PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT OF GRANITE BUILDING STONE QUARRY M/s. ST. ANTONEY’S BUILDING STONE UNDER EIA NOTIFICATION 2006 Pre-Feasibility Report for Granite Building stone Quarry RE-SURVEY NO. : 1102/2 VILLAGE : CHITTANDA TALUK : THALAPPILLY DISTRICT : THRISSUR STATE : KERALA EXTENT : 0.8276 HA LAND STATUS : PRIVATE LAND APPLICANT M/s. St. ANTONEY’S BUILDING STONE, BUILDING No. 8/131 A, KUNDANNUR P.O., THRISSUR DISTRICT, KERALA - 1 - PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT OF GRANITE BUILDING STONE QUARRY M/s. ST. ANTONEY’S BUILDING STONE UNDER EIA NOTIFICATION 2006 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMERY M/s. St. Antoney’s Building Stone is a partnership firm and the project is a newly proposed granite building stone quarry over an extent of 0.8276 Ha in Survey Nos: 1102/2 in Chittanda Village, Thalappilly Taluk, Thrissur District, Kerala state for a period of three years for submission of Environmental clearance from DEIAA. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE PROJECT S.NO PARTICULAR DETAILS 1. Name of the Proponent M/s St. Antoney’s Building Stone 2. Type of Project Granite Building stone quarry 3. Location Re-Survey No. 1102/2 Chittanda Village, Thalappilly Taluk, Thrissur District, Kerala state. 4. Permit applied area 0.8276 Hectares 5. Type of land Private Land - Non forest Patta/forest/PWD 8. Life of period Three years 9. Production capacity It has been proposed to excavate a maximum of 30412 Tonnes per annum of Granite Building Stone by open cast semi-mechanized method. The Permit area is 0.8276 Hectare; Total minable reserve available is 90775 Tonnes of Granite building stone. The expected life of mine will be 3 years. The mineral will be transported through trucks/ tippers. 10. Method of Mining Open cast semi mechanized mining method with 5.0m vertical bench with a bench width of 5.0m is being proposed. 11. Ultimate depth of Mining The quarry operation is Proposed a ultimate pit limit will be 65m AMSL at conceptual stage 12. Latitude 10° 41' 05.96"N to 10° 41' 11.30"N 13. Longitude 76° 12' 18.03"E to 76° 12' 20.64"E 14. Topo sheet No. 58 B/02 - 2 - PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT OF GRANITE BUILDING STONE QUARRY M/s. ST. ANTONEY’S BUILDING STONE UNDER EIA NOTIFICATION 2006 15. Topography of MSL area Highest elevation of the lease area is 90m AMSL and Lowest elevation is 74m AMSL. 16. Land use classification It is a Proposal for Environmental clearance (the adjacent area has been under quarrying operation earlier in the previous permit period) 17. Ground water level The Ground water is about 34mt depth below the ground level. 18. Climatic condition The annual rainfall ranges from 3233 to 3456 mm at different places of the district. 19. Land use pattern Present Area at Description area in the end of (Ha) Lease period (Ha.) Area under quarrying 0.2320 0.5186 Infrastructure Nil 0.0200 Roads 0.0100 0.0200 Green Belt Nil 0.2690 Unutilized 0.5856 Nil Grand Total 0.8276 0.8276 20. Nearest habitation Nearest House - 116 Meters South Eastern side. 21. Nearest Town Wadakkanchery - 5 km – SE 22. Nearest Railway station Wadakkanchery Railway Station - 5.27 km - SE 23. Nearest Airport Calicut International Airport - 57.00 km - NW 24. Nearest National Highways & Cochin - Salem (NH-544) - 18.16 km - SE State Highways Chavakkad - Wadakkanchery (SH-50) - 850 m - S 25. Nearest Hospital Government Ayurveda Hospital, Mangad - 2.33 km - SW 26. Aerial distance to the nearest More than 10 km from Eco sensitive areas, CRZ, Eco sensitive areas, CRZ, wild life sanctuary, Interstate boundary, critically forest, wild life sanctuary, polluted area. Interstate boundary, critically Cheerathara Pulpwood Plantation Reserve Forest - polluted area if the quarry site 72 m W is within 500m of these areas. 27. Details of other quarries for a There is no other quarries in operation within the radius of 500m around the radius of 500m from the project area quarry site 28. Man power About 12 employees - 3 - PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT OF GRANITE BUILDING STONE QUARRY M/s. ST. ANTONEY’S BUILDING STONE UNDER EIA NOTIFICATION 2006 29. Water requirement & source Total water requirement of 11 KLD will be met from water vendors & storm water entrapped in quarry pit. 30. Overburden/Waste The overburden in the form of Top soil, A Total Quantity of the top soil of 5376 Tonnes is proposed to be removed during mining operation. The topsoil will be removed and preserved all along the boundary barriers for afforestation and Green belt development. The entire quarried out building stone will be consumed hence waste is not anticipated. 