Village Alipur Arian, District Patiala

MINING PLAN

INTRODUCTORY NOTES Very small B'2' category mines: All B2 Category mines excluding very small B2 category mines i.e. manual opencast mines not using explosives and where the average daily employment does not exceed 25. 1 GENERAL a Name of the applicant Baldev Singh Address Village Alipur Arian, District Patiala

District PATIALA State PUNJAB Pin Code 147001 Phone - Status of Applicant CONTRACTOR Mineral (s) Which the applicant intends Ordinary Earth to mine. Period for which the mining lease is 12 month required or granted/renewed 2 LOCATION Detail of Location (with location map) Barsat District & State Patiala, Punjab Tehsil Patiala Village Barsat Khasra No. HADBAST NO 47 KHEWAT NO 34/29 KHATONI NO 97 KHASRA NO Area 75 Hectare Whether the area is in the forest (please No specify whether protected, reserved etc.) Ownership/Occupancy The land has been taken on lease for mining of Ordinary earth from the following;

Site 1 Land use pattern Agriculture use only b Attach a location map showing N.A. boundaries of the mining lease, adjoining areas roadways, railways, natural drainage system and any other surface features, if any. It is preferred that the area be marked on a Survey of India topographical map or a cadastral map or forest map as the case may be. However, if none of these are available, the area should be marked on a plan prepared especially for the purpose on a scale of 1: 5000 linking it with any

1 important reference point available in and around the area. 3 GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION Describe briefly the general topography The area falls under the Indo-Gangetic explaining whether it is a plain land or a alluvial plains. The geological formations hilly area and local geology of the met within the district comprise alluvium mineral deposit within the leasehold. of quaternary age. It consists of alternating beds of sand, silt and clay. In the southwestern part, the alluvium is over laid by thin layer unstrained loam.

4 RESERVES Give details of the reserves using The lease holders would mine the standard methods of estimation. ordinary earth upto 2 feet depth. 5 DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION PROGRAM a Outline briefly, year wise, development The lease holders are having the mining and production program for five years. lease of 12 months for the excavation of Also indicate the precautions to be ordinary earth. During this period, the observed to prevent hap-hazard lease holders would excavate around excavation of pits, scattering of wastes 637m3 of ordinary earth at their site. and avoidable loss of mineral in ground From there, the ordinary earth would be used for the ordinary work. To prevent the effect of excavation of the surrounding area, the lease holders would leave 2.5 ft. land around the boundary so that there is no negative impact on the surrounding lands. The top soil i.e. 6 inch would be stored at the mining i.e. and would be reused for leveling after the mining operations are complete. b State average daily employment for the Less than 5 persons mining activity 6 WASTE DISPOSAL ARRANGEMENTS Describe briefly the arrangements made The top soil i.e. 6 inch would be stored at for the top soil, mineral reject and waste the mining site and would be reused for disposal including precautions to be leveling after the mining operations are taken in the selection of disposal site(s) complete. along with their respective quantity likely to be generated for the five years There would not be any mineral reject from the mining. 7 RECLAMATION PLAN Describe briefly the year wise After the excavation of the ordinary reclamation plan earth, the top soil stored at the site would be used for the leveling of the land. a Rivers Courses No river courses within 500 meters of the mining area b Nalas No nalas within 500 meters of the mining area

2 c Water Tanks No water tanks within 500 meters of the mining area d Villages/Houses/Hutments, agriculture No Villages/houses/hutments within 500 land meters of the mining area. Only agricultural land is surrounded by the mining site. e Important Monuments No monuments within 500 meters of the mining area ANY OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

through its contractor. Baldev Singh would be responsible for the implementation of the environmental Management Plan of the Ordinary earth mining project. The EMP would be implemented within 3 and 4 months from the date of grant of environmental clearance.

EMP FUND A sum of Rs. 20,000/- has been proposed as separate fund for building the infrastructure required for the management of EMP such as Sprinkler, Pipes,

Medical Aids etc. however annual Rs 5000/- has also been earmarked towards the recurring cost.

3 UNDERTAKING 1

I, Sh. Baldev Singh S/o Sheesha Singh Village Alipur Arian, District Patiala do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under:

1. That the periphery of any other area of borrowing/excavation does not falls within a radius of 500m from the periphery of proposed area of borrowing/excavation

Place: Date: ...... (Baldav Singh)

VERIFICATION:-

I, the above named deponent do hereby solemnly affirm and declared that the statement given above are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing has been concealed therein.

Place: Date: ...... (Baldev Singh)

4 UNDERTAKING 2

I. Sh. Baldev Singh S/o Sheesha Singh Village Alipur Arian, District Patiala do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under:

II. That the activity associated with borrowing/excavation of 'ordinary earth' and ordinary earth' for purpose of general work, construction of roads, embankments etc shall not involve blasting. III. That the borrowing/excavation activity shall be restricted to a maximum depth of 2m below general ground level at the site. IV. That the borrowing/excavation activity shall be restricted to 2m above the ground water table at the site. V. That the borrowing/excavation activity shall not be alter the natural drainage pattern of the area VI. That the borrowing/excavation activity shall be restored by the project proponent for useful purpose(s). VII. that appropriate fencing all around the borrowed/excavated pit shall be made to prevent any mishap. VIII. That measures shall be taken to prevent dust emission by covering of borrowed/excavated earth during transportation. IX. That safeguards shall be adopted against health risks on account of breeding of vectors in the water bodies created due to borrowing/excavation of earth X. That workers/labourers shall be provided with facilities for drinking water and sanitation XI. That a berm shall be left from the boundary of adjoining fiels having a width equal o at least half the depth depth of proposed excavation XII. That a mnimum distance of 15 m from any civil structure shall be kept from the periphery of any excavation area. XIII. That the concerned DEIAA while considering granting environmental clearance for such activity for ordinary earth will prescribe the guidelines as stated at (i) to (xi) above and specify that the clearance so granted shall be liable to be cancelled in case of any violation of above guidelines

Place: Date: ...... (Baldev Singh)

Verification: I, the above named deponent do hereby solemnly affirm and declared that the statement given above are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing has been concealed therein. Place: Date: ...... (Baldev Singh)

5 UNDERTAKING 3

I Sh. Baldev Singh S/o Sheesha Singh Village Alipur Arian, District Patiala do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under:

1. That I am Prop. in the firm and have applied environmental clearance

before DEIAA for mining related activity of our Ordinary earth mining.

2. That I give an undertaking that there is no boundary of National Park of

Wild Life within a distance of 1 Km radius from our mining site and no

protected area notified under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 or Notified

eco-sensitive area as notified under section 3 of the Environmental

(Protection) Act, 1986 exists within 10 Km radius from the project site.

(Baldev Singh)