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CMYK Date of Publication: 26-10-2018 Regd. with RNI R.No. 71519/99; No. of Pages: 36+Cover 4 Date of Posting: 29 / 30 of every month Postal Regd. No. H-HD-GPO/024/2018-2020 Official Publication of Mining Engineers’ Association of India Price `100/- Vol. 20 No. 4 MONTHLY November - 2018 Mining Engineers’ Association of India Flat-608 & 609, Raghava Ratna Towers, A-Block, VI Floor, Chirag Ali Lane, Abids, Hyderabad - 500001 Ph.: 040 - 66339625, 23200510, Email: [email protected] Website: www.meai.org CMYK CMYK Date of Publication: 26-10-2018 Regd. with RNI R.No. 71519/99; No. of Pages: 36+Cover 4 Date of Posting: 29 / 30 of every month Postal Regd. No. H-HD-GPO/024/2018-2020 Official Publication of Mining Engineers’ Association of India Price `100/- Vol. 20 No. 4 MONTHLY November - 2018 Mining Engineers’ Association of India Flat-608 & 609, Raghava Ratna Towers, A-Block, VI Floor, Chirag Ali Lane, Abids, Hyderabad - 500001 Ph.: 040 - 66339625, 23200510, Email: [email protected] Website: www.meai.org CMYK Official Publication of Mining Engineers’ Association of India Vol. 20 No. 4 MONTHLY November - 2018 this issue contains... President’s Message 5 Editor's Desk 7 News from the mining world 8 Geophysical Investigation Through Vertical President Electrical Sounding (VES) for The Investigation Arun Kumar Kothari of Clay Deposit Near Village Chak Dadar, Vice President- I Vice President - II Vice President - III Tehsil Kolayat, District Bikaner (Rajasthan) 15 S.K. Pattnaik K. Madhusudhana S.N. Mathur - Dr. Neeraj Srivastava, Kamal Yadav and Shiv Kumar Lakhara3 Secretary General S. Krishnamurthy Limestone and Dolomite Deposits of Bagalkote District, Karnataka, India 20 Jt.Secretary.cum.Treasurer - Yogesh M Kutre, Pramod T Hanamgond K. Umamaheswar Rao and Suraj S Mense Ex-officio Council Members MEAI News 27 T. Victor, A. Bagchhi, Dr S.K. Sarangi, Dr V.D. Rajagopal, R.P. Gupta Conferences, Seminars, Workshops etc. 38 Council Members (Elected) A.L. Thakor, A.R. Vijay Singh, C.S. Dhaveji, D.A. Hiremath, Deepak Gupta, D.K. Saxena, D.S. Maru, Dr K. Srihari, Kolli Umamaheswara Rao, Maheem Kachhwaha, Mahesh A. Bongale, M.S. Raju, Pankaj Kumar Satija, R.H. Sawkar, Correspondence Address Raghunath Singh, Rajendra Singh Rathore, Prof Sushil Bhandari, S.C. Suthar, S. Kumaraswamy, Vilas Teggi MEAI National Headquarters Contact: Secretary General, Representatives of Life Institutional Members Mining Engineers’ Association of India The India Cements Ltd (LIM No. 16) F-608 & 609, Raghavaratna Towers, ‘A’ Block, VI Floor, The Ramco Cements Ltd (LIM No. 17) Chirag Ali Lane, Abids, Hyderabad - 500 001. Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (LIM No. 18) Ph.: 040-66339625, 23200510 Associated Mining Company Ltd (LIM No. 19) NMDC LTD (LIM No. 20) E-mail : [email protected] website : www.meai.org Council Members (Nominated) T.N. Gunaseelan, A.K. Gupta, A.K. Sinha, S.M. Bothra, Deep Krishna The Views expressed by the authors in these pages are not Council Members (Co-Opted) necessarily those of Publisher / Editor / MEAI. Reproduction Dr N.K. Nanda, Prof B.C. Sarkar, Prof B.B. Dhar, M. James, Akhilesh Joshi, in whole or in part is strictly prohibited without written Shri O.P.Gupta, Shri Ravindra Kumar Sharma permission from the publisher. Mining Engineers’ Journal, Vol. 20, No. 4 3 November 2018 Mining Engineers’ Journal, Vol. 20, No. 4 4 November 2018 President’s Message…… Dear Members, Happy Deepawali & Guru Nanak Jayanti (Prakash Parva) to all. On 21st September, the fifth council meeting for the term 2017-19 and also 3rd EGM were held at Hosapete (Karnataka). My sincere thanks to Bellary-Hospet Chapter for extending excellent hospitality and facilities to hold the meeting. The overwhelming response and constructive contribution from the Council Members resulted in the meetings a splendid success and reassuring me that the period ahead will prove to be a landmark in achieving the objectives of MEAI. The Council took several important decisions, including approval of consolidated accounts of MEAI for the Financial Year 2017-18. To help our fellow citizens who were subjected to unprecedented flood havoc in Kerala and Karnataka, our Association members from across the country dutifully decided to make monetary contribution to the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund of both the Kerala and Karnataka states to help the victims. A team consisting of our members at Hyderabad presented a cheque of Rs. 5,82,660 drawn in favour of the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund, Kerala Government to the Hon'ble Minister for Mines & Geology and Information Technology, Telangana Sri K.T. Rama Rao with a request to send the same to the Kerala Government Distress Relief Fund. Another