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PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT

For Quarrying Rough Stone

From Government Poramboke land, Over an extent of 0.40.50 Ha

S.F.No.: 83 (Part 7),

At KONDAYAMPATTI VILLAGE,

VADIPATTI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT

Of

Thiru P. Deivendran S/o. Pandi,

No. 2/32A, Puliyankulam Post, Silaimaan Vali,

Madurai District - 625009, Tamil Nadu

Consultant

Aadhi Boomi Mining and Enviro Tech (P) Ltd.,

(QCI/NABET Accredited Organization)

3/216, K.S.V, Nagar, Narasothipatti,

Alagapuram (PO), Salem – 636004

Website: www.abmenvirotech.com

Email: [email protected]

Phone: +91427 2440446, 2444297

Pre Feasibility Report for P.Deivendran, Rough stone quarry, Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Consultant: Aadhi Boomi Mining and Enviro Tech (P) Ltd., Salem, TamilNadu

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CONTENT

CHAPTER

NO.

CHAPTER NAME PAGE

NO.

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 13

2 INTRODUCTION 15

3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 17

4 SITE ANALYSIS 22

5 PLANNING BRIEF 26

6 PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE 31

7 REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT 33

8 PROJECT SCHEDULE AND COST ESTIMATES 34

9 ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL 35



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Chapte r 1 : EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

FEATURE DETAILS

Name of the Proponent

and address

Thiru P. Deivendran S/o. Pandi,

No. 2/32A, Puliyankulam Post, Silaimaan

Vali, Madurai District - 625009, Tamil

Nadu Mobile: +919600553300

Email: [email protected]

Type of land Patta/

Forest/PWD

Government Poramboke land taken by

Public Auction

Survey number 83 (Part -7)

Geographical features Co-ordinates:

Latitude: 10°03’22.07”N to 10°03’25.33”N

Longitude: 78°0’58.78”E to 78°01’01.46”E

Elevation: 180-220 m above MSL

(Toposheet No. 58 J/4)

Site Location Kondayampatti village,

Vadipatti Taluk,

Madurai District,

Tamil Nadu State.

Type of Project Rough stone Quarry

Mining lease area 0.40.50 Hectares

Geological Reserves 78120 M3

Recoverable Reserves 76558 M3

Production Maximum: 19806M3 or 49515 MT/annum

Depth of Mining 50m height above the ground level. No

mining below ground level.

Method of Mining Open cast semi mechanized mining

Category B2

Mining plan approval Mining plan approval letter Roc. No.

1082/2016-Mines dated 03.11.2016

Period of Lease 5 years

Does it attract any

general conditions

specified in the EIA

notification, 2006?

No

Man Power 18 persons

Water requirement Total water requirement – 3.0 KLD

Drinking and Utilities(@2l/person): 1.0 KLD

Dust suppression and Green Belt: 2.0 KLD

Source: Mineral water supply and water



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tank

EMP Cost Rs. 3.75 lakhs

Project Cost Rs. 55.25 lakhs

Nearest habitation Kalvelipatti – 2 km (E)

Ayyanagoundanpatti – 2 km (S)

Nearest Town Madurai – 20 km

Nearest Railway station

Nearest Airport Madurai –20 km

Nearest Hospital Alanganallur – 7 km

Land use pattern

Description

Existing

Land use

(ha)

Area in use

during

quarrying

(Ha)

Quarrying pit 0.39.5 0.37.5

Infrastructure Nil 0.01.0

Roads 0.01.0 0.02.0

Total 0.40.50 0.40.50



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Chapter 2: INTRODUCTION

1.1. PROJECT AND THE PROPONENT

The proponent, Thiru.P.Deivendran S/o. Pandi residing at No. 2/32A,

Puliyankulam Post, Silaimaan Vali, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu has

been granted for quarrying rough stone from S.F.No. 83 (Part7) which

extends upto 0.40.50 hectares in the Kondaiyampatti Village, Vadipatti

Taluk, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu vide Precise area communication

letter from District collector, Madurai vide Roc. No. 1082/2016-Mines

dated 23.09.2016 for 5 years.

For this quarrying project, Mining Plan was prepared under Minor

Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 2010 and as per the

amendments under Rule 41 and 42 Tamil Nadu Minor Mineral

Concession Rules, 1959 by incorporating the conditions imposed in the

precise area communication letter.

