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APPENDIX I

(See Paragraph - 6)

FORM 1

I Basic Information

S. No. Item : Details

1. Name of the Project : Dhedwas Iron Ore, Copper and Associated Minerals Mine and

Beneficiation Plant near village Dhedwas, Distt. Bhilwara,

Rajasthan

2. S. No. in the schedule : As per the Gazette Notification dated 14th September, 2006,

the project is classified as Category “A” under S. No. 1 (a) and

2b in the Schedule.

(>50 hectare of mining lease area and >0.1 million ton/annum

of mineral beneficiation).

3. Proposed capacity/

area/ length/ tonnage to

be handled /command

area/lease area /number

of wells to be drilled

: Lease area - 1556.7817 ha.

Capacity-ROM - 7.0 million tonnes,

Over Burden - 23.6 million tonnes per annum

4. New / Expansion /

Modernization

: Expansion in the capacity of DG sets to be used as back up

source in the case of break down/ disruption of supply from

Rajasthan State Electricity Board.

5. Existing capacity/ Area

etc.

: Leas area of 1556.7817 hectare

1. Iron Ore (Magnetite) -7.0 MMTPA

2. Mineral Beneficiation (Magnetite Concentrate-2.5 MMTPA

The area consists of 930.3178 hectare Khatedari land,

357.8270 hectare of grazing land and 268.6369 hectare of

Government waste land.

6. Category of project i.e. 'A'

or 'B'

: As per the Gazette Notification dated 14th September, 2006,

the project is classified as Category “A”.

7. Does it attract the

general condition? If yes,

please specify.

: No

8. Does it attract the

specific condition? If yes,

please specify.

: No

9. Location : Location of Lease Area-

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Latitude – N25° 18’ 40” to 25° 24’ 10”

Longitude- E74° 31’ 37” to 74° 35’ 45”

Plot/ Survey/ Khasra no. : The lease area comprises of 2,888 Khasra numbers. Details of

khasra’s are provided in Annexure 1 on Page 275 of EIA

Report.)

Village : Dhedwas, Dhulkhera, Onkarpura, Samodi, Pur, Malola, Pansal

and Suras

Tehsil : Bhilwara and Manda

District : Bhilwara

State : Rajasthan

The demarcated mining lease area is 1556.7817 hectare. The

beneficiation plant will be located within the lease area on the

non-mineralized zone. The geographical location of all the

four corners of the beneficiation plant are as under:-

Point Latitude (N) Longitude (E)

A 25°19'08" 74°32'17"

B 25°19'02" 74°32'13"

C 25°18'59" 74°32'19"

D 25°19'05" 74°32'23"

The geographical location of all the four corners of the tailing

pond are as under:-

Tailing Pond No.1 {Annexure – II(a)}

Corner Points Coordinates

A. 25°19’07”N:74°31’50”E

B. 25°19’06”N:74°31’55”E

C. 25°19’28”N:74°32’15”E

D. 25°19’31”N:74°32’05”E

Tailing Pond No.2 {Annexure- II(b)}

Corner Points Coordinates

A. 25°19’07”N:74°32’16”E

B. 25°19’05”N:74°32’22”E

C. 25°19’30”N:74°32’45”E

D. 25°19’32”N:74°32’38”E

The site falls in Toposheet No. 45 K/11.

The site has been located on Toposheet no.-45-K/11, enclosed

as Annexure – III.(page 279)

The geographical location of the lease area is as under:-

Point Latitude (N) Longitude (E)

A 25°22'35" 74°34'32"

B 25°23'38" 74°35'43"

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C’ 25°24'09" 74°35'07"

D’ 25°23'53" 74°34'48"

E’ 25°23'53" 74°34'19"

F 25°22'22” 74°32'37"

G 25°21'54” 74°33'10"

H 25°22'39” 74°34'01"

I 25°18'59” 74°31'37"

J 25°18'42” 74°32'08"

K 25°19'46” 74°32'49"

L 25°19'48” 74°32'45"

M 25°20'14” 74°33'01"

N 25°20'11” 74°33'05"

O 25°22'16” 74°34'24"

P 25°22'27” 74°34'39"

10. Nearest Railway station/

Airport along with

distance in kms.

: Railway Station Bhilwara – 7.0 km towards SE.

Airport Dabok (Udaipur) - 150 km towards SW.

National Highway: NH-79 passes through the lease area near

the NE corner, entering the area from north and passing out

after 1.60 km distance towards SE direction.

11. Nearest Town, City,

District Headquarters

along with distance in

kms.

: Distt. Head Quarter- Bhilwara – 7 kms. Towards SE.

12. Village Panchayat, Zilla

Parishad, Municipal

Corporation, Local body

(Complete postal address

with telephone no. to be

given)

: Village Panchayat Samiti- Suwana, P.O.- Suwana, Distt.

Bhilwara. Telephone No. 260960, Zilla Parishad – Bhilwara

The area does not fall within any Municipal Corp. Limit.

13. Name of the applicant : Jindal Saw Limited.

14. Registered address : A-1, UPSIDC Industrial Area, Nandgaon Road, Kosi Kalan,

PIN-281403, District - Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.

15. Address for correspondence

Name : Shri Rajender Gaur.

Designation (Owner /

Partner / CEO)

: Head – Liaison.

Address : Araji No.9697/6711, Near Tiranga Hills, Village - Pur,

District - Bhilwara, Rajasthan.

Pin Code : 311802

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E-mail : rajender.gaur@jindalsaw.com

Telephone no. : 01482-248417 : Mobile No. 07727009276.

Fax No. : 01482-248417

16. Details of alternative

sites examined, if any.

Location of these sites

should be shown on a

Toposheet.

: It is a site specific project for mining of minerals which occur

at specific location therefore alternate location was not

examined and Govt. sanctioned the Mining lease.

