Granite Building Stone Quarry of M/s. Granites Pre-feasibility Report

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: M/s. Payyavoor Granites, had made an application for Granite building stone quarrying located in Sy. No. 1/1& 1/12121, Payyavoor Village, Thaliparamba Taluk, District, State. Over an extent of 4.7036 Ha.(11.6226 Acres). Letter of intent for said granite quarry (M/s. Payyavoor Granites) is issued vide Letter No. 545/M3/2017 dated 01.02.2018. of Directorate of Mining & Geology, . A copy of the Letter is enclosed as Annexure –1 (Mining Plan). The location of the quarry is shown on the Key plan / Location plan enclosed vide Plate No – 1 & 1A (Mining Plan). The approved lease sketch is enclosed vide Plate No –2B (Mining Plan). Quarrying / Mining Plan is approved by The Geologist, Dept. of Mining & Geology, Kannur. Vide Letter No. DOC/M-732/2018 Dated 20.2.2018. A copy of approved letter is enclosed DETAILS OF THE SITE Survey Plan showing the lease area is enclosed 1 Details of area (with location map) : vide Plate No. 2B (Mining Plan) . 2 District and State : Kannur, Kerala 3 Taluk / Mandal : Thaliparamba 4 Village : Payyavoor Khasara No. / Plot No. / Block / 5 : Sy.No. 1/1& 1/12121 Licence No etc 6 Mining Lease Area (Hectares) : 4.7036 Ha.(11.6226 Acres) Whether the area is recorded to be in 7 forest (please specify whether : No protected, reserved etc.,) 8 Ownership / Occupancy : Private Existence of public road/railway line, The nearest railhead is at Kannur is at 55 km 9 if any, nearby and approximate : from the mine. distance Nearest Port / Airport Nearest airport – Calicut (180km) Topo sheet No. : 48 P/12 (work sheet No D 43 V12) 10 (between) Latitude N12°07’35.273” to N12°07’45.273” Longitude E75°35’44.127” to E75°35’44.127”

Accessibility :

This granite building stone quarry is located at 13.0 Kms from Payyavoor in Thaliparamba Taluk, Thaliparamba is located at about 18 Kms NNE of Kannur town. The quarry can be reached via Vanchiyam - Road.

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The location of this mining area is shown on the Administrative and key plan enclosed Vide Plate No -1 and 1A (Mining Plan) and Infrastructure Plan vide Plate No. 11 (Mining Plan).

Topography : The lease is located on the slope of the hillock gently dipping towards N. The highest elevation in this area is 380.0mRL and the lowest elevation is 260.00mRL. Brief Description of the Project: Geology: Regional Geology: The district can be broadly divided into seven geological belts trending NW-SE viz., (i) northern belt of Charnockite group extending further north and east to the adjacent districts, (ii) north central belt of Wayanad schist complex, (iii) Central belt of eninsular Gneissic Complex extending to the southeast, (iv) south central belt of Group, equivalent to Dharwars, (v) southernmost belt of Migmatite Complex which extends further south to the adjacent district, (vi) Sedimentary (Warkalli Beds) in the western part near the coast and (vii) Quaternary sediments along the coast. The lithology of is grouped under Precambrian, late Tertiary and Quaternary periods and the Precambrian rocks dominate over the other two. Charnockite Group, includes pyroxene granulite, charnockite (hypersthene granulite) and hornblende-diopside granulite. While hornblende granite and charnockite occupy large areas, pyroxene granulite occurs as linear bodies in the southeast. Hornblendebiotite gneiss constitutes the litho unit of Migmatite Complex. It has a large areal extent along the coast, south of Kannur. Towards east and southeast, discrete metasedimentary and ultramafic sequences which have been designaed as Wayanad Schist Complex and are considered equivalent of Sargur Group of Karnataka. They occur as isolated bands within charnockite and gneiss. Their contacts are generally discordant due to later folding, metamorphism and migmatisation. The group comprises quartzite, magnetite quartzite, garnet-kyanite-sillimanite gneiss, quart-mica-kyanite schist, quartz-sericite schist, amphibolite, kyanite-sillimanite-sericite quartzite, metaultramafites. Garnetkyanite- sillimanite gneiss/schist is widespread in the east, whereas the other members of Wayanad Complex occur as linear bands, lensoidal bodies and vestiges to the West Peninsular Gneisic Complex, represented by hornblende-biotite gneiss comprise of a complex suite of gneisses and granites, representing the anatectic phase of migmatisation of schist complex. East of Kannur extending upto Tellichery in the south, a large body of quartz-mica schist is separated from the other schistose rocks by a conglomerate horizon extending over 8km. This lithounit known as Vengad Formation, characterised by lack of migmatisation, presence of primary structres and absence of high grade minerals, is correlatable with rocks of Dharwar Super Group. Large bodies of anortjosite, gabbro, granite and granophyre from the post Vengad basic and acid intrusives. Dolerite dykes trending NW-SE represent the younger basic intrusives. Late Tertiary sedimentary rocks (Warkalli

