DETAILS

ON

MANDADI CAPTIVE LIMESTONE MINE

0.70 MTPA LIMESTONE PRODUCTION FROM 50.41 Ha AMALGAMATED MINING LEASE AREA (Amalgamated Leases : ML-1, ML-2 & ML-3)

ML Area (Ha) Limestone EC status Production (MTPA) ML1 34.82 0.6 EC obtained as per (Forest Area) 1994 ML-2 7.45 0.1 EC obtained as per (non Forest) 1994 ML-3 8.14 Allied Activities - (non Forest) Amalgamated 50.41 0.7 - Lease

Submitted to SEIAA

for

Environmental Clearance (EC) for 50.41 Ha Amalgamated Mandadi Captive Limestone Mine for 0.70 MTPA production as per MoEFCC Notification, S. O. 1530(E) dated 6th April 2018.

At

MANDADI & POLEPALLI VILLAGES,

VELDURTHY & DURGI MANDAL, DISTRICT, STATE. Of

THE KCP LIMITED Village & Mandal , Guntur District,

Andhra Pradesh State

NOTE IN PLACE OF PFR FOR THE EXISITING MINE

M/s. MANDADI CAPTIVE LIMESTONE MINE (AREA: 50.41 HA) M/s. THE KCP LIMITED (KCP)

CAPTIVE LIMESTONE MINE OF M/s. MANDADI CAPTIVE LIMESTONE MINE LOCATED AT MANDADI VILLAGE, VELDURTHY MANDAL, GUNTUR DIST., ANDHRA PRADESH

KCP is a 75 year old diversified business group with a turnover over 200 million USD with interests in Cement, Heavy Engineering, Sugar, Power and IT. It has 9 manufacturing locations over various geographies in and Vietnam. The KCP Limited (KCP) was established in the year 1941 with their registered office in Chennai and the Cement plant at Macherla, Andhra Pradesh. It is ranked as one of the Southern India’s leading industrial group and premier producer of cement and industrial Machinery. KCP cement plant was set up to supply cement for the construction of the mighty Nagarjuna sagar Dam, which stands as the testimony to the quality of cement produced by the company. The state of art dry process kiln of HUMBOLDT, Germany, the first in India, was installed at Macherla Guntur district of AP in 1958. KCP’s 100% modernized plant with the world bank funded outlay of 367 million, incorporates the latest technology such as energy efficient dry process with 2 support kilns and 5 stage pre-heater with flash calciner. KCP has also incorporated a sophisticated centralized process control system with hard and soft ware from Siemens, Germany.

The subject Mandadi Captive limestone mine over extent of 50.41 Ha is meeting the requirement of limestone of cement plant supplying Limestone of 0.7 MTPA.

PRESENT PROPOSAL

Present proposal pertains to obtaining Environmental Clearance (EC) for Amalgamated M/s. Mandadi Captive Limestone Mine Captive Limestone Mine of KCP spread over an area of 50.41 Ha at Mandadi & Polepalli village, Veldurthy & Durgi Mandal, Guntur District, A.P. with 0.70 MTPA limestone production as per MoEFCC Notification, S. O. 1530(E) dated 6th April 2018 (ANNEXURE - I).

As per the Notification, Mining projects, which were granted Environmental Clearance under the EIA Notification, 1994, and but not obtained environmental clearance for expansion / modernisation / amendment under the EIA Notification, 2006 are required to obtain Environmental Clearance in order to bring under the regulatory framework of the EIA Notification, 2006.

In this context KCP proposes to obtain Environmental Clearance for Mandadi Captive Limestone Mine spread over an area of 50.41 Ha with the same production of 0.70 MTPA limestone production under the EIA Notification, 2006 and amendments there off.