The mining plan was approved by the Deputy Director, Dept. of

Geology and Mining, Madurai vide Mining plan approval letter Roc. No.

1082/2016-Mines dated 03.11.2016. Copy of the approval letter is being

attached in the additional documents.

As per the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) notification,

2006 and its subsequent amendments and as per S.O. 141 (E) –

amendment notification dated 15.01.2016, the project area lesser than

25 Hectares are classified under B2 category for the purpose of

Environmental Clearance. Being area lesser than 5 ha, this project

requires Environment Clearance (EC) from DEIAA/DEAC, Madurai, Tamil

Nadu.

1.2. NATURE OF THE PROJECT

The area is a fresh lease. Since rough stone is seen from the surface

itself, no exploration was carried out.

Open cast, semi-mechanized mining will be adopted to extract the

rough stones of required size from the area for which lease applied for.

Aspects considered for quarrying are construction of semi-permanent

structures, planning for the development / production works, formation

of faces, laying of approach road to various benches for movement of

dumpers, recruitment of man power, deployment of machinery, selection

of dump sites, stacking yards etc. Top soil / overburden, weathered

materials shall be removed prior to development of working benches.



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1.3. NEED AND SIGNIFICANCE

Rough stones play a vital role in roads, concrete and building products.

They are used in walls and paving slabs as it is weather resistant and for

its aesthetic appeal. The aggregates of the stone is crushed and sorted

into various sizes for use in concrete, coated with bitumen to make

asphalt or used dry as bulk fill in construction because of its strong

physical properties. Thus mining of rough stones supports the country in

improving the infrastructure as well as the economy. It also supports the

day to day life by comforting the living environment.

1.4. DEMAND – SUPPLY GAP

As rough stone is a significant raw material in the construction sector,

the demand exists in the market throughout the year. Thus quarrying of

the mineral finds consumer easily in the local market.

1.5. IMPORT VS INDIGENOUS PRODUCTION

Rough stone exists in the proposed site and does not require any raw

material to be imported for the production process. The extracted blocks

are broken into required size for selling. Send to crushers if required.

1.6. EXPORT POSSIBILITY

Not applicable since the project meets local demand only.

1.7. EMPLOYMENT

As per Mines safety under the provisions of MMR, 1961 under the Mines

Act, 1952, whenever the workers are employed more than 10, it is

preferred to have a qualified Mining mate to keep all the production

workers directly under his control and supervision. Following man power

is proposed for quarrying Rough Stone during the five years period to

achieve the proposed production and to comply with the provisions of the

Government norms.

Skilled:Operator

Mechanic

Blaster/Mat

2

1

1

Semi-skilled:

Driver

2

Unskilled:

Musdoor/Labours

Cleaners

Office Boy

5

3

1

Management and

supervisory staff

3

Total 18



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Chapte r 3 : PROJECT DESCRIPTION

3.1. TYPE OF PROJECT

The project involves quarrying of rough stone blocks from the proposed

area by adopting eco-friendly and safer techniques. The rough stones are

broken into required sizes and being sent to the market.

3.2. LOCATION

The area is represented by Survey of India Toposheet No. 58 J/4, the

location map is given in Plate 1 and figure 3.1.

Figure 3.1: Location of the proposed quarry

The area lies in the northern latitude ranges from 10°03’22.07”N to

10°03’25.33”N and eastern longitude from 78°0’58.78”E to 78°01’01.46”E.

Figure 3.2 shows the lease boundary and Co-ordinates of the pillars of

the quarry on the Google earth image.



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Table 2.1: Co-ordinates of the pillars

Pillar No. LATITUDE LONGITUDE

1 10°03’22.07”N 78°01’00.09”E

2 10°03’24.64”N 78°0’58.78”E

3 10°03’25.33”N 78°01’00.12”E

4 10°03’22.79”N 78°01’01.46”E

Figure 3.2: Lease boundary and pillars overlaid on the Google Earth

Image

3.3. ALTERNATIVE SITE

Since the project is site specific due to the availability of minerals, no

alternative sites proposed for this project.

3.4. PRODUCTION (SIZE OF OPERATION)

The proposed average annual production is about 76588 m3 (38277.5MT)

of rough stone. Production schedule is as given in table 3.1.



