PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT INDEX S.No. DESCRIPTION PAGE No. 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/BACKGROUND 3 INFORMATION 3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 5 4. SITE ANALYSIS 11 5. PLANNING BRIEF 14 6. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE 16 7. REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT(R&R PLAN) 19 8. PROJECT SCHEDULE AND COST ESTIMATES 19 9. ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATION) 19 ANNEXURE S. No. ANNEXURE No. DESCRIPTION 1. I Grant of Prospecting License with details of Khasra falling in applied area 2. II Memorandum & Article of Association with Board of Directors 3. III Application in Form-I for Mining Lease 4. IV LOI issued by State Govt. towards Grant of Mining Lease 5. V Cover page of Approved Mining Plan 6. VI Environment Management Plan Kwarigam Limestone Mine, Applicant: M/s Khyber Cement Pvt. Ltd. Pre Feasibility Report for Kwarigam Limestone Area Near Village Kwarigam, Tehsil Shangus & District Anantnag, J&K 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A Prospecting License was granted by the State Govt. in the favour of M/s Khyber Cement Pvt. Ltd., J&K. (Annexure-I for Grant of Prospecting License with details of Khasra falling in applied area) at Village Kwarigam, Tehsil – Shangus & Distt. – Anantnag (J&K) vide letter No. 93-IND of 2011-dated 18.05.2011.The Prospecting License was executed on 10.08.2011 and registered on 22.08.2012. The Prospecting was carried out by the company. Applicant is a Private Limited Company (Annexure-II). There is two Directors: - 1. Abdul Quayoom Tramboo 2. Umar Khurshid Tramboo Subsequently, the company has been applied for Mining Lease over an area of 126.33 Hectares under the provision of MCR, 1960. (Annexure-III)Lease period shall be 50 years from date of execution lease deed. In due course of time, state govt. has issued Letter of Intent for Mining Lease. (Annexure-IV) The Mining Plan has been approved vide letter dated 20.07.2015 by Regional Controller of Mines, IBM, Dehradun. (Annexure-V) As per EIA Notification Dated 14th Sept. 2006, Environmental Clearance is required for all new Mining Projects. The present mining project falls under Category “A” as per EIA Notifications 2006. In order to obtain Environment Clearance as per Notification dated 14th Sept. 2006 from MoEF, New Delhi for the purpose of mining of mineral limestone, we are submitting application (Form-I) & Pre Feasibility Report for prior environmental clearance (EC) to MoEFCC, New Delhi. 1.2 Salient features of the project Project Name Kwarigam Limestone Area Location of mine Near Village Kwarigam Tehsil:-Shangus District :-Anantnag (J&K) Topo sheet number GT Sheet No. 43O/6 (Restricted by Competent Authority) Land Use Govt. wasteland Nearest Habitation/Town Kwarigam / Anantnag Nearest Railway Station Anantnag Nearest Airport Srinagar Nearest National Highways, Nearest National NH-1A State Highways& Major Nearest State Highway NH-1B, District Roads Major District Road Anantnag to Srinagar. Nearest Dispensary & Primary Health Centres at Ranipura & Govt. Hospital at Government Hospital Anantnag Educational Facility Primary School at Kwarigam &college at Anantnag respectively Water demand & Supply . Total water requirement is about 32.0KLD Sources of water . 2.0 KLD (Drinking & Domestic Uses) shall be supplied by 1 Kwarigam Limestone Mine, Applicant: M/s Khyber Cement Pvt. Ltd. PHE department through their pipeline running near the eastern boundary of lease area. 05 KLD (Plantation) &25 KLD (Dust Suppression). Shall be supplied from water stored in the pits during the rainy season. Nearest Tourist Places Achabal Seismic Zone Seismic Zone V Highest & Lowest Elevation Highest 2105m M.S.L Lowest 1790 m M.S.L Proposed Production of Mine 1.2 million TPA of Limestone. Estimated Project Cost 895 lac Method of mining The Proposed method of Mining will be mechanized opencast Mining with drilling and blasting. No. of working days 300 days in one shift each day Man power 54, Technical & skilled workers & 130 Mining labours= 184 persons. 2 Kwarigam Limestone Mine, Applicant: M/s Khyber Cement Pvt. Ltd. 2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/BACKGROUND INFORMATION A. Identification of the project and project proponent. Name of Project: - Kwarigam Limestone Area Near Village Kwarigam, Tehsil Shangus, & District -Anantnag The ultimate proposed rate of production is 1.2Million Tonnes per annum. The applied lease area is 126.33Hectares that is Non Forest Land. There is no National Park/ Sanctuary and National Monument within 10 KM radius of the applied area. Category of Project: Category A The Project Proponent is Private Limited Company. Address of the Applicant M/s Khyber Cement Pvt. Ltd., Khayam Building, Nowpora, District Srinagar, J&K-190 001 B. Brief Description of Nature of Project The Project is for the Mining of Mineral Limestone. Proposed method of Mining shall be mechanized opencast with drilling and blasting. For the systematic working of Opencast