Govt of Karnataka

No:DMGiSG/DVGiQuarry Plan/sandl2}l5-161,-e;tr 6 OFFICE OF THE R.GEOLOGIST, Dept.of Mines & Geology, Mineral, #194811, Opposite Anjaneya Temple, Vidya nagara, Davangere, Date:28.10.2015 E-mail I D:-Sgdavdmg 1 [email protected] To, The Member Secretary SEIAA, Department of Forest, Environment & Ecology 7th Floor, M.S.Building BANGALORE

Dear sir,

Sub : Approval of 1-0 sand blocks identified in Harpanahalli and Harihar Taluks, Davanagere Dist. Karnataka state. Ref: 1. Director, Dept., of mines & Geology, Bangalore letter No: DM G/QL/D D (MA) /2 0 12-73 / 3812, Dated: 1 B -0 6-2072. 2. Your letter Dated: 21-L0-20Ls

In the exercise of the power & conferred read with reference letter (1) of the Director, Department of Mines Geology, Bangalore. I here by approved the quarry plan

for the following l-0 sand blocks .

HARAPANAHALLI TALUK sl. Block No. Cluster Beside Survey No, Acres Village Surroundings No No. N: Tungabhadra River & Block No:02 S: Tungabhadra River & Chikkabidare Border Opposite To Survey Vattalahalli 1 01 10.13 E: Tungabhadra River & Sy.No: Opposite To No. 317 & 316(PJ (Kadathi) Survey No. 317 & 316(P) W: Tuneabhadra & Ranibennur Taluk Border 1 N: Tungabhadra River Opposite To Survey S: Tungabhadra River & Block No:01 ., Vattalahalli 02 No. 306, 309 & 10.13 E: Tungabhadra River (Kadathi) & Sy.No: Opposite To 310(P) Survey No. 306, 309 & 310(P) W: Tungabhadra & Ranibennur Taluk Border N: Tungabhadra River Opposite to Survey S: Tungabhadra River 3 06 No 4L, 42,43 & 12.00 Nittur E: Tungabhadra River & Sy,No: Opposite to r12(P) Survey No 41-, 42,43 8L 112(P) W: Tuneabhadra & Ranibennur Taluk Border N: Tungabhadra River & Block No:09 Opposite to Survey S: Tungabhadra River & Nittur No 29(PJ, 30, 31 Tavaragundi E: Tungabhadra River & Sy.No: Opposite to &33(P) Survey No 29[P], 30, 31 &33(p) W: Tungabhadra & Ranibennur Taluk Border N: Tungabhadra River Opposite to Survey S: Tungabhadra River & Block No:07 Tavaragundi No 48 & 49(P) E: Tungabhadra River & Sy.No: Opposite to Survey No a8 & 49[P) W: Tungabhadra & Ranibennur Taluk Border N: Tungabhadra River & Block No:10 S: Tungabhadra River & Tavaragundi Opposite to Survey E: Tungabhadra River & Sy.No: Opposire to No 421(PJ, 422(P) Survey No 421(PJ, 422(p) W: Tungabhadra & Ranibennur Taluk Border

N: Tungabhadra River S: Tungabhadra River & Block No:09 Opposite to Survey E: Tungabhadra River & Sy.No; Opposite to No 366 Survey No 366 W: Tungabhadra & Ranibennur Taluk Border

HARIHARA TATUK N: Tungabhadra River Opposite to Survey No S: Tungabhadra River 73,74,76,77,78,79, Haralapura E: Tungabhadra River & Sy,No: Opposite to 80, B1[P] & 84 Survey No 73, 74,76,77,78,79,80,91[p) & g4 W: Tungabhadra River, Haveri District border N: Tungabhadra River & Block No:D Opposite To Survey No. S: Tungabhadra River Pamenahalli 21(P),22,23 &24(P) E: Tungabhadra River & Sy,No: Opposite To Survey No. 21(P), 22,23 &24(p) W: Tungabhadra River, Haveri District Border N: Tungabhadra River Opposite To Survey No. S: Tungabhadra River & Block No:j.1 Pamenahalli 33 & 34[PJ E: Tungabhadra River & Sy,No: Opposite To Survey No. 33 & 34[p) W: Tungabhadra River, Haveri District Border

