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Sri K. Narendra Babu Environment Management Plan

Team Labs and Consultants1-1

ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN

1.0 Introduction

This report discusses the management plan for mitigation/abatement of adverse

environmental impacts and enhancement of beneficial impacts due to mining. The EMP has

been designed within the framework of various legislative and regulatory requirements on

environmental and socio-economic aspects.

Sri K. Narendra Babu proposes to conduct fully mechanized opencast method quarrying for

Gravel extraction in an area of 2.10 ha in Survey No. 573, Perecherla Village, Medikonduru

Mandal, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. In principle of application of quarry lease notice

issued by the Deputy Director of Mines and Geology, Guntur vide Notice No 6341/Q1/2016

dated 30.12.2016. The mine plan was approved by Deputy Director of mines and geology,

Guntur vide letter no: 297/MP/RM/GNT/2017 dated 27.07.2017. It is proposed to produce

Gravel average production of 12000 m3/annum. Mine plan Capital proposed for the quarrying

is Rs. 20 Lakhs.

Sri K. Narendra Babu is conscious of its environmental responsibility towards the society in

minimizing the pollution load due to this project and accordingly decided to carry out the

Environment Management Plan. The objective of preparing environment management plan is

to delineate effective measures to control and to mitigate the environmental pollution. This

report presents the environment management plan, detailing the environmentally sound

technology and the measures needed to contain and mitigate the anticipated environmental

impacts due to the project.

1.1 Gravel and its uses

Gravel is geological feature being formed as a result of the weathering and erosion of rocks.

The action of rivers and waves tends to pile up gravel in large accumulations. This can

sometimes result in gravel becoming compacted and concreted into the sedimentary

rock called conglomerate. Where natural gravel deposits are insufficient for human purposes,

gravel is often produced by quarrying and crushing hard-wearing rocks, such as sandstone,

limestone, or basalt. Quarries where gravel is extracted are known as gravel pits. Southern

England possesses particularly large concentrations of them due to the widespread

deposition of gravel in the region during the Ice Ages.



Uses

The present governmental policy is encouraging for development of infrastructure and also

for development of roads. As can be seen, there is steady demand for the material and with

the announcement of new districts the likelihood of infra development is huge. Hence it is

envisaged that the market is likely to be encouraging and profitable.

1.2 Mining Method

The quarrying operations for these deposits are very simple. These operations do not need

any drilling or blasting or any huge machines to prepare the area or for digging. The initial

operations comprise of preparation of site in the case of initial development of benches,

formation of road for approach, loading the material with excavators into the trucks or

tippers, and transport. The material does not need any crushing or processing.

1.3 Mine Location

Sri K. Narendra Babu proposes to conduct fully mechanized opencast quarrying for average

Gravel production of 12,000 m3/year. The quarry lease area of 2.10 ha is located at Survey

No. 573, Perecherla Village, Medikonduru Mandal, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. The

quarry lease area falls in the Survey of India topo sheet no. 65 D/7 with co-ordinates of

Latitude 16°18'9.53"N and Longitude 80°21'11.64"E with an elevation of 61 m. The nearest

village is Nallapadu located at a distance of 1.5 m from the QL area in NE direction. The

nearest town Guntur located at a distance of 5.5 km in East direction. Guntur to

Medikonduru Road is passing at a distance of 1.3 km in North direction. NH 5 passing at a

distance of 3.7 m from the QL area in South direction. Nearest Railway station is Perecherla

at a distance of 2.3 km in NW direction. Kondavidu RF is flowing at a distance of 0.2 km in

west direction. Nagarjunasagr right bank canal is flowing at a distance of 1.0 km in East

direction. Konda vagu is at a distance of 1.5 km in Southeast direction. There is no

national/state boundary, national park, wildlife/bird sanctuary and critically polluted areas

within 10km radius from the quarry lease area. Quarry lease location map is presented in

figure 1.1. Details of the quarry lease area are presented in table 1.1.

Table 1.1 Details of the Lease area

State & District Mandal Village Sy. No./Plot No.

