of Infrastructure Demand (Physical & Social)

On the basis of the preliminary site visit, the infrastructure demand in the villages was assessed on the basis of need and priority. The assessment will be made in the socio economic survey & will be submitted at the time of final presentation regarding EC.

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5.5 Amenities/Facilities

Office, Rest shelter, first aid room, workshop will be constructed.

6.0 PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE

6.1 Industrial Area (Processing Area)

No infrastructure is proposed.

6.2 Residential Area (Non-Processing Area)

As the local persons will be given employment, no residential area/ housing is proposed within the mining lease area.

6.3 Green Belt

Green belt will be developed along the boundaries of mine lease area.

6.4 Sewerage System

The domestic wastewater generated will be sent to septic tanks followed by soak pits.

6.5 Industrial Waste Management

Not applicable.

6.6 Solid Waste management

Solid Wastes for next Five years: As explained in the previous para it is planned to produce and market 4000T marketable Quartz and Feldspar in one year. As recovery rate of 90% is considered. To win possible 36003T Quartz and Feldspar, it will be necessary to handle 40003T of Quartz and Feldspar thus about 90% waste amounting to about 4000T waste will be generated over period of one year. Such kind of waste will be dumped at the dumping yard. So in next five years the quantity of such kinds of waste will be about20002T. Much of the solid waste will be disposed for road construction back filling mine excavation and some other general purposes as enunciated above. Estimated Waste Quantity that 40830T will be generated over the entire period.

Envisaging a production of anticipating 367470T of Quartz and Feldspar during in the Q.L period of 20.0 years, the material to be handled for winning this quantity

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7.0 REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R&R) PLAN

There will be no displacement of houses. Hence rehabilitation and resettlement is not envisaged.

8.0 ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS)

8.1 Financial and Social Benefits with Special Emphasis on the Benefit to the Local People Including Tribal Population, If Any, In the Area.

This project will also provide employment to local people helping them earn livelihood. Environmental Management Plan

9. Anticipated Impacts & Mitigation Measures due to proposed project

The environment management plan is prepared with a view to facilitate effective environmental management of the project in general and implementation of the mitigation measures in particular. The EMP provides a delivery mechanism to address potential adverse impacts and to introduce standards of good practice to be adopted for all project works.

The anticipated impacts due to mining and allied activities are air, noise, land, water and socio-economic along with the mitigations to the extent possible are described in the following paragraphs.

9.1 Sources of Pollution and Control measures

The major sources of pollution are air and noise due to proposed mine from blasting and transportation of material to the far places.

9.1.1 Air Pollution and its Mitigation

Anticipated Sources of Air Pollution

 Digging & Excavation (Dust, Non-fugitive)  Loading & unloading and Transportation by vehicles (fugitive and line sources

Air Quality Management

Road - Regular repair (every 6 months) and Grading -Regular water sprinkling on haulage roads during dry

Page No. 11 M/s.Alekya Minerals Quartz & Feldspar Mine – 2.27 Ha. Environment Management Plan conditions Drilling -Wet drilling and usage of sharper drill bits Trucks -Avoid overloading of trucks and unnecessary idling of vehicles Movement - Trucks to be covered with tarpaulin/plastic Enforcing speed limit (<25 kmph) Plantation -Green belt development and avenue plantation

9.1.2 Noise pollution and its mitigation

Sources of Noise

1. Loaded trucks movement generates 80- 84 dB (A) (2-3 trucks short time stay at mine area) 2. Digging and excavation activities - 70 dB(A) (Only during day time) 3. Blasting (Occasionally) & drilling- (89 dB(A)), blasting gives only outburst of noise (if required Blasting operations only for few minutes ) 4. Normal values when mining is not in operation (40-45 dB(A)

Control Measures

• Mining operations will be carried out during day time only and avoid inconvenience to the nearby habitations • The noise propagation values found to be less than the prescribed noise limits • Ear plugs will be provided to the noise prone areas • Blasting will be done through controlled methods (occasionally) • Vehicular maintenance will ensure less noise. • Usage of sharp teeth on the JCB will reduce noise during loading operations

9.1.3 Water Quality

As the proponent is allocated dump area to accumulate the waste generated from the quarry and retaining wall also will be provided so there is less impact anticipated on the surrounding water bodies due to proposed quarry. The rainwater flows through the slopes of the area and drained off through nalas.

The ground water table in this belt is 45 m below from the surface and since the quarry depth will not reach upto this depth in the near future flooding by ground water is not anticipated. However, during rainy months, there is a possibility of wet conditions developing in the working pit. This will be minimized if not altogether eliminated by adopting simple techniques like digging trenches all round to drain off rainwater and preventing surface run off from entering and flooding working pit. The water will be pumped by using electric motor, if and when required, the mine

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Garland drains will be provided around the mine wherever required to arrest any soil from the mine area being carried away by the rain water

10.0 Occupational Safety and Health

 Safety precautions as per Metalliferrous mines Regulations and Mine Rules and Act shall be taken.  Minimum distance of 7.5 m will be left all along the mine lease boundary. The mined out area will be kept out of bounds for public by providing fencing.  Occupational Safety and Health to Control Exposure to Noise

* Reducing the exposure time of workers to the higher noise levels * Smooth blasting techniques, special explosives and silent non-explosive demolishing agent will be used.

