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BRICK EARTH QUARRY& BRICK KILN PROJECTArea – 2.40 Ha. Village – Ramnagar

Tehsil -Surajpur, District – Surajpur (C.G.)

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CHAPTER-2

LOCATION

A. Detail of the Area

State Chhattisgarh

District Surajpur

Taluka Surajpur

Village Ramnagar

Khasra No. 1397

Forest Range No

Forest Division/Circle No

Lease area (hectares) 2.40ha

Whether the area is recorded to be in forest (please specify whether protected, reserve etc.)

No.

Ownership/Occupancy Govt. land --Private land 2.40haForest land --

Existence of public Road/ railway line, if any, nearby and approximate distance

The area is about 18km from District HQSurajpur. The nearest railway station Bishrampur is about 8km.

Toposheet No with Latitude/ Longitude

Toposheet No. 64 I/16

BP. No. LATITUDE LONGITUDE

A 23°13'47.25"N 82°56'53.67"E

B 23°13'44.70"N 82°56'52.22"E

C 23°13'45.08"N 82°56'50.86"E

D 23°13'42.95"N 82°56'49.44"E



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E 23°13'44.23"N 82°56'44.82"E

F 23°13'43.72"N 82°56'44.04"E

G 23°13'45.55"N 82°56'43.05"E

H 23°13'45.63"N 82°56'44.67"E

I 23°13'46.51"N 82°56'45.19"E

J 23°13'46.46"N 82°56'45.75"E

K 23°13'47.57"N 82°56'46.05"E

Land Use Pattern

(Forest, agricultural, grading, barren, etc.)

Area of quarry lease is 2.40ha on the owner's private land.

It is non forest, non agriculture area.

The Khasra-wise detail of the applied lease area is as under:

Khasra No. Area Type of land

(ha) (acres)

1397 2.40 5.93 Private ownedland

B. Attach a map showing boundaries of the mining lease, adjoining area, roadways, railways, natural drainage system and other surface features,



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if any. It is preferred that the area be marked on a Survey of India topographical map or a cadastral map or forest map as the case may be. However if none of these are available, the area should be marked on a plan prepared especially for the purpose on a scale of 1: 50000 linking it with any important reference point available in and around the area.

Key plan with demarcated area in Survey of India topographical map on

scale 1:50,000 is enclosed as Plate No.1

Ground Control Point:

Road crossing at about 50m in east direction from the area. GPS co-

ordinate23°13'47.00"N 82°56'58.61"E shown in the Google map.

Infrastructure Facilities:

Sr. No.

Available Facilities Village Distance from the Area

1. District headquarter Surajpur About18 km

2. Nearest Railway Station

Bishrampur About 8 km

3. Tehsil Surajpur About 18 km

4. Nearest Airport Raipur About 330km

5. Nearest Forest Protected Forest About 0.4 km

6. Nearest River / Nala Rehar river About 2 km south of the area



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CHAPTER-3

GEOLOGY AND EXPLORATION

A. Briefly describe the general topography explaining whether it is a Plain

land or hilly area and local geology of the mineral deposit within the

leasehold. Attach a geological plan on 1:1,000 / 1:2,000 scale with 1-2 m

contour intervals.

Topography and Drainage

The area is almost a horizontal plain with scanty vegetation. It is about 1.5km from

the village Ramnagar in the north east direction.

The area is almost flat and elevation is about 544m from M.S.L., accordingly it has

been shown in the map/plan. The lease area has been surveyed on a scale of

1:1,000.

The drainage pattern is dendritic to sub dendritic.

Climate

Surajpur district has a warm and temperate climate and receives an average rainfall

of 130 cm. Temperate records show the maximum temperate is about 32.9 °C in

May and minimum temperature is 16.7 °C in December.

Regional Geology

The area comes under consideration is occupied by the Barakar formation of

Gondwana Supergroup. The Barakar Formation comprises of coarse to medium

grained feldspathic sandstone, grey shale, carbonaceous shales and coal seams.



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The geological succession of Gondwana Supergroup is as below:

Deccan trap Dykes, Sills and Basalt flows

Upper Gondwana

----------------------------------------- Unconformity -------------------------------------------------

Lower Gondwana

Local Geology:

The area around Ramnagar village comes under Barakar Formation of

Gondwana Supergroup. The Barakar Formation comprises of coarse to medium

grained feldspathic sandstone, grey shale, carbonaceous shales and coal seams.

