Executive Proposed Sand/Morrum Mining Project from Riverbed of Ken River located at Khand No. 29/3, Village - Bakchha Khadar, Tehsil - Maudaha, Summary District - Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Study reveals that in recent years, rapid development has led to an increased demand for river minor mineral as a source of construction material. To meet out the challenges of unsustainable mining of minor mineral, the State Govt. of UP under the provision of Mines & Mineral Development and Regulation Act, 1957 under rule 15 framed UPMMCR -1963 Act guided for the systematic and scientific mining of Minor Mineral. Likewise, MoEF & CC, GoI made prior Environmental Clearance mandatory under the notification, 14th September 2006, as amended in 2009 & 2016 and has issued Sustainable Sand/Morrum Mining Management Guidelines, 2016. As per the provisions laid down in EIA Notification dated 15.01.2016, mining projects require prior Environment Clearance from respective DEIAA/SEIAA/ EAC, as the case may be. The proposed project pertains to mining of Riverbed Sand/Morrum from Ken River and falls under item 1(a), Category ‘B’ (Sub-Category ‘B1’) as it does not attract General & Specific Conditions as specified in Environment Notification, 2006. Shri Brijesh Singh S/o Shri Ramji Singh is lessee of the proposed project for an area of Sanctioned Lease Area- 12.145 ha, located at Khand No. 29/3, Village - Bakchha Khadar, Tehsil - Maudaha, District - Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh.As per the Letter of Intent issued by DM, Hamirpur the lessee has been sanctioned mining leasearea of 12.145 ha but during demarcation some part of the sanctioned lease area admeasuringapprox 3.037 ha was found submerged in water. Hence the effective working area is 9.108 ha andresultantly the sanctioned mining depth will increase from 1.5 to 2.1 m to achieve target productionof 1, 94,304 cum/year.. The lease is identified in the District Survey Report and recommendedsuitable for mining and has been certified by the Sub Divisional Level Committee. The Letter ofIntent has been issued in favour of project proponent by DM Hamirpur dated 26-Feb-2018 which isattached as Annexure-I. Lease deed will be executed after grant of EC from SEIAA, U.P. The proposed project activity will be carried out in the river bed of the Ken River. The overview of project is given below in Table 1. Table 1: An overview of project SNo. Item Details Page 1 of 5 ENV Developmental Assistance Systems (I) Pvt. Ltd. Fax: 4021236 D-2247, Indira Nagar, Lucknow-226016 Tel: +91 522 4007470, 410762 Website: www.dasindia.org Email: [email protected] Executive Proposed Sand/Morrum Mining Project from Riverbed of Ken River located at Khand No. 29/3, Village - Bakchha Khadar, Tehsil - Maudaha, Summary District - Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh. 1.Name of the Applicant Shri Brijesh Singh S/o Shri Ramji Singh2. Sanctioned Lease Area - 12.145 ha Mining Lease Area Effective Lease Area - 9.108 ha 3. Land Use River Bed of Ken River (Non Forest and Barren Land). 4. Land Ownership Government Land 5. Lapse period The proposed project proposal pertains to new mining lease which will be executed after grant of EC from SEIAA,U.P. 6. Ken RiverRiver 7. Name of RF, PF, Wildlife No, RF, PF, Wildlife Sanctuary, Eco-sensitive area is Sanctuary, Eco-sensitive area located within core and buffer zone of the proposed project site. 8. Site Coordinates Points Latitude Langitude Sanctioned MLA A 25°36'54.10"N 80°17'6.98"E B 25°36'59.23"N 80°17'13.74"E C 25°37'10.21"N 80°17'0.40"E D 25°37'5.72"N 80°16'54.97"E Points Latitude Langitude Effective MLA/Working area A 25°36'54.10"N 80°17'6.98"E D 25°37'5.72"N 80°16'54.97"E E 25°36'58.49"N 80°17'12.73"E F 25°37'1.41"N 80°17'8.95"E G 25°37'8.64"N 80°16'58.45"E Location9. Khand No. 29/3, Village - Bakchha Khadar, Tehsil - Maudaha, District - Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh. 10. Topography Plain River bed of Ken River with minor slope towards main stream. 11. Minerals of Mine Sand/Morrum(Minor Mineral) 12. Proposed Production of Mine As per approved mine plan of the project the excavation / year is tabulated as under: Page 2 of 5 ENV Developmental Assistance Systems (I) Pvt. Ltd. Fax: 4021236 D-2247, Indira Nagar, Lucknow-226016 Tel: +91 522 4007470, 410762 Website: www.dasindia.org Email: [email protected] Executive Proposed Sand/Morrum Mining Project from Riverbed of Ken River located at Khand No. 29/3, Village - Bakchha Khadar, Tehsil - Maudaha, Summary District - Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh. Year Production in cum Ist 1,94,304.000 IInd 1,94,304.000 IIIrd 1,94,304.000 IVth 1,94,304.000 Vth 1,94,304.000 13. Method of Mining Mining operations will be opencast, semi mechanised/OTFM (Other Than Fully Mechanized) using LEMM(Light Earth Moving Machinery) like bar scraper and loader. 