Area inhectares

Ownership ofoccupancy

Andhra Pradesh& Guntur

Medikonduru Perecherla 573 2.10 Govt. Land



1.4 Land use pattern of the lease area

The applied Q.L area is consists of rocky barren mound which is converted into gravel. The top

5-6 m is completely gravel.

Table 1.2 Land use in Lease AreaS. No Purpose Extent (Ha)

1 Area proposed for quarrying 2.02 Road 0.033 Infrastructure(Office, rest shelter) 0.024 Green belt 0.03755 Vacant 0.0125

Total 2.10



Fig 1.1 Location map of Sri K. Narendra Babu



Fig 1.2 Quarry Lease Area sketch of Sri K. Narendra Babu



2.0 Topography

The applied Q.L area is consists of rocky barren mound with topography relief in east direction.

3.0 Regional Geology

Geomorphologically the district is classified into three units based on relief, slope factor and soil.

The three groups are (i) Hilly region (ii) The pediplain region and (iii) The fluvial and marine land

forms. i) Hilly Region: The structural hills and denudational hills form the main relief areas. The

structural hills are confined to the western part of the district comprising the rocks of Cuddapah

and Kurnool systems.

3.1 Geology of the area

The denudational hills are associated with residual hills, inselbergs etc. in the basement complex

areas. These hills are largely form the run-off areas with moderate to thin forest cover. Ground

water occurrence is restricted to the joints and fracture planes and storage capacity is low due to

lack of weathered zone and meager infiltration. ii) Pediplain Region: The pediment shallow buried/

buried pediment constitutes the pediplain unit. The pediment area accelerates surface run-off

with moderate to low infiltration along the joints and weathered zones. Buried pediment areas

generally possess thick zones of weathering and fracturing and sustain for long hours of pumping.

iii) Fluvial and Marine land forms: The valley fills, pediment zones, intermountain valleys fills and

alluvial plains constitute the main fluvial land forms. The pediment zones form along the slopes of

high relief areas and ground water development is poor. The valley fill material form the fluvial

deposits and occupies topographic lows along Krishna river and other streams, where as alluvium

of fluvial origin seen in Tenali, Duggirala, Ponnuru, and repallimandals and in the flood plain areas

of Amaravati and Thullurmandals.

4.0 Exploration

No detailed prospecting could be carried out as the entire area is of proven existence of the

mineral for which applied for. Apart from this destructive type of exploration methods cannot be

carried out as per law until the lease is granted and permission is obtained. The mineral’s

abundance is such that, there is no need of detailed exploration.

5.0 Estimation and Calculation Of Geological Reserves

The deposit is found to be irregular in shape. Hence cross sectional method is adopted for

estimation of geological reserves. A total of 3 sections were drawn at equal distance to cover



entire applied area. The cross sections were drawn perpendicular to the slope direction, the cross

sectional areas of the individual sections are calculated to arrive at sectional areas. The areas thus

arrived are multiplied by the sectional influence of 25 meters (Average) to arrive the volume of

the Gravel.

Categorization of reserves: The exposed outcrops and the reserves up to 6 m below the surface

are considered under proved category of the reserves and further 5 meters depth was considered

for calculating G2 (Probable) category of reserves.

Hence only G1 (Proved) scale category as (111) code and G2 (222) are calculated. No resources

are considered under G3 (Possible) scale of exploration. As per UNFC guidelines the G# (333)

category are not considered as they are not mineable unless proved by exploration on the

continuation of the deposit. Table 1.3 shows category wise Insitu Geological Reserves of Gravel.

Table 1.3 Reserves Estimation

SectionSectional

AreaSectionalInfluence Volume

A-A' 850 27.5 23375B-B' 991 25 24775C-C' 522 19.5 10179

Total 58329

5.1 Mineable Reserves and Life of The Quarry

For calculation of life of the quarry proved reserves are considered. The proved reserves

calculated are 58329 m3. Taking 12000 m3 of production per year.

Life of the quarry: Mineable reserves/annual production

= 58329/12000 = 4.8 or 5 years.

6.0 Mining

The Gravel in the quarry lease applied is exposed on the surface. Hence it is proposed to quarry

the boulders/ sheet by open cast fully mechanized methods with multiple successive benches

from the surface to reach RL 66 m with multiple benches of 5 m height and 3 meters width. The

separation of rock mass from the mother rock will be carried out by drilling, blasting, the

fragmented rock mass will be crushed in the crusher if the requirement occurs. The size of crushed

product will be 40, 20, and 10 mm.



