Krishna mines Document Title: Wild Life Conservation Plan for Spotted Deer Sanctuary Limestone Mine GO No :115 DOC. No. : IND.BH.41.14.0070/HSR Rev. 000 Conservation Plan for Spotted Deer Sanctuary Project Proponent: M/s Krishna Mines. Limestone Mine G.O.No :115 . Document Reference : IND.BH.41.14.0070/HSR Revision: 000, Dated 09.10.2014 Copyright Bureau Veritas India Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission of the Publisher. M/s Bhagavathi Ana Labs Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad [A Bureau Veritas Group Company] Page 1 Dr Krishna mines Document Title: Wild Life Conservation Plan for Spotted Deer Sanctuary Limestone Mine GO No :115 DOC. No. : IND.BH.41.14.0070/HSR Rev. 000 REVIEW AND REVISION HISTORY History of revisions of the present report: Rev Date Modifications 000, 09.10.2014 First issue Table I: History of the Revisions Document: IND.BH.41.140070/HSR Conservation plan for obtaining REV. Rahul Jarupula/ M.V.Raghavacharyulu E. Shyam Sundar 09.10.2014 Recommendation 000 Sandhya Kondaveety (Vice President) (Head Environment) from Standing Committee of NWLB REV DATE DESCRIPTION PREPARED BY REVIEWED BY APPROVED BY M/s Bhagavathi Ana Labs Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad [A Bureau Veritas Group Company] Page 2 Krishna mines Document Title: Wild Life Conservation Plan for Spotted Deer Sanctuary Limestone Mine GO No :115 DOC. No. : IND.BH.41.14.0070/HSR Rev. 000 Contents Chapter Description Page No 1 Introduction 5 – 6 1.1 Background of the Project 5 1.2 Need for Wildlife Conservation Plan 6 2 Scope of the Study 7- 16 2.1 Field Visits and Study Methodology 7 2.2 Description of the Project 7 2.3 Topography& Geology 7 2.4 Mining 8 2.5 Transport equipment & Machinery 9 2.6 Post Mining Reclamation and Land Use Pattern 9 2.7 Study Area 9 2.8 Climate 15 2.9 Temperature 15 2.10 Rainfall 15 2.11 Relative Humidity 15 2.12 Winds 15 2.13 Geology 15 2.14 Soil 15 2.15 Infrastructure 16 3 About Gangaikondan Deer Sanctuary 17- 26 3.1 Details of the Sanctuary 17 3.2 Boundary of Gangaikondan Spotted Deer Sanctuary 17 3.2.1 Flora 22 3.2.2 Fauna 23 4 Land Use / Land Cover and 3D Modeling 27- 31 4.1 Scope 27 4.2 Tools & Resources 27 4.3 Land Use Land Cover Classification 29 5 Impacts & Mitigation Measures 32- 40 5.1 Impact Assessment 32 5.2 Noise Level Predictions 32 5.3 Impacts of Blasting 39 5.4 Natural Threats identified 40 5.4.1 Loss of Habitat 40 5.4.2 Loss of habitat continuity 40 5.4.3 Water scarcity 40 5.4.4 Removal of Forest Products 40 6 Conservation Plan for Gangaikondan Spotted Deer 41- 45 Sanctuary 6.1 Improvement of Plantation in the area 41 6.2 Awareness program 41 6.3 Joint forest management 41 6.4 Sanctuary Protection Plan 42 6.5 Protection plan for combating accidents on highways 42 6.6 Species specific conservation plan 42 6.6.1 Broad objectives 42 6.6.2 Approach for implementation of plan 42 6.7 Conservation Plan for Pavo Cristatus 43 6.7.1 Habitat & ecology 43 6.7.2 Threats 43 6.7.3 Interventions for conservation 43 6.8 Safeguard Measures 44 6.9 Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) 44 6.10 Members of BMC 45 6.11 Biodiversity Monitoring Study 45 6.12 Conclusion 45 M/s Bhagavathi Ana Labs Pvt. 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No. : IND.BH.41.14.0070/HSR Rev. 000 List of Tables Table No Description Page No 1 Particulars of GO Numbers 5 2 Existing & Proposed Productions 6 3 Mining Machinery 9 4 Post mining reclamation and land use 9 5 List of Flora in Gangaikondan Deer Sanctuary 21 6 List of Fauna in Gangaikondan Deer Sanctuary 21 7 List of Flora in Study area 23 8 List of Fauna in Study area 25 9 Land Use Land Cover Details of Buffer zone 30 10 Details of Noise Generating Machinery Considered for 32 Acoustic Modeling 11 Mitigation Measures adopted by M/s The India 33 Cements Ltd. 12 Estimated Peak Particle Velocity for different Explosive 39 Charges 13 Permissible Standards for Ground Vibrations 39 14 Budget for intervention of Schedule I species 43 15 Budget for Sanctuary Conservation Plan 44 List of Figures Fig No Title Page No 1 Project Location Map 10 2 Map showing location of Plant and Mines w.r.t Spotted 11 Deer Sanctuary 3 Study Area Map 12 4 Google Map 13 5 Surface Plan of Mine Lease Area 14 6 Map of Gangaikondan Deer Sanctuary 19 7 Google Map showing the sanctuary