Proposed Ordinary Sand Mining at Khand No.- 03 (Gata No.- 99Mi), Village- Bijhalpur, Tehsil- Ajitmal, District- Auraiya, U.P. FORM 1 (I) Basic Information: Sl. Item Details No. 1 Name of the project Proposed “Ordinary Sand Mining” Project in Yamuna River at Khand No.- 03 (Gata No.- 99Mi), Village- Bijhalpur, Tehsil- Ajitmal, District- Auraiya, U.P. 2 S. No. of the schedule 1(a) Mining of Minerals. 3 Proposed capacity /area/ length/ Proposed Production is 2,42,943 M³ or tonnage to be handled/command 3,64,414 MT / annum for five years. area / lease area/number of wells Minable reserve is 2,55,468 M³ or 3,83,202 MT to be drilled (Leased Area: 10.7975 Ha.) 4 New/Expansion/Modernization New 5 Existing Capacity/Area etc. Not Applicable (New Mine) 6 Category of project i.e. “A” or “B” As per EIA Notification dated 14.09.2006, as amended on 01.12.2009 and 15.01.2016 this project falls under Category B (Sub-category B2) 7 Does it attract the general No, condition? If As per EIA Notification, 2006 as yes please specify amended in 2009, General conditions are applicable to S. No. 1(a) of schedule. Since there are no protected areas notified under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 amended vide notification S.O. 1599 (E) dated 25th June 2014, critically polluted areas, notified Eco sensitive area, inter-state boundaries are falling in whole or in part within 05 km radius of the proposed project. General conditions are not applicable to proposed project. 8 Does it attract the specific No condition? If yes please specify 9 Location Pillars Latitude (N) Longitude (E) A 26°24'21.58"N 79°19'20.29"E B 26°24'12.89"N 79°19'17.12"E C 26°24'07.08"N 79°19'30.34"E D 26°24'15.19"N 79°19'32.96"E Form-1/ 1 Proposed Ordinary Sand Mining at Khand No.- 03 (Gata No.- 99Mi), Village- Bijhalpur, Tehsil- Ajitmal, District- Auraiya, U.P. FORM 1 Plot/Survey/ Khasra / Gata No./ Khand No.- 03 (Gata No.- 99Mi) Khand No. Village Bijhalpur Tehsil Ajitmal District Auraiya State U.P. 10 Nearest railway station/airport Phaphund Railway Station- 34.0 km* in along With distance in kms. North East direction. Kanpur Airport- 107.0 km* in East direction. *Aerial Distance in Approximation 11 Nearest Town, City, District Nearest City: Auraiya (approx. 20.0 km in NE headquarters along with distance direction ) in kms. Distt. H.Q.: Auraiya (approx. 20.0 km in NE direction ) 12 Villages-Panchayats, Jila Village Panchayat- Bijhalpur Parishad, Municipal Corporation, Jila Parishad- Auraiya Local body (complete postal Municipal Corporation- Auraiya address with telephone nos. to be District- Auraiya, State- U.P. given) 13 Name of the applicant M/s Pandey & Pandey Brothers 14 Registered address Village- Bijhalpur, Tehsil- Ajitmal, District- Auraiya 15 Address for correspondence: Name M/s Pandey & Pandey Brothers, Prop.- Mrs. Raman Pandey W/o Shri Suresh Kumar Pandey Designation (Owner/Partner/CEO) Owner Address Village- Bijhalpur, Tehsil- Ajitmal, District- Auraiya Pin Code 206122 E-mail - Telephone No. - Fax No. - 16 Details of alternative sites Mineral river sand is naturally occurring examined, if any. Location of these resource and this is a site specific project. sites should be shown on a Hence no alternatives can be chosen. toposheet. 17 Interlinked Projects None 18 Whether a separate application of Not Applicable interlinked project has been Form-1/ 2 Proposed Ordinary Sand Mining at Khand No.- 03 (Gata No.- 99Mi), Village- Bijhalpur, Tehsil- Ajitmal, District- Auraiya, U.P. FORM 1 submitted? 19 If yes, date of submission Not Applicable 20 If no, reason Not Applicable 21 Whether the proposal involves No Protected area notified under wildlife approval/clearance under: if yes, (Protection) Act 1972 details of the same and their status to be given. (a) The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980? (b) The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972? (c) The C.R.Z. Notification, 1991? 22 Whether there is any The area has been granted in favour of Governmental Order/ Policy applicant vide letter no. 21/DLRC- relevant/ relating to the site? Khanij-E-Tender/Sahmati Patra/2017, dated 26 October 2017 for a period of five years, attached as Annexure-1 & 2. 23 Forest land involved (hectares) No forest land is involved 24 Whether there is any litigation No litigation or court case is pending pending against the project and/or against the proposed project. land in which the project is propose to be set up? (a) Name of the Court (b) Case No. (c) Order/directions of the court, if any and its relevance with the proposed projects. Capacity corresponding to sectoral activity (such as production capacity for manufacturing, mining lease area and production capacity for mineral production, area for mineral exploration, length for linear transport infrastructure capacity for power generation etc.) Form-1/ 3 Proposed Ordinary Sand Mining at Khand No.