Yours faithfully

Sr. Geologist (Mineral}S oavanger{f

Enclosed : 2 copies of approved quarry mining plan

ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN

‘HALAVAGALU SAND BLOCK’

At Halavagalu Village, Harapanahalli Taluk, Davangere Dist

1.0 INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE PROJECT/PROPONENT

The proponent has been granted a sand quarry by Notification No. MINE/CR/1/2015-16 dated 05.11.2015 for the quarrying of sand located along River Tungabhadra, to Survey No 421(P) & 422(P) - Halavagalu Village, Harapanahalli Taluk, Davangere District, Karnataka over an extent of 4.86 Ha under the Karnataka Minor Mineral Concession Rules-2013. The estimated project cost is Rs 20 lakhs. It is proposed to produce 30064.5 Tonnes of sand per annum from this lease area for the period of two years of plan period. The sand is replenishable due to sediment inflow.

2.0 LOCATION & REVENUE DETAILS OF MINING SITE

The mining area is located in the revenue estate of

i) Village Halavagalu ii) District Davan gere iii) Survey of India Toposheet 48 N /14 No. in which mining lease/proposed project area falls iv) Latitude Latitude : N 14 0 42 ’ 44.39 ” to N 14 0 43 ’00.10 ” Longitude Longitude:E 75 0 45’ 10.14” toE 750 45’ 28.30” v) Nearest Railway Station Harihara (46 km ) vi) Nearest Airport Bangalore (375 km ) vii) Nearest Highway SH 25 (Harihara - Hospet ) viii) Khasra No. Opposite to Survey No 421(P) & 422(P) – Halavagalu Village, Harapanahalli Taluk, Davangere District, Karnataka

The location of the lease area is shown on the administrative / location map enclosed vide plate No -1. The buffer map with 5 km radius showing site location is enclosed vide plate No-1A, where as the Google map with 5 km radius showing site location is enclosed vide plate No-3.

3.0 MINING PROCESS

3.1 Sand Mining [ The salient features of sand mining method are: Digging of sand will be done manually and the loading also shall be done manual to the tippers. The mining involve following steps- i. River Bed mining activities do not involve top soil as there is no top soil. ii. Excavation of sand by manual method of mining. iii. Drilling and blasting is not required.

3.2 Working Depth (below ground level)

The deposition of sediments occurs in the river bed. During the entire lease period, the quarrying of sand will be carried out up to the depth of 1m from the surface level or upto the ground water level (whatever is less). The ultimate depth of the open cast pits will not exceed 1m below river bed level or ground water table, whichever is less. Under no circumstances it will interfere with the ground water table.

3.3 Details of Machinery (per day)

1 Tippers 5

3.4 Manpower Requirement:

The manpower requirement for the proposed project will be around 45 nos. This does not include manpower required for transportation and unloading of sand in trucks but includes the manpower required for loading the vehicles. Table – Details of Manpower requirement

Sl. No Particulars No’s 1 Highly Skilled 1 2 Skilled 2 3 Semi-skilled 2 4 Un-skilled 40 Total 45

4.0 CONDITIONS OF MINING:

• No quarry operations or workings shall be carried out or permitted to be carried out by a mineral concession holder without ensuring safety of river beds, river embankments, roads, railways, bridges, structures and safety of adjoining areas as follows:

• No quarrying is permitted within a river bed upto a distance the five times of span of a bridge on upstream and ten times the span of such bridge on downstream of the

