BRIEF SUMMARY This project is meant for exploitation of ordinary Jharapada Devi River Sand Bed as minor mineral over an area of 12.55 acres or 5.079 Ha. which is located in village- Jharapada, under the Tahasil- Kantapada in district of . The revenue department, Govt. of Odisha has granted dt. 23.06.2015 of Tahasildar – Kantapada for winning of river sand in favour of Sri Priyadarshana Ray At – Puran, PO- Ashram Patna, District – , State- Odisha for 5 (five) years from 2015-16 to 2019-20. The Lease area is located at village Jharapada, under Kantapada Tahasil of , which comes under Topo Sheet No. – 73-L/3 and the area is bounded by Longitude: 86° 01’ 56.20” to 86° 02’ 03.10” East, Latitude: 20° 17’ 31.90” to 20° 17’ 42.80’’ North. The Jharapada Devi River Sand Bed is well connected to Cuttack State Highway at Jharapada by metal road. The nearest railway station is at Cuttack which is situated at 25 km from the lease area. There is no existence of Public road and railway line within the lease area. However, the area is approachable from Jharapada which is located at a distance of 12 km. In accordance with the provisions of the OMMC (amendment) Rules, 2014, the letter no. 1590 dated 23.06.2015 of Tahasildar, Kantapada for winning/raising of river sand was granted in favour of Sri Priyadarshana Ray At – Puran, PO- Ashram Patna, District – Jagatsinghpur, State- Odisha for 5 (five) years from 2015-16 to 2019-20.Here the lessee has to furnish earnest money to the competent authority. The lessee has proposed to excavate 39.33 cum of river sand (Minor Mineral) as daily production considering 210 working days per annum on an average from Jharapada Devi River Sand Quarry. As per Environmental Impact Assessment Notification dated 14th September, 2006, and subsequent amendments thereof, this project falls under Category “B” of the list of the Project or activities requiring environmental Clearance prior to operation of quarry/mines from the from the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority, Odisha. An application seeking prior environmental clearance has been made in prescribed Form 1 as per Appendix under EIA Notification, 2006 ,prefeasibility report of the project & Mining plan approved by the authorized agency of the concerned State Government to SEIAA. So, this mining plan is prepared in FORM - ZB under Rule 27-A (3) of the Odisha Minor Mineral Concession (Amendment) Rules, 2014 dated 16.09.2014 by the RQP, Sri Pravata Kumar Sahoo (Regd.No. RQP/BBS/116/2012 - A) At/PO: N/4 – 289 (F), IRC Village, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar -751015. with detailed planning for the lease period from year 2015-16 to 2019-20. As per the approved mining plan, there is a quarry excavation present on the lease area. The lessee has proposed to excavate 39.33 cum of river sand (Minor Mineral) as daily production considering 210 working days per annum on an average from the Jharapada Devi River Sand Quarry per annum on Khata no :- 785 and Plot no :- 2703/p and 2704/p by means of open cast manual mining method without drilling . Considering the cost of the project, cost towards production, sale value etc, the project is viable and bring some positive benefit directly or indirectly to the nearby locality.