17. Interlinked projects : Treatment of waste water of Bhilwara City and use the same

for the mining and Beneficiation Plant.

18. Whether separate

application of interlinked

project has been

submitted?

: Application for consent to establish was submitted to

Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board for establishing STP

and laying pipe line from the STP to the mine vide letter no.

JPR/JSL/2010/787 dated 25.02.10. Annexure XXXV, page

439 CTE and CTO for Mine & Beneficiation Plant has been

granted by RPCB and the STO has been established and is

in operation.

19. If yes, date of submission : 25.02.2010 to RSPCB, Jaipur.

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,

(1980)?

(b) The Wildlife

(Protection) Act,

1972?

(c) The C.R.Z.

Notification, 1991?

: Not applicable.

22. Whether there is any

Government Order

/Policy relevant /relating

to the site:

: No.

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23. Forest land involved

(hectares)

: Nil

24. Whether there is any

litigation pending against

the project and/or land

in which the project is

proposed 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.

: No litigation is pending in any court.

*Capacity corresponding to sectoral activity (such as production capacity for manufacturing, mining lease

area and production capacity for mineral production, area for mineral exploration, length for linear

transport infrastructure, generation capacity for power generation etc.,)

II 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.)

Information/Ch

ecklist

confirmation

Yes/

No

Details thereof (with approximate quantities/ rates,

wherever possible) with source of information data

1.1 Permanent or

temporary

change on land

use, land cover or

topography

including

increase in

intensity of land

use (with respect

to local land use

plan)

Yes There will be change in the land use and land cover of the lease

area. The lease area of 1556.7817 hectare will be subjected to

some permanent changes. The area currently is undulating hilly

terrain with intervening hummocky terrain on either side of hill

slopes. The land use at the end of various phases of mine is

proposed as under:

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S.

No.

Particulars Present

land use

(ha.)

Land use at the

end of 5th year

(ha.)

Land use at the

end of life of

mine (ha.)

Land use at

closure of the

mine (ha.)

1. Pits 12.50 72.212 224.00 Rehabilitated &

Reclaimed by

plantation

2. Dump area 2.0 56.220 98.094 Rehabilitated &

Reclaimed by

plantation

3. Roads 17.60 24.80 30.00 17.60(Public Use)

4. Villages and

Buildings

64.78 68.128 76.80 65.00 (Public Use)

5. Mineral

beneficiation and

stacking & office

building

-- 10.00 10.00 (Plantation/ Public

use on demand of

Local Panchayat)

6. Workshop -- 5.00 5.00 (Plantation/ Public

use on demand of

Local Panchayat)

7. Plantation -- 50.00 100.00 491.388

8. Others-(Future use,

exploration,

agriculture, grazing

land, etc.) use etc.

1,459.9017 1,270.4217 1,012.8877 982.7937

Total 1,556.7817 1,556.7817 1,556.7817 1,556.7817

Topography

The lease comprises of hilly tract in a flat terrain. This belt comprises of two parallel NE-SW

trending hillocks from village Pur in South to Jipiya in north covering a length of 14 km and

width of 3 to 4 kms. Status of changes in topography are given below: -

Pit Hill top

level, m

AMSL

Surface

level, m

AMSL

R.L. of lowest

point of

working in five

years, m AMSL

R.L. of final

depth at

conceptual

stage, m AMSL

RL of Post-

monsoon

water table

MSL

Tiranga Pit 539 450 450 400 416m

Dhulkhera Pits 510 435 420 400 411m

Suras Pit 480 440 400 370 411m

Eventually, at the end of life of mine the excavated pit areas (224.00 ha) will be reclaimed by

backfilling and plantation. Dumping yard area (98.094 ha), mine roads area (12.4 ha), building

area (11.8 ha), beneficiation plant and office building (10 ha) and workshop (5 ha) area will be

rehabilitated and reclaimed by plantation. Thus, the change in the topography of the area will

be localized and confined within the lease area.

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1.2 Clearance of

existing land,

vegetation and

buildings?

Yes The mineralized ore body is exposed on the hill tops and the

working area is devoid of any significant vegetation cover

except for scanty/ seasonal vegetation. The top soil cover

varies from a few cm to 20 cm.

There are no buildings existing in the working area.

The area will have well planned phased development of

plantation (10,000 trees every year-details of species selected

are mentioned in section IV of EIA/EMP), which will enhance

the aesthetic beauty of the area. Annexure IV (page 280)

1.3 Creation of new

land uses?

Yes There will be change in the existing land use. The new land

use at the end of fifth year and at the end of life of mine is

mentioned in section 1.1 of the Form-I. Types of land to be

used for above purpose are given below:-

S. No. Type of

Land

Area (Ha) Present land use At the end of 5th

year

Conceptual stage Land use at the closure

of the mine

Undisturbed Disturbed

(old pits

dump &

road)

Un-

disturbed

Disturbe

d

Undisturbe

d

Disturbe

d

1. Khatedari 930.3178 930.3178 0 930.3178 0 930.3178 0 930.3178 undisturbed

2. Govt. Waste 220.6369 188.5369 32.1000 98.5269 122.11 32.1699 188.4670

2.2959 undisturbed

17.6000-Road

188.4670 R & Plant

12.2740- Plantation

3. Grazing 357.8270 357.8270 0 258.3570 99.47 67.1800 290.6470 290.647 (R&Plant)

67.180-undistrubed

4.

Surface

water body

(waste

land)

48.00 48.000 0 48.000 0 48.0000 0 48.0000

5. Forest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 1556.7817 1524.6817 32.1000 1335.2017 221.58 1077.6677 479.1140 1556.7817

1.4 Pre-construction

investigations e.g.

bore holes, soil

testing?

