MINING PLAN WITH PROGRESSIVE MINE CLOSURE PLAN

(Submitted Under Rule, 23 of Minor Mineral Extraction (Development and Regulation) Rules, 2013, Section 15 of MMDR, 1957 and Notifiction No. S.P. 11 9(E) dated 15.01.2016 by MOEF& CC

FOR Plot No. 4 VATHAR River Bed Sand Mining OF DAKSHIN MAND River Bed Mining Khasra No. 606, 605, 603, 1041, 1040, 1043, 1048 of Village, VATHAR, Tehsil: , District: , Maharashtra

AREA : 0.09 HA

Validity of Proposed Period: 1 Year

PREPARED BY Submitted By MANTRAS GREEN RESOURCES LTD. (ENGINEERS AND District Collector, ENVIRONMENT CONSULTANTS), Satara, Maharashtra RQP Gulam Nabi Chowdry RQP/DDN/148/2002/A G.D. Consultants, 143, 1st Floor City Plaza, Bani Park, Jaipur -302016

CERTIFICATE NO. 1

UNDERTAKING FROM LESSEE & COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the Mining with Progressive Mine Closure plan of the below mentioned River Bed Sand Mine/Ghat Mine has been prepared in ful consultation with me and I have understood its contsnts and I agree to implement the same in accordance with law.

I undersigned, the lessee of below mentioned Sand Mine giving in writing that there wil be no violations against any provisions of Mine Rule, Regulation, law, government’s guidelies, notification & order related to mine.

It is also certified that the information furnished in Mining Plan & Progressive Mine Closure Plan of below mentioned River Sand Mine is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. If anything found false then I will be pubishalbel by the law.

Name of River Sand Mine: DAKSHIN MAND River Bed Sand Mine Area (Ha.) 0.09 Ha. River DAKSHIN MAND Nearest Khasra No. 606, 605, 603, 1041, 1040, 1043, 1048 Mouse VATHAR Tehsil KARAD District SATARA State Maharashtra Name of Lessee District Collector, Collectorate: SATARA Sign & Thumb Impression of the Lessee/Applicant

CERTIFICATE NO. 2

UNDERTAKING FROM LESSEE

This is to underatake that the lease boundary points as indicated on the surface plan are marked in the field and the precise lease area forms the basis for praparation of Mining plan for mining of the below mentioned River Sand Mine. The boundary pillars erreced on these poings shall be maintained in good shape and condition as per the provisions under Rule 33 of MCR, 1960 read with item no. 2 part-VII of form K of MCR, 1960. This is to certify that the “Progresive Mine Closure Plan” Final Mine Closure Plan” in respect of the below mentioned Sand Mine has taken into consideration all statutory rules, regulations, orders made by the Central or State Government, Statutotyr Organization, Court etc. and wherever may speficic permission is required I will approach the concerned authorities. I also give an undertakig to the effect that all the measures proposed in this closure plan will be implemented in a time bound manner as proposed. This is to certify that the provisions of Maharashtra Minor Minerals Extraction (Development and Regulation) Rule, 2013, sustainable Sand mining Management Guidelines 2016, MCDR 1988, Mines Act, Mines Rules, Mines Regulations made ther under have been observed I Mining Plan and Progressive Mine Closure Plan in respect of the blow mentioned Sand Mine and where any specific permision is required, I will approach the DGMS. Further standards prescribed by DGMS or any concerned authorities in respect of Minor Health will be strictly implemented. This to certify that at present there is no Court case or Public Interest Litigation pending against the below mentioned Sand Mine. This is to declare that I undersigned is applicant for the below mentioned Sand Mine. My name and adres is as given below. In case address is changed during pendency of approval of above document it will be immediately informed to approval authority.

Name of River Sand Mine: DAKSHIN MAND River Bed Sand Mine Area (Ha.) 0.09Ha. River DAKSHIN MAND Nearest Khasra No. 606, 605, 603, 1041, 1040, 1043, 1048 Mouse VATHAR Tehsil KARAD District SATARA State Maharashtra Name of Lessee District Collector, SATARA District Collectorate: SATARA Sign & Thumb Impression of the Lessee/Applicant CERTIFICATE NO. 3

UNDERTAKING FROM LESSEE

1. This is to certify that the provisions of Maharashtra Minor Mineral Extraction (Development & Regulation) Rules, 2013. Sustainable Sand Mining Management Guidelines, 2016, Mines Act, Rule and Regulations made there under have been observed in the Mining Plan with Progressive Mine Closure Plan belongs to District Collector, SATARA for an area of 0.09 Ha, Khasra No. 606, 605, 603, 1041, 1040, 1043, 1048 situated in village VATHAR, Tehsil KARAD, District- SATARA of Maharastra State and wherever specific permissions are required, the applicant will approach the concerned authorities. 2. This is to certify that the provisins of Maharashtra Minor Minerals Extraction (Development and Regulation) Rule 2013 and Sustainable Sand Mining Management Guidelines 2016 have been observed in the Mining Plan with Progressive Mine Closure Plan of DAKSHIN MAND River Bed Sand Mining for an area of 0.09 Ha., Khasra No. 606, 605, 603, 1041, 1040, 1043, 1048, Tehsil KARAD, District SATARA of State of Maharashtra and wherever spscific permissions are required, the applicant will approach the concerned authorities of the Bureau of Mines, Directorate of Geology and Mining and other department. 3. Certified that the information, furnished in the Mining Plan and Progressive Mine Closure Plan are true and corret to the best of my knowledge.

Date : 27.02.2018 Place : SATARA Gulam Nabi Chowdry RQP/DDN/148/2002/A G.D. Consultants, 143, 1st Floor City Plaza, Bani Park, Jaipur -302016

1.0 General information about lessee/Licensee Sand is naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles between 150 micron to 4.75 mm in diameter. Sand is formed due to weathering of rocks due to mechanical forces. In the process the weathered rocks forms gravel and then sand. Sand and gravel together known as aggregate, represent the highest volume of raw material used on earth after water. The mining of aggregate and sand have been continuing for many years.The sand and gravel are one of the most important construction materials. Ensuring their availability is vital for the development of the infrastructure in the country. There are different sources of sand and gravel, the most important among them is the river. River Bed Sand Mining is a common practice as habitation concentrates along the rivers and the mining locations are preferred near the markets or along the transportation route, for reducing the transportation cost. VATHAR Sand Mine Lease area is situated in village VATHAR, Tahsil KARAD, District SATARA, Maharashtra State. As the requirement of these construction materials is on rise and Mining Plan is a statutory requirement including Mine Closure Plan showing the systematic development of the mine for the one year and to address the mining related issues till conceptual stage. Therefore, the District Collector has directed the applicant to prepare a mining plan for an area of 0.09 Ha and get the same approved from the Directorate of Geology and Mining. The Mining Plan has been prepared and submitted under Rule 23 of MMME (D&R) Rule 2013; th MoEF & CC Notification S.O. 141 (E) dated 15 January 2016, MoEF & CC Sustainable Sand Mining Management Guidelines 2016 and Govt. of Maharashtra Sand Policy dated 03.01.2018 for the approval.

2.0 GENERAL: 2.1 Name and Address ofthe Applicant / Nominated Owner: District Collector, KARAD, Collector Office, SATARA 2.2 Status of Applicant / Nominated Owner: At present ownership of this Sand Mine Lease area is in the hand of Govt. of Maharashtra, after approval of Mining Plan and Environment Clearance Mine Lease will transfer to Successful Sand Ghat Bidder after auction. 2.3 Type of Mineral / Minerals, Which Applicant Intends To Mine: Sand (Minor Mineral) 2.4 Usage ofMined Out Material: Sand is mostly used as Infrastructures Construction and Development like Buildings, Roads, bridges, Damsand other construction purposes. 2.5 Period of Lease, Reference No. and Date of Grant fromthe State Govt.: Period of Mine Lease will be One Year 2018-2019 or up to 30.09.2019 or exhaustion of Quantity of sand 318 Brass proposed during the auction of sand whichever is earlier. 2.6 Infrastructure: Water Drinking water is available through dug wells, bore well Nearest Shenoli Railway Station near about 15.28 km in Railway North East Direction Station Nearest International Airport Near About 158 Km in Airport South Direction Labour Unskilled local labours will be deployed and skilled labours will be deployed from local region or from outside Road Nearst State Highway No. 144 Near about 1.0 km NW Direction Medical Medical Facility is available in village Ond near Facility about 1 Km.North Direction. School village Ond near about 1 Km.North Direction

2.7 Name and Address of RQP: Name Gulam Nabi Chowdry Address G.D. Consultants, 143, 1st Floor City Plaza, Bani Park, Jaipur -302016 Registration No. RQP/DDN/148/2002/A Contact No. 9352541366, Email id [email protected]

Copy of RQP Certificate is enclosed as an attached Annexure.