- 03 (Gata No.- 99Mi), Village- Bijhalpur, Tehsil- Ajitmal, District- Auraiya, U.P. FORM 1 (II) Activity: 1. Construction, operation or decommissioning of the Project involving actions, which will cause physical changes in the locality (topography, land use, changes in water bodies, etc.) S. Information/Checklist Yes/ Details thereof (with approximate No. confirmation No quantities /rates, wherever possible) with source of information data 1.1 Permanent or temporary No This is Government land. change in land use, land Due to mining activities there will be cover or topography slight changes in topographical features including increase in because proposed mining confined to intensity of land use river bed only no other area disturbed. (with respect to local land Proposed mine is a part of river bed use plan) with sand reaches. Sand mining will be done up to a depth of 2.62m. The activity will take place on the river bed. The excavated sand from mine lease area will be naturally replenished with the flow of water Mining will be restricted to the allotted area only keeping the shores unaffected, thus does not involve any change in existing topography or land use. 1.2 Clearance of existing land, No The proposed plan involves extraction vegetation and buildings? of Ordinary Sand from the river bed only and does not require any clearance of existing land, vegetation and building. 1.3 Creation of new land uses? No The project does not involve any creation of new land use. 1.4 Pre-construction No Not Applicable investigations e.g. bore houses, soil testing? 1.5 Construction works? No No Construction of permanent nature is required. 1.6 Demolition works? No Not Applicable 1.7 Temporary sites used for No Mining is confined in dry season in day construction works or time only, and temporary laborers from housing of construction local area will be hired, thus no housing workers? of construction workers is required. Form-1/ 4 Proposed Ordinary Sand Mining at Khand No.- 03 (Gata No.- 99Mi), Village- Bijhalpur, Tehsil- Ajitmal, District- Auraiya, U.P. FORM 1 1.8 Above ground buildings, No No civil work is required in the mine lease structures or earthworks area. including linear structures, cut and fill or excavations 1.9 Underground works No Only Opencast Ordinary Sand mining including mining or will be done. tunneling? 1.10 Reclamation works? No No reclamation measures will be adopted at site except leveling of river bed after achieving UPL of 2.62m from river bed level. River itself replenishes with sediment carried during monsoon season. 1.11 Dredging? No No dredging will be done for Ordinary Sand mining. 1.12 Offshore structures? No Not Applicable 1.13 Production and Yes The mining operation will be carried manufacturing processes? out by open excavation method and about 2,42,943 m3/annum of ordinary sand will be excavated. 1.14 Facilities for storage of No Mined material (Ordinary Sand) will be goods or materials? loaded and transported directly through the trucks or trolleys; hence no temporary or permanent storage will be required. 1.15 Facilities for treatment or No There would be no construction laborers disposal of solid waste or inhabit at site thus there will be very liquid effluents? less or no generation of solid waste is anticipated. 1.16 Facilities for long term No Mining activities is confined to day time housing of operational only, thus do not involve long term workers? housing of operational workers. 1.17 New road, rail or sea Yes No new road, rail will be constructed. traffic during construction During operation phase there will be or operation? slight increase in present traffic. 1.18 New road, rail, air No Not Applicable waterborne or other transport infrastructure including new or altered routes and stations, ports, airports etc? Form-1/ 5 Proposed Ordinary Sand Mining at Khand No.- 03 (Gata No.- 99Mi), Village- Bijhalpur, Tehsil- Ajitmal, District- Auraiya, U.P. FORM 1 1.19 Closure or diversion of No Not Applicable existing transport routes or infrastructure leading to changes in traffic movements? 1.20 New or diverted No There are no transmission lines or transmission lines or pipeline passing through the project pipelines? area. 1.21 Impoundment, damming, No Ordinary Sand mining will be restricted culverting, realignment or to river bed only unaffecting the shores; other changes to the hence no change to the hydrology of hydrology of watercourses watercourse or aquifers is anticipated. or aquifers? 1.22 Stream crossings? No Not Applicable 1.23 Abstraction or transfers of Yes The water requirement for the water form ground or operational workers is met by private surface waters? tankers from nearby dugwell/borewell. It is estimated that approx.