Brief Summary of RG OC-I Expansion Phase-II Project

SCCL is operating Opencast–I (RG OC-I) Expansion Phase-II Coal Mine Project located near Nagepalli Village, Kamanpur Mandal in Karimnagar of State, for which MoEF&CC, GoI accorded Environmental Clearance vide letter Lr.No. J -11015/534/2007-IA-II (M), dated 31.07 2008. for the peak production capacity of 3.30 MTPA in the ML area of 923.88 Ha.

Now, SCCL is proposes to increase the production capacity from 3.30 MTPA to 5.30 MTPA from Ramagundam Opencast-I Expansion Phase- II itself within the same mining lease area of 923.88 Ha. for extracting the balance coal reserves of 36.86 MT by removing 221.56 M.Cum of OB over an estimated life of 9 years, under the name of Ramagundam Opencast-I Expansion Phase-II (RG OC- I Expansion Phase - II Project).

1. Name of the Project RG OC-I Expansion Phase-II Project 2. Name of the Organization Singareni Collieries Company Limited 3. Name of the Coalfield Godavari Valley Coalfield A. Manohar Rao 4. Name of the Proponent Director (Planning & Projects ) M. Vasanth Kumar, 5. Name of the applicant General Manager (Environment) M. Vasanth Kumar, Address for correspondence Name General Manager (Environment) Designation (owner/partner/CEO) The Singareni Collieries Company Address Limited 6. Pin Code Collieries- 507101 E-mail [email protected] Telephone No. 08744-243059 Fax No. 08744-244115 7. Location Village/Town Nagepalli. Mandal Kamanpur. District Karimnagar State Telangana 8. New / Expansion / Modernization Capacity expansion 9 Present Production Capacity 3.30 MTPA 10 Proposed Production Capacity 5.30 MTPA 11 Present ML area 923.88 Ha. 12 Proposed ML Area 923.88 Ha (No increase in ML area) 13 Involvement of Forest Land 15.64 Ha. (Already diverted to SCCL) 14 Earlier EC Letter Number J-11015/534/2007-IA.II (M), dt 31.07.08 15 Date of earlier Public Hearing 12.02.2008 16 Category of the project i.e. "A” or "B” "A” 17 Geological Reserves (Mt) 68.229 18 Extractable Reserves (Mt) 62.21 Reserves expected to be extracted 19 22.35 (Mt) up to 31.03.2014 Reserves locked in safe zone from 20 3.00 GDK-10 Incline water dams(MT) 21 Balance extractable reserves (Mt) 36.86 22 Total Overburden (M.cum) 353.93 23 Over Burden expected to be 132.37 removed(M.cum)upto on 1.4.2014 24 Balance OB to be removed (M.cum) 221.56 25 Average Stripping Ratio (Cu.m/T) 5.98 26 Borehole density (No/Sq.km) 21.25 27 Quarry Area in Ha 360.53 28 Technology Drag line and Shovel dumper combination 29 Maximum depth of the quarry (m) 240 30 Life of the project in years 9 31 R&R involved Nil 32 Life of the project in years 9 33 R&R involved Nil 7952 Lakhs(as per approved FR by the 34 Capital Cost Board vide minute no: 480.18 dt: 12.10.2007)