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Granite Building Stone Quarry of M/s. Payyavoor Granites Pre-feasibility Report beds) occur as isolated patches along the coast near Kannur, and east of Payyannur. They comprise variegated clays and friable sandstone. At Kannur and Pazhayangadi, carbonaceous clay with thin seams of lignite is reported towards bottom of the sedimentary sequence. The Tertiaries as well as the basement rocks are extensively lateritised. The pebble bed, reported near Valapatnam along the bank of Valapatanam river, is considered to be of Quaternary age. Quaternary alluvial deposit occur along the coast and in the valleys.

Local Geology : The building stone granite are very well exposed in the old working pit, whereas part of area with lower elevation is covered by top soil of about 0 to 1.2m thickness.

A Geological Plan showing the granite and soil cover are shown in surface geological plan & sections prepared on 1:1000 scale and enclosed vide Plate No 4 (Mining Plan).

Table 01: Local Geology Soil Cover 0 to 1. 2m Granite 135 m (min. estimate) Table No: 1.1: The Geological Resources Section Area Influence Volume Tonnage (T) UNFC No (m2) (m) (m 3) BD 2.5T/m3

A-A' 2,910 64 1,86,240 4,65,600 332 B-B' 4,307 50 2,15,350 5,38,375 332 C-C' 5,477 50 2,73,850 6,84,625 332 D-D' 4,829 50 2,41,450 6,03,625 332 E-E' 5,363 50 2,68,150 6,70,375 332 F-F' 7,191 50 3,59,550 8,98,875 332 G-G' 8,332 82 6,83,224 17, 08,060 332 Total 22,27,814 55,69,535 332

Table No 1.2: Granite Building Stone Mineable Reserves Section LEVELS Area Influence Volume (m 3) Tonnage (T) UNFC No (m2) (m) BD 2.5T/m3

A-A' 370 7 56.5 395.5 989 122 365 49 56.5 2768.5 6921 122 360 92 56.5 5198 12995 122 355 130 56.5 7345 18363 122 350 156 56.5 8814 22035 122 345 182 56.5 10283 25708 122 340 212 56.5 11978 29945 122 335 175 56.5 9887.5 24719 122

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330 126 56.5 7119 17798 122 325 76 56.5 4294 10735 122 Total 68,083 1,70,20 6 122 B-B' 355 6 50 300 750 122 350 53 50 2,650 6,625 122 345 114 50 5,700 14,250 122 340 177 50 8,850 22,125 122 335 215 50 10,750 26,875 122 330 226 50 11,300 28,250 122 325 247 50 12,350 30,875 122 320 60 50 13,000 32,500 122 315 211 50 10,550 26,375 122 310 161 50 8,050 20,125 122 305 11 50 5,550 13,875 122 305 62 50 3,100 7,750 122 Total 92,150 2,30,375 122 C-C' 355 5 50 250 625 122 350 45 50 2,250 5,625 122 345 98 50 4,900 12,250 122 340 47 50 7,350 18,375 122 335 164 50 8,200 20,500 122 330 163 50 8,150 20,375 122 325 189 50 9,450 23,625 122 320 252 50 12,600 31,500 122 315 293 50 14,650 36,625 122 310 255 50 12,750 31,875 122 305 205 50 10,250 25,625 122 300 155 50 7,750 19,375 122 295 105 50 5,250 13, 125 122 290 56 50 2,800 7,000 122 Total 1,06,600 2,66,500 122 D-D' 345 5 50 250 625 122 340 9 50 2,950 7,375 122 335 101 50 5,050 12,625 122 330 135 50 6,750 16,875 122 325 168 50 8,400 21,000 122 320 186 50 9,300 23,250 122 315 20 50 11,00 0 27,500 122 310 235 50 11,750 29,375 122 305 252 50 12,600 31,500 122 300 267 50 13,350 33,375 122 295 220 50 11,000 27,500 122 290 170 50 8,500 21,250 122

