PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT

FOR

M/s. VAHANBHAI VIRABHAI JOGRANA BLACK STONE MINING (AREA – 0.96 HECTARE)

OF APPILCANT MR. VAHANBHAI VIRABHAI JOGRANA (PROPRIETOR)

AT Survey No - 61/1 Paikee, Vill: Juna Jashapar,Tal: Sayla, Dist: Surendranagar,,

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The application has been done for Black Trap for the Environment Clearance of lease area 0.96 hectare by Mr. Vahanbhai Virabhai Jograna is proprietor of the mining of mineral Black Trap.The project is located at Survey No: 61/1 Paikee in Juna Jashapar village Panchayat, Tal: Sayla, Dist: Surendranagar, Gujarat

Some facts about the mining lease :-

I. This is an existing Black Trap mining project.

II. The lease copy of Survey No: 61/1 Paikee is attached as per Annexure-1 of appplication.

III. Blasting shall be involved in this project.

IV. Black Trap mining is done only in lease area as provided by the Geology and mining department.

V. Approximately 8-10 Nos. of workers shall get employment opportunity.

VI. Category of project – B

VII. Sr. No. In the schedule – 1(a)

VIII. The existing Lease area – 0.96 hactare.

IX. The production of Black Trap mineral is 2500 MT/Month.

X. Water consumption is 1 KL/Day. Out of this, 0.5 KL/Day is used for Domestic purpose and 0.5 KL/Day is used for Sprinkling purpose. Source of Water is Bore well located at our stone crushing plant which is nearer to our mining activity.

XI. There is no any industrial water consumption and wastewater generation from the project.

XII. There is no any permanent power requirement for the proposed project. Approximately 30 Lit/Day Diesel is required only for the mining machinery i.e. excavator, compressor which is brought from nearby diesel pump. XIII. No such solid waste or hazardous waste is generated from mining. Only overburden and rejected materials (soil/stone) is generated. It is used for refilling of low lying area or for paving roads.

XIV. There is no any National Park, Forest, Wild Life Sanctuary, Eco Sensitive Area and notified industrial area are presented within 15 km radius of the project. INDEX

SR. NO. DESCRIPTION PAGE NO.

1. Introduction of the Project / Background Information 1

2. Project Description 3

3. Site Analysis 8

4. Planing Brief 10

5. Existing Infrastructure 13

6. Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R & R Plan) 15

7. Project schedule and Cost Estimates 16

8. Analysis of Proposal (Final recommendation) 17

CHAPTER – 1

INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/BACKGROUND INFORMATION

1.1 IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROJECT AND PROJECT PROPONENT

• This is an existing project of Black stone mining.

• The project name is M/s. Vahanbhai Virabhai jograna which is located at Survey No: 61/1 paikee, Vill: Juna Jashapar, Tal: Sayla, Dist:Surendranagar, Gujarat.

• Category of project – B

• Sr. No. In the schedule – 1(a)

• The existing Lease area – 0.96 hactare

• The applicant Mr. Vahanbhai Virabhai Jograna is proprietor of this stone mining lease.

• The Lease application. copy of Survey No: 61/1 paikee Pikee is attached as per Annexure – 1 of application.

1.2 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF NATURE OF PROJECT .

• Black Stone mining is a practice to extract Black Stone , mainly through blasting in Black Stone area in an open pit mining. Black Stone is a raw material for the kapchee, greet like construction material. In the construction buisness Black Stone plays an important role.

• Black Stone is mineral present as stone benches. The height and thickness of bench is vary with place to place. The average thickness of the overburden is around 1.30 to 3.00 meters. The Over Burden or waste will be stacked separately temporarily for ultimate dispose off by means of backfilling and also for covering the mine area. Black Stone is excavated mechanically with blasting. The over burden/ waste is backfilled in worked out areas. The average annual production of Black Stone @ 1000 MT/Month.

1 1.3 NEED FOR THE PROJECT AND IMPORTANCE TO THE COUNTRY

• The Mining project falls in the area of the , Guajrat. As industrial growth and infrastructure growth is going on day by day in Gujarat, there is huge requirement of concrete or kapchee that plays a very crucial role in any developing countries. These Black Stone should be transfered to stone crushing plant for making different size of kapchee.

