Anandavadi, Tehsil- Sendurai District- Ariyalur State- Tamilnadu
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Annexure-A REVISED FORM 1 OF Capacity Enhancement of Anandavadi Limestone At Village - Anandavadi, Tehsil- Sendurai District- Ariyalur State- Tamilnadu Expansion in Production Capacity from 0.26 MTPA to 1.5 MTPA Mine Lease Area- 110.68.5 Ha APPLICANT M/S Tamilnadu Cement Corporation Ltd (A Government of Tamilnadu Undertaking) LLA Building, 2nd Floor, 735, Anna Salai, Chennai 600 002 Prepared By- MANTEC CONSULTANTS PVT. LTD. (QCI Accredited consultant at S. No. 102 as per List of Accredited Consultant Organizations/ Rev. 73/February 8, 2019) ENVIRONMENT DIVISION: D-36, SECTOR-6, NOIDA, U.P.-201301 Capacity Enhancement of Anandavadi Limestone Mine Revised Form -1 APPENDIX I (See paragraph - 6) FORM 1 (I) BASIC INFORMATION S. No. Items Details 1 Name of the Project Capacity Enhancement of Anandavadi Limestone Mines 2 Serial no. in schedule 1(a) Mining of minerals Non-Coal Mining Proposed capacity/area/length/ Proposed Capacity : 1.5 MTPA Lime Stone tonnage to be handled/ Lease area- 110.68.5 Ha 3 command area/lease area/ Total Tentative Excavation- 7006082 Tones for 3 years number of wells to be drilled comprising, 615150 MT Top Soil, 1770130 MT O.B, 4130302 MT Gypsum and 490500 MT mineral rejects. Year wise excavation details are provided in Annexure-B 4. New/Expansion/Modernization Expansion in production capacity in existing mine from 0.26 MTPA to 1.5 MTPA 5. Existing capacity/Area etc. Existing capacity- 0.26 MTPA 6. Category of project Category “A” 7. Does it attract the general No, it does not attract general condition. condition? If Yes, Please specify 8. Does it attract the specific No, it does not attract specific condition. condition? if Yes, Please specify 9. Location of unit Plot/Survey/Khasra No. S.F No. 349, 350, 351etc. Village/town/city Anandavadi, Tehsil Sendurai District Ariyalur States Tamilnadu 10. Nearest Railway station/Air Port Sendurai Railway station approx 7 Km in N. along with distance in kms. Ariyalur Railway station approx 13 Km in SW. Chennai International Airport approx 224 Km in NE. 11. Nearest town, City, Distt. Head Nearest town and District Head Quarter is Ariyalur, Quarter along with distance in approx 13 Km in SW. kms Prepared by:- Mantec Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Page 1 Capacity Enhancement of Anandavadi Limestone Mine Revised Form -1 12. Village Panchayat, Zila Parishad, Village Panchayat: Anandavadi Village. Municipal Corporation, Local P.O.: Anandavadi body (Complete postal addresses Distt. Ariyalur, Tamilnadu with telephone nos. to be given) 13. Name of Applicant M/S Tamilnadu Cement Corporation Ltd (A Government of Tamilnadu Undertaking) 14. Regd. Address L.L.A Building, 2nd Floor, 735, Anna Salai, Chennai 600002 15. Address for correspondence(1): Name T. Ravichandran, Designation DGM (Tech)/ Unit Head, Address Ariyalur Cement Works, Arasu Cement Factory, Ariyalur, Tamilnadu Pin Code 621729 E mail [email protected], [email protected] Telephone 04329 228531 Fax No. 04329 228776 16, Detail of alternative site, if any. No alternative site had been considered as the Location of these sites should be capacity enhancement pertains to existing limestone shown on a topo-sheet. mine and hence it is site specific. 17. Interlinked Project No interlinked projects. 18. Whether separate application for Not Applicable. interlinked project has been submitted. 19. If, Yes Date of Submission Not Applicable. 20. If no , reason Not Applicable. 21. Whether proposal involves approval/clearance under: if yes, details of same and status to given a) Forest (conservation) Act No 1980? b) Wild life protection Act No 1972? c) CRZ notification 1991? No Prepared by:- Mantec Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Page 2 Capacity Enhancement of Anandavadi Limestone Mine Revised Form -1 22. Whether there is any Govt. No order/policy relevant/relating site? 23. Forest land involved (hectares) No 24. Whether there is any litigation No pending against the project and / or land in which is project is proposed to be setup: a) name of court Not Applicable b) Case No. Not Applicable c) Orders/directions of Not Applicable Court, if any and its relevance with the proposed project. (II) ACTIVITY: 1. Construction, operation or decommissioning of the Project involving actions, which will cause physical changes in the locality (topography, land use, changes in water bodies, etc.) S. No. Information/Checklist Yes/ Details thereof (with approximate Confirmation No quantities/ rates, wherever possible) with source of information data 1.1 Permanent or temporary Yes The area is covered with eucalyptus change in land use, land cover plantation. Ground clearance and excavation or topography including for proposed mining will result in permanent increase in intensity of land change in land use, land cover and use(with respect to local land topography of the area. use plan) 1.2 Clearance of existing land, Yes The area is covered with eucalyptus vegetation and building? plantation, which will be cleared before commencement of mining. 