rivers of 250m on the upstream side and 500m on the downstream side. • No qurarrying is permitted within a distance of 100 meters inside/outside any flood protection embankment (Bundh). (Railway Administration concerned) • Safety distance as per MOEF Guidelines should be minimum 50 meters from highway and 50 meters from any reservoir, tank, canal or other public works such as public roads and buildings or inhabited sites (except with the previous permission in writing of the Government or such other Officer, authorized by it in this behalf) otherwise than in accordance with such instructions, restrictions and conditions either general or special which may be attached to such permission. • The areas which are located adjoining to the village or traditionally used by the villagers shall be left and declared as No Sand Mining area by limiting to 250m length or as decided by Taluka Sand Monitoring Committee. • The said distances shall be measured in the case of a railway, reservoir, drain or canal horizontally from the outer toe of the bank or the outer edge of the cutting, as the case may be, in the case of a bridge, road or highway from the outer edge of the right of way, and in the case of a building horizontally from the plinth thereof. • No quarrying operations or workings shall be carried on or permitted to be carried on by a Mineral Concession Holder up to any point within 7.5 m from the outer periphery of adjoining private/ Government land. • The depth of mining in the river bed shall not exceed 1m depth from surface or ground water level whichever is less, measured from the un-mined bed adjoining ground level.

• If width of the river is less than 120m the mining will be restricted within the bed of river. • If the width of the river is more than 120 m, the mining will be restricted after leaving a strip of 30 m wide from the edge of embankment on either side of the river bed. • Sand quarrying shall be restricted to the central 3/4 th width of the river at the centre by leaving a 1/8 th margin of the river width from the river bank all along the river length of the block as Buffer zone. • The mining will not be allowed below the water table. • Benches are formed in accordance with regulation 106 of Metalliferrous Mine Regulations, 1961. The maximum depth of the quarry pit will be 1 m. • The contractors will abide by various provisions laid down under Mines Act, 1952, Mines & Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957, Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, MMR, 1961. • The contractor will also abide by the provisions of all applicable Acts & Rules. The contractor with the satisfaction of competent authority will provide drinking water, rest shelter, first aid box, welfare facilities as per Central and State Govt. labor laws • The river bed areas dug during one season i.e. other than rainy season will get refilled with sand deposit in rainy season in which the material so deposited will be available for fresh quarrying. • The contractors will abide by the State Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2013.

5.0 POWER WATER SUPPLY AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS

5.1.1 Power All the activities will be carried out by manual method of mining between 6.0 am to 6.0 pm. Thus there will be no power requirement for the project.

5.1.2 Water Supply In the river bed mining projects, there is as such no need of water to carry out operations, except for dust suppression and drinking purpose. The number of working people will be 45, other than those for transportation and unloading. The water requirement for drinking purpose will be about 2 KLD & for the dust suppression the water requirement will be about 30KLD. The total water requirement will be about 32 -KLD. This water will be taken from nearby area.

Daily water demand 32 KLD

Drinking purpose 2 KLD Dust suppression 30 KLD ______

5.1.3 Infrastructure :

The site service like rest room shelter, first aid box, drinking water & facilities of a portable toilet and portable disposal system of fecal sewage will be provided for the workers near the mine site much away from the river bed.

6.0 SALIENT FEATURES OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP):

Following Environmental Measures are proposed for this mining project to mitigate the impact during the mining operation. 6.1 Land Environment Harvesting of riverbed minerals and other associated activities are the main sources of environmental degradations and most serious ones are detailed here under: • Damage to river bank due to access ramps to river bed, causing damage to vegetation, soil erosion, micro disturbance to ground water, possible inducement of charged river course. • Loss of riparian vegetation standing along the bank due to making roads connecting successive access to river bed. • Contamination of sand aquifer water due to pounding, due to uneven rocky bed of river is required to be strictly avoided. The sand bed thicknesses vary considerably in river bed and digging more sand from a pocket where thickness of sand is more may cause ponding. In this stagnant water bio-degradable materials especially flora waste gets accumulated causing contamination an inducing unhealthy environment • Surface degradation due to stockpiling and road network.

6.1.1 Mitigation measures • Minimum number of access roads to river bed shall be provided for which cutting of river banks will be avoided and ramps are to be maintained. • Access points to the river bed will be decided basing on least steepness of river bank and least human activity.

• No mining activity will be carried out in monsoon season and at the time of floods. • Mining schedule is synchronized with the river flow direction and the gradient of the land.

• Haulage roads parallel to the river bank and roads connecting access to river bed will be made away from the bank. • Care will be taken to ensure that ponds are not formed in the river bed • Access roads from public roads and up to river bank will be aligned in such a way that it would cause least environmental damage. • Vegetation development is proposed along the banks of the river and along the road sides of the approach roads, to arrest soil erosion and strengthening of banks. While selecting the plant species, preference will be given for planting native species of the area.