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Table 3.1: Production proposed

Section Year Bench L

(m)

W

(m)

H

(m)

V (m3) Mineable

reserves

@98%

(m3)

Mine

waste

dump

@2% (m3)

XY-AB I i 5 3 5 75 74 2

ii 15 8 5 600 588 12

iii 29 13 5 1885 1847 38

iv 42 42 5 8820 8644 176

Total 11380 11152 228

II v 47 55 5 12925 12667 259

III vi 47 66 5 15510 15200 310

IV vii 47 77 5 18095 17733 362

V viii 47 86 5 20210 19806 404

GRAND TOTAL 78120 76558 1562

3.5. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

3.5.1. Open cast working

Opencast method of semi mechanized mining will be adopted to extract

Roughstone of required size. Machineries like Tractor mounted

compressor attached with Jack hammers is proposed to drilling and

blasting. Excavators are proposed for quarrying of Rough stone tippers/

lorries are proposed for the transportation of Rough stone to the

destination. Proposed bench height and width is 5 m each.

3.5.2. Drilling

Drilling of shot-holes will be carried out by using a compressor and Jack

Hammers combination. Depth of holes shall be 1-2m bench height and

spacing shall be 0.75m and burden shall be 0.60m from the preface.

Table 3.2: Drilling Equipment

Type No. Dia.of

hole

Bucket/

Capacity

(MT)

Make Motive

Power H.P

Jack

Hammer 6

25.5

mm Hand held Atlas copco Diesel 60



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3.5.3. Blasting

The massive formation shall be broken into pieces of portable size by

drilling and blasting using jack hammers and shot hole blasting. Powder

factor of explosives for breaking such hard rock shall be in the order of 6

to 7 tonns per kg of explosives. Blasting parameters are as follows:

Diameter of the hole : 32-36 mm

Spacing : 60 cm

Depth : 1 to 1.5 m

Charge/Hole : D.cord with water or 70g of gun powder or

Gelatine

Pattern of hole : Zig zag

Inclination of hole : 70 from the horizontal

Quantity of rock broken : 19.74 MT x 2.6 =21.61 MT

Blasting efficiency @95%: 1.17 x 95 % = 1.05 MT/hole

Charge per hole : 140 g of 25 mm dia cartridge

Quantity of rock broken : 48.88 MT/day

Table 3.3: Recommended Explosives

S.No. Description Class /

Division Type Size

1. Slurry class - 3 Nitro compound 25 x 200

2. Nitrate

mixture Class- 2

ANFO (Ammonium

nitrate with 12%

diesel)

Prepared

at the site

3. Detonators class - 6 Ordinary and Electric

(OD and ED) 6.5 x 32

4. Safety fuse class - 6 Blue sump fuse coils

of 10 mts each

3.5.4. Loading and Transportation

Loading of waste and rough stone shall be carried out by Excavator into

10 tonne capacity tippes from the working place periodically.

Transportation of raw materials and waste shall be done by Tippers of 10

tonnes capacity. Details of loading and transporting equipments are as in

table 3.4



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Table 3.4: Proposed loading and transporting equipment

Type Nos Bucket/

Capacity Make

Motive

Power H.P

Hydraulic

excavator 1 1.20 m3

L&T or

Ex200 Diesel 120

Tipper 3 10M.T Ashok

leyland Diesel 110

3.6. RESOURCES

The geological and recoverable reserves are estimated by cross-sectional

Methods up to a thickness of 50 m Recovery of useable rock is taken as

98% and 2% shall be fines, mining losses and fly rock. The geological

resources estimated by cross sectional method is as 78120 m3

(195300MT) of rough stone up to a depth of 50 m from the hill top

considered the depth of mining, recovery, safety barriers etc where as the

recoverable reserves is estimated to be 76558 m3 (191470MT).

3.7. WATER SOURCE AND REQUIREMENT

Whole some drinking water shall be provided as per the Mines Rules,

1955. Quantity for drinking and utilities is 1.0KLD. Dust suppression

and green belt of water is 2.0KLD. Minimum quantity of 3.0KLD has to

be maintained as per the Rule. Drinking water is obtained by Mineral

water industries by water canes. Dust suppression and green belt is

obtained from water tank.

3.8. POWER SOURCE AND REQUIREMENT

Electricity is not required as the mine will be working only during day

time which does not demand artificial light. Table 3.2 and 3.4 shows the

fuel required for operating the machineries. They will be out sourced to

meet the requirement.

