PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR

SAHAPUR EAST UNDERGROUND COAL MINE PROJECT PROPOSED CAPACITY – 0.70 MTPA

1. INTRODUCTION

Sahapur East Underground Coal Mine Project is a part of Sohagpur Coalfield. Sohagpur coalfield is the main coal bearing area of South Rewa. It is located in the northern belt of Son- basin. It is a part of the large sediments filled Gondwana trough, in the drainage basin of the Son. The coalfield extends over a total area of about 3,000 sq km. It is about 100 km. long in the east - west direction and has a maximum width of 50 km. The coal belt stretches from near Ghunghuti in the west up to Hasia nala in the east.

The coal bearing area of Sohagpur coal field is bounded by latitudes 23°05’ – 23°30’ and longitudes 81°30’ – 82°12’. This area falls mainly in of , while a small area is included in Umaria and Surguja Districts.

Shahpur East Coal Block area falls under administrative control of Shahdol district, in Madhya Pradesh state. It lies in the north western part of Sohagpur coalfield, about 12 km. South- West of Shahdol town, the district headquarters. The block is located at a distance of 75 km. from Umaria town

Block area is 659 Ha as the per the vesting order dated 3rd March 2021. The high-quality coal (G8 grade) produced through eco-friendly fully mechanized underground mining method will be used. Continuous miner with shuttle car combination has been envisaged for extraction of coal.

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2. STATUS OF SAHAPUR EAST UNDERGROUND COAL MINE PROJECT

• Coal Mine not yet started.

• STATUS OF ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCE

EC Proposal was reconsidered on 7th EAC meeting 12-13/12/2013 & 14th EAC meeting 27- 28/3/2014 for granting EC subject to stage-I Forest clearance.

Before granting the final Environmental Clearance, the Sahapur East coal block was de- allocated by Hon’ble Supreme Court of vide their Judgement dated 25.08.2014 and as per Ministry of Coal promulgated The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2014 notification the said coal block was cancelled.

• STATUS OF FOREST CLEARANCE

Forest clearance Pending.

• BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF NATURE OF THE PROJECT:

Ministry of Coal, Government of India vide their vesting order no NA-104/12/2020-NA, dated 3rd March 2021 has allotted the Sahapur East Coal Mine in favour of Chowgule & Company Private Limited as a successful bidder under section 6 of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions), Act 2015. The Sahapur East Coal Mine covers an area of 659 ha in the villages of Sohagpur and Pali tehsil of District Shahdol & Umaria respectively, Madhya Pradesh state for extraction of coal by underground method. The peak rated capacity of the mine will be 0.70 MTPA. Anticipated life of coal mine would be 34 years. Coal from the proposed coal block shall be used for sale of Coal commercially. The mine lease has total forest area of 9.199 ha (Revenue Forest). As per EIA notification dated 14th September 2006, as amended on date, the project falls under Activity 1 (a) and category ‘A’ project.

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3. NEED / JUSTIFICATION FOR THE PROJECT

Coal is the most important and abundant fossil fuel in India. It accounts for 55% of the country's energy needs. The country's industrial heritage was built upon indigenous coal. Commercial primary energy consumption in India has grown by about 700% in the last four decades. Driven by the rising population, expanding economy and a quest for improved quality of life, energy usage in India is expected to rise. Considering the limited reserve potentiality of petroleum & natural gas, eco-conservation restriction on hydel project and geo-political perception of nuclear power, coal will continue to occupy centre-stage of India's energy scenario.

The Indian Coal industries are facing shortage of Coal against the domestic demand. The Coal production in the country had not been keeping pace with the increasing demand of the power sector due to various reasons, major one being delay in development of coal mines in the country.

The proposed Sahapur East Coal Mine Project will help to bridge the gap of demand and supply of power grade coal to the surrounding power plants of the region. The mine will also bring enhanced socio-economic benefits to the local population of the project area by way of direct and indirect employment, improvement in infrastructure and growth of ancillary facilities

4. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT:

• To supply coal to the surrounding end use plants of the region.

• To create conditions for growth of other ancillary industries in the region.

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5. LOCATION AND COMMUNICATION

• LOCATION

Sahapur East Geological Block is virgin coal block in Sohagpur Coalfield. Geographically the block is located in part of Pali Tehsil of and Sohagpur Tehsil of Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh.