7.0 List of Machinery

a) Since it has been decided to undertake fully mechanized mining operations, the below

mentioned mine machinery will be deployed.

Table 1.4 List of Machinery

S.No Machinery Quantity

1 Excavator 2 no

2 Tipper 4 no

3 Tractor with trailers 2

4 Water Tanker 1

8.0 Loading Equipment

The material is loaded with the help of excavators. The lessee proposes to use 1 cum hydraulic

excavators for loading the material into trucks. The trucks proposed to be used are of 10 tons

capacity. For the given production the machinery needed is given in the table that follows.

9.0 Employment PotentialTable 1.5 Employment potential

S.No Category Number1 Mines Manager/ Foreman/Mining mate 12 Supervisors 13 Excavator operators 34 Helpers 25 Tipper operators 56 Semi skilled & Unskilled labors 11

Total 2310.0 Scheme development and production

The production of Gravel continuous throughout the year during day light hours only. Around 25

working days are taken for operation per month and thus there will be a total of 300 working days

in a year.

10.1 Year wise Development

1st Year: During first year mining will be initiated in the area the bench height will be 5 meters and

only one bench will be formed. The production planned is 12000 m3 and this requires removal of

material from an area covering 2400 m2.



2nd year: During second year mining will be initiated in the area the bench height will be 5 meters

and only one bench will be formed. The production planned is 12000 m3 and this requires removal

of material from an area covering 2400 m2.

3rd year: During third year mining will be initiated in the area the bench height will be 5 meters and



4th year: During forth year mining will be initiated in the area the bench height will be 5 meters and



5th year: During fifth year mining will be initiated in the area the bench height will be 5 meters and


material from an area covering 2066 m2. Year wise production is presented in table 1.6.

Table 1.6 Year wise Production.Year Area, m3 Bench height, m Gravel production

I year 2400 5 12000II year 2400 5 12000III year 2400 5 12000IV year 2400 5 12000V year 2066 5 10330Total 11666 58330

11.0 Drilling and blasting

The mining operations do not need any drilling or blasting. The material is soft and is loaded

directly with excavators.

Site services

It is proposed to provide the site services like mine office and other statutory constructions like

rest shelter, first aid, work shed and drinking water as required at the quarry lease area. Drinking

water will be supplied to the workers from the bore well opened in the adjacent agricultural field

or from nearby village.

12.0 Water requirement

Water requirement is mainly for drinking purpose, domestic purpose, green belt maintaining and

for sprinkling on Mine haulage roads the water shall be drawn from nearby village. The domestic

waste water shall be sent to septic tank followed by soak pit. This will ensure that the rainwater is



effectively used and minimizes the drawl of ground water resources. The water requirement is

presented in table 1.7.

Table 1.7 Water RequirementS. No Water Usage Quantity KLD

1 Wet drilling operation (On production basis @ 100 Ltr/1 m3) 4.02 Water sprinkling on haul roads @ 1Ltr/Sq.Mt+1/4th for waste dump 0.33 Domestic @ 45 Ltr/Head (23 No’s) 1.04 Green Belt @ 0.2 KL for 0.0375ha – 2 times a day 0.4

Total 5.7

13.0 Environment Management Plan

Environmental protection is an issue that no organization can neglect and hope to survive. The

products of civilization are being dumped upon the environment to a degree that the environment

finds difficult to assimilate. The key to the success of the integrated approach to pollution

prevention and control is the management and operation of the organization. Effective

committed management delivers a successful operation. As total commitment to the

environment, not just for compliance with legal or regulatory compliance will be the essence of

environment management. Many companies have recognized the benefits of implementing an

effective environmental management system.

Environmental management plan can be effectively implemented to mitigate the pollution levels

by observing the following:

a. Pollution will be prevented or reduced at the source

b. Pollution that cannot be prevented will be recycled in an environmentally safe manner.

c. Pollution that cannot be prevented or recycled will be treated in environmentally safe

manner and

d. Disposal and other releases into the environment will be used only as a last resort and will

be conducted in an environmentally safe manner.