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285 120 50 6,000 15,000 122 Total 1,06,900 2,67,250 122 E-E' 340 5 50 250 625 122 335 41 50 2,050 5,125 122 330 79 50 3,950 9,875 122 325 112 50 5,600 14,000 122 320 139 50 6,950 17,375 122 315 168 50 8,400 21,000 122 310 202 50 10,100 25,250 122 305 235 50 11,750 29,375 122 300 264 50 13,200 33,000 122 295 282 50 14,100 35,250 122 290 238 50 11,900 29,750 122 285 186 50 9,300 23,250 122 280 136 50 6,800 17,000 122 275 86 50 4,300 10,750 122 Total 1,08,650 2,71,625 122 F-F' 335 22 50 1,100 2,750 122 330 46 50 2,300 5,750 122 325 71 50 3,550 8,875 122 320 97 50 4,850 12,125 122 315 126 50 6,300 15,750 122 310 162 50 8,100 20,250 122 305 199 50 9,950 24,875 122 300 239 50 11,950 29,875 122 295 275 50 13,750 34,375 122 290 303 50 15,150 37,875 122 285 327 50 16,350 40,875 122 280 346 50 17,300 43,250 122 275 350 50 17,500 43,750 122 270 300 50 15,000 37,500 122 265 250 50 12,500 31,250 122 260 201 50 10,050 25,125 122 Total 1,65,700 4,14,250 122 G-G' 325 47 74.5 3,502 8,754 122 320 73 74.5 5,439 13,596 122 315 103 74.5 7,674 19,184 122 310 135 74.5 10,058 25,144 122 305 164 74.5 12,218 30,545 122 300 184 74.5 13,708 34,270 122 295 203 74.5 15,124 37,809 122 290 216 74.5 16,092 40,230 122 285 232 74.5 17,284 43,210 122

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280 246 74.5 18,327 45,818 122 275 249 74.5 18,551 46,376 122 270 263 74.5 19,594 48,984 122 265 287 74.5 21,382 53,454 122 260 284 74.5 21,158 52,895 122 255 237 74.5 17,657 44,141 122 255 187 74.5 13,932 34,829 122 255 136 74.5 10,132 25,330 122 255 97 74.5 7,227 18,066 122 Total 2,49,054 6,22,634 122 Total Reserves 8,97,136 22,42,840 122 Mining:

The Mining is proposed to be operated by developing benches of 5m height and 5m ultimate width by Opencast Semi-Mechanized Mining Method. The mechanized operation of mining includes excavators, tippers, rock breakers, Jack hammer drilling and blasting. The maximum production proposed is 1,50,658 tonnes per annum of Granite Building Stone. This Pre Feasibility Report is submitted for obtaining Environment Clearance as required under EIA notification-2006/15th January 2016 and for a max production capacity of 1,50,658 tonnes per annum, over an extent of 4.7036 Ha.(11.6226 Acres)located at Sy.No. 1/1 & 1/12121 in Payyavoor Village, Thaliparamba Taluk, Kannur District, Kerala State in favor of M/s. Payyavoor Granites . Table No. 1.3 Year-wise calculations of granite building stone production Year Section LEVELS Area Influence Volume (m 3) Tonnage wise No (m2) (m) (T) BD 2.5T/m3 I-Year A-A' 370 7 56.5 395.5 989 365 49 56.5 2768.5 6921 36 0 92 56.5 5198 12995 355 130 56.5 7345 18363 350 156 56.5 8814 22035 345 182 56.5 10283 25708 B-B' 355 6 50 300 750 350 53 50 2,650 6,625 345 114 50 5,700 14,250 C-C' 355 5 50 250 625 350 45 50 2,250 5,625 345 98 50 4,900 12,250 D-D' 345 5 50 250 625 Total 51,104 1,27,760 II -Year A-A' 340 212 56.5 11978 29945

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335 175 56.5 9887.5 24719 B-B' 340 177 50 8,850 22,125 335 215 50 10,750 26,875 C-C' 340 147 50 7,350 18,375 D-D' 340 59 50 2,950 7,375 E-E' 340 5 50 250 625 Total 52,016 1,30,039 III -Year A-A' 330 126 56.5 7119 17798 325 76 56.5 4294 10735 B-B' 330 226 50 11,300 28,250 C-C' 335 164 50 8,200 20,500 330 163 50 8,150 20,375 D-D' 335 101 50 5,050 12,625 330 135 50 6,750 16,875 E-E' 335 41 50 2,0 50 5,125 330 79 50 3,950 9,875 F-F' 335 22 50 1,100 2,750 330 46 50 2,300 5,750 Total 60,263 1,50,658 IV -Year B-B' 325 247 50 12,350 30,875 C-C' 325 189 50 9,450 23,625 D-D' 325 168 50 8,400 21,000 E-E' 325 112 50 5,600 14,000 320 139 50 6,950 17,375 F-F' 325 71 50 3,550 8,875 320 97 50 4,850 12,125 G-G' 325 47 74.5 3,502 8,754 320 73 74.5 5,439 13,596 Total 60,090 1,50,225 V-Year B-B' 320 260 50 13,000 32,500 315 211 50 10,550 26,375 C-C' 320 252 50 12,600 31,500 315 293 50 14,650 36,625 D-D' 320 186 50 9,300 23,250 Total 60,100 1,50,250 Total Production for 5 Years 2,83,573 7,08,931