11.0 House Keeping

Proper house keeping and cleanliness will be maintained in the infrastructure facilities. Wet mopping will be adopted to conserve water. Sign boards will be provided in the work areas and the road and building highlighting the safety and occupational aspects.

12.0 Transport Systems

The finished product is transported by road using road trucks. The lessee will deploy tippers to transport the waste blocks, unfinished and finished blocks from quarry site to yard and trucks to transport sized dimensional blocks from yard to destination. Cranes will do the loading of blocks. The materials while transporting do not pose any hazard. Sufficient parking facilities will be provided for vehicles loading and unloading of material. Safety signs will be displayed inside and outside the mine to avoid road accidents.

13.0 Afforestation Programme and Flora-fauna

Flora and Fauna  Due to water stress conditions and edaphic factors the biomass cover is less. Tree coverage is less and mostly herbs and shrubs are dominating.  The vegetation is very scarce. No plant species is found that is ecologically important (Rare, endangered, threatened etc.) restricted to this area.  The loss of biomass can be compensated by providing ideal conditions (proper supervision, water, fertilizer etc.) for the proposed greenbelt.

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 Other than domestic animals no ecologically important animals are reported in this area. 13.1 Proposed afforestation

The soil scraped from the surface will be stored temporarily along the edges of the mine till the complete extraction. This ensures proper preservation and utilization of the soil.

13.2 Proposal for reclamation of land affected by mining

The proposed mining will result in reducing the height of the area and exposing the parent rock. It will be covered with a mantle of soil to serve the dual purpose of utilization of soil and reclaiming the ground affected by mining. The reclamation will commence after the completion of mining activity.

14.0 Environmental Greening Program

Environmental greening program is an important component of the Environment Management Plan and is an imperative requirement for any major industrial activity, as per the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Environment and forests, Govt. of India. Conceptualization, design and implementation of the proposed activity, taking into account the specific requirement of the proposed mining activity and the site conditions are presented.

Each year some of the part of the barrier zone will be subjected to afforestation and care will be taken to protect the saplings. Fruit growing trees are proposed to be planted.

Table 6.0 Year wise proposal for Plantation

Year Name of Plant sps. No. of Plants Area Area Survival Spacing Covered % Ha 1st year Neem, Tamarind, 150 3m x 3m 0.06 70 Palm, Mango 2nd year Neem, Tamarind, 150 3m x 3m 0.06 70 Palm, Mango 3rd year Neem, Tamarind, 150 3m x 3m 0.06 70 Palm, Mango 4th year Neem, Tamarind, 150 3m x 3m 0.06 70 Palm, Mango 5th year Neem, Tamarind, 150 3m x 3m 0.06 70 Palm, Mango

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TOTAL 450 0.3

15.0 Socio-economic Environment

 For the functioning of the mine approx. 20 manpower will be utilized and it will not have any significant impact on economy of the local people  It will have indirect benefit to the people of Telangana in the form of collection of tax.  Land allocated for road will be laid with avenue plantation along with lights which will be useful for the local people  No impact due to influx of population/ labour because the mine is very small

16.0 Disaster Planning

The mining operation shall be carried out under the management control and direction of a qualified mines manager holding a Second class manager’s certificate of competency to manage a metalliferous mine granted by Director General of mines safety (DGMS). DGMS have been issuing a number of standing orders and circulars to be followed by the mine management in case of disaster, if any. Moreover mining staff would be sent to refresher courses from time to time to keep them abreast of the regulations. However following natural/ industrial hazards may occur during normal operation

 Slope failure at the mine faces  Accident due to explosives  Accident due to heavy equipment/machinery  Sabotage in case of magazine  Accidents due to fly rocks and boulder

In order to take care of above hazards/disasters, the following control shall be adopted:

 All safety precautions and provisions of Metalliferous Mine regulation 1961 are strictly followed during all mining operations  Checking and regular maintenance of garland drains and earthen bunds to avoid any inflow of surface water into mining area  Entry of unauthorized persons shall be prohibited  Fire fighting and first aid provisions in the mines office and mining Area;  Provision of all the safety appliances such as safety boots, helmets, goggles etc. would be made available to the employees and regular check to ensure the use  Training and refresher courses for all the employees working in the hazardous premises  Working of mine as per approved plan, related amendments and other

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regulatory provisions  Cleaning of mine faces shall be done regularly  Handling of explosives, charging and blasting shall be carried out by competent persons only  Provision of magazine at safe place with fencing and necessary security arrangement  Suppression of dust on the haulage roads by providing water sprinkling.

