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Annexure-A
Point wise reply sought by the 42nd EAC (Thermal & Coal Mining Projects),
in respect of Amera Opencast Project expansion from1.00MTPA to
2.00MTPA, under Clause 7(ii) of EIA Notification’2006
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No.
Additional Information sought by EAC
for further consideration
Action to be taken
1 The EC for Amera Opencast Coal Mine
Project of 1 MTPA in mine lease area of ha,
was earlier granted by this Ministry vide
letter No.J-11015/14/2004-IA.II (M) dated
22nd February, 2005.
Matter of fact.
The EC for Amera Opencast Coal Mine
Project of 1 MTPA in mine lease area of
664.184 Ha, was earlier granted by this
Ministry vide letter No.J-11015/14/2004-
IA.II (M) dated 22nd February, 2005.
2 The present proposal seeks EC for
expansion of Amera Opencast Coal Mine
Project with its production capacity from 1
MTPA to 2 MTPA in a mine lease area of
664.184 ha, which includes 51.989 ha of
forest land, 548.359 ha of agricultural land
and 63.836 ha of Government land. The
mine plan and mine closure plan approvals
for 2.0 MTPA is still awaited.
Matter of fact.
The mine plan and mine closure plan for
2.00MTPA has been approved. Copy of
the same has been already submitted
during EAC meeting held on 31.08.2015.
Copy enclosed as annexure-1.
3 The project report of Amera OCP was
approved by SECL Board on 25th July,
2002. The mine closure plan was approved
on 27th January, 2014. Instead of Kumda
a railway siding, a new centralized siding to
be constructed at Pendrakhi, which will be
constructed between 3 to 4 years and CHP
will be constructed by Amera mine. After
construction of Pendrakhi railway siding,
the distance for coal transportation will be
reduced from 53.8 km to 12 km. Since, the
mine life is 12 years and coal will be
transported from new railway siding in
future the CHP /Crushing arrangement be
put up at the Amera mine premises only to
To reduce the transportation distance from
mine to railway siding, in SECL, a
proposal for Construction of New Railway
Siding namely Pendrakhi Siding is under
Administrative Approval, to serve
Lakhanpur Coalfields taking off from
Bisrampur Railway Station in Bilaspur
Division.
The proposed Pendrakhi Railway
Siding would be very useful as it
would cater a number of mines
located in Lakhanpur Coalfields i.e.
existing Rehar UG, Gayatri UG,
Ketki UG, Amera OC & Amgaon
OC. It would also cater to the future
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avoid duplicity and cost reduction. projects such as Jamdai UG,
Ghumghara UG & Binkara UG.
The proposed Pendrakhi Railway
Siding would be useful in:
o Reducing the distance for
road transport of coal from
present running mines as
well as for future projects.
o Reducing the cost of
transportation.
o Improving the environmental
condition.
Crushing arrangements at the pit head site
will be provided very shortly. For
construction of Coal Handling Plant
Capital Provision for an amount of Rs.
23.874 Crores has been kept in the
approved RCE of Amera OC. CHP will be
commissioned by Dec.’2017.
4 The Coal Mine is sandwiched between
Ghunghuta river on the Eastern side and
Chandanai Nullah on the Western side.
The project proponent has planned to
make embankments along these water
bodies only on one side to prevent
inundation of the mine by flood waters.
The committee decided that the project
proponent should submit a detailed note
on possible flooding of the nearby areas
due to the proposed embankments. The
action plan is to be duly authenticated by
the Irrigation/Flood Control Department
of the concerned State.
As per approved Project Report, the HFL
of Ghunghuta River is 535m. During
detailed survey conducted along the banks
of Ghunghuta river, it has been found that,
the RL of the eastern bank varies from
542m to 549m and RL of western bank
varies from 541m to 569m. This indicates
that, both the banks are present much
above the HFL of Ghunghuta River, so,
there is no chance of inundation of nearby
villages by river water during flooding.
Moreover, the village Sukhri and Patrapara
are situated at a distance of about 2 KMs
on east side from the bank of Ghunghuta
river and having RL more than 555m.
Vide letter No. 4417/ work/ 2015/
Ambikapur dated 23.09.2015, Executive
Engineer, Water Resource Division, No.-1,
Ambikapur, Dist. Surguja, Chhattisgarh,
has indicated that, since 2004 to 2015,
there is no record of incidence of flooding
of any of the villages nearby to the
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Ghunghuta River due to heavy rain and
release of water from Ghunghuta dam.
Copy enclosed as annexure-2.
As per approved PR, the HFL of
Chandanai Nullah is 537m. The detailed
survey of both the banks shows that, the
RLs of eastern bank varies from 542m to
548m and RL of western bank varies from
540m to 546m, which is lying much above
the HFL of the nullah. Moreover, the
nullah is seasonal in nature.
The village Ghumghara is about 1.5 km
away from bank of Chandanai nullah and
is having ground RL about 559m.
Therefore, during rainy season there is
negligible chance of incidence of flood in
both the sides of the river/nullah and
thereby the villages.
The embankment for Amera OC will be
constructed around 60m away from the
bank of the river/nullah. Therefore, the
effect of the embankment during monsoon
season will be close to null on incidence of
flood.
5 A settling pond should be constructed for
mine water before its discharging to the
national stream, and its details to be
provided
Two nos. of Sedimentation tanks have
been constructed for mine water before its
discharge outside. Details are as under:
Primary settling tank
Size: 20mx12.3mx1.60m
Secondary settling tank :
Size : 24mx 10.0m x 1.60m
Photographs enclosed as Annexure-3.
6 Results of the pre-project health surveys in
the vicinity of the project area should be
provided in an appropriate format for
assessment of the status of health of the
community.
Any form of health survey has not been
done in Amera, Lakhanpur block prior to
2012, neither by SECL nor by the State
Govt. or any other agencies. But regular
health camps are being organized in this
area since Feb 2012 by Central Hospital,
Bishrampur SECL for the purpose of
health status assessment and remedy. Year
wise consolidated data from these health
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camps is placed as Annexure 4, 5 & 6.
During the period from February 2012
to February 2015, 34 health camps were
organized in and around Amera. Total
number of 2130 patients were examined
during this period. The common diseases
diagnosed in these camps are mentioned
below:
1. Acute respiratory tract infections (348
patients 16.30%)- (No cases of TB
detected)
2. Anaemia (314 patients 14.7%)
3. Acute Gastro enteritis (295 patients
13.8%)
4. Fever (Mostly viral or along with ARI
and AGE)- 207 patients 9.71%
7 Internal dumps (2 Nos) proposed in an area
of 450 Ha with a height of 7-8 m above
ground level be filled into mine void and
brought to near the original ground level to
minimize land degradation.
Agree to comply.
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Annexure-1 MINE PLAN/ MINE CLOSURE PLAN APPROVAL
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Annexure-2
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Annexure-3 SEDEMENTATION TANKS
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Annexure-4 DETAILS OF HEALTH CAMP-2012
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Annexure-5 DETAILS OF HEALTH CAMP-2013-14
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Annexure-5 DETAILS OF HEALTH CAMP-2014-15