A Surface Geological Plan and Geological Cross Section on a scale of 1: 1000

are attached, showing general topography and geology of the area.

Sandstone, siltstone, shale with

coal streaks

Sandstone, shale, carbonaceous

shale with coal bands

Sandstone, shale, carbonaceous

shale with coal seams

[

Shale, sandstone, tillite

Raniganj formation

Barren measures

Barakar Formation

Talchir Formation



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B. Describe briefly prospecting / exploration work done to date viz.

geological mapping with the evidence already existing about the mineral

deposit in the area or in the vicinity.

Not applicable.

C. Describe briefly, exploration proposed to be carried out year wise, for

the next five years indicating same on the geological plan.

Not applicable.

D. Spot or spots where the Quarrying operation is proposed and proposed

maximum depth of quarrying operation.

The lease area is almost flat and covered by soil. The thickness of soil in this

area is more than 2m as it is seen exposed in a pit nearby the quarry area. The

depth has been considered 2m from top surface for quarrying as per MoEF

guideline dated 24.06.2013.About 0.2 m thick upper A0 part of soil is humus

hence after removal of this specific part of humus and preserving it separately

1.8mdepth of soil will be considered for excavation and production. The

proposed method of quarrying will be open cast.



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CHAPTER-4

RESERVES

The thickness of soil is more than 2 meters in this area. As the humus part of soil is

about 0.2 m, therefore only 1.8 m depth of soil is taken for reserve calculation. The

reserve of brick earth is calculated by volumetric method.

Geological Reserve of Brick Earth Quarry

Area (m2) x depth = Volume (m3)

24000 x1.8 = 43200cubic meter

Total geological reserve comes to 43200m3

Blockage of Reserve

A. Reserve Blocked in Mine Limit

900x 1.8 =1620 cubic meter

B. Reserve Blocked in Benches

Brick earth blocked in bench slopes considering the pit slope to be 450

= (Perimeter x Cross section area of bench)

= 782x 1.8 x 1.8 x 0.5

=1266.84cubic meter



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C. Reserve Blocked in Chimney (Proposed within lease)

1756 x 1.8 = 3160.8 cubic meter

Total Blocked Reserve (A+B+C) = 6047.64cubic meter

Mineable Reserve= (Geological reserve– Blocked reserve)

=43200–6047.64

= 37152.36cubic meter

Recoverable Reserve = 37152.36x 0.95(0.5% mining loss)

= 35294.74cubic meter



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CHAPTER- 5

DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION PROGRAMME

QUARRYING

a) Method of quarrying

Quarrying will be carried out by manually open-cast method adopting a system of

benches labors are deployed for quarrying.

Proposed five year quarrying layout plan has been shown in Plate No. - 7 (Five

year development and production plan) and Cross sections in plate-8.

b) A tentative scheme of quarrying, annual program and plan for excavation from year to year for five year

Quarry development and production work by means of removal of top humus layer

about 0.2m will be taken up from western part of the area of 1.07 ha taken for

exploitation in 1st five year plan period, simultaneously quarrying will be started

from this part during the 1st year and will continue in the presiding years of 1stfive

year plan period. The proposed method of quarrying will be open cast.

In first year of this plan period, removal of top soil (humus layer) over an area

of2162m2 will be taken up from western part. The humus soil generation will be

about 432.4cubic meters which will be stacked in lease boundary for afforestation.

The area for excavation of brick earth will be2125m2 in 1st bench of having 0.8m

and 1953 m2 in 2nd bench having 1.0 m depth. Total production quantity of brick

earth in this area will be 3653cubic meter, shown in the Plate no7.



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The Bench RL will gradually be reduced RL 543.8mto the bottom RL542m.

In Second year of this plan period, removal of top soil (humus layer) over an area

of 2125m2 will be taken up from western part. The humus soil generation will be

about 425 cubic meters which will be reclaimed in 0.09 ha area with waste material

generated during brick making in western part of lease area. The area for

excavation of brick earth will be 2106 m2 in 1st bench of having 0.8 m and 2021 m2

in 2nd bench having 1.0 m depth. Total production quantity of brick earth in this

area will be 3705.8 cubic meter.

