CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 ..................................................................................................................................... 1 PROJECT SUMMARY ................................................................................................................... 1 CHAPTER 2 ..................................................................................................................................... 2 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 2 (I) IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECT AND PROJECT PROPONENT ............................... 2 CHAPTER 3 ..................................................................................................................................... 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................. 3 (I) TYPE OF PROJECT INCLUDING INTERLINKED AND INTERDEPENDENT PROJECTS IF .................................................................................................................................. 3 (II) LOCATION (MAP SHOWING GENERAL LOCATION, SPECIFIC LOCATION, AND PROJECT BOUNDARY & PROJECT SITE LAYOUT) WITH COORDINATES .......... 4 (III) MINING ............................................................................................................................... 8 (IV) SOURCE OF WATER/ ENERGY AND POWER REQUIREMENT ............................... 8 (V) QUANTITY OF WASTES TO BE GENERATED AT SITE AND SCHEMES ADOPTED FOR MANAGEMENT / DISPOSAL. ....................................................................... 9 (VI) SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION OF THE FEASIBILITY DRAWING FOR EIA PURPOSE ...................................................................................................................................... 10 CHAPTER 4 ................................................................................................................................... 11 SITE ANALYSIS ........................................................................................................................... 11 (I) CONNECTIVITY .............................................................................................................. 11 (II) LAND USE PATTERN...................................................................................................... 11 (III) TOPOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................. 12 (IV) EXISTING LAND USE PATTERN ................................ ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. (V) EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE ..................................................................................... 12 (VI) SOIL CLASSIFICATION ................................................................................................. 12 (VII) CLIMATIC DATA FROM SECONDARY SOURCES ............................................... 12 (VIII) SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AVAILABLE.............................................................. 14 CHAPTER 1 PROJECT SUMMARY Promoter Shri T. Udayasingh Location Kharse.No : 155 Village: Periyanagalur, Kallankurichi, Ameenabad & Khairulabad Taluk: Ariyalur District : Ariyalur State: Tamil Nadu. Geographical Lat : 11o 07’5”N to 11o 10’56”N Location Long : 79o 6’26”E to 79o 07’43”N Mean Sea Level 80 meter (MSL) Extent 194.16.5 Hectares Production 1.34 MTPA Source of water Water Tankers and Existing Borewell Nearest Town Ariyalur (4.42 Km from the project site) Populated areas Ariyalur (4.42 Km from the project site) 1 | P a g e CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION (i) Identification of project and project proponent This is a proposed expansion mining over an extent of 194.16.5 Hectares located in Kharse No 155, Periyanagalur, Kallankurichi, Ameenabad & Khairulabad Village, Ariyalur Taluk, Ariyalur District. Tamil Nadu Cements Corporation Limited (TANCEM), a wholly owned Government of Tamil Nadu undertaking, started business from 1st April 1976. TANCEM has a multi plants, multi locations and multi products company with an annual turnover of around Rs. 250 Crore. The company has its main objective in production of cement and cement based products and primarily caters to the needs of Government departments. TANCEM have two cement units, one at Alangulam and another at Ariyalur. Limestone being the main raw material, the company acquired and reserved enough limestone bearing lands in and around Alangulam and Ariyalur. Ariyalur unit is having four mining leases. Three out of the four mine leases have expired. The proposed ML area bearing the G.O. MS. 456, Dated: 16-05-1985. It spreads in an area of 194.16.5 Hec, in the villages namely Periyanagalur, Kallankurichi, Ameenabad & Khairulabad. The