Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala. PRE-FEASIBILTY REPORT 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: THOMAS. O. D is proposing a (Building Stone) Quarry with lease at Re-Survey No. 234/1, 234/2 & 234/5 of Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk, Wayanad District, Kerala for an area of 1.3307 hectares. Letter of intent for said granite quarry (THOMAS.O.D) is issued vide Letter No. 700/M3/2018 dated 14.03.2018 of Directorate of Mining & Geology, Thiruvananthapuram. A copy of the Letter is enclosed as Annexure –1 (Mining Plan). The location of the quarry is shown on the Key plan and Route Map are enclosed vide Plate No – 1A & 1B (Mining Plan). The approved lease sketch is enclosed vide Plate No –1C (Mining Plan). Quarrying / Mining Plan is approved by The Geologist, Dept. of Mining & Geology, Wayanad vide Letter No. DOW/M-177/2017 dated 11.06.2018 DETAILS OF THE SITE The details of the land covered in the lease area are below: 1- State : Kerala 2- District : Wayanad 3- Taluk : Vythiri 4- Village : Muppayinad 5- Re-Survey nos: 234/1, 234/2 & 234/5 6- Lease area : 1.3307 hectares 7- Whether the area is recorded to be in forest : No 8- Ownership/occupancy : Private owned land with Rocky land. 9- Existence of public road/ railway line, if any nearby and approximate distance: is as under :- 21 Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala. Nearest Railway Station Kozhikode Railway Station 90 km Nearest Airport Calicut International Airport 120 km Latitude (N) 11°31'35.52"N to 11°31'35.05"N Longitude (E) 76°10'0.43"E to 76°10'3.00"E Accessibility: This granite building stone quarry is located at Muppayinad Village in Vythiri Taluk, which is located at about 18 km North of Wayanad District. The quarry can be reached via Rippon-Anadikapu road. The location of this mining area is shown on the key plan enclosed Vide Plate No - 1A (Mining Plan) and Environmental Plan vide Plate No. 7 (Mining Plan). Topography: The lease is located on the slope of the hillock gently dipping towards North. The highest elevation in this area is 895mRL and the lowest elevation is 830mRL. Brief Description of the Project: Geology: Regional Geology: Based on the study of different section available in the area a tentative stratigraphy has been arrived at which is given below: - Age Thickness (in m) Lithounits QUATERNARY 1-15 Soil and Alluvium 1-10 Beach sand and sand bars 1-2 Black sticky clay and mud with sheel 22 Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala. 4-5 Teri sands and laterite pebble bed 8-10 Polymitic pebble bed with grit and clay -----------Unconformity------------- TERTIARY WARKALLI 1-2 Sandstones with clay beds clay mine 2-3 Lignite associated with beds of pluish green clay kalnadu clay mine -----------Unconformity------------- PRECAMBRIAN Crystalline Rock Intrusive Pegmatite and quartz viens Dolerit – gabbro Dharwars Charnockite -Khondalite Local Geology: The local geology belongs to the regional geology. Main rock type in the study area is charnockite. At places where they are exposed, the charnockite is medium to coarse grained with dark grey quartz. The soil & over burden thickness varies from average 1.4m to 0.9topographically, the area is undulating. A geological plan showing the granites and soil cover and the geological sections showing subsurface geology is prepared on 1:1500 scale. Table 01: Local Geology Particulars Pit – 1 Top soil (thickness in m.) 1.4 Over burden (thickness in m.) 0.9 23 Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala. Table 3.1 – Mineable Reserves Estimation BLOCKED MINEABLE BENCH M2 M DENSITY TON A-A1 BENCH M2 M DENSITY TON 735-740 278 26 2.5 18070 735-740 89 26 2.5 5785 740-745 227 26 2.5 14755 740-745 139 26 2.5 9035 745-750 118 26 2.5 7670 745-750 153 26 2.5 9945 750-755 26 26 2.5 1690 750-755 329 26 2.5 21385 755-760 - 26 2.5 - 755-760 102 26 2.5 6630 42185 52780 B-B1 730-735 311 37.5 2.5 29156 730-735 59 37.5 2.5 5531 735-740 249 37.5 2.5 23343 735-740 121 37.5 2.5 11343 740-745 187 37.5 2.5 17531 740-745 184 37.5 2.5 17250 745-750 123 37.5 2.5 11531 745-750 247 37.5 2.5 23156 750-755 69 37.5 2.5 6468 750-755 309 37.5 2.5 28968 755-760 - 37.5 2.5 - 755-760 305 37.5 2.5 28593 88031 114843 SECTION BLOCKED MINEABLE GEOLOGICAL RESERVE (MT) RESERVE (MT) RESERVE (MT) A-A1 275203.125 279050.625 554253.75 B-B1 135607.5 60401.25 196008.75 