Sri M. Srinivasa Rao Pre-Feasibility Report Endroye Village, Amaravathi Mandal, District, A. P.

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1 Introduction Gravel quarry of Sri M. Srinivasa Rao covering an extent of 1.76 Ac. is located at Sy. No. 95/2A of Endroye Village, Amaravathi Mandal, , .The quarry lease area has been granted for 5 years.

The salient features of the project are given Table 1.1.

Table 1.1 :Salient features of the project Gravel Quarry of Project Name Sri M. Srinivasa Rao Mining Lease Area 1.76 Ac. Sy. No. 95/2A of Endroye Village, Location of mine Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. Minerals of mine Gravel Quarry Proposed production of 8,204 Cu. m./annum of Gravel mine Method of mining Open cast Semi Mechanized method. Drilling/Blasting Drilling & Blasting is required in production of boulders. No of working days 300 days Water demand Nil Sources of water Quarry lease area is surrounded by water bodies Man power Total:25 Solid Waste Nil Nearest railway station Siripuram Railway Station – 14.36 km (SW) Nearest airport Gannavaram Airport – 43km (ENE) Project Cost Rs. 15Lakhs

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Sri M. Srinivasa Rao Pre-Feasibility Report Endroye Village, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District, A. P.

2.0 INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/BACKGROUND INFORMATION

2.1 Identification of Project and Project Proponent The proposed project area is found to have good deposits of Gravel. It is used in infrastructure development.

2.2 Brief Information about the Project The mining lease area of 1.76 Ac.is located in Non-forest, Government land. Open cast mining is followed and it has been proposed to produce approximately 8,204 Cu. m./annum of Gravel. The nearest habitation is Lemalle Village located at a distance of 1.0Km due South of Quarry Lease.

2.3 Need for the Project and Its Importance to the Country or Region The demand for Gravel has increased due to rapid industrialization and growth in infrastructure. So the number of Gravel producing quarries is increasing in . Due to bifurcation of State, there is a huge demand for Gravel.

As per EIA notification 2006 project proponent is submitting the proposal to get Environment Clearance for QL area of 1.76 Ac.from District Level Environmental Appraisal Committee/District level Impact Assessment Authority of Guntur constituted by MOEF, GOI for the purpose of operating the quarry lease for which Notification is issued.

2.4 Demands-Supply Gap There is huge demand since the material is used extensively in building construction infrastructure development. This project will help in reducing the Demand-Supply gap in the area.

2.5 Domestic/ Export Markets The material is used in the domestic market and in there is no scope for exporting the material.

2.6 Employment Generation Proposed mining is semi-mechanized method and this project operation will provide livelihood to the25 workers. It will provide employment to the people residing in vicinity.

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Sri M. Srinivasa Rao Pre-Feasibility Report Endroye Village, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District, A. P.

3.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION

3.1 Type of Project Including Interlinked and Interdependent Projects, If Any

The proposed Gravel Quarry is of 1.76 Ac. No interlinked projects were associated with this project.

3.2 Location The Quarry lease area is located at Sy. No. 95/2A of Endroye Village, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.The mining lease area falls in Survey of India topo sheet No.65D/6.

The latitude & longitudes of the Quarry lease area are: S. No. Latitude Longitude 1 16°30'15.1" N 80°23'32.3" E 2 16°30'14.7" N 80°23'35.5" E 3 16°30'11.8" N 80°23'35.0" E 4 16°30'12.3" N 80°23'33.0" E

Location of the mining lease in Guntur District is shown in Figure – 1.Google Image of Mine lease area is enclosed as Figure-2.10 km radius map around the quarry lease area is shown in Figure -3.

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Sri M. Srinivasa Rao Pre-Feasibility Report Endroye Village, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District, A. P.

FIGURE – 1 LOCATION MAP

QUARRY LEASE AREA

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Sri M. Srinivasa Rao Pre-Feasibility Report Endroye Village, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District, A. P.

FIGURE – 2 GOOGLE IMAGE OF QUARRY LEASE AREA

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Sri M. Srinivasa Rao Pre-Feasibility Report Endroye Village, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District, A. P.

FIGURE – 3: 10 KM RADIUS MAP

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Sri M. Srinivasa Rao Pre-Feasibility Report Endroye Village, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District, A. P.

3.3 Details of Alternate Sites No alternate site was considered as the project is mineral specific and site specific.

3.4 Size or magnitude of operation The proposed mine has lease over an area of 1.76 Ac.,andthe production rate is 8,204 Cu. m./annum of Gravel.The lessee follows open cast semi mechanized mining.

Production parameters The Mineral production target for five years is given in Table 3.1.