2.8 Name ofthe Prospecting Agency: The Joint Committee of Groundwater Survey and Development Authority (GSDA), Water Supply and Sanitation Department, Government of Maharashtra, SATARA jointly with the Tahsildar, KARAD & District Mining officer, . The GSDA, Govt. of Maharashtra explored the Sand Ghat and allowed mining of ordinary Sand up to the depth of 1 meter for Mine Lease area of 0.09 Hect. for Quantity of Sand of 318 Brass.

2.9 LOCATION & ACCESSIBILITY: (a) Details of the Sand Ghat Mine Lease Area: Name of the Project River Bed Sand Mine (Sand Ghat) Name of the Mine DAKSHIN MAND River Bed Sand Mine River / Nallah River Nearest Survey / Gat / Khasara No. 606, 605, 603, 1041, 1040, 1043, 1048 Sand Ghat Mining Lease Area (Ha) 0.09 Ha Mineral Sand Village / Mouza VATHAR Tahsil KARAD District SATARA State Maharashtra State Toposheet No Ownership / Occupancy/ Land use Government Land Type of Land River Bed (Sand)

(b) Whether the area is recorded in forest: The area is not recorded in the forest. It is a River Bed Mine / Sand Ghat in the DAKSHIN MAND River. (c) Existence of Public road / Railway Line: The River Bed Sand Mining Lease area is situated in VATHAR. Nearest railway station is Shenoli Railway Station near about 15.28 km in North East Direction and nearest connected road is Nearst State Highway No. 144 Near about 1.0 km NW Direction. (d) Geographical Co-ordinates: The lease area is bounded by following latitude and longitude. Starting Coordinates Ending Coordinates 17 10 27.6 N, 74 10 51.7 E 17 10 28.4N, 74 10 49.6

2.10 Topography and Drainage Latitude and Longitude readings have been taken by using G.P.S. instrument. All the levels have taken with respect to Mean Sea Level.It is flat in nature. Total area if the lease area is 0.09 Ha.

3.0 GEOLOGY: Satara, one of the western districts of Maharashtra, lies on the eastern flanks of the and covers an area of 10,480 sq.km. it is situated between latitudes 17°05’00” and 18°11’00”N and longitudes 73°30’00” and 74°55’00”E in Survey of India degree sheet nos. 47F, G & K. The district is bordered to the north by , to the south, southeast and east by Sangli and , to the west by Ratnagiri district and to the northwest by Raigarh district. Satara, the district headquarters and a developing industrial town is located about 100km sough of Pune on the -Banglore National Highway No. 4, Mumbai- broad guauge line of the South Central Railway passes through the middle part of the district from north to south. Karad, , , Vaduj, Patan, Khandala and are some of the important towns in the district. Physiographically, the district forms part of the western Maharashtra plateau of the Sahyadri ranges. Hill ranges trending NS to NNW-SSE are noticed around Satara, Karad trending NS to NNW-SSE are noticed around Satara, Karad and Dahivadi. Mahabeleshwr (17°56’:73°40’) rising upto 1438m above msl is a popular hill resort in Maharashtra and lies to the northwest of Satara town. The lowest elevation of 483m above msl is observed I the northwern part alog , and its tributaries viz. Koyna, Vena, Yerla and Nani rivers constitute the main drainage system in the district. The drainage system in general shows sub-parallel to dendritic pattern. The district is entirely covered by Deccan Tra lava flows of Late Cretaceous to Paleogene age (68-62 m.y.) comprising of aa, pahoehoe and flows showing mixed characters. The lava pile is classified into three formations viz. Diveghat Formation, Purandargarh Formation and Mahabaleshwar Formation in the ascending order of succession of Sahyadri Group. The oldest Diveghat Formation Comprises 15 flows showing predominantly mixed characters of aa, and pahoehoe lava types. The formation has an exposed thickness varying from 100-330m and s exposed along the valley of Man, Koyna, Yerla, Urmadi and Krishna Rivers. It also occurs around Mhasvad, Phaltan, Khandala, , Wai, Karad and Satara. The flows of this formation are almost aphyric in nature. Purandargarh Formation comprises of 8 basaltic flows that are mostly aa flows. A few pahoehoe flows are also seen. This formation is extensively exposed around Vaduj, northwest and west of Dahiwadi, north and southeast of Koregaon, sough of Khandala, around Patan, southwest of Karad and along . A megacryst flow 9M4), showing large plagioclase laths of 1-2 cm. in a fine-grained ground mass, occurs at the top of Purandargarh Formation. This flow has a maximum thickness of 30m and is noticed throughout the area, characterising it as a marker horizon between Purandargarh and Mahabaleshwar Formations. 3.1 Climate and Rainfall The climate of the district is on the whole is agreeable. The winter season is from December to about the middle of February followed by summer season which last up to May. June to September is the south-west monsoon season, whereas October and November constitute the post-monsoon season. The mean minimum temperature is 14.40 C and mean maximum temperature is 36.8 C at Satara town in the district.

The rainfall analysis for the period 1901-2005 revels that the normal annual rainfall over the district varies from 473 to about 6209 mm. In the eastern part of the district around Mhasawad (Man taluka) and Phaltan taluka it is minimum and increases toward the west and reaches maximum around Mahabaleshwar. However, probability of occurrence of normal rainfall is maximum (50 to 55%) in the south eastern part around (Man), Vaduj, Pusewadi and Karad. While the probability of receiving excess rainfall (i.e. 25% or more) varies from 9% to 30%. It is minimum around Mhaswad (9%) and maximum around pusewadi (30%). The study also reveals that entire north eastern 5 and south western part of district comprising almost entire khandala, phaltan, , mhaswad talukas and part of Koregaon and Karad talukas which experienced drought for more than 20% of the years can be categorized as “drought area”. The average rainfall data for the period (1998-2010). The perusal of table-3 indicated that the average annual rainfall during the period ranges between 550.5 mm (Man) to 5830.3 mm (Mahabaleshwar). 3.1.1 Regional Geology: 3.1.2 Geology of the Lease Area / Local Geology: The lease area as per survey is a River Bed of DAKSHIN MAND River. Applied area for sand extraction is covered with Sand, Pebbles, Gravels of various size. The sand of Granitic, Quartzitic in nature and which has been derived and transportated from Granite Gneiss/Quartzites of surrounding area of higher elevations. The sand of the applied area is found to be underlain by Granite Gneiss / Quartzite of the river bed. 3.2 Mineable Reserves of Sand in the proposed Mine Lease Area as per the GSDA: The proposed Sand Ghat/ River Bed Sand Mine of 0.09 Ha. covered with sand. The entire area is occupied by single litho unit sand deposit with flat configuration. Estimation of sand is done by the GSDA, SATARA and mineable reserves are proposed for sand mining for year 2018-2019 as follows: Av. Av. Area (m²) Proposed Volume of Deposit Quantity of sand for Length Width Depth for Mining (m³) Excavation (Brass) (m) (m) (m) L W A=L*W D V = A * D Qt = V / 2.83 60 15 900 1 900 318

4.0 MINING: Sand is exposed near to the surface hence Opencast Manual Mining without Blasting would be preferred. This is River Bed Sand thus; development in overburden is not required. 4.1 Year Wise Development & Production Plan: Development Plan and Sections are shown in Plate No.-5. The Sand Ghat Mining Lease period is one year. Looking at the flow of water in the river during the rainy season it is not possible to continue mining. Total 200 number of working days in a years were assumed with a targeted production of 318 brass. The year wise production is proposed as follows: Year Proposed Proposed Proposed Average Sub Average excavation excavation Prodoctino of Salable Grade Mineral (m³) (Brass) ROM in Brass Ore Ore rejects V B=V/2.83 Overburden Sand (Brass) (Brass) (Brass) @ 100% @ 0% recovery 1 900 318 0 318 318 0 0 Total 900 318 0 318 318 0 0