6.2 Air Environment 6.2.1 Anticipated Impacts and Evaluation

Information on air quality was studied and that the mining activity will not affect the air quality in a significant manner. In mining operations, loading, transportation and unloading operations may cause deterioration in air quality due to handling dry materials. In such case, the sand shall be made wet by sprinkling the water before handling, thus eliminating problems of fugitive dust. Therefore, the dust emissions generations shall be insignificant as compared to mining process or other hard minerals in which the processes like drilling, blasting, mechanized loading etc. are involved.

6.2.2 Mitigation Measures • Water sprinkling will be done on the roads regularly. • Care will be taken to present spillage by covering the carrying vehicles with tarpaulin and sprinkling of water, if in dry form. • Fortnightly scraping of road in order to keep the roads almost leveled will be done to ensure smooth flow of vehicles and to prevent spillage of mined material. • Overloading will be kept under check by giving prior awareness. • Proper tuning of vehicles will be ensured to keep the gas emissions from the vehicles within the prescribed norms. • Plantation of trees along the roads will be done to attenuate the impact of dust in the nearby villages/surroundings area.

6.3 Water Environment

• Mining of sand from within or near a streambed has a direct impact on the stream’s physical habitat characteristics include geometry, bed evaluation, substrate composition and stability, in stream roughness elements, depth , velocity, turbidity, sediment transport, stream discharge and temperature. Altering these habitat characteristics can have deleterious impacts on both in stream biota and associated riparian habitat. The detrimental effects to biota resulting from bed material mining are caused by three main processes: • Alteration of flow patterns resulting from modification of the river bed • An excess of suspended sediment • Damage to riparian vegetation and in stream habitat • Further, vey nominal quantity of water will be used for domestic purpose & suppression of dust, which will be taken from nearby area.

6.4 Noise Environment 6.4.1 Anticipated Impacts and Evaluation As the proposed method of mining is manual and except the tippers for transportation, there are no machineries involved in these operations. Therefore thus, there shall not be any major impact on noise level due to the mining and other associated activities. Blasting technique will not be practiced. Hence, there will not be any significant impact on the noise environment of the region. The only impact will be due to transportation of materials by tippers.

6.4.2 Mitigation Measures • The impact on ambient noise levels will only be due to transportation and following mitigation measures will be taken for the same.

• Regular maintenance of transportation of tippers will keep the generated noise level below the minimum prescribed limits. • Minimum use of Horns at the village area. • Timely maintenance of vehicles and their silencers to minimize vibration and sound.

• Phasing out of old and worn out trucks. • Plantation of trees along the river bank will be done to attenuate the noise intensity. • Awareness will be imparted prior to mining operations to all the operators & other persons concerned, so that they must be aware of detrimental effects of noise pollution.

6.5 Biological Environment • Anticipated impact is on the disturbance to free movement / living of wild fauna. Following mitigation measures shall be taken • If birds are noticed crossing the core zone, they will not be disturbed at all; • Labours will not be allowed to dispose of food, plastic etc. indiscremately, which can attract animal/birds near the core sites; • Only low polluting vehicles having pollution under control certificate will be allowed for carrying mining materials. • Noise level will be maintained within permissible limit.

6.6 Other Environment Safeguards

• No labour camps will be allowed on river bed • Prior to mining, short awareness program will be conducted for labourers to make them aware for way of working. • If some causality or injury to animal occurs, it will be informed to forest department and proper treatment will be given. • No lighting will be allowed in the area. • No tree cutting, chopping, lumbering, uprooting of shrubs and herbs will be allowed. • No truck or new road for movement of labourers or vehicles be laid in adjoining area. This will prevent fragmentation, encroachment and human – animal encounter. • Care will be taken that noise produced during vehicles movement for carrying sand are within the permissible noise level. • No stockpiling of sand will be done in adjoining area. • If wild animals are noticed crossing the river bed, they will not be disturbed or chased away. Instead the labourers will move away from their path.

