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Project: M.L. No 02/2007, Sandstone Mine Project Proponent: ShriUmmed Singh

HALF YEARLY ENVIRONMENTAL

CLEARANCE COMPLIANCE STATUS REPORT

Period - 1st JUN, 2019 – 30th Nov, 2019 Sandstone (Minor Mineral) Mining (ML.NO 02/07) Near Village-Chaukri Tehsil – Bhopalgarh,District-jodhpur(RAJ)

SUBMITTED BY: Manohar Singh

6 R/o Plot No. 2, Mohanpura

Jodhpur (Raj.)

Project: M.L. No 02/2007, Sandstone Mine Project Proponent: ShriUmmed Singh

Name of the project: Sandstone (Minor Mineral) Mining (ML No. 02/07) Shri Manohar Singh Village Chokri, Tehsil- Bhopalgarh, District- Jodhpur (Raj) Project code- Not available. Clearance Letter No. Obtained from the Ministry of Environment & Forest, New Delhi vide letter No. J-11015/1234/2007-IA.II (M) dated January 16, 2009. Period of Compliance Report 1st Jun, 2019 – 30th Nov, 2019

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A. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS

S.No. Conditions Compliance Status

i. The project proponent shall obtain Consent to Operate has been obtained from the Consent to Establish and Consent to RPCB vide letter No. Operate from the Rajasthan State F(Mines)/Jodhpur(Bhopalgarh)/1351(1)/2017- Pollution Control Board and effectively 2018/794-798 dated 04.05.2017, this consent is implement all the conditions stipulated valid for a period from 01/04/2017 to therein. 31/03/2022.

ii. The mining operations shall be The project proponent ensures to not to restricted to above ground water table intersect the ground water table while carrying and it should not intersect the out the mining operations. groundwater table. In case of working below the ground water table, prior In case if working below ground water table, approval of the Ministry of prior approvals of the Ministry of Environment & Forests and Central Ground Water Authority will Environment and Forests and the Central Ground Water Authority shall be obtained and a detailed hydro-geological be obtained, for which a detailed study shall be carried out. hydro-geological study shall be carried out.

iii. The project proponent shall ensure No natural watercourse and/or water resources that no natural watercourse and/or are obstructed due to any mining operations. water resources are obstructed due to any mining operations.

iv. The top soil, if any shall temporarily be The topsoil is stacked separately and is used for stored at earmarked site(s) only and it plantation. should not be kept unutilized for long. The topsoil shall be used for land reclamation and plantation.

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dump. The excavated area shall be reclaimed by plantation, monitoring and management of the rehabilitated areas should continue until the vegetation becomes self-sustaining. Compliance status shall be submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its regional office located at Lucknow on six monthly basis.

vi. Catch drains and siltation ponds of Catch drains and siltation pond have been appropriate size shall be constructed constructed for working pit & dump sites. Water for the working pit and the mineral collected is being used for dust suppression and dump to arrest flow of silt and greenbelt development. Garland drains, settling sediment directly into the water tanks and check dams of appropriate size, bodies. The water so collected should gradient and length will be constructed both be utilized for watering the mine area, around the mine pit and temporary over burden roads, green belt development etc. The dumps to prevent run off of water and flow of drains should be regularly desilted sediments directly into the water bodies. particularly after the monsoon and maintained properly. Garland drains, settling tanks and check dams of appropriate size, gradient and length shall be constructed both around the mine pit to prevent run off of water and flow of sediments directly into the water bodies and sump capacity should be designed keeping 50% safety margin over and above peak sudden rainfall (based on 50 years data) and maximum discharge in the area adjoining the mine site. Sump capacity should also provide adequate retention period to allow proper settling of silt material. Sedimentation pits should be constructed at the corners of the garland drains and desilted at regular intervals.

vii Dimension of the retaining wall at the Retaining walls of suitable height have been OB benches within the mine to check provided all around the dump site. run-off and siltation should be based

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on the rain fall data.

viii Plantation shall be raised in an area of 7.5 m wide greenbelt development is being 2.5ha including a 7.5m wide green belt carried out in phased manner all along the in the safety zone around the mining boundary of mining lease area. Plantation was lease, reclaimed area, roads etc. by carried out at about 2500 plants in previous planting the native species in years but the survival rate is very low due to the consultation with the local scarcity of water and as the area is rocky. Still DFO/Agriculture Department. The the efforts are being continuously done for density of the trees should be around increasing the survival rate and plants are 1000 plants per ha. regularly planted in phase manner in an area of 33% of total area. (Ref. ANNEXURE No. II for plantation photographs).

ix. Effective safeguard measures, such as Regular water sprinkling shall be carried out in regular water sprinkling shall be carried critical areas prone to air pollution and having out in critical areas prone to air high levels of SPM and RSPM such as around pollution and having high levels of SPM crushing and screening plant, loading and and RSPM such as around crushing and unloading point and all transfer points and screening plant, loading and unloading measurement pollutants (PM10, SO2, NO2) is point and all transfer points. Extensive being done on six-monthly basis. Detailed water sprinkling shall be carried out on monitoring report is being attached for haul roads. It should be ensured that reference. (Ref. ANNEXURE No. I for test the Ambient Air Quality parameters reports). conform to the norms prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board in this regard.

x. The project authority should The project proponent agrees and follows implement suitable conservation conservation measures for ground water measures to augment ground water resources in the area in consultation with the resources in the area in consultation Regional Director, Central Ground Water Board. with the Regional Director, Central Ground Water Board.

xi. Regular monitoring of ground water Regular monitoring of ground water level and level and quality shall be carried out in quality is being carried out in and around the and around the mine lease. The mine lease. The periodic monitoring report is monitoringshould be carried out four being attached for reference. (Ref. ANNEXURE times in a year- pre-monsoon (April- No. I ) May), monsoon (August), post- monsoon (November) and winter (January); and the data thus collected shall be sent regularly to the Ministry 10

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of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office Lucknow, the Central Ground Water Authority and the Regional Director, Central Ground Water Board. If at any stage, it is observed that the groundwater table is getting depleted due to the mining activity; necessary corrective measures shall be carried out.

