Chapter 1 Introduction

ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN

ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR 1.39 HA/ 3.43 ACRE PAHARPUR STONE MINING PROJECT OF MD. ABDUS SALAM ANSARI AT NEAR MOUZA– PAHARPUR, P.O.- BENAGARIA, P.S.– SHIKARIPARA, DISTRICT–DUMKA, STATE–JHARKHAND

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Chapter 1

Introduction

Environmental impacts are the significant factors to be analyzed, managed and monitored throughout the project. This part of the proposal briefs a series of Environmental management plans and operating procedures designed to manage and control the environmental impacts of the project. Following is the salient features of the proposed project.

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Parameters

Description

Md. Abdus Salam Ansari S/O Md.Gulam Rasul Vill- Kalakata, P.O - Patijore P.S- Ranishwar(Raghunathpur) Dist- Dumka, Jharkhand

Raity Land

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Proponent Details

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Type of Land Topo-sheet Number Geographical features
72 p/12

Lat. 24°11'20.91"N To 24°11'14.30"N Long. 87°35'02.29"E To 87°34'58.15"E Village – Paharpur, P.O. - Benagariya, P.S. – Shikaripara, Dist.- Dumka, Jharkhand.

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Site Location

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Type of Project Mining Lease Area Water Table
Stone Mine

3.43acres (1.39 Ha)

15 m to 25 m

27 m.

Depth of Mining

Geological Reserve = 229038 cum

10 Reserve

Mineable Reserve = 183230 cum 141150.6 Max. TPA /470.50 Max. TPD

11 Proposed Production 12 Method of Mining 13 Category
Semi-mechanized/ Mechanized Opencast Mining B2
14 Period of Lease 15 State /National Boundary
Applied for Mining Lease No State and national boundary nearby the area.

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Purpose

Water requirement

No.

(KLD)

Drinking & domestic ( Man Power x 45 /1000( 26x45/1000)
1.17 0.57

16 Total Water Requirement

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2

Afforestation/Greenbelt ( Area

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MD. ABDUS SALAM ANSARI S/O MD.GULAM RASUL
SATHI PLANNERS PVT. LTD. REG. OFFICE: LAKE AVENUE, BEHIND CAMBRIAN PUBLIC SCHOOL, KANKEROAD, RANCHI, JHARKHAND

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VILL- KALAKATA, P.O - PATIJORE P.S- RANISHWAR(RAGHUNATHPUR) DIST- DUMKA, JHARKHAND

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Parameters

Description

in ha (0.52) x 1.09 KLD per Ha)

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Dust Suppression( Mining

road(1 Acre=4046Sq.m) (4046x0.04)/4/1000+ kachha Road X 6.5 KLD per KM) 0.04+0.500) x 6.5
3.51

5.25

Total

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EMP Cost Project Cost Land Use Pattern
6,49,928 Lakh rupees per year 30 Lakh Mention in PFR.

Village

Direction

Distance(km)

2.47 km

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Habitation

Benagaria Haathbari
East

East

5.59 km

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Chapter 2
Site description

2.1. Topography and Geology of the precise area 2.1.1. Topography

Based on the topographical map No.72P/12 the Dumka district, hills are widely scattered with adulatory topography. The general slope of the area towards east around ML area. The ML area is about 3.38 Km south of very prominent NE-SE running Dumka- Nalhati Hat road. The lease area has adulatory topography with altitude of 127 m from MSL. A major river Brahmani is flowing at a distance of 9.35 Km North-East from the lease area.

2.1.2. Geology of the precise area

The CGGC comprises three main lithodemic suites namely a) b) c)
The Enclave suite, The Chatra gneiss suite, The Intrusive suite,

The Enclave suite comprises the Dumka Granulites including the charnockitic and khondalitic rocks exposed in Palamau and Dumka. The Chatra gneiss suite encompasses the Dhanwar gneiss, the Baradag gneiss, Lilajan Migmatites and Dhanwar Augen gneiss. The intrusive suite comprises of aplogranite, pegmatites and quartz veins.

The ML area under consideration falls in Dhanwar gneiss suite and located at Dumka (24 19’30”:86 00’). The country rock in the ML area is biotite granite gneiss. The rock is well foliated. The foliation

roughly strikes E-W and dips 60 South. The rocks are highly weathered. As the granite gneiss has been intruded by number of metabasites, dolerite gabbro, anorthosites etc in the area, the ML area is having intrusion of well defined dolerite dyke. The rock is very fine grained and dark gray in calour. The strike of the dolerite dyke is almost parallel to the strike of country rock. The rock indicates concoidal fracture. The Dolerite is in contact with the weathered granite gneiss is N50 E- S50 W and dipping 45 SE. However, the exposed dolerite is E-W with about 50 W and physically the rock appears to be horizontal. The rock is used as building stone

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2.2. Existing Land pattern

Present/Existing

Proposed Land Land to be used in Land used at the

land use pattern use for current remaining period conceptual stage
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Pattern of Utilization Mining Activities

in Acres

plan period

acres of the life of the mine. acres i.e. end of mine life in acres

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2.12 0.04
0.00 0.00
2.12

0.04

Offices/ Store / crusher/

Magazine etc.
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3456789

Dumping

0

0
0.05 0.04 0.02 1.13 0.03 3.43
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0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.05 0.04 0.02 1.13 0.03 3.43
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Mining Road Garland drain Green belt/Safety Zone Stone Stock yards Utilized
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Unutilized

3.43

Total

3.43

2.3. Climatic condition

The area of operation falling in the Eastern part of the district in Dumka block experiences minimum temperature of 10 degree centigrade during winter and maximum temperature is 40 -45 degree centigrade during summer. The average rainfall of the district varies from 1100 mm to 1350 mm.