No There will be no physical changes in the area due to pre

production investigations. The bore holes have been drilled

by GSI during exploration of the area in the year 1969-1970.

The plant will be founded on hard rocks, the bearing capacity

and geo-technical parameters of the rocks will be

determined at the time of erection.

1.5 Construction works? Yes There will not be any significant construction proposed at

site except for erection and construction of ore beneficiation

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plant, office buildings, stacking yards which will have total

built up area of 1,00,000 sq.m and workshop in an area of 5.0

hectare.

1.6 Demolition works? No This is not envisaged.

1.7 Temporary sites

used for

construction works

or housing of

construction

workers?

No No temporary sites will be created during construction for

workers. Modular house, septic tanks and soak pits will be

provided for housing of construction labour, during

construction of beneficiation plant etc.

1.8 Above ground

buildings, structures

or earthworks

including linear

structures, cut and

fill or excavations

Yes The mining activity will involve various physical changes.

The significant change will be in the land use. At the end of

life of the mine, the total excavated area 224.00 ha will be

backfilled and reclaimed by plantation. The area of waste

dumps of 98.094 ha. will be rehabilitated by removing the

dumps for filling pits and reclaimed by plantation.

1.9 Underground works

including mining or

tunneling?

Yes There will be no underground mining activities in the four

blocks. i.e. Tiranga, Dhulkhera-North, Dhulkhera-South and

Suras blocks. The underground mining in the Samodi-

Dhedwas and Dhedwas-Dhulkhera block will be decided

after completion of the exploration proposed in the Mining

Plan.

1.10 Reclamation works? Yes At the end of life of the mine, the total excavated area of

224.00 ha will be backfilled and reclaimed by plantation. The

area used for waste dumps 98.094 ha will be rehabilitated

and reclaimed by plantation. The area of 10 ha used for

mineral beneficiation plant complex and 29.20 ha used for

infrastructure area will be either used for plantation by

salvaging the machineries (selling) and demolishing the

existing buildings (construction waste to be used as backfill

of pits) or will be handed over to the local Panchayat on

demand as it is, after removal of machineries.

1.11 Dredging No There will be no dredging.

1.12 Offshore structures? No There are no offshore structures.

1.13 Production and

manufacturing

Yes The mining activities will cause physical changes in the near

by locality. The production of 25 lac tonnes/ annum of

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processes? concentrate will involve excavation of about 70 lac

tonnes/annum of ROM, in-turn generating 210 lac

tonnes/annum of overburden by opencast mining method.

The beneficiation of 70 lac tonnes of ROM to produce 25 lac

tonnes/annum of concentrate by magnetic separation will

result in 45 lac tonnes of tailings per year. The

concentrate/waste ratio is 1:5.55.

Thus, there will be change in the topography of the area in

such a way that the prominent slope of the area remains in

the same direction

1.14 Facilities for storage

of goods or

materials?

Yes The mineral storage area designated within the beneficiation

plant area will be one hectare.

The daily requirement of high explosive will be 2 tonnes. A

magazine of following capacity to hold at least 5 days stock

will be constructed within the old magazine area between

Samodi and Dhedwas villages at 25°21’34” N :74°33’07” E

Explosive Class Quantity

Nitro Mixture Class 2 15,000 kg

Safety fuse Class 6, Division-1 30,000 m

Detonating fuse Class 6, Division-2 30,000 m

Detonators Class 6, Division-3 30,000 nos.

It will be used after obtaining license from the Chief

Controller of Explosive, Govt. of India, Nagpur.

The storage area will be secured and strictly adhered to the

rules and regulations of The Explosives Act, 1884 & The

Explosives Rules, 2008.

1.15 Facilities for

treatment or

disposal of solid

waste or liquid

effluents?

Yes Solid waste:-

The activities will temporarily involve the generation of

dumps occupying an area of 56.22 hectare in five years and

about 98.094 hectare at the end of life of mine. The waste

generated from the beneficiation plant will ultimately be 45

lac tonnes/ annum. The total waste (overburden) generated

over life of mine will be 223.223 lac cu.m from mining and

181.8 lac cu.m from beneficiation in dry tailing form and

181.8 lac m3 in wet tailing.

Liquid Effluent:-

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There will be 753 workers deployed in the mine and rest

rooms will be provided with toilet facility. The domestic

waste water to the tune of 38 KLD will be generated which

will be chanalized into a common waste treatment plant

based on SBR technology.

The industrial solid waste in water as tailings will be to the

tune of 2021 cubic m/day

The tailing will be of following composition :

Parameter ROM

in %

Concentrate

in %

Tailing in %

Fe (in the form of

Fe2O3) whereas the

iron is as Fe3O4

49.3 91.2 3.5

SiO2 34 3.2 70.5

Al2O3 2 0.5 3.9

CaO 4.5 1.2 8.8

MgO 4.7 0.42 8.5

MnO 2.1 0.5 1.9

TiO2 1.8 0.17 2.1

S 1.5 2.5 0.1

P 0.038 0.025 0.013

99.93 99.715 99.313

The tailing slimes will remain in two tailing ponds with

capacity of 19,00,000 cu.m each./ presently tailing generated

from beneficiation plant recovered by the advanced filter

press through thickener. The tailing cake in dry form is

stacked in earmarked place and will be recycled in future to

recover the mineral present there in.

1.16 Facilities for long

term housing of

operational

workers?

Yes There will be no long term housing provided within the lease

area. The housing for operational workers will be outside the

lease area in Bhilwara town or nearby villages.

1.17 New road, rail or sea

traffic during

construction or

operation?

Yes Existing roads pass through the lease area covering 17.60

hectare land with cumulative length of 11.7 km. For mining

purpose 8.3 km road has been constructed to connect the

existing roads with the mining sites and beneficiation plant.