1.3 Creation of new land uses? Yes The mined out area will be rehabilitated with overburden and top soil extracted during mining, and will be utilized for re-plantation and as water body. 1.4 Pre-construction investigations e.g.No It is an existing mine hence no pre-construction bore house, soil testing? investigation is required. Prepared by:- Mantec Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Page 3 Capacity Enhancement of Anandavadi Limestone Mine Revised Form -1 1.5 Construction works? No It is an existing mine and does not require any construction. 1.6 Demolition works? No Not Applicable 1.7 Temporary sites used for No No construction is required. construction works or Housing of construction workers? 1.8 Above ground building, No It is an existing mine and hence it does not structures or Earthworks require above ground buildings, structures or including linear structures, cut earthworks. and fill or excavations 1.9 Underground works including No It is an open cast limestone mine. Hence no mining or tunneling? underground mining or tunneling is involved. 1.10 Reclamation works? Yes In the post mining stage, all pits will be filled with overburden and top soil and utilized partly for plantation and balance as water reservoir. The external dumps will be reclaimed with suitable species of flora. 1.11 Dredging? No Not Applicable 1.12 Offshore structures? No Not Applicable 1.13 Production and manufacturing Yes Limestone will be mined out by fully processes? mechanized opencast mining method, by deploying Mega Rock Breaker of 150 TPH capacity. Excavator will be used for loading the material and the tippers used for transportation of mineral and for handling the overburden / reject. The height and width of benches will be 6 m each, maintaining a slope of 450. The maximum depth of pits will be 21 m below ground level. 1.14 Facilities for storage of goods No Mined out Limestone is being sent to the or materials? cement manufacturing unit. There is no proposal for storing limestone at the site. 1.15 Facilities for treatment or Yes Entire waste generated from this lease will disposal of solid waste or be dumped in the waste dump. There will liquid effluents? not be any effluent generation from this mine. 1.16 Facilities for long term housing No Local workers will be hired and hence no of operational workers? housing is proposed. 1.17 New road, rail or sea traffic No Mined out limestone is mainly transported Prepared by:- Mantec Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Page 4 Capacity Enhancement of Anandavadi Limestone Mine Revised Form -1 during construction or through the existing roads . It will be suitably operation? maintained / strengthened and as such no new road or rail is required. 1.18 New road, rail, air waterborne No Since this is an existing mine, there is no or other transport proposal of new road or rail during operational infrastructure including new period. or altered routes and stations, ports, airport etc? 1.19 Closure or diversion of No No diversion of existing transport route is existing transport routes or needed. infrastructure leading to changes in traffic movements? 1.20 New or diverted transmission No No proposal for formation or diversion of lines or pipelines? transmission lines or pipelines. 1.21 Impoundment, damming, No Seasonal Nala passing through the mine lease culverting, realignment or area hence no any effect on the project. other changes to the hydrology of watercourses or aquifers? 1.22 Stream crossings? Yes Seasonal Nala passes through the mine lease area, but no any effect on the project site. 1.23 Abstraction or transfers of Yes Water will be supplied through water tanker water from ground or surface @40KLD waters? 1.24 Changes in water bodies or the No Seasonal Nala passes through the mine lease land surface affecting drainage area and it will not be disturbed. or run-off? 1.25 Transport of personnel or Yes During the operational phase, the materials for construction, labor/personnel shall arrange for their own operation or de- means of transport either on foot or by bicycle commissioning? etc. to reach to the mine site. However, excavated mineral shall be transported by trucks/tractor trolleys hired on contractual basis. 1.26 Long-term dismantling or No Not applicable. decommissioning or restoration works? 1.27 Ongoing activity during No Since there is no proposal of any decommissioning which could decommissioning activity, there will not be any Prepared by:- Mantec Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Page 5 Capacity Enhancement of Anandavadi Limestone Mine Revised Form -1 have an impact on the impact on the environment. environment? 1.28 Influx of people to an area in No No temporary or permanent influx of people is either temporarily or envisaged. The work will be carried out during permanently? day time by deploying local labour, the shift starts in the morning and end in the evening.