xii. The project proponent shall obtain Surface or Ground water is not withdrawn by necessary prior permission of the the project proponent and thus no permission is competent authorities for drawl of required. requisite quantity of water (surface water and ground water, if any) required for the project.

xiii. Suitable rainwater harvesting measures Efforts for planning and implementation are on long term basis shall planned and being made for rain water harvesting for long implemented in consultation with term basis. PP is planning to prepare a scheme Regional Director, Central Ground for it. Water Board.

xiv Vehicular emissions should be kept Vehicular emission is kept under control by under control and regularly monitored. proper maintenance and by regular monitoring Measures shall be taken for of fuel & lube oil consumption of heavy Earth maintenance of vehicles used in mining moving equipment’s monitoring of emission is operations and in transportation for carried out. The mineral transportation will be mineral. The mineral transportation carried out through the covered trucks only and shall be carried out through the trucks shall not be overloaded. covered trucks only and the vehicles carrying the minerals shall not be overloaded.

xv. Controlled blasting shall be practiced. Controlled blasting is carried out to minimize The mitigative measures for control of ground vibrations and to arrest fly rocks. ground vibrations and to arrest fly rocks and boulders should be implemented.

xvi. Drills shall either be operated with dust Built in arrangements for wet drilling is provided extractors or equipped with water in the drill machines and water injection is

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injection system. ensured while drilling operations.

xvii. Mineral handling area shall be provided These should be properly maintained and with the adequate number of high operated. efficiency dust extraction system. Loading and unloading areas including EMP measures are being implemented all the transfer points should also have effectively. efficient dust control arrangements.

xviii. Consent to operate shall be obtained Consent to Operate has been obtained from the from the Rajasthan State Pollution RPCB vide letter No. Control Board prior to start of F(Mines)/Jodhpur(Bhopalgarh)/1351(1)/2017- enhanced production form the mine. 2018/794-798 dated 04.05.2017, this consent is valid for a period from 01/04/2017 to 31/03/2022.

xix. Sewage treatment plant shall be There is no colony, workshop and sewerage installed for the colony. ETP shall also system in the area. So STP & ETP is not required. be provided for the workshop and wastewater generated during the mining operation.

xx. Pre-placement medical examination The project proponent provides medical & and periodical medical examination of health care facilities, Training and information the workers engaged in the project on safety and health aspects at the work place. shall be carried out and records And also carries out Welfare Program as per the maintained. For the purpose, schedule provision of mining act. of health examination of the workers should be drawn and followed accordingly.

xxi. Provision shall be made for the housing There is no provision made for housing as the of construction labor within the site labors are residing in the surrounding local areas with all necessary infrastructure and and all the other facilities are provided in the facilities such as fuel for cooking, site such as mobile toilets, safe drinking water, mobile toilets, mobile STP, safe medical health care, crèche etc. drinking water, medical health care, crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

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xxii. A final Mine Closure Plan along with Submission will be done as per rule. details of Corpus Fund should be submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests 5 years in advance to final mine closure, for approval.

B. GENERAL CONDITIONS

i. No change in mining technology and Agreed. The project proponent will take scope of working should be made approvals if there will be any change in mining without prior approval of the Ministry of technology/scope of working. Environment & Forests.

ii. No change in the calendar plan including The project proponent ensures no change in the excavation, quantum of mineral calendar plan including excavation and waste Sandstone and waste should be made. without necessary approvals.

iii. Conservation measures for protection of The PP takes all the conservation measures for flora and fauna in the core & buffer zone protection of flora and fauna in the core & should be drawn up in consultation with buffer zone area. the local forest and wildlife department.

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iv. Four ambient air quality stations should Regular monitoring by AAQ is performed in core be established in the core zone as well as zone and buffer zone area. Location of in the buffer zone for RPM, SPM, SO2 and monitoring stations is decided based on the NOx monitoring. Location of monitoring meteorological data, topographical features, stations should be decided based on the and environmentally and ecologically sensitive meteorological data, topographical targets in consultation with the State Pollution features, and environmentally and Control Board. ecologically sensitive targets in consultation with the State Pollution Control Board.

v. Data on ambient air quality (RSPM, SPM, Regular measurement of pollutants (PM10, SO2,

SO2&NOx) should be regularly submitted NO2, ) is being done on six-monthly basis and to the Ministry including its Regional status will be submitted to the RPCB/CPCB and office located at Lucknow and the State MoEF, Regional Office, Lucknow. Air quality Pollution Control Board/ Central Pollution Report has been attached for reference. (Ref. control Board once in six months. ANNEXURE No. I )

vi. Fugitive dust emissions from all the Following measures are adopted for controlling sources should be controlled regularly. the fugitive dust emission from various sources. Water spraying arrangement on haul roads, loading and unloading and at  Water spraying at the faces/site, haul transfer points should be provided and roads through water properly maintained.  Wet drilling is proposed.

 Scheduled preventive maintenance of vehicles

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vii. Measures should be taken for control of Adequate measures have been taken to control noise levels below 85 dB (A) in the work the work place noise level within stipulated environment. Workers engaged in limits. operations of HEMM etc. should be provided with ear plugs/muffs. Some of the measures are. - Regular lubrication & preventive maintenance of noise generating.

- Development of green belt along the roads.

Workmen engaged in HEMM operation are provided with ear plugs/muffs.

Test Report for Ambient Noise monitoring is attached herewith. (Ref. ANNEXURE No. I

viii. Industrial waste water (work shop and Industrial waste water is not generated from waste water from the mine) should be the operation of the mines and crusher. properly collected, treated so as to conform to the standards prescribed under GSR 422 (E) dated 19th May, 1993 and 31th December, 1993 or as amended from time to time. Oil and grease trap should be installed before discharge of work shop effluents.

ix. Personnel working in dusty areas should Yes, Personnel working in dusty areas have wear protective respiratory devices and been provided with protective respiratory they should also be provided with devices. Training and information on safety and adequate training and information on health aspects at the work place are also being safety and health aspects. provided.

Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

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x. A separate environmental management Head (Mines) & other people are looking after cell with suitable qualified personnel activities related to EIA/EMP. should be set-up under the control of a Regularly services of a well-qualified, Senior Executive, who will report directly experienced and registered Environment to the Head of the Organization. Consultant are being taken by the project proponent.

xi. The funds earmarked for environmental The project proponent keeps funds for protection should be kept in separate Environmental protection and it is not diverted account and should not be diverted for for other purpose for which expenditure is other purpose. Year wise expenditure reported to the Ministry and its Regional Office should be reported to the Ministry and its located at Lucknow. Regional Office located at Lucknow.

xii. The project authorities should inform to Agreed and will be complied timely. the Regional Office located at Lucknow regarding date of financial closures and final approval of the project by the concerned authorities and the date of start of land development work.

xiii. The Regional Office of this Ministry Agreed and all the requisite data and located at Lucknow shall monitor monitoring reports are submitted timely as per compliance of the stipulated conditions. rules. The project authorities should extend full cooperation the officer of the Regional Office by furnishing the requisite data/information/monitoring reports.

xiv. The project proponent shall submit six The project proponent has been regularly monthly reports on the status of the submitting six monthly compliance report of implementation of the stipulated each calendar year on 1st June & 1st December environmental safeguards to the Ministry to the Ministry of Environment & Forests, its of Environment & Forests, its Regional Regional Office, Lucknow, Central Pollution Office, Lucknow, Central Pollution Control Control Board and State Pollution Control Board and State Pollution Control Board. Board.

xv. A copy of clearance letter will be marked Copy of clearance letter has been sent to the to concerned Panchayat/local NGO, if concerned authorities. any, from whom suggestions / representations, if any, were received while processing the proposal.

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xvi. The State Pollution Control Board should Copy of EC is submitted to RPCB for necessary display a copy of the clearance letter at action. the Regional Office, District Industry Centre and Collector’s Office/Tehsildar’s Office for 30 days.

xvii. The project authorities should advertise Already published in two newspapers. at least in two local newspapers widely circulated, one of which shall be in the Copies of the newspapers sent to the Regional vernacular language of the locality Office of Ministry located at Lucknow. concerned, within 7 days of the issue of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and also at web site of the Ministry of Environment & Forests at http://envfor.nic.in and a copy of the same should be forwarded to the Regional Office of this Ministry located Lucknow.

(Authorized Signatory)

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Date......

To,

The Regional Office (Central Region)

Ministry of Environment & Forest,

KendriyaBhawan , 5th Floor,

Sector ‘H’ Aliganj, Lucknow-226020

Sub: - Submission of Half yearly Environmental Compliance Status report for the Period of 1st Jun, 2019 – 30th Nov, 2019. In respect of Sandstone Mine (Minor Mineral) in Village-Chokri, Tehsil- Bhopalgarh, and District –Jodhpur (Raj.) By Shri Manohar Singh S/o Shri Sajjan Singh, Area 22.793 ha (ML No. 02/07)

Dear Sir,

With reference to the subject mentioned I am enclosing herewith Half Yearly Compliance report for the period of 1st Jun, 2019 – 30th Nov, 2019 in respect of Sandstone Mine (Minor Mineral) as Mentioned above.

Regards

Shri Manohar Singh

(Authorized Signatory)

Copy to:

1. The Director, MoEF & CC, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jorbagh Road, New Delhi.

2. The Member Secretary, RSPCB, 4th Institutional Area, Jhalana Dungari, Jaipur

Project: M.L. No 02/2007, Sandstone Mine Project Proponent: ShriUmmed Singh

HALF YEARLY ENVIRONMENTAL

CLEARANCE COMPLIANCE STATUS REPORT

Period - 1st JUN, 2019 – 30th Nov, 2019 Sandstone (Minor Mineral) Mining (ML.NO 02/07) Near Village-Chaukri Tehsil – Bhopalgarh,District-jodhpur(RAJ)

19 SUBMITTED BY: Manohar Singh

R/o Plot No. 2, Mohanpura

Jodhpur (Raj.)

Project: M.L. No 02/2007, Sandstone Mine Project Proponent: ShriUmmed Singh

A. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS

S.No. Conditions Compliance Status

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reclamation and plantation.

v. The over burden (OB) generated during The OB generated is being temporarily stacked the mining operation shall be at earmarked site while mining and will be temporarily stacked at earmarked site. 19764.4 cum and will be used for crusher. There shall be no external overburden dump. The excavated area shall be reclaimed by plantation, monitoring and management of the rehabilitated areas should continue until the vegetation becomes self-sustaining. Compliance status shall be submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its regional office located at Lucknow on six monthly basis.

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intervals.

vii Dimension of the retaining wall at the Retaining walls of suitable height have been OB benches within the mine to check provided all around the dump site. run-off and siltation should be based on the rain fall data.

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times in a year- pre-monsoon (April- No. I ) May), monsoon (August), post- monsoon (November) and winter (January); and the data thus collected shall be sent regularly to the Ministry of Environment and Forests and its Regional Office Lucknow, the Central Ground Water Authority and the Regional Director, Central Ground Water Board. If at any stage, it is observed that the groundwater table is getting depleted due to the mining activity; necessary corrective measures shall be carried out.

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implemented.

xvi. Drills shall either be operated with dust Built in arrangements for wet drilling is provided extractors or equipped with water in the drill machines and water injection is injection system. ensured while drilling operations.

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crèche etc. The housing may be in the form of temporary structures to be removed after the completion of the project.

B. GENERAL CONDITIONS

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v. Data on ambient air quality (RSPM, SPM, Regular measurement of pollutants (PM10, SO2,

 Scheduled preventive maintenance of vehicles

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- Development of green belt along the roads.

Workmen engaged in HEMM operation are provided with ear plugs/muffs.

Test Report for Ambient Noise monitoring is attached herewith. (Ref. ANNEXURE No. I

Occupational health surveillance program of the workers should be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed.

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(Authorized Signatory)

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INDEX

S.No. DESCRIPTION PAGE No.

