The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (A Government Company) Yellandu Area YELLANDU-P.O 507124 Khammam Dist
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, The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (A Government Company) Yellandu Area YELLANDU-P.O 507124 Khammam Dist.. A.P. Telephone GM: 08745-240044 Env. Manager: 08745-240329 Fax No. : 08745-240348 Ref.:-YLD/ ENV/ 09/ 2015-16/ Ibh Dt: 03-01-2016 To, The Director, Ministry of Environment and Forests & Climate Change (MoEF & CCl, RegionalOffice, (South Eastren Zone), 1st & 2nd Floor, HDFCBuilding, No. 34. CatheralGarden Road, Nungambakam, CHENNAI- 600034. Sir, Sub: - Half-Yearly Environmental Monitoring Report of Jawahar Khani(JK-5) Open Cast Mine of Yellandu Area of S. C. Co. Ltd. - Reg Ref: - MoEFLetter NoJ-l1015/358/2006-I.A.II (M) Gal, Dated 18-05- 2009. -x- With reference to the above, please find enclosed herewith the Half-yearly Environmental Monitoring Report for the period ending 30-09-2015 in respect of Jawahar Khani(JK-5) Open Cast Mine of Yellandu Area of Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd.,Yeliandu Area, Khammam District, (A.P.) The report consists includes the status of implementation of Environmental clearance conditions and various control measurestaken by us during the said half-yearly period. Thanking You, " :.' .'. , .. : '... THE SINGARENI COLLIERIES COMPANY LIMITED (A Govt. Company) Yellandu Area PART -I A. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE PROJECT: 1. Name of the Project : Jawahar Khani-5 Open Cast 2. Organization : The Singareni Collieries Company Limited 3. Coalfield · Godavari Valley Coal Field 4. Type of Mine · Opencast Mine 5. Technology · Shovel-Dumper Combination 6. Environmental Clearance A Letter No & date J-11015/358/2006-IAII(M), dt 18-05-2009 B. Sanctioned Capacity 2.00 MTPA J C. Mining Lease Area. 514.95 Ha D. Date of Public Hearing · 14.12.2007 7. Location of the Project A Villages Sudimalla and Usirikayalapalli B. Tahasill Mandai · Yellandu C. District Khammam D. State · Telangana E. Latitude · North Latitude 17° 33' 59" to 17° 35' 25" F. Longitude · East Longitude 80° 18' 51" to 80° 19' 51" G. Topo Sheet 65 C/6 H. Nearest Railway Station Singareni Collieries (Karepalli) I. Nearest Airport · Hyderabad J. Nearest Town Khammam 8. Address for Correspondence A Name : D. Ramachander B. Designation : Additional General Manager C. Address · JK5 OCP, Yellandu, Khammam District, AP. D. PIN Code 507123 E. E-maillD Agtjkgrp_yld @scclmines.com F. Telephone No. 08745 240095 G. Fax No. 08745 240348 9. Life of the Project A Date of Opening 01-01-2012 B. Total Life of the project as per EMP 8 Years C. Balance Life 6 Years 1 ,.'..' .... 'Y'$:e ,; .: ,'.; ,;- 10. Seam's - ...._.. A. N9: of Seams Present · 5 B. Seams being worked 1 (Queen Seam)- I 11. Depth A. Minimum Depth · 35 mtrs .. ' '. B. Maximum Depth 120 mtrs C. Present working depth · 60 mtrs 12. Reserves A. Total Geological Reserves 26.30 MT B. Total Extractable Reserves · 23.67 MT C. Reserves already Extracted UG (Mt) 02.23 MT D. Reserves already Extracted OC 03.59 MT E. Balance Reserves 20.08 MT F. Coal production during last 6 months 0.401 MT 13. Over Burden A. TotalOB · 101.92 MCu Mtrs B. OB extracted since inception 22.87 MCu Mtrs C. OB removed in last 6 months 0.89 MCu Mtrs D. Stripping Ratio · 1:4.33 14. Top Soil A. Total Topsoil 2.77 MCu Mtrs B. Topsoil extracted since inception · 0.593 MCu Mtrs C. Topsoil removed in last six months 0.000 MCu Mtrs 15. Land Requirement A. Total Requirement 514.95 Ha B. Forestland Involved Nil C. Non-forestland 514.95 Ha 16. Activity wise Land Requirement AS per EMP Present Status A. Quarry (incl. Drains) 149.95 Ha 8.43 Ha Safe barrier ,road and drainage along B. 106.09 Ha 106.09 Ha quarry and dump yard. C. External OB dump . 247.03 Ha 24.50 Ha D. Service Buildings, CHP & Sub - . 4.46 Ha 4.46 Ha station E. Road diversion 7.41 Ha Nil F. Total 514.95 Ha 139.02 Ha 17. Statutory Clearances A. Mining Plan Approval Lr.No.13016/20/2007/PA-1Idtd: 23.07.2009 Lr.No.10881TISCCLl2006-07, dtd: Ground Water Clearance B. 04.08.2007 Consent No. 57/PCB/CFE/RO- C. Consent for Establishment KTM/HO/2011/915 ,dt 25.06.2011 2 ,', .... , . .' ; ", , , " ;./L.'" ',: .. ;.,:, ,.;' ' . >,:'" .-" .: I' , . " 'APPCB/HYD/KOM1..lK-5/HO/CFO/2012:. ,, , , . 