The Bench RL will gradually be reduced RL 543.8m to the bottom RL 542m.

In Third year of this plan period, removal of top soil (humus layer) over an area

of 2120m2 will be taken up from western part. The humus soil generation will be

about 424cubic meters which will be reclaimed in 0.09 ha area with waste material

generated during brick making in western part of lease area. The areas for

excavation of brick earth will be2110 m2 in 1st bench having 0.8m and 2071m2 in

2nd bench having 1.0 m depth. Total production quantity of brick earth in this area

will be 3759cubic meter.


In Fourth year of this plan period, removal of top soil (humus layer) over an area

of 2122m2 will be taken up from central part. The humus soil generation will be

about 424.4 cubic meters which will be reclaimed in 0.09 ha area with waste

material generated during brick making in western part of lease area. The area for



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excavation of brick earth will be 2112 m2 in 1st bench having 0.8m and 2091m2 in


will be 3780.6 cubic meter.


In Fifth year of this plan period, removal of top soil (humus layer) over an area of

2196m2 will be taken up from central part. The humus soil generation will be about

439.2 cubic meters which will be reclaimed in 0.8 ha area with waste material


excavation of brick earth will be 2187 m2 in 1st bench having 0.8m and 2031m2 in


will be 3780.6 cubic meter.


Year wise 5 year’s development and production plan and sections attached as

Plates no. 7 & 8.



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Plate No. - 7 (Five year development and production plan) and Cross sections

in plate-8.

Summary of year wise working program of five year

YEARWISE PRODUCTION

AREA in m2

DEPTH in (m)

VOLUME(m3)

VOLUME PER YEAR

(Brick Earth + 25% Fly ash)

Gross Brick

Production(in Nos.)

Ultimate depth of pit

1st year 1st bench 2125 0.8 1700.00 (3653.00+913.25)=4566.25

2054812.5543.8 – 543.0

1st year 2nd bench 1953 1.0 1953.00 543.0 – 542.0

2nd year 1st bench 2106 0.8 1684.80 (3705.80+926.25)=4632.05

2084422.5543.8 – 543.0

2nd year 2nd bench 2021 1.0 2021.00 543.0 – 542.0

3rd year 1st bench 2110 0.8 1688.00 (3759.00+939.75)=4698.75

2114437.5543.8 – 543.0

3rd year 2nd bench 2071 1.0 2071.00 543.0 – 542.0

4th year 1st bench 2112 0.8 1689.60 (3780.60+945.15)=4725.75 2126587.5

543.8 – 543.0

4th year 2nd bench 2091 1.0 2091.00 543.0 – 542.0

5th year 1st bench 2187 0.8 1749.60 (3780.60+945.15)=4725.75

2126587.5543.8 – 543.0

5th year 2nd bench 2031 1.0 2031.00 543.0 – 542.0

Total - - 18679.00 23348.55-

-

The production of soil as shown in the above table will manufacture around

21,26, 587 bricks (with 25% fly ash) per year.



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c) A tentative scheme of quarrying, annual program and plan for excavation after five year

In the 2nd five year plan period the quarry development and production work by

means of removal of top humus layer about0.2m will be taken up in the area of

1.07 ha. Simultaneously quarrying will be started from this part during 2nd Five

year of this plan period and will continue in the presiding years of plan period. The

proposed method of quarrying will be open cast.

In Sixth year of this plan period, removal of top soil (humus layer) over an area of

2169m2 will be taken up from central part. The humus soil generation will be about

433.8 cubic meters which will be reclaimed in 0.10 ha area with waste material




area will be 3852 cubic meter.


In Seventh year of this plan period, removal of top soil (humus layer) over an area

of 2216m2 will be taken up from central part. The humus soil generation will be









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In Eighth year of this plan period, removal of top soil (humus layer) over an area

of 2279m2 will be taken up from eastern part. The humus soil generation will be







In Ninth year of this plan period, removal of top soil (humus layer) over an area








In Tenth year of this plan period, removal of top soil (humus layer) over an area


about 936 cubic meters which will be reclaimed in 0.10 ha area with waste material







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Year wise after 5 year’s development and production plan and sections attached

as Plates no. 9 & 10.

Plate No. - 9 (Development & Production Plan after 5 year) and Cross sections

in plate-10.

