PRE-FEASIBILITY PROJECT REPORT OF ORDINARY MINING PROJECT ORDINARY EARTH MINING SITE ( 0.40 HECTARES) LOCATED AT VILLAGE : KAKRALA BHAIKA TEHSIL : SAMANA DISTRICT : PATIALA STATE : PUNJAB NAME OF CONTRACTOR SH. DARSHAN SINGH S/O SH. GURNAM SINGH, VILLAGE KAKRALA BHAIKA TEHSIL SAMANA, DISTRICT PATIALA SUBMITTED BY :- NAME OF FIRM : Sh. Darshan Singh S/o Sh. Gurnam Singh, VILLAGE KAKRALA BHAIKA TEHSIL SAMANA, DISTRICT PATIALA 1 Chapter-1 INTRODUCTION Earlier, the mining of Ordinary earth was not covered under environmental laws, since most of the ordinary earth extraction work in the country are having mining activities in area less than 5 hectares and Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), New Delhi had exempted areas less than 5 hectares for obtaining environmental Clearance. Now, as per MoEF Office Memorandum dated 18th May, 2012, all the mining activities irrespective of the mining area are required to get Environmental Clearance from them before starting any mining activity and as per office memorandumdated 24th June, 2013 and No. J- 13012/12/2013-IA-1I (I) Dated 24th December, 2013 the activities of borrowing/excavation of ordinary earth' upto an area less than 5 hectares, comes under category 'B2'. And Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate change in pursuance of amendment dated 15.01.2016 has issued a notification no. S.O. 190 (E) dated 20.01.2016 Annexure 'II' constitutes the District Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (DEIAA), for grant of environmental clearance for Category ‘B2’ Projects for mining of minor minerals, for all the districts in the country. Keeping in line with the requirements of Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India Mining Contractor, Village KAKRALA BHAIKA, Distt Patiala , Punjab, through its partner is applying for the environmental clearance of their proposed mining activity for Ordinary earth. I. I METHODOLOGY The methodology adopted for the preparation of the detailed feasibility report for the mining activity of the Ordinary earth is based on the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF), Government of India. A detailed feasibility report requires sufficient background data on various components through reconnaissance survey, data available with the government departments and promoters etc. The methodology adopted in preparing the detailed feasibility report is described below. 1.1.1 Screening The project is covered under Category B2 - mining of minerals having area less than 5 hectares. The details of the project w.r.t. applicability of general conditions within 10 km. radius of the proposed mining site are below; 2 S. Item Name Aerial Distance No. (in Km) 1. Protected areas notified under the wildlife (Protection) Nil N.A. Act, 1972 2. Critically polluted area as identified by the CPCB Nil N.A. 3. Eco-sensitive areas as notified under section 3 of the Nil N.A. E (P) Act, 1986 4. Inter-state boundaries and international boundaries Nil N.A. Since the project does not fall under any of the above mentioned conditions, so the general condition is not applicable to the project and the project is to he categorized as categorized B2 project. The State Expert Appraisal committee of MoEF has appraise the project 1.2.2 Scope of the report The study was undertaken and report has been prepared to incorporate the environmental and social considerations into the project planning and design process in order to ensure that the proposed mining project under consideration is environmentally sound. The report is based on data collected from site and secondary sources that include: Collection of information on existing baseline conditions at and around the mining site. Identification of environmentally sensitive locations (if any) in the impacted area Assess the adverse impacts on the environment and to avoid the impacts suggest cost effective measures to mitigate the negative impacts. Preparation of Environment Management Mining Plan. 3 Chapter – 2 PROJECT PROFILE 2.1The Project Mining Contractor, is having an existing Ordinary earth mining at Village, KAKRALA BHAIKA, Tehsil SAMANA, District Patiala, Punjab. This industrial unit is engaged in the production of Ordinary earth mining from Ordinary earth. The average daily production capacity of the ordinary earth mining 5 Trolly per day. The mining contractor is also registered with the industries department for the mining of ordinary earth. 