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3-4

2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT /BACKGROUND 5-8 INFORMATION

3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 9-17

4. SITE ANALYSIS 18-20

5. PLANNING BRIEF 21-22

6. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE 23-25

7. REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT(R&R PLAN) 25

8. PROJECT SCHEDULE AND COST ESTIMATES 25

9. ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATION) 26

ANNEXURE

S. NO. ANNEXURE NO. DESCRIPTION 1 I Mining Lease Details 2 II Demarcation Report with Lease Map 3 III Copy of Environment clearance letter 4 IV Environment Management Plan

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Pre-Feasibility Report for Sandstone Mine

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The State Mining Department had sanctioned mining lease area in favor of ShriManohar Singh by Department of Mines and Geology, (Raj.) The lease period was 20 years from the date of 3rd renewal i.e. 21.02.2008 to 20.02.2028. After some time this lease was transferred in the name of Sh. Ummed Singh S/o Sh. Harlal Ram by ME Jodhpur Vide order no. ME/JO/CC-II/minor/M.L. 02/07/251 dated 18.11.2011. Refer Annexure – I copy of Mining lease details.

The ML area was demarcated by the concerned authority on 28.03.2007. Refer Annexure II for the “Copy of the Demarcation Report&ML Area Map”. As per the demarcation report the area comprises of the Govt. Land. No forest area lies within the demarcated area.NoWater body is present in theML area. Mining Plan for the sandstone area was approved by Superintending Mining Engineer, Department of Mines & Geology, Jodhpur.

Environment Clearance (EC) has been accorded to the mining lease to produce Sandstone at capacity 20000 MT/Annum vide Letter No. J-11015/1234/2007-IA.II (M) dated 16.01.2009 of Ministry of Environment &Forests; Govt. of India Photocopy of Environment Clearance is enclosed as an Annexure No. III.

As per the Office Memorandum No. F(1)/SEIAA/Gen./Env./2019 dated 19.02.2019 issued by SLEIAA, Rajasthan and to include the proposed Crusher Capacity of 1,20,000 TPA this Pre- Feasibility Report is being submitted for amendment in Environment Clearance for production capacity of 20000 MT of mineral in the lease).

The lease area comprises of undulating topography and is Govt. Waste Land. The lessee intends to mine the mineral Sandstone with the production capacity of 20,000 TPA& 1,20,000 TPA for Crusher.Environment Management Plan has been prepared on the basis of the baseline studies carried out in the area. Refer Annexure No. IV.

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1.2 Salient features of the project

Project Name Sandstone Mine

Location of mine Village – Bhuteshwar Ki Gal(Chaukri)

Tehsil - Bhopalgarh

District – Jodhpur

State – Rajasthan

Topo sheet number GT Sheet No. 45 F/11

Land Use Govt. Land

Nearest Habitation/Town Village-Bhuteshwar Ki Gal (Chaukri)

Nearest Railway Station Ummed Railway Stat. at about 7.0km

Nearest Airport Jodhpur

Nearest National Highways & SH No. 21 at about 8.5km towards SE State Highways

Nearest Dispensary & Nearest PHC is at village Khangta&Government Hospital is Government Hospital atBhopalgarh

Educational Facility Primary School is at village ChaukriKalan

Senior Secondary School is at Khangta

Government college is at Bhopalgarh

Water demand & Supply . Total water requirement is about 4 KLD - 5 KLD Sources of water . 0.5 KLD - 1.0 KLD (Drinking & Domestic Uses) . 1.5 KLD –2.0 KLD (Plantation) . 2.0 KLD (Dust Suppression). . Drinking water will be brought from the nearby tube well /water tank. . Water for dust suppression and plantation will be arranged by a small water tanker. Seismic Zone Seismic Zone II

Highest & Lowest Elevation Highest –400mRL

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Lowest –360mRL

Proposed production of mine Proposed Capacity: 20,000 TPA of Sandstone

& 1,20,000 TPA for Crusher

Life of mine 198Years

Total Mineable Reserves 4558600 tones

Estimated Project Cost 100 Lakhs

Method of mining The proposed method of mining will be open cast semi Mechanized method

No of working days 300 days

Man power 14

2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/BACKGROUND INFORMATION

A. Identification of the project and project proponent.

Name of Project:-

SandstoneMine

Refer Annexure -III for the copy of the Rider Agreement& Lease Period Extension Letter.

The ultimate proposed rate of production is 20,000Tonnes per annum of Sandstone& 1,20,000 TPA for Crusher

The ML mining lease area is 22.793 Hectare which comprises of government waste Land and is non forestland.

Category of Project: Category B2.

The lessee Sh. Ummed SinghgrantedMining Lease for Mineral Sandstone for a period of twentyyears from date of 3rd renewal comprising of 22.793 Hectare area in the

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ChawkriBhutesnwar Ki Gal Village in the BhopalgarhTehsil of the Jodhpur district. The lessee is a private individual.

B. Brief Description of Nature of Project.

It is a one mine project for proposed production of 20,000 TPA of Sandstone and is applied for obtaining the environmental clearance. The expected life of the mine is 198 years. The proposed method of mining will be semi mechanized. For the systematic working of open cast mines, benching will be done. The sandstone is overlain by Sand soil and lime kankar(murram). So to extract sandstone it is necessary to remove the overburden and soil cover and to stack them separately at a separate place. The mining will be done with making systematic benches. Road and ramps will be made during the mining as per requirement. Since the deposit occurs at depth of 1.5 mts. And the thickness of the deposit is sufficient to be economically mineable. Manual open cast mining is suitable method for mining. The height and width of the benches are proposed 6 meter and width not less than height of the bench. The6 meter of the benches will be carried out in slices of 1 to 1.5 meters height.

The overburden and mineral will be excavated manually with simple hand tools. Occasionally overburden will be removed and transportation of sandstone from face to top pit will also be made manually whereas waste will be directly loaded in tractor trollies. The overburden is unconsolidated soil and kankar (murram). The mineralized bed is basically brittle and easily extractable by picks axis manually. The waste obtained will be the small size Sandstone, which do not have any market, obtained while sizing of the mineral rock, and also at the time of blasting will be used for crusher activity.

The water table in general is at about 55-60m below ground level. Water requirement for the proposed project for domestic use, dust suppression and plantation, will be 4 KLD - 5 KLD.