Summary of year wise working program after five year

YEARWISE PRODUCTION

AREA in m2

DEPTH in (m)

VOLUME

(m3)

VOLUME PER YEAR

(Brick Earth + 25% Fly ash)

Gross Brick

Production(in Nos.)

Ultimate depth of pit

6th year 1st bench 2160 0.8 1728.00 (3852.00+963)

= 48152166750

543.8 – 543.0

6th year 2nd bench 2124 1.0 2124.00 543.0 – 542.0

7th year 1st bench 2206 0.8 1764.80 (3888.80+972.2)

= 48612187450

543.8 – 543.0

7th year 2nd bench 2124 1.0 2124.00 543.0 – 542.0

8th year 1st bench 2259 0.8 1807.20 (3924.20+981.05)

= 4905.252207363

543.8 – 543.0

8th year 2nd bench 2117 1.0 2117.00 543.0 – 542.0

9th year 1st bench 2002 0.8 1601.60 (3417.60+854.4)

= 42721922400

543.8 – 543.0

9th year 2nd bench 1816 1.0 1816.00 543.0 – 542.0

10th year 1st bench 1953 0.8 1562.40 (3383.40+845.85)

= 42291903163

543.8 – 543.0

10th year 2nd bench 1821 1.0 1821.00 543.0 – 542.0

Total - - 18466.00 23082.2 - -

The production of soil as shown in the above table will manufacture around

2207363 bricks (including 25% fly ash) per year.

The following steps are involved in the brick manufacturing:

i) The basic raw material is brick earth with requisite plastic properties. The

requirement for 100000 bricks is as follows:

Brick Earth: about 180 cubic meters (including 25 % fly ash)



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Coal: About 20 tones

Water: 50-60KL.

ii)Tempering: The Brick Earth is mixed with water to get right consisting either

manually or with pug mills.

iii) Moulding : The tempered Brick Earth is then rolled in sand and shaped into

mould. The sand prevents the Brick Earth from sticking to mould.

iv) Drying: Sun drying in open air is carried for 10 days or so.

v) Firing: The sun dried bricks are arranged in the kiln and insulation is done by

mud pack. The firing is done through the fire hole and the kiln is kept in sealed

condition to keep the heat inside for about a week.

vi) Sorting: The sorting is done on basis of coloration which is an indication of

level of burning.

d) Conceptual Quarry plan:

The estimated minable reserves from this area are of the order of 3

7152.36 cubic meters and recoverable reserve (0.95%) is 35294.74 cubic

meters up to a depth of 2m from the top surface. The conceptual quarry plan is

prepared for the lease period of 10 years and anticipated life of mine is about 10

years. As shown in the conceptual plan plate no. 11.



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Ultimate pit limit is fixed keeping final pit slope at the angle of 45o. This will

cover about 2.15ha area and the ultimate depth will be 2m from the surface as

per MoEF guideline dated 24.06.2013.

This plate also shows proposed dumping and program of afforestation. As post

quarrying land use, it will be reclaimed with humus part of soil. After

reclamation it will be used for afforestation.

No any type of rehabilitation will be required in the proposed area because there is

no any important monument, structure or villages come in the core zone.

Exploration:

Exploration is not required.

Drilling:

Drilling will not be required.

Dumping of Waste materials:

Not required in conceptual period.



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Afforestation:

Afforestation will be taken up in 0.09 ha on lease boundary of the quarry lease and

0.19ha in reclaimed area. Yearly approx 700 saplings of the local species will be

planted in the proposed area.

The following table describes the area proposed for quarrying as a part of the

Conceptual Quarry Plan (lease applied for 10 years)-

Particulars Area required in hect. During

First five Years Second Five years

Quarrying 1.07 1.07

Dumping (soil) 0.09 (on lease

boundary)

0.09(reclaimed area)

0.10 (reclaimed area)

Afforestation 0.09 (on lease

boundary)





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Open-cast Quarrying

Quarrying method is a manually Open- cast quarrying by a system of

benches. The depth of bench will be maintained at 1.0m and 0.8m.

Loading:

Loading of brick earth are done by local labours.

Haulage and Transporting:

Mostly trucks/ tippers will be used for transportation of loadable brick from

the area to consumers.

e) Underground Workings:

Not applicable



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CHAPTER- 6

MANPOWER DEPLOYMENT

State average daily employment and statutory personals:

The quarrying activity has fare chances of employment of local people. In this

quarry also about 30 unskilled labors will be required for quarrying of brick earth

and for loading the bricks on trucks/tippers etc. At least one skilled person will be

required for supervision purpose, maintenance of record of production and

dispatch etc.