One year production & Development Plan sections are shwon in Plate No. 5. 4.2 Proposed Method of Mining: The Opencast Manual River Bed Sand Mining Method will be adopted for extraction of Sand. As per the Modified Riverbed Sand Mine Working Guidance No. 11 (IX) and 12 of the Notification of Revenue and Forest Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai, the government of Maharashtra wides government decision no. Gaukhani- 10/0615/Pra.Kra.289/Kha dated 03.01.2018 directed that mining of river sand to be done manually i.e. Man with hand tools. 4.3 Opencast Mine Working: As the Mine Lease is located in the River Bed and mineral is replenished every year. As per The Modified Riverbed Sand Mine Working Guidance No.11(1X) and 12 of the Notification of Revenue and Forest Department, Mantralaya Mumbai, The Government of Maharashtra vides Government Decision No. Gaukhani- 10/0615/Pra.Kra. 289/Kha dated 03.01.2018; mining will be done manually only with the use of Labours, Man heads, Spades (Pawadas), Ghamelas. Each cycle of operation shall consist of the following operation. i) Over Burden Removal: No overburden is anticipated. So there is no need of removal of Overburden. ii) Digging of Sand: Digging of Sand will be done by manually by Labours with the help of Spades (Pawadas) iii) Loading Tractor Trolley: Loading of Tractor Trolley will be done by manually with the help of Man heads, Labours with the help of Spades (Pawadas) with Ghamelas combination. iv) Transportation of Sand by Tractor Trolley from River Bed Mine/Sand Ghat to Stack yard: Mine Owner will prepare the Stack yard outside the River or Sand Ghat on nearer road. The By the use of Tractor Trolley the material will be transported from Sand Ghat to Stockyard. v) Transportation of Sand from Stack yard to Customers: Transportation of Sand will be done by the use of tractors trolleys from Stack yard to various Customers with permissible quantity. Transportation will be done as per the rules and regulations. vi) Reclamation: Applicant will do scientific mining so that in Monsoon the Mine Lease area will be automatically backfilled. Only plantation will be done by the applicant on the both bank side of the River and other free places. 4.4 Extent of Mechanization: Mining Operations will be done by manual means only. No Mechanization is proposed. 4.4.1 Mode of Mining And Equipment Required: As indicated above, the proposed mode of mining will be opencast manual method of mining. As mentioned in earlier paragraph monthly production is computed based on six working days per week. Equipment and machinery required for Sand Mining is as follows: No Machinery will be utilized. The numbers of working days can be considered as 120 non rainy days excluding the monsoon and post monsoon season. Considering each tractor carries 1 brass of sand. 1. No. of Tractors required per day: Total No. of tractors trips to carry targeted (318 Brass) will be 2 S. Machinery HP Capacity Motive Power Quantit y N. (No.) 01 Tractor Trolley 93 1 Brass/Trip Diesel Engine 2 02 Spade (Pawada) ------Manually 9 Operated 03 Ghamela ------Manually 9 Operated 04 Iron rod (Sabbal) ------Manually 6 Operated

2. No. of Labours required per day: Total labour required to achieve the desired producted will be 6.

EMPLOYMENT POTENTIAL: The Statutory manpower requirement is a part of total manpower which includes Mine mate. Apart from the Mine Mate, skilled and unskilled laborers will be required for doing Sand Mining and transportation etc. Following will be the manpower requirements: Grade of staff Designation Nos. Supervisory and Technical staff Mine mate / Mine Supervisor 1 Safety/Security Officer Security Guard 1 Skilled workers Tractor Trolley Driver 1 Skilled workers Tractor troelly helper 1 Semiskilled workers Labours supervisor (Mukadam) 4 Unskilled workes Labours 6 Total Manpower 14

4.4.2 Drilling: Not applicable for Sand Mining 4.4.3 Sizing & Sorting: Not applicable for Sand Mining 4.4.4 Loading and Transport: The loading of Sand to the tractors trolleys will be done by the manually only with the help of Man heads and Plastic or Steel Ghamelas. 4.4.5 Haulage and Transport: It is a small mine so Tractors Trolleys will be use for transportation of Sand. 4.4.6 Storage of Sand: There is no need of storage place because the Sand will be dispatched directly to the various customer’s construction site. 5.0 BLASTING: Not applicable in Sand Mining 6.0 MINE DRAINAGE: The water may be drain along river flow. For this reason, the area does not require any specific mine drainage pattern. 7.0 DISPOSAL OF WASTE: The mining of Sand during one year 2018-2019 not generate any waste. There will be no stocking material at Sand Ghat. 7.1 Nature of Waste: No waste generation so in this case there is no waste dump is proposed. 7.2 Selection of Dumping Sites: Not Applicable. 7.3 Maximum Height and Spread of Dumps: This problem does not arise. 7.4 Stacking of Sub-Grade Material: There is no subgrade mineral will be generated due to mining operation. Therefore, there is no consideration for stacking of sub-grade material. 7.5 Maximum Height and Spread of Sub-Grade Material: Not required.

8.0 USE OF MINERAL i. e. SAND: The excavated Sand (ROM) will be used for: To produce Manually Mixed Concrete or Ready Mix Concrete for Construction of Roads, Bridges, Buildings, Dams, Canals and other infrastructure development. 9.0 SURFACE TRANSPORT: It is a small Sand Mine so that transportation of the Sand will be carried out by the tractor trolleys from the Sand Ghat to stacking site or directly dispatch to the construction site as per market demand. Material will be transport mostly by road from the Sand Mine (Ghat) to the consumer’s destination, as it is economical and speedy than the other mode of transport. 10.0 SITE SERVICES / OTHERS: The site services as per statute, like Mine Office, Store Room, Workshop, Drinking Water Point, Security Cabin will be provided in outside lease area. Site services can be classify in the following categories: • Statutory Obligations • Maintenance requirements • Administrative requirements Statutory Obligations: These facilities include First Aid Room, First Aid Station, Potable and clean Drinking Water Facility, Canteen, Store Room will be provided in outside lease area. The lease area is small and hence the first aid facilities can be kept at mine office, which can also serve as first aid station. Maintenance requirement: The method of mining proposed is manual opencast. So not much maintenance is required. Administrative requirement: For this purpose, a site office will be constructed. Elaborate site services are not required. However, the proposed site services, which would be provided, are as under;  Office of the Manager / Supervisor  Time cum Store office with Timekeeper and Records  Rest Shelter  Latrine and Urinals  Security Cabin 11.0 MINERAL PROCESSING: Not applicable 12.0 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA): Environmental Impact Assessment is a sound tool to evaluate the impact of mining and beneficiation on environment. Environmental assessment (EA) is the assessment of the environmental consequences (positive and negative) of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action. In this context, the term "Environmental Impact Assessment" (EIA) is usually used when applied to actual projects by individuals or companies and the term "Strategic Environmental Assessment" (SEA) applies to policies, plans and programmes most often proposed by organs of state. Environmental assessments may be governed by rules of administrative procedure regarding public participation and documentation of decision making, and may be subject to judicial review. The purpose of the assessment is to ensure that decision makers consider the environmental impacts when deciding whether or not to proceed with a project. The International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) defines an Environmental Impact Assessment as "the process of identifying, predicting, evaluating and mitigating the biophysical, social, and other relevant effects of development proposals prior to major decisions being taken and commitments made". EIAs are unique in that they do not require adherence to a predetermined environmental outcome, but rather they require decision makers to account for environmental values in their decisions and to justify those decisions in light of detailed environmental studies and public comments on the potential environmental impacts. Environmental impact assessments commenced in the 1960s, as part of increasing environmental awareness. EIAs involved a technical evaluation intended to contribute to more objective decision making. In the United States, environmental impact assessments obtained formal status in 1969, with enactment of the National Environmental Policy Act. EIAs have been used increasingly around the world. The number of "Environmental Assessments" filed every year "has vastly overtaken the number of more rigorous Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)." An Environmental Assessment is a "mini-EIS designed to provide sufficient information to allow the agency to decide whether the preparation of a full-blown Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is necessary." EIA is an activity that is done to find out the impact that would be done before development will occur. The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) of India has been in a great effort in Environmental Impact Assessment in India. The main laws in action are the Water Act (1974), the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act (1972), the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act (1981) and the Environment (Protection) Act (1986), Biological Diversity Act (2002). The responsible body for this is the Central Pollution Control Board. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) studies need a significant amount of primary and secondary environmental data. Primary data are those collected in the field to define the status of the environment (like air quality data, water quality data etc.). Secondary data are those collected over the years that can be used to understand the existing environmental scenario of the study area. An essential step in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is to identify all potential environmental impacts (both beneficial and adverse). The identified impacts due to mining and associated activities have been studied in relation to the concerned areas. There must be a detailed study of impacts on following Environmental factors: i) Air Environment ii) Water Environment iii) Land Environment iv) Land Environment v) Noise & Vibration Environmnet vi) Biological Environment vii) Biological Environmnet viii) Socio-Economic Environment ix) Solid Waste x) Liquid Effluents