Table No. 1.4 Year-wise generation of top soil / waste Year Section Area Influence Volume Tonnage Wise No (m2) (m) (m 3) (T) BD 1.6T/m3 I-Year A-A' 37 56.5 2,062 3,300 B-B' 22 50 1,100 1,760 C-C' 20 50 975 1,560 D-D' 4 50 200 320

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Total 4,337 6,940 II -Year A-A' 3 56.5 170 271 B-B' 13 50 650 1,040 C-C' 7 50 350 560 D-D' 9 50 450 720 E-E' 4 50 200 320 Total 1,820 2,911 III -Year B-B' 4 50 200 320 C-C' 7 50 350 560 D-D' 13 50 650 1,040 E-E' 14 50 675 1,080 F-F' 11 50 550 880 Total 2,425 3,880 IV -Year B-B' 3 50 150 240 C-C' 9 50 450 720 D-D' 6 50 300 480 E-E' 10 50 500 800 F-F' 11 50 550 880 G-G' 14 74.5 1,043 1,669 Total 2,993 4,789 V-Year C-C' 12 50 600 960 D-D' 6 50 300 480 Total 900 1,440 Total Waste 10,655 19,960

The Production & Development Plan is enclosed vide Plate No. 5A to 5E (Mining Plan).

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2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/ BACKGROUND INFORMATION: I. Identification of project and project proponent. In case of Mining project, a copy of mining lease/ letter of intent should be given. Building Stone Quarry is located at Survey No 1/1 & 1/12121, Payyavoor Village, Thaliparamba Taluk, Kannur District, Kerala over an extent of 4.7036 Ha.(11.6226 Acres). Letter of Intent (LOI) for said Granite Building Stone quarry of M/s. Payyavoor Granites is issued vide Letter No. 545/M3/2017 dated 01.02.2018 of Directorate of Mining & Geology, Thiruvananthapuram. A copy of the Letter is enclosed as Annexure –1 (Mining Plan). The location of the quarry is shown on the Key plan / Location plan enclosed vide Plate No – 1 & 1A (Mining Plan). The approved lease sketch is enclosed vide Plate No – 2B(Mining Plan). Name & address of lessee : Granite Building Stone Quarry’ of & Mr. Sunny Jose Managing Partner Registered Office M/s. Payyavoor Granites Kalapurakkal House, Payyavoor Village, Thaliparamba Taluka, Kannur District.,Kerala, Ph No. : +91 9447710986

II. Brief description of nature of the project The ‘Granite Building Stone Quarry of M/s. Payyavoor Granites ', over an extent of 4.7036 Ha.(11.6226 Acres) is a granite building stone mining project. The granite building stone is the basic rock in this area to be excavated by quarrying. This Granite Building Stone quarry is proposed to be operated by Opencast Semi-Mechanized Quarrying Method. The mechanized operation of quarry shall use excavators, tippers, rock breakers, Jack hammer drilling and blasting. The excavated material shall be crushed in the crushers located outside the quarry lease area. The maximum production capacity proposed in this area is 1,50,658 tonnes per annum building stone of size 150mm to 250mm. The quarrying operation shall provide 44 direct & equal number of indirect employment to local people. III. Need for the project and its importance to the country and or region. The basic objective of the project is to have effective utilization of granite stone as a building material in this region and state. The spur in infrastructure development and construction industry has enhanced the demand of granite building stone in past few years. Mainly infrastructure projects – like roads, highways, railways, bridges, buildings, township, Port Development, etc., have raised the demand of building material. Building stone quarry not only ..9

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provides the building material but also employment and economic growth of the region that ultimately enhance the socio-economic status of the people of the region and the state. The mining activities shall provide socio-economic benefits to the local population with direct & indirect employment opportunities. The project also contributes to the regional and financial benefits in the form of Royalty, Cess, Taxes, DMF etc. IV. Demand-Supply Gap . Granite Building stone is an important component of the construction activities for infrastructure development. The demand for granite building stone is increasing along with the increase in infrastructure and construction activities in Kerala. This quarry can produce max 1,50,658 tonnes of building stone annually and the demand of building stone by various industries can be partly fulfilled by this project. During last few years there is a sudden increase in the Real estate & Port development activities which has further enhanced the demand for building stone, hence, there is heavy requirement of granite building stone to meet the demand supply chain. V. Imports Vs Indigenous production The requirements of granite building stone in infrastructure industry is huge where as the prices of granite are relatively low. The import or export of the same is not feasible due to heavy transportation cost. The granite building stone of size 150mm to 250mm shall be transported / sold to the crusher outside the quarry lease, where it shall be sized and sold to the local market for infrastructure development. VI. Export possibility. The price of the granite is very low and the transportation cost is very high. Hence there are no export possibilities of the same.

