Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by M. P. Kuriakose at Village, Sulthan Bathery Taluk & , .

QUESTIONAIRE FOR MINING PROJECTS

SL. PARTICULARS DETAILS NO 1. About the proposal M. P. Kuriakose Muttath House, Chettapalam (P.O), Name and Address of the Padichira, , a. Proponent Wayanad District, Kerala – 673 579. Mail Id:[email protected] Phone:9947375014

This Mine plan is prepared for the quarry of Granite (Building Stone) mining project, which is situated at Re-Survey No. 122/2 & 122/3of Padichira Village, Sulthan Bathery Taluk, Location and Wayanad District, Kerala for an area of 1.0855 b. Specifications hectares. The geographical location of the mine with respect to the pillar boundary of the lease area is given below:- Latitude (N) 11°51'33.96"N to 11°51'39.56"N Longitude (E) 76°11'15.87"E to 76°11'19.14"E

Nearest Govt School, , School 2 km

Social Infrastructure Nearest Govt Health Centre, around the project site Hospital Padichira, 4km (School, Hospital, Nearest c. Residences, Police Residence Kabanigiri - 3km Station, Fire Station, Nearest Pulpally Police Station,10km Ambulance etc.) Police Station Nearest Govt Hospital, Pulppally - Ambulance 12 km d. Distance from the site to As under:- Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by M. P. Kuriakose at Padichira Village, Sulthan Bathery Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

the nearest i. Water Bodies Kabani River, 6km Mosque – Pattanikkooppu Muslim Mosque ,8km Religious places like Temple – Subrahmanya Swami Temple Kabanigiri, 3km ii. church, temple mosque Church - ST. Mary’s Church,Kabanigiri,4km etc.

Sensitive ecosystems like Wildlife Sanctuaries, iii. Reserve Forests, Tholpetty Wildlife Sanctuary-25km Biosphere Reserves, Human Inhabitation Any electrical installations/ micro iv. Nil Wave station/ Defense establishments etc. Storage/ Safety of a. Outside the lease area explosives Fire and safety Risk control measures as per statutes are b. precautions followed. c. First Aid Available

No. of laborers to be d. employed at a time and 12 persons their safety Access road and width to Kabanigiri-Grahamnur Road has a width of about e. the plot 7m Whether public or Private Owned f. private & Ownership 2. About the Mining Area

Geological – 297839 a. Total Reserve Blocked – 130216 Mineable - 167623

Surface cum Geological b. Ref. Plate No. 3 plan and section Map Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by M. P. Kuriakose at Padichira Village, Sulthan Bathery Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

Development plan & c. Ref. Plate No. 4 section Year wise excavation Ref. Page. No.5 d. plan & section

Reclamation plan & e. Ref. Page. No. 6 section

500m radius map f. showing the Ref. page no:81 infrastructure g. Land use pattern As under

S. Land Use Category Pre- Operational Post- No. Operational (Ha.) Operational (Ha.) (Ha.) 1 Top Soil Dump Nil 0.10 - 2 Over burden Nil (Outside) 3 Excavation 0.2621 0.400(0.40 ha 0. 6878 Reclaimed by (Reclaimed by

plantation) plantation) 4 Road 0.055 0.065 0.065 5 Built Up Area - - - 6 Drainage - - - 7 Green belt - 0.3327 0.3327 8 Undisturbed Area 0.7684 0.2878 - Total 1.0855 1.0855 1.0855

Baseline data of the Incorporated in Environment management Plan h. environmental quality (EMP). parameters Biodiversity of the area Incorporated in EMP. i. specifying endemic and

endangered species. About the Mining 3. Activities Drawings indicating a. different facilities Plate No.3 including Reduced Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by M. P. Kuriakose at Padichira Village, Sulthan Bathery Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

Level (RL) The proposed mining operations will be carried out by open cast semi-mechanized method. The salient features of proposed mining method are:-  The height and width of the bench will be maintained at 5.0 m.  The mining will be done from top to bottom. Details of method of  The exploitation of mineral is being done up to working with phasing 10m MSL in conceptual phase. b. of activities, height and  Considering the stability of rocks the final width of benches slope or say ultimate pit slope is proposed 45° from vertical.  Haul road will be developed up to point of loading.  Transportation of the mineral from pit-mouth to destination will be by tippers/trucks (10T capacity). Details of drilling, c. Page No. 26 blasting explosives Transportation of d. Plate 1 (B) material with route Details of over burden e. (OB) removal and stacking Plan for managing f. storm water

Power: -No power is required for quarry operations. Water: - The total water requirement for the proposed project has been estimated to be around Plan for power supply g. 2.5 KLD. About 0.5 KLD is required for domestic and water supply consumption, 1 KLD is required for dust suppression and 1 KLD is required for plantation purposes. The required water will be met from open well.

Plan for labour and safety in the mining h. Page No. 28 area

Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by M. P. Kuriakose at Padichira Village, Sulthan Bathery Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

About the post mine 4. plans Plan for green belt and a. Page No. 32 fencing Periodic monitoring of b. environmental quality Page No. 84 and management Mine Closure Plan – Demolition of structure, removal of deleterious c. Plate No.9 material and restoration of land for sustainable practices About the Social 5. Obligations Mitigation measures to reduce hazardous a. Page No. 49 conditions and hardship to local inhabitants Addressing concerns of local inhabitants like health, water, b. employment, Page No.52 resettlement/ rehabilitation

Compensation for loss

of land, crops and other No Resettlement and Rehabilitation issues c. adverse impacts on

account of mining

Specific measures for Corporate Social d. Page No. 51 Responsibility with success indicators Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by M. P. Kuriakose at Padichira Village, Sulthan Bathery Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala.

As per WGEEP classification, the project site is Status regarding located not within protected area. The land 6. WGEEP Report assigned for quarry operations is a private owned land.