Of the Mining Operations. the Total Excavation (Mineral, Waste, Top Soil) to Be Excavated Needs to Bring out Clearly in Production and Development Plan
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of the Mining operations. The total excavation (mineral, waste, top soil) to be excavated needs to bring out clearly in Production and Development plan. The mineable reserve, blocked reserves needs to be mentioned along with life of mine. PP should add an annexures showing the year wise production and development plan till the end of life of mine. The location of mineral stacking, dumping sites, plantation and other infrastructures needs to bring out clearly. The PP needs to bring out the waste to be generated during the entire life of mine and where it will be dumped / backfilled. Reply The Approved Modified Mining Plan prepared as per the restrictions advised by the Expert Appraisal Committee of MOEF&CC & Forest Department, Land use pattern at Conceptual stage, mine closure, Dump site, Plantation & Infrastructure along with Annexures showing the year wise production and Development plan till the end of life of mine are documented. We have incorporated all the modifications in the Modified Mining Plan duly considering the comments of EAC & Forest department. The Deputy Director, Mines and Geology, Kurnool district has approved the aforementioned Modified Mining plan vide letter No. 4557/MMP-KNL/2019 dated 21/12/2019 and a copy of the approved Modified Mining plan is attached as Annexure – 2 for your kind reference. c) PP needs to provide the water table in BGL. In addition to this PP needs to provide the details from where water will be sourced for this project. Reply The proposed ML area is trending EW sloping due west and east. Rain water constitutes the drainage system of the area. Normal course of drainage is a sheet wash over lower reaches and flows through the first order streams located on South east and south west of the proposed ML Area. Groundwater is observed to be ranging in depth from 25 - 30 m bgl as in the lower reaches of plateau i.e. 450 m MSL reference level. The data is obtained from the publication of Deputy Director of Groundwater Department, Kurnool District, September ’2019 over web portal and a copy of the Ground water scenario in Kurnool district (based on Piezometers data September, 2019) is attached as Annexure – 3 for your kind reference. Water required for the mining operations will be sourced from private water tankers suppliers during first year of mine operation and from 2nd year of mining operations, the water will be sourced from working pit and also from the proposed water spread area as depicted on Environmental Management Plan (Plate 8). 2 d) The Committee observed that in the EIA Report the recurring expenditure for plantation is only for 10 years but the life of mine is more than 10 years. Further, as the active mining area is now reduced the area under plantation will increase. Thus, PP needs to submit the revised plantation plan based on the life of mine and provide the details of species to be planted, density of plantation, time line for plantation and year wise capital and recurring budget for the same. Reply The Total Mining area is 73.113 Ha. As per the advice of the Hon’ble Expert Appraisal Committee, the Greenbelt is proposed to be developed over an area of 24.893 Ha. Total area proposed for plantation is 24.893 Ha. Total Plantation area: 24.893 Ha. Density of plantation: 2,500 No.s / Ha. Total number of plants to be planted: 24.893 * 2,500 : 62,234 No.s 3 The following Table shows the break-up of total plantation area till the conceptual period. Other Plantations (Safety Afforestation / Green Belt Zone, Along the Road, Year 7.5 m Buffer zone approach road over the dump area) Area (Ha) Number of Area (Ha) Number of Plants Plants Plan Period 3.410 8,525 2.033 5,083 First Scheme 1.194 2,985 2.000 5,000 Period Second Scheme 0.973 2,433 2.000 5,000 Period Third Scheme Period (20.0 Years 0.720 1,800 2.935 7338 end of ML after grant) End of life of Mine NIL NIL 9.628 24,070 at 32.0 Years Total 6.297 15,743 18.596 46,491 Capital Expenditure for plantation: S. No. Item Cost per Annum 1 Farm implements and gardening tools, tiller Rs. 2,50,000 /- 2 Water tanker Rs.12,00,000/- 3 Tree guard (5000 Nos. x Rs.150) Rs. 7,50,000/- 4 Office and rest area for plantation cell Rs. 3,00,000/- Total Rs.16,06,000/- Recurring Expenditure for plantation: S. No. Item Cost per Annum 1 Salaries per annum Rs.8,16,000/- (Agronomist-1 No. Supervisor -1 No. & Workers -4 Nos.) 2 Charges for saplings (2500 X Rs. 50) Rs.1,00,000/- 3 Charges for Water purchase per annum Rs.5,40,000/- 4 Charges for manure per annum Rs.1,50,000/- 4 Total Rs.16,06,000/- Total recurring