3.9. WASTE GENERATION

Rough stone rejects which amounts to 2% of the total excavation; about

1562 m3 will be generated for mining up to 50 m depth from top. Year

wise waste generation is as in table 3.1.



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Chapte r 4 : SITE ANALYSIS

4.1. CONNECTIVITY

The site is accessible as given in figure 4.1.

Figure 4.1: Route

4.2. LAND DETAILS

The area applied for quarrying is almost a hilly terrain. The land use of

the lease area before and after proposed project is as shown in table 4.1.

The land is non forest and non agricultural patta land.

Table 4.1: Land use

Description

Existing

Land use

(ha)

Area in use

during

quarrying

(Ha)

Quarrying pit 0.39.5 0.37.5

Infrastructure Nil 0.01.0

Roads 0.01.0 0.02.0

Total 0.40.50 0.40.50



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4.3. TOPOGRAPHY

The lease area applied for quarry is almost a hilly terrain with elevation

ranges from 180-220m above mean sea level. The lease area is generally

sloping from NW to SE. The slope is moderate to steep. The lease area is

exposed with rough stone and it does not required removal of topsoil.

This area surrounding the applied area is covered by rubber plantation.

There is no perennial water course/ water bodies/ streams/nallah within

500 m radius from the applied for quarry lease

4.4. ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES

4.4.1. Water environment

There is no major river or water bodies, seasonal odai track, nallah and

ponds are situated around 500m radius. The ground water table is

observed at a depth of 35m bgl from the surface level. The mining is

proposed to a depth of 50m from the hill top and so the ground water

may not percolate into the quarry in view of massive formation without

much fractures and joints and also the quarry is above ground level.

There are no chemicals of high metals and no hazardous substances are

likely to be quarried during the quarrying of rough stone and hence,

there in no way the quality of ground water will be affected. The water to

be pumped will be pure and potable and therefore it will not affect any

water regime of the area.

4.4.2. Air Quality

Air sampling is not done being a fresh lease. As per field observation, the

air is clear and the visual is not affected by any dust. Dust is expected to

be generated from drilling, hauling roads, place of excavation, etc. It will

be suppressed by periodical wetting of lands.

4.4.3. Acoustic and Seismic Environment

Threshold sound level is reported as 55 dB. Since fresh lease area, no

activity of quarrying is being done to measure the peak particle velocity

due to longitudinal waves. There is no deep hole blasting proposed. Since

short holes of Small dia explosive are used for breaking the hard rock

and boulders, the noise and vibration will be very minimum and are

within the permissible limits.



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4.4.4. Eco Sensitive area

There is no major water body or Nallah found within 500m radius of the

lease boundary. Mullai periyar river is about 600m on the south. Vaigai

river is about 7km on the south. No Archaeological monuments, bridges,

Theme parks, School are also not located in the area. Vegudhumalai RF

is 2 km away on the northern side. Sirumalai reserved forest is on north

at 7.5km.

4.5. INFRASTRUCTURE

Table 4.7 shows the infrastructure found near the lease area.

Table 4.7: Infrastructures

S.No. Description Place Distance (km)

1 Post office Tanichiam 3

2 Police station Alanganallur 7

3 Government

Hospital

4 Fire Service Solavanthan 9

5 Railway station

6 School Kondayampatti 2

7 Airport Madurai 20

8 Seaport Tuticorin 150

4.5.1. Road

The mode of transport of the excavated rough stone to the markete is by

road to various consumer destination of their own. Approach road is

available from the lease area to a public road on south for transportation.

4.5.2. Power Supply

Since simple methods are adopted and the limited scale of activities

involved in the rough stone mining, high tension electric power supply or

huge workshop facility is not required.

4.5.3. Sanitary Facilities

Surface latrines and urinals shall be constructed at convenient place for

usage of male and female labors separately

4.5.4. First Aid Facility

Being a small mine, a first aid station as per provisions under Rule (44)

of Mines Rules 1955 shall be provided with facilities as prescribed in

third schedule. Initial medical examination has to be conducted for the

mine workers under rule 29B of Mines Rule 1955.



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4.6. SOIL CLASSIFICATION

The area is already opened where the overburden soil was partly Alluvial

soil.