The road is 12m to 15 m. wide covering up to 12.4 ha. area.

1.18 New road, rail, air

waterborne or other

No There will be no new road, rail, air waterborne or other

transport infrastructure including new or altered routes and

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transport

infrastructure

including new or

altered routes and

stations, ports,

airports etc?

stations, ports, airports etc for the project, except those

mentioned above at item 1.17.

1.19 Closure or diversion

of existing transport

routes or

infrastructure

leading to changes

in traffic

movements?

No There will be no change in the existing transport route.

1.20 New or diverted

transmission lines

or pipelines?.

Yes No existing transmission or pipe line has been diverted.

New pipe line has been laid from the Company’s Kewara STP

Plant to the beneficiation plant. Electrical transmission line

has been/ laid from Bhilwara GSS to the plant site and mine

pits vide letter no. RVPN/SE (P&P)/PSS/D.243 Dated 3.6.09

from Rajasthan Rajaya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd. Enclosed

as Annexure – V (page 281).

The plans showing power transmission from 132 kV GSS at

Danta to site and water pipeline from Kewara to site are

enclosed as Annexures-VI (page 282), XXXVI, page 440

respectively.

The required quantum of water is obtained by putting up a

waste water processing plant to process Bhilwara Town

sewerage by the Company near village Kewara (25°21’45”:

74°40’15”), Bhilwara and pump the treated water through

pipe line from STP to the beneficiation plant.

A project report for 5.5 MLD: Municipal Waste Water

Treatment Plant for treatment of Bhilwara City waste water

has been prepared by M/s Creative Technocrate Services

Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur. The executive summary of STP report and

pipe line details are given as Annexure No. XXXVIII – Page

442-446.

1.21 Impoundment, No It is not envisaged.

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damming,

culverting,

realignment or

other changes to the

hydrology of

watercourses or

aquifers?

1.22 Stream crossings? No There will be no stream crossing.

1.23 Abstraction or

transfers of water

from ground or

surface waters?

Yes A STP having total capacity of 10 MLD has been installed to

process the Bhilwara Municipal Waste water and the treated

water is used for beneficiation and mining purpose. Details

are given at point 1.20.

The details of the water abstraction from ground are as

follows:-

i. 12 KLD water by tube well for drinking & domestic use.

ii. Suras Pit - 5th year onward 36.23 m3/day and 141.45

m3/day at conceptual stage(30th year)

iii. Dhulkhera pits – 7th year–4.83 m3/day and 56.10m3/day

at conceptual stage.

iv. Tiranga Pit – 9th year 23.62 m3/day and 70m3/day at

conceptual stage.

Total water abstraction 267.55 m3/day at conceptual stage

JSL has installed 10 MLD (5.5+4.5 MLD) Sewage Treatment

Plant at Bhilwara city. This Sewage Treatment Plant is

treating the sewage of Bhilwara city and the treated clean

water is being used for Mining, Mineral Beneficiations, Dust

suppression, Cooling, Horticulture / Plantation etc. in JSAW

plant located near Village Pur, at Bhilwara and by this way

we are meeting our water requirement for plant operation

and also helping to reduce sewerage pollution of Bhilwara

city.

Water contained in tailing and concentrate is being

recovered with the help of tailing pond, thickener and

advanced filter press technology and 95% being reused in

Mineral Beneficiations process. The same system is also

helping to conserve water resources.

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1.24 Changes in water

bodies or the land

surface affecting

drainage or run-off?

No There will be no change in water bodies; however the

topography will have change over a period of time as

mentioned in point No.1.1.

1.25 Transport of

personnel or

materials for

construction,

operation or

decommissioning?

Yes There will be transport of personnel and material at the site

during the erection and post commissioning of the project.

This will involve only temporary changes at the site.

1.26 Long-term

dismantling or

decommissioning or

restoration works?

No At present, it is not envisaged.

1.27 Ongoing activity

during

decommissioning

which could have an

impact on the

environment?

No None

1.28 Influx of people to

an area in either

temporarily or

permanently?

Yes During the pre-commissioning and post commissioning

activities influx of manpower will involve, which is estimated

as under:-Temporarily-Pre commissioning 100.

Permanently-Post commissioning 750 (about 60% will be

from local /nearby villages).

1.29 Introduction of alien

species?

No No

1.30 Loss of native

species or genetic

diversity?

No There will be no genetic diversity as the local species will be

chosen for plantation.

1.31 Any other actions? No None

2. Use of Natural resources for construction or operation of the project (such as land,

water, materials or energy, especially any resources which are non-renewable or in

short supply): -

2.1 Land especially

undeveloped or

Yes The mining lease area of 1,556.7817 ha. consists of

930.3178 hectare agriculture land, 357.8270 hectare of

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agricultural land

(ha)

grazing land and 268.6369 hectare of barren land. Mining

and allied activities will be confined to barren/waste land

and grazing land.

2.2 Water (expected

source & competing

users) unit: KLD

Yes The daily water demand of 4,248 KLD.

The break up is as follows:-

For drinking purpose 12 KLD from ground water

For mineral processing and allied work 4236 KLD from STP

at Bhilwara.

2.3 Minerals (MT) Yes It is a mining project for excavation of ore body to the tune

of 23,000 TPD plus overburden.

2.4 Construction

material – stone,

aggregates, sand /

soil (expected

source – MT)

Yes The basic materials to be used are PPC cement, perforated

bricks, steel, pre-cast hollow concrete blocks, interlocking

concrete blocks, composite Ferro-cement, bricks, stones,

ready mix concrete, sand, gypsum, plywood, hard wood,

aluminum, glass, etc.

All the items to be used in the proposed project will be as

per the National Building Code-2005.