2291 dt 24-08-2012, valid up to 31-12~201'2, . Renewal of CFO applied for 'the period up to, 31-12-2015 was submitted vide 'this 'office D. Consent for Operation " :Ref. No. Yld/ENV/2012-13/03l72,. ". dt 28-12~. : :,2012 ,APPCB, RO KGM Inward No. 2668, , dt 28-12-2012. The inspection of APPCB, Kothagudem for renewal of CFO was completed E. Forest Clearance Nil Lease was granted for 20 years from 15-4- F. Mining Lease · 2004 to 14.4.2024 vide GO.Ms.No 278 dtd: 23.10.2007 G. Others (Specify) · Nil R&R benefit paid to 1335 Members 18. R & R Involved identified from 638 Families for Rehabilitation B. STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF MOEF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE CONDITIONS AS ON 30-09-2015 SPECIFIC CONDITIONS: Con Condition Status d. No. 1 Adequate safety measures shall be Adequate safety measures are being implemented for mining in areas where implemented as per DGMS conditions. underground mining has been undertaken. Prior permission of the DGMS shall be All the required permissions were obtained taken to undertake opencast mining in from the DGMS for working above the under areas where underground mining has been ground mining has been done. done. 2 The entire topsoil of 2.77 Mm3 shall be About 0.441 Mm3 top soil has been stocked stocked properly with proper slope at till now at the earmarked dump site adjoined earmarked site(s) and shall not be kept and OB is preserved to be dumped in the active and shall be entirely used for existing dump of JKOC abandoned. reclamation and development of qreen belt 3 No external OB dump shall be created for No separate external dump is created for the the project. The OB generated over the life project, about 21.27 M.Cu.m of OB removed of the project shall be partially dumped into since inception is dumped in the neighboring the voids of the neighboring JKOCP and JKOCP voids as envisaged in the EMP. the balance into the voids of the existing Soon after creation of the de-coaled area, project after extraction of coal the OB will be dumped in the voids of existing project only. 4 Catch drains and siltation ponds of Catch drains and 3 nos of siltation ponds of appropriate size shall be constructed to appropriate size were provided along the rise arrest silt and sedimentation flows from side of the quarry for arresting the silt and soil, OB and mineral dumps. The water so sedimentation flows from the dumps. These collected shall be utilized for watering the drains are being de-silted regularly before on mine area, roads, green belt development, set of monsoon. etc. The drains shall be regularly de-silted Garland drains of around 2.5 m X 2.5 m size, and maintained properly. 4.8 Km lenath with suitable qradlent was 3 ~" . '.: . .' , ... , .. '. ,. -. .G~rt~nd drains'·of suitable. size, .gradient provided. and length and sump capacity. sMa'lIbe designed keeping ·50% safety margin over Adequate sump capacity is provided with and above the peak sudden rainfall and more than 100% safety margin over and maximum discharge in the area adjoining above the peak sudden rainfall and the. mine site, Sump capacity shall also maximum discharge in the area adjoining the provide for adequate retention period to mine site.' .. allow proper settling of silt material. 5 Dimension of the retaining wall at the toe of 2.5 m X 2.5 m X 5{)0 m toe wall was provided the dumps and OB benches within the at the toe of the dumps. The length of toe mine to check run-off and siltation shall be wall for the dumps is 4.80 krn, and a length based on the rainfall data of 2.00 km completed. Balance will be completed before monsoon, 6 Crushers at the existing Yellandu CHP and No Crushers are in operation at the existing that to be constructed at the pit head shall Yellandu CHP. be operated with high efficiency bag filters, The CHP at the mine was provided with one water sprinkling system shall be provided crusher of 500tph capacity, Adequate water to check fugitive emissions from crushing spraying arrangement is provided to control operations, conveyor system, haulage the dust emission at the crusher, discharge roads and transfer points points and along the conveyor belts. 2nos of 28 KL water sprinklers and one 10 KL water tanker are provided for dust suppression on haul roads and at CHP surroundings, 7 Drills shall be wet operated only. One drill is presently deployed in the mine and is provided with wet drilling provision, 8 Controlled blasting shall be practiced only Controlled blasting is being done using during daytime with use of delay NONELs to control the blast induced ground detonators. The mitigative measures for vibrations and to arrest the fly rocks. Blasting control of ground vibrations and to arrest is being done during daytime with approved the fly rocks and boulders shall be blast design parameters, implemented, 9 Afforestation shall cover a total area of not 545 ha backfilled area of JKOCP (adjacent less than 355.48 Ha which includes abandoned mine) was already planted with reclaimed topsoil dump (16.69ha), 1516093 plants, The plants (native species) backfilled area of JKOCP (216.40 ha), are being supplied by the SCCL owned backfilled area of JK5 (57.54 ha), along ML forestry Department headed by Advisor boundary, along roads and infrastructure, (Forestry) an IFS Officer deputed from the and undisturbed areas within the lease State Forest Department.