7. ENVIRONMRNT MANAGEMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION

Environment Management Plan serves no purpose if it is not implemented with true spirit. Some loopholes in the EMP can also be detected afterwards when it is implemented and monitored. Thus, an implementation and monitoring program has to be prepared. The major attributes of environment are not confined to the mining site alone. Implementation of proposed control measures and monitoring program has an implication on the surrounding area as well as for the region. Therefore, quarry management will strength the existing control measures as elaborated earlier in this report and monitor the efficacy of the control measures implemented within the quarrying area relating to the following specific areas for eco-friendly quarrying:

• Collection of air and water samples at strategic locations with frequency suggested and by analyzing thereof. If the parameters exceed the permissible tolerance limits, corrective regulation measure will be taken. • Collection of soil samples at strategic locations once in every year and analysis thereof with regard to deleterious constituents, if any. • The effectiveness of drainage system depends upon proper cleaning of all drains provided in the surrounding of quarrying area. Any blockage to siltation or loose material will be checked at least once in a month. • Measurement of water level fluctuations in the nearby ponds dug wells and bore wells. • Regular visual examination will be carried out to look for erosion of river banks. Any abnormal condition, if observed will be taken care of. • Measurement of noise levels at mine site, stationery and mobile sources, and adjacent villages will be done in every quarter of the year. • Plantation/afforestation will be done as per program i.e. along the road sides and near civic amenities, which will be allotted by Government bodies as it is not feasible to plant trees near the mine lease area. Post plantation, the area will

be regularly monitored in every season for evaluation of success rate. For selection of plant species local people will also be involved.

• Mine management will in regular touch with local surrounding villages to update the various development schemes made by them. They will also consider any immediate requirement which can be taken care of in near future.

• An Environment Management Cell (EMC) is envisaged which will be responsible for monitoring EMP and its implementation. EMP members shall meet periodically to assess the progress and analysis of the data collected quarterly. EMC will be in regular touch with State Pollution Control Board and Dept of Mines & Geology and send them annual progress report. Any new regulation considered by State/ Central Pollution Control Board for the industry will be taken care of by it. • The environment plan is enclosed vide plate No – 8.

8.0 PROPOSED SET UP

Keeping the utility of monitoring results in the implementation of the environment management program in view, an organizational chart has been proposed.

The said team will be responsible for coordinating with the accredited company by NABL for the following environmental works. a. Collecting water and air samples from surrounding area and work zone monitoring for pollutants. b. Analyzing the water and air samples. c. Implementing the control and protective measures. d. Co-coordinating the environment related activities within the project as well as with outside agencies. e. Collecting statistics of health of workers and populations of surrounding villages. f. Monitoring the progress of implementation of environmental management program.

The services of the approved laboratory shall be utilized for sampling and testing for various environmental pollutants.

8.1 BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR EMP IMPLEMENTATION

Cost to be incurred Sl. No Description (in lakhs/annum) 1 Air quality a)Monitoring in the vicinity of the 0.50 transportation network b) Cost to be incurred for dust suppression 2.00 2 Water quality 0.50 Water quality of surface and groundwater around the site 3 Ambient Noise Level 0.10 4 Soil Quality 0. 20 6 CSR Activities 2.00 7 Plantation 1.00 TOTAL 6.30

9. MONITORING SCHEDULE AND PARAMETERS

Schedule and Duration of Sl.No. Description of parameters Monitoring 1 Air quality Regular samples on quarterly basis in a)In the Vicinity of the mine each season except monsoon season b)In the Vicinity of the transportation network 2 Water Quality Once in a season for 4 season in a year Water Quality of surface and groundwater around the site. 3 Ambient Noise Level Twice in a year for couple of years & then once in a year 4 Soil Quality Once in two years on project monitoring area 5 Inventory of Flora(tree plantation, Once in two years on project Survival etc) monitoring area 6 Silting rate Once in a year.

10. MISCELLANEOUS

The mining activity shall be undertaken in accordance with the environment conditions and mining contract/permit conditions as prescribed in the Karnataka Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2013.

EIA Co-Ordinator and RQP

Dr. D N Gulhane (Key Person) Global Environment & Mining Services - Hospet (Accredited by NABET and RQP)

Member Secretary District Sand Monitoring Committee Davangere