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Site Specific Wildlife Conservation / Management Plan for Tiringpahar Manganese Mines of Tata Steel Limited District: Keonjhar, Odisha SITE SPECIFIC WILDLIFE CONSERVATION / MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR TIRINGPAHAR MANGANESE MINES OF TATA STEEL LIMITED DISTRICT: KEONJHAR, ODISHA Prepared by: P . K . SARANGI, IFS (Retd.) S . K . RAY, OFS (I) (Retd.) B . R . DAS, OFS (I) (Retd. CONTENTS Sl Sub Particulars Page No. .No. Sl. 1 Executive Summary 1 2 Preamble 6 Chapter ʹ 1 Introduction Project:- /ƚ͛ƐĂƌĞĂĂŶĚŝŵƉĂĐƚĂƌĞĂ A Location of the project and its impact area 8 i Forest Block, Beat, Forest Range etc 8 Ii Extent of Project area. 9 Iii Land Schedule of Project area 9 iv Proposed land use pattern of Project area 9 v GPS co-ordinates of Project area 11 vi Status of statutory clearances ʹ Forest Diversion 11 Proposal, Environment Clearance, Mining Plan, SPCB. B Villages and habitation within the Project area and Project impact 13 area i Villages and habitation profile 13 ii Demographic profile 13 iii Occupational profile 16 iv Existing cropping pattern 17 v Extent of biotic pressure of villages on forest resource. 17 vi NTFP collection, Method of collection and impact on 18 Wildlife vii Cattle population and grazing habit. 18 C Geo-morphology of Project area and Project impact area. 18 i Description of Topography 18 ii Drainage pattern 19 iii Water bodies - natural and manmade 20 D Linear infrastructure in the Project area and Project Impact area 20 i Road, Railway, Water ways, Canals and other 20 developmental structure. ii Impact of linear infrastructures on movement of mega 21 fauna. iii Possible ameliorative measures for movement of mega 21 fauna. iv Details of water reservoirs, vertical mining pits and 21 unguarded dug well in the Project area and Project impact area. v Available safeguards and proposed safeguards. 23 E Description of flora and fauna in Project area and Project impact 23 . area. i Details of available flora & fauna. 23 ii Details of ETS (Endemic, threatened & scheduled) Flora. 34 iii Details of ETS (Endemic, threatened & scheduled) 34 Fauna. F Description of forest and habitation 34 i Forest type and ecological setup. 34 ii Wildlife habitat and prevailing wildlife scenario. 36 iii Wildlife census result (if any) Tiger, Elephant, Water 36 fowl etc. G Movement of mega Wildlife in impact area. 37 i Information on Wildlife movement (Last 3 years and 37 current year) ii Wildlife movement map 37 H Man-Animal Conflict 37 i Information on Wildlife depredation in Project area and 37 Project impact area. ii Man-Animal conflict map. 41 iii Possible trend in Man-Animal conflict due to project 41 implementation. I Survey of Working Plan prescriptions fir management of forest and 41 wildlife in the Project area and Project impact area. i Prescription of Working Plan for project and project 41 impact area. ii Status of implementation of the prescription. 67 J Indicative Plan 67 i Other Projects proposed / operating in the impact zone. 67 ii Summary of mitigate measures proposed in the 68 Conservation Plan of proposed / operating Projects. K Detailed study report of Project and Project Impact area. 69 i List of Experts involved in the study 69 Ii Sites visited. 69 Iii Period of study / duration of study. 69 iv Methodology and sampling procedure. 70 v Findings 71 Chapter ʹ 2 Project Impact A Project impact on Environment. 72 i Impact on soil. 73 ii Impact on vegetation. 73 . Iii Impact on water regime. 74 iv Impact on air 75 B Pollutants ʹ Quantum and Impact 76 i Soil 77 Ii Air 78 iii Water 78 iv Vegetation 78 v Animals 78 C Anticipated Degradation of Forest Resource 79 i Model adopted for quantification of anticipated 79 degradation. ii Qualitative changes in Wildlife habitat pattern. 79 D Perceived threats due to Project implementation. 80 i Threat to forest flora. 80 ii Threat to forest fauna. 80 E Vehicular traffic and its impact. 81 i Probable increase on flora & fauna. 81 ii Impact on flora & fauna. 82 F Pollution and its impact 82 i Noise Pollution 82 ii Water Pollution 83 iii Air Pollution 83 iv Underground pollution 84 v Probable impact on flora and fauna. 84 G Study and observation 85 i Experts visited 85 ii Areas visited 85 iii Duration of visits 85 iv Observations 85 v Records referred to 85 vi Sampling methods adopted 86 vii Justification in extrapolation 88 Chapter ʹ 3 Management objectives and mitigation strategies. i Objectives of management to address issues of Wildlife 89 Conservation. ii Strategies to mitigate the adverse impact on Wildlife. 89 . Chapter ʹ 4 Proposed management strategies within the Project site. A Intervention inside Project area. 93 B Location of proposed intervention. (location map to be superimposed 104 on proposed land use plan) C Provision of EMP for the project with overlapping interventions. 