2.4. Relative Humidity

The average daily relative humidity for August is around 76 %.

2.5. Flora and Fauna

The hilly portion of the district is under thick forest cover Sal is the most famous and predominant species of trees found here. Among other common species are Bamboos, simul, Mahua, Palash, Kushum, Kend Asan, Piar and Bhelwa. Some medicinal plants are found in Parasnath forests. In the thickly forested areas of the district wild animals like Leopard, Beers, Jackals, wild boars and hare are found other than domestic animals.

2.6. Habitation and Infrastructures Table 2.4.: Existing Infrastructures near the site S.L. No Particular

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Location

Distance (km)

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Town Police Station School
Dumka Shikaripara St.
36 Km 10 km
School, 17 km
NW NW

East

Paul

Raghunathpur
456
DMO Office Railway Station Nearest Airport
Dumka Pinargaria Railway Station Ranchi
36 Km 6.42 km 250km
NW NE SW

2.6.2. Power line:

There is no HT line or LT power line is found nearby the site.

2.6.4. Archaeological\Historical monuments:

No infrastructures and places of interest like archeological monuments, Sanctuaries, bridges etc are found within 500 m radius.

2.6.3. Water bodies:

No major river is situated around 1 km radius.

2.6.5. Road:

The stone mine is located at village Paharpur, P.O.-Benagaria, Thana- Shikaripara, Dist- Dumka is located in Survey of India Topgraphical sheet no.- 72P/12 which can be approached by fair weather pucca road from Dumka about 36 KM in NW direction .The area is connected with village road adjacent to mine lease area and meets National Highway- 114 A which is just 4 km in NE direction from the Lease Area. The nearest railway station is Pinargaria Railway Station and which is situated at 6.42 km in NE direction from the mine lease area. Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi is the nearest airport in respect of mine lease area situated at a distance of 250 km from the lease area in SW direction.

2.6.6. Place of worship:

There is no place of worship like Temple, School, Archeological monuments and Villages found around 500 m radius.

2.6.7. Reserved Forest\Forest\ social forest\ wild life sanctuaries etc:

Detail

Distance (km)

Direction

Wetlands : No wetlands project side area. Watercourses or other water Body

Brahmani River (as per toposheet)

3 Km

South

Forest NA

2.6.8. Interstate Boundary:

There is interstate boundary within 5 km radius.

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CHAPTER 3
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN

Impact of mining on environment will be Dust generation, Temporary storage and utilization of top soil, Land degradation, Stabilization and vegetation of dumps, Adverse effect on water regime, socio-economic benefits arising out of mining, Noise and Vibration. Major impacts, mitigation measures and good practices are discussed below.

3.1. AIR ENVIRONMENT 3.1.1 INTRODUCTION

The ambient air quality monitoring with respect to the study area of Paharpur Stone Mine project site was done for the baseline information. The various sources of air pollution in the region are industrial, traffic, urban and rural activities. The data will also be useful for assessing the conformity to standards of the ambient air quality during the Mining operation. The study area represents mostly rural environment.

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURE

1. Dust generation during drilling of shot holes, haul road, smoke from vehicles shall be controlled by following practices:
2. Dust extractor or wet drilling to be followed to control dust at source of emission during drilling.

3. Sharp drill bits will be used for drilling and regrinding will be done periodically to reduce the dust generation.

4. Emission level in all machineries and transport vehicles to be tested once in a year to keep them in control with proper maintenance.

5. Water sprinklers along the sides of haul road shall be fixed to control fly of dust while transporting minerals and waste. Provision for automatic water sprinkle system on permanent road and water spray by tankers on temporary road shall be made.

6. Avenue trees along roads and green belt around ML boundary shall be planted with density of 2000 trees per Hectare as per the norms of MoEF to control fly of dust, noise etc

7. Ambient air pollution monitoring will be carried out as per the regulations

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3.2. WATER ENVIRONMENT. 3.2.1 Introduction

Selected water quality parameters for ground water have been studied for assessment of ground water and surface water within the radius of 500 m radius around the proposed project site. The purpose of the study is to

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Assess the water quality characteristics for physical and chemical parameters; Analyze the impacts on agricultural productivity, habitat conditions, recreational resources and aesthetics in the vicinity; and predict impact of the project on water quality.

Water pollution control Measure:

Depth of Mining is planned to above the ground water table. Therefore pumping of ground water or surface water does not arise in this mine. The turbid rain water during rainy season is proposed to settle in a pit before discharging in to the natural stream for settling the suspended particles. Pump having required capacity is installed to lift accumulated rain water from working pit to the settling tank. The rain water should be collected by garland drain around the lease boundary/pit and allowed to settle in a small pit for settling suspended particles before passing to natural drainage system. It shall be ensured that quality of drinking water for the worker is hygienic and good sanitation system shall be made available.

3.3. Land Environment

Significant impact on land occurs due to change in land use pattern, degradation of soil quality and dumping of waste. The project is site specific due to the availability of mineral resources. Hence there is no alternative location suggested for mining. Some of the measures followed to minimize the impacts are as follows:

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The mining activities will be restricted within the lease area only. The waste material will be utilized for the construction of road and also used by the local people for construction work.

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The surface run off from the lease area will be retain within the lease and used for plantation, dust suppression and block cutting. So there will be no soil erosion from the lease area and its surrounding due to mining activity. The dump will have inward slope with catch drains at inward side of the terrace and the catch drain of the individual terrace will be connected to the garland drain outside the periphery of the dump. Retaining wall and garland drain will be constructed around the dumps and the surface runoff water pass through the garland drain and finally settled in a settling pit before released outside.

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Retaining wall and garland drains for the proposed waste dump will be constructed to arrest wash offs from the dump.

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