Granite (Building Stone) Quarry Owned by Thomas

Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

CHECK LIST FOR MINING PROJECT SEEKING ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE

SL. ITEM DESCRIPTION NO

1. Category/Sub category & Schedule B/B2 & 1(a)

Form IM Yes, enclosed

Questionnaire for mining projects Yes, enclosed 2. Pre-feasibility report Yes enclosed

Environment Management Plan Yes enclosed

Whether the project site falls within The project area does not fall under 3. ESZ-1 of WGEEP report or ESA of ESZ-1 of WGEEP report and ESA of HLWG HLWG. Hence not applicable

a) Copies of tax receipt & possession certificate enclosed. 4. Proof of ownership of land b) The entire lease area of 1.3307 Ha is private Own Land.

5. Proof of authorized signatory Yes, enclosed

Area survey plan signed by Village 6. Yes, enclosed Officer

7. Location Map Yes, enclosed

Recent Photographs of the 8. Yes, enclosed project site with digital dates

Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

Panoramic view of the site /Google Yes, enclosed image with date 9. GPS readings in WGS 84 datum Yes, enclosed

Distance of the mining area from the About 53.4m from the mine 10. nearest human settlement boundary

Right & Nature of land (as per Private owned land with Rocky 11. records) land.

Is the property forest 12. Private Owned Land land/govt. land/own land 13. Is the mine lease area less than 5Ha Yes

14. Extent of area in hectares 1.3307 Ha

15. Proposed production capacity 37,800 MT

16. Expected Life of the mine (years) 10 years

17. Ultimate depth of mining 820 m MSL

Quantity of topsoil estimated to be 18. 5927 cu. m. removed

19. Method of mining Open cast

20. Underground mining if any proposed No Analysis reports from accredited 21. Yes, enclosed laboratories Accreditation certificate copy of 22 Yes, enclosed laboratory 22. Addressing power management Yes provided

23. Waste management proposals Yes provided

24. Mined area management Yes provided

a) Attested true copy of NABET /RQP 25 Yes provided accreditation certificate

Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

b) Accreditation with serial number of RQP certificate Produced QCI / NABET c) Undertaking responsibility for the Yes provided proposal submitted 1. Constitution of Environment Monitoring Cell 2. Providing systems to minimize dust emissions 3. To provide adequate safety measures for the construction workers during the construction phase Affidavits Yes provided 26. 4. To upload the for: following in the website of the project: a) EC order b) Status of compliance of the stipulated EC conditions c) Results of monitoring data and update the same periodically AND d) Send the copy of the EC to the LSG concerned Proposals for Corporate Social 27. Yes provided responsibility

28. Total cost of the project with details 45 Lakhs

Soft Copy of the Proposal (in PDF 29. Yes, enclosed format)

Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

Thomas. O. D Olikkal House, Vikas Nagar, Details of the Authorised Signatory Kalpetta (P.O), Wayanad District, 30. (Name, Postal Address, Pincode, Kerala – 673 121. Telephone No, Email ) Mail Id: [email protected] Phone:9447080450 Mahesh. S TC 31/580, Navadeepam, Details of RQP / coordinator for 31. S.N Nagar, House No: 24, presentation Pettah Post Office, Trivandrum, Kerala.

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Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

QUESTIONAIRE FOR MINING PROJECTS

SL. PARTICULARS DETAILS NO 1. About the proposal

Thomas. O. D Olikkal House, Vikas Nagar,

Name and Address of the Kalpetta (P.O), Wayanad District, a. Proponent Kerala – 673 121. Mail Id: [email protected] Phone:9447080450

This Mine plan is prepared for the quarry of Granite (Building Stone) mining project, which is situated at Re-Survey No. 234/1, 234/2 & 234/5 of Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk, Wayanad Location and District, Kerala for an area of 1.3307 hectares. b. Specifications The geographical location of the mine with respect to the pillar boundary of the lease area is given below:- Latitude (N) 11°31'35.52"N to 11°31'35.05"N Longitude (E) 76°10'0.43"E to 76°10'3.00"E

Nearest Govt School, Rippon, 2 School km

Social Infrastructure Nearest WIM Hospital, Arrapetta, around the project site Hospital 5km (School, Hospital, Nearest c. Residences, Police Residence Anadikapu - 1km Station, Fire Station, Nearest Muppayinad Police Ambulance etc.) Police Station,12km Station Nearest Wims - 6 km Ambulance d. Distance from the site to As under:-

Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

the nearest i. Water Bodies Karapuzha, 25km Mosque – Ripon ,3km Religious places like Temple – Meppadi, 10km ii. church, temple mosque Church - Ripon ,3km etc.

