FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT ALONG WITH EMP FOR “PROPOSED SAND BAJRI & BOULDER (MINOR MINERAL) MINING ON THE BED OF NAROKHALA RIVER (AREA- 40 HA.) AT VILL-KATTAPATTHAR TEHSIL VIKASNAGAR & DISTRICT- DEHRADUN, UTTRAKAHND PROJECT PROPONENT M/s UTTARAKHAND FOREST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION M.2016 August, 2016 Prepared By MANTEC CONSULTANTS PVT. LTD. QCI/NABET Accredited EIA Consultant at S.No.86 as per List of Accredited consultant Organizations/Rev.44/Aug. 05, 2016 and MoEF & NABL approved Laboratory 805, Vishal Bhawan, 95 Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019, PH. 011-26429294/95/96, Fax. 011-26463665/26842531, e-mail: [email protected], Environment Division, D-36, Sector-6, Noida-201 301, U. P., Ph. 0120-4215000, 0120-4215807 Fax. 0120-4215809, e-mail: [email protected] website: www.mantecconsultants.com Final EIA Report of Proposed Riverbed Mining of Sand, Bajri, Boulder 1 Mineral in Narokhala River Bed (40 Ha) at Langha Forest range, Village Kattapathar & Tehsil-Vikasnagar District- Dehradun, Uttarakhand Contents 1 CHAPTER: INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 8 1.1 Preamble ............................................................................................................................... 8 1.2 General Information of Riverbed Mining ....................................................................... 9 1.3 Environmental Clearance ..................................................................................................... 9 1.4 Terms of Reference ............................................................................................................... 9 1.5 Post Environment Clearance Monitoring .......................................................................... 20 1.6 Generic Structure of Environment Impact Assessment Report....................................... 20 1.7 Identification of Project Proponent ................................................................................... 21 1.8 Brief Description of the Project .......................................................................................... 21 1.8.1 Project Nature, Size & Location .................................................................................... 21 1.8.2 Project Importance ....................................................................................................... 23 1.9 Regulatory Compliance ....................................................................................................... 24 1.10 Environmental Sensitivity of the Project ........................................................................... 24 2 CHAPTER: PROJECT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................... 27 2.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 27 2.2 Brief Description of the Project .......................................................................................... 27 2.3 Need for the Project ............................................................................................................ 28 2.4 Location Details ................................................................................................................... 29 2.5 Project Cost .......................................................................................................................... 29 2.5.1 Leasehold Area .............................................................................................................. 31 2.6 Topography and Geology .................................................................................................... 31 2.6.1 Regional Geology .......................................................................................................... 31 2.6.2 Local Geology ................................................................................................................ 32 2.7 Drainage Pattern of District Dehradun ................................................................................. 33 2.8 Mining ................................................................................................................................... 34 2.8.1 Size and Magnitude of Operation ................................................................................. 34 2.9 Basic Requirement for the Project ..................................................................................... 35 2.9.1 Land ............................................................................................................................... 35 2.9.2 Water Requirement ...................................................................................................... 35 2.9.3 Power requirement ....................................................................................................... 35 2.9.4 Man Power Requirement .............................................................................................. 35 Mantec Consultants Pvt Ltd Final EIA Report Final EIA Report of Proposed Riverbed Mining of Sand, Bajri, Boulder 2 Mineral in Narokhala River Bed (40 Ha) at Langha Forest range, Village Kattapathar & Tehsil-Vikasnagar District- Dehradun, Uttarakhand 2.10 Categorized of Mineral Reserves ........................................................................................ 36 2.10.1 Production Parameters ................................................................................................. 36 2.11 Method of Mining ................................................................................................................ 39 2.12 Infrastructure Facilities ...................................................................................................... 41 2.13 Post Mining Land use .......................................................................................................... 42 3 CHAPTER: DESCRIPTION OF ENVIRONMENT .......................................................................... 43 3.1 General ................................................................................................................................. 43 3.2 Study Area ............................................................................................................................ 43 3.2.1 Methodology Adopted for Generating Baseline Data .................................................. 45 3.3 Land Environment ............................................................................................................... 45 3.3.1 Methodology for Baseline Data Generation ................................................................. 45 3.3.2 Land Use/ Land Cover Pattern of the Study Area ......................................................... 47 3.3.3 Description of Land Use ................................................................................................ 49 3.4 Soil Environment ................................................................................................................. 50 3.4.1 Soil Profile of District Dehradun .................................................................................... 50 3.4.2 Methodology of Baseline Data Generation .................................................................. 51 3.4.3 Soil Quality .................................................................................................................... 54 3.5 Water Environment ............................................................................................................. 55 3.5.1 Water Consumption & Sources ..................................................................................... 55 3.6 Hydrology of District Dehradun ............................................................................................ 55 3.6.1 Water Bearing Formations ............................................................................................ 55 3.6.2 Methodology for Baseline Data Generation ................................................................. 57 3.6.3 Water Quality ................................................................................................................ 58 3.7 Air Environment .................................................................................................................. 63 3.7.1 Meteorology.................................................................................................................. 63 3.7.2 Wind Speed ................................................................................................................... 64 3.7.3 Methodology for Baseline Data Generation ................................................................. 66 3.7.4 Ambient Air Quality ....................................................................................................... 68 3.7.5 Air Quality Standards .................................................................................................... 68 3.7.6 Analysis ......................................................................................................................... 73 3.7.7 Free Silica: ..................................................................................................................... 75 3.8 Noise Environment .............................................................................................................. 76 3.8.1 Type of Sound Fields ....................................................................................................