FORM – I & PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT PROPOSAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE Of ROAD METAL QUARRY (MINOR MINERAL) Survey No. 91/P, Kanuru Village, Pellakur, SPSR Nellore District Andhra Pradesh M/s. Sannihitha Enterprises (Area: 24.00 Ha.) Production: 900000 m3/Annum of Road Metal FORM – I FORM 1 (As Per New Notification of Mo.E.F dated 1-12-2009 vide SO 3067 (E)) BASIC INFORMATION S. No Item Details 1 Name of the Project/s Road Metal Quarry 2 S. No. in the schedule 1(a) 3 Proposed capacity/ area/ length/ Road Metal: 900000 m3/Annum tonnage to be handled/ command Extent : 24.00 Ha area/ lease area/ number of wells to be drilled 4 New/ expansion/ modernization New Quarry 5 Existing capacity/ Area etc. 24.00 Ha, This is a New Quarry 6 Category of Project i.e ‘A’ or ‘B’ B 7 Does it attract the general condition? No If yes please specify. 8 Does it attract the specific condition? No If yes please specify. 9 Location Plot/ Survey/ Khasra No Survey No.:91/P Village Kanur Village, Pellakur Mandal, Tehsil SPSR Nellore District, Andhra District Pradesh. State 10 Nearest railway station/ airport along Nearest railway station: Gudur RS – with distance in Kms. 32.4 km - N Nearest Airport: Tirupati - Renigunta Airport – 44.0 km – SW 11 Nearest town, city, district head Town: Gudur – 32.4 km – N quarters along with distance in kms. 12 Village panchayaths, Zillaparishad, Kanur Village, Pellakur Mandal, Municipal Corporation, Local body SPSR Nellore District, Andhra (Complete postal addresses with Pradesh. telephone nos to be given) 13 Name of the applicant Smt. S. Praveena 14 Registered address Lakshmi Nivas, Plot No. 705, 15 Address for correspondence Road No – 3, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad - 500 034 Telangana. Name of the Applicant D.Lakshmi Kantham Designation (Owner /Partner/ CEO) Director (Technical) Address M/s. Sannihitha Enterprises 305-A, MLA’s Colony, Road No.2, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad-500034 Pincode 500034 E- mail [email protected] Telephone no. 8500576677 Fax no. - 16 Details of Alternative sites examined, The mine is site specific and the if any location of these sites should point of Alternate site does not arise. be shown on a topo sheet. 17 Interlinked projects None. 18 Whether separate application of Not Applicable interlinked project has been submitted? 19 If yes, date of submission Not Applicable 20 If no, reason Not Applicable. 21 Whether the proposal involves Not Applicable approval/ clearance under: if yes, details of the same and their status to be given. (a) The Forest (Conservation)Act, 1980 (b) The Wild Life (Protection)Act, 1972 (c) The CRZ Notification, 1991 22 Whether there is any Government The Asst. Director of Mines & Order/ Policy relevant/ relating to the Geology vide Proc. No. 4616/Q/2008 site? dated 09.12.2016 has granted a quarry lease for Road Metal over an extent of 24.00 ha in favour of M/s. Sannihita Enterprises in Sy. No.91/P of Kanuru Village, Pellakur Mandal, SPSR Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh. 23 Forest land involved (hectares) None 24 Whether there is any litigation None pending against the project and/or land in which the project is propose to be set up? (a) Name of the court (b) Case No (c) Orders/ directions of the court, if any and its relevance with the proposed project. (I) ACTIVITY 1. Construction, operation or decommissioning of the Project involving actions, which will cause physical changes in the locality (topography, land use, changes in water bodies, etc.) S.No Information/Checklist Yes/ Details thereof (with approximate . confirmation No quantities /rates, wherever possible) with source of information data 1.1 Permanent or temporary Yes Total Mining lease area is 24.0 Ha change in land use, land cover which is Govt.Waste land. or topography including increase in intensity of land The Quarry Lease area consists of an use (with respect to local land undulating terrain consisting of use plan) small rocks separated by flat lands. There will be a permanent change of land use. 1.2 Clearance of existing land, Yes The total quarry lease area of ha vegetation and buildings? comprises of Govt. waste land. There will be a permanent change of land use. 1.3 Creation of new land uses? Yes At the end of mining operations, about 345.70 Ha of mined-out area will be developed into water reservoir. An area of 43.55 ha will be developed under greenbelt which includes 7.5 m safety barrier zone and non - mineral bearing zone. 3.337 Ha will be under roads and built up area. 1.4 Pre-construction investigations No Quarry is visible in the lease area. e.g. bore holes, soil testing? hence no investigation is carried out 1.5 Construction works? Yes Common Facilities like Rest Shelter, First-Aid facilities, Canteen and Drinking Water facilities will be provided at the site 1.6 Demolition works? No No demolition works are involved as no structures exist at present in the mining lease area. 1.7 Temporary sites used for No None construction works or housing of construction workers? 