13.0 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN: 13.1 INTRODUCTION: Preparation of Environmental Management Plan is required for formulation, implementation and monitoring of environmental protection measures during and after commissioning of projects. The plan should indicate the details as to how various measures have been proposed to be taken including cost components as may be required. Cost of measures for environmental safeguards should be treated as an integral component of the project cost and environmental aspects should be taken into account at various stages of the projects: A. Conceptualization: Preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) B. Planning: Detailed Studies of Environmental Impacts and Design of safeguards and Preparation of Environmental Management Plan (EMP) C. Execution: Implementation of EMP for Environmental Safety Measures D. Operation:Preparation of Environmental Management Cell for Monitoring of Effectiveness of built-in safeguards as per EMP Environmental Management Plan is a guiding document for environmental impacts associated with the proposed projects. It is a guiding document for management of good environmental condition on the site & surrounding of the proposed sand mine. The Environmental Management Plan (EMP) has been formulated and integrated with the sand mine planning keeping in view overall scientific development of local habitat and the adverse impact that may be caused due to the sand mining operation. A scientific assessment of these impacts those are likely to influence the existing environmental scenario is needed. This could also facilitate in formulating a suitable Environmental Management Plan depicting all mitigation measures. It can help in implementing the project in an eco-friendly manner. The possible impact on environment is discussed in following chapter. The management plans should be necessarily based on considerations of resource conservation and pollution abatement, some of which are: i) Air Environment ii) Water Environment iii) Land Environment iv) Land Environment v) Noise & Vibration Environmnet vi) Biological Environment vii) Biological Environmnet viii) Socio-Economic Environment ix) Solid Waste x) Liquid Effluents 13.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT: The proposed mining method is of manual nature and the lease area is not so big. The proposed project is River Bed Sand Mining Project of Area 0.09 Ha. DAKSHIN MAND River at village- VATHAR, Tahsil-KARAD, District-SATARA, State- Maharashtra. It has been proposed to collect approximately 318 Brass /Annum (up to 30.09.2019) of Sand. 13.3 OBJECTIVES: To ensure that sand extraction will be carried out in ecofriendly manner. To reduce the potential impacts of proposed sand mining extraction operations on the stream and riparian habitats of streams, river bank stability etc. To provide employment opportunities to the locals To restore the ecosystem to the maximum extent possible.

13.4 THE DETAILS OF ANTICIPATED IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES: The pollution potential of the proposed project, it’s possible impacts on the surrounding environment during pre-operational and operational phases and the necessary management actions proposed for control and abatement of pollution are furnished hereunder. i) AIR ENVIRONMENT: A. ANTICIPATED IMPACTS: a) Due to Haul Road/ Access Road: Plying of tractor trolleys from public road to river sand collection points needs access roads. Majority of such access roads are the same existing roads/tracks being used by pedestrians/cart owners. Movement of heavy vehicles sometimes causes problems to cattle, agriculture land, and human habitations due to dust, noise and movement of public. These environmental problems are felt more as the area is rural in nature. b) Due to Mining process: Air pollution is likely to be caused at various stages of sand mining operations such as excavation, loading & transportation of material. Most of the dust will be generated from loading& transportation. This dust becomes air borne and gets carried away to surrounding areas. The impact on air is mainly localized in nature as the dust particles are not carried to longer distances and the effect is felt within the core zone of the project involving active Sand mining operations. MITIGATION MEASURES: a) Mitigation of Impacts on Access Roads: Movement of the vehicles on the road will be increased; however, unmetalled road in the mining area will be sprinkled with water at regular intervals. In addition to prevent spillage by tractor trolleys over loading should be controlled along with speed limit (1Brass /tractor trolley). Maintenance of haul road will be done on regular basis. b) For Fugitive Dust Emission: i) To avoid fugitive dust emissions at the time of excavation, regular sprinkling of water will be done on regular basis. ii) Sand is transported to the sites by road through tractor trolleys. The sand carrying vehicles shall be covered by tarpaulin sheets. iii) The Green Belt development will be prepared along the haul roads, which will act as a pollution sink. iv) To minimize the vehicular pollution from the sand transporting vehicles, the following conditions will insist to permit the vehicles of the transporters.  The vehicles should be (Bharat-IV stage) compliant and should have pollution control certificate (PUC) issued by appropriate authorities.  Regular maintenance of transport vehicles and monitoring of vehicular emission levels at periodical intervals. ii) WATER ENVIRONMENT: A. ANTICIPATED IMPACTS: As the project activity is carried out in the dry part of river bed, none of the project activities will affect the water environment or riverbank habitats. Project activities will not have any adverse effect on the physical components of the environment and therefore may not have any effect on the recharge of ground waters or affect the water quality. Monitoring of water quality will be checked yearly. M. MITIGATION MEASURES: i) Mining is avoided during the monsoon season and at the time of floods. This will help in replenishment of sand in the river bed. ii) Mining below subterranean water level will be avoided as safe guard against environmental contamination and over exploitation of resources. iii) River stream will not be diverted to form in active channels. iv) Utmost care will be taken to minimize or control leakage vehicles to be used for sand transportation. v) The washing of tractor trolleys in the river will be avoided. vi) The contractor will follow all guidelines and rules for proper and scientific method of mining during the period of extracting the sand. iii) LAND ENVIRONMENT: The type of mining and the characteristics of the particular mineral deposit both affect the degree to which mining disturbs the landscape. Sand Mining and allied activities will be done in the fluvial plain formed by river meandering. Mining of sand may cause a few environmental degradations. A. ANTICIPATED IMPACTS: i) Damage of river bank due to access ramps to river bed, may cause soil erosion. ii) Destruction of river bank hinterland and ecological due to extraction of sand by probability of damage to the flood control bunds (built along the river side) due to heavy movements of vehicles over the bund to approach the mine are and further during transportation for sand from the mine area. iii) Disposal of packing material, carried by the workers, would not be allowed. This packing material would include used sachet/gutka/pan masala pouches. iv) Movement of heavy vehicles sometimes cause problems to agricultural land, human habitations, borehole users due to dust, noise and it also causes traffic hazards. v) Surface degradation due to road network. M. MITIGATION MEASURES: th Safety distance of 3 meter or 1/10 of the width of the river whichever is more will be left from both the bank of the river (as per “Sustainable sand mining guidelines”). No foreign material like polythene bag, jute bag and useless articles should be allowed to remain/spill in river bed and catchment area, or no pits/pockets will be allowed to be filled with such material. Minimum number of access roads to river bed for which cutting of river banks will be avoided and ramps are to be maintained. Care will be taken to ensure that ponding is not formed in the river bed. Mining will not exceeds beyond the allowed extraction capacity. Green belt will be developed along the haul road and the bank of rivers of mine premises and near the sand mining site. While selecting the plant species, preference will be given for planting native species of the area. iv) NOISE ENVIRONMENT: A. ANTICIPATED IMPACTS: Noise environment in this project will be affected only by the equipment at the site and vehicular transportation. Since, slight increase in noise levels can be expected. M. MITIGATION MEASURES: 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 tractor trolleys. Provision of green belts along the road networks. Care will be taken to produce minimum sound during sand loading. Use of Backhoe and ear plugs may be provided to protect the labors working at the site.

v) BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT: A. ANTICIPATED IMPACTS: a) Aquatic environment Proposed mining of the dry bed of the river, so no any possibility of disturbance of aquatic life. b) Flora and Fauna The mining activity will have insignificant affect on the existing flora and fauna. The project area is surrounded with agricultural land. It was found that the sand mining activity will not have any significant impact on the biological environment of the region. M. MITIGATION MEASURES: Improvement in river bank stability. Large woody debris in the riparian zone will be left undisturbed or replacedwhen moved and not be burnt. Vegetative debris will not be stored within the mine lease area. • Covering of loaded vehicles to reduce dust emission, which may harm surrounding agricultural crops and other plant species conservation of biological diversity of plants, birds and animals. Greenbelt Development and Bio-Diversity Preservation Plantation activities will be carried out at the bank of the river and along the haul roads. This activity will help for maintaining ecology and environment of the area. vi) SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT: This project operation will provide livelihood to the poorest section of the society. Approximately 13 people shall work at mine site. A. ANTICIPATED IMPACTS AND EVALUATION: The project activities shall not have any adverse impacts on any of the common property resources of the village communities, as the sand mine lease area is not being used for any purpose by any section of the society in this region. There is no R & R involvement in this project. There is no land acquisition in this project. The results of the field survey conducted to understand the knowledge and perception of the people living around the project area gives a clear idea about the need for the project. A major portion of the houses in the study area are semi-pucca type structures. The water source to these areas is from the municipal connection and private bore wells and wells. The awareness level regarding the proposed mining activity is very high. The proposed mining activity is expected to provide stimulus to socio- economic activities in the region and thereby accelerate further development processes. i) Social and Demographic Profile: The workers are from local villages. These people have been provided all welfare from a lessee like medical benefits, insurance, fees for children’s education etc. They have some land and cattle for their daily earnings. Additional income earned from the Sand Mining work will improve their living standard. The group of quarries in and around will help to have infrastructure facilities like roads, schools, shops etc. This will improve their social life. ii) Occupational Health And Safety: This is River Bed Sand Mine. So the mining activities are comparatively less because the production is not on large scale. Workers do not come across any extreme condition like excessive heat; moisture etc. Workers working around it may come across this dusty environment. But the impact on health will be within limit. iii) Human Settlement: There are no houses in and around lease area. Blasting is only activity, which may affect the settlement, but settlement is at distance of more than 1.0 Km from the Sand Mining. All the due precautions will be taken during mining. Transport of finished products is through the villages. There will be psychological impact of the traffic on the local people. However, the intensity of traffic is less. iv) Health and Hygiene: In general, the health of villagers is moderately good. In the rainy season, the atmospheric condition is unhygienic due to lack of proper drainage and sanitation in the village habitation. Villagers are working in agricultural fields and work as laborers. v) Education: Mostly education is up to middle standard. Economic condition is in general moderate. So after this project the standard of education will be increase. vi) Socio Economic Benefits Arising Out Of Mining: Generation of employment in the rural area. Improvement in the living standards of the rural people. Creating of infrastructural facilities like roads, electricity, shops, school etc. Helping to improve literacy in the area Exploiting natural mineral so generation of revenue Helping to sustain construction activity Improving the greenery of the area, this is otherwise very poor. vii) LIQUID EFFLUENT: Not applicable because small mine and impacts are negligible. viii) SOLID WASTE: Not applicable because small mine and impacts are negligible.

13.5 IMPLEMENTATION OF EMP: Environmental 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 implanted and monitored. Thus, an implementation and monitoring programmed has to be prepared. Implementation of proposed control measures and monitoring programmed has an implication on the surrounding area as well as for the region. Therefore, sand mining management should be strengthen the existing control measures as elaborated earlier in this report and monitor the efficacy of the control measures implemented within the sand mining area relating to the following specific areas: Coordinate with environment monitoring laboratory for collecting and analyzing air, water, soil&noise quality of the area. Implementing the control and protective measures. Co-coordinating the environment related activities within the project as well as with outside agencies. Separate Budget has been allocated for the EMP. Collecting statistics of health of workers and population of surrounding villages. Monitoring the progress of implementation of environmental management program.

13.5.1 GREENBELT DEVELOPMENT: The implementation for development of green belt will be of paramount importance as it will not only add up as an aesthetic feature, but also act as a pollution sink. The species to be grown in the area should be dust tolerant and fast growing species so that permanent green belt is created. To stabilize the river bank erosion the plantation of native species of that area along the river bank. Apart from the green belt and aesthetic plantation for elimination fugitive of emission and noise control, all other plantation efforts shall be decided and executed with the assistance and co-operation of the local community. Proposed Program for Plantation For Green Belt Development: A forestation will be carried out to increase the green cover and create harmony with nature. The area will be afforested with variety of local sapling. This will help to have polyculture. The details of a forestation program are given below. This will be done on the statutory barrier to be left and on the general surface of the lease.along the access road at sand mining site.(List of trees is given): S.N. Scientific Name Hindi Name Number 1 Azadirachta indica Nim 30 2 Tectona grandis Teak 30 3 Terminalia arjuna Arjun 30 4 Tuti Tut 30 5 Syzygium cumini Jamun 30 6 Ficus religiosaa Pipal 30 7 Bambusa vulgaris Bamboo 30 8 Neolamarckia cadamba Kadamb 30 9 Dalbergia sissoo Shisham 30 10 Madhuca longifolia Mahua 30 Total 300

Cost of Environment Management Cost: S.No. Description Cost Rs. (in Lakhs) 1 Dust suppression 0.5 2 Haul road maintenance 0.5 3 Green belt & Maintenance 0.5 4 Monitoring cost 0.5

13.5.2 TRANSPORT SYSTEM: i) Proper parking places should be provided for the tractor trolleys and other vehicles by the Mine Owner to avoid any congestion or blocking of roads. ii) Spillage of sand on roads may lead to accidents. Proper road safety signs both inside and outside the mine should be displayed for avoiding road accidents. 13.5.3 MONITORING SCHEDULE AND PARAMETERS 13.5.4 MONITORING OF AMBIENT AIR, WATER, and NOISE: To evaluate the effectiveness of environmental management program regular monitoring of the important environmental parameters to be monitored are shown in following Table: Monitoring Parameters Frequency Ambient Air: (Ambient Air Quality at appropriate location for PM, SO2, NO2) :In the vicinity of the mine area&Near Access Half-yearly road. Water:Two Surface (up-stream & Down Stream) & One Yearly Ground Water Samples nearby the project site Noise:Day & Night level Noise Monitoring at mining site Half-yearly

For air, water and noise pollution control measures, it has been suggested that samples would be collected and tested all-round the year with appropriate frequency at strategic places by suitable agencies. In case, it is found that any of the control parameters exceed the tolerance limit as fixed by the State/Central Pollution Control Board, preventive measures will be taken and if required expert opinion will be sought for proper remedial measures.

13.5.5 DISASTER PLANNING: Proper disaster planning should be done to meet any emergency situation arising due to fire,explosion,sudden leakage of gas etc. Firefighting equipment and other safety appliances should be kept ready for use during disaster/emergency situation including natural calamities like earthquake/flood. 13.5.6 ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT CELL: Each mine or group of mine should identify within its setup a Department/Section/Cell with trained personnel to take up the model responsibility of environmental management as required for planning and implementation of the projects. 14.0 CONCEPTUAL MINING PLAN: This stage not applicable because the Conceptual plan of the proposed lease area at the end of lease period is prepared.

