PRE – FEASIBILITY REPORT AT Granite building stone quarry located ins.y.no. 692/1, 692/6 over an Area of 0.99.05 Hectares, Ezhamkulam village of Adoor Taluk, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala state. FOR Nedumon Granites (p) Ltd, Aneesh Kasim Rawther (Managing Director) Nilamel Thekkekara,Elamannur. (P.O), Adoor Taluk, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala State. EIA Consultant Aadhi Boomi Mining and Enviro Tech (P) Ltd., (QCI/NABET Accredited Organization) 3/216, K.S.V, Nagar, Narasothipatti, Alagapuram (PO), Salem – 636004 Website: www.abmenvirotech.com Email: [email protected] Mobile: +91 9842729655 Aadhi Boomi Mining and Enviro Tech (P) Ltd|RQP & NABET/QCI Accredited EIA Consultant 1 Chapter 1: Executive Summary FEATURE DETAILS Name of the Proponent Nedumon Granites (p) Ltd, and address Aneesh Kasim Rawther (Managing Director) Nilamel Thekkekara, Elamannur .(P.O), Adoor Taluk, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala State. Existing/New Quarry New Survey number 692/1, 692/6 Geographical features Latitude: 9° 6'55.20"N to 9° 6'59.56"N Longitude: 76°47'23.09"E to76°47'27.96"E Elevation: 126-108m above MSL (Toposheet No. 58 C/16 (Refer Plate-I). Site Location Ezhamkulam village of Adoor Taluk, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala state. Type of Project Granite building stone quarry Mining lease area 0.99.05 Hectares Geological Resources 396738 MT Mineable Reserves 230175MT Production 44888 MT/Annum(Max) 43733.4MT/Annum (Avg) Depth of Mining The mining is proposed to an average depth of 23 m bgl Water Table 12m bgl Method of Mining Open cast semi mechanized mining Category B2 Mining plan approval Approval of Eco friendly Mining Plan Letter No. 1015/DOPTA/M /2018 dated 05.05.2018 Period of Lease 5 years Does it attracts any Not applicable general conditions specified in the EIA notification, 2006 Man Power 15persons Water requirement Total water requirement – 4.5 KLD Drinking and Utilities 2.5 KLD Dust suppression and Green Belt 2.0 KLD Source: Mineral water supply and water tank EMP Cost Rs. 5.0 lakhs Project Cost Rs. 49 lakhs Nearest habitation Enadimangalam– 6 km Nearest Town Adoor – 10 km Aadhi Boomi Mining and Enviro Tech (P) Ltd|RQP & NABET/QCI Accredited EIA Consultant 2 Nearest Railway station Kottarakara – 20 km Nearest Airport Trivandrum – 97 km Area put on Total area use at start of used at the s.no Particulars plan end of (ha)(present) plan (ha) mine working i) ---- 0.64.17 pit ii) roads ----- 0.02.00 Land use pattern safety and iii) plantation ---- 0.32.58 area labour shed iv) ----- 0.00.30 and office v) virgin 0.99.05 --- Total 0.99.05 0.99.05 Aadhi Boomi Mining and Enviro Tech (P) Ltd|RQP & NABET/QCI Accredited EIA Consultant 3 Chapter 2: Introduction 1.1. PROJECT PROPONENT AND PROJECT SITE Mr.Aneesh Kasim Rawther Managing Director of Nedumon Granites has applied over an extent of 0.99.05 ha to quarry building stone in a Patta land. He had gained similar experience and skill in quarrying building stone for the past 10 years. The building stone from the applied area is mainly used for construction purpose.The granite building stone quarry located ins.y.no. 692/1, 692/6 over an Area of 0.99.05 Hectares, Ezhamkulam village of Adoor Taluk, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala state. For this quarrying project, Mining Plan was prepared under Rule 66 of Kerala Minor Minerals Concession Rules, (Amended 2015) and Minor Mineral conservation and Development rule 2010 (Draft) for quarrying the building stone with due consideration of environmental parameters so as to obtain Environment clearance (EC). Permission requested to this quarry is for a period of Five years. The mining plan is approved by the Geologist, Department of Mining and Geology, Pathanamthitta, Kerala vide Approval of Eco friendly Mining Plan Letter No. 1015/DOPTA/M/18 dated 24.04.2018. This feasibility report for Granite Building Stone Quarry of Mr.Aneesh Kasim Rawther Managing Director of Nedumon Granites,over an extent of 0.99.05 ha at S.Y.No. 692/1, 692/6 Ezhamkulam village of Adoor Taluk, Pathanamthitta District, Kerala state. 1.2. NATURE OF THE PROJECT The applied area is an elevated terrain, sloping towards north to North west- south East direction with elevation ranges 126-108m above MSL. The Topographical contour map with Geological Information is given in plate III, attached in the Mining Plan. The area is mostly covered with common regional plants with well exposed building stone formation and boulders. Top soil of about 1.5m thick is capping the bed rock intermittently. There is no major or minor water body in and around the applied area. Open cast, semi-mechanized mining will be adopted to extract building stones of required size from the area for which Quarrying Lease applied. Before opening a mine, several aspects should be considered like construction of semi-permanent structures, planning for the development/production works, formation of faces, lying of approach road to various benches for movement of dumpers, recruitment of man power, deployment of machinery, selection of dump sites, stacking yards etc. Top soil\overburden, weathered materials shall be removed prior to development of working benches. 