Table 3.1 :Year wise Production Programme Year Area Thickness Volume (M3) I Year 1172.00 7 8204 II Year 1111.00 6.5 7221.5 III Year 1050.00 6 6300 IV Year 978.00 6 5868 V Year 877.00 5.5 4823.5 Total 5188 32417 Yearly Average 1037.6 6483.4

3.5 Geology and Reserves

3.5.1 Regional Geological setup The area is underlain by various geological formations of different age groups ranging from Archaean to Recent. The Archaean basement comprising the granite-gneisses, Schists, Khondalites, Charnockites and basic dykes of dolerites form the predominant rock types in the central part. The fringe of the Archaeans in the central part is represented by Cuddapah basin, namely Nallamalai group of Upper Cuddapahs. In a sequential order, the younger Kurnools occurring in the Cuddapahs and those in the western parts of the district are thrust over by the Cuddapahs and these in turn by the Archaean granite-gneisses. The Upper Gondwana group of sandstone and shales out crop are seen at places between Guntur and Tenali. The youngest rock types of the district appear to be of Mio- Pliocene age followed by the Alluvial deposits of Recent to Sub-Recent age.

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Sri M. Srinivasa Rao Pre-Feasibility Report Endroye Village, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District, A. P.

3.5.2 Local Geology Geologically the area may formed due to prolonged weathering of Khondalites. These rocks finally gives rise to Gravel. The Gravel is visually thick in red color and it is useful for filling / Earth works purpose only. The Eastern Ghats Super group comprising Khondalite and Charnockite Groups is exposed in the central part of the upland area. The Khondalite Group of rocks are seen as prominent hill ranges (strike ridges) south of Vijayawada, extending towards north and northeast. They consist of quartz, k-feldspar, clay, garnet sillimanite, graphite, with or without corundum. In the northeastern part, a number of calc granulite and quartzite bands are present, within khondalite.

The rock Khondalite available in the applied area is moderate dense rock exposed as out crop. Mineral Gravel occurs as a bed at the foot of the hill, the thickness of the bed becomes thin towards the upper portion of the hill. The occurrence of the Gravel seems to be derived from the weathering of the insitu formations, due to the stream action and local drainage the deposition of the gravel is high at the foot of the hill. Below gravel road metal is available. The rock is medium to coarse grained texture composed of greasy quartz, hypersthene, orthoclase and plagioclase with or without garnet.

The rock is massive, with widely spaced vertical to sub vertical joints trending in NE-SW direction. It is observed that sheet joints are absent.

3.5.3 Exploration Benches of each 7,6.5,6, and 5.5m height will be excavated. The presence of Gravel is proved surrounding gravel quarries up to 6 m depth below ground level as proved resources.

Core bore hole drilling is not required.

3.5.4 Reserves

Two cross section (A-A’ B-B’) is drawn perpendicular to the slope direction for profile purpose. The reserves are estimated in cross sectional method of estimation as given below.

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Sri M. Srinivasa Rao Pre-Feasibility Report Endroye Village, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District, A. P.

Summary of Geological Reserves A. Total Proved Geological Reserves (m3) : 54240

B. Reserves Blocked under benches (m3) : 2402

C. Reserves Blocked under 7.5m Buffer Zone (m3) : 11374

Mineable Reserves (A-(B+C)) (m3) : 40464

Yearly Production : 7000

Life of the Mine : 40464/7000 =5.7years Say 5 years

100% recovery of the Gravel is considered from the quarry.

3.6 PROJECT DESCRIPTION WITH PROCESS DETAILS

3.6.1 Method of Mining

The Gravel in the Quarry lease applied area is exposed on the surface. Hence, it is proposed to mine the Gravel by open cast, using semi-mechanized method by developing the benches of 7,6.5,6,5.5 respectively M height 1.5M bench width with shallow drilling and blasting. The development of benches will be maintained @ 40 - 60° safety slopes.

Drilling Not applicable

It is proposed to produce 32417 Cum. of Gravel during Five years plan period with an average annual production of 6483.4 Cu. m. from an area of 5188M2 Benchs of 7M in 1st year and 6.5M in IInd and IIIrd 6 M in IVthyear and 5.5 inVthyear height will be developed during the plan period.

The applicant proposes to take up quarrying operations in entire quarry lease applied area. The excavation activity will be started in Eastern part of the quarry lease applied area and then continue to move towards Western side.

a) Removal / Excavation of O.B. and other Quarry Waste: No Waste is generated in Gravel quarry.

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Sri M. Srinivasa Rao Pre-Feasibility Report Endroye Village, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District, A. P.