1.8 Above ground buildings, No Not Applicable. structures or earthworks including linear structures, cut and fill or excavations. 1.9 Underground works including No No underground works are involved. mining or tunneling? 1.10 Reclamation works? Yes Quarried out area will be reclaimed by afforestation .Retaining walls around the waste dumps to prevent roll down of boulders and Garland drains around the waste dump will be constructed to see to it that the water from the waste dump will go out only after the solid particles settle. 1.11 Dredging? No No dredging is involved 1.12 Offshore structures? No No offshore structures as the mining lease is in landlocked area. 1.13 Production and manufacturing Yes Quarry Operations are carried out by processes? fully mechanized Open-cast mining method. 1.14 Facilities for storage of goods or Yes The proponent has own explosive materials? magazine of 4.5 t X 2 for storage of explosives and detonators and also Ammonium Nitrate storage license of 100 tons at a time. The explosive magazine is at a distance of 60km for which all the necessary permissions are obtained 1.15 Facilities for treatment or Yes During the Plan period of 3 years the disposal of solid waste or liquid total waste generation from mine effluents? during the plan period is 600000 cubic meters. The applicant proposes to utilize 50% of the waste for road making in the new quarry and use some part for approach road (outside the quarry) and the remaining 200000 cu.m will be dumped in the 7.5 m barrier zone with the height of 7.5 mtrs and 10000 cu.m will be dumped in a benched fashion of each 6meters with sloping angle of repose. The benches will be stabilized only after the dump becomes redundant. The tippers will be carrying the material to the dump and will be leveled on the top of dump with a dozer or a loader. 1.16 Facilities for long term housing No Local workers will be hired and hence of operational workers? no housing is proposed. 1.17 New road, rail or sea traffic No The existing road and rail facility is during construction or adequate for meeting additional operation? traffic intensity during operational phase of Quarry. 1.18 New road, rail, air waterborne No The existing road and rail facility is or other transport adequate for meeting additional infrastructure including new or traffic intensity during operational altered routes and stations, phase of Quarry ports, airports etc? 1.19 Closure or diversion of existing No No closure or diversions of existing transport routes or transport routes or infrastructure infrastructure leading to leading to changes in traffic changes in traffic movements? movements are proposed. 1.20 New or diverted transmission No No transmission lines or pipelines are lines or pipelines? passing through the mine area. 1.21 Impoundment, damming, No Hydrology of the area will not be culverting, realignment or other altered. changes to the hydrology of watercourses or aquifers? 1.22 Stream crossings? No No perennial streams are passing within Quarry lease area. 1.23 Abstraction or transfers of No Water requirement will be met from water from ground or surface water tanker supply. No abstraction waters? of transfers of water from surface waters will take place during operational phase of the quarry. 1.24 Changes in water bodies or the No No changes in water bodies or the land surface affecting drainage land surface affecting drainage are or run-off? anticipated 1.25 Transport of personnel or No During the operational phase, the materials for construction, labor/personnel will arrange for their operation or decommissioning? own means of transport either on foot or by bicycle etc. to reach the quarry site. However excavated quarry during operational phase of quarry will be transported by trucks. 1.26 Long-term dismantling or No There will be no long term decommissioning or restoration dismantling or decommissioning works? works. 1.27 Ongoing activity during No Not Applicable. decommissioning which could have an impact on the environment? 1.28 Influx of people to an area in No No temporary or permanent influx of either temporarily or people is envisaged. The work will be permanently? carried out during day time by developing local labour, who will come to the Quarry Lease area in the morning and return to their home by evening. 1.29 Introduction of alien species? No No alien species to be introduced 1.30 Loss of native species or genetic No Not applicable diversity? 1.31 Any other actions? No None 2.