VII. Domestic/Export markets. The granite building stone of size 150mm to 250mm shall be transported / sold to the crusher outside the quarry lease, where it shall be sized and sold to the local market for infrastructure development, real estate builders, contractors, etc. and to the nearby vendors for government infrastructure projects. It is not viable to export this material. However, there is huge demand for the granite building stone in the domestic market. VIII. Employment Generation (Direct and Indirect) due to the project. As per the requirement of Mines Act, Mines manager, Mines Foreman, Mine mates, Blaster, shall be appointed to supervise the quarrying operations. The list of the staff and workmen those shall be employed in the quarry is given below.

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Sl. No Particulars No’s 1 Highly Skilled 2 2 Skilled 10 3 Semi -skilled 12 4 Un -skilled 20 Total 44

3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION (i) Type of project including interlinked and interdependent projects, if any. The building stone shall be produced by drilling and blasting, the blasted material shall be loaded using excavators and transported to the crushing and screen plant located outside the lease area for reducing it to the sizes acceptable to the market . (ii) Location (map showing general location, specific location, and project boundary & project site layout) with Co-ordinates. The ‘Granite building Stone Quarry of M/s. Payyavoor Granites ' over an area of 4.7036 Ha.(11.6226 Acres). is located in Survey No 1/1 & 1/12121 in Payyavoor Village, Thaliparamba Taluk, Kannur District, Kerala. The corner points in latitude & longitude of the area is given below. B. P. No. Latitude Longitude 1 N-12°07'43.987" E-75°35'49.328" 2 N-12°07'43.771" E-75°35'50.325" 3 N-12°07'42.530" E-75°35'51.379" 4 N-12°07'40.770" E-75°35'53.136" 5 N-12°07'40.770" E-75°35'53.136" 6 N-12°07'41.285" E-75°35'54.003" 7 N-12°07'40.522" E-75°35'54.976" 8 N-12°07'39.646" E-75°35'56.438" 9 N-12°07'38.431" E-75°35'56.496" 10 N-12°07'37.359" E-75°35'56. 680" 11 N-12°07'37.298" E-75°35'55.777" 12 N-12°07'36.404" E-75°35'55.238" 13 N-12°07'35.815" E-75°35'55.381" 14 N-12°07'35.589" E-75°35'54.458" 15 N-12°07'35.273" E-75°35'53.598" 16 N-12°07'36.030" E-75°35'53.420"

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17 N-12°07'36.879" E-75°35'52.497" 18 N-12°07'37.193" E-75°35'51.471" 19 N-12°07'39.019" E-75°35'49.746" 20 N-12°07'41.345" E-75°35'47.299" 21 N-12°07'41.875" E-75°35'46.345" 22 N-12°07'44.229" E-75°35'44.127" 23 N-12°07'45.402" E-75°35'44.617" 24 N-12°07'45.154" E-75°35'47.427"

Key Plan showing the general location is Enclosed as Plate No.1A (Mining Plan), Cadastral Plan & Infrastructure Plan showing Specific location enclosed as Plate No. 2B (Mining Plan) & Surface Plan Showing the project boundary & project site layout with Co-ordinates is enclosed as Plate No-3(Mining Plan) . (iii) Details of alternate sites considered and the basis of selecting the proposed site, particularly the environmental considerations gone into should be highlighted. This is site specific project. Quarrying activities are carried out based on local geology and availability of the granite building stone at the specific site. (iv) Size or magnitude of operation. Small scale operation within an area of 4.7036 Ha.(11.6226 Acres), Maximum Production planned 1,50,658 Tonnes per Annum (TPA) of granite building stone with maximum output size of 150mm to 250mm. (v) Project description with process details (a schematic diagram/ flow chart showing the project layout, components of the project etc. should be given). The quarrying of granite building stone is proposed by opencast semi-mechanized quarrying method and the sequence of quarrying shall be as given under, • The top soil shall be removed and used in afforestation / Green belt / Safety barrier all along the periphery of the quarry lease area. • After exposing the granites, drilling of small diameter holes of 33/48mm, shall be done by jack hammer. • The blasting shall be carried out by conventional blasting material with proper burden & spacing. • The Rock breakers shall be used to break the oversize boulders left after blasting. • No secondary blasting like plaster shooting, pop blasting shall be undertaken at any time in the quarry.

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• The blasted material and the broken material by rock breakers shall be loaded to the tippers by excavator and transported to the crushing and screening plant located outside the quarry lease area.

