PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR SALANGAPALAYAM EARTH QUARRY R.Sasikumar, Under EIA Notification 2006 Pre-Feasibility Report of Earth Quarry (Under the Guidelines of Ministry of Environment and Forest in terms of the provisions of EIA notification 20051, 52 & 127 and specifically in circular No J-11013/41/20051, 52 & 127 -IA.II (I) dated 30th December, 2010) S.F.No. 33 (P), Anandhasagaram tank Salangapalayam Village, Bhavani Taluk, Erode District, Extent: 0.72.00Ha (less than 5Ha) Category: B2 Project Applicant R.Sasikumar, 19, Karthik Nagar, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore District -641039 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR SALANGAPALAYAM EARTH QUARRY R.Sasikumar, Under EIA Notification 2006 Mr. R.Sasikumar has been obtained Permission from District collector Erode to quarry Earth for over an extent of 0.72.00Ha in Survey No: 33 (P) at Salangapalayam Village, Bhavani Taluk and Erode District, Tamilnadu state by District Collector Erode, Rc. No. 25374/2016/X-1 dated 19.09.2016, for a period of Three months only subjected to submission of Environmental clearance from MoEF / SEIAA, consent for Establishment and Consent for operation from TNPCB. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE PROJECT S.NO PARTICULAR DETAILS 1. Name of the Proponent R.Sasikumar, 2. Type of Project Earth quarry 3. Location Survey No.33 (P) Salangapalayam Village, Bhavani Taluk, Erode District, Tamilnadu State. 4. Mining lease area 0.72.00Ha 5. Type of land Government Land – Non forest Patta/forest/PWD 6. Life of period Three months only 7. Production capacity The proposed quantity of reserves is 9400m3 (or) 1567 Lorry Loads of Earth up to a depth 1.70m from the existing profile of Tank for a period of Three months only. Description Earth in m3 Geological Resources 9400 Available Mineable reserves 9400 Three months plan period 9400 As in the approved mining plan 8. Method of Mining Open cast method of shallow mining is proposed, Machineries like excavators are proposed for quarrying Earth 1.70m depth. No drilling or blasting is proposed for this type of Earth Quarrying, it is a conventional eco friendly quarrying operation. 9. Ultimate depth of Proposed depth of mining is 1.70m from the existing Mining profile of Tank. PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR SALANGAPALAYAM EARTH QUARRY R.Sasikumar, Under EIA Notification 2006 10. Latitude 11°26’35.89’’N to 11°26’28.27’’N 11. Longitude 77°34’23.05’’E to 77°34’16.26’’E 12. Top sheet No. 58-E/11 13. Topography of MSL 184m from MSL area 14. Land use classification It is a fresh quarry lease 15. Ground water level The Ground water is about 20mt depth from below ground level. 16. Climatic condition Rainfall – 900-1000mm Temperature - 39ºC - 24ºC 17. Land use pattern Road – 07% Habitation – 15% Trees – 06% Seasonal Agricultural land – 26% Barren land – 26% Lake/Odai – 20% 18. Nearest habitation P.Mettupalayam – 1km – North western side 19. Nearest Town Bhavani - 12km - eastern side 20. Nearest Railway station Erode Railway station - 20km – SE side 21. Nearest Airport Coimbatore Airport - 75km- South western side 22. Nearest National NH 47 - Salem – Coimbatore – 10km –Southeastern Highways & State side of the area. Highways SH 15– Erode – Sathyamangalam – 3km –Southern side of the area. 23. Nearest Hospital Bhavani - 12km - eastern side 24. Aerial distance to the More than 500m from Eco sensitive areas, CRZ, nearest Eco sensitive forest, wild life sanctuary, Interstate boundary, areas, CRZ, forest, wild critically polluted area. life sanctuary, Interstate boundary, critically polluted area if the quarry site is within 500m of these areas. 25. Details of other quarries There is no quarry within the radius of 500mt for a radius of 500m around the quarry site PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR SALANGAPALAYAM EARTH QUARRY R.Sasikumar, Under EIA Notification 2006 26. Man power About 9 employees 27. Water requirement & Total water requirement for 1.0KLD from water source vendors & nearby bore well. 28. Overburden/Waste There is no overburden anticipated in this area 29. Cost of the project The Project cost: A. Operational Cost = Rs. 2,28,000/- B. EMP cost = Rs. 40,000/- Total Cost = Rs 2,68,000/- CSR Cost (2.5%) = Rs. 25,000/- Total cost = Rs. 2,93,000/- The Prefeasibility report preparing for following condition of Government of India Ministry of Environment and Forests (No.L-11011/47/2011 –IA-II (M) Dated: 24th June, 2013) Thalamalai reserve forest is located 14Km from the Northern side of the area. The lease applied area lies on Ananda sagaram tank. Bhavani River is passing on the 2km from the Northern side of the area. The Western Ghats boundary is situated 14km from the North western side of the area. There is no interstate boundary within the radius of 15km. There is no CRZ within the radius of 15km. The project area does not fall in ‘HACA’ region. There are no Bird sanctuaries, wild life sanctuaries and National park as Act 1972, within the radius of 15kms. The following information provided by