The proposed project is Gravel mine. The mine owners are aware of the adverse impacts due to

the mining activity and propose to initiate a number of measures for the environment protection

within the mine area and in the surrounding areas. The company has a stated environmental

policy of ensuring regulatory compliance with respect to the statutory laws and regulations and

those periodically issued by the Ministry of Environment, GOI, New Delhi, CPCB, New Delhi and

State Pollution Control Board.



13.1 Sources of Pollution and Control Measures

The sources of pollution are air and noise from the proposed activity mainly from Mining and

transportation of gravel. Waste material will not be generated.

13.1.1 Air pollution and its control

The Gravel quarrying does not involve much dust formation. The dust would be generated during

quarrying and also during handling and transportation of the material. The lessee proposes tocarry out the mining operations with all environmental protection measures. The presentlevels of the air, water and noise are within permissible levels. Regular water spraying on haul

roads during transportation of mineral and waste by water sprinklers. Over loading of transport

equipments should be avoided to prevent spillage. Also, measures such as covering tarpaulin over

the loaded material will prevent spreading of dust particles from the trucks. Speed controls on

vehicle movements to limited speed. Wind reduction control by plantation. Regular checking and

maintenance of vehicles should be conducted and pollution under control certificate be obtained.

Periodical monitoring of ambient air quality will helps to take steps to control the pollutants.

13.1.2 Noise pollution and its control

Noise levels: The present noise levels are within limits i.e., within 85dBA at a distance of 5 meters

from the moving source and also from fixed generation points. The instruments are used for

measuring this. The highest recorded noise level was at drilling point that is blast hole drill. The

recorded noise was 90dBA.

Vibration levels: There are no much measurable vibrations due to the operations except during

the blasting that too momentary. Noise barriers in the form of trees are provided to attenuate the

noise levels and green belt of 6 m width shall be developed to mitigate propagation of noise.

Protective equipment to reduce the noise levels like ear muffs and other protective devices will be

provided to the staff working near noise generating sources like drill machine operators and

dumper drivers. Training would be imparted to mine personnel to generate awareness about the

damaging effects of noise. The transport activity shall be restricted to day time to reduce impact

on habitation. The engines of the tractors shall be switched off during loading operation, and shall

be periodically maintained to ensure low noise levels. Proper maintenance of the equipment will

also reduce the noise.



14.0 Occupational Safety and Health

Health and safety aspects of the mine will be taken care off as per the World Bank (WB) guidelines

on open pit mining. The guidelines provide the detailed information on the aspects that are

required to be taken into account for maintaining proper health and safety issues. The workers

continuously exposed to dust will be provided with protective devices like dust mask to prevent

respiratory disorders. The workers continuously exposed to a high noise will be provided with ear

muffs/ earplugs. Green belt in and around the mining area will be developed to attenuate noise

and dust impact. The blasting carried out in the mine area will be carefully planned and executed

under the supervision of a responsible officer, to avoid any accidents. Provisions of rest shelter for

mine workers with facility of drinking water supply for the employees will be provided by the

project authority. The standard of the drinking water will be per WHO guidelines. Periodical

training programme to inform the employees about their task, associated risk, and safe working

practices will be undertaken. Conduct of mock drill, Safe storage & handling of explosives. Training

will also include information on accident prevention, proper control and maintenance of

equipment and safe material handling practices. Awareness on safety and ensure using of

personal protective equipments (PPE) by workers. Regular maintenance and testing of equipments

will be done. A regular monitoring of the Occupational Health and Safety will reduce the chances

of accidents in the mine. Records of job related accidents and illness should be maintained. This

information will be reviewed and evaluated to improve the effectiveness of Environmental Health

and Safety programme.

14.1 Occupational Safety and Health to Control Dust Inhalation

Very little dust is expected to be generated during mining and does not affect the environment.

However while drilling, wet drilling will be practiced. It is a small scale mining activity and not

much vehicular movement is expected. All the above precautions would be adopted to prevent

dust generation at site and to be dispersed in the outside environment. However, for the safety of

workers at site, engaged at the strategic locations/dust generation points like drills, loading &

unloading points dust masks would be provided. Dust masks would prevent inhalation of RSPM

thereby reducing the risk of lung diseases and other respiratory disorders. Regular health

monitoring of workers will be carried out.