Sahapur East Block is covered by Survey of India Topo Sheet No. 64 E/7 & E/8 and is bound by:

Latitude: 23° 14' 21" N to 23° 15' 37" N, Longitude: 81° 18' 48" E to 81° 20' 28" E

Senduri, Chunia, Kathotia are the villages falling within the block.

• COMMUNICATION

S.No Item Description

1. Nearest Town Shahdol located at 12 Km.

2. Nearest Road Chunia-Shahdol metal road passes through the block.

3. National highways National highway No. 78 passes through Shahdol at 12 Km.

4. Connection to the State Capital 500 km by State highway No. 9 and National highway No. 45.

6. Nearest Railhead Shahdol located at 12 Km. south-east of the block on Anuppur- Chirimiri & Bilaspur - Katni broad gauge line of South- Eastern Railways. 7. Nearest Airport Jabalpur located at 250 Km.

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6. TOPOGRAPHY, DRAINAGE AND CLIMATE

• The landform in Sohagpur Coalfield is controlled by the lithological set up of the different formations. The Talchirs have formed low-lying plains with average altitude of 450 m to 500 m above MSL. The area to the north rises to an elevation of over 1000m with successive escarpments. The Barakar strata with their undulatory to low dips have given rise to a feature of less rolling topography. However, the Barakar sandstones stand out prominently against the surrounding plains, wherever they are capped by basic sills-dyke. To the east of Singara, one such prominent ridge is noted. The dolerite, a common feature of this coalfield, forms a rugged to hilly topography. In contrast to the featureless topography of the areas where Lower Gondwana strata occurs, the Upper Gondwana rocks form prominent ridges. They constitute the prominent plateau to the north. This plateau joins with the Sonhat plateau in the east.

• The with a north-westerly flow is the main drainage channel of Sohagpur coalfield. Several streams originate in the high trappean region in the south and join the Son. These north flowing streams include Nargara, Sarpa, Bagiha, Bakan, Suthna, Tipon etc. The Kewai river originating in the Supra Barakar plateau of the Sonhat coalfield, forms the main drainage in the eastern part of the coalfield. The eastern most part of the coalfield is also drained by the Jhiria and Kulharia nalas, which ultimately discharge into the Hasdo river, which flows close by.

• In Shahpur East Block, the maximum elevation is around 490 m. observed in the south- west part and minimum elevation is 470 m as observed in north-east corner of the block.

• The Shahpur East Block is marked by dendritic pattern of drainage system formed by north-ward flowing nala namely Ghinachunia, This is the only drainage system available within the block. A number of small ponds are found within the block.

• The area experiences three seasons during the year. The summer is from March to June when the day temperature varies from 25°C to 46°C and at night, it is between 18°C to 24°C. Mid-June to September is the rainy season and from October, the winter sets in

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and continues up to February. During winter season, the maximum day temperature varies from 26°C to 31°C while the minimum night temperature shows variation from 7°C to 15°C.

• The average rainfall in the area varies from 1000 mm to 1700 mm annually. • A very small part in Shahpur East Block, is covered by private eucalyptus plantation. The rest of area covered by cultivated land where paddy is the main annual crop of the area.

7. GEOLOGY

• Sohagpur Coalfield constitutes the middle segment of the Rewa Gondwana basin and reportedly has a regional east-west elongation in conformity with the alignment of the basin belt. The beds, as reported, have a general WNW-ESE to East-west trend and dip at very low angles (1° to 4°) towards NNE or North. Considerable variations in the direction and amount of dip have been reported near fault planes. Local rolls of the strata are also common.

• GSI (Geological Survey of India) carried out “Regional Exploration” in Shahdol, Kelmania- Mithauri Patasi, Diapipar areas between 1994 and 1999 in the western part of Sohagpur coalfield for high rank coal. National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC) was allotted two coal blocks viz Sahapur East and Sahapur West in 2007 from Ministry of Coal (vide Orde Number “13016-08-2007-CA-1 dated 25-7-07”). Subsequently, NMDC entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Mining Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) to start exploration in these blocks in 2008. Accordingly, MECL carried out exploration in Sahapur East block and the programme was concluded in 2009. A “Geological Report” for Sahapur East block was prepared by MECL in 2009. CCPL, after it won the block in auction 2020, conducted a drone survey in Sahapur East block to validate the surface topography in April 2021. Summary of Exploration details are given below:

Regional Assessment of Large- GSI December 1979 scale mapping Regional exploration GSI 1994-1999 Detailed exploration MECL 2009 programme Drone Survey by CCPL CCPL 2021

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• The Shahpur East Block falls in the northwestern part of Sohagpur coalfield. The area explored is mostly covered by sandy soil and a few scanty exposures of Barren Measure sandstones are marked along the Ghinachunia Nallah. Two dolerite dyke outcrops are interpreted in the southern part of the block.