2.5 Forests and timber

(source – MT)

Yes The use of timber will be minimized and timber will be

obtained from authorized local timber merchants.

2.6 Energy including

electricity and fuels

(source, competing

users) Unit: fuel

(MT), energy (MW)

Yes Energy:-

The power will be drawn from the nearest GSS grid at

Bhilwara,. A 33/11 KV line has been provided to meet the

power demand of 10.0 MW.

Fuel:-

2 D.G. sets of 500 KVA each were proposed to be installed

for backup power. Fuel required for the D.G. set is HSD and

was to the tune of 500 lt/ day.

We installed DG set having capacity of 750 KVA which

sufficed for some time.. Since last few months, frequency of

power failure has increased abnormally and we are not able

to run the protective machinery at the desired level..

We propose to install D G set having total capacity of 2000

KVA to ensure operation of all protective machinery viz mill

lubrication system, water and slurry pumps, tailing and

concentrate agitators, thickners to avoid sedimentation of

slurry in the pipe lines, besides stoppage of all pollution

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control equipments which takes place after sudden power

cuts by Rajasthan Vidhyut Vitran Nigam Limited.

HSD requirement of this DG set will be around 1500 litres

per hour.

The DG set will be provided with stack of 30m height.

2.7 Any other natural

resources (use

appropriate

standard units)

No Nothing significant.

3. Use, storage, transport, handling or production of substances or materials, which

could be harmful to human health or the environment or raise concerns about actual

or perceived risks to human health.

3.1 Use of substances or

materials, which are

hazardous (as per

MSIHC rules) to

human health or the

environment (flora,

fauna, and water

supplies)

No None.

3.2 Changes in

occurrence of

disease or affect

disease vectors (e.g.

insect or water

borne diseases)

No None.

3.3 Affect the welfare of

people e.g. by

changing living

conditions?

No The proposed project will have positive effect on the people

in the following way :-

1. The socio-economic conditions of the surrounding

villages are poor as there is no significant source of

earning. The occupational activities are agriculture,

cattle rearing and employment in the textile industries

and nearby masonry stone mines. The mining activity

will provide employment (round the year) to about 500

local people which will increase economic status of the

area as they will earn wages of Rs 250 to 350 per day.

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2. The transportation of the mineral will be carried out

using 160 to 400 trucks a day, thus creating the

employment opportunity for the truck drivers and

cleaners..

3. Free Medical camp will be organized for the villagers.

4. The company will cooperate with the Govt. for the

development of the area in opening of schools and

providing basic amenities.

5. The Company is paying royalty to State Government to

the tune of Rs.2.Crores to Rs 3 Crores per month.

6. The project will contribute, though in a small measures,

in bridging the gap between the supply and the demand

of mineral in the state and the region.

7. A number of schools both Private as well as Govt. have

come up in the buffer zone.

8. Market, Carpentry, black-smithy and vehicle repair shops

and shops for daily needs, have come up in the locality

giving employment to a large number of persons.

9. Annual sports have been arranged on Panchayat Level to

promote sportsmanship.

10. Donations are being given for local festivals.

11. Fodder is being supplied to villages in the core sector.

12. CREP guidelines will be followed.

13. Details of CSR activities are given on page 269 to 271.

3.4 Vulnerable groups

of people who could

be affected by the

project e.g. hospital

patients, children,

the elderly etc.,

No There are no vulnerable groups of people who can be

affected by the project.

3.5 Any other causes No None.

4. Production of solid wastes during construction or operation or decommissioning

(MT/month)

4.1 Spoil, overburden or

mine wastes

Yes The total waste (overburden) generated will be 4.3 lac

tones from mining and 2.5 lac tones from beneficiation per

month.

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The waste generated will consist of O.B. removed from

hanging wall and foot wall and waste/ tailing from the

beneficiation plant.

These will be dumped at dumping yards and tailing dams,

respectively.

4.2 Municipal waste

(domestic and or

commercial

wastes)

Yes There will be no municipal waste, as the township is

proposed outside the lease area in near-by town. However,

the marginal domestic waste generated from the office

areas will be disposed off to Bhilwara Municipal

Corporation on daily basis.

4.3 Hazardous wastes

(as per Hazardous

Waste

Management Rules)

Yes The hazardous waste generated will be spent oil –lube oil

and transformer oils, which will be sold to actual registered

user.

4.4 Other industrial

process wastes.

No Waste generated from the workshop, transformers etc will

be disposed off as per the norms of Rajasthan State

Pollution Control Board.

4.5 Surplus product. No None

4.6 Waste sludge or

other sludge from

effluent treatment.

Yes The sludge generated from STP (in the project premises) to

the tune of 40 kg/day will be used as manure after

appropriate treatment.

4.7 Construction or

demolition wastes.

No None

4.8 Redundant

machinery or

equipment.

No None

4.9 Contaminated soils

or other materials.

No None

4.10 Agricultural wastes. No Nothing

4.11 Other solid wastes. Yes Tailing from the beneficiation plant will be to the tune of

121.0 lac m3 in 20 years which will be accommodated in

tailing dams; closure of the same will be planned as per the

available technology at the time of closure.

5. Release of pollutants or any hazardous, toxic or noxious substances to air (Kg/hr)

5.1 Emissions from

combustion of fossil

Yes There will be emissions from transportation, drilling,

overburden handling, crushing etc.

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fuels from

stationary or mobile

sources.

S. No. Source Management

1. Loading

400 liter diesel

per hour

The shovel using diesel will be

maintained properly to reduce

consumption of diesel and

control of emissions of

pollutant from exhaust.

2. Transportation

1200 liter

diesel per hour

Proper maintenance of

vehicles with effective loading.

Effective water sprinkling on

haul road will be done to

compact haul road dust

emissions.