Mines, benching will be done. The height of bench will not be kept more than 8.0m at a time and the width of benches will always be more than the height. Total excavated area 106.65 hectare during the conceptual phase of mine. C. Need for the Project & Importance to the Country The Mining Project falls in the Shangus Tehsil and Anantnag District of J&K. The mineral limestone shall be used for captive purpose for manufacturing of cement. The source of earning in the area are limited. Most of the people are dependent on handicraft, Agriculture& many villagers move outside state as labours. Population is dependent on handicraft like chiseling of stone, wood and textile The upcoming project will bestow various increased social & economic benefits to the local communities and improvements in physical and social infrastructure of the area, apart from rich dividends to state Exchanger by way of Royalty on Limestone &other taxes etc. D. Demand and supply gap The area is having large reserves of Limestone suitable for manufacture of Cement. The demand for the Minerals has been steadily increasing over the years. Presently Limestone have being used for hydrated Lime manufacturing purpose. At present, there are only two Mining Leases Granted for Captive /Non Captive use adjacent to Proposed Project. However, no Cement Industry has been setup in the area. The Proposed Project is located in socially and economically backward part of District Anantanag. The Project Shall boost economy of the people & Social –economic conditions of the inhabitants shall improve considerably . The physical properties of Limestone are: Mineralogy The average quality of entire limestone of the area is given in the table below: - Table: Average chemical analysis of limestone of this area Rock Type Chemical Composition CaO MgO SiO2 Al2O3 Entire Limestone 42 to 54% 0.77 to 2.5% 0.78 to 6.18% 0.76 to 4.5% Deposit 3 Kwarigam Limestone Mine, Applicant: M/s Khyber Cement Pvt. Ltd. Occurrence Limestone is Marine Sedimentary origin. Structure: Regional and Local Structure Primary Structure: The colour banding, litho contacts and conical fossils in limestone formations form primary structure. The formations are separated through sharp contacts boundaries with color contact between alternate light grey limestone to dark grey limestone and other formations in the area. Secondary Structure: The fault, fold, joint and shear zone constitute secondary structure in the area. There are three faults identified in the area, first fault in SE of 2050 hill at a distance of 60m, second is SE of 2050 hill at a distance of 110m and third is SE of 2050 hill at a distance of 160m. The rock formations in the area being highly compressed have given rise to Z and S folds. Z fold is clearly visible in the southern slope of the hill facing Chinar tree (reference point). A shear zone identified in NW of 1960 hill at a distance of 70m and is about 14m thick. The limestone trends NW to SE direction with steep dip ranging between 300 to 700 East. E. Export Possibility The Mining Lease is granted for Captive Use of Mineral Limestone as such, there is no export possibility. F. Domestic/Export Markets The mine is meant for captive use only thus there is no requirement of selling of the Mineral in export markets. G. Employment Generation (Direct & Indirect) due to the project Because of large-scale Mining proposed, employment generation of the area will be significant. Depending on the requirement of Mining work and as per statutory requirement of Acts and Rules, sufficient supervisory, skilled and unskilled person will be employed at the Mine for scientific& systematically mining. Safety of the Property and Mine Workers shall be our priority while achieving the targeted production. Labour Requirement - Deployment of manpower for Management plan, technical and other persons to be employed as follows:- Management and Supervisory Staff S. No. Designation Number 1. Managerial & Supervisory 08 2. Skilled 34 3. Semi-skilled 10 4. Un-skilled 2 Total 54 About 54 staff members including labours shall be employed directly and approximately 100 persons indirectly will get employment in this Mining project. Thus total around 154 persons will get employment including direct employment and indirect employment. 4 Kwarigam Limestone Mine, Applicant: M/s Khyber Cement Pvt. Ltd. 3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION A. Type of Project including Interlinked and Interdependent Projects, if any There is no interlinked or interdependent project of this Mine. No other allied activities i.e. washing of minerals, beneficiation etc. will be carried within the periphery of this project. B. Location (map showing general location, specific location and project boundary & project site layout) with coordinates. The area comprises 126.33Hectare and is located near village Kwarigam, Shangus Tehsil, Anantnag District of J&K. Public Road: The village Kwarigam lies about 3km from the area. The area is connected with national highway 1B at Anantnag, district HQ, 15km away from the area.