• The geological succession established in the block from the exploration data is given below:

Age Formation Lithology

Recent Soil Soil & Alluvium

Mid. Permian Barren Measures Pink, buff, red sandstone, red shale etc. Lower Permian Barakar Coarse to medium grained sand-stone subordinate shales and coal seams Lower Permian to Up. Talchir Greenish sandstone & Carboniferous siltstones with pebbles of Granite. ------U n c o n f o r m i t y ------Pre-Cambrian Metamorphics Porphyritic

• Since the area around Shahpur East Block is entirely covered by Barren Measures, the structure is interpreted from the exploration data and floor contour plan and geological cross-sections, modelled utilising the exploration data; this for major seams i.e., IV, L2, IIIA, IIIB, II & L1. The block is free from major faults. However, occurrence of minor faults of lesser magnitude (throw <5m.) cannot be ruled out, as observed near BH MSSE-4 & MSSE-55 (seam IV floor contour) and near MSSE-47 (seam L2 floor contour). At places, due to rolling of dip, the gradient fluctuates.

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• Sequence of Coal Seams and Intervening Parting

Sequence of Seam Range of Seam Thickness (m) No. of full Dominant / Parting Minimum Maximum intersection thickness s (m) 0.0 2.8 IV 3 5 59 1.00 – 2.00 (MSSE-46) (MSSE-15) 33. 57 Parting 95 - (MSSE-27) (MSSE-39) 0.0 2.2 L2 2 8 58 0.50 – 2.20 (MSSE-18) (SSH-14) 5.4 26. Parting 2 53 - (SSH-14) (MSSE-15) 0.3 5.4 III A 9 61 0.50 – 2.00 (MSSE-30) (MSSE-13) 0.3 3.6 Parting 4 - (MSSE-53) (SSH-8) 0.4 4.7 III B 2 6 28 0.50 – 1.20 (MSSE-10) (MSSE-31) 0.7 4.1 Parting 7 7 - - (MSSE-37) (MSSE-53) 0.5 1.0 III L 5 10 0.05 – 1.00 (MSSE-11) (MSSE-14) 14. 22. Parting 07 12 - - (MSSE-15) (SSH-8) 0.1 4.5 II 5 5 62 2.50 – 4.50 (MSSE-25) (MSSE-31) 16. 45. Parting 3 1 - - (SSH-13) (MSSE-39)

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0.0 0.6 I 5 21 0.40–0.50 (MSSE-5) (MSSE-29) 16. 38. Parting 88 7 - - (MSSE-19) (MSSE-5) 0.0 0.9 L1 5 48 <0.50-0.90 (MSSE-3) (SSH-25)

• Seam wise coal Resource with indicated GCV and quality values Net Proved Volatil Fixed GCV

Insitu e Moistur Carbo (kcal/k Seam Name reserve Ash (%) Matte e (%) n (%) (Mt) r (%) g)

IV 10.864 19.50 50.10 24.00 6.30 5,650

L2 8.781 26.00 46.40 21.50 5.90 5,390

IIIA 11.316 32.50 39.90 22.60 6.20 4,900

IIIB 5.619 32.20 39.30 22.50 5.20 4,790

IIIL 0.356 29.39 40.98 24.18 5.46 5330

II 24.988 25.60 46.40 22.20 5.70 5,280

L1 1.439 28.20 39.53 21.69 5.71 5130

Sub-Total Net Measured 63.363 26.30 45.40 22.50 5.90 5,260 Resource

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8. MINE BOUNDARIES

Sahapur East Block has an area of 693 Ha. Five villages Khamaria Kalam, Kholhar, Senduri, Chunia, Kathotia of Shahdol district and one village Khamaria khurd of Umaria district are falling within the block boundary.