Removal of Top Soil / Overburden

Drilling and Blasting

Excavation, loading and Transportation of

150mm to 250mm size boulders

Haulage/ Dispatch to Crusher outside the lease Summary of the production and development is given in the table below Year Production Top Soil Total Ratio (T) (T) Handling (T) I-Year 1,2 7,760 6,940 1,34,700 1:0.05 II -Year 1,30,039 2,911 1,32,950 1:0.02 III -Year 1,50,658 3,880 1,54,538 1:0.03 IV -Year 1,50,225 4,789 1,55,014 1:0.03 V-Year 1,50,250 1,440 1,51,690 1:0.00 Total 7,08,932 19,960 7,28,892 1:0.03 At conceptual stage there shall be single pit in this area with 27 benches of 5m height and 5m width. The pit at conceptual stage shall have 400m length and 131m width and it shall be developed upto 240mRL level. The overall pit slope shall be maintained at less than 45 0.

The entire pit at the conceptual stage shall be converted into rain water pond. The pit shall be properly fenced with single opening for drawing the water. The pit shall also be developed for pisciculture with good local bio-diversified vegetation.

Totally 19,960 Tonnes top soil shall be recovered and 7,08,931Tonnes granite building stone shall be generated in the first five years of the plan period. The top soil shall be stacked at the safety barrier area and shall be used for Afforestation/Green belt development.

The Geological resources of granite building stone in this area are 55,69,535 Tonnes and mineral reserves are 22,42,840 Tonnes. In the first five years of plan period totally 7,08,932Tonnes granite building stone / aggregate shall be quarried. The balance mineral reserves shall be quarried in the subsequent mining plan period and also after the renewal of the lease period

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The production plan for 1st five years is given bellow,

Year Production I-Year 1,27,760 II -Year 1,30,039 III -Year 1,50,658 IV -Year 1,50,225 V-Year 1,50,250 Total 7,08,932 The production plan for the remaining plan period is given bellow,

Year Production VI -Year 1,50,000 VII -Year 1,50,000 VIII -Year 1,50,000 IX -Year 1,50,000 X-Year 1,50,000 XI -Year 1,50,000 XII -Year 1,50,000 XIII -Year 1,50,000 XIV -Year 1,50,000 XV -Year 1,50,000 XVII -Year 33,909 Total 15,33,909

Raw material required along with estimated quantity, likely source, marketing area of final products, mode of transports of raw Material and finished product.

No raw materials are required for producing granite building stone, the final products shall be transported by 10 tonnes tippers to the crushing & screening plant located outside the lease area.

(vi) Resource optimization/ recycling and reuse envisaged in the project, if any, should be briefly outlined. There shall not be any waste generation in the quarry process as all the byproducts can be utilized in the infrastructure market.

(vii) Availability of water its source, Energy/ power requirement and source should be given. Around 24 KLD of water is required for dust suppression, afforestation and domestic use, which shall be drawn from nearby old quarries / wells.

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Requirement of water Qty Required Purpose m3/day Drinking water & Domestic 5 Afforestation 8 Dust suppression 11 Total 24* * The water for Plantation and dust suppression will not be required for 4-5 months in a year during monsoon and wet/ rainy days. All Excavators, Tippers, Compressors and all other equipments are self primed by diesel engines. No external power is require for the project.

(viii) Quantity of wastes to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme for their Management/ disposal. There shall not be any waste generation (liquid & Solid) during the course of production of the Granite building stones. Only the top soil shall be utilized for the development of the green belt in the 7.5 meters safety zone.

(ix) Schematic representations of the feasibility drawing which give information of the project Quarrying Operations

Top soil utilized for the development of Granite Quarry the Green belt

Drilling & Blasting

Granite Transportation to Crusher Exc avation

Crushing & Screening Plant is

located outside the mining lease area

• The Crushing & Screening Plant is proposed to be located Outside the Lease Area. 4. SITE ANALYSIS: (i) Connectivity. This granite building stone quarry is located at 13.0 Kms from Payyavoor in Thaliparamba Taluk, Thaliparamba is located at about 18 Kms NNE of Kannur town. The quarry can be reached via Vanchiyam - Chandanakampara Road. The Infrastructure Plan is enclose vide Plate No.11.