C-C1 42778.125 39341.25 82119.375 TOTAL 453588.75 378793.125 832381.875 24 Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala. Mining: In this area the (building stone) is exposed to surface completely and it is having good market demand, therefore the applicant have proposed to produce building stone from this area. It is also proposed to undertake semi-mechanized opencast mining method by forming suitable benches. This Pre Feasibility Report is submitted for obtaining Environment Clearance as required under EIA notification-2006/15th January 2016 and for a max production capacity of 37,800 MT tonnes per annum, over an extent of 1.3307 Ha.. located at Re Sy.No. 234/1, 234/2 & 234/5 in Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk, Wayanad District, , Kerala State in favor of Mr. THOMAS. O. D Stone Crushers. Table: Year wise production of Granite (Building Stone) for five years of mine Year Benches Minerals (MT) I 870-875, 875-880, 880-885, 37,800 885-890, 890-895 II 860-865, 865-870 37,800 III 855-860, 860-865 37,800 IV 850-855, 855-860 37,800 V 845-850, 850-855 37,800 TOTAL 1,89 ,000 Table No. 1.4 Year-wise generation of top soil / waste YEAR TOPSOIL (CU.M.) OVERBURDEN AREA (HA.) (CU.M.) I-X 11338 7289 0.1 (OUTSIDE) 25 Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala. (concurrent used) (concurrent used) The Development Plan is enclosed vide Plate No. 4 (Mining Plan). 2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/ 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. Building Stone Quarry is located at Re-Survey No. 234/1, 234/2 & 234/5in Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk, Wayanad District, , Kerala State over an extent of 1.3307 Ha. Letter of Intent (LOI) for said Granite Building Stone quarry of M/s. THOMAS.O.D Stone Crushers is issued vides Letter No. 700/M3/2018dated 14.03.2018 of Directorate of Mining & Geology, Thiruvananthapuram. A copy of the Letter is enclosed as Annexure –1 (Mining Plan). The location of the quarry is shown on the Key plan enclosed vide Plate No –1A (Mining Plan). The approved lease sketch is enclosed vide Plate No. 1C(Mining Plan). Name & address of lessee : Mr. THOMAS. O. D Olikkal House, Vikas Nagar Kalpetta (P.O), Wayanad District, Kerala – 673 121. Contact No : 9447080450 Mail ID : [email protected] 26 Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala. II. Brief description of nature of the project The Granite Building Stone Quarry of THOMAS.O.D Stone Crushers, over an extent of 1.3307 Ha is a granite building stone mining project. The granite building stone is the basic rock in this area to be excavated by quarrying. This Granite Building Stone quarry is proposed to be operated by Opencast Semi-Mechanized Quarrying Method. The mechanized operation of quarry shall use excavators, tippers, rock breakers, Jack hammer drilling and blasting. The excavated material shall be crushed in the crushers located outside the quarry lease area. The maximum production capacity proposed in this area is 37,800 tonnes per annum building stone of size -150mm. The quarrying operation shall provide 10 direct & equal number of indirect employment to local people. III. Need for the project and its importance to the country and or region. The basic objective of the project is to have effective utilization of granite stone as a building material in this region and state. The spur in infrastructure development and construction industry has enhanced the demand of granite building stone in past few years. Mainly infrastructure projects – like roads, highways, railways, bridges, buildings, township, Port Development, etc., have raised the demand of building material. Building stone quarry not only provides the building material but also employment and economic growth of the region that ultimately enhance the socio-economic status of the people of the region and the state. The mining activities shall provide socio-economic benefits to the local population with direct & indirect employment opportunities. The project also contributes to the regional and financial benefits in the form of Royalty, Cess, Taxes, DMF etc. 27 Granite (Building Stone) Quarry owned by Thomas. O. D at Muppayinad Village, Vythiri Taluk & Wayanad District, Kerala. IV. Demand-Supply Gap. Granite Building stone is an important component of the construction activities for infrastructure development.