14.2 Occupational Safety and Health to Control Exposure to Noise



Blasting will be done using non delay detonators to reduce vibrations, and the amount of

explosive used will also be less at a time. There will not be heavy earth moving machinery which

may create some noise pollution. Thus the vibration and noise will be well controlled within

permissible limits.

To protect the workers from exposure to high levels of noise, following measures would be

adopted:

Provision of protective devices like ear muffs/ear plugs to workers who cannot be isolated

from the source of high intensity noise, e.g. blasting;

Reducing the exposure time of workers to the higher noise levels by shift management.

Smooth blasting techniques, special explosives and silent non-explosive demolishing agent

will be used.

Muffed blasting and use of Milli-second detonators will help in reducing the noise pollution.

14.3 Control of Ground Vibration & Fly Rock generation

The quarrying operations for these deposits are very simple. These operations do not need any

drilling or blasting or any huge machines to prepare the area or for digging. The initial operations

comprise of preparation of site in the case of initial development of benches, formation of road

for approach, loading the material with excavators into the trucks or tippers, and transport. The

material does not need any crushing or processing.

15.0 Water Quality Management

The operation of the mine will not generate any appreciable quantity of liquid waste. The ground

water table in this belt is 16 m below form the surface and the quarrying will be done on above

the surface. Maximum depth of the quarry will be 6 m from surface. Flooding by ground water is

not anticipated. However during rainy months, there is a possibility of wet conditions developing

in the working pit this will be minimized, if not altogether eliminated, by adopting simple

techniques like digging trenches all round to drain off rainwater and preventing surface run off

from entering and flooding working pit. The water from the pits will be pumped by deploying

suitable pumps, if and when required, the mine drainage can be effectively managed and the pit

kept dry to keep up the production schedule.

15.1 Water Resources



In this area water table is at greater depth of 16 m BGL. There are no wells or springs in the area.

Hence there will not be adverse effect on ground water due to quarrying. The daily water

requirement for the mine operations would be approximately 5.7 KLD. Water sprinkling on mine

haulage roads etc shall consume 0.3 KLD. Wet drilling operations consume about 4.0 KLD. For

green belt development water consumption is about 0.4 KLD. Domestic purpose is about 1.0 KLD.

The drinking water is to be sourced from nearby village through tankers and rainwater collected

will be used for sprinkling, green belt development and etc. The generation of wastewater from

domestic sources is expected to be approximately 0.8 KLD, which will be sent to septic tank

followed by soak pit.

15.2 Water Management

No major tanks or surface water bodies are observed with in the 500 meters radius of the lease

area. There are no notable rivers or any water bodies within 5 km of the lease area. The static

water level is reported to be at a depth of about 16 m BGL. Precipitation is the main source for

domestic and agricultural needs in the area.

15.3 Catchment Area Treatment Plan

A catchment area treatment plan has been developed keeping in mind the results of the

hydrology/ hydrogeology of the area and the climate data. As there are no perennial water

sources running on or through the site, the mine water discharge is limited to the monsoon

season only. To keep water from entering the mine during this period, a garland drain will be

developed along the mine’s top bench, which will bend to guide the water to the nearest natural

surface drain. In terms of water quality, good mining practices are planned, additionally the

natural state of surrounding areas, should ensure that rain water run-off from the mine does not

contain any toxic elements. As the site has no overburden, potential discharge of sediments is

quite limited and any residual particles which are washed down will be captured by a sump

located at the lowest bench. The sump will be cleaned regularly and discharge water monitored

consistently. If required, based on monitoring, an additional catch pit can be located at the main

garland drain. The sump proposed in the bottom bench will be designed based on the peak

discharge and will be expanded over a period of time to accommodate the increasing quantum of

water discharge. Presently, the capacity of the sump is designed to hold the entire quantum of

peak discharge water for more than 10 minutes. The garland drain shall be provided surrounding



the mine area.