1.4 DEMAND AND SUPPLY GAP

• As infrastructure growth is on peak in Gujarat, there is a huge demand of Black Stone as a raw material (To be used by stone crusher company). There is a marginal gap between demand and supply.

1.5 EXPORT POSSIBILITY

• Black trap extract from the mining is transferred to the stone crushing unit.

1.6 DOMESTIC/EXPORT MARKET

• Black Stone extract from the mining is transported to the nearby stone crushing unit. No export is proposed.

1.7 EMPLOYEMENT GENERATION (DIRECT & INDIRECT) DUE TO THE PROJECT.

• About 5 staff members including labors directly and approximately 5 persons will be engaged indirectly in this proposed Black Stone mining project. Thus total 10 person will get employment including directly or indirectly. Considering 5 people in a family, total 10x 5 = 50 person will be benefited and shall depend on the mining activities of this mining lease area.

2 CHAPTER – 2

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

2.1 TYPE OF PROJECT (INCLUDING INTERLINKED AND INTERDEPENDENT PROJECTS, IF ANY)

• This is an existing Mining project for production of mineral Black stone from the lease, having an area of 0.96 hectare.

2.2 LOCATION (MAP SHOWING GENERAL LOCATION, SPECIFIC LOCATION AND PROJECT BOUNDARY & PROJECT SITE LAYOUT) WITH COORDINATES.

• The entire project area is 0.96 hectare. The area break up in the following table:

Lease area Agricultural Grazing land Forest land Total (Ha) land (Ha) (Ha) (Ha) (Ha) 0.96 Nil Nil Nil 0.96

• The Project is located at Survey No: 61/1 paikee, Vill: Thoriyali, Tal: Sayla, Dist: Surendranagar, Gujarat.

• Key plan of the project is attached as per Annexure –2 .

• Layout plan and short view is attached as per Annexure – 3 & 4.

2.3 DETAILS OF ALTERNATE SITES CONSIDERED AND THE BASIS OF SELECTING THE PROPOSED SITE, PARTICULARLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION GONE INTO SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED.

• Since it is an existing Black Stone mining and hence site specific, no alternative site considered.

• The existing mining is in the lease area only for excavation of mineral Black Stone and overburden/soil layer.

2.4 SIZE AND MAGNITUDE OF OPERATION

3 • This is an existing Black Stone Stone quarry project in a lease area of 1.0 hectare which has capacity to produce Black Trap annualy @ 1000 MT/Month by opencast mining.

2.5 PROJECT DESCRIPTION WITH PROCESS DETAILS (A SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM/FLOW CHART SHOWING THE PROJECT LAYOUT, COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT ETC. SHOULD BE GIVEN)

• At present the manual opencast mining will be carried out. There is no overburden in the area. Mining in general will be carried out by manual open cast method by forming benches up to 2.0 to 3.0 m height. The sides of the benches have slopes at a safe angle not more than 45 degree from horizontal. Excavated Run Of Mine (ROM) will be subjected to manual sizing into fraction of +25 mm to – 100 mm. The yield of sized black trap will be around 85%, undersize limestone will be around 10% and remaining 5% as mining losses. Mining losses are on account of dust generation during drilling / blasting, wash off from the area etc. This sized black trap will be loaded into trucks manually and dispatched to the stone crushing plant. Remaining 10% of undersize material will be stacked on the worked out pit floor. Drilling and blasting will be also carried out by using air compressor and drill machine / jack hammer drill. Manufacturing process detail is attached as per Annexure – 5 of application.

• Quarry limits of all workings are planned with a 7.5 mtrs statutory barriers against the lease boundary or roads existing in the lease hold. All haulage roads, the alignment of which keeps on changing depending upon the working in the pit, joins the existing surface roads of the lease hold. Four Wheeled Trolley attached to tractor will be generally used for movement of mineral. The mineral transported out of the lease hold will be with the help of tippers and trucks.

• All pit working will be securely fenced as per the standards prescribed by DGMS. Approach roads to pit faces shall be maintained as required.

• Mining will be carried out for black trap only. In the available thickness of 5 m of deposit, two benches are proposed to be developed. Width of bench is proposed to at 3 - 4 m.

