Brief Summary- Barauli Sand Mining Unit-1 Sonipat, Haryana The proposed project is for mining of minor mineral lying in the Yamuna river bed & outside the river bed in a total area of 76.31 ha located in Villages – Barauli & Nandnaur, Tehsil - Sonipat, District – Sonipat, Haryana. The river along its course brings large quantity of material consisting of sand during every monsoon. This material has to be removed every year in order to channelize the river course and to prevent it from widening & thus causing cutting of nearby agriculture land. Minor mineral mining is proposed for a total production of 30, 15,600 MT per annum by opencast semi-mechanized method. Mining area is private land which is allotted through auction to M/s Jindal Mectec Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon for the mining of sand for the period of 10 years. Letter of Intent has been issued for allotment of mining units in favour of M/S Jindal Mectec Pvt. Ltd, Gurgaon, Haryana by Director of Mines & Geology Department, Haryana vide letter no. DMG/Hy/Cont/Barauli-1 Sand Unit/2015/35 dated 02.01.2015. Salient Features of the Project: Project name “Sand Minor Mineral Mines/quarries of Barauli-1 Sand Unit” having total area of 76.31Ha at village Barauli & Nandnaur, district Sonipat, Haryana. Location of mine Village – Barauli-1 Tehsil - Sonipat, District – Sonipat, Haryan Latitude N 29° 01´ 41’’ E 77° 09’ 42’’ Longitude N 29° 01´ 27’’ E 77° 10’ 55’’ Topo sheet number SOI 1:50,000 (53G-4) Land use River body & Private land outside river. Minerals of mine Sand Life of mine 10 years Proposed annual production of mine 30,15,600 MTonnes Method of mining Open Cast Semi mechanized No of working days in a year 300 Water demand 18 Kld Sources of water Tanker supply water Man power 72 Nearest railway station Sonipat Railway Station Nearest state highway/national highway NH-1(7.28 km West) Nearest air port IGI Airport N. Delhi-65.00km South Cost of the project 4613.86 Lakhs .