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Granite Building Stone Quarry of M/s. Payyavoor Granites Pre-feasibility Report

(ii) Land Form, Land use and Land ownership. The Land Details & Possession certificate of M/s. Payyavoor Granites is enclosed as Annexure- 5 (Mining plan). Present land use, land use at the end of progressive stage and the ultimate land use pattern. Land u se Land use Land use pattern pattern at pattern at Particulars (end of progressive present stage Conceptual stage) (Ha) (Ha) stage (Ha) Area for mining / mining 0.0000 2.3959 3.9164 activities Area for Roads - - - Area for Safety Barrier / Green - 0.7872 0.7872 belt Total 0.0000 3.1831 4.7036 Unused area 4.7036 1.5205 - Total Mining Lease Area 4.7036 4.7036 4.7036 (iii) Topography (along with map). The lease area is located on the slope of the hillock gently dipping towards N. The highest elevation in this area is 380.0 mRL and the lowest elevation is 260.00 mRL. Topo sheet no. 48 P/8 & 48P/12 showing the topographical details in the radius of 5 Kms of the lease area is enclosed as Plate No-1A (Mining Plan) & Surface Plan of the Quarry lease enclosed vide Plate No.3 (Mining Plan). (iv) Existing land use pattern (agriculture, non-agriculture, forest, water bodies (including area under CRZ)), shortest distances from the periphery of the project to periphery of the forests, national park, wild life sanctuary, eco sensitive area, water bodies (distance from the HFL of the river). CRZ. In case of notified industrial area, a copy the Gazette notification should be given. M/s. Payyavoor Granites area is located on the slope of the hillock gently dipping towards N. The core zone area is privately owned land. It is not a forest land and there is no human habitation. Most of the area covered with rock formations over which some vegetation exists. The core zone is partly disturbed due to quarrying. There is no forest land, no area under CRZ, No water bodies, and no Sanctuary in the core zone. (v) Existing Infrastructure. Hospital : Marcy Hospital, Payyavoor, 12Kms. School : Cherupuzhppam HSS Chandanakampara, 3Kms. Church : St. Stephen Church Chandanakampara, , 1.5Kms. Temple : Sri Darmashastra Chappakavadu, 2.5Kms. Mosque/Masjid : Mavumthodu Juma Masjid1.2 Kms.

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Granite Building Stone Quarry of M/s. Payyavoor Granites Pre-feasibility Report

Anganwadi : Vanchiyam 3 Km ational Highway : Edapally-Panvel Highway (NH-17), 45 Km. State high way : Malabar (SH-59), 4.0 Kms. Major District Road : Vanchiyam- Chandanakampara - Rd, 1.5Kms (vi) Soil Classification: There is a soil cover of 0 to 1.2m thickness on the granite in the quarry lease area. The soil is Lateritic soil, reddish in color and clay with loamy nature. (vii) Climatic data from Secondary Sources:

36.9 0C - Maximum temperature ( April to May during Maximum & Minimum Temperature summer) 19.7 0C – Minimum temperature during December & January. Up to 77 to 88 per cent - This place experiences high Relative Humidity relative humidity. Annual Average 3438m m, South West monsoon during June to Sept. contributes 70%. The rainfall increases Rainfall from the coast to the eastern hilly regions. Kannur district falls under wet type of climate. Wind speed ranges from 2.1 to 3.3 km per hour with mean speed of 2.6 Kms/hr. The wind speed is high Wind Velocity & Direction during the period from March to June and low during the period from September to December.

(viii) Social Infrastructure available: Hospital : Marcy Hospital, Payyavoor, 12Kms. School : Cherupuzhppam HSS Chandanakampara, 3Kms. Church : St. Stephen Church Chandanakampara, , 1.5Kms. Temple : Sri Darmashastra Chappakavadu, 2.5Kms. Mosque/Masjid : Mavumthodu Juma Masjid1.2 Kms. Anganwadi : Vanchiyam 3 Km 5. PLANNING BRIEF: i. Planning concept (type of industries, facilities, transportation etc) Town and Country planning/ Development authority Classification: This is a granite Building stone mining project. It is proposed to produce maximum 1,50,658 tonnes building stones per annum. The mined material will be transported by trucks to the crushing & screening plant located outside the quarry lease area by tippers of 10 tonnes capacity. Effective Environment Management will be carried out to control the pollution of Air, Water, Noise and Ground vibration. The Mining Plan for the operations in the quarry lease area is approved by the District Geologist, Department of Mining and Geolog y, Government of Kerala, Kannur District, Kerala, vide Letter No. DOC/M-732/2018 Dated 20.2.2018.

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Granite Building Stone Quarry of M/s. Payyavoor Granites Pre-feasibility Report