BLASTING 4 • The Black Stone being medium hard category requires some drilling and blasting for excavation. To maintain a bench height of 3 meters, drilling by 65 /100 mm dia drill machine, is recommended. However in future effort will be made to improve upon it. Blasting frequency is recommended as twice in every six days (i.e. twice a week). Benches shall be kept sloped at an angle of 15 ° from the vertical (i.e. 75° from the horizontal). Same angle of slope shall be maintained for drill /blast holes also. With 3 m high benches, sloped at an angle of 15° to vertical, the bench slope height shall be 3.1 m and with sub-grade drilling of 0.2 m. The depth of shot holes to be drilled shall be 3.3 m.

BLASTING PATTERN

• For every hole, one delay detonator would be used. Blasting would be done by using short delay action detonators to reduce ground vibration. Holes would be connected in a row “in series” and the rows “in parallel”, i.e. “Series–Parallel” connection would be made at the time of blasting. Double row blasting would be preferred to single row so as to cut down on the number of blasts required for maintaining production.

• Various types of explosives such as slurry, emulsion etc. will be used for blasting. Delay detonators or Nonel detonating fuse will be used since multi row system of firing will be carried out so as to reduce the ground vibration, noise, fly rock etc. due to blasting. Sequential blasting techniques using sequential blasting machine shall be used to reduce explosive charge per delay to a minimum to reduce ground vibration. The details about storage and transport of explosive are given below:-

STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES

• The total storage of explosive material is as per the licence of Petroleum & Explosive Safety Organization (PESO). The storage of explosive material is as per the guidelines of PESO.

PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES

• Adequate precautionary measures will be taken as given below:

(a) Adequate siren system will be in operation.

(b) Legible warning sign in the language understood by the local people.

(c) Enough security guards, especially posted on roads etc. 5 (d) Before blasting the upper surface of the bench shall be cleaned off any stones lying above.

(e) The trunk line of the detonating cord shall be covered with sand to reduce air over pressure, as it is major source of air blast noise.

(f) Controlled blasting shall be practiced and only between 12 Noon and 2 pm.

(g) All safety measures as prescribed under MMR 1961 and circulars issued by DGMS.

(h) An effective record of instruction to guards given for working and clearance shall be maintained.

FREQUENCY OF BLASTING

• The blasting activity is proposed to be carried out during day time The frequency of blasting will be based on requirement of ROM/ Sized Black Stone .

2.6 REGIONAL GEOLOGY

• Juna Jashapar Village and Sayla Taluka falls in Surendranagar district of Gujarat State. Neaby small towns are Sayla, Juna Jashapar, Sugdamda, etc.

2.7 RAW MATERIAL REQUIRED ALONG ESTIMATED QUANTITY, LIKELY SOURCE, AND MARKETING AREA OF FINAL PRODUCTS MODE OF TRANSPORT OF RAW MATERIAL AND FINISHED PRODUCT.

• This is an existing project for mining of Black Stone and mining are being done by blasting. So only Explosive Material are used as Raw Material for blasting Purpose. No another major Raw Material is required. • We have obtained the permission from Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization (PESO) for blasting material. • Final product is marketed in Sinor, Rajpipla, Kevadia, Vadodara, etc. • The Final Product is Black Stone which are transported directly by road through Tractor or Truck to the Stone Crushing Unit Located in the nearby Area.

2.8 RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION/RECYCLING AND REUSE ENVISAGED IN THE PROJECT, IF ANY, SHOULD BE BRIEFLY OUTLINED .

6 • No optimization/recycling and reuse envisaged in the project.

2.9 AVAILABILITY OF WATER ITS SOURCE, ENERGY/POWER REQUIREMENT AND SOURCE SHOULD BE GIVEN.

• Water consumption is 01 KL/Day. Out of this, 0.5 KL/Day is used for Domestic purpose and 0.5 KL/Day is used for Sprinkling purpose. Source of Water is borewell. • Diesel is used for running mine machinery, Excavator and Compressor. Total Diesel consumption is 30 Lit/Day. Diesel is brought from nearby diesel pumps. No another power is required for the project.

2.10 QUANTITY OF WASTE TO BE GENERATED (LIQUID AND SOLID) AND SCHEME FOR THEIR MANAGEMENT/DISPOSAL.

• There is no such waste or hazardous waste is generated from mining. Only overburden and rejected materials (soil/stone) are generated. It is used for refilling of low lying area or for paving roads.