2.1 Details of the Mining site (s) Mining Contractor, have taken land on 1 Year agreement basis for the mining of Ordinary earth. The details of the mining site where the contractor has to carry out the mining operations for the production of Ordinary earth are as follows; Site 1: Name & Address of Lessee- 1) Jaswinder Singh S/o Sadhu Singh, H.No. 60 Ward No. 11, Waraich Colony, Samana, Distt. Patiala. Mining land Area – 0.40 HECTARES Address of Mining Site: Village KAKRALA BHAIKA, Tehsil SAMANA, Distt Patiala Status of Lessee & Lease Period – Private Contractor, 12 Month Mining Proposal & Depth of Mining activity to be carried out- New Mining of ordinary earth 2 feet. 2.2 Details of the General Topography Patiala district is one of the twenty two districts in the state of Punjab in North- West India. Patiala District lies between 30°23'3.97"N north latitude 76°22'5.05"E east longitude, in the southeast part of the state.The Patiala district is divided into five sub-divisions (tehsils) namely Patiala, Nabha, Ghanaur, Rajpura and Samana comprising eight-community development blocks viz. Patiala, nabha, Sanaur, Bhunerheri, rajpura, ghanaur, samana and SAMANA for the pirpose of administration .The district headquarter, Patiala town falls in Patiala Tehsil.Patiala having a population of 2,892,282 is the 2nd most populated district of the Punjab after Ludhiana as per 2011 census. The district has a population density of 596 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,540 /sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 19.4%. 4 The topographical details of the mining site (s) under consideration is as below; Site Site 1 Identification Topographical 1 Sheet No. Latitude As Per Form 1 M Longitude As Per Form 1 M Elevation above - mean sea level Nature of terrain Plain Land Existing Nalas, No nalas, water bodies, channels in the lease area from site 1. water bodies, Apart from this there is no water bodies, channels within 500 Channels in the meters radius of the mining area Lease area and nearby Distance of The mining site is more than 5 kms away form any National mining site from Highway / State Highway/Railway Lines. National Highway/State Highway/Railwa y Lines 2.3 Requirements of Ordinary earth As stated above, the Ordinary earth mining contractor would produce around 5 Trolly per-day and the production process is done for 180 days in 6 months. Therefore Tipper production would be around 600 Trolly. The size of Trolly produced 15 x 6 x 3 feet. 2.4 Utilities 5 General amenities: The site is located in village KAKRALA BHAIKA and the distance of the mining site from the village population is around 750 meters. There are no places of worship, ancient monuments, wildlife sanctuary etc. within 1000 meters of the site. Connectivity: The connectivity of the mining site is through village road. The project entrance is not attached with the National highway/State Highway/Major District road. The site is approachable by a tar road from KAKRALA BHAIKA to work site. Power Requirements: The mining activity would be carried out in one shift (i.e. general shift only, so no lighting arrangement will be required. Water Requirements: Water requirements during the mining activity would be for the spraying of water on the road. Overall, the water requirements will be less than 3KL/day for all the purposes. 6 Chapter – 3 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS PREDICTION 3.0 In the present study, the most probable impacts on various components of the surrounding environment due to the proposed activity have been predicted. The selection of the factors require due consideration to; a) The extent to which the action will cause environmental effects in excess of those created by existing uses in the area affected by it. b) The absolute quantitative environmental effects of the action itself, including the cumulative harm that results from its contribution to existing adverse, conditions or uses in the affected area. c) The extent to which the proposed action is consistent with local development plans. 3.1 ENVIRONDENTAL IMPACTS 3.1.1 Construction Activities The mining activity will involve workers moving into the mining area on a daily basis. They will come early morning, work as per shift and move to their respective homes in the evening. Due to daily movement of workers, no construction is required. To meet their domestic requirements of water, 3KL/day is sufficient and will be met with underground water. Regular transportation of Ordinary earth mining to the ordinary earth site will cause minor increase in vehicular traffic in the area. 3.1.2 Local Resource Use Mining of ordinary earth will require slicing of top soil layer. In Punjab, the land formation is Indo-Gangetic plain and Sutlej sub-basin of Indus basin. Due to sediment formation of land, the whole of the area is having fertile soils up to minimum 10 meters of depth. Digging of 2 feet depth of soil will not have any adverse impact on the local resource use. In most of the cases, the digging of ordinary earth is done for the leveling of land w.r.t. the surrounding areas. 3.1.3 Generation and Disposal Waste The mining activity will not generate any pollutants which need any treatment. Besides this, some of the agro residues would be generated from the land (local grass, sarkanda etc.) where the Mining activity would be carried out.