C. Need for the Project & Importance to the Country

The mining project falls in the Jodhpurdistrict of Rajasthan. The Jodhpuris famous for its best quality of Sandstone. Sandstone is available at various villages in the surrounding of Jodhpur. Being a decorative stone, the principal use of this sandstone is in flooring and wall tiles. The lessee will supply in indigenous market of the sandstone. The excavated mineral

Project: M.L. No 02/2007, Sandstone Mine Project Proponent: ShriUmmed Singh will be dressed as finished good before packing in container andReady for export/ indigenous use. The mineral-rich colors, and the hardness & density, makes it useful for many applications. The proposed mining project will fulfill its end uses in buildings and construction, paving, monuments and many other exterior projects. Polished slabs and tiles are used in countertops, flooring, retaining walls and landscaping around a center fountain/ pond, staircase and many other design elements (residential and commercial applications).

A total of 14 people will be employed in this mine.It will create employment (though marginally) for local population.The operation of the proposed project of sandstone mining will bestow various increased social & economic benefits to the local communities and improvements in physical and social infrastructure of the area, apart from increased financial benefits incurring to state govt. by way of taxes royalties &cess etc. The public revenue so generated will further be put for use in infrastructural development and other sectors like health, education and social welfare. The applicant will spend 1% of profit for the development of the area i.e. medical facilities, schools, temples and other social work.

D. Demand and supply gap

Sandstone is a constituent for infrastructural development projects like buildings and constructions. It has high demand in region due to increase in industrial and other infrastructural activities.

The sandstone rock will be sold for construction purpose. These will be sized at the site as per the market requirement. There are many units established around city for sandstone processing, tile and pillar making. Sandstone is quarried for slabs, aslets and khandas. Slabs are used for roofing purpose and aslet is used for making pillars and beams. Sandstone is reddish colored; medium to coarse grained in nature and is well sorted.

Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Mineral

In general thesandstone is fine to medium grained, compact, resistant to acid, available in different shades and colors and can be easily dressed and chiseled. It takes good polish at cut surface sandstone may be defined as a stone made up of grains of quartz and other minerals of fairly uniform size and often smooth and rounded. These grains are held together by a

Project: M.L. No 02/2007, Sandstone Mine Project Proponent: ShriUmmed Singh cementing material which may be siliceous or ferruginous. The toughness of sandstone depends mostly on the nature of this cementing material.

Physical Properties of Sandstone

PARAMETER RESULTS

Weather Impact Resistant

Color Red, brown

Hardness 6 to 6.5 on Moh's Scale

Density 2.5Kg/cm3

Compressive Strength 90 to 140 N/mm2 Modulus of Rupture 16-40 N/mm2 Water Absorption 1.0 % Porosity Low to very low Weather Impact Resistant

Chemical Properties of Sandstone

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PARAMETER RESULTS

Silica (SiO2) 95.50%

Fe2O3 1.80%

Al2O3 1.2%

CaO 0.28%

MgO 0.20

L.O.I 0.50%

Source: - Official website of DMG, Govt. of Rajasthan

E. Export Possibility

Since the produced mineral will be sufficiently absorbed in the local market it will not be exported.

F. Domestic/Export Markets

Domestic demand is one of the chief reasons for the rapid growth of sandstone business in India. Thus, domestic market for sandstone as building material is well established.

G. Employment Generation (Direct & Indirect) due to the project

Managerial and Supervisory Staff as follows have been employed at the mine.

S.No. Designation Qualification Requirement

1. II-class manager Mining Engineer 1

2. Safety Officer/Assistant Diploma 1

3. Technical Supervisor Personel Diploma 2

4. Skilled Personal Diploma 5

5. Semi-Skilled Personal - 5

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Labor Requirement

For Sandstone: -

Targeted Marketable production = 20000 MT per year

Working days in a year = 300 days

No. of shift in a day = One

Per day output required in mineral =67MT

Labor required per day in mineral will be 14Nos.

Hence total labourrequired will be 14 Nos.

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3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

A. Type of Project including Interlinked and Interdependent Projects, if any

There is interlinked project of this mine. Lessee has installed crusher (1,20,000 TPA capacity). No other allied activities i.e. washing of minerals, beneficiation etc. will be carried out with this project.

B. Location (map showing general location, specific location and project boundary & project site layout) with coordinates.

The project is proposed for the mining sandstone at proposed capacity of 20,000 TPA from the sandstone area comprising of an area of 22.793 ha and is located near village Chawkri, Bhuteshwar Ki Gal of BhopalgarhTehsil in Jodhpurdistrict of Rajasthan. The ML area is situated in the SEof the village ChorkiKalan at a distance of 2.2kms. The ML area is approached from BhopalgarhTehsil through tar road. SH-21 also passes in the SE of the area at a distance of 8.5km. District headquarter Jodhpur isat about 68km from the ML area. The Nearest Railway Station is Ummed, which is about 7.0Kms from the area. The nearest airport from the ML area is Jodhpurwhich is at the distance of 67kms. The entire project area comprises of the Govt. Land with undulated topography and the highest contour in the area is 400mRL and the lowest contour is 360mRL The ML Area falls on part of G.T. Sheet No. 45 F/11. Refer Annexure-II for Demarcation report along with ML Area Map.

The FRP of the ML area taken fromWater Hut on Chokri – Khangta Road.

GEOLOGY:

REGIONAL GEOLOGY

The area covers parts of Jodhpur and Nagaur districts of Rajasthan. The major part of the area is covered by wind blown sand with a few longitudinal ridges running in NE-SW direction and alluvium, with the scattered hills in the west central and southern parts. Low lying hills and plateaus occupy the eastern and northwestern part. Small ephemeral streams originating from the hills form the main drainage. In the south east part, the jojririver

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Several Quartz reef and veins intrude the Erinpura Granites forming small hillocks south of Khangta and ChaukrikaBhakar.

The Sonia Formation unconformably overlies the Erinpura Granites and forms high hills in the Central western and southeastern parts of the area. The Sonia sanstone is interbedded with a resistant shale chert unit.