The boundaries of the coal block are as follows:

North: Shahpur Block & West of Shahdol Block East: Bicharpur Block South: Promotional exploration is in progress by CMPDIL / GSI in the South West: Shahpur West Block

9. MINING TECHNOLOGY

• The lay and deposition of seams is mostly suitable for underground mining. The vertical stripping ratio of the coal deposit is high given that the workable seams are thin and not in cropping at the surface. Moreover, as the block is completely coal bearing and is surrounded by coal bearing area on all sides it would not be possible to dump the waste in an area adjacent to the coal block. Hence opencast mining is not a viable method of mining and the coal seam can be exploited only by underground mining methods • Out of 8 corelatable Coal seams only 5 seams are viable for working through underground mining (IV, L2, IIIA, IIIB & II) due to various reasons like quality of Coal, patch deposits, thickness of Coal seams and high OB:Coal ratio. These seams will be approached by driving inclines in stone. • Out of total 63.363 MT of net proved reserve; 9.75 MT of reserve are not developed to consider for economic exploitation. So only 53.606 MT of net proved reserve are considered for underground exploitation (thickness more than 0.90m for superior grade Coal and more than 1.20m for inferior grade Coal) • The mining plan is prepared for thickness range of more than 1.20m as most of the Coal is good grade Coal. Considering more than 1.20m, total net proved reserve is 51.490 MT and total mineable reserve is 39.052. • Total extractable reserve is 22.187 MT. • For Shahpur coal block where the seams considered for exploitation of coal has variability of thickness and the surface features may need to be protected, board and pillar mining method is most suitable. Given that the seam gradient is almost flat, underground mining with continuous miner and shuttle car combination for mechanized method and LHDs with solid blasting method in semi-mechanized method of mining is a suitable option. 10. MINE CLOSING OPERATION

Sahapur East underground mine will be closed after exhaustion of coal reserve. The total extractable coal is 22.187 Mt. The life assessed is 34 years including construction period.

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11. TARGETED OUTPUT, LIFE, RESERVE, PRODUCTION AND DUMPING SCHEDULE

• The proposed project has been planned for a production capacity of 0.70 MTPA.

• The project will sustain a mine life for a period of 34 years of mining operations.

• Coal is to be mined at the rate 0.70 MTPA out of the available extractable coal reserves of 22.187 MT.

• Calendar programme of production:

Year Coal in MTPA Year Coal in MTPA 1 0.045 18 0.700 2 0.491 19 0.700 3 0.700 20 0.700 4 0.696 21 0.700 5 0.700 22 0.700 6 0.700 23 0.694 7 0.700 24 0.700 8 0.700 25 0.700 9 0.700 26 0.700 10 0.700 27 0.700 11 0.700 28 0.700 12 0.700 29 0.700 13 0.700 30 0.700 14 0.700 31 0.700 15 0.700 32 0.700 16 0.700 33 0.679 17 0.700

• The mining at Sahapur East Coal mine is proposed through underground operation. So, there will be meager quantity of waste rock involved. No generation of middlings will be there as the beneficiation of Coal is not proposed.

• The waste will be generated during development of inclines and shaft sinking in the initial stage of operation and the produced waste will be used for development of

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terrain near mine entries, workshop, offices, roads etc. The rest of waste produced will be stacked in selected space within the mine boundary. This surface dump has been proposed on the northern side of the mine entry. The area of waste disposal site is 0.5 Ha and the height will be kept below 5m.

12. LAND REQUIREMENT

• Land Details of Lease hold area (Summary of Land – Sahapur East Coal Mine) as per approved mining plan

Umaria Total Shahdol (Ha) (Ha) (Ha) SL No Type of Land Khamhari Kathoti Kholha Chuni Senduri Khamhari a Kala a d a a Khurd 1 Jhudpi Jungle 1.009 2.62 1.399 0.521 3.65 0 9.199 A Total 1.009 2.62 1.399 0.521 3.65 0 9.199 Revenue Forest Land

Habitation 1 1.375 18.059 0 27.108 6.88 5.281 58.703 2 Private Agg. 34.391 106.757 56.404 201.63 113.4 44.213 556.79 Land B Total Private 35.766 124.816 56.404 228.74 120.28 49.494 615.5 Land 1 Grazing Land 1.309 0 0 0.781 0 7.439 9.529 Cremation 2 1.72 0 0 0.295 0 0 2.015 Ground 3 Road 0.061 1.765 0.096 3.721 0.379 2.98 9.002 Ponds 4 0.809 1.091 2.931 7.07 3.501 0.204 15.606 River/ Nala 5 2.972 3.22 0.028 2.192 0.154 3.372 11.938 School 6 0 0 0 0.445 0 0.405 0.85

