APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF TOR (As per EIA Notification, 2006) for EXPANSION OF NEW MAJRI UG TO OC MAJRI AREA, WCL Increase in production capacity from 1.20 MTPA to 3.75 MTPA (peak) and increase in ML area from 479.16 ha to 706.28 ha MAY – 2019 CENTRAL MINE PLANNING AND DESIGN INSTITUTE LIMITED A MINI RATNA COMPANY (Accreditated vide Certificate No. NABET/EIA/1720/RA 0092 valid till 01.10.2020) CMPDI / Form – I / WCL / 2019 – 20 /MAY/94/ 00 FORM-I CMPDI EXPANSION OF NEW MAJRI UG TO OC (AS PER EIA NOTIFICATION, 2006) APPENDIX I (See paragraph-6) FORM - I Basic Information SNo. Item Details 1 Name of the project/s. Expansion of New Majri UG To OC 2 S.No. in the schedule. 1(a) (i)Mining of Minerals 3 Proposed capacity/area/length/tonnage Production 3.75 MTPA to behandled/command area/lease Capacity area/number of wells to be drilled. ML Area 706.28 (ha) 4 New/Expansion/Modernization. Expansion 5 Existing Capacity/Area etc. Capacity- 1.20 MTPA Area- 479.16 ha 6 Category of Project i.e. ‘A’ or ‘B’. ‘A’ 7 Does it attract the general condition? If No, since it is a Category “A” project yes, please specify. 8 Does it attract the specific condition? If No, since it is a Category “A” project yes, please specify. 9 Location Shivaji Nagar, Majri Plot/Survey/Khasra No. Latitudes : N 20°06'45.43" to 20°08'43.08" Longitudes: E 79°00'13.53" to 79°01'59.9" Survey of India Topo Sheet No. 55 P/4 Village Shivaji Nagar, Majri Tehsil Bhadravati District Chandrapur State Maharashtra 10 Nearest railway station/airport along It is 3 km SW of Majri railway station which is with distance in kms. on Wardha – Kazipeth main line of Central Railway and nearest airport is Nagpur airport at about 130 km. 11 Nearest Town, City, District HQs along Majri - 3 Kms with distance in kms. Town – Warora (15 kms) Tahsil – Bhadravati (15 kms) District – Chandrapur, Distance – 70 km (Approx.) 12 Village Panchayats, Zilla Parishad, Shivaji Nagar, Majri Municipal Corporation, Local body Tahsil –Bhadravati, (complete postal addresses with Dt. Chandrapur, Maharashtra State telephone nos. to be given). 13 Name of the applicant. Project Officer-New Majri UG to OC Through General Manager (Environment) Western Coalfields Limited (HQ) Coal Estate, Civil Lines, Expansion of New Majri UG to OC 1 FORM-I CMPDI Nagpur – 440 001 14 Registered Address Western Coalfields Limited, Coal Estate, Civil Lines, Nagpur – 440001 15 Address for correspondence: Name Shri Kaushik Chakarborty Designation (Owner/Partner/CEO) General Manager (Environment) Address Western Coalfields Limited (HQ) Coal Estate, Civil Lines, Nagpur – 440 001. Pin Code 440 001 E-mail [email protected] Telephone No. 0712 – 2510151 Fax No. 0712 – 2510151 16 Details of Alternative Sites examined, if Village – District – State any. Location of these sites should be Not applicable shown on a topo sheet. 17 Interlinked Projects. NIL 18 Whether separate application of Not applicable interlinked project has been submitted? 19 If yes, date of submission. Not Applicable 20 If no, reason. Not Applicable 21 Whether the proposal involves approval/clearance under: if yes, details of the same and their status to be given. a) The Forest (Conservation) Act, a) Nil 1980? b) The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972? b) Nil c) The C.R.Z. Notification, 1991? c) There is no sea coast within 10 km of the project under consideration as such the C.R.Z. Notification 1991 is not applicable. 22 Whether there is any Government No Order/Policy relevant/relating to the site? 23 Forest land involved (hectares). Nil 24 Whether there is any litigation pending No against the project and/or land in which the project is propose to be set up? a) Name of the Court b) Case No. c) Orders/directions of the Court, if any and its relevance with the proposed project. Expansion of New Majri UG to OC 2 FORM-I CMPDI (I)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.) Sl.N Information/Che Details thereof (with approximate quantities /rates, wherever o. cklist Yes/No possible) with source of information data confirmation 1.1 Permanent or Yes The proposed Expansion Project Report of New Majri UG to temporary OC mine has envisaged further expansion of mine in dip side change in land and increase in ML area from 479.16 ha to 706.28 ha. use, land cover Additional land requirement is 227.12 ha. The major land use or topography including