EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Nellore Building Stone & Road Metal quarry Association has formed a cluster of 7 quarry sites in order to apply for Environmental Clearance. This is in compliance to the Office Memorandum dated 24th December 2013 by MoEF, New Delhi regarding the cluster formation. The projects proposed are within 500m for the periphery of each other. The total area of the cluster comes to around 61.09 Ha.. The list of quarry owners, extent of lease along with their survey numbers is attached as Annexure 1. (Utapalem, Vendodu & Kundakur) Village, Gudur & Podalakur Mandal, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh Table 1: Salient features of the project Proposed Building Stone and M-Sand mine Project name of The Nellore Building Stone & Road Metal quarry Association Mining Lease Area 61.09 Ha. (Utapalem, Vendodu & Kundakur) Village, Gudur & Podalakur Location of mine Mandal, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh. Minerals of mine building stone material Method of mining Opencast semi mechanized mining Drilling/Blasting Line Drilling and offset cutting is proposed. No of working days 300 days Water will be supplied from water tankers/ Bore wells of the Sources of water nearby area Man power 250 Nearest railway station Kavali Railway station- 53 km Nearest airport Tirupati Airport – 80 km 2.0 INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/ BACKGROUND INFORMATION Identification of Project and Project Proponent Table 2: Details of Project Name of the applicant The Nellore Building Stone & Road Metal quarry Association Name & Address of Applicant Sri.B. Subba Reddy President Mineral Building Stone and M-Sand Mine Area (ha) 61.09 ha Location of Mine (Utapalem, Vendodu & Kundakur) Village, Gudur & Podalakur Mandal, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh Status of Mine Existing Mine ANNEXURE – I TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP SHOWING 10 KM RADIUS .