BRIEF SUMMARY The building stone quarry (Minor Mineral) mining project of M/s Darshan Granites is situated at Re-Survey Nos. 13/2, 13/3,18/2,18/3, 40/1-1, 40/1-2, 40/4, 40/4-2, 40/6, 41/1-1, 41/1-2, 41/2, 41/3, 41/4, 41/5 (Patta Land), 18/1, 41/6 (Government Land), Block No. 18, Village, Taluk, District, , Kerala in an area of 7.8705 hectares. Mining projects of minor minerals with area less than 50 ha. of mining lease are categorized as category 'B'. As per Office Memorandum vide No. L-11011/175/2018-IA-II (M) dated 12/12/2018 by Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of , all projects with mining area more than 5 hectares are classified as Category B1 and will require Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) study. The land for the quarry project is a partially private owned land and partially in Govt. land and is possessed in the name of M/s Darshan Granites. The targeted production of mine will be 4,00,000 MTA. The estimated project cost will be Rs. 4.54 Crores. The mining operation will be carried out by opencast mechanized method as per the approved Mining Plan. The NOC for Govt. land of 1.6787 hectares from District Collector, Kollam is provided. The proposed quarry has obtained Letter of Intent (LOI) from Department of Mining & Geology, Govt. of Kerala vide letter no. 8090/M3/2018 dated 01-01-2019 for an area of 7.8705 hectares.

Particulars Details Geographical Location Latitude (N) 09°00'36.84"N to 09°00'27.61"N Longitude (E) 76°52'21.19"E to 76°52’05.13"E Proposed Mine Lease area 7.8705 hectare Overall area of the proponent 22.4786 hectares Current status of the quarry Proposed new quarry project Local name of the project area Makkannoor Production 4,00,000 MTA Mineable Reserves 32,00,000 MT Life of Mine About 8 years Estimated project cost Rs. 4.54 Crores Man Power 50 Person Highest and lowest elevation 200m MSL to 125m MSL (Slope towards North-East) Land use 7.8705 hectares ( 6.1918 ha is private own land + 1.6787 ha is Govt. Land with NOC from District Collector for mining activities) Nearest habitation More than 100 m from the mine lease boundary Nearest Town Kottarkara is at about 10.50 km, W Stone Crusher / M sand Proposed within the complex Width of access road to quarry 7m tarred road Nearest Airport Trivandrum Intl. Airport, 60 km, S Nearest Highway NH-744 (Kollam-Thirumangalam highway) 2 km, NE SH-1 (Main Central Rd.) at 7 km, SW SH-48 (Ayur- highway) at 6 km, NE Nearest Railway Station Auvaneeswaram Railway Station, 3.50 km, NW

1 Power supply The total power requirement will be 75 kW for compressors which will be operated by Diesel Engine. Water and its Source The total water requirement is about 32 KLD in which 7 KL/Day is for domestic which would be sourced from open well, 15 KLD for dust suppression mine as well as for ancillary unit and 10 KLD for plantation purposes and will be sourced from storm water pond. Nearest Hospital / dispensary Little Flower Mission Hospital, Vilakkudi, 2 km, N Nearest Education facility Kottavattom High School, 1.50 km, SE Police Station Police Station, 3 km, NW Fire Station Punalur Fire Station, 6.50 km, E Ambulance Little Flower Mission Hospital, Vilakkudi, 2 km, N Nearest Church / temple / mosque Church: Indian Pentecoastal Church, 750m, NW Temple: Makkanoor Temple, 500m, NE Mosque:Makkanoor Masjid, 500m, NE Electrical installation like transformer / LT Line – Makkanoor about 200m towards North HT or LT line Mobile Towers Makkanoor about 300m towards North Ecological sensitive zone (National None within 15 km radius Park, Sanctuary, Habitat for Migratory Birds, Tiger Reserve) Interstate Boundary None within 15 km radius Critically Polluted Area as identified None within the study area by CPCB Defense installations None within the study area Archeological Features None within the study area Punalur Forest, 9 km, NE Nearest Forests Achankovil-Ranni Forest, 12 km, NE Sr. Name Distance & No. Direction 1 River 6.50 km, E 2 Mukkadayar 6.80 km, NE Nearest streams/ rivers/ water bodies 3 Kallada Irrigation project, Vilakkuvattom 6.50 km, NE (from mine boundary) 4 Kunnicode Canal 500m, SW 5 Chakkuvarakkal thodu 2 km, S 6 Karichal Natural Canal 12 km, W 7 Pulamon thodu 7.50 km, SW 8 Kariyara thodu 4 km, N 9 Erappu Water Fall 11 km, SE 10 River 12 km, S

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