Sensitive ecosystems like Wildlife Sanctuaries, iii. Reserve Forests, Nil Biosphere Reserves, Human Inhabitation Any electrical installations/ micro iv. Nil Wave station/ Defense establishments etc. Storage/ Safety of a. Outside the lease area explosives Fire and safety Risk control measures as per statutes are b. precautions followed. c. First Aid Available

No. of laborers to be d. employed at a time and 10 persons their safety Access road and width to e. Ripon-Anadikapu Road has a width of about 8m the plot Whether public or Private Owned f. private & Ownership 2. About the Mining Area

Geological – 832381.875 a. Total Reserve Blocked – 453588.75 Mineable - 378793.125

Surface cum Geological b. Ref. Plate No.3 plan and section Map

Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

Development plan & c. Ref. Plate No.4 section Year wise excavation Ref. plate. No.5 d. plan & section

Reclamation plan & e. Ref. plate. No.8 section

500m radius map f. showing the Ref. plate no:7 infrastructure g. Land use pattern As under

S. Land Use Category Pre- Operational Post- No. Operational (Ha.) Operational (Ha.) (Ha.) 1 Top Soil Dump Nil 0.1 - 2 Over burden Nil (Outside) 3 Excavation - 0.4892(0.5ha 0.9311 Reclaimed by (Reclaimed by

plantation) plantation) 4 Road 0.055 0.065 0.065 5 Built Up Area - - - 6 Drainage - - - 7 Green belt - 0.3346 0.3346 8 Undisturbed Area 1.2757 0.4419 - Total 1.3307 1.3307 1.3307

Baseline data of the Incorporated in Environment management Plan h. environmental quality (EMP). parameters Biodiversity of the area Incorporated in EMP. i. specifying endemic and

endangered species. About the Mining 3. Activities Drawings indicating different facilities a. Plate No.3 including Reduced Level (RL)

Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

The proposed mining operations will be carried out by open cast semi-mechanized method. The salient features of proposed mining method are: -  The height and width of the bench will be maintained at 5.0 m.  The mining will be done from top to bottom. Details of method of  The exploitation of mineral is being done up to working with phasing 10m MSL in conceptual phase. b. of activities, height and  Considering the stability of rocks the final width of benches slope or say ultimate pit slope is proposed 45° from vertical.  Haul road will be developed up to point of loading.  Transportation of the mineral from pit-mouth to destination will be by tippers/trucks (10T capacity). Details of drilling, c. Page No.47 blasting explosives Transportation of d. Plate 1 (B) material with route Details of over burden e. (OB) removal and stacking Plan for managing f. storm water

Power: -No power is required for quarry operations. Water: - The total water requirement for the proposed project has been estimated to be around Plan for power supply g. 3 KLD. About 0.5 KLD is required for domestic and water supply consumption, 1.5 KLD is required for dust suppression and 1.5 KLD is required for plantation purposes. The required water will be met from rain water harvesting pit & well.

Plan for labour and safety in the mining Risk control measures as per statutes are h. area followed.

4. About the post mine

Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

plans Plan for green belt and a. Page No.33 fencing Periodic monitoring of b. environmental quality Lab report is attached and management Mine Closure Plan – Demolition of structure, removal of deleterious c. Plate No.6 material and restoration of land for sustainable practices About the Social 5. Obligations Mitigation measures to reduce hazardous a. Page No.50 conditions and hardship to local inhabitants Addressing concerns of local inhabitants like health, water, b. employment, Page No.51 resettlement/ rehabilitation

Compensation for loss

of land, crops and other No Resettlement and Rehabilitation issues c. adverse impacts on

account of mining

Specific measures for Corporate Social d. Page No.52 Responsibility with success indicators

Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

As per WGEEP classification, the project site is Status regarding located not within protected area. The land 6. WGEEP Report assigned for quarry operations is a private owned land.

Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

FORM 1 M

APPLICATION FOR MINING OF MINOR MINERALS UNDER CATEGORY ‘B2’ FOR LESS THAN AND EQUAL TO FIVE HECTARE

BASIC INFORMATION

1 Name of the Mining Quarry Owned by THOMAS.O.D lease site: 2 Location / site (GPS Co- Plot/Re- Survey/Khasra No:- 234/1, ordinates): 234/2 & 234/5 Village:- Muppayinad Tehsil:- Vythiri District:- Wayanad State:- Kerala BP NO LATITUDE (N) LONGITUDE (E) 1 11°31'35.52"N 76°10'0.43"E 2 11°31'36.75"N 76°10'1.23"E 3 11°31'39.52"N 76°10'1.92"E 4 11°31'39.62"N 76°10'2.78"E 5 11°31'38.55"N 76°10'3.38"E 6 11°31'37.99"N 76°10'3.86"E 7 11°31'37.26"N 76°10'4.14"E 8 11°31'36.23"N 76°10'4.79"E 9 11°31'34.37"N 76°10'5.48"E 10 11°31'33.80"N 76°10'4.00"E 11 11°31'35.05"N 76°10'3.00"E

3 Size of the Mining lease 1.3307 hectares (Hectare): 4 Capacity of Mining lease 37,800 TPA (TPA): 5 Period of Mining lease: 10Years 6 Expected cost of the 45 Lakhs Project

Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

7 Contact Information of Mahesh. S RQP : TC 31/580, Navadeepam, S.N Nagar, House No: 24, Pettah Post Office, Trivandrum, Kerala. Mobile No:9446303422 Mail.id:[email protected]

ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY

Sl. Areas Distance in Kilometre / Details No. 1 Distance of project site from Calicut-85 km nearest rail or road bridge over the concerned River, Rivulet, Nallah etc. 2 Distance from infrastructural facilities: :-Arapatta-6km Railway line :- Calicut-85 km National Highway :- NH 212-15km State Highway :- Meppadi-10km Major District Road :- Rippon -3km Any Other Road :- Pichen-Noufal road -1km Electric transmission line pole :- Rippon Mount Resort Line – 500mtrs or tower Canal or check dam or :- Karapuzha-25km reservoirs or lake or ponds In-take for drinking water :- Karapuzha-25km pump house Intake for Irrigation canal :- Karapuzha-25km pumps 3 Areas protected under :- None within 5km radius international conventions, national or local legislation for their ecological, landscape, cultural or other related value

Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

4 Areas which are important or sensitive for ecological reasons - :- Meppadi- 10km Wetlands, watercourses or other water bodies, coastal zone, biospheres, mountains, forests 5 Areas used by protected, :- None within 5km radius important or sensitive species of flora or fauna for breeding, nesting, foraging, resting, over wintering, migration 6 Inland, coastal, marine or Nil underground waters 7 State, National boundaries Choladi -25km

8 Routes or facilities used by the Meppadi- Sujipara – 15km public for access to recreation or other tourist, pilgrim areas 9 Defence installations :-Chuttorvayal-20km 10 Densely populated or built-up area, distance from nearest Sl. Places Dist. human habitation No. From

Project

Site(Km) 1 Anadikapu 1km

2 Rippon 3km

3 Meppadi 10km

11 Areas occupied by sensitive Sl. Places Dist. man-made land uses (hospitals, No. from schools, places of worship, Project community facilities) Site (Km) Tourist & Pilgrim areas

1 Suji para 15km

2 Rippon 3km

Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

3 Meppadi 10km

4 Rippon 3km

Schools & Colleges

1 Nedum karama cms 7km

2 NMSM Govt 20km College,Kalpetta Hospitals

1 Wims,Arrapetta 5km

12 Areas containing important, high quality or scarce resources :-None within 5km radius (ground water resources, surface resources, forestry, agriculture, fisheries, tourism, minerals) 13 Areas already subjected to No notified / Recognized polluted area pollution or environmental within 15km distance. damage. (those where existing legal environmental standards are exceeded) 14 Areas susceptible to natural No, This area is generally not prone to hazard which could cause the any natural disasters. project to present environmental problems (earthquakes, subsidence, landslides, erosion, flooding or extreme or adverse climatic conditions) 15 Is proposed mining site located No over or near fissure / fracture for ground water recharge

Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

16 Whether the proposal involves No approval or clearance under the following Regulations or Acts, namely:- (a) The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980; (b) The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972; (c) The Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 2011. If yes, details of the same and their status to be given. 17 Forest land involved (hectares) Nil

18 Whether there is any litigation No pending against the project and/or land in which the The village affidavit stating the same is enclosed project is propose to be set up? in annexure (a) Name of the Court (b) Case No. (c) Orders or directions of the Court, if any, and its relevance with the proposed project.

(Signature of the Project Proponent) (Signature of RQP)

Thomas. O. D Mahesh. S Olikkal House, Vikas Nagar, TC 31/580, Navadeepam, Kalpetta (P.O), Wayanad District, S.N Nagar, House No: 24, Kerala – 673 121. Pettah Post Office, Trivandrum, Kerala.

Mail Id: [email protected] Mail Id:[email protected] Phone:9447080450 Phone:9447080450