14.1 Ultimate depth, size & shape of the pit: The Lease will be for 1 year. Therefore, it is very premature to decide the conceptual plan for the Sand Mine. However, based on the available geological information requirement or purpose of mining the shape and size of Sand has been defined and shown as the Ultimate Pit Limits by colored lines in the Geological plan, the Production &Development plan, and the Conceptual plan. Ultimate pit size will be 60 m x 15 m x 1 m. The Conceptual plan and Environmental Plan are shown in Plate No.-6 & 7 respectively. 14.2 Ultimate Capacity of Dump: No surface dump is proposed at the conceptual stage. 14.3 Land use pattern: The anticipated land use pattern as envisaged after five years and at the end of conceptual period would be as tabulated below: Particulars As on After 1 S.No Today in Years in

Ha Ha 1 Area of top soil spread for a forestation - - 2 Storage for top soil - - 3 Green Belt 0.000 0.000 4 Over burden Dump - - 5 Mineral Storage - - 6 Infrastructure (Workshop, Admin. 0.000 0.000 Building etc.) 7 Mine road in Mine lease area 0.000 0.000 8 Utilized area for Sand Mining 0.000 0.09 9 Virgin lease area for Sand Mine & 0.09 0.000 Other Uses 10 Road - - 11 Railway - - 12 Tailing Pond - - 13 Effluent Treatment Plant - - 14 Mineral separation plant - - 15 Township Area - - 16 Others to specify - - 17 Ownership Governme Governme nt Land nt Land Total 0.09 0.09

15.0 COMPLIANC E OF SAFETY RULES AND REGULATIONS: Whether there are any serious violation of safety rules and regulation which may jeopardize human health and safety. If so, give details of violations and state the steps proposed to be taken with the time scheduled to rectify the violations: No, there are not any serious violation of safety rules and regulation, which may jeopardize human health and safety.The applicant has given a commitment in this effect and undertaking also given to follow and implement, as specified in the mining plan.The applicant is undertake to abide and implement any special conditions imposed by various authorities and also to complete formalities under provision of the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 and the Bombay Minor Mineral rules, the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 1988 as amended, the Maharashtra Minor Minerals Extraction (Development and Regulation) Rule 2013, MoEF & CC th Notification S.O. 141 (E) dated 15 January 2016, and MoEF & CC Sustainable Sand Mining Management Guidelines 2016. 16.0 ANY OTHER INFORMATION: Stringent stipulations have been laid out while issuing EC. This includes regular monitoring of environmental parameters and carrying out various mitigates measures to protect the environment. These things will be religiously followed and its report will be periodically submitted to the concerned authority. All Notices, Letters received from Government and all communication with Government (Court, NGT, DGMS, Directorate of Geology and Mining, District Mining Officer, Collector, Tehsildar, Grampanchayat, Talathi, Pollution Control Board, Forest department, Environment department, Irrigation department, Public Works Departments, Controller of Explosive, Labour Commissioner, Sale tax etc.) regarding Mine Lease and Mining will be strictly followed by Mine Owner. Mine Owner must follow all provisions of the Maharashtra Minor Minerals Extraction (Development and th Regulation) Rule-2013, MoEF & CC Notification S.O. 141 (E) dated 15 January 2016, and MoEF & CC Sustainable Sand Mining Management Guidelines 2016, the Environment (Protection) Act 1986 and Rules made there under, the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974, the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981, the Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules 1989, the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972, the Forest Conservation Act-1980, the Forest Conservation Rule-2003, the Mineral Conservation and Development Rule-1988, the Mineral Concession Rules-1960, the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act-1957, the Mines Act, the Mines Rule, the Mines Regulations, the public Liability Insurance Act 1991 and its amendments, Orders and Bye Laws made there under and any laws or guidelines that may be applicable to mine / area from time to time whether made by Central or State Government or any other authority. Wherever specific permissions are required, the applicant will approach the Directorate General of Mines Safety, Indian Bureau of Mines and Directorate of Geology and Mining. Mine Owner should obtained relevant clearances as per Environment Protection Act-1986 and EIA notification dated 21.01.1994 and 04.09.2006. 17.0 TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR RIVER BEDSAND MINING: Following considerations should be kept in mind for sand / gravel mining: a) Parts of the river reach that experience deposition or aggradation shall be identified first. The Lease holder/ Environmental Clearance holder may be allowed to extract the sand and gravel deposit in these locations to manage aggradation problem. b) The distance between sites for sand and gravel mining shall depend on the replenishment rate of the river. Sediment rating curve for the potential sites shall be developed and checked against the extracted volumes of sand and gravel. c) Sand and gravel may be extracted across the entire active channel during the dry season. d) Abandoned stream channels on terrace and inactive floodplains be preferred rather than active channels and their deltas and flood plains. Stream should not be diverted to form inactive channel. e) Layers of sand and gravel which could be removed from the river bed shall depend on the width of the river and replenishment rate of the river. f) f) Sand and gravel shall not be allowed to be extracted where erosion may occur, such as at the concave bank. g) Segments of braided river system should be used preferably falling within the lateral migration area of the river regime that enhances the feasibility of sediment replenishment. h) Sand and gravel shall not be extracted within 200 to 500 meter from any crucial hydraulic structure such as pumping station, water intakes, and bridges. The exact distance should be ascertained by the local authorities based on local situation. The cross-section survey should cover a minimum distance of 1.0 km upstream and 1.0 kmdownstream of the potential reach for extraction. The sediment sampling should include the bed material and bed material load before, during and after extraction period. Develop a sediment rating curve at the upstream end of the potential reach using the surveyed cross-section. Using the historical or gauged flow rating curve, determine the suitable period of high flow that can replenish the extracted volume. Calculate the extraction volume based on the sediment rating curve and high flow period after determining the allowable mining depth. i) Sand and gravel could be extracted from the downstream of the sand bar at river bends. Retaining the upstream one to two thirds of the bar and riparian vegetation is accepted as a method to promote channel stability. j) Flood discharge capacity of the river could be maintained in areas where there are significant flood hazard to existing structures or infrastructure. Sand and gravel mining may be allowed to maintain the natural flow capacity based on surveyed cross-section history. k) Alternatively, off-channel or floodplain extraction is recommended to allow rivers to replenish the quantity taken out during mining. l) The Piedmont Zone (Bhabhar area) particularly in the Himalayan foothills, where riverbed material is mined, this sandy-gravelly track constitutes excellent conduits and holds the greater potential for ground water recharge. Mining in such areas should be preferred in locations selected away from the channel bank stretches. m) Mining depth should be restricted to 3 meter and distance from the bank should be 3 meter or 10 percent of the river width whichever less. n) The borrow area should preferably be located on the river side of the proposed embankment, because they get silted up in course of time. For low embankment less than 6 m in height, borrow area should not be selected within 25 m from the toe/heel of the embankment. In case of higher embankment the distance should not be less than 50 m. In order to obviate development of flow parallel to embankment, cross bars of width eight times the depth of borrow pits spaced 50 to 60 meters centre-to-centre should be left in the borrow pits. o) Demarcation of mining area with pillars and geo-referencing should be done prior to start of mining.

Date : Place : SATARA Gulam Nabi Chowdry RQP/DDN/148/2002/A G.D. Consultants, 143, 1st Floor City Plaza, Bani Park, Jaipur -302016 PROGRESSIVE MINE CLOSURE PLAN OF VATHAR RIVER BED SAND MINE / SAND GHAT FOR DISTRICT COLLECTOR SATARA, COLLECTOR OFFICE, SATARA OVER AN AREA OF 0.09 HA. IN DAKSHIN MAND RIVER, ADJACENT KH. NO. 606, 605, 603, 1041, 1040, 1043, 1048 SITUATED AT VILLAGE - VATHAR, TAHSIL-KARAD, DISTRICT SATARA, STATE- MAHARASHTRA, INDIA.

OBJECTIVES: i) The mine closure plan should focus on the ultimate end use of the affected land surface in terms of short, medium, and long-term goals and should be covered in it. ii) To ensure the mineral conservation through improvement in mining methods, minimizing waste, utilization of low grade and rejects. iii) To ensure that mining is undertaken within the parameters of a ‘Sustainable Development Framework’. iv) To ensure complete, relevant, correct and concise information on the mining proposal.

1.0 INTRODUCTION: Mine closure encompasses rehabilitation process as an ongoing program designed to restore physical, chemical, and biological quality disturbed by the mining to a level acceptable to all concerned. It must aim at leaving the area in such a way that rehabilitation does not become a burden to the society after mining operation is over. It must also aim to create as self-sustained ecosystem.Mine closure operation is a continuous series of activities starting from day one of the initiation of mining project. Therefore, progressive mine closure plan should an integral process of mining for minerals and need review every one year. As progressive mine closure is a continuous series of activities, it is obvious that the proposals of scientific mining have had included most of the activities to be included in the progressive mine closure plan. 1.1 Name And Address Of The Applicant: Detail information is given in Part I. 1.2 Location & Accessibility: Detail information is given in Part I.