7 CHAPTER – 3

SITE ANALYSIS

• The existing project site is well connected with all the infrastructure i.e. telephone, fax, road, railway, airport, etc.

• The nearest railway station is Vagadia @ 23 km in NW direction from Project site.

• The nearest airport is Rajkot which is @ 74.08 km in SW direction from project site.

• The nearest town is Sayla which is @ 6.00 km in NE direction from project site.

• Also the school, collages, hospital, etc are available within the 10 km radius from the existing site.

3.1 LAND FORM, LAND USE AND LAND OWNERSHIP.

• The entire lease area is 0.96 Ha.

• The total lease area are used for the Black Stone mining.

• Mr. Jograna Vahanbhai Virabhai is a Proprietor of this proposed mining area.

• This is a government land.

3.2 TOPOGRAPHY (ALONG WITH MAP)

• The mine lease area at present exhibits almost plain topography which will marginally change during running of mine and on its abandonment at the end of the proposed mining, due to digging of shallow pits upto 3.0 m depth.

• Key plan is attached as per Annexure – 2 .

8 3.4 EXISTING LAND USE PATTERN (AGRICULTURE, NON-AGRICULTURE, FOREST, WATER BODIES (INCLUDING AREA UNDER CRZ), SHORTEST DISTANCES FROM THE PERIPHERY OF THE PROJECT TO THE PERIPHERY OF THE FORESTS, NATIONAL PARK, WILD LIFE SANCTUARY, ECO SENSITIVE AREAS, WATER BODIES (DISTANCE FROM THE HFL OF THE RIVER), CRZ IN CASE OF NOTIFIED INDUSTRIAL AREA, A COPY OF THE GAZETTE NOTIFICATION SHOULD BE GIVEN.

• The existing land is government land.

• There is no any National Park, Forest, Wild Life Sanctuary, Eco Sensitive Area and notified industrial area are presented within 15 km radius of the project.

9 CHAPTER – 4

PLANNING BRIEF

4.1 PLANNING CONCEPT (TYPE OF INDUSTRIES, FACILITIES, TRANSPORTATION ETC) TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING/DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY CLASSIFICATION.

• It is a mine project hence mining of Black Stone is carried out. The production of Black Stone is around 4000 MT/Month. Transportation of Black Stone are done to the Stone Crushing Unit through road by covered Tractors and/or covered trucks.

• Other facilities such as power, transportation and communication, social infrastructure facilities are locally available near project site.

4.2 POPULATION PROJECTION

• The project is small in magnitude. No influx of population is expected as labor shall be hired from nearby area and/or local villages.

• About 5 staff members including labors directly and approximately 5 persons will be engaged indirectly in this mining project.

Heads Census 2001 Census 2011 Total population of 514404 590297 Surendranagar Dist Total Male Population 263986 301086

Total Female population 250418 289211 Percentage of decadal growth 14.75 Total Literacy in % 50.44 62.73 Total Area (Sq Km) 2817

4.3 LAND USE PLANNING (BREAKUP ALONG WITH GREEN BELT ETC.)

• The Black Stone mining is covered 0.96 hectare area.

10 SR. ITEMS EXISTING GREEN BELT NO. Total Mining 1. 0.96 hectare area Green belt are Mining are done as per developed along Depth of 2. guidance of Geology and periphery of lease area. mining Mining Department

4.4 ASSESSMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEMAND (PHYSICAL & SOCIAL)

4.4.1 PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

• The road facility is already available which are being used and maintained. The labour requirement are drawn from the nearest villages, which are also be trained as per requirement. Other requisite infrastructure as transport of mine labours is available by way of jeep; two-wheeler. Medical facility is available for fist aid at project site. Govt. Dispensary is available nearest to ML area in villages.

4.4.2 SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

• About 5 staff members including labors directly and approximately 5 persons will be engaged indirectly in this mining project. Primary infrastructure like road, water, phone, schools are available in nearby area.

4.5 AMENITIES/FACILITIES

• The mine working is not proposed to be fully mechanized, hence there will be no need for separate workshop. However Tractor or pump will continue to be serviced. It is proposed that few spanners & wrenches at kept at the mine office to attend an emergency.

• Rest shelter along with first –aid station complying with all the provisions of Mines Rules will be constructed in the lease area itself.

• A portable blasting shelter will be provided.