Garland drain and siltation pond need to be constructed of appropriate size to arrest silt and

sediment flows from soil and mineral dumps. The water so collected will be utilised for watering

the mine area, roads, green belt development etc. The drain should be regularly desilted and

maintained. The garland drain (size, gradient and length) and sump capacity will be designed

keeping 50% safety margin over and above the peak sudden rainfall and maximum discharge in

the area adjoining the mine site. Sump capacity should also provide adequate retention period to

provide proper settling of silt material. The surface water around the mine, and infrastructure will

be regularly tested and appropriate control measures adopted in case of any pollutant is detected

above the prescribed limits.

16.0 Waste Management plan

No waste will be generated during the quarrying; Entire material is useful

17.0 Dump Area

The quarry is not having any waste so dump area is not required.

18.0 Land Management

Land reclamation plan must be implemented simultaneously with the mining activities.

18.1 Land Reclamation

During the coming 5 years plan period of this block, there will be degradation over an area of

about 2 ha with an average depth of 5 m for producing a total quantity of 100000 m3.

18.1.1 Soil Conservation Measures

There is no over burden on the mine pit. Top soil, if any will be properly stacked at earmarked

dump site with adequate measures and the same will be used for reclamation and rehabilitation

of the mined out areas. Topsoil will not used for refilling, but may be sparingly used for plantation

purpose. To prevent soil erosion and wash-off of dump-fines from freshly excavated benches and

dumps following measures shall be adopted:

Garland drains will be provided around the mine wherever required to arrest any soil from

the mine area being carried away by the rain water;

Toe drains with suitable baffles will be provided all along the toe of the soil dumps to

arrest any soil from the dump slopes being carried away by the rain water;

Loose material slopes will be covered by mineation by making contour trenches at 5 m



interval to check soil erosion both due to wind and rain;

Retaining walls (concrete or local stone) will be provided, around the stockpile or wherever

required, to support the benches or any loose material as well as to arrest sliding of loose debris.

19.0 House Keeping

Proper housekeeping and cleanliness will be maintained in the infrastructure facilities. Wet

mopping will be adopted to conserve water. Sign boards will be provided in the work areas and

the road and building highlighting the safety and occupational aspects.

20.0 Transport Systems

Guntur to Medikonduru Road is passing at a distance of 1.3 km in North direction. NH 5 passing at

a distance of 3.7 m from the QL area in South direction. Nearest Railway station is Perecherla at a

distance of 2.3 km in NW direction. The finished product material is transported by road using

trucks of 17 Tons capacity. The number of trips will be approximately 2 per day for transportation

of mineral and the trucks are covered with tarpaulin. The lessee will deploy two tippers to

transport the finished product, waste blocks, unfinished and finished blocks from quarry site to

yard and trucks to transport sized dimensional blocks from yard to destination. Cranes will do the

loading of blocks. The materials while transporting do not pose any hazard. Sufficient parking

facilities will be provided for vehicles loading and unloading of material. Safety signs will be

displayed inside and outside the mine to avoid road accidents.

21.0 Environmental Greening Program

Environmental greening program is an important component of the Environment Management

Plan and is an imperative requirement for sink of air pollutants including noise as per the

guidelines issued by the Ministry of Environment and forests, Govt. of India. Conceptualization,

design and implementation of the proposed activity, taking into account the specific requirement

of the proposed mining activity and the site conditions are presented. Green cover in mining area

not only help in reducing pollution level, but also improves the ecological conditions and prevent

soil erosion to great extent. It further improves the aesthetics and beneficially influences the

microclimate of the surrounding.

Every year some part of barrier zone in the North, East and western part will be subjected to

afforestation. About 55 saplings of suitable trees will be planted per year over an area of 375 m2 at

3m grid interval. The environmental greening program as designed comprises the location and



development of a shelterbelt and Afforestation in about 0.0375 Hectares. The shelterbelt will

contain species, which act as windbreakers so that the environment within the mine is contained;

the planting of different species in rows is envisaged in general in the greenbelt. A dedicated cell in

the mine should be established for post plantation care, which include, regular watering,

manuring, protective measures etc. Diseased and dead plants should be uprooted and replaced by

fresh saplings. Regular monitoring on survival rate and remedial action should be done in an

organized and planned manner.