1.3 Reason for Closure: The reason of closure of mining operation to exhaustion of mineral. The location & extent of the lease area (forest, non-forest etc) should be specified: It is not applicable as the lease is under process of allotment. This is not a Closure plan and is a progressive Mine Closure plan. The Progressive Mine Closure Plan is already prepared. However proposed sand mining activity is th up to30 September 2019 and during monsoon sand deposit will be replenish. Replenishment of sand bed will be governed by i.e. Physical monitoring requirement of sand extraction activities should include surveyed channel cross-sections, longitudinal profiles, bed material measurements, geomorphic maps, discharge and sediments transport measurements. In addition to local monitoring for replenishment at specific mining sites, monitoring of the entire reach will provide information on the cumulative response of the system to sand extraction.Because the elevationof the bed of the channel is variable from year to year, a reach based approach to monitoring will provide a large context for side – specific changes. If long – term monitoring data show that there is a reach – scale trend of bed lowering the extraction could be limited. 1.4 Statutory Obligations: The legal obligations, if any, which the lessee is bound to implement like special conditions imposed while execution of lease – deed, approval of Mining Plan, directives issued by the Indian Bureau of Mines, conditions imposed by MOEF, State or central Pollution Board or by any other organization describing the nature of condition and compliance position thereof, should be indicated here (The copies of the relevant documents may be attached as annexure). The applicant has given a commitment in the effect and undertaking also given to follow and implement, as specified in the mining plan.The applicant is undertake to abide and implement any special conditions imposed by various authorities and also to complete formalities under provision of the Maharashtra Minor Minerals Extraction (Development th and Regulation) Rule-2013, MoEF & CC Notification S.O. 141 (E) dated 15 January 2016, MoEF & CC Sustainable Sand Mining Management Guidelines 2016, the Environment (Protection) Act 1986 and Rules made there under, the Mines & Mineral (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 and the Bombay Minor Mineral Rules, the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 1988 as amended. 1.5 Closure Plan Preparations: The names and address of the Applicant and Recognized Qualified Person who prepared the Mine Closure Plan and names of the executing agency should be furnished. A copy of the Resolution of Board of Director or any other appropriate administrative authority as the case may be on the decision of closure of mine should be submitted. Detail information is given in Part I. 2.0 MINE DESCRIPTION: The details Geological Information, Physiographic is given in chapter 3 of Mining plan. 2.1 Geology and Rock Characteristics: Briefly describe the topography and general geology indicating rock types available. The chemical constitution of the rock/minerals including toxic elements if any at the mine site. Detail information is given in Part I. 2.2 Mining Method: Describe in brief the mining method followed to win the mineral extent of mechanization mining machinery deployed production level etc. Opencast Manual Mining without blasting method by slicing of 1 m along the topography. The detail information is given in Part I. 2.3 Mineral Processing & Beneficiation: (Describe in brief the mineral beneficiation practice if any, indicating the process description in short. Indicate discharge details of any trailing / middling and their disposal/utilization practice followed): No Beneficiation is needed hence, not applicable here.No chemical or physical beneficiation or up gradation is required the blocks are put to cutting and polishing. 3.0 Review of implementation of mining plan / scheme of mining including five years progressive closure plan up to the final closure plan. Review will be made after approved of mining plan. Indicate in detail the various proposals committed with special emphasis on the proposals for protection of environment in the approved Mining Plan/Scheme of Mining including five years Progressive Closure Plan to the closure of mine vis-à-vis their status of implementation. Highlight the area, which might have been contaminated by mining activities and type of contaminants by mining activities and type of contaminates that might be found there. The reasons for deviation from the proposals if any with corrective measures taken should also be given: This is the allotted Sand Mine.There is good sand bed reserves in the river. The production proposed is very less. As such no proposal for mine closure. This River Bed Sand Mine / Ghat lease for Sand mining and lease granted by the Collector of SATARA District. Earlier there was no rule to prepare the Mining plan for hence according no progressive Mine closure plan was prepared. The Sand deposit replenish 70% every monsoon season hence reviewing activity not required. The necessary measures for Environment Protection and Impact will be adopted as proposed. The Rapid EIA/EMP has already been prepared and submitted. The lessee will adopt all the measures for environment Protection, Monitoring either individually or groups of quarried, safety etc will be adopted as proposed.

4.0 MINE CLOSURE PLAN: 4.1 Mined Out Land Describe the proposals to be implemented for reclamation and rehabilitation of mined out land including the manner in which the actual site of the pit will be restores for future use. The Proposals should be supported with relevant plans and sections depicting the method of land restoration/ reclamation/ rehabilitation. This is proposed sand mining at the end of allotment period. Land use pattern will be as follows: Land Use Area in Ha Area under pit 0.09 Area under Dumps 0.000 Area under mine Road 0.000 Area under Soil 0.000 Area under office etc. 0.000 Area under Plantation 0.000 Area under Ore storage 0.000