CHAPTER- 7

USE OF MINERAL

Describe the utilization of mineral and type of industry.

The area under study has brick earth. This brick earth can be very well exploited as

ordinary clay as per Part C 5 of Schedule – I Specified Minerals of

Chhattisgarh Minor Mineral Rules, 2015, for making bricks to be used as

building material



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CHAPTER-8

WASTE DISPOSAL ARRANGEMENTS

a) Selection of dumping site:

The area selected for dumping is on lease boundary0.09haand 0.19 ha area will

be reclaimed with waste material generated during brick making in western

part of lease area. Location of the proposed dumping site is shown in five year

development and production plan (Plate no. 7).

b) Maximum height and spread of dump:

About 0.09ha area along lease boundary and about 0.19ha (reclaimed area)will

be proposed to accommodate this soil material. Dumping of soil will be

stacking up the height of 0.5m along lease boundary and 2m in reclaimed area.

c) Stacking of sub-grade materials:

Sub grade material is nothing but crushed material of bricks which will be used

for reclamation purpose.

d) Selection of site for stacking:

Not required.

e) Height and spread of stacks:

Height of soil dump shall be maintained by 0.5m with angle of repose 30 to

35 degrees.



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CHAPTER-9

ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN

Measures of protection of environment, especially against air and water pollution due to Quarrying operation

Land use pattern:

Articles Land use at the end of 5 years in

Hect.

Forest Land

Private own Land

Stony waste Land

Land use at the end of 10 years

in Hect.

A. Lease Area 2.40 - 2.40 Nil 2.40

B. Quarrying & allied

1. Area under pits1.07 - 1.07 Nil 2.14

2. Area for dumping 0.09(Along lease boundary)


- 0.09(Along lease boundary)

0.09(reclaimedarea)

Nil 0.09(Along lease boundary)


3. Area for road - - - - -

4. Area for Infrastructure

- - - - -

5. Plantation 0.09(Along lease boundary)






6. Storage of Mineral - - - - -

7. Restricted area - - - - -

8. Chimney 0.17 - 0.17 - 0.17

9. Unused area 1.07 - 1.07 - -

Total 2.40 2.40 2.40



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Quarrying Area:

The quarry lease area is 2.40 ha. It is a non forest, non agricultural private own

land. The area is flat terrain with scanty vegetation.

No any area of archaeological important structure, sanctuaries is lying within 10

km radius.

Human Settlement:

Nearest village Ramnagar is present about 1.5 km south west of the lease area.

No villages or human dwelling are within the quarry lease. So there will not be

any need for re-settlement. The human settlement in the buffer zone is given

below. (Within the radius of 5km)

Environment Impact Assessment Statement:

Mining / quarrying in general affects the environment by way of breaking and

defacing the land, removing vegetation, generating dust etc. Following are some of

the major impacts of this quarrying on environment.

Sr. No.

Name of village Distance(km) Direction

1 Ramnagar 1.5 SW2 Laxmanpur 2.0 NE3 Kumda 2.7 E4 Govindpur 2.8 NE5 Rampur 3.1 NW



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Land Environment:

The proposed quarrying operations will only be confined to the applied area of

2.40ha and it is not going to affect the surrounding areas. Inside the area, the

proposed production will be carried out by removing soil and dumping of humus

part of soil will be stacked on lease boundary. The extents of land use in hectare

for mining purposes in each 5 year plan periods are given below-

Air Environment:

Source of Air Pollution

Quarrying of brick earth does not have any activity which becomes the source of

air pollution. Only vehicles used for transportation purpose may cause moderate

emissions, within the permissible norm of limit. Haulage road also generate dust

due to movement of transport vehicles.

Particulars Area required in hect. During

First five Years Second Five years

Quarrying 1.07 1.07

Dumping (soil) 0.09 (on lease boundary)



Afforestation 0.09 (on lease boundary)





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Mitigation Measure:

1. Development of green belt along quarrying area boundary and Humus

part of soil.