ii. Population Projection : There will not be any increase in population due to the project. The man power required shall be employed from the local areas. The drivers / truck operators also shall be engaged from local areas. Hence not much influx of population from outside is anticipated. iii. Land use planning (breakup along with green belt etc): Land use Land use Land use pattern pattern at pattern at Particulars (end of progressive present stage Conceptual stage) (Ha) (Ha) stage (Ha) Area for mining / mining 0.0000 2.3959 3.9164 activities Area for Roads - - - Area for Safety Barrier / Green - 0.7872 0.7872 belt Total 0.0000 3.1831 4.7036 Unused area 4.7036 1.5205 - Total Mining Lease Area 4.7036 4.7036 4.7036 iv. Assessment of Infrastructure demand (physical & social): All the manpower for the project shall be employed from the local area. Thus, there shall not be influx of people into the region; therefore, no increase in the population is envisaged during the period of the operations. The operations are also small scale. Hence, infrastructure demand both in the form of physical and social infrastructure, in terms of physical infrastructure will not be very demanding. However, the project would raise the economic status of the people in the region thus the social infrastructure like education, health and hygiene, sports, etc. would be quite demanding. The company thus commits to support the local community in the field of Health & Hygiene, Basic education, Education of girl child, Sports, renewable energy etc. thereby strengthening the social infrastructure of the region. 6. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE (i) Industrial Area (Processing Area): No Crushing or screening or processing is planned within the quarry lease area. The entire product from the mine will be transported to the Crushing & Screening plant located outside the lease area. Existing road shall be strengthened & made use for the transportation. As the mining equipment are all diesel powered there is no need for external power. The infrastructure facilities like Quarry office, site services, First Aid room, Rest shelter, and other statutory facilities, etc., shall be located in the close proximity of the quarry lease area.

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Granite Building Stone Quarry of M/s. Payyavoor Granites Pre-feasibility Report

The man power requirement shall be employed from local area, no additional infrastructure is required. (ii) Residential Area (Non Processing Area): No additional residential area is required as the manpower for this project shall be employed from the nearby villages. (iii) Green Belt: 0.7872Ha area earmarked for safety barrier shall be developed as green belt by planting minimum but not limiting 1000 local species. Till conceptual stage totally 0.7872 Ha area shall be covered under green belt. Apart from this Afforestation shall be done on the haulage road by planting 250saplings.

(iv) Social Infrastructure: The project shall generate 44 direct and Equal indirect employment to the local people. Hence, the activity will contribute to the improvement of income status of the local people. The quarry project will also improve infrastructure facilities, eventually leading to the overall development of the area, resulting in the improvement of standard of life of local population. The Project proponent undertakes to spend Rs 5.00 Lakhs per Annum, to take up CSR works in the surrounding villages in the sector of Healthcare, Sanitation, Education of Girl child, Sports, Environment, renewable energy, etc. (v) Connectivity (Traffic and Transportation Road/ Rail/ Metro/ Water ways etc) This granite building stone quarry is located at 13.0 Kms from Payyavoor in Thaliparamba Taluk, Thaliparamba is located at about 18 Kms NNE of Kannur town. The quarry can be reached via Vanchiyam - Chandanakampara Road. The Infrastructure Plan is enclose vide Plate No.11.

(vi) Drinking water Management (Source & Supply of Water): Drinking water shall be made available at all the times to the mine workers. This will be sourced by water tankers from the bore well outside the quarry lease area, A water purifier shall be installed to provide safe drinking water.

(vii) Sewerage system: Not applicable, as no human settlement is proposed in the lease area.

(viii) Industrial Waste Management: No industrial waste is going to generate at this quarry.

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Granite Building Stone Quarry of M/s. Payyavoor Granites Pre-feasibility Report

(ix) Solid waste Management: It is expected to recover 19,960 tonnes top soil during quarrying this area. This top soil shall be used in afforestation / Green belt / Safety barrier all along the periphery of the quarry lease area. No other waste is envisaged from the operations. Power Requirement & Supply / Source: As all the machinery are self primed by diesel engines, no external power is required. REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R*R) PLAN (i) Policy to be adopted (Central/ State) in respect of the project affected persons including home ousters, land ousters and land less laborers (a brief outline to be given): Not applicable since there is no rehabilitation and resettlement involved in this project. 7. PROJECT SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES i. Likely date of start of construction and likely date of completion (Time schedule for the project to be given): The Quarry will be commenced immediately after getting the statutory approvals from Government authorities. Total cost of the project is about Rs 180.00 lakhs. ii. Estimated project cost along with analysis in terms of Economic viability of the project. Considering the present domestic market conditions of the products, the appx. Cost of the project estimated is around Rs. 180.00 lakhs. The summary of the assets are given below. Mining machinery will be hired through contractors. Table No.F8.1: Capital Cost of the Project Capital investment Sl No. DESCRIPTION Cost in lakh Rs. 1 Water Tanker (1 No.) 10.0 2 Jeep 15.0 Excavator , Rock breaker , Tipper etc., 3 60.0 (Mobilization Charges) 4 Strengthening of Roads 12.0 5 Temporary sheds, Rest shelters etc., 15.0 6 Environmental Control Measures 20.0 7 D.G.Set 1.00 8 Mine Develop ment 15. 0 9 Land Exp enses 15.0 10 Operational Exp 12 .0 11 Miscellaneous 5. 00 Total 180.0

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