GKV Granites at Mookkannur Village, Aluva Taluk, Ernakulam District
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Proposed Building Stone (Granite) Quarry of GKV Granites at Mookkannur Village, Aluva Taluk, Ernakulam District FORM 1 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE OF PROPOSED BUILDING STONE QUARRY OF GKV GRANITES EXTENT: 1.4176 Ha SITUATED IN SURVEY Nos: 10/3-1, 10/3-2, 10/4, AND 10/7 OF MOOKKANNOOR VILLAGE ALUVA TALUK, ERNAKULAM DISTRICT KERALA STATE Prepared by ULTRA-TECH Environmental Consultancy & Laboratory, Ernakulam. Proposed Building Stone (Granite) Quarry of GKV Granites at Mookkannur Village, Aluva Taluk, Ernakulam District FORM – 1 I. Basic Information Sl. Item Details No. 1 Name of the project/s Building Stone Quarry of GKV Granites 2 Sr. No. in the schedule 1(a), Category B2 3 Proposed Lease area: 1.4176 Ha capacity/area/length/tonnage to be handled/command area/lease Proposed Production capacity: 50,625 TPA area/number of wells to be drilled 4 New/Expansion/Modernization New 5 Existing Capacity/Area etc. Nil, it 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 Mookkannur Plot/Survey/Khasra No. 10/3-1,10/3-2, 10/4, 10/7 Village Mookkannur Tehsil Aluva District Ernakulam State Kerala 10 Nearest Railway station/Airport along Particulars Name Distance, with distance in kms Direction (From lease) Railway Angamaly 12 kms station Airport Nedumbassery 15 kms 11 Nearest Town, City, District Particulars Name Distance, Headquarters along with distance in direction kms (wrt lease) Nearest town Angamaly 10 km District Head Angamaly 10 km quarters Prepared by ULTRA-TECH Environmental Consultancy & Laboratory, Ernakulam. Proposed Building Stone (Granite) Quarry of GKV Granites at Mookkannur Village, Aluva Taluk, Ernakulam District 12 Village Panchayat, Zilla Parishad, Municipal Corporation, Local body Particulars Name (Complete postal address with Village Mookkannuur telephone no. to be given). Address Kolothumkuzhy House” Pattimattom.P.O, Choorakkode Kunnathnadu Taluk, Ernakulam District-683565 Kerala State. Mob: +91 9744 137653 Taluk Aluva 13 Name of the applicant Mr. Gigi Mathew 14 Registered address GKV Granites Kolothumkuzhy House Pattimattom.P.O, Choorakkode Kunnathnadu Taluk , Ernakulam District,Ernakulam- 683565 Kerala 15 Address for correspondence Same as above Name Mr. Gigi Mathew Designation(Owner/Partner/ CEO) Proprietor Address GKV Granites Kolothumkuzhy House Pattimattom.P.O, Choorakkode Kunnathnadu Taluk , Ernakulam District, Kerala Pin Code 683565 e-mail Email ID:[email protected] Telephone no. Mob: +91 9744 137 653 Fax no. Nil 16 Details of alternative sites examined, Nil as the mining is a site specific activity if any. Location of these sites should be shown on a topo sheet 17 Interlinked projects NO 18 Weather separate application of Not Applicable. interlinked project has been submitted? 19 If yes, date of submission Not Applicable. 20 If no, reason Not Applicable. Prepared by ULTRA-TECH Environmental Consultancy & Laboratory, Ernakulam. Proposed Building Stone (Granite) Quarry of GKV Granites at Mookkannur Village, Aluva Taluk, Ernakulam District 21 Whether the proposal involves approval/ clearance under: Not applicable (a) The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 (b) The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (c) The C.R.Z Notification, 1991 22 Whether there is any Government order/ Quarry Permit granted vide No.09/MM / GS/ policy relevant /relating to the site CRPS/DOE / 1590/E2/15 Dated : 25/05/2015 23 Forest land involved (hectares) Nil Whether there is any litigation pending 24 against the project and/or land in which the project is propose to be set up (a) Name of the Court (b) Case No. Nil (c) Orders/directions of the Court, if any and its relevance with the proposed project. Prepared by ULTRA-TECH Environmental Consultancy & Laboratory, Ernakulam. Proposed Building Stone (Granite) Quarry of GKV Granites at Mookkannur Village, Aluva Taluk, Ernakulam District II. Activity 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.) Sl. Information/Checklist Yes/ No Details thereof (with No confirmation approximate quantities /rates, wherever possible) with source of information data 1.1 Permanent or temporary change in Yes Land use: - As per revenue record the land land use, land cover or topography is private. including increase in intensity of land Due to the quarrying activity there will be use (with respect to local land use change in the general ground profile in the plan) form of pit, which will have localized impact and create physical change in the existing land use. 1.2 Clearance of existing land, Yes There will be clearance of the light vegetation and buildings? vegetation at the site in order to conduct quarrying activities. 1.3 Creation of new land uses? Yes Due to the quarrying activity there will be change in the general ground profile in the form of pit. But the mined out area will be restored by following the mine closure guidelines. 