area 20 7A 3D Map showing the sanctuary area 20 8 Location Map for Satellite imagery 27 9 IRS R2 LISS -III FMX data of the core and buffer zone 28 10 Pie Chart showing Land use in buffer zone 30 11 Land Use Land Cover Map of 10 KM Radius 31 M/s Bhagavathi Ana Labs Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad [A Bureau Veritas Group Company] Page 4 Krishna mines Document Title: Wild Life Conservation Plan for Spotted Deer Sanctuary Limestone Mine GO No :115 DOC. No. : IND.BH.41.14.0070/HSR Rev. 000 1.0 Introduction Krishna mine is one of the premier mining and mineral resources company with five decades of experience in mineral industry. We are recognized as a leader in limestone, associated products manufacturing industry of south India. Our portfolio of mineral assets includes Krishna mines limestone mining – Operating since 1958 a rich concentration of high grade ore of Ramayanpatti limestone band, associated processing plant and Manufacturing units of high quality limestone and lime powders. 1.1 Background of the Project Krishna mines are situated in the Ramayanpatti village of the Tirunelveli taluk and district of Tamilnadu state. The Krishna mines is one of the major producer of limestone in southern Tamilnadu. The mine is operated under two leases (Latest G.O.N.O. 8480 of the company own patta land of 31.092 ha and the latest G.O.N.O.115 of government revenue land of 12.12 ha ) both the G.O.’s are working contiguously. The mine is supplying its limestone production to the M/S. India cements ltd. Sankarnagar for their modernized dry process cement plant and to other limestone based manufacturers. Krishna mines started its production from the year 1958. The brief history of the mining lease details is summarized below. Particulars of mining lease Go.No.115 Table-1 Period Exten Date of Expiry of Particulars G.O.NO and date of the Form To t in execution the lease lease Ha Original 1226/ILC/29.0 20 30.06.1958 29.06.1978 30.06.1958 29.06.1978 12.12 lease 3.1958 years Non operation of Mines from 30.06.1978 to 21.05.1989 First 10 48/27.01.1988 22.05.1989 21.05.1999 22.05.1989 21.05.1999 12.12 renewal years Second 10 115/22.12.2003 22.05.1999 21.05.2009 03.05.2004 21.05.2009 12.12 renewal years The Third renewal of the mining lease application was filed by the applicant and now the mine is operating under deemed extension condition. The third renewal of mining lease application was filed on 19.05.2008 for 20 years from 22.05.2009 to 21.05.2029 Mine plan period 2008 to 31.03.2013 approval vide letter no TN/TNL/LST/MP-1712-SZ dt 28.07.2009 Existing scheme period from 01.04.2013 to2018 approval vide letter no TN/TNL/LST/MP-897- SZ dated 02.12.2013 M/s Bhagavathi Ana Labs Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad [A Bureau Veritas Group Company] Page 5 Krishna mines Document Title: Wild Life Conservation Plan for Spotted Deer Sanctuary Limestone Mine GO No :115 DOC. No. : IND.BH.41.14.0070/HSR Rev. 000 Table-2 Proposed S. Existing GO No & Date Village Area Production/Capacity No Production/Capacity TPA 01 8480 of Krishna Mines 31.09 318564 445870 11.06.2004 02 115 of 22.12.2003 Krishna Mines 12.12 49993 137827 1.2 Need for Wildlife Conservation Plan Krishna mines, has been pro-active regarding issues related with biodiversity and wildlife conservation and company considers these issues as strategic business issue. The Limestone Mine (GO No 8480) of Krishna mines falls at a distance of 9.5 km radius from the Spotted Deer Sanctuary which was declared in the year 2013. As per the order of Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India, Wild Life Division vide No: 6-10/2011 WL dated 19th December 2012; Guidance document for taking up non forest activities in wild life habitats para # 3.5.1 Activities within 10 km from boundaries of National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries: "In pursuance to the order of Hon'ble Supreme Court Dated 4th December 2006 in Writ Petition (Civil) No 460/2004, in case any project requiring Environmental Clearance, is located within the eco-sensitive zone around a Wild Life Sanctuary or National Park or in absence of delineation of such zone, within a distance of 10 km from its boundaries, the User agency / Project Proponent is required to obtain recommendations of the Standing Committee of NBWL.