17.0 Environment Management Cell

A Cell for Environmental Management within Mine lease area at the project level, will take the overall responsibility for co-ordination of the actions required for environmental management and mitigation, and for monitoring the progress of the proposed management plans and actions to be taken for the project. The Cell will be under the overall supervision of the Mine Manager, and responsible for monitoring of the implementation of the various actions which are to be executed by the agencies specified in the EMP. The Cell will be headed by Mine Manager and the other members of the cell that will include a Horticulturist and 1 no. of supervisor. The EMC will prepare a formal report on environmental management and mitigation for the Environmental Engineer at the Mine, at six-monthly intervals. Reports on any urgent or significant issues may be prepared at shorter intervals. Apart from responsibilities listed above, the EMC will have the responsibility of the following  Collection of water and air samples within and outside the work zone  Analyzing the water and air samples  Implementation of the control and protective measures  Land reclamation and vegetation  Co-ordination of the environment related activities  Collection of the statistics of health of workers  Green belt development  Awareness and implementing safety programmes  Monitor the progress of implementation of EMP

18.0 Post Project Monitoring

The survey of air pollution comprises of the following monitoring aspects;

a. Ambient air quality Monitoring b. Noise Level Monitoring

Ambient air quality and noise level Monitoring will be carried out at minimum three stations, one station within mine site and two stations nearby residential areas outside the mine. Parameters like suspended particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen carbon monoxide and lead will be monitored. The frequency of

Page No. 16 M/s.Alekya Minerals Quartz & Feldspar Mine – 2.27 Ha. Environment Management Plan monitoring is preferably once in three months on 24 hour basis. The samples will be collected in accordance with the procedures given by CPCB.

19.0 Other Management Aspects

Records will be maintained for the analysis of ambient air quality and noise levels. These records are not only required for the perusal of the Pollution Control Board authorities. The management will maintain the records as per the hazardous waste regulations and EPA regulations and apply for the annual consents for air and water, and renewal of authorization for the storage of hazardous waste as per the Hazardous Waste (Handling & Management) Rules, 1989. The records of hazardous waste manifest will be maintained. The format of the same is enclosed in appendix. The mine shall obtain the consent for operation (CFO) as required under section 25/26 of the Water act, 1974 and under section 21/22 of Air Act, 1981, before trial production and commissioning from the State Pollution Control Board. The CFO will be renewed each year by the management. The mine will submit environmental statement every year before September 30. The management ensures that it will comply with all the directions and regulations issued by the Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change, New Delhi and Central Pollution Control Boards.

The Consent for Establishment, Consent for Operation will be displayed in a conspicuous location for the information of the inspecting authorities of different departments

20.0 Cost proposed for Environment Management Plan

Capital Recurring Aspects Item Remarks cost (Rs.) cost (Rs.) Nose masks 10 No's - --- 12,000 Once a week. Air Rs. 25/- each Replaceable, and pollution cost can increase with time Cloth for drillers 10 --- 16,800 Once a week. no's 1.0 m each @ Rs. Replaceable, and 35/- cost can increase with time Gunny bags for 20,000 10,000 As and when covering the surface of needed, Lump jackhammer holes sum. Road wetting @ 1 Ltr/ --- 50,000 Water tanker Sq.m. and waste dump cost @ one settling (1/4 of wetting tanker for 3 & wet drilling) - 5000 days for 300

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Ltrs tank @ Rs. 400/- days

Plantation on road side 50,000 20,000 - 2m interval and Re-plant the buffer zone - 3m non-surviving interval plus plants, watering maintenance and protection Greenbelt and Nursery 30,000 10,000 from animals development Construction of 20,000 10,000 Once only for Water garland drains the lease pollution period/life of mine De-silting operations - 15,000 10,000 Yearly and manual operations Construction of 15,000 10,000 Cost of retaining wall for construction of waste dump in slope wall around the side dip side of the dump. Maintenance of 20,000 10,000 Included in main Noise machinery suitably - cost pollution Rs. 5000 per 3 months PPE's like Ear muffs 20 10,000 5000 Once in three No’s- Rs. 25 each months Providing First aid kits 10,000 8,000 Once in year, Occupational - 2 No's and fire replace by Safety and extinguishers - 2 No's conducting Health periodical checkup Providing Personal 44,000 20,600 Safety shoe protective equipments twice in a year, to all employees (hand helmets once in gloves @ Rs. 40, three years and safety shoe @ Rs. hand gloves 1200 and helmet @ thrice in a year Rs. 300) Training and 25,000 10,000 Once in six awareness programs months and on risk factors during create sign emergencies by the boards about the experts risk and safety precautions regularly

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Periodical medical 20,000 14,000 Once in a year checkup and supply of and supply of medicines medicines for every three months Infrastructure Road Repaires and 30,000 15,000 Once in a year lightening especially during monsoon Ambient air quality - 2,000 Environmental studies - Once in a monitoring year - 2 locations Water quality studies - - 2,000 Will be done Once a year - 2 through MoE&F Locations recognised Noise studies - Once in - 1,500 laboratories six months - 2 Locations Vibration studies - 3,000 Grand Total 3,09,000 2,39,900

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