7 Panchyat 0 0 0 0.458 0 0 0.458 Bhavan Khal Khaddar 8 0.101 0 0 0 0 0 0.101

9 Temple 0 0 0 0.06 0 0 0.06

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Other Govt. 10 0.754 0.2 0 2.031 15.76 18.745 land C Total Govt. 7.726 6.276 3.055 15.022 6.065 30.16 68.304 Land A+B+C - Total 44.501 133.712 60.858 244.28 129.99 79.654 693 Land

• Proposed land use with environment management within mining lease area up to end of mining operation as per approved mining plan:

Sl. No. Description Facilitie Plantati Road Total Area s (Ha) on (Ha) (Ha) (Ha) Main Facility Area 1 Surface Dump 0.5 0.0 0.00 0.50 0 0 2 Topsoil Dump 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0 0 3 Coal Stack Yard 1.0 0.0 0.00 1.00 0 0 4 Water Reservoir 0.4 0.0 0.00 0.40 (Settling Pond) 0 0 Facilities including road, 4.7 2.7 0.35 7.852 5 office, Workshop, store, 4 6 CHP, mouth of inclines, VTC, canteen, diesel bunk Sub Total (I) 6.6 2.7 0.35 9.752 4 6 1 Road connecting to 0.0 0.7 2.17 2.900 outside transport and 0 3 communication 2 Magazine with 10m 0.1 0.3 0.35 0.848 wide road and 6 4 plantation 3 Ventilation with 12m 0.2 0.0 0.14 0.420 wide approach road 5 3 with green belt 4 Ghinachuhia Nala 2.2 0.0 0.00 2.20 Diversion 0 0 Sub Total (II) 2.6 1.1 2.66 6.368

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1 0 Total Disturbed Land 9.2 3.8 3.01 16.12 5 6 1 Undisturbed Land 676.88 Total 693.00

• Mining land use after mine closure: Wate Plantati Public Undisturbe Total Area Void r Sl. No. Description on (Ha) use d body (Ha) Main Facility Area 1 Surface Dump 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 2 Topsoil Dump 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3 Coal Stack Yard 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 4 Settling Pond 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.00 0.00 0.40 5 Facilities 4.852 0.30 0.00 2.70 0.00 7.852 Sub Total (I) 6.352 0.30 0.40 2.70 0.00 9.752 Road connecting to 1 outside transport and 0.73 0.00 0.00 2.17 0.00 2.90 communication Magazine with 10m 2 wide road and 0.848 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.848 plantation Ventilation with 12m 3 wide approach road 0.420 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.420 with green belt Ghinachunia Nala 4 0.00 0.00 2.20 0.00 0.00 2.20 Diversion Sub Total (II) 8.35 0.30 2.60 4.87 0.00 16.12 1 Undisturbed Land 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 676.88 676.88 Total 8.35 0.30 2.60 4.87 676.88 693

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13. WATER DEMAND AND SUPPLY ARRANGEMENT

Industrial water required for washing, sprinkling on mine roads for dust suppression and for watering the mine site plantation will be supplied by pumping installation at mine sump and surface reservoir. The drinking water will be supplied from bore well.

Total requirement of water for mining and allied services are estimated as 394 KL/day. The requirement of potable water will be 250 KL/day for the allied services i.e. canteen, rest shelters, offices colony etc.

14. PUMPING AND DRAINAGE

The lease area forms a part of Son river catchment and is drained by Murna & Basar streams which flow northerly draining the storm water from the lease area and from the upper catchment of these streams. Besides the lease hold is studded with several ponds.

The underground make of water will be collected in the sumps. Suspended particles will get settled and clean water will be pumped to the surface reservoir from where it will be used for indusial needs of the mine and surplus water, if any, will be discharged into Ghinachunia Nala flowing in the west after treating in a limited manner, if required to meet the discharge standards.

15. MINED OUT LAND & PROPOSED FINAL LAND USE

The land-use due to underground mining is disturbed mainly due to construction of the surface facilities, e.g., shaft complexes, incline complexes, coal handling plants, coal washeries, roads, railway sidings, etc. and also due to damage to the land due to subsidence. Land degradation will be limited only due to surface facilities only.

Subsidence prediction study has been carried out for this project and therefore there will be no safety and fire hazards for the neighboring community after the mine closure. Using the predicted subsidence movement, the impacts on the surface properties and the surface drainage system will be determined. Also, possibilities of the development of the cracks and their likely width will be predicted.

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The post mining land use of the core zone has been proposed that all the disturbed areas will be reclaimed before abandoning the mine.