4.7. CLIMATIC CONDITION

The hottest months in the area under investigation are March, April and

May. The heat declines to some extent on the outbreak of the south-east

monsoon. The southwest monsoon prevails during the months of June to

September, whereas the North-east monsoon occurs during the months

of October, November and December. The average rainfall in the study

area during South-west monsoon period is 465mm.and during the North-

east monsoon it is 302 mm. The rainfall data of Salem district has been

presented in the Table 20(d). The maximum temperature ranges from

25°C to 40°C and the minimum temperature varies from12°C to 20°C.

The relative humidity percentage ranges from 60% to 90%.Highest

relative humidity values are during south-west monsoon period.

4.8. SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Required roads, health centre, schools, temples and other basic

facilities/ infrastructures for the nearby villages are available.



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Chapte r 5 : PLANNING BRIEF

5.1. PLANNING CONCEPT

Excavation of rough stone is planned and described in section 3.4 and

3.6. Proposed land is a Government (Poramboke) land which does not

come under Residential, Forest or any other sensitive land classification.

As a small project, it is not demanding any town or country planning.

However, approach roads and haul roads will be laid for the

transportation of excavated materials to the market and to the dump.

5.2. POPULATION PROJECTION

The nearby villages is as in table 5.1. Population characteristics and

Occupational characteristics of the Kondayampatti Village, Vadipatti

Taluk, Madurai District is given in table 5.2 and 5.3 respectively. The

proposed project will not affect the village population, and hence

population projection is not significant. However, it provides occupation

to about 18 persons of which 80% of them will be from the local villages.

Other than mine employment, workshops, spare parts, tyres and tubes

and related several self-employment opportunities.

Table 5.1: Details of nearby villages

Name of Village Direction

Distance

from

Mine (m)

Poochampatti North 3

Kalveli patti East 2

Ayyanagoundampatti South 2

Andipatti West 3

Table 5.2: Population Characteristics (2001and 2011)

Sl. No. Characteristics 2001 % 2011 %

1 Total Household 778

839

2 Rural population 3004 - 2999 -

3 Male Population 1486 49.47 1497 49.92

4 Female Population 1518 50.53 1502 50.08

5 Rural Literacy 2024 67.38 2105 70.19

6 Male Literacy 1115 75.03 1149 76.75

7 Female Literacy 909 59.88 956 63.65

8 Sex Ratio

1022

1003



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Table 5.3: Occupational Characteristics (2001 and 2011)

Sl. No. Characteristics 2001 % 2011 %

1 Rural population 3004 - 2999 -

2 Male Population 1486 - 1497 -

3 Female Population 1518 - 1502 -

4 Total Workers 1425 47.44 1485 49.52

5 Male Workers 872 58.68 910 60.79

6 Female Workers 553 36.43 575 38.28

7 Total Main workers 1244 87.30 1138 76.63

8 Male Main workers 796 91.28 747 82.09

9 Female Main Workers 448 81.01 391 68.00

10 Total Cultivators 118 8.28 109 7.34

11 Male Cultivators 103 11.81 81 8.90

12 Female Cultivators 15 2.71 28 4.87

13 Total Main Agricultural

Labourers

766 53.75 535 36.03

14 Male Agri.Labourers 410 47.02 276 30.33

15 Female Agri.Labourers 356 64.38 259 45.04

16 Total Main HHI 27 1.89 19 1.28

17 Male HHI 14 1.61 11 1.21

18 Female HHI 13 2.35 8 1.39

19 Total Main Other Tertiary

workers

333 23.37 475 31.99

20 Male OT 269 30.85 379 41.65

21 Female OT 64 11.57 96 16.70

22 Total Nonworkers 1579 52.56 1514 50.48

23 Male Nonworkers 614 41.32 587 39.21

24 Female Non workers 965 63.57 927 61.72

5.3. LAND USE PLANNING

Existing and proposed land use pattern is discussed in previous chapter

in Table 4.1. About 95% of the un-worked land will be used for mining

and the remaining for haul roads.

5.4. INFRASTRUCTURE DEMAND

Labour shed, Surface latrines and urinals are required to be constructed

easily accessible from the working area. Trees like tamarind, casuarinas

will be planted along the lease boundary and avenues as well as over non

active dumps at a rate of 10 trees per annum with an interval of 5m. The



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rate of survival expected to be 80% in this area. No other infrastructures

required.