3.7 Raw Material Required Along With Estimated Quantity, Likely Source, Marketing Area of Final Product/S, Mode of Transport of Raw Material and Finished Product No raw material will be required in the proposed project. The operation involves the extraction of Gravel and dumping in stock yard.

3.7.1 Use of Mineral The Gravel is used for formation of roads, leveling areas for civil construction works etc. No mineral rejects are anticipated.

3.7.2 Processing The Gravel excavated will be used for land filling, construction and road formation.

3.8 Resource Optimization/ Recycling and Reuse Not envisaged.

3.9.1 Availability of Water Its Source, Energy/ Power Requirement and Source 3.9.1 Water Requirement Water is required only for drinking purposes, green belt and dust suppression. The number of working people is around 25, so the total water requirement will be around 2.5KLD. This water will be supplied through tankers from near by area.

Table 3.3: Water Requirement Water Requirement S. No. Description (KLD) 1. Domestic 0.7 2. Dust suppression 1.3 3. Greenbelt 0.5 Total 2.5

3.10 QUANTITY OF WASTES TO BE GENERATED (LIQUID AND SOLID) AND SCHEME FOR THEIR MANAGEMENT/ DISPOSAL

3.10.1 Solid Waste Generation& its Disposal No Solid waste will be generated from Gravel Mine 10

Sri M. Srinivasa Rao Pre-Feasibility Report Endroye Village, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District, A. P.

3.10.2 Liquid Effluent No liquid effluent will be generated at the mine site. The domestic wastewater generated will be sent to septic tanks followed by soak pits.

4.0 SITE ANALYSIS

4.1 Connectivity 4.1.1 Nearest Railway Station Siripuram Railway Station – 14.4km due from the Quarry lease area.

4.1.2 Nearest Port Facility Krishnapatnam port is 251 kmfrom the quarry lease area.

4.2 LANDFORM, LANDUSE AND LAND OWNERSHIP The mining lease is located in Non-Forest, Government land. It is a fresh mine.

4.3 Topography The Quarry lease applied area is undulating land. The middle of the lease area has a maximum RL48 observed in North side corner boundary pillar no 3 and minimum RL of 45m observed at SE side corner point C corners of QL area. Surface relief in QL area is 3m. Quarry Lease applied area is a fresh mine and a trial is opened at NW corner to know the depth of gravel. General Ground level observed as 45m RL and ABM is fixed as 45 m RL at Boundary Pillar No.A.

5.0 PLANNING BRIEF 5.1 Planning Concept It is proposed to produce 8,204 Cu. m./annum of Gravel from the Quarry lease.

5.2 Population projection The project will employ mostly workers from nearby villages. There will not be any increase in population due to the project.

5.3 Land use planning The project is located in1.76 Ac.of Non-Forest, Government land. There will be change in landuse as the Gravel will be excavated. After the exhaustion of materials, the pit will be left as sloping terrain.

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Sri M. Srinivasa Rao Pre-Feasibility Report Endroye Village, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District, A. P.

5.4 Assessment of Infrastructure Demand (Physical & Social) On the basis of the preliminary site visit, the infrastructure demand in the villages was assessed on the basis of need and priority. The assessment will be made in the socio economic survey & will be submitted at the time of final presentation regarding EC.

5.5 Amenities/Facilities Mines Office, Rest shelter, first aid stationand drinking water facilities will be constructed.

6.0 PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE

6.1 Industrial Area (Processing Area) No infrastructure is proposed.

6.2 Residential Area (Non Processing Area) As the local persons will be given employment, no residential area/housing is proposed within the mining lease area.

6.3 Green Belt Green belt will be developed along the along the approach road to the mine lease area.

6.4 Water Management About 1.3 KLD will be required for dust suppression, 0.5 KLD for greenbelt purpose, and about 0.7 KLD for domestic therefore total water requirement is 2.5 KLD.This water will be supplied through tankers from nearby villages.

6.5 Sewerage System The domestic wastewater generated will be sent to septic tanks followed by soak pits.

6.6 Industrial Waste Management Not applicable.

6.7 Solid Waste management There is no waste of either topsoil or mineral rejects to be stacked separately.

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Sri M. Srinivasa Rao Pre-Feasibility Report Endroye Village, Amaravathi Mandal, Guntur District, A. P.

Hence, management does not arise.

7.0 REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R&R) PLAN There will be no displacement of houses. Hence rehabilitation and resettlement is not envisaged.

8.0 ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS)

8.1 Financial and Social Benefits with Special Emphasis on the Benefit tothe Local People Including Tribal Population, If Any, In the Area. This project will help in providing employment to local people and help them to earn livelihood. It also increases state revenue in by paying royalty and taxes.

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