14. Drilling / Blasting No drilling and blasting is proposed. 15. Estimated Cost Approx -1 Crore 40 Lacs (excluding royalty) 16. Water Demand (in KLD) 13.02 (Drinking, Plantation and Sprinkling) 17. Sources of Water Existing dugwells/borewells in nearby village(for drinking) 18. Ultimate Depth of Mining 2.466 m from the surface or 1 m above the water level of theriver whichever is less 19. Man Power Approximately 52 workers including site and supervisory staff (unskilled and semi-skilled) 20. Solid Waste including residual Negligible solid waste will be generated and dustbin will riverbed materials be provided along with the mobile toilets to the worker. 21. Nearest Railway Station Akona Railway Station-14 Km*(W) 22. Nearest State Highway NH 232 (Ambedkarnagar - Banda)-11 km*(SE) 23. Nearest Airport Kanpur Airport-90 Km*(N) 24. Nearest City Nearest City/Town- Banda *aerial distances in approximation 2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 Identification of Project and Project Proponent Name of the Project: Sand/Morrum mining from the river bed of Ken River. Location: Khand No. 29/3, Village - Bakchha Khadar, Tehsil - Maudaha, District - Hamirpur, Uttar Page 3 of 5 ENV Developmental Assistance Systems (I) Pvt. Ltd. Fax: 4021236 D-2247, Indira Nagar, Lucknow-226016 Tel: +91 522 4007470, 410762 Website: www.dasindia.org Email: [email protected] Executive Proposed Sand/Morrum Mining Project from Riverbed of Ken River located at Khand No. 29/3, Village - Bakchha Khadar, Tehsil - Maudaha, Summary District - Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh. Pradesh. Mining Lease Area: 12.145 ha.Name and Address of Project Proponent: Shri Brijesh Singh S/o Shri Ramji Singh R/o Village - Basaratpur, Tehsil - Adalpura, District - Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh 2.2 Brief Description of the Nature of the Project Following geo -scientific methods are proposed to carry out the activity: 1. Mining will be confined to scrapping of Sand/Morrum from dry river bed through scraper and will be loaded into truck/trolly through loader. 2. Sand/Morrum mining will be restricted to river bed only, mentaining the safety zone from river bank. Mining will be restricted in dry bed, above water level of the river and 2.5 m above the ground water table so no change in hydrology of area is anticipated. 3. No blasting will be resorted as it is a river bed mining project. 4. Approximately 1,94,304.000 cum / year minor mineral will be extracted scrapped during lease period of 5 years. As per approved mine plan of the project the excavation/year is tabulated as under: Year Production in cum 1st 1,94,304.000 2nd 1,94,304.000 3rd 1,94,304.000 4th 1,94,304.000 5th 1,94,304.000 5. No mining activity will be undertaken during the monsoon season and the river bed material will be replenished during the monsoon season every year. 6. The mining activity will be restricted to daytime only in order to avoid environmental pollution or any accidental hazards. Page 4 of 5 ENV Developmental Assistance Systems (I) Pvt. Ltd. Fax: 4021236 D-2247, Indira Nagar, Lucknow-226016 Tel: +91 522 4007470, 410762 Website: www.dasindia.org Email: [email protected] Executive Proposed Sand/Morrum Mining Project from Riverbed of Ken River located at Khand No. 29/3, Village - Bakchha Khadar, Tehsil - Maudaha, Summary District - Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh. 7. The operation will remain opencast, semi-mechanised/OTFM (Other Than Fully Mechanized) using LEMM(Light Earth Moving machinery) like bar scraper & loader. 2.2.1 Sustainable Mining Practices 1. Ultimate working depth shall be up to 2.466 m from riverbed level and not less than one meter fromthe water level of the river channel whichever is reached earlier. 2. In River flood plain mining a buffer of 2.5 m or 10% of chanenel with of river, whichever is more will be left from the river bank towards lease area for river bank protection. 3. Mining shall be done in layers of 1-2 feet (0.6m) depth to avoid ponding effect and after first layer is excavated, the process will be repeated for the next layers. 4. To maintain safety and stability of Riverbanks i.e. 3 meter or 10% of the width of the river whichever is more will be left intact as no mining zone. 5. No stream should be diverted for the purpose of Sand/Morrum mining. No natural water course and/ or water resources are obstructed due to mining operations. 6. Depending upon the location, thickness of Sand/Morrum, deposition, agricultural land/Riverbed, the method of mining may be vary from manual to semi mechanized i.e.