Compensatory afforestation is not required as no forest area will be acquired.

Capping of the shaft and incline or any other opening of the mine will be effectively sealed so that illegal mining from these openings and safety hazards due to fire and water, are prevented in the abandoned mine.

16. MANPOWER

Total manpower requirement is envisaged at 725.

Mine production & maintenance supervision, 53 safety, survey, welfare & Medical Underground manpower for mechanized panel 54 Underground manpower for semi-mechanized 176 panel Common manpower for both services 132 Production services 159 Total 580 25% absenteeism 145 Grand Total 725

17. POWER SUPPLY

The 5MW power at 33KV will be drawn from nearest sub station to the local sub station from where the power will be supplied to the mine and other functional buildings. An emergency arrangement for power supply will be made by providing a set of 1X1000 KVA and 1X2500 KVA DG sets which will take care of ventilation and pumping.

18. COAL HANDLING & DESPATCH ARRANGEMENT

The Coal produced in underground will be handled with a system of belt conveyors up to surface bunkers. There will be four bunkers with a 100T capacity each at surface for discharge of Coal from

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underground conveyors.

The surface transport of Coal will be done by Coal tippers from bunkers/pit head stockpile to stock yards at railway sidings or other nearby destinations.

(a) Basic Parameters

(i) Target output of the mine : 0.70 MTPA

(ii) Life of the mine (excluding : 33 years construction period)

(iii) Mine operation (production) : 3 shifts/day

(iv) CHP operation : 3 shifts/day

(v) Quality of coal : G8 grade Coal

(vi) Product size : (-) 75 mm

(vii) Customer : Nearest end use plants

(viii) No. of overhead bunkers : 4x100 & capacity

(b) Washing

Washing of coal is not proposed in the Sahapur East Coal mine project.

19. INFRASTRUCTURE DETAILS

Complete facilities near to the site is very important for Coal production. It is imperative to develop core infrastructure like power, road, telecommunication, housing service buildings viz office, store, first aid, canteen etc. for a large number of employees for the project.

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• Workshop

Garage-cum -workshop-cum-engineering store is meant for regular repairs and maintenance of equipments and dumpers etc. for mining operation.

• Railway siding

The block is well connected with road and rail. The nearest railway station is Shahdol located at 12km. Final dispatch arrangement of Coal from CHP shall be decided by CCPL based on the commercial viability.

• Explosive Magazine

A 20T capacity magazine will be provided within the ML area which will take care of the requirement for blasting.

• Vocational Training Centre

A vocational training Centre will be provided for training of operators and other workmen.

20. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Routine Environment monitoring will be done for the project. For air, water and noise pollution control measures, the samples will be collected and tested round the year with appropriate frequency at strategic places.

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21. SUBSIDENCE MANAGEMENT

Sahapur East Coal mine is proposed to be developed and depillared by Board & Pillar system of mining. The life of the mine is 33 years and the de pillaring operations will start from 10th year of mining.

Peak subsidence has been predicted in the subsidence study at the end of 15 years, 20 years, 25 years, 30 years and 33 years are mining are 0.886m, 1.187m, 1.188m, 1.302m, and 1.302m respectively. The predicted peak tensile strain for above time blocks is 7.5 mm/m, 8.7 mm/m, 8.7 mm/m, 9.2 mm/m, 9.7 mm/m respectively.

The subsidence troughs formed at the surface are gentle in nature and predicted peak horizontal tensile strain is always less than 10mm/m.

No damage is likely to occur to the surface structure of Sahapur East Coal mine due to subsidence and therefore no subsidence management plan has been proposed for the block.

22. SAFETY AND SECURITY ARRANGEMENT

A safety management plan will be developed specific to continuous miner operation and other mining operation. The plan will include standards and procedures for the safe and efficient undertaking of all activities and tasks within the project scope. Standards will, as an absolute minimum, comply with the Indian Coal mines regulation 1957.

The inclines & shafts will be effectively sealed so that illegal mining from these openings and safety hazards due to fire and water, are prevented in the abandoned mine. The area around the mine shall be fenced and shall be guarded.

Adequate provision will be made for lighting the installations near strategic places by 2x250W HPSV lamps.

23. REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT

No of PAFs are nil. So no Rehabilitation and Resettlement plan is proposed.

However, the land oustees will be given rehabilitation and resettlement benefits according to

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the Govt. of Madhya Pradesh policies and prevailing practices in industries in the vicinity.

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