22.0 Socio-economic Environment

The project provides an opportunity for the local people to get employment directly or indirectly

and helps in the upliftment of the socioeconomic status of the area. The proposed project would

generate an employment of 23. The local inhabitants of the area live in the villages surrounding

the mine area and their main occupation is Agriculture. In a small way they rear cattle and sheep

for sustenance. The mining activity in this belt will benefit the locals both directly and indirectly.

The direct beneficiaries will be those who get employed in the mines as skilled and un-skilled

workers. The indirect beneficiaries will be those who open small business to sell goods required by

the residents whose “Per Capita” income will be enhanced by the mining activity, and thereby

their purchasing power. In the long run a lot of social good is expected in the comparatively

backward area when the inhabitants will be able to send their children to school. The change,

though slow, is bound to be perceptible.

The management will involve in social activities of stakeholders/surrounding community by

planning the betterment of neighboring social conditions through awareness and welfare

programs to ensure an improved relation, useful in the long run. Many of the beneficiaries of such

programs will include own employees as well. The goodwill of the local populace can never be

ignored. It is proposed to supply drinking water and medical facilities to the villagers. The

management will also support for vocational training and assistance in utilizing government

programs. The channels employed may vary either through direct contact or by means of local

organizations. Another important facet of social environment identified by the project proponents

is a green appearance; hence the management will develop a green belt towards aesthetic

beautification as the same is necessary to be considered as a responsible, social neighbour.

23.0 Disaster Planning



The mining operation shall be carried out under the management control and direction of a

qualified mines manager holding a Second class manager’s certificate of competency to manage a

metalliferous mine granted by Director General of mines safety (DGMS). DGMS have been issuing

a number of standing orders and circulars to be followed by the mine management in case of

disaster, if any. Moreover mining staff would be sent to refresher courses from time to time to

keep them abreast of the regulations. However following natural/ quarrying hazards may occur

during normal operation

Slope failure at the mine faces;

Accident due to explosives;

Accident due to heavy equipment/machinery;

Sabotage in case of magazine; and

Accidents due to fly rocks and boulders.

In order to take care of above hazards/disasters, the following control shall be adopted:

All safety precautions and provisions of Metalliferous Mine regulation 1961 are strictly

followed during all mining operations;

Checking and regular maintenance of garland drains and earthen bunds to avoid any inflow of

surface water into mining area;

Entry of unauthorized persons shall be prohibited;

Fire fighting and first aid provisions in the mines office and mining Area;

Provision of all the safety appliances such as safety boots, helmets, dust masks, ear mufflers,

goggles etc. would be made available to the employees and regular check to ensure the use;

Training and refresher courses for all the employees working in the hazardous premises;

Working of mine as per approved plan, related amendments and other regulatory provisions;

Cleaning of mine faces shall be done regularly;

Handling of explosives, charging and blasting shall be carried out by competent persons only;

Provision of magazine at safe place with fencing and necessary security arrangement;

Suppression of dust on the haulage roads by providing water sprinkling.

24.0 Environment Management Cell

A Cell for Environmental Management within Mine lease area at the project level, will take the

overall responsibility for co-ordination of the actions required for environmental management and



mitigation, and for monitoring the progress of the proposed management plans and actions to be

taken for the project. The Cell will be under the overall supervision of the Mine Manager, and

responsible for monitoring of the implementation of the various actions which are to be executed

by the agencies specified in the EMP. The Cell will be headed by Mine Manager and the other

members of the cell that will include a Horticulturist.

The EMC will prepare a formal report on environmental management and mitigation for the

Environmental issues at the Mine, at six-monthly intervals. Reports on any urgent or significant

issues may be prepared at shorter intervals. Apart from responsibilities listed above, the EMC will

have the responsibility of the following:

Collection of water and air samples within and outside the work zone;

Analyzing the water and air samples;

Implementation of the control and protective measures;

Land reclamation and vegetation;

Co-ordination of the environment related activities;

Collection of the statistics of health of workers;

Green belt development;

Awareness and implementing safety programmes; and

Monitor the progress of implementation of EMP.