1.4 Pre-construction investigations e.g. No Not required as there are outcrops exposing bore holes, soil testing? the granite building stone 1.5 Construction works? Yes Required infrastructure is to be constructed. 1.6 Demolition works? No No demolition works will be carried out. Temporary sites used for No Nil. The construction workers deployed are 1.7 construction works or housing of from the nearby villages and hence housing construction workers? will not be provided for them at the site. 1.8 Above ground buildings, structures Yes Required infrastructure is to be constructed or earthworks including linear structures, cut and fill or excavations. 1.9 Underground works including No The mining method adopted is open cast. mining or tunneling? Hence underground woks will not be involved. 1.10 Reclamation works? Yes During the plan period of quarrying it is proposed plantation on 7.5m (buffer zone) safety zone by using top soil and native plants. It is also proposed to have plantation on waste dump. At the Conceptual stage, this mine will pit Prepared by ULTRA-TECH Environmental Consultancy & Laboratory, Ernakulam. Proposed Building Stone (Granite) Quarry of GKV Granites at Mookkannur Village, Aluva Taluk, Ernakulam District Sl. Information/Checklist Yes/ No Details thereof (with No confirmation approximate quantities /rates, wherever possible) with source of information data will be used for various activities such as water pond, back filling etc. 1.11 Dredging? No Not Applicable 1.12 Offshore structures? No None 1.13 Production and manufacturing Yes Maximum Production is 50,625 tonnes per processes? annum. The mining will be done by open cast mechanized method of mining. The bench height and width will be 5.0 m & 5.0 m respectively maintaining 65˚ pit slope. Drilling and Blasting operation are involved. To minimize the impacts of drilling & blasting, latest technology will be implemented. Excavated material shall be transported to the client. The ultimate depth of the working mine is 100 m above MSL. 1.14 Facilities for storage of goods or Yes ROM produced from the quarry operation materials? will be transported to his own crusher unit situated in the vicinity of the lease, where size reduction will be done and final product will be sold the buyers. 1.15 Facilities for treatment or disposal of No Mainly the waste generated is the recovery solid waste or liquid effluents? loss due to the incidental to quarrying and the intercalated and overburden material. The material generated at this quarry will be used as a road metal / building material. The waste generated at this quarry will back stacked systematically in the waste dump yards located south of the lease area, same will be used for back filling of worked out pit in conceptual stage. 1.16 Facilities for long term housing of No All the operational workers are mainly from operational workers? the local and nearby villages. 1.17 New road, rail or sea traffic during No As existing facilities will suffice. construction or operation? 1.18 New road, rail, air waterborne or No Not Applicable. other transport infrastructure including new or altered routes and stations, ports, airports etc? 1.19 Closure or diversion of existing No Not Envisaged. transport routes or infrastructure Prepared by ULTRA-TECH Environmental Consultancy & Laboratory, Ernakulam. Proposed Building Stone (Granite) Quarry of GKV Granites at Mookkannur Village, Aluva Taluk, Ernakulam District Sl. Information/Checklist Yes/ No Details thereof (with No confirmation approximate quantities /rates, wherever possible) with source of information data leading to changes in traffic movements? 1.20 New or diverted transmission lines or No None. pipelines? 1.21 Impoundment, damming, culverting, No realignment or other changes to the Nil. hydrology of watercourses or aquifers? 1.22 Stream crossings? No Nil. 1.23 Abstraction or transfers of water Yes Water resources in this area are ground from ground or surface waters? water and rainwater. The area receives copious amount of rainfall 3,000 – 4,000 mm annually on an average. There are no perennial water courses / bodies within the leasehold area, entire storm water flows through the minor watercourses and joins the adjoining seasonal nallahs. 1.24 Changes in water bodies or the land No The drainage pattern in this area is dendritic surface affecting drainage or run-off? in nature. 1.25 Transport of personnel or materials Yes The transportation system is mainly surface for construction, operation or transport by 10 tonnes capacity tipper decommissioning? trucks. Personnel to the work area will be transported by the public / personal conveyance or conveyance will be provided by the Company. 1.26 Long-term dismantling or Yes Long term measures will be taken as per decommissioning or restoration Post Mine Closure Plan. works? 1.27 Ongoing activity during No Service buildings will be retained.