SUMMARY OF BHARVELI, AWALAJHARI MANGANESE ORE UNDERGROUND MINE BY M/S MOIL LIMITED: M/s MOIL has proposed underground mining of Manganese ore in an area of 76.409 Hectares at Bharweli, Awalajhari Village, Balaghat Tehsil and District, Madhya Pradesh. The proposed production of Manganese is 1,50,000 TPA. Mining Lease was granted for a period of 50 years by Department of Mineral Resources, Government of M.P. vide letter no.F-3- 25/2013/12/2 dated 24.09.2015. Mining plan was approved by IBM, Nagapur Regional Office, L.No.BGT/MN/ MPLN-1166/NGP, dated 21/03/2016. Bharveli, Awalajhari mine is located in Balaghat Tehsil of Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh. Bharveli, Awalajhari Manganese mine can be approached by road from Nagpur. It is 2.0 km from Balaghat town. Balaghat is connected by all-weather roads to important places like Nagpur, Gondia, Jabalpur and Raipur etc. The mine lease area comes in Survey of India toposheet No.64 C/1& 5. The latitude 0 0 and longitude of the boundary pillars are 21 50’16.79”N, 80 13’23.03”E, 0 0 21 50’14.16”N, 80 13’24.16”E etc. 1 Table 1: The Salient Features of the Project Project Name Bharveli, Awalajhari Manganese Mine of M/s. MOIL Limited Mining Lease Area 76.409ha Location of Mine Awalajhari and Bharveli Village, Balaghat Tehsil and District, Madhya Pradesh at Awalajhari Kh. No: 201/1k,201/2kh, 201/1kh, 201/2kh,201/2g,201/2k,203/1,203/2,204/1,205,206/1,206/2,206/3,206/4,207/ 1,207/2,208/1,208/2,209,210/1, 210/2,(213/1,2,4-214/1-215/1)k, (213/1,2,4- 214/1-215/1)kh,(213/1,2,4-214/1-215/1)gh,(213/1,2,4-214/1-215/1)d, (213/1,2,4-214/1-215/1)ch,(213/1,2,4-214/1-215/1)ksh,(213/1,2,4-214/1- 215/1)j/1,(213/1,2,4-214/1-215/1)ksh/2,(213/1,2,4-214/1-215/1)ksh/1, (213/1,2,4-214/1-215/1)jh,213/6-214/2-215/2,213/7,(213/8-214/3-215/3)d, (213/8-214/3-215/3)kh,213/9,213/10,213/14,(213/1,2,4-214/1-215/1)j/2, 213/3,216/1,216/2,217/1,3,217/2,218/1/j-218/3k-220/1, 218/2k,218/2kh,218/2/ch,218/3k,218/3/kh-220/3,218/3/g-220/4,218/3/gh- 220/5,219,220/2,221/1,221/2,221/3,221/4,221/5,221/6,221/8,221/9, 221/10,221/11,222/1,222/2,222/3,222/4, 222/5,223/1,223/2,223/3,223/4, 224/1,224/2, 224/3,224/4,224/5,224/6,224/7, 225 for Awalajhari Village, Bharveli Kh.No:1/1,1/2,7/1k,7/1g,6/1-8/1k,6/2- 8/1kh,6/4,5/2,4/2,8/1gh,7/2,8/3kh,8/4g,6/5,8/1d, 6/9-8/1jh,6/8-8/1ch,6/6-8/1ksh,6/3-8/1g,6/10-8/1tra-8/3gh, 8/2k,8/2kh,8/2g,P.O.8/4k,8/4kh,8/4g,8/4gh,8/4d, P.O.8/4k,9,10/1,10/2,10/3,10/4,10/5,10/6,10/7,10/8,10/9, 10/10,10/11,10/12,10/13,10/14,10/15,10/16,19/1-20/1,19/2-20/2k,19/3- 20/2kh,19/4-20/5,19/4k-20/5k,19/4kh-20/5kh, 19/4g-20/5g,19/5-20/6,19/6-20/7,19/7-20/8,19/8k-20/9k, 19/8kh-20kh,19/8g-20/9g,19/9-20/10,19/10-20/11, 19/11-20/12,19/12-20/13,19/13-20/14,19/14-20/15,19/15-20/16,19/16- 20/17,19/17-20/18,19/18-20/19,20/3k,20/3kh, 20/4,22/1k,22/5k,22/4/k/1,22/4/k/2,22/4/kh,94/1/k/1, 94/1/k/2,94/1/k/3,94/1/k/4,94/1/k/5, 94/1/k/6,94/1kh, 94/1/g,94/1/gh,94/1/d,94/1/ch,94/1/d, 94/1/dh,94/1/n,94/1/p, 94/1/ph,94/1/b,94/1/ksh,94/1/j,94/1/jh,94/1/,94/1/h,94/1/th,94/1/dha, 94/1/n,94/1t/1,94/1t/2,94/1th,94/1/bh,94/1/m, 94/1/y,94/1/r,94/1/l,94/1v,94/2/k,94/2kh,94/2/g, 94/3/k,94/3k/7,94/4/k, 94/4/kh,94/4/g,94/5,94/6,94/7,94/8/k,94/8/kh,94/9/k,94/2/kh, 94/10/k,94/11,94/12/k/1,94/12/k/2,94/12/kh/1,94/12/kh/2,19/13,94/14/k, 94/14/kh, 94/14/g,94/15,94/16/k,94/16/kh,94/17,94/18, 150/1,150/2k,150/2kh,150/13,150/1k, 150/1kh,150/3k,150/3kh, 150/4,150/5,150/6,150/7,150/9,150/8,150/10k,150/10kh,150/10g, 150/11,150/12,150/13,150/14,150/15, 150/16,17,18,19,20,21,22,P.O.154/1- 2,156/2,158/1,159/1,2,160,161,P.O.162/1,2,P.O.163/1, P.O.164/1, 165/1k,165/1kh,165/1g,165/1gh,165/1d,165/1kch,165/2,165/3,166, 2 167/4,167/5k, 168,169,170,171/1,171/2,172/1,172/2,173/1, 173/2,174,176- 179/3,176/1-179/1,177-178/1,177-178/2,179,181,P.O.182/1-183/1,182/2- 183/2,194,196/1kh-196/2kh,196/1g,196/2g, 196/1g,196/1ch-196/2ch-197/1ch,196/1k-196/2k, 197/1kh,197/1-2-3 for Bharveli Village. Toposheet number 64 C/1 & 5 Proposed of production mine 1,50,000 TPA Method of mining Underground Mechanized mining No. of working days 300 days Water demand 500 m3 per day Sources of water Water will be supplied from Water tankers from the nearby area Man power 135 Nearest railway station Balaghat Junction Railway station- 6.0 Kms (SW) Nearest airport Nagpur Airport –148km Nearest River/ Gangulpara Main Canal is 0.20 km (NW) Stream/Canal etc Wainganga River – 4.86 Km (W) Ghisri Nadi -4.70 Km (E) Gangulpara Tank -6.4 Km (NE) Paraswara Tank- 9.2 Km (SE) Reserve/Protected Forest P ayali Protected Forest – 1.27 Km NE Najul R.F. – 4.55 Km (SW) Jagpur Protected Forest-7.2 Km (SW) Dhapera P.F. – 5.46 Km (NW) Dhansua R.F. – 6.23 Km (N) Chhatera P.F. –7.06 Km (NW) Khairi P.F-6.2 Km (NW) Project cost: The proposed mining project cost is Rs. 30.0 Crores A detailed environmental impact assessment will be carried out based on TOR given by SEIAA and recommendations from EAC. 3 4 .