DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT FOR MINOR MINERALS Krishnagiri Distirct 1 CONTENTS Sl.No Details Page No. 1 Introduction 01 2 Over view of Mining Activity in Krishnagiri 03 District 3 Details of Royalty/Seigniorage Fee realized 04 in the last three years. 4 Details of production of Minerals in the last 04 three years 5 General Profile of the District 04 6 Land Utiliztion pattern 04 7 Physigraphy of the District 05 8 Month Wise Rain fall details 05 9 Geology 05 10 Mineral Resources 06 11 Details of River or Stream and other Sand 07 source 12 Availablity of Sand or Gravel or Aggreigate 07 resources 13 Details of Existing Mining/Quarry leases 07 14 Details of Pending Applications for Minor 37 Mineral 15 Details of Areas Identified for Quarrying 47 Minor Minerals 16 Lease Expired /Abondened Quarries 51 17 Geological data of Minor Minerals carried 51 out for Krishnagiri District 18 Field photographs of Granite Quarries 112 19 Conclusion 116 20 Acknowledgement 117 2 DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT FOR MINOR MINERALS DISTRICT: KRISHNAGIRI I.INTRODUCTION In pursuance of the order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India dated 27.02.2012 in I.A.No.12-13 of 2011 in Special Leave Petition (c) No.19628-19629 of 2009, in the matter of Deepak Kumar etc., Vs. State of Haryana and others etc., obtaining of prior environmental clearance had been made mandatory for mining of minor minerals irrespective of the area of mining lease. 2) As a result of the said order. The Government of India had constituted State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority for the issue of Environment Clearance. 3) The Government of Tamil Nadu have amended the Tamil Nadu Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1959 by inserting Rule 41 and 42, thereby submission of approved mining plan and Environment Clearance are made mandatory for obtaining quarry leases for minor minerals. 4) In view of the above, at present the quarry leases are granted after obtaining Environment Clearance from the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Tamil Nadu. 5) The number of cases which are now required to obtain environmental clearance has increased substantially and hence the Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climatic Change in the Notification No.S.O.No.141 (E) dated 20.01.2016 have constituted DEIAA and DEIAC in order to issue environment clearance at the district level for B2 category projects (0 to 5 hects. and clusters upto 25 Hects.) 6) The schematic presentation of requirements on Environment Clearance of minor minerals including cluster situated are furnished as follows: 3 Area of catego Require Require Req Who can Who will Authorit Authority lease ry of ment of ment of uire prepare apply for y to to monior project EIA/ EMP public men EIA/EMP E.C. appraise E.C. hearing t of grant compliance EC E.C. E.C. proposal for sand mining and other minor mineral mining on the basis of individual mine lease 0-5 ha ‘B2’ Form-1M, No Yes Project Project DEAC/ DEIAA PFR and proponent proponent DEIAA SEIAA approved SPCB CPCB mining plan MoEFCC agency > 5 ha and < ‘B2’ Form-I, PFR No Yes Project Project SEAC/ Nominated 25 ha and Proponent Proponent SEIAA by MoEFCC approved mining plan and EMP > 25 ha and ‘B1’ Yes Yes Yes Project Project SEAC/ < 50 ha Proponent Proponent SEIAA > 50 ha ‘A’ Yes Yes Yes Project Project EAC/ Proponent Proponent MoEFCC E.C. proposal of sand mining and other minor mineral mining in cluster situation. Cluster area ‘B2’ Form-IM, No Yes State, State Project DEAC/ DEIAA of mine PFR and Agency, Group Proponent DEIAA SEIAA leases upto 5 approved of project SPCB CPCB ha mining plan proponent, MoEFCC project Agency proponent nominated Cluster area ‘B2’ Form-IM, No Yes State, State Project DEAC/ by MoEFCC of mine PFR and Agency, Group Proponent DEIAA leases >5 ha approved of project and < 25 ha mining plan proponent, with no and one EMP project individual for all leases proponent lease > 5 ha in cluster Cluster of ‘B1’ Yes Yes Yes State, State Project SEAC/ DEIAA mine leases Agency, Group Proponent SEIAA SEIAA of area > 25 of project SPCB CPCB hectares proponent, MoEFCC with project Agency individual proponent nominated lease size < by MoEFCC 50 ha of mine Cluster of ‘A1’ Yes Yes Yes State, State Project EAC/ any size with Agency, Group Proponent MoEFCC any of the of project individual proponent, lease > 50 project ha. proponent 1. District Collector, Krishnagiri Chairperson 2. The District Forest Officer, Forest Division, Member Hosur 3. An Expert Member to be nominate by the Member 4 Chief Conservator of Forest 4. The Revenue Divisional Officer, Krishnagiri Member Secretary 7) In view of the above, the District Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority and District Level Expert Appraisal Committee are constituted as per the proceedings of the District Collector Krishnagiri in Roc.No.525/2016/Mines dated 17.02.2017 with the following members. (a) DISTRICT ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY (b) District Level Expert Appraisal Committee (DEAC): a) The Executive Engineer, Public Works Chairperson Department, (WRO) Melpennaiyar Basin Division, Krishnagiri. b) The Assistant Conservator of Forests, Member Hosur Forest Division, Hosur. c) The Assistant Director, Public Works Member Department, Ground Water Sub-Division, Krishnagiri. d) The Deputy Director Health Services, Member Krishnagiri. e) The Executive Engineer (RD), PO,DRDA, Member Krishnagiri f) The District Environmental Engineer, Tamil Member Nadu Pollution Control Board, Krishnagiri. g) An expert member To be Nominated by the Member Chief Conservator of Forests. h) An expert member To be Nominated by the Member Chief Conservator of Forests. i) An expert member To be Nominated by the Member Chief Conservator of Forests. j) The Assistant Engineer, PWD/ WRO, Member Krishnagiri. k) The Deputy Director Geology and Mining, Member Krishnagiri 8. As per the instructions given in the Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Notification S.O.141 (E) dated 15.01.2016, The District Survey report for Krishnagiri district is prepared by DMMG, Krishnagiri, in association with Geological Survey of India, State Unit: Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, Chennai, to form the basis for application for Environmental Clearance, report preparations and appraisal of projects. II) Over view of mining activity in Krishnagiri district. At present the following mining/quarry leases are in existence in Krishnagiri District. Sl. Name of the Classification of Land No.of Existing No. Mineral leases 1 Lime stone Patta 02 2 Multi Patta land 105 5 Colour Patta land(Court order 04 Granite Government(M/s.TAMIN 07 Government land (Rule 39 Court order) 28 3 Black Patta Land 50 granite Government Land(8-A) 09 Government Land (M/S.TAMIN) 07 4 Rough Patta Land 28 Stone Government Land 80 III) Details of royalty/Seiniorage fee released in the last three years. Sl.No. Name of the Royalty/Seiniorage fee collected mineral (In Rupees) 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 1 Lime Stone 23,578 41,779 1,25,728 2. Black Granite 9,53,45,667 11,29,98,884 10,20,87,594 3 Colour Granite 12,79,47,548, 21,21,06,949 20,42,89,337 4 Rough Stone 12,76,37,080 18,44,97,000 18,99,99,035 5 Earth 24,40,000 62,22,000 8,17,200 IV) Details of production of Minerals in last three years. Sl.No. Name of the Quantity produced mineral 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 1 Lime Stone 324 MT 480MT 1,200MT 2. Black Granite 27,803 CBM 30,132CBM 27,737CBM 3 Colour Granite 59,080CBM 1,35,754CBM 95,967CBM 4 Rough Stone 23,89,442CBM 39,57,762CBM 38,95,615CBM 5 Earth 1,14,900CBM 59,400CBM 17,754CBM V) General profile of the district Krishnagiri district had been formed 30th district of the Tamil Nadu by bifurcation of Dharmapuri district on 9th February 2004. It covers an area of 5143 Sq.K.M. Krishnagiri district is bounded by Vellore and Thiruvannamalai districts to the east, state of Karnataka to the west, the state of Andhra Pradesh to the north and Dharmapuri district to the south. This district is elevated from 300m to 1400m above the mean sea level. It is located between 11˚12’ N and 12˚49’ N latitude, 77˚27’E to 78˚38’E longitude. The study area (Krishnagiri) is bordered by Andhra Pradesh on the north, Karnataka on the west and Vellore district on the eastern side (Fig.1). It is well connected by NH-7 (Kanyakumari-Kashmir), NH-46 (Chennai- Bengaluru), NH-66 (Puducherry-Bengaluru) and NH-219 (Krishnagiri- 6 Kuppam). Apart from this, State Highways and District Highways are linking almost all the towns and villages of the study area. Four National highways are meeting at the Krishnagiri is a unique feature in the study area. The interior villages are well connected from Krishnagiri by fair weathered roads rendering excellent transportation network. The nearest Railway station is Jolarpettai, which located 46 km east of Krishnagiri and accessed through Chennai-Bengaluru broad gauge line. Study area is connected to Air from Bengaluru Airport, which is about 87 km from Krishnagiri. The Syed Pasha Tomb is the major landmark for Krishnagiri town. The Rayakottai Fort a declared National Monument by Archaeological Survey of India, which lies 30kms away from Krishnagiri. It is basically has a mountainous terrain. The flatlands are irrigated by the South Pennar River. The eastern part of the district experiences a hot climate and the western part contrastingly has a pleasant climate. The average rainfall is 830mm per year. March-June is the summer season.