Marwar Super Group Jodhpur Group (Sonia formation) Shale and chert with interbends and sand stone

LOCAL GEOLOGY

In this lease area sandstone rocks are related with Sonia formation of Jodhpur group of marwar super group. The trend of mineralization is almost NW-SE and dip is horizontal to sub horizontal. Sandstone is medium grained thickly bedded pinkish colored massive blockable sandstone which is also massive in nature.

The physical/Chemical properties of Sandstone are:

Lithology

Sandstone is exposed in the area as shown in geological plan. No other rocks unit is exposed in the area.

Occurrence

Sandstone occurs in Sonia Formation of Marwar Super Group.

Water Absorption

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The capacity of water absorption is not more than 1.0%

Nature of Mineralization

Sandstone is a massive rock and exposed in maximum part of the lease area. No other rock is exposed in the area.

Weathering effect

No prominent weathering effect observed in the deposit.

Nature of Wall rocks

The wall rock is not exposed in the area.

LOCAL GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION ALREADY CARRIED OUT:

Detailed geological mapping of the lease area of 22.7930Hectares was carried out on a scale of 1:2000. Topographical survey of the ML area was simultaneously done. Different litho units along with their dimensions were marked on map. Mineralized bodies i.e. Sandstone is precisely marked. The Geological Plan is enclosed as plate No. 3 along with this report

Description of litho units: -

Given below are the generalized litho-units:

Proved = 4mts Probable = 4mts Possible = 4mts

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LOCATION MAP

Mine site

Not to Scale

SATELLITE IMAGE OF THE SANDSTONE AREA

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C. Details of alternate sites considered and the basis of selecting the proposed site, particularly the environmental consideration gone into should be highlighted.

As the project is mineral specific and the letter of Intent for excavating the mineral Sandstone was issued for the specific location near Village Bhuteshwar Ki Gal (Choukri), thus no alternate site was considered.

D. Size and Magnitude of Operation.

The area is 22.793ha and it is proposed to produce Sandstone at ultimate capacity 20,000TPA of sandstone using the semi mechanized open cast mining methods.

E. Project description with process details (a schematic diagram/flow chart showing the project layout, components of the project etc. should be given)

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The project is for mineral sandstone and the lease area comprises of 22.793 ha and as per revenue records is Govt.land. The proposed method of mining will be semi-mechanized opencast mining. For the systematic working of opencast mines, benching will be done. The height of bench will not be kept more than 6mts at a time and thesand soil and lime kankar (murram) width of the benches will be always more than the height. Sandstone is outcropping. As the overburden is hard in nature so it is being removed by blasting. Usable sandstone is quarried mainly by conventional method. Very occasional conventional blasting is being practiced to remove hard capping of OB whenever encountered. The drilling will be done with the help of Jack Hammer, drilling holes of 32mm diameter and depth will vary depending upon the market requirement of sandstone blocks to be produced. For mining, a special soundless technique is being used for cracking of rock mass which is non-explosive, noiseless and free of flying rocks. It takes approximate 6 hrs duration for cracking of rock mass. For the process of cracking of rock mass ‘Expansion Mortar Powder’ is used. Transport of mineral from mine head to destination will be done by the trucks. The waste obtained will be the small size Sandstone, which do not have any market, obtained while sizing of the mineral rock, and also at the time of blasting will be used for Crusher activity. The mineral rejects to be generated in the next five years will be 33615 and the overburden generated in the nextfive years will be 19764.4 cum. At the end of life of mine total excavated area will be 14.30ha.An area of about 14.30ha will be left as for accumulation of rain water.Till the end of life of mine plantation comprising of Neem, Babool etc. will be done on 7.5ha will be developed as Green Belt outside the ML. The water table in general is at about 55-60mts. Water requirement for the proposed project for domestic use, dust suppression and plantation, will be 4 KLD - 5 KLD.

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SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF THE MINING PROCESS

MINING

Drilling Excavation

Occasional Blasting

Sandstone Waste

Loading & Transportation to Various Dumped at the Earmarked Site Destinations

RESERVE:-

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The reserve estimation is done, taking the exposed Sandstone in the lease area into consideration. The reserves are divided in three categories i.e. Proved, Probable and possible.

The detailed calculations are given in table 3.

Reserve Calculation of Sandstone

RESERVE FOR WORKED AREA

Category Area of Average Ton Sandstone Sub Grade Reject block Thickness (60%) (20%)

m2 (m)

Proved 166845.3 4 610847.4 366508.44 122169.48 122169.48

Probable 166845.3 4 610847.4 366508.44 122169.48 122169.48

Possible 166845.3 4 610847.4 366508.44 122169.48 122169.48 Total 1832542.2 1099525.32 366508.44

RESERVE FOR UNWORKED AREA

Category Area of Average Ton Sandstone Sub Grade Reject block Thickness (60%) (20%)

m2 (m)

Proved 166845.3 4 1668452.6 1001071.56 333690.52 333690.52

Probable 166845.3 4 1668452.6 1001071.56 333690.52 333690.52

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Possible 166845.3 4 1668452.6 1001071.56 333690.52 333690.52 Total 5005357.8 3003214.68 1001071.6 1001071.56 1001071.6

ESTIMATION OF MINEABLE RESERVES FOR SANDSTONE

The mineable reserves as per UNFC are as follows:-

Total mineable reserves = demonstrated reserves ( Proved+ Probable+ possible) = 4558600.00 Tones.

PRODUCTION, WASTEGENERATED IN NEXT FIVE YEARS MINING

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F. Raw Material Required Along Estimated Quantity, Likely Source, and Marketing Area Of Final Product/s Mode Of Transport Of Raw Material And Finished Product.

No raw material will be required for production of Sandstone. The mineral shall be collected in the mineral stack yard and will be finally dispatch to various industries through trucks. The waste generated shall be carried through dumpers to the dump yard.

G. Resource optimization/recycling and reuse envisaged in the project, if any, should be briefly outlined.

Mineral is a natural product which cannot be generated by any means. Hence mineral shall be excavated out by conservative way and systematic manner.

H. Availability of water its source, Energy/Power requirement and source should be given.

Total water requirement is about 4 KLD - 5 KLD, 0.5 KLD - 1.0 KLD (Drinking & Domestic Uses), 1.5 KLD –2.0 KLD (Plantation) &2.0 KLD (Dust Suppression). Drinking water will be brought from the nearby Tube wells/Water tank for dust suppression and plantation will be arranged by a small water tanker. Water table in the area is at about 55-60 m from the general ground level.

