MINING PLAN (Submitted for Approval Under Rule 16 of MCR, 2016) ______
_____________________________________________________________________________________ MINING PLAN (Submitted for Approval under Rule 16 of MCR, 2016) _____________________________________________________________________________________ For “DEVADARI IRON ORE MINE” (V S Lad & Sons, ML No. 2290) Village: Lakshmipura Taluka: Sandur, District: Ballari, State: Karnataka (Open Cast - Category A - Fully Mechanized- Captive Mine) Type of Land: Devadari Reserved Forest Lease Area: 100.54 Ha. of M/s. JSW STEEL LIMITED IBM Registration No.: IBM/432/2011 Prepared by B.P. Pandey B. Tech (Mining) Qualified Person 1 MINE DESCRIPTION INTRODUCTORY NOTE: V.S Lad & Sons, ML No. 2290 Block, located in Lakshmipura village, Sandur Taluka, Ballari District, over an extent of 100.54 Ha area of Forest Land of Kumarswamy range (Devadari gudda) is an iron ore mining lease area proposed to be granted to JSW Steel Limited as per the Letter of Intent of Govt of Karnataka after e-auction (Annexure-I). Pursuant to the Hon’ble Supreme Court(SC) order dated 29th July 2011 and 26th August 2011, the mining operations and transportation of the iron ore from mining leases in the districts of Ballari, Tumkur and Chitradurga had been suspended except, in the case of two mining leases M/s NMDC namely, ML no. 1111 and ML no. 2396. Central Empowered Committee (CEC) was constituted by SC, in order to unravel the violations carried out by mining companies in Karnataka. As per the CEC’s joint team survey, ML No. 2290, previously held by M/s V.S Lad & Sons has a total encroachment area of 21.17 Ha [under mining pit (0.23 Ha), OB dumps (15.94 Ha) and others category (5.00 Ha)].
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