type within the core zone is agriculture. The mining has been increase in planned in such a way that minimum amount of land is intensity of land degraded. The additional land proposed for the mine is use (with basically required for mine expansion and construction of respect to local final embankment, road diversion etc. No additional external land use plan) dump has been envisaged within the ML area of New Majri UG to OC. 3 Total overburden generation from the mine is 383.99 Mm . Out of which 10.31 Mm3 has been generated till 31.03.2018 and dumped in rise side external dump (6.39 Mm3), black cotton soil dump (1.20 Mm3) and embankment (0.50 Mm3). Additional 373.68 Mm3 OB will be generated, out of which 32.45 Mm3 of overburden will be dumped in existing external dump and 4.50 Mm3 in embankment. 3 The balance 336.73 Mm OB will be accommodated in the void and surface area of nearby New Majri Sector – IA & IIA OC mine after its exhaustion in next 5 years. The gainful utilization of void of New Majri Sector I (A) & II (A) OC mine will minimize and reduce additional land requirement for external dumping to the extent of about 550 ha. Thus approx. 550 ha of fertile agriculture land will be saved from degradation. Present Land Use Details Sl. Tenancy Govt. Forest Total No Particulars land Land Land Land . (ha) (ha) (ha) (ha) 1 Land required for existing 460.21 18.95 Nil 479.16 New Majri UG to OC mine 2 Addl. Land to be acquired Nil for Expansion of the mine 220.30 6.82 227.12 3 Total Land involved in the New Majri UG to OC 680.51 25.77 Nil 706.28 Expansion mine Expansion of New Majri UG to OC 3 FORM-I CMPDI Proposed Land Use During Mining Existing Area Proposed Sl. No. Particulars (ha) Area (ha) 1. Quarry Area 114.35 358.35 2. Future Extension Quarry 137.10 - 3. External OB dump 84.60 84.60 4. BC Soil Dump 4.20 4.20 5. Colony / Infrastructure 10.00 15.00 6. Embankment 12.90 53.20 7. Safety zone along Dump 47.49 64.62 8. Blasting Zone 58.69 9. Area needed for rationalization 51.39 84.75 Total Land 479.16 706.28 1.2 Clearance of Yes The present proposal is expansion of existing New Majri UG existing land, to OC. The mining operations require clearance of existing vegetation and land, vegetation and buildings. The land use changes details buildings? are provided above. As per the data provided by Majri Area WCL, about 40 nos.of hutments/ quarters belonging to WCL employees in WCL land and 70 nos. of private hutments in private land are required to be dismantled as these hutments fall within safety zone of the mine. Accordingly, provision has been made in this report for above dismantling and shifting of houses. 1.3 Creation of new Yes New land use is created when opencast mining activities are land uses? carried out. Post Mining Land Use Sl Land use (ha) . Land use during Plantatio Water Public Undistur N mining Total n Body use bed o. External OB 1 84.60 0.00 0.00 0.00 84.60 Dump 2 Top soil dump 4.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.20 3 Excavation 0.00 358.35 0.00 0.00 358.35 4 Infrastructure 2.00 0.00 13.00 0.00 15.00 5 Embankment 20.00 0.00 33.20 0.00 53.20 6 Undisturbed Area 140.00 0.00 0.00 50.93 190.93 Total 250.8 358.35 46.20 50.93 706.28 1.4 Pre-construction Yes The proposed New Majri UG to OC Expansion mine has investigations been envisaged upto 250m depth and the total 21 boreholes e.g.bore holes, in the quarry area has been done in 2.78 km2 area. soil testing? 1.5 Construction Yes Following infrastructure has been constructed and it will be Work utilized for expansion proposal also: 1. Explosive Building 2. Statutory Building 3. Community Building Expansion of New Majri UG to OC 4 FORM-I CMPDI 4. Colony 5. Office 6. Effluent Treatment Plant 7. Sedimentation Tank Following additional infrastructure will be constructed for expansion proposal: 1. Excavation Workshop 2. E&M Workshop 3. Unit Store 4. Substation 5. Approach Road – 3 km 6. Haul Road – 4 km 7. Heavy Duty Road – 4 km 8. Service Road – 1 km 9. Diversion of Road from Patal Village to Majri railway Station – 4 km 10. Rail under bridge (RUB) or Rail over bridge (ROB) over the Wani- Majri Railway line 11. Effluent Treatment Plant 12. Sedimentation Tank 13. Sewage Treatment Plant 14. Embankment 15. Additional Mine Infrastructure as per Approved Project Report 1.6 Demolition Yes About 40 nos.of hutments/ quarters belonging to WCL works? employees in WCL land and 70 nos.