The electricity facility is not available at mining lease area. Diesel is used as motive source of primary energy for mine machinery. Diesel will be used in compressor, excavator and dumpers. Diesel will be outsourced from nearby diesel pumps.

I. Quantity of waste to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme for their Management/Disposal.

The waste rock obtained will be the sandstone rock pieces and weathered sandstone, which does not have any market. These are obtained while sizing of the rock, and also at the time of blasting. The year wise generation of waste/rejects, overburden during first five years of mining is given as under: -

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The waste generated will be 77096.68 tones which will be used for crusher activity and the total waste are utilized for gravel and sand.

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4. SITE ANALYSIS

A. Connectivity

The ML area is situated in the SE of the village ChowkariKalan at a distance of 2.2kms. A cart track joins the village Chowkri to the area theML area.The ML area is also approachableTehsil Bhopalgarhthrough SH No. 21. Tehsil HQ Bhopalgarh is at a distance of 22.8kms in NW of the ML area.District headquarter is Jodhpurat about 68 K.M from the ML area. The Nearest Railway Station is Ummed, which is about 7.0Kms.from the area. Nearest airports are at Jodhpur city at a distance of 67kms from the ML area.

B. Land form, Land use and Land owner ship

The total Land form isundulated. The area as per revenue records is Govt. waste land and is 22.793Ha. The lease area falls on part of G.T.Sheet no. 45F/11. No forest land is involved in the ML area.

C. Topography

This area under mining lease is undulated terrains. The highest contour in the area is 400 m and the lowest contour is 360m. There is no well situated in the lease area. There is no nalla flowing in the area. During rainy season, rain water flows down to the general slopes and flows down into the nearby fields outside the lease area. There is no public road passing through the area.

D. Existing land use pattern (Agriculture, on-agriculture, forest, water bodies (including area under CRZ), shortest distances from the periphery of the project to the periphery of the forests, national park, wild life sanctuary, eco sensitive areas, water bodies (distance from theHFL of the river), CRZ in case of notified industrial area, a copy of the Gazette notification should be industrial area, a copy of the Gazette notification should be given. Existing land use Particulars Area (in Hects) Pits and Quarries 6.10 Dumps of ore, waste & Overburden 0.050

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Infrastructure (Office & Workshop) 0.0020

Township -

Roads etc. -

Remaining area 16.641

Total Occupied Area 22.7930

Area backfilled, if any -

Area afforested by mine owner -

*The whole area i.e. 22.7930 hectaresis govt.land.

Shortest Distance from Following Particulars Particulars Distance Periphery of the project to periphery of the forests None (within 10 km) Wild Life Sanctuary None(within 10 km)

Water bodies (distance from the HFL of the river)

S. No. Water bodies name Distance (Km) Direction 1 Khangta Village Pond 3.7 NW 2 Jojri River 3.0 SE 3 Kosana Village Pond 7.0 SW 4 Dhanapa Village Pond 9.5 NE 5 Basni Khariya Village Pond 6.5 N 6 Lawari Village Pond 9.0 SSE 7 Siyara Village Pond 3.5 S 8 Choukri village pond 2.3 SE

Notified industrial area None (within 10 km) few mines of same mineral are present.

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E. Existing Infrastructure No existing infrastructure is present in the ML area. An office cum rest will be built in the ML area. A store, First aid station, toilet Blasting shelter and other facilities shall also be provided at the mines.

F. Soil Classification No Soil exists in ML area.The area is hilly and comprises of govt. land.

G. Climatic data from secondary sources Climate of the district can be classified as semi-arid type. The summers are very hot and dry and the winters are very cold. The summer season prevails from March to mid-June after which the rainy season starts with the onset of monsoon rains lasting till the end of September. During the May / June month the maximum temperature is about 49°C.The average rainfall noted in the area is 320 mm annually. Atmosphere is generally dry except during the monsoon period. Strong wind blows during the summer seasons. (Source: - Website of Water Resources Government of Rajasthan)

H. Social Infrastructure  The infrastructure like, toilets, first aid stations etc. will be provided at the mine site.  Senior Secondary GovernmentSchool is present at Khangtavillage. Government College is present in Bhopalgarh.  Medical facilities, Nearest Government Hospital are present at village Gotan.  Village people are availing drinking water facilities generally from the public water supply system and tubewell. The water supply is also supplied through tanker in few villages. During summer scarcity of water has been noticed.  Communication services like post office and telephones are available in the Chowkri village. Some of the villagers are also having mobile phones.  An occupational health unit will be organized and the proposed measures will be adopted:

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1. Pre & Periodical Medical Checkup program for all the workers. 2. Compulsory medical checkup program and first-aid box with necessary equipment will be provided. 3. Training for workers regarding occupational hazards.  Safety equipment i.e. dusts mask, safety shoes, gloves etc.  Helmet & Shoes etc will be provided to the employees working in the ML area.  The excavated area will be kept properly cordoned off by masonry wall or secured barbed wire fencing.

5. PLANNING BRIEF A Planning concept (type of industries, facilities, transportationetc) town and country planning/Development authority Classification. This mine has been granted for mineral Sandstone. Mineral is available as seen in the deposits at the mine site. The production of 20,000 TPA is proposed. Opencast methods of mining will be adopted transportation of mineral shall be done through road by dumpers and trucks. Other facilities such as power, transportation and communication, social infrastructure facilities are locally available near project site.

