PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT Of Stone Quarry (Area – 1.00 Ha) Survey No. – 34 (Part) Village – Khadgaon, Taluka – Badnapur Dist. – Jalna (M.S.) Owner & Lessee Shri. Dipak Arunrao Ambhore Prepared by Accredited EIA Consultant EARTHCARE LABS PVT. LTD., C-11, Amar Enclave Commercial Wing, Jog Layout, Prashant Nagar, Near Ajni Square, Nagpur – 440 015 email-
[email protected] February-2017 Prefeasibility Report (PFR) (as per MoEF Guidelines vide O.M. J-11013/41/2006-IA.II (I) dtd. 30-12-2010) 1. Executive Summary Jalna district is approximately situated at the center part of Maharashtra state of Republic of India and in northern direction of Marathwada region. Specifically district lies between 19° 01' N to 21° 03' N Latitudes and 75° 4' E to 76° 4' E Longitude. Jalna district erstwhile a part of Aurangabad district was formed on 1st May 1981 by carving out Jalna, Bhokardan, Jafrabad, Ambad tahsils of Aurangabad district and Partur tahsil of Parbhani district. The boundaries of Jalna district are adjacent to Parbhani & Buldana on east, Aurangabad on west, Jalgaon on north and Beed on south. Most of the district is covered by Deccan traps. Trap rocks are generally barren of any economically useful and important minerals. But being hard, dense and durable they are extensively used as building stones, road metal, and railway ballast and as an aggregate for concrete mixtures. Deccan trap covered 90% of the total area of the district and 10% area is covered by alluvium. All the talukas are covered by Deccan trap. The trap is classified in, the following categories.1) Weathered basalt of all types, 2) Fractured & Jointed basalt, 3) Vesicular geologic basalt, 4) Compact massive basalt.