ML area comprises of both Own Patta Lands (149.665 Ha) and Government Lands (44.5 Ha). It is proposed to raise 1.34 MTPA of Limestone during the Plan Period (5 years) from this Lease of G.O.MS. 456. The Mine Lease area is scattered as pieces and forming compact and contiguity along with the adjoining Mining Leases of G.O.MS. 344 & 469. The scheme of mining along with Progressive Mine Closure Plan has been approved by the IBM vide Letter No. TN/ALR/LST/MS-1268 MDS Dated: 11/11/2015. There is no forest land within and around the ML area. Mining operations will be carried out by open cast mining method by working the deposit by systematic formation of benches as per Metalliferous Mines Regulation 1961. The project proponent has to therefore obtain environment clearance as per EIA notification 14 Sept, 2006 and subsequent amendments. 2 | P a g e CHAPTER 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION (i) Need for the project TANCEM, a Public Sector Undertaking is having two cement units one at Ariyalur and other one at Alangulam. Ariyalur unit is having four mining leases. Out of the four leases, three leases have expired. TANCEM is in the process of renewing the three expired Mining Leases to meet the Limestone requirement, exclusively for its captive usage. The proposed ML area bearing the G.O.MS. 456, Dated: 16-05-1985, is one among those three Mine Leases. India is the second largest producing country of cement in the world after China. There were 171 large cement plants having an installed capacity of 290.48 million tonnes in 2010-11. India has huge resources of limestone distributed over different parts of the country. As per the Report of the Working Group, Planning Commission of India, the total limestone requirement during 12th Plan (2012-2017) with growth scenario of cement @ 10%, 11% and 12% for the respective GDP growth of 8%, 9% and 10% is projected at 3,163 million tonnes, 3,253 million tonnes and 3,385 million tonnes, respectively. The Indian cement industry is weakly oligopolistic in nature on a national level with top 11 to 12 firms among more than 100 firms capturing 70% of the cement market. The Cement Industry produces a variety of cement to suit a host of applications matching the world's best in quality. In 2010-11, the total consumption of limestone & other calcareous minerals/ materials, as reported by different industries was 213.12 million tonnes. Cement was the major consuming industry accounting for 94% consumption, followed by iron and steel (4%) and chemical (1%). The remaining consumption was reported by sugar, paper, fertilizer, glass, metallurgy, foundry, etc. As a part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Cement Industry employs around one lakh people and takes care of the social needs not only of the employees but also adopts several villages around the factories providing 3 | P a g e drinking water, electricity, medical and educational facilities. imports: imports of limestone increased to 5.04 million tonnes in 2010-11 from 3.90 million tonnes in the previous year. limestone was imported mainly from uae (47%) and Oman (38%). exports: exports of limestone decreased to 1.04 million tonnes in 2010-11 from 2.41 million tonnes in the previous year. limestone in bulk was exported mainly to neighboring countries, viz, Bangladesh (94%) Bhutan and Nepal besides other countries. (Source: Indian minerals year book - 2011). (ii) Type of Project including interlinked and interdependent projects if Any The project is mining project. Mining operation is being carried out by fully mechanized opencast method, utilizing HEM. In conjunction with drilling deep hole blasting shall be carried out to create fragmented material. Rock breaker will be used for further blasting. The bench height will be used for blasting. The blasted material will be loaded into 20 tonnes trippers with 1.2 M3 bucket capacity loader/excavator. Based upon the production assumed (1.34 MTPA) the life of the mine would be 28 years. (iii) Location (map showing general location, specific location, and project boundary & project site layout) with coordinates Topo Map of the project site is given in the Fig 2.1 Location coordinates are detailed below: o o Lat : 11 07’5”N to 11 10’56”N o o Long : 79 6’26”E to 79 07’43”N 4 | P a g e Tamilnadu State Map showing Tiruchirappalli District and The Project Site 5 | P a g e Topo Map of the Project site (10 km Radius) 6 | P a g e Satellite Image of the Project Site 7 | P a g e (iv) Mining The proposed ML area (G.O.MS. 456) spreads in an area of 194.16.5 Ha, as scattered isolated pits and forming compact and contiguity with the adjoining ML area of G.O.MS. 344 & 469. The entire ML area is falls under non forest land, which include Govt. owned lands & Patta lands owned by the Corporation. The mining will