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SUBMISSION TO

DISTRICT ENVIRONMNET IMPACT ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY

GUNTUR

A.Nageswara Rao

Quarry lease Area –0.607 Hectares (1.50 Acres)

Sy. No. 358/48A(old) & 395/4 ( new)

Kubudapuram Village, Rajupalem Mandal,

Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh

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INDEX

S.NO. ITEM PAGE NO.

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3

2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT / BACKGROUND INFORMATION 4

3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 5

4. SITE ANALYSIS 16

5. PLANNING BRIEF 17

6. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE 17

7. REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R & R) PLAN 18

8. PROJECT COST 18

9. ANALYSIS OF PROPOSALS (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS) 19

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A. Nageswara Rao, Guntur was granted of quarry lease for Mosaic Chips over an extent of 0.607

Hectares (1.50 Acres) in Sy. No. . 358/48A (Old) & 395/4 (New) of Kubudapuram Village,

Rajupalem Mandal, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh by the Deputy Director of Mines & Geology,

Guntur, vide Proceedings No.861/Q1/RM/2011 dated 24/03/2011. The quarry lease deed was

executed on 05/01/2012 by the Asst. Director of Mines & Geology, Guntur vide Proceedings No.

5526/Q1/2010 dated 27/01/2012 for a period of 10 years w.e.f 25/01/2011 to 24/01/2021.

Accordingly this Mining Plan is prepared as per guidelines issued in Form-T in G.O.Ms.No.56,

Industries & Commerce (M.II) Department., dated 30-04-2016 under Amended Rule 7 A of

APMMC Rules ‘1966 and Progressive Mine Closure Plan under Rule 23 (B) of MCDR 1988 for the

plan period 2017-18 to 2020-21 and submitted to the Deputy Director of Mines & Geology,

Guntur, for approval. Deputy Director of Mines and Geology Guntur was approved the mining

plan vide approval letter No. 5567/MP/MC/GNT/2017, dated 20/06/2017.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

SITE DESCRIPTION:

The Quarry lease area is for Mosaic Chips over an extent of 0.607 Hectares (1.50 Acres) in Sy. No.

. 358/48A (Old) & 395/4 (New) of Kubudapuram Village, Rajupalem Mandal, Guntur District,

Andhra Pradesh.

CHOICE OF FUEL:

No fuel will be used in the quarry activity.

COMMON FACILITIES:

The common facilities such as Quarry office, resting shelter, First Aid facilities and Drinking water

will be provided in the QL area.

SOURCE & AVAILABILITY OF WATER:

Water is required for dust suppression, Green belt development and for domestic purposes.

Water will be sourced from nearby bore well.

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POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES:

The air emission of concern from this quarry activity will be dust generation. Applying water for

dust suppression on quarry haul roads. Planting of trees along main mine haul roads will help in

mitigating the air emissions. There is no waste water generation from the mine.

2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT /

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECT AND PROJECT PROPONENT:

The quarry activity is for extraction of Mosaic Chips over an extent of 0.607 Hectares (1.50 Acres)

in Sy. No. . 358/48A (Old) & 395/4 (New) of Kubudapuram Village, Rajupalem Mandal, Guntur

District, Andhra Pradesh.

THE PROMOTERS:

The quarry activity is for excavation of Mosaic Chips would be undertaken by A. Nageswara Rao,

Lessee of Quarry. The quarry activities will be undertaken under the supervision of mines

manager.

NEED FOR THE PROJECT AND IMPORTANCE TO THE REGION:

The demand for Mosaic Chips has increased due to rapid Industrialization. The first quality of

Mosaic Chips is suitable for manufacturing, chemical industries, poultry feeds and in the fish

ponds purpose. There is huge demand since the material is used extensively in industries and

many other sectors. This project will help in reducing the Demand-Supply gap in the area.

EXPORTS:

No export of Mosaic Chips from this quarry

IMPORTS:

No import of Mosaic Chips to the country

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION (DIRECT & INDIRECT):

The following employees will be required in the Quarry lease area for excavation of Mosaic

Chips.