31. Cost of the project The Project cost: A. Fixed Asset cost = Rs. 4,00,000/- B. Operational cost = Rs 25,50,000/- C. EMP cost = Rs. 14,20,000/- Total cost = Rs. 43,70,000/- There is no CRZ within the radius of 10 km. There area is not fall in the HACA Region. There is no interstate boundary within radius of 10 km. There are no Bird sanctuaries, wild life sanctuary or National parks as per Wild life protection Act 1972, within the radius of 10 km. The following information provided by the proponent I have applied for getting Environmental Clearance to DEIAA, Thrissur District for quarrying of Granite Building stone in Survey No. 1102/2 over an extent of 0.8276 Ha in Chittanda Village, Thalappilly Taluk, Thrissur District, Kerala. I will not deploy any child labours below 18 years for any type of quarrying operation. All labors engaged for quarrying operation will be insured till the end of life of quarry period. All type of safety / Protective equipments will be provided to all the labourers working in my quarry site. I will sincerely follow and execute the Afforestation and Green belt during the course of quarrying operation and maintain Afforestation after the expiry of quarrying lease. I ensure to involve and participate in the corporate social responsibilities of the local community. - 4 - PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT OF GRANITE BUILDING STONE QUARRY M/s. ST. ANTONEY’S BUILDING STONE UNDER EIA NOTIFICATION 2006 The quarrying operation will not cause any hindrance to the nearby public and also it will not cause any hindrance to nearby villagers and human settlements during transportation of mineral. The project area does not fall in ‘HACA’ region. There is no interstate boundary within the radius of 10 km. The project area does not fall in CRZ zone within the radius of 10 km. The project area is does not fall in Western Ghats boundary There are no Bird sanctuaries, wild life sanctuaries as per Wild life protection Act 1972, within the radius of 10 km. 2.0 INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT OR BACKGROUND INFORMATION (i) Identification of project and project proponent: In case of mining project, a copy of mining lease/letter of intent should be given owner name and address of the Project proponent Identification of Project Name of the Project M/s St. Antoney’s Building Stone Permit area 0.8276 Ha (Private land) - Non forest Location Survey No. 1102/2 Chittanda Village, Thalappilly Taluk, Thrissur District, Kerala State. Topo Sheet No. 58 B/02 Project Proponent Name with Address M/s. St. Antoney’s Building Stone, Building No. 8/131 A, Kundannur P.O. - 680590 Thrissur, Kerala Mobile No. : 9846598749 (ii) Brief description of nature of the project The permit area is exhibits hilly terrain. The Granite Building stone quarrying operation is proposed to carry out by conventional opencast Semi mechanized method by formation of benches. Initially pruning of benches as required will be carried out. The width of each bench is proposed not less than the height. The quarry operation involves drilling by jack hammer, blasting operation, Movement of HEMM, Loading & Unloading operation. The massive charnockite formation is clearly inferred with outcrops and existing quarry works. The granite occurs in a undulating terrain sloping towards southern side. The elevation of the proposed permit area varies from +74m AMSL to +90m AMSL. - 5 - PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT OF GRANITE BUILDING STONE QUARRY M/s. ST. ANTONEY’S BUILDING STONE UNDER EIA NOTIFICATION 2006 Ultimate depth of the pit is proposed at 65m AMSL The maximum proposed production is around 90775 MT Topsoil will be used for plantation purpose. The waste/overburden will be used for road formation, filling of low lying areas nearby land owned by the proponent. Hence no waste dump is proposed during the life of the mine. (iii) Need for the project and its importance to the country and or region The Granite Building stone is important building material to our country and region; it’s a vital material for Infrastructure development and Road widening project. Hence a lot of building stone is required for Granular sub base (GSB). The mining project will fulfill its end uses in construction purposes. The mining and associated activities in the mineral bearing areas will add to the revenue of the state through royalty on the mineral and the taxes as well as improve the economic conditions of the local people through direct and secondary employment. The mining project will provide employment to local people. Applicant will pay royalty for the mineral produced from the mine, direct and indirect taxes will be paid thereby contributing to the regional revenue. The public revenue so generated will further be put for use in infrastructural development and other sectors like health, education and social welfare. (iv) Demand and supply gap There is a huge demand of Granite Building stone for State and National Road projects, the projects are under massive development for its widening and strengthening operation, apart from this many bridges and fly overs are also being under construction.