cheque for Rs. 1,75,200 was presented by a team of our members from Bangalore Chapter to Hon'ble Chief Minister of Karnataka, drawn in favor of Karnataka Chief Ministers Distress Relief Fund, at Bengaluru. The existing legislative provisions to transfer the captive major mineral mining leases, due to various levies to be paid at the time of transfer, are proving to be great deterrents. Our Association has been strongly presenting our views on this matter before NITI Aayog and MoM for the last two years on every platform. In recognition of our effective presentations and perseverance on this matter, the Ministry of Mines, GoI constituted a committee on 19th September to review all the existing levis imposed for transferring mining leases. To address the after effects of total closer of mining activities in Goa by Hon’ble Supreme Court, our Goa Chapter organized a one-day seminar followed by a press conference on “Mining in Goa at cross roads – Way forward”. The event was given a wide publicity by both the print and electronic media compelling Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa to take immediate necessary action to ensure restarting of mining in Goa at the earliest. During the month of October, Bellari-Hospet, Nagpur, Udaipur, Hyderabad, Jaipur and Banglore Chapters organized seminars and workshops on many important topics. Tamilnadu Chapter has also become active and called a meeting of its members to decide on future events. I attended all these events except at Jaipur and Hyderabad. Two Life Institutional Members viz. M/s SCC Ltd and M/s Mangala Associates Pvt. Ltd; 10 Fellow Members, 53 Life Members, 16 Annual Members and 16 Student Members were enrolled by approving their applications in our 5th Council meeting. We are receiving heartening response from our Council members and Life members to enroll as Fellow Members and if this response is any indication of future, we shall double the strength of Fellow Members shortly. Next Council meeting will be an important meeting where the Council will propose names of new Office-bearers and Council Members for the term 2019-21. Your presence in this meeting will greatly assist in proper recommendation of next Council, which would be setting new dimensions to our Association in future. As I always say, a resilient MEAI - technically, financially and well networked- shall go a long way in shaping the future of Indian mineral industry. Let us be generous in our contributions- financial and otherwise- to further consolidate the foundation of our Association, revitalize its Chapters and perform at its best. Jai Hind. Arun Kumar Kothari President Mining Engineers’ Journal, Vol. 20, No. 4 5 November 2018 Mining Engineers’ Association of India Regd. Office : Rungta House, Barbil (Odisha) Presidents & Hony. Secretaries / Secretary Generals LIFE INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS Period President Secretary/ Secretary Generals 1. Aarvee Associates, Architects, Engineers 37. National Aluminium Co. Ltd, (LIM-1) & Consultants Pvt. Ltd. (LIM-049) MINING ENGINEERS’ ASSOCIATION 38. NMDC Ltd. (LIM-20) 1957-64 B.L. Verma Late B.N. Kanwar 2. ACC Ltd (LIM-25) 1964-67 Late N.S. Claire Late R.C. B. Srivastava 39. Obulapuram Mining Co. (P) Ltd. (LIM-54) 3. A.P. Mineral Dev. Corp.Ltd., (LIM-12) 1967-68 L.A. Hill Late S. Chandra 40. Orient Cement (LIM-059) 1968-69 H.L. Chopra M.G. Jhingran 4. Aravali Minerals & 1969-70 Late S.S. Manjrekar V.S. Rao Chemical Industries (P) Ltd. (LM-048) 41. Panduronga - Timblo Industries (LIM-056) 1970-71 Late R.C.B. Srivastava M.G. Jhingran 1971-72 Late R.K. Gandhi B. Roy Chowdhury 5. Associated Mining Co., (LIM-19) 42. Pearl Mineral Ltd., (LIM-39) 1972-73 I.N. Marwaha D.D. Sharan 6. Associated Soapstone 43. Priyadarshini Cement Ltd., (LIM-5) 1973-75 Late R.S. Sastry M.S. Vig Distributing Co. (P) Ltd. (LIM-057) 1975-76 Late G.L. Tandon K.K. Biran 44. Radials International (LIM-29) 7. Belgaum Minerals (LIM-64) MINING ENGINEERS’ ASSOCIATION OF INDIA 45. Rajgarhia Group of Industries (LIM - 050) 1975-76 Late G.L. Tandon K.K. Biran 8. Bharat Alloys & Energy Ltd., (LIM-36) 46. R.K. Marbles Pvt. Ltd., (LIM - 52) 1976-78 D.L. Patni A.K. Basu 9. Capstone Geo Consultants (India) Pvt. Ltd. 1978-80 R.C. Mohanty S.K. De (LIM-66) 47. Rajasthan State Mines & Minerals (LIM-053) 1980-81 M.K. Batra R.C. Dutta 1981-82 D.K. Bose S.B. Mukherjee 10. Dalmia Bharat (Cement) Ltd (LIM-71) 48. Sagar Cements Ltd., (LIM-21) 1982-83 P.R. Merh M.K. Srivastava 11. Designer Rocks (P) Ltd., (LIM-32) 49. Sandvik Asia Limited (LIM-46) 1983-86 V.S. Rao Late L.S. Sinha 1986-88 M.A.Khan D.K. Sen 12. FCI Aravali Gypsum & Minerals India Ltd. 50. Sesa Goa Ltd., (LIM-11) 1988-90 Saligram Singh A. Panigrahi (LIM-61) 1990-93 M. Fasihuddin B. Mishra 51. Shivalik Silica (LIM-72) 1993-95 K.K.