3. Drilling

250 liter diesel

per hour

The compressors used for

generating compressed air use

diesel for running compressor.

Proper stack height and

maintenance of engine will be

ensured.

4 DG set

1500 litres per

hour for one to

two hours per

day on an

average.

Proper stack height and

maintenance of engine will be

ensured.

5.2 Emissions from

production

processes.

Yes Dust is the main pollutant which will be generated from

vehicle movement, blasting of rocks, crushing of ores. The

dust particles shall be small enough to be suspended or

carried by wind. Deposited dust particles of different

sizes that are greater than about 10 to 20 microns settle

out of the air.

Suspended particulate matter remains suspended in the

air for significant period of time, for several minutes.

Dust is managed by the following methods:-

Watering haul roads.

Wet drilling.

Water sprays where required.

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Emission of total suspended particulates from different mining activities:-

Values represent the uncontrolled emission (without EMP) calculated based on USEPA, AP-42

series.

Dust dispersion Modeling- using Fugitive Dust Model in open cast mine

S. No. Locations SPM (µg/ m3) RPM (µg/ m3) TSPM (µg/ m3)

Mean Standard

Deviation

Mean Standard

Deviation

Mean Standard

Deviation

1. Suras 166.31 14.77 64.61 14.26 230.92 29.03

2. Dhulkhera 164.16 09.011 65.28 08.13 229.44 17.14

3. Samodi 161.83 11.06 62.3 12.35 224.13 23.41

4. Pur 182.11 18.28 81.35 19.838 263.46 38.11

5. Dariba 150.68 13.90 64.63 12.803 215.31 26.703

6. Bilya 207.68 15.06 101.68 20.04 309.36 35.1

7. Mandal 191.83 29.10 88.08 23.22 279.91 52.32

8. Arjiya 175.40 20.60 75.23 18.44 250.63 39.04

9. Gudali 161.95 12.46 62.97 12.44 224.92 24.90

10. Naya Amargarh 164.39 16.01 65.68 15.96 230.07 31.97

11. Kanoli 166.7 15.857 70.60 14.81 237.30 30.667

12. Bhadu 172.28 16.26 70.93 13.76 243.21 30.02

Activity Type of

source

Emission factor Emission rate

Drilling Point 0.1 kg/hole (Mineral working)

0.59 kg/hole (OB working)

4 kg/day (Mineral working)

47.2 kg/day (OB working)

Excavation Area 9.4 kg/hr (Mineral working)

8.3 kg/hr (OB working)

225.5 kg/day (Mineral working)

199.2 kg/day) (OB working)

Truck loading Area 0.03 kg/tonne of mineral

0.02 kg/ tonne of OB

700 kg/day (Mineral working)

772 kg/day (OB working)

Transportation

(haulage road)

Line 3.8 kg/vehicle-km-traveled (Mineral)

3.8 kg/vehicle-km-traveled (OB)

1490 kg/day (Mineral working)

4470 kg/day (OB working)

5.3 Emissions from

materials handling

including storage or

transport.

Yes There will be fugitive emission generated during material

handling, drilling, blasting, transportation etc. Dust will

be generated while handling material by shovels/

excavators, transportation by dumpers on haul roads and

unloading at mineral stacks and

Waste dumps. Regular water sprinkling on haul roads

will suppress the dust particles and prevent them from

getting air-borne.

Transportation

Movement of vehicles like dumper trucks, tankers etc.

will also generate dust from the agitation of unpaved

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surface. The transportation activities on unpaved area

results in fugitive emissions to the tune of 0.108

kg/sq.m/hr.

Loading

Dust emission is generated as the material is loaded into

dumpers by excavators.

Haul road/ Overburden handling

The mineral mass will be fragmented and released by

blasting and carried over to stacks loaded into haulage

trucks. These operations will produce dust emissions

during loading, unloading and transportation of the

material from the pit.

5.4 Emissions from

construction

activities including

plant and equipment

Yes The level of construction in the area will be about

1,00,000 sq m, which will generate fugitive emission

during the construction phase only which will be to the

tune of 0.000805 kg/sq.m/hr (USEPA standards for

fugitive emissions during construction). Fugitive dust

from various activities during blasting, drilling,

transportation is expected, which will be temporary in

nature.

5.5 Dust or odours from

handling of materials

including

construction

materials, sewage and

waste

Yes The waste treatment plant will be anaerobic in nature

followed by aerobic, which will have negligible odour.

The dust generation during the construction activities

will be restricted within the permissible limits.

5.6 Emissions from

incineration of waste

No None

5.7 Emissions from

burning of waste in

open air (e.g. slash

materials,

construction debris)

No None

5.8 Emissions from any

other sources

No None

6. Generation of Noise and Vibration, and Emissions of Light and Heat:

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6.1 From operation of

equipment e.g.

engines, ventilation

plant, crushers

Yes Major sources of noise pollution are D.G. sets, crushers,

transportation, drilling, excavation and mechanization.

Following measure are adopted to control the

noise and vibration:-

a. Regular maintenance of machinery.

b. Tree plantation along haul road and around

beneficiation plant propagation would reduce noise.

C. Equipments like earmuffs, ear plugs are commonly

used devices for hearing protection.

d. Controlled blasting will be practiced, which produces

very less noise.

e. Blasting will be avoided in the morning and evening

hours, on foggy days, at night time and at the times of

high wind velocity and low cloud cover.

f. Drilling will be carried out with the help of sharp

drill bits and water injection system.

6.2 From industrial or

similar processes

Yes There will be source of noise during the process activities

viz: grinding, crushing, screening etc.

6.3 From construction or

demolition

Yes There will be no significant noise and vibration during

construction of beneficiation plant.