expenditure for plantation per annum Rs. 16,06,000/- The following is the year wise break-up of plantation, expenditure, recurring expenditure Year Extent of Density of Number Recurring expenditure Plantation to plantation of plants (Rs.) be taken up Per Ha. to be (in Ha.) planted 1st 1.088 2500 2720 3,26,400 2nd 1.088 2500 2720 3,26,400 3rd 1.088 2500 2720 3,26,400 4th 1.088 2500 2720 3,26,400 5th 1.088 2500 2720 3,26,400 6th 0.638 2500 1595 2,10,540 7th 0.638 2500 1595 2,10,540 8th 0.638 2500 1595 2,10,540 9th 0.638 2500 1595 2,10,540 10th 0.638 2500 1595 2,10,540 11th 0.594 2500 1485 2,15,325 12th 0.594 2500 1485 2,15,325 13th 0.594 2500 1485 2,15,325 14th 0.594 2500 1485 2,15,325 15th 0.594 2500 1485 2,15,325 16th 0.731 2500 1827 2,92,320 17th 0.731 2500 1827 2,92,320 18th 0.731 2500 1827 2,92,320 19th 0.731 2500 1827 2,92,320 20th 0.731 2500 1827 2,92,320 (After 20 Years 5 end of ML Grant. 21st 0.802 2500 2005 3,52,880 22nd 0.802 2500 2005 3,52,880 23rd 0.802 2500 2005 3,52,880 24th 0.802 2500 2005 3,52,880 25th 0.802 2500 2005 3,52,880 26th 0.802 2500 2005 3,86,965 27th 0.802 2500 2005 3,86,965 28th 0.802 2500 2005 3,86,965 29th 0.802 2500 2005 3,86,965 30th 0.802 2500 2005 3,86,965 31st 0.802 2500 2005 3,86,965 32rd 0.802 2500 2005 3,86,965 TOTAL 96,96,080 Species to be planted: S.No Species Name Common Name 1. Terminalia arjuna Arjun 2. Alstonia scholaris Chitvan 3. Azadarichta indica Neem 4. Albizzia lebbeck Siris 5. Dalbergia sissoo Sisham 6. Cassia fistula Amaltas 7. Pongamia pinnata Karanj 8. Eucalyptus teriticornis Safeda 9. Holoptella integrifolia Kanju 10. Annona squamosa Sharifa 11. Conocarpus lancifolius After commencement of mining operation the plantation will be carried out in consultation with Divisional Forest officer, Kurnool District. 6 GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH ANNEXURE - 3 GROUND WATER & WATER AUDIT DEPARTMENT GROUNDWATER LEVEL SCENARIO IN KURNOOL DISTRICT (BASED ON PIEZOMETRS DATA) SEPTEMBER-2019 H.M.RAGHURAM KURNOOL DEPUTY DIRECTOR SEPTEMBER -2019 GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH GROUND WATER AND WATER AUDIT DEPARTMENT REPORT ON GROUND WATER LEVEL SCENARIO IN KURNOOL DISTRICT BASED ON WATER LEVELS RECORDED FROM PIEZOMETERS DURING SEPTEMBER-2019 I. INTRODUCTION: The Ground Water and Water Audit Department, Kurnool District is monitoring the changes in ground water regime continuously through a network of piezometer wells fitted with Automatic water level recorders in different hydro geological and geomorphic units. The water levels are recorded every hourly and the fluctuations in ground water levels are noticed seasonally and annually and are analyzed in relation to rainfall. The water level data collected in the Month of SEPTEMBER-2019 and earlier periods are analyzed for studying the seasonal and annual fluctuations in water levels in relation to rainfall and the salient features are furnished here under. II. RAINFALL Rainfall is the principal source of input for groundwater recharge. The behavior of groundwater table is essentially governed by rainfall, its quantity, intensity and frequency. During the water year 2019-20, Kurnool District received 468.20 mm average rainfall against the normal rainfall of 457.70 mm indicating 2.3 % defiicit against the normal rainfall. Division wise average rainfall during 2019-20 water year (SEPTEMBER-2019) (Statement III) Actual Rainfall during water Normal Rainfall during water Percentage Sl. Division / year 2019-20 (up to year 2019-20 deviation No. District SEPTEMBER-2019) (SEPTEMBER-2019) from normal 1 Adoni division 337.86 390.88 -12.0% 2 Kurnool division 470.37 460.40 2.0% 3 Nandyal division 594.22 513.18 14.0% Kurnool district 467.60 455.10 2.74% RAINFALL DEVIATION IN THE MANDALS UPTO SEPTEMBER-2019 (Statement III) Sl. No. of Deviation Mandals No Mandals 1 Excess Mahanandi(73), Gospadu(72), Allagadda(57), Sirivella(43), Orvakal(39), (20 % & Dhone(38), Pagidyala(29), Rudravaram(27), Velugodu(22), Atmakur(22) & 11 above) Pamulapadu(21) 2 Normal Alur(18), Banaganapalli(16), Miduthuru(15), Panyam(14), Maddikera(14), (+19 % to Dornipadu(14), Nandyala(13), Owk(11), Kothapalli(10), Chippagiri(10), - 19%) Nandikotkuru(9), Uyyalawada(1), Peapully(1), Devanakonda(1), Bethamcherla(1), Halaharvi(-2), Koilakuntla(-4), Veldurthy(-5), Kurnool(-7), Yemmiganur(-9), C.Belegal(-9), Adoni(-9), Chagalamarri(-12), 31 Srisailam(-13), Sanjamala(-13), Gonegandla(-14), Pathikonda(-15), Kosigi(-17), Gudur(-17), Bandiatmakur(-18) & Krishnagir(-19) 3 Deficit Holagunda(-20), Kowthalam(-21), Peddakadabur(-23), Kolimigundla(-24), (- 19% to Tuggali(-26), Kalluru(-27), Gadivemula(-27), Nandavaram(-31), 12 –59%) Mantralayam(-32), J.Bungalow(-32), Aspari(-36) & Kodumur(-41) 4 Scanty ( above - 59 %) III.