24.1 Post Project Monitoring

The survey of post project monitoring comprises of the following monitoring aspects;

a. Ambient air quality survey

b. Noise Level Monitoring

c. Water quality monitoring

Ambient air quality and noise level Monitoring will be carried out at minimum four stations, two

stations within mine site and two stations nearby residential areas outside the mine. Parameters

like particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen carbon monoxide and lead will be

monitored in case of ambient air quality. Water quality monitoring will be carried out in the mine

working area, sump and nearby village. The frequency of monitoring is preferably once in three

months on 24 hour basis. The samples will be collected in accordance with the procedures given

by CPCB.



24.2 Other Management Aspects

Records will be maintained for the analysis of ambient air quality, noise levels and water quality.

These records are not only required for the perusal of the Pollution Control Board authorities to

take preventive action against the environmental pollution. The management will maintain the

records as per the hazardous waste regulations and EPA regulations and apply for the annual

consents for air and water, and renewal of authorization for the storage of hazardous waste as per

the Hazardous Waste (Handling & Management) Rules, 1989. The records of hazardous waste

manifest will be maintained. The mine will obtain the consent for establishment (CFE) and consent

for operation (CFO) from State Pollution Control Board as required under section 25/26 of the

Water act, 1974 and under section 21/22 of Air Act, 1981, before commissioning and production

as directed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. The CFO will be renewed each year by the

management in consultation with SPCB. The mine will submit environmental statement every year

before September 30. The management ensures that it will comply with all the directions and

regulations issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi, State and Central

Pollution Control Boards. The Consent for Establishment, Consent for Operation will be displayed

in a conspicuous location for the information of the inspecting authorities of different

departments.

25.0 Cost proposed for Environmental Protection Measures

The cost estimate of environment management is presented in table 1.8.

Table 1.8 Environment Management - Cost EstimateS. No. Description Item Capital

cost(Rs.)

Recurringcost (Rs.)

Remarks

1 Air pollution Nose masks 20 No's9600 960

Once a week. Replaceable,and cost may increase withtime

Cloth for drillers 10 no's 1.0meach. 1200 320 Issued quarterly

Gunny bags for covering thesurface of jackhammer holes 8000 2400 As and when needed, Lump

sum.Road wetting @ 1 Ltr/300 Sq.m. and waste dump settling(1/4 of wetting) - 5000 Ltrstank

3600 1080

Water tanker cost @ onetankers per day for 300 days

Plantation on road side - 3m 10000 4667 Re-plant the non-surviving



interval and buffer zone - 3minterval plus maintenance

plants, watering andprotection from animals

Sub Total 32400 94272 Water

pollutionConstruction of garland drains 28000 14280 Once only for the lease

period/life of mineDe-silting operations 31360 9800 Yearly and manual

operationsConstruction of check dams

20000 9000Once in year, cost incurredis to buy sand bags andfilling sand

Sub Total 79360 330803 Noise

pollutionMaintenance of machinerysuitably - Rs. 4000 per 3months

71400 37400Included in main cost

PPE's like Ear muffs - Rs. 15each 300 200 Once in six months

Sub Total 71700 376004 Occupational

Safety andHealth

First aid kits - 2 No's Fireextinguishers - 2 No's 6000 2000

Once in year, replace byconducting periodicalcheckup

PPE's to all employees (handgloves @ Rs. 30, safety shoe@ Rs. 1500 and helmet @ Rs.100)

25720 10802

Safety shoe twice in a year,helmets once in three yearsand hand gloves thrice in ayear

Training and awarenessprograms on risk factorsduring emergencies by theexperts

5000 2500

Once in six months andcreate sign boards aboutthe risk and safetyprecautions regularly

Periodical medical checkupand supply of medicines - Rs.600 per head

6000 1040Once in a year and supply ofmedicines for every threemonths

Sub Total 42720 163425 Environmental

monitoringAmbient air quality studies -Once in six months - 2locations

- 13600

Will be done throughMoEF&CC/NABL recognised

laboratories

Water quality studies - Once ayear - 2 Locations - 3000

Noise studies - Once in sixmonths - 2 Locations - 4400

Vibration studies - Once inyear - 1 locations - 7800

Sub Total 0 28800Grand Total 226180 125249

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