6.4 From blasting or

piling

Yes One round containing three rows @ 20 holes/ row will be

blasted in each block. The generation of noise and

vibration is not significant as the blasting operation will

be controlled and systematic in nature.

6.5 From construction or

operational traffic

No Due to vehicular traffic and material transportation

within lease area, noise will be generated. However, the

expected noise levels will be maintained well within the

DG MS and CPCB norms.

6.6 From lighting or

cooling systems

Yes The area is devoid of any kind of industrial activities in

the area, however, coming of the project will cause night

illumination in the area causing:

• Light pollution which will be restricted using cut-off

shield fixtures on site.

• Ensuring that all lights strike a surface directly and

do not point at the sky or surroundings. It will be

kept minimum, conforming to safety norms.

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• EMF radiations at site will be reduced by ensuring

that construction supply connection is adequate for

the task, using line filters on the mains connecting

cables, installing power factor correction

equipments.

6.7 From any other

sources

No Nothing significant.

7. Risks of contamination of land or water from releases of pollutants into the ground or

into sewers, surface waters, groundwater, coastal waters or the sea:

7.1 From handling,

storage, use or

spillage of hazardous

materials

No None

7.2 From discharge of

waste or other

effluents to water or

the land (expected

mode and place of

discharge)

Yes The domestic waste generated to the tune of 38 KLD will

be systematically treated in the well designed STP and

the eventual discharge will be for plantation.

From the mining or beneficiation plant there will be

generation of tailings. During first year 2,021 m3 of tailing

will be produced per day. From second year onward,

daily generation of tailing will be 4,042 m3 out of which

about 2,021 m3 will be in dry form having size of -6mm

obtained after first primary magnetic separation. It is

proposed to screen it in a 2mm trammel screen to

separate fines (-2mm) and coarse (+2) particles. The

coarse particle may find use as sand/ bajri which is in

great demand for building/ road construction. This will

be stacked separately at the proposed dumping yard SE

of Suras pit with 2.0 m high retaining wall all around to

prevent flow of fines from dump/stack.

Tailing from the magnetic fraction will amount to 2,021

m3 per day. For effective conveyance of load, the

concentration of solid in slurry is usually 10 to 15% of

volume of water hence requirement of water will be

about 16,400 m3, out of which loss due to evaporation

may amount 5% and 15 to 20% will remain in sludge.

75% to 80% water will be recovered after settling for 2 to

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3 days and recycled.

Two tailing ponds are proposed to be constructed by

erecting segmented Ring- Dyke dams. The ponds will be

rectangular, 840m long and 300 m wide having 3

impoundment compartments separated by two dike

dams. The dam will consist of an impervious Core, 6.0

metre high, 1.0 wide at the top and 2.7 m wide at the

foundation, the sides of the core will slope at 83˚ from the

horizontal. The dike will be covered on both sides by

compacted stone rubbles and soil to leave no void. The

sloping sides of the dam towards the pond will slope at

34˚ and towards outer side it will be 27˚ .

Both sloping sides of the dam will be stone-pitched upto

50cm thickness.

The pond-side stone pitched slope will be laid over by a

20 cm thick soil + bentonite layer which will be covered

by synthetic liner (geomembrane) whereas the bottom of

the tailing pond will be covered by 30cm thick soil +

bentonite layer, to be subsequently covered by synthetic

liner. A 15 cm thick cement concrete plastered wall will

be constructed on the vertical sides to seal all the cracks

and crevices in the rock on the side of tailing pond.

All these layering will help in preventing leakage of

tailing water underneath and into sides. The core dike

will provide imperviousness to the dam and the sloping

sides consisting of compacted stone rubbles and having

stone pitching will provide safety to the dam.

Each tailing dam will be provided with 2 to 3 wells of 3 to

5m diameter and will have perforations.

The height of the tailing dams will be raised by 6 to 8

meters at a time after 5 to 6 years. Before raising the

height the following scientific studies will be carried to

ensure the stability of the tailing dam: -

i. Study to be conducted by National Institute of Rock

Mechanics, KGF Karnataka with regard to the threat

to the stability of the tailing dam in the wake of the

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proposed increases in height.

ii. Review the structural safety aspect of the tailing dam

due to blasting in nearby mines to be conducted by

the Central Water and Power Research Station

(CWPRS) Pune or Central Mining Research Institute,

Dhanbad.

Initially the dam will be 25 m wide at the bottom (at 460

MSL) and 6 m wide on the top at 466 MSL.

To ensure the stability of the tailing dam, the following

pro-active measures shall be taken: -

i. Guards will be posted to guard the dam round the clock.

Regular, thrice a day, visual inspection of the tailing

dam for detection of cracks and seepage of water/

mud will be done. The results of the inspection will

be recorded in a bound paged book kept for this

purpose.

ii. The structural stability and safety aspects will be

examined after construction and then after every

five years by experts of National Institute of Rock

Mechanics, Kolar, CMRI, Dhanbad and CWPR Station,

Pune.

iii. Adequate quantity of sand, clay/ soil mixed with

bentonite and cement bags will be kept stacked near

the dam site office, which will be used for plugging

the cracks and breaches noticed if any, at the earliest

stage.

iv. Trained disaster management team will be employed

to regularly examine the dam and take remedial

measures to prevent occurrence of any disaster.

v. The dam will be fenced with barbed wire all around to

prevent persons and animals from inadvertent or

willful entry to damage the dam.

7.3 By deposition of

pollutants emitted to

air into the land or

into water

No There will be no considerable impact as the dust

receptors will have large leaf canopy cover to arrest the

dust and frequent sprinkling of water will suppress the

dust.

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7.4 From any other

sources

No None

7.5 Is there a risk of long

term build up of

pollutants in the

environment from

these sources?

No Nothing significant.