104 D Flow chart of intervention over 10 years span. 105 E Financial Forecast 106 Chapter ʹ 5 Proposed Management strategies within project impact zone A Intervention to be adopted by DFO. 107 i Habitat improvement 107 ii Man-Animal conflict mitigation 109 iii Measures to facilitate movement of mega fauna across 110 man made linear infrastructure. B Location of proposed intervention (location map with linear 112 structure) C Monitoring & evaluation 112 D Flow chart of interventions over 10 years span 112 E Undertaking for preparation of subsequent plan in continuation to 112 subsisting plan (When lease period exceeds (10 years) this plan period). F Cumulative total of interventions proposed for the Project area and 113 Project impact area. Financial Forecast 114 Chapter ʹ 6 Enclosures and Appendices A Maps (1 : 50,000) 115 i Existing land use plan maps of the project. PLATE ʹ 1 ii Proposed land use plan maps of the project. PLATE ʹ 2 iii Location map of other Proposals in the impact area. PLATE ʹ 3 iv Location Map w.r.t. PA, Elephant Corridors and PLATE ʹ 4 Elephant Reserves, ESZ etc. along with linear infrastructures. v Location map of interventions in Project / Project PLATE ʹ 5 impact area. vi Location map of Man-Animal conflicts. PLATE ʹ 6 . B Copy of Relevant orders 115 01 Copy of approval letter of Mining Plan, Letter Annexure ʹ I No.MSM/OTFM/66-ORI/BHU/2011-12 dated 13.04.2012. 02 Copy of ͞ŽŶƐĞŶƚ ƚŽ KƉĞƌĂƚĞ͟ KE^Ed KZZ EK͘ ϭϭϱ Annexure ʹ II communicated in Letter No. 7251/IND-I-CON-190 dated 12.04.2012 of State Pollution Control Board, Odisha. 03 Copy of Environmental Clearance, Letter No. J- Annexure ʹ III 11015/87/2004-IA.II(M), Dt. 17.09.2005 of MoEF, Government of India. 04 Copy of the GoI, MoEF letter F.No. 8-80/2004-FC dated Annexure ʹ IV 28.03.2007 communicating approval of the diversion of 52.348 ha of forest land. C Cost Schedules. 116 Tata Steel Ltd. Trinigpahar Manganese Mines EXECUTIVE SUMMARY i. The Tiringpahar Manganese Mines Site Specific Wild Life Conservation Plan is prepared in compliance of Environment Clerance (EC) Condition No. xiv stipulated by Govt. of India, Ministry of Environment and Forest, in their Letter No. J-11015/87/2004-IA.II(M), Dt. 17.11.2005. ii. Tiringpahar Manganese Mines were having original area of 643.71 ha. Now the project proponent has restricted the mining activities over 169.000 ha. Out of the total area of 169.000 ha. the forest land covers an area of 68.914 ha. iii. The Govt. of India has approved diversion of 52.348 ha. of Forest Land vide their Letter No. F.No. 8-80/2004-FC dated 28.03.2007. iv. The location of the ML area is as follows: State Orissa District Keonjhar Sub-division Champua Taluka Barbil Villages Gurda, Palasha, Khondbandh & Jaribahal Project Area 169.00 ha Topo sheet No. F-45-N-5 v. The project area is connected by all weather motorable road of 03km span to Barbil- Keonjhar State Highway No.-10. The nearest railway station is at Bansapani at a distance of 08 km connected by Tata-Barbil branch railway line on South-eastern railway at Padapahar. vi. Tiringpahar leasehold area is located in the central gentle slope. The leasehold area has two hillocks on Northern and Southern part with a valley like region in between. Highest elevation at the hillocks is around 700 MSL whereas the central valley is at 640 MSL. Prepared by SRI P.K.SARANGI, IFS (Retd) 1 Tata Steel Ltd. Trinigpahar Manganese Mines vii. The climate is tropical with a very hot summer, the temperature during summer rises very high. The maximum temperature rises to 42°C in hot summer where as the minimum temperature is 7°C during winter months. viii. The existing Forest kissam lands can be classified as Moist Peninsular valley Sal. ix. The project area does not form a part of any National Park or Sanctuary or Critical Wild Life habitat. No protected area is situated in the vicinity or within the Impact area of 10 km radius. x. The project area is an existing mine. No important wild animals are noticed in the area as there is no substantial vegetation. There is no endangered Flora and Fauna within project area. In the Impact area the important Schedule-I fauna found are Sloth bear, Elephant and Python. xi. The process of mining will be opencast, fully mechanized method with drilling and blasting. xii. The Mega wild animals like elephants have been found approaching Baitarani, Sidhamath RFs & its vicinity forests. xiii. There are no new man made infrastructures for the project or due to the project in the project impact area. xiv. The Impact as perceived due to the project operation are: Reduction of wild life habitat Soil erosion Water pollution & water scarcity Dust hazards Noise disturbance Lighting problems Garbage problems Physical threats such as fall of animals in the pits, poaching etc.
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