4.2 Waste Management: During the Mining plan period there will be no waste generation. So there is no requirement of waste dump. 4.3 Environmental management: Opencast mining operation comprises of various activities related to digging and material handling which may be potential sources of environment pollution. The Sand Mine will be developed by systematically formed benches with over all pit slopes of 45° or angle of repose which stabilizes the benches. Efforts will be made to suppress the dust at source by adequate watering. For this a mobile water of 2000 liters capacity will be engaged throughout the working shift. 4.4 Reclamation / Backfilling: Detail information is given in Part I. 4.5 Water Quality Management Describe in details the existing surface and ground water bodies available in the lease areas and the measures to be taken for protection of the same including control of erosion, sedimentation, siltation, water treatment, diversion of courses, if any measures for protection of contamination of ground water from leaching etc. Quantity and quality of surface water bodies should also be indicated and corrective measures proposed to meet the water quality confirming the permissible limits should also be described. Report of the hydrological study carried out in the area may also be submitted. The water balance chart should be give. If there is potential of Acid Mines Drainage the treatment method should be given. The Sand does not require any beneficiation process. There will not be any beneficiation plant located in the lease area as such no water will be used or discharged. Drinking water will be made available through dug-wells or bore-wells outside the mine lease area.The quality of ground water found in the dug wills and bore wells located outside the lease area i.e.in Settlement areas with not is affected due to Sand Mining activity.Surface water is encountered during monsoon. But in the monsoon the Mining Activity will be stopped. 4.6 Air Quality & Noise Management: Describe the existing air quality status. The corrective measures to betaken for prevention of pollution of air should be described: Due to mining, loading and transportation, there is likely generation of dust. This will be minimized by watering on roads by deploying portable water tankers and generation of greenery both side of the River Bank. Considering the production and nature of proposed surface mining operations SPM levels will not be more than the permissible limit.During the mining activities, the noise levels may slightly increase due to machinery development loading and transportation. By regular and schedule maintenance of the equipments like greasing, oiling is likely to minimize the noise level of the equipments.Air will get affected due to generation of dust along the mine road (due to traffic). The production of the Sand Mine is very less. Hence, movement of tractor trolleys will be obviously less. The area is receiving fresh breeze hence dust particles will move away by natural ventilation. 4.7 Top Soil Management No Top Soil is available within the exposed Sand Mine. 4.8 Tailing Dam Management The Steps to be taken for protection and stability dam, stabilization of falling material and its utilization, periodic desalting measures to prevent water pollution from tailing etc. for arrangement for surplus water overflow along with details design. Structured stability studies, the embankment seepage loss in to the receiving environment and ground water contamination if any should be described. As the Sandmining does not require any beneficiation process. As such there will not be any tailing dam at the mine. 4.9 Infrastructure: The existing infrastructure facilities available such as roads, aerial ropeways, conveyer belts, railways, power lines, buildings & structures, water treatment plant, transport, water supply source in the area etc. and their future utilization should be evaluated on case-bycase basis. If retained, the measure to be taken for their physical stability and maintenance should be described. If decommission proposed, dismantling and disposal of building structures, transmission line, gas pipeline, water works, transportation infrastructure like roads, rails, tanks, bridges, culverts, etc. electrical equipments and infrastructures like electrical cables, transformers to be describes in connections with restoring land future use. The necessary site services like office, workshop, Stores, and First Aid Room will be developed in outside lease. The electricity will be available. Detail information is given in Part I. 4.10 Disposalof Mining Machinery: The decommissioning of mining machineries and their possible post mining utilization, if any to be described. This is not applicable at present as the machinery has its life span & will be maintained by regular maintenance process & no proposal for disposal. The mining will be done manually as far as possible and by opencast method. It is proposed to use hired tractors for mining operations. After the mining is completed machinery will be taken away by the machinery owners. Hence, the disposal of mining machinery is not considered. 4.11 Safety& Security: Explain the safety measures implemented to prevent access to surface openings, excavations etc. and arrangements proposed during the mine abandonment plan and up to the site being opened for general public should be described. Mining operation will be carried out for full year. If there is fully closure due to Heavy monsoon, then the notice under Rule-24 of MCDR, 1988 will be submitted every year before temporary discontinuance of mining operation during monsoon, and accordingly the working pits will be barricaded to prevent access to the surface working, excavation. Fencing will be provided all along the lease boundary to prevent any encroachment. Gates will be provided at the entrance and post the security guards to restrict unauthorized entries. Gate passed will be introduced to check the entries of vehicles. 4.12 Disaster Management and Risk Assessment: The mining operation in the lease area will be of manual nature. The M. L. area does not fall under any seismic zone. The terrain is plane and gentle sloping. There are no chances of land sliding during the rainy season & thus no collapses. There is no problem of any floods, inundation or other water borne disaster in the area. However emergency plan will be prepared and displayed on the boards, required arrangement will be one and training to handle such situation imported with mock rehearsals. 4.13 Care & Maintenance during Temporary Discontinuance: An emergency plan arising for temporary discontinuance or incomplete programmed due to court order or due to statutory requirements will be drawn up & executed depending upon the situation. Since the proposed mining is not hazardous, the situation for emergency plan is not envisaged. The Statutory and Technical team is capable of meeting any situation if necessary. 4.14 Historical Monuments Etc: There are no historical monuments of structures of any importance in core Zone or in the buffer zone. 5.0 ECONOMIC REPERCUSSIONS OF CLOSURE OF MINE AND MANPOWER RETRENCHMENTS: Manpower retrenchments compensation to be given, socio-economic repercussions and remedial measures consequent to the closure of mines should be described, specifically stating the following: The employment generated during the course of mining period is low as the mining is of small scale in nature. The mining operation is not in continuation as such during the discontinuation period these people will do agriculture, sundry jobs etc at their villages. As such, compensation for retrenchment does not arise. As the mining site is away from local habitants and the scale of mining operation is low hence, no major repercussions on socio-economic is expected. However, the management will pay such compensation as applicable at the time of closure and as mutually agreed terms and condition. Not applicable at present as Mining activity is going to continue for long and large scale. Employees will be appointed as per lessee requirement and norms before Mining operation, takes up on large scale.Manpower retrenchment is not issue and may come up at the end of lease period or exhaustion of pebble and gravel. 5.1 Number of local residents employed in the mine, status of continuation family Occupation and scope of joining occupation back. It is expected that more than 25 local residents will be employed in the mine. They are having agricultural field in the villages. They will continue to cultivate the fields even though they are working in the mines. Thus, fields will be active at any moment of time and they will earn the money for the owner even though mine is closed.The number of local residents employed in the mine is very less and they will continue. Their traditional and family occupation such as agriculture, sundry job etc. After the close of mining operation, the area will be covered with plantation. The hired persons will continue with the company and shift to company’s other location. 5.2 Compensation given or to be given to employee connecting with sustenance of himself and their family members: Few local persons engaged in the mining works will be paid a suitable package of compensation as amicably agreed terms and conditions at the closure of the mining activities. Gratuity and provident fund will be part of their salary structure. Employment of the people will be based on the project life of the mine or retirement age whichever is earlier. 5.3 Satellite occupation connected to the mining industry – number of persons engaged there in continuance of such business after mine closes: There are other mines also running in this area. The workers mostly work in seasonal agricultural and hence satellite occupations connected to be mining industry are not considered, hence, after the mine closes, there will not be any adverse impact. 5.4 Continued engagement of employees in the rehabilitated status of mining lease area and any other remnant activities. The mining operations proposed in the area of a small scale. Most of the workers engaged from local villages are seasonally works their traditional occupation like agriculture. 5.5 Envisaged Repercussions On The Expectation Of The Society Around Due To Closure Of Mine: The mining operations are small in nature. There are no nearby villages, habitant / society depend on this project. The employment potential of the mine is very small; hence, it will have no repercussion. 6.0 TIME SCHEDULING FOR ABANDONMENT: The details of time schedule of all abandonment operations as proposed in para 4 should be described here. The manpower and other resources required for completion of proposed Job should be described. The schedule of such operations should also be supplemented by PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique.) Bar chat etc. This is not applicable at the present as the mining activity will continue for very short period i.e. one year only. The activity is proposed for River Bed Sand Mining. Also sand is replenishable material during monsoon period. Hence no need to abandon the pit. Hence no time schedule is proposed. 7.0 COST ABANDONMENT: The activity is proposed for River Bed Sand Mining. Also sand is replenishable material during monsoon period. Hence no need to abandon the pit. The lessee will also be incurring expenditure on Air, Water, Noise sampling and monitoring the measures to keep the air pollutants, dust, PH and other elements in water and adopt Measures to keep noise levels under the permissible limits. Cost to estimated base on the activities required for implementing the protective and rehabilitation measures including their maintenance and monitoring programs. Abandonment cost essentially includes settlement of dues of staff and laborers, Government dues such as dead-rent/ surface rent, royalty, cess etc. and local taxes of Gram Panchayat, if any. The lessee is having adequate fund to meet these liabilities. The extent of expenditure on this account cannot be quantified at this stage. The lessee is required to give adequate financial assurance at the time of execution of mining lessee, as safety against these expenses. In case the lessee fails to fulfill the liabilities, the concern department can use the amount of Financial Assurance for the purpose. 8.0 FINANCIAL ASSURANCE: The Financial assurance can be submitted in different forms as stated I Rule 23 (F) of mineral conservation and Development (Amendment) Rules 2003. In the Mine Closure Plan, the manner in which financial assurance has been submitted and its particulars have to be indicated. Sr. Head Area put Additional Total Area considered as Net area No on use at requirement (in Ha) fully reclaimed and considered for . the start During the Rehabilitated (in Ha) calculation (in of Plan plan period. Ha) (in Ha) (in Ha) E A B C D F G = (E-F) (C+D) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Area to be 0.000 0.09 0.09 - 0.09 Disturbed 2 Storage For top - - - - - soil 3 Overburden/ - - - - - dump 4 Mineral storage - - - - - 5 Infrastructure 0.000 0.000 0.000 - 0.000 (Workshop Admin. Building etc.) 6 Mine Road in 0.000 0.000 0.000 - 0.000 Mine Lease area 7 Road, Railways - - - - - 8 Green belt 0.000 - 0.000 - 0.000 9 Tailing pond - - - - - 10 Effluent - - - - - treatment 11 Mineral - - - - - separation Plant 12 Township area - - - - - Total 0.000 0.09 0.09 - 0.09 13 Unused area - - - - 0.000 after plan period & Others use Grand total 0.09 Please Note: Plantation and Infrastructure Development will be done outside of the Lease area because M.L. Area is on the River Bed. Plantation will be done on the both banks of River and Infrastructure will be done on free place but out of the M.L. Boundary.

Financial Assurance for 1.0 Ha is Rs. 50,000/ The amount of financial assurance as per the guidelines of Govt. of Maharashtra will be submitted at the district Collectorate office before execution of mine lease. 9.0 PLAN AND SECTIONS: Plans and sections are submitted as per plates attached herewith. 10.0 CERTIFICATE: Certify that the progressive Mine closure Plan of VATHAR River Bed Sand Mine / Sand Ghat of Tahsildar, Collector Office, SATARA over an area of 0.09 Ha. Adjacent Kh. No. 0.09 of Village VATHAR, Tahsil KARAD, District SATARA, State - Maharashtra, India complies with all statutory, regulations, orders etc. and have been taken them into consideration. Wherever any specific permission is required, the lessee will approach the authorities for the purpose. The lessee is giving an undertaking to this effect, that all the measures proposed in the progressive mine closure plan will be implemented in a time bound manner.

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