5.5. AMENITIES/ FACILITIES

List of equipments and materials required are discussed in Chapter 3

and listed in Table 3.3 to 3.5.

5.6. HAZARDS AND RISK MANAGEMENT

5.6.1 Explosives

Blasting is done by means of explosives which are hazardous during of

handling, storage and blasting.

5.6.1.1. Storage and Handling

The Applicant is advised to store the explosives as per the Indian

Explosives Act, 1958 and the Explosive Rules, 1983. Necessary

permissions should be obtained from the Joint Controller of Explosives to

store and uses of explosives in the quarry in the magazine permit under

Form - 23 or Agreement shall be made with holder of Form - 22 who can

supply and fire explosives as per safety practices. However blasting in the

mine or quarry shall be done as per the MMR, 1961 under the

supervision of Mines Blaster certificate holder, appointed under Reg. 160

of Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961.

5.6.1.2. Blasting

Poorly designed shots can result in misfires early ignition and flying rock.

Safety can be ensured by planning for round of shots to ensure face

properly surveyed, holes correctly drilled, direction logged, the weight of

explosion for good fragmentation. Blast design, charge and fire around of

explosives should be carried out by a trained person.

5.6.1.3. Drilling

Slipping and Falling of labors from the edge of a bench during drilling is

possible. Part of training should include instructions to face towards the

open edge of the bench so any inadvertent backward step is away from

the edge. Suitable portable rail fencing which can be erected between the

drilling operations and the edge of the mine can be provided. Attachment

of a safety line to the drilling rig and provide harness for the driller to

wear can be done. Newer drill machines are provided with cabin which

controls noise level within cabins. Driller operators should be protected

with ear protection.



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5.6.2. Loading

Possible risks during loading of mined rocks are falling of rock on the

driver, plant toppling aver due to uneven ground, failure of hydraulic

system, fires, fall while gaining access to operating cabin, electrocution in

Draglines, failure of wire ropes in Dragline. In order to overcome these

risks:

Operator cabin should be of suitable strength to protect the

driver in event of rock fall.

Electrical supply to dragline should be properly installed with

adequate earth continuity and earth leakage protection.

Wire rope should be suitable for work undertaken and be

examined periodically.

Ensure that loaders are positioned sufficiently away from face

edges

5.6.3. Transportation

Brake failure, lack of all-around visibility from driver position, vehicle

movements particularly while reversing, rollover, Vibrations, Noise, Dust

and improper / no signalling are some of the factors causing risk. This

can be avoided by following measures:

Visibility defects can be eliminated by the use of visibility aids

such as closed circuit television and suitable mirrors.

Edge protection is necessary to prevent inadvertent movement.

Seatbelt to protect driver in event of vehicle rollover.

Good maintenance and regular testing necessary to reduce

possibility of brake failure.

Avoid driving at the edge of roadway under construction

Heavy earth moving equipment and vehicle drivers and those

giving signals should be well trained.

5.6.4. Unstable face

Chances of Rock fall or slide exists. Regular examination of face must be

done and remedial measures must be taken to make it safe if there is any

doubt that a collapse could take place. Working should be advanced in a

direction taken into account the geology such that face and quarry side

remain stable.



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5.6.5. General safety measures

Provisions of the Mines Act, Rules and Regulations orders made there

under shall be complied with, so that the safety of the mine, machinery

and persons will be ensured. Permission, relaxation or exemption

wherever required for the safe and scientific mining of the deposit will be

obtained from the Department of Mine Safety. Copy of Agreement for

handling of Explosives under License Holder at Proposed site is given in

additional document.

Safety kits should be located in easily accessible place with major

first aid materials in it.

Entry of any unauthorized person into mine and plant areas shall

be completely prohibited

Arrangements for fire fighting in the mine’s office complex and

mining area

Provision of all the safety appliances such as safety boot, helmets,

goggles, ear plugs etc. shall be made available for the employees

Mining will be undertaken in coexistence with the requirements of

the Mining Plan which shall be updated from time to time

Handling of explosives, charging and blasting shall be undertaken

only by a competent person

Adequate safety equipment shall be provided at the explosive

magazine

All the mining equipment shall be maintained as per the guidelines

of the manufacturer

Elevating the awareness of employees, contract workers and public

as a whole by celebrating Annual Safety Week which includes

various competitions like posters, essay, slogan, quiz etc.