• Water is required for drinking purpose as well as for domestic, sprinkling and plantation. Source of water will be Borewell.

11 • The mine is proposed to be worked in one shift (general shift) only. So no electric power connection is required at mine for lighting.

• Employee will report to the duty on own means. The material from the mine will be transported by trucks / tippers.

• Fire extinguishers shall be provided in accordance with legal requirements.

• Appropriate security arrangement shall be made.

• First aid box with all necessary materials will kept all time in the office building for minor injury.

12 CHAPTER – 5

EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE

5.1 INDUSTRIAL AREA (PROCESSING AREA)

• An office-cum-store will be constructed at mine area for primary necessities.

5.2 RESIDENT AREA (NON PROCESSING AREA)

• No residential area is required. Workers are available in nearby area.

5.3 GREEN BELT

• To improve the environment of the area there has been about 100 trees are planted along periphery of the mine.

5.4 SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

• This project has providing employment oppertunity for about 12 people directcly and indirectly, employment shall be generated for providing about 6 persons which are shopkeepers, mechanic, drivers, transporters etc. The project is responsible for social benifits like water, health care measures, educational benifits, promotion of culture & religious activities.

5.5 CONNECTIVITY (TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION ROAD / RAIL / METRO / WATER WAYS ETC)

• The existing project site is well connected with all the infrastructure i.e. telephone, fax, road, railway, airport, etc.

• The nearest railway station is Vagadia @ 23 km in NW direction from Project site.

• The nearest airport is Rajkot which is @ 74.08 km in SW direction from project site.

• The nearest town is Sayla which is @ 6.00 km in NE direction from project site.

• Also the school, collages, hospital, etc are available within the 10 km radius from the existing site. 13 5.6 DRINKING WATER MANAGEMENT (SOURCE & SUPPLY OF WATER)

• Water consumption is 1 KL/Day. Out of this, 0.5 KL/Day is used for Domestic purpose and 0.5 KL/Day is used for Sprinkling purpose. Source of Water is Bore well located at our stone crushing plant which is nearer to our mining activity.

5.7 SEWAGE SYSTEM

• 0.3 KL/Day sewage shall be generated from the domestic purpose only which is disposed through soak pit/septic tank system.

5.8 INDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

• No Industrial waste will be generated from the existing as well as proposed activity.

• The mining activity will not be generating any waste water. The Used Oil generated from operation & maintenance of mining machinery shall be reused as a lubricants in machinery.

5.9 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

• The deposit of the lease area is horizontally bedded and totally outcropping. There is neither any overlying waste stratum nor any overburden. Hence, no overburden or mine reject generation is anticipated during the mining operations. After sizing, sized material will be transported to the Stone Crushing Plant. However, if some top soil is encountered in pot holes, solution channels during mining, then it will be recovered carefully and used for plantation purpose.

5.10 POWER REQUIREMENT

• Power is required only for running the machines, involved in it. Diesel is used as fuel and purchased from the local suppliers. No another power is required for this project. Mining activities are done in day time only.

14 CHAPTER – 6

REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT(R&R PLAN)

• No R&R plan is required as no displacement of people is proposed for the mining project.

15 CHAPTER – 7

PROJECT SCHEDULE AND COST ESTIMATES

7.1 LIKELY DATE OF START OF CONSTRUCTION AND LIKELY DATE OF COMPLETION (TIME SCHEDULE FOR THE PROJECT TO BEGIVEN)

• This is an existing Black Stone mining project. There is no such construction activity is required for this project except a small office.

16 CHAPTER – 8

ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATION)

8.1 FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL BENEFITS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE BENEFIT TO THE LOCAL PEOPLE INCLUDING TRIBAL POPULATION, IF ANY, IN THE AREA

• The project is expected to provide employment to local people in different activities such as Mining, sizing, transportation and plantation activities. The project activity will not have any major impact on the environment. At Post mining stage of proposed project, the existing waste land shall be converted to water harvesting bodies and green belts. • The company provides the helping hand in the development of the nearby villages by following ways: a. Development of facilities within the villages like roads etc. b. Supply of drinking water in the period of scarcity to the nearby villages. c. Up gradation of primary school in nearby villages. In the interest of mineral development infrastructure boom and improving the social conditions of the local habitants, this proposed project should be allowed after considering all the environmental aspects.

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