8. Risk of accidents during construction or operation of the Project, which could affect

human health or the environment

8.1 From explosions,

spillages, fires etc

from storage,

handling, use or

production of

hazardous substances

No Explosion hazards are envisaged due to mishandling of

explosives. However, expert team including competent

blasters, having experience in handling explosives, have

been appointed at this project. All precautions are being

taken for safe storage at proposed magazine and

transport of explosives.

8.2 From any other

causes

Yes The risks of accidents are envisaged due to operation of

HEMM, failure of mine pit etc. However, good safety

practices will be applied at the proposed project. All

precautionary measures will be adopted and use of

protective equipments will be mandatory. However, to

meet the minor incidences and accidents first aid

measures at site will be provided.

8.3 Could the project be

affected by natural

disasters causing

environmental

damage (e.g. floods,

earthquakes,

landslides,

cloudburst, etc)?

No The project is in Seismic Zone – II.

There is no risk of flood, as the area lies much above the

highest flood level (415 m AMSL). Entrance to the pits

will be above 440 m AMSL.

9. Factors which should be considered (such as consequential development) which could

lead to environmental effects or the potential for cumulative impacts with other

existing or planned activities in the locality

9.1 Lead to development

of supporting cities,

ancillary

Yes The coming up project will add to the positive impact in

the area as there will be various other activities coming

up due to the proposed project.

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development or

development

stimulated by the

project which could

have impact on the

environment e.g.:

• Supporting

infrastructure (roads,

power supply, waste

or waste water

treatment, etc.)

• housing

development

• extractive

industries

• supply industries

• other

9.2 Lead to after use of

the site, which could

have an impact on

environment.

Yes The land used will be reclaimed and rehabilitated by back

filling the pits and plantation causing no adverse impact

to the environment.

9.3 Set a precedent for

later developments

Yes There will be other ancillary developments which will

spring up due to the coming of the project, resulting in

setting a precedent for later development.

9.4 Have cumulative

effects due to

proximity to other

existing or planned

projects with similar

effects

No --

III Environmental Sensitivity (within 15 km radius-detailed as under): Study area map of 10 km

radius is enclosed as Annexure – III (page 279).

Areas Name/

Identity

1 Areas protected

under

No --

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international

conventions,

national or local

legislation for

their ecological,

landscape,

cultural or other

related value

2 Areas which are

important or

sensitive for

ecological reasons

- Wetlands,

watercourses or

other water

bodies, coastal

zone, biospheres,

mountains, forests

Yes The area does not depict any wetlands, biosphere and

coastal zone.

However, Reserved forests are 1.5 km towards east and

1.0 km towards north (out side core zone).

Water reservoir –Meja dam-2.0 km towards west.

Mandal talab-4.2 km towards NW.

Kothari river is 1.5 km from the Central Part and about

200m near the north boundary from the lease area and

600m away from the working pit near the northern end.

These will not be affected by mining activities in the lease

area.

3 Areas used by

protected,

important or

sensitive species

of flora or fauna

for breeding,

nesting, foraging,

resting, over

wintering,

migration

No None within the study area.

4 Inland, coastal,

marine or

underground

waters

No None within the study area.

5 State, National

boundaries

No None within the study area.

6 Routes or facilities Yes Two PWD roads connect the villages of the lease area to

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used by the public

for access to

recreation or

other tourist,

pilgrim areas

NH – 79 which passes from north to south and enters the

lease near northern corner and goes out after 1.6 km.

7 Defense

installations

No None within the study area.

8 Densely populated

or built-up area

Yes Bhilwara town, 7 km towards east.

Population 3.5 lac.

9 Areas occupied by

sensitive man-made

land uses (hospitals,

schools, places of

worship, community

facilities)

Yes School within the core zone

Schools Dhulkhera Onkarpura Samodi Suras

Secondary

school 1

1

Middle

school 1

Rajiv Gandhi

Vidyalaya 1

Primary

School 1 1 1

Aangan

Bari Kendra 1 1 2

These exist at distances of 1.5 to 2 kms from mining

place.

A number of Schools, Collages, Engineering college etc

are available at Bhilwara.

10 Areas containing

important, high

quality or scarce

resources

(ground water

resources, surface

resources, forestry,

agriculture,

fisheries, tourism,

minerals)

Yes The area is classified as O.E. zone ground water, but there

will be no ground water abstraction for Mining/

Beneficiation during first four years except 12 KLD for

drinking purpose. During subsequent years groundwater

will seep into pit initially @ 36.23 m3 per day to

267.55m3 per day at conceptual phase. The 30% of the

water abstracted from mine pits will be distributed to the

villagers for drinking use and domestic purposes and

remaining 70% will be put in the recharge structures.

The Mineral to be mined is low grade magnetite ore

found in abundance in our country, awaiting its use after

development of viable technology.

11 Areas already

subjected to

Yes Bhilwara town has many industrial activities, but the

AAQM carried reveals that the levels are within

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pollution or

environmental

damage. (those

where existing

legal

environmental

standards are

exceeded)

permissible range.

12 Areas susceptible

to natural hazard

which could cause

the project to

present

environmental

problems

(earthquakes,

subsidence,

landslides,

erosion, flooding

or extreme or

adverse climatic

conditions)

No

The project working is at 440m above MSL and the HFL

of Kothari river is at 415 m above MSL, thus there is no

possibility of area being flooded.

"I hereby give undertaking that the data and information given in the application and enclosure are true

to the best of my knowledge and belief and I am aware that if any part of the data and information

submitted is found to be false or misleading at any stage, the project will be rejected and clearance

given, if any to the project will be revoked at our risk and cost.

Date: 15.02.2017

Place: Bhilwara

Authorised signatory

M/S Jindal Saw Limited,

Araji No.9697/6711, Vill. Pur, Bhilwara