B Population Projection

Heads Census 2011

Total Population of Jodhpur District 3687165

Total population of ChaukriKalanVillage 3383

Total Male Population of ChaukriKalan Village 1703

Total Female Populationof ChaukriKalanVillage 1680

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Total Schedule Cast Population of ChaukriKalanVillage 739

Total Schedule Tribe Population of ChaukriKalanVillage 17

Total Literacy of ChaukriKalan Village 1555

(Source: - Census 2011 issued by the Government of India)

C. Land use planning (breakup along with green belt etc.) Approximate land use pattern five after years

Particulars Pre After Five years Post operational Operational (Area in Hects). phase (Area in phase (Area Hects). in Hects). Pits and Quarries 6.10 4.45 14.30

Dumps of ore, waste & Overburden 0.050 0.050 -

Infrastructure (Office & Workshop) 0.0020 0.272 -

Soil/Alluvium - - -

Roads etc. - - -

Remaining area 16.641 16.021 0.993

Total Occupied Area 22.793 22.793 22.793

Area backfilled, if any Nil - -

Rainwater storage Nil - -

Area afforested by mine owner Nil 2.0 2.0+5.5

D Assessment of Infrastructure Demand (Physical & Social)

On the basis of the preliminary site visit, the infrastructure demand in the village was assessed on the basis of need and priority. The road facility is already available which shall be used and properly maintained. Preference will be given to local labour from nearby villages. The health infrastructure of the study area requires improvement. The lack of

Project: M.L. No 02/2007, Sandstone Mine Project Proponent: ShriUmmed Singh medical facilities needs improvement. Medical facilities will be provided by mine owner during mining.

Physical Infrastructure

The road facility is already available which shall be used and maintained. The labor requirement is drawn from the nearest villages, which shall also be trained for the requirement in mines. Other infrastructure facilities required such as transport etc. for mine labors is available by way of jeep; two wheelers etc. Medical facility as a PHC is available in Khangta.

Social Infrastructure

The mine in the area will provide regular employment to the local villagers of the area. In all 30people will directly get employment from the project.

E Amenities/Facilities

In the nexttwo years as per the mining plan it has been proposed to construct and provide Site services like Office, First Aid, Rest Shelter, Urinals and Maintenance Workshops etc. as per the statutory requirements.

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6. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE

A. Industrial Area (Processing Area)

No infrastructure is proposed inside the ML. It is proposed outside the ML area.

B. Resident Area (Non Processing Area)

As only local person will be given employment, no residential area/ housing is proposed.

C. Green Belt

Till the end of life of mine plantation will be done on 7.5 hec. To improve the environment of the area proposal for plantation of Neem, DesiBabool, Gulmohar, Ber, Shesumetc trees etc has been made. It is proposed to plant 1000saplings in the first year.

D. Social Infrastructure

The mine in the area will provide regular employment to the villagers of the area.The lessee shall spend for the development of the area i.e. treatment of poor’s, schools, temples and other social work, local residents shall be employed. Beside this the applicant also proposes to carry out:-

 Regular health check up camps for the workers engaged in mines shall be organized.  Occupational health surveillance program of the workers shall be undertaken periodically to observe any contractions due to exposure to dust and take corrective measures, if needed;  Insurance cover to all workers engaged in mines shall be provided;  Safetyto prevent the worker getting injury during work following measure will be taken:

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 The workers will be trained in vocational training they get proper training in their particular work.  They will be provided proper safety equipment such as safety boots, helmets, and lifeline etc.  Proper benches will be formed. Apart from this all safety precaution will be taken as per Act, Rules and Regulation.

E. Connectivity (Traffic and transportation Road/Rail/Metro/Water ways etc.)

S.NO. DETAILS CONNECTIVITY 1. Road The ML area is situated in the SE of the village-Chawkriat a distance of Transportation 2.2kms.The ML area is approached from Tehsil HQ through SH-21. District headquarter Jodhpuris at about 68 K.M from the ML area. 2. Railways The Nearest Railway Station is Ummed, which is about 7.0Kms. from the area. 3. Airways The nearest Airport isJodhpur at a distance of about 67kms from the MLarea.

F. Drinking Water Management (Source & supply of water) Total water requirement is about 4 KLD - 5 KLD. Out of which 0.5 KLD - 1.0 KLD will be used for Drinking & Domestic Uses, 1.5 KLD –2.0 KLD for Plantation &2.0 KLD for Dust Suppression.Drinking water will be made available from the nearby tube wells in nearby villages. Water for dust suppression and plantation will be arranged by a small water tanker.

WATER INTAKE

MINING SPRAYING GREEN BELT DOMESTIC

WATER DISCHARGE WATER DISCHARGE WATER DISCHARGE 60

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G. Sewerage System Not applicable as no Domestic waste water will generate.

H. Industrial Waste Management

No Industrial waste is generated from the project area.

I. Solid waste Management

The waste will be obtained while sizing of the mineral rock, and also at the time of blasting. The waste generated in the nextfiveyears will be 77096.68 tonesand will be used for crusher activity

J. Power Requirement

No power requirement is needed as all the machinery deployed for the mining operations such as Jackhammer, Compressor etc. are diesel operated.

7. REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT(R&R PLAN)

(Policy to adopted (Central State) in respect of the project affected person including home oustee, land oustee and landless labor (A brief outline to be given)

The ML area comprises of the govt.land and there is no human settlement in the ML area thus R & R Plan is not applicable.

8. PROJECT SCHEDULE AND COST ESTIMATES

A. (Likely date of start of construction and likely date of completion (time schedule for the project to be given)

The project will start for the annual production of 20,000 TPA of the mineral sandstone once the amendment is done in the Environmental Clearance and other statutory approvals are obtained from the concerned departments.

B. Estimated project cost and along with analysis in terms of economic viability of the project.

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Project cost

The proposed project cost will be Rs 100 Lakh.

9. ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATION):-

 The proposed mine will bring economic benefits to the state by the way of Royalty for mineral, surface rent, sale tax/VAT, income tax etc.  The project will be economically beneficial to the local people by way of direct and secondary employment opportunities.  Sandstone is a constituent for infrastructural development projects like buildings and constructions. It has high demand in region due to increase in industrial and other infrastructural activities.  The sandstone rock will be sold as blocks for slabs or for tiles. These will be sized at the site as per the market requirement. There are many units established around for sandstone processing, tile and pillar making. Sandstone is quarried for block, slabs, aslets and khandas. Slabs are used for roofing purpose and are used for making pillars and beams.  The project will bring about socio-economic improvement of the area and will prove beneficial to the area  In the interest of mineral development and to improve the social conditions of the local and surrounding people this project should be allowed after considering all the environment aspects.