2. Water sprayers shall be installed and operated at strategic locations.

3. The approach road to site of quarry area (including the storage site if it is at

different place) from the nearest public road for the transportation of raw

material/final products must be paved or hard surfaced.

4. Active haul roads inside the works should be adequately wetted with water

(Preferably recycled and treated waste water).

5. Exhausts of trucks for transportation of materials within the site should be

directed upward.

6. Wheel cleaning facilities should be provided, for delivery trucks leaving

the works, for the removal of mud.

Water Environment:

Likely impact of mining on water table

The area does not falls in notified area under Water Act 1974. The quarrying

activity will be confined to the lease area and there are no perennial streams. No

ground water pollution will be there as the waste/soil dump.

Water will not be used for any processing applications in the present quarrying

area. Hence, there is no question of effluent generation. The water will be used

only for sprinkling on haul roads, dust suppression purposes at loading,

afforestation purposes and domestic use like washing/drinking etc.



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Details of modification/diversion of natural drainage system /Obstruction of water channels and measures taken

No modification / diversion are required.

Measures taken for minimizing silting and contamination of water

Not required.Requirement of water for quarrying operations

Water storage facility (minimum 3000 liters) will be provided at the quarry site

for the making brick and also small quantity of water is required for drinking

and dust suppression purpose which will be meet out from the bore well/river

nearby.

Source of water

Not available.Noise & Vibration:

No generation of noise and vibration as the quarrying activity and loading of bricks

will be done manually. Transport vehicles may generate noise which will be within

the permissible norm of limit.

Storage of explosive (like capacity and type of explosive magazine)

Not applicable.

Human Environment:

The contributing factors that affect the health of people are dust, gaseous

pollutants in the quarry. These are categorized as occupational hazards.



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Social Infrastructure

It is expected that the project will lead to much needed employment opportunities

in the villages which will contribute to the socio-economic development of this

area.

Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R & R) Plan

Not required as the area is away from village and free from rehabilitation.

Stabilization and Vegetation of dumps:

Dump slopes will be stabilized by planting saplings, grass and good root

bearing saplings such as local species. Afforestation will be done along the

lease boundary.

Development of green belt by planting about 700 trees during this plan period.

Sewerage System

In view of the personals engaged in the project the movable type of sewerage

system may be installed /deployed nearby the quarry area. This may avoid

polluting the land / water / air of the area.

Environmental Monitoring:

To assess the prevailing quality of the air, water etc. a regular monitoring of

these parameters will be made to arrive at improvement/ protection measures.



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CHAPTER-10

Measures to be taken for reclamation of land

Mined out land

The estimated mineable reserve in the area is 37152.4cubic meter up to depth of

2m from the top surface. A total of 1.07ha area has been earmarked for quarry

workings in fist five year. Whereas, by the end of this plan period, a production

level of about 3780.60 cubic meter (About 21.26 Lack bricks including 25% fly

ash)) will be achieved. Part of the first five year dump will be taken up for

afforestation.

In 2nd five year plan period a total of 1.07ha area has been earmarked for quarry

workings. Whereas, by the end of this plan period, a production level of about

3924.2 cubic meter (About 22.07 Lack bricks including 25% fly ash) will be

achieved. Ultimate pit limit is fixed keeping pit slope at the angle of 45o.

Storage and prevention of topsoil

The top humus soil to be encountered in this plan period will be selectively

removed and stacked in the area of 0.09ha along the lease boundary. After 2nd year

production top humus soil will be dump in 0.19 ha on western part of lease area.

Further this will be planned to utilize for afforestation purposes. Height of dump

will be maintained up to 0.5m along lease boundary.

Proposal for reclamation of land affected by quarrying activities during

and at the end of the lease:

At the cessation of quarrying operations the removed humus part of soil will be

reclaimed in excavated area than plantation will be taken up above them.



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CHAPTER-11

Quarrying Closure Plan

Introduction

The area applied of 2.40 hectare falls between the Latitude23°13'42.95"N to

23°13'47.57"N and Longitude 82°56'43.05"E to 82°56'53.67"E, in the survey of

India Toposheet No. 64 I/16. The area comes under Surajpur District (C.G.).

This Quarry Plan is prepared along with Progressive Quarry Closure Plan.

Land Use:

Area of quarry lease is 2.40ha on the owner's private land. The area for quarrying

is covered by soil with scanty vegetation. A private own land is 1.07 ha fully

utilized for quarrying purpose in 1st five year.