the applicant PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR SALANGAPALAYAM EARTH QUARRY R.Sasikumar, Under EIA Notification 2006 I have applied for getting Environmental clearance to SEIAA, Tamilnadu for quarry lease for quarrying of Earth quarry in the S.F.No: 33 (P) over an extent of 0.72.00Ha, in Government land in Salangapalayam Village, Bhavani Taluk and Erode District. I swear to state and confirm that within 5km / 10km area of the quarry site, I have applied for environmental clearance; none of the following is situated. Protected areas notified under the wild life (protection) Act, 1972. Critically polluted areas as notified by the central pollution control board constituted under water (Prevention and Control of pollution) Act 1974. Eco – Sensitive areas as notified. Interstate boundaries and international boundaries within 5km radius from the boundary of the proposed site. There are no quarries located within 500m radius from the periphery of my quarry site. There will not be any hindrance or disturbance to the people living on enrouted / nearby my quarry site while transporting the mined out material and due to quarrying activities. No habitations within 300mt radius from the periphery of my quarry. I swear that Afforestation will be carried out during the course of quarrying operation and maintained. The required insurance will be taken in the name of the labourers working in my quarry site. Approach road belongs to local panchayat only and no other private patta roads encountered. I will not engage any child labour in our quarry site and I aware that engaging child labour is punishable under the law. All type of safety/ protective equipments will be provided to all the labourers working in my quarry site. No permanent structures, temples, etc, are located within 500m radius from the periphery of my quarry. The quarry activity has not yet commenced and it will be carried out only after obtaining Environment clearance. 2.0 INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT OR BACKGROUND INFORMATION PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR SALANGAPALAYAM EARTH QUARRY R.Sasikumar, Under EIA Notification 2006 (i) Identification of project and project proponent: In case of mining project, a copy of mining lease/letter of intent should be given Identification of Project Name of the Project Salangapalayam Earth quarry Lease area 0.72.00Ha Government Land-Non forest Location Survey No.33 (P) Salangapalayam Village, Bhavani Taluk, Erode District and Tamilnadu State. Topo sheet No. 58 E/11 Project Proponent Name with Address R.Sasikumar, 19, Karthik Nagar, Saravanampatti, Coimbatore District -641039 Email: [email protected] In case of mining project, a copy of mining lease/letter of intent should be given I. The Precise area communication letter was issued by the District collector Erode vide Rc.No. 25374/2016/X-1 dated 19.09.2016 II. The Mining plan was approved by the Deputy Director, Department of Geology and Mining Erode vide Rc.No. 25374/2016/X-1 dated 21.09.2016 (ii) Brief description of nature of the project PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR SALANGAPALAYAM EARTH QUARRY R.Sasikumar, Under EIA Notification 2006 The Earth quarrying by opencast method of shallow mining is proposed. Machineries like excavator are proposed for quarrying of Earth. No drilling and blasting is proposed. There is no formation of bench; the quarrying is a restricted to a depth of 1.70m in the entire area. The Earth will be loaded directly to the trucks / Lorries for the strengthening of bunds to increase the storage capacity of the tank for the Chennai metro water project. The applicant intends to use for leveling and filling of low lying areas Road projects and other infrastructure development works. There is no top soil. The waste material is not anticipated during the quarry operation, the entire Earth is excavated and utilized. It is proposed to exploit Earth of about 9400m3 for a period of Three months only. (iii) Need for the project and its importance to the country and or region The Earth quarrying project falls in the area of Erode District, Tamilnadu where scanty agricultural activities are been carried out and the new industries are springing up in the district. Earth is an important commercial product, with a number of applications. The Earth will be loaded directly to the trucks / Lorries for the strengthening of bunds to increase the storage capacity of the tank for the Chennai metro water project. This project will give employment opportunities to 9 members directly. Mineral Industries of the state of Tamilnadu provides employment opportunities for the people of the state as well as in the specific project area. Mining and Quarrying is one among the major core sector industries which plays a vital process of country’s economic development. (iv) Demand and supply gap There is a huge demand of Earth in Erode District for this a huge quantity of Earth is required for filling and leveling of low lying areas of road construction projects and other infrastructure development work.