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Chapter 6: PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE

6.1. GREEN BELT

Afforestation plan is proposed to develop a green belt around the mining

lease as in section 5.4 of chapter 5.

6.2. SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

6.2.1. CSR Activities

The proponent is proposed to spend CSR as per the Companies Act, 2003

to the Panchayat for maintenance of road, street light, school sanitation

etc.

6.2.2. Employment potential

The proposed project will enhance the socio-economic activities in the

adjoining areas. Several shops and service providers shall grow in the

public adjacent to mines. Schools and city development shall also be

possible owing to the fact of economic growth in the village. This will

result in following benefits

- Improvements in physical infrastructure.

- Improvements in Social Infrastructure.

- Increase in Employment Potential

- Contribution to the Exchequer.

- Prevention of illegal mining.

- During and Post-mining enhancement of green cover.

6.3. CONNECTIVITY

Haul roads will be laid which will be connecting to the approach road in

the southern side. This will be leading to the market through the existing

village road and to the state road.

6.4. DRINKING WATER MANAGEMENT

Water requirement and management are as discussed in section 3.7. of

chapter 3.

6.5. DRAINAGE PLAN

The rain water will be properly routed to the nearby surface water body.

In case of accumulation into the mining pit, it shall be pumped and

filtered through soak pit/ sand filter and left into nearby surface water

body.



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6.6. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

Waste generation is as in section 3.9. Rough stone rejects shall be

dumped as per the plan along the NE side of the lease boundary.

6.7. POWER REQUIREMENT AND SOURCE

Details of the power requirement and source are as discussed in section

4.5.2 of Chapter 4.



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Chapte r 7 : REHABILITATION AND

RESETTLEMENT (R&R) PLAN

Being a small rough stone excavation, the project does not involve

displacement of any residents or public infrastructures. Thus

resettlement is not proposed.

In case of steep slopes, fencing shall be made to control,

inadvertent entry of animals and local persons. The mined out area shall

be used for storage of rain water with proper barricade which will help

recharge of regional ground water table. No major dumps, however

plantation shall be made over small dumps to prevent soil erosion\wash

outs and help ecological balance.

Fencing shall be made around open cast working as per DGMS

circulars with S1 type fencing. Back filling shall be done to a reasonable

extent and depth during closure of mine. Green belt development is

proposed at a density of 1000 trees per Hectares.



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Chapte r 8 : PROJECT SCHEDULE

ANDCOST ESTIMATION

Period of quarrying is proposed for five years. It does not require any

construction phase period. There is no development phase as there is no

requirement of over burden/ top soil removal. The Production phase are

planned and discussed in chapter 3.

a) Project cost / investment

i) Land Cost : Rs. 33,00,000

ii) Machinery to be used : Rs. 20,00,000

iii) Fencing : Rs. 1,25,000

iv) Laborers Shed : Rs. 55,000

v) Sanitary facility : Rs. 50,000

Total : Rs. 55.25 Lakhs

b) Expenditures

i) Drinking water facility = Rs. 1,00,000

ii) Safety kits = Rs. 50,000

iii) Water sprinkling = Rs. 50,000

iv) Afforestation = Rs. 50,000

v) Water quality test = Rs. 50,000

vi) Air quality test = Rs. 25,000

vii) Noise/ Vibration test = Rs. 25,000

viii) Cost towards charity = Rs. 25,000

Total Rs. 3.75 Lakhs



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Chapte r 9 : ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL

The quarrying activities in this belt will benefit to the local people both

directly and indirectly. The direct beneficiaries will be those who get

employed in the mines as skilled and un-skilled workers.

There will be no environmental impact from the project since the

scale of operation is very minimum. This operation doesn’t need

relocation of any habitats.

CSR shall be provided by the applicant to the society of the nearby

villages.

The mined out area shall be used for storage of rainwater or

pisiculture. The applicant shall plant sufficient number of trees around

the lease boundary as well as along the village road to keep the

environment green.

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(EIA studies not done)

P.Deivendran

Applicant

(S.SURIYAKUMAR)

M.Sc., M.Phil, F.C.C. (Min) PGDBA, DIPC.

Signature of EIA coordinator (Mining)

Date: 19-06-2017

Place: Salem

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