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Land use distribution proposed for quarrying and its allied works and ultimate land use details are given:

Articles Land use at the end of 5 years in

Hect.

Forest Land

Private own Land

Stony waste Land

Land use at the end of 10 years

in Hect.

A. Lease Area 2.40 - 2.40 Nil 2.40

B. Quarrying & allied1. Area under pits

1.07 - 1.07 Nil 2.14

2. Area for dumping 0.09 (Along lease boundary)


- 0.09(Along lease boundary) 0.09 (reclaimed

area)

Nil 0.09 (Along lease boundary)


3. Area for road - - - - -

4. Area for Infrastructure

- - - - -

5. Plantation 0.09(Along lease boundary)






6. Storage of Mineral - - - - -

7. Restricted area - - - - -

8. Chimney 0.17 - 0.17 - 0.17

9. Unused area 1.07 - 1.07 - -

Total 2.40 2.40 2.40



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Quarrying Method:

Quarrying will be carried out by manually open-cast method adopting a system

of benches. Manual labors are deployed for quarrying operation. Bricks will be

loaded by labors. Trucks and tippers will be used for transportation of Bricks.

Reasons for closure:

Quarry depth is to be restricted to 2 m from the surface as per MoEF guidelines

/ directions dated 24.06.2013, hence the quarry will be closed at the end of this

plan period as per the restrictions mentioned above.

Statutory Obligation:

Any legal statutory obligations from State Government, Mineral Resource

Department, Ministry of Environment & Forest, State and Central Pollution

Control Board or by any other Govt. Organization will be implemented.

Closure Plan Preparation:Applicant

Shri Babulal Yadav

Tehsil - Surajpur

District- Surajpur

(Chhattisgarh)

RQP:

Bhupendra Kumar Kashyap

RQP/DGMCG/37/2015



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Mine Description

Geology: Please refer chapter 3.0 of the Quarry plan.

Reserves: Please refer chapter 4.0 of the Quarry plan.

Mined out land

The estimated mineable reserve in the area is 37152.4 cubic meter up to depth of

2m from the top surface. A total of 1.07 ha area has been earmarked for quarry

workings in fist five year. Whereas, by the end of this plan period, a production

level of about 3780.6 cubic meter (About 17 Lack bricks) will be achieved. Part of

the first five year dump will be taken up for afforestation.

In 2nd five year plan period a total of 1.07 ha area has been earmarked for quarry

workings. Whereas, by the end of this plan period, a production level of about

3924.2cubic meter (About 17.6 Lack bricks) will be achieved.

Environmental Parameters:

1. Water Quality Management

The level of water table is about 10m depth, therefore chance of encountering

the same during proposed quarrying is nil.



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2. Air Quality Management

It is proposed to deploy Water Tankers to suppress the dust by regular water

spraying on all the roads used for haulage.

3. Top Soil Management:

Top humus part of soil wherever encountered will selectively be removed and

stacked for further use in reclamation and afforestation purposes on dumps.

4. Tailing Dam Management:

No tailing dam is proposed

Infrastructure:

Statutory Buildings will be built of Temporary structures, which can be

dismantled easily and sold as scrap at the final stage of closure.

Quarrying Machinery:

Not required as quarrying will be carried out by manually open-cast method

adopting. Only trucks and tippers will be hired for transporting of brick.



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Safety and Security:

The total area excavated will be fenced properly with single opening left for the

workers engaged in closure plan work.

Disaster Management & Risk Assessment:

No high risk accidents are anticipated, as the project is an open cast semi

mechanized type of operation in a fairly stable area and free from land

subsidence, earthquake etc. no tailing dam is proposed and risks associated with

it will not come into picture.

However, in case anything happens then the designated Quarry Manager will

take care and manage the situation. A communication and transport facility

owner will be provided to them at their disposal which will help in evacuating

persons involved in any accidents.

Care and maintenance during temporary discontinuance:

During such time, the area will be fenced and temporary staff will be arranged

for taking care and maintenance.

Financial Assurance

Financial Assurance of Rs. 75000.00/- will be submitted to the authorities as the

lease area is 2.40 ha. (25000.00 Rs. Per hectare as per Rule 29 (1) of

Chhattisgarh Minor Mineral Rules 2015).

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