1.3. NEED AND SIGNIFICANCE Aadhi Boomi Mining and Enviro Tech (P) Ltd|RQP & NABET/QCI Accredited EIA Consultant 4 Buildings, walls, paving slabs. Aggregates stone used for its strong physical properties – crushed and sorted into various sizes for use in concrete, coated with bitumen to make asphalt or used 'dry' as bulk fill in construction. Mostly used in roads, concrete and building products.Thus mining of Building stones supports the country in improving the infrastructure as well as the economy. It also supports the day to day life by comforting the living environment. 1.4. DEMAND – SUPPLY GAP As Building stone is a significant raw material in the construction sector, the demand exists in the market throughout the year. Thus quarrying of the mineral finds consumer easily in the local market. 1.5. IMPORT VS INDIGENOUS PRODUCTION Building stone exists in the proposed site and does not require any raw material to be imported for the production process. The extracted blocks are broken into required size for selling. Send to crushers if required. 1.6. EXPORT POSSIBILITY Not applicable since the project meets local demand only. 1.7. EMPLOYMENT Manpower proposed to look after and carry out the day to day quarrying activities at the proposed production complies with statutory provisions of MMR 1961.The project extends employment to a total of 15 persons. 1.7.1. Management and Supervisory personal 1. mining engineer/mines manager - 1 person (first\ second class mines manager Competency certificate holder) 2. mines foreman (foreman competency - 1 person Certificate holder) 3. mining mate (mine mate competency - 1 person Certificate holder) 4. register keeper (workman cadre) - 1 person The mining engineer is appointed to supervise day to day workings assisted by a foreman. Wherever the workers are employed more than 10, a qualified mining mate should be appointed to supervise and control the workers. a register keeper shall also be appointed to keep and maintain the registers and records. Aadhi Boomi Mining and Enviro Tech (P) Ltd|RQP & NABET/QCI Accredited EIA Consultant 5 c) labour skilled, semi-skilled and un-skilled. i) skilled Operator : 1 person` ii) semi-skilled Driver : 2 persons iii) un-skilled musdoors\ labours : 5 persons Cleaners : 2 persons Register keeper : 1 person ------------------- Total : 15 persons -------------------- Aadhi Boomi Mining and Enviro Tech (P) Ltd|RQP & NABET/QCI Accredited EIA Consultant 6 Chapter 3: Project Description 3.1. DETAILS OF THE APPLIED AREA Permissible for Applied Area in Buffer S.y. quarrying (ha) area for position area aluk no. leaving quarry illage T (ha) (ha) state & district V safety zone permit 692/1 1.50.80 0.19.78 0.34.73 0.54.51 Adoor Kerala, 692/6 1.11.02 0.12.80 0.31.74 0.44.54 Ezhamkulam Pathanamthitta Total 2.61.82 0.32.58 0.66.47 0.99.05 The project involves quarrying of building stone blocks from the proposed area by adopting eco-friendly and safer techniques. The building stones are broken into required sizes and being sent to the market. 3.2. LOCATION The area is represented by Survey of India Toposheet No. 58 C/16, the location map is given in Plate 1 and figure 3.2. Figure 3.1: Location of the proposed quarry Aadhi Boomi Mining and Enviro Tech (P) Ltd|RQP & NABET/QCI Accredited EIA Consultant 7 The applied area lies between the Geo coordinates from 09°06'55.20"N to 09°06'59.56"N and 76°47'23.09"E to 76°47'27.96"E. Geographic coordinates for each Boundary Pillar number is given in Table No.3.1 and image 3.2 and 3.3 below. Table 3.1 Geographic coordinates of Boundary Pillars of the applied area PILLAR ID LATITUDE (N) LONGITUDE (E) 1 9° 6'55.20"N 76°47'24.81"E 2 9° 6'55.62"N 76°47'24.43"E 3 9° 6'57.60"N 76°47'23.09"E 4 9° 6'59.56"N 76°47'23.68"E 5 9° 6'58.94"N 76°47'25.20"E 6 9° 6'57.91"N 76°47'27.96"E 7 9° 6'56.64"N 76°47'27.56"E 8 9° 6'57.43"N 76°47'26.69"E 9 9° 6'56.99"N 76°47'25.99"E 10 9° 6'55.66"N 76°47'25.12"E Fig 3.2: Lease boundary and pillars overlaid on the Google Earth Image Aadhi Boomi Mining and Enviro Tech (P) Ltd|RQP & NABET/QCI Accredited EIA Consultant 8 Fig 3.3: Photographs showing GPS Survey of the Pillars readings 3.3.