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S.NO. CATEGORY NO. OF PERSONS

1. Mines Manager 1

2. Mine Supervisor 1

3. Skilled Workers 6

4. Semi Skilled Workers 6

5. Un-skilled 11

Total 25

3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

TYPE OF PROJECT INCLUDING INTERLINKED AND INTERDEPENDENT PROJECTS, IF ANY:

The quarry activity is for extraction of Mosaic Chips over an extent of 0.607 Hectares (1.50

Acres).

LOCATION:

The Quarry Lease area is located in Sy. No. 358/48A (Old) & 395/4 (New) of Kubudapuram

Village, Rajupalem Mandal, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

SIZE OR MAGNITUDE OF OPERATION:

The project will be for extraction of Mosaic Chips Max. of 25,805.25 Tons/ Annum.

COORDINATES:

The following are geo coordinates of the quarry lease area.

B.P No LATITUDE LONGITUDE

1 16° 28' 10.29"N 79° 55' 26.81"E

2 16° 28' 07.69"N 79° 55' 31.28"E

3 16° 28' 06.34"N 79° 55' 30.91"E

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4 16° 28' 09.05"N 79° 55' 26.22"E

TOPOGRAPHY:

The quarry lease area is located on a part of plain land over the rocky outcrop with a maximum

elevation of 6 M above ground level within the quarry lease area with topo relief in NW direction.

The lowest contour is 86 M (GL) and highest contour is 92 M in topo plan.

REGIONAL GEOLOGY:

The rock units, exposed in this region of the subject area belong to Jammulamadugu formation of

Palnad basin. This formation comprises of Owk Shales & Nargi Mosaic Chips. The following table

shows the stratigraphy of the region.

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

-------

Palnad Basin

(Kurnool)

Paniam Quartzite

Jammulamodugu

Banganapalli Quartzite

Nargi Mosaic Chips

Quartzite

Owk Shale & Mosaic

Chips, Quartzite

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

LOCAL GEOLOGY:

Nargi Mosaic Chips is the main rock unit available in and around the quarry lease applied area.

The Mosaic Chips can be seen exposed to surface in between the soil cover patches below 0.5 m

soil cover in quarry pits. The Eastern face of the pit shows 6 m thickness of Mosaic Chips from RL

119 m RL to 113 m RL continuing further depth below the pit bottom. The Mosaic Chips shows a

simple deposit with a general strike direction of NE 15o SW and dipping towards SE with 5o to 15o

angle.

Mosaic Chips

Single unit of Mosaic Chips is occurring as massive bedded, fine grained and gray to dark gray in

colour. This material will be separated from the Mosaic Chips before using Mosaic Chips in kilns.

Soil

Black cotton soil covers the quarry lease applied area on the surface with a thickness of 0.2 to 0.5

m.

GEOLOGY OF LEASE AREA:

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The subject area is formed by the sedimentary deposit of Jammulamodugu formation and

consisting of only Mosaic Chips. It is a simple deposit with a general strike direction of NE –SW

and dipping towards SE with 10o – 15o. The Mosaic Chips is seen exposed to surface and as well

as in pit to a thickness of about 10 M without much overburden. The soil covers the Mosaic

Chips at higher altitudes to a thickness of less than 0.5 M on eastern and western side of the

lease area.

Soil Black cotton soil covers the Mosaic Chips of the lease to a

thickness of less than 0.5 M.

Grey Mosaic Chips

It is also massive thick-bedded in nature and it is grey in

colour. It is inter-beaded with thin layers of shale. It has

moderate silica and average 35-40% calcium.

METHOD OF ESTIMATION OF RESERVES:

The deposit is found to be irregular bedded form. Hence cross sectional method adopted for

Estimation of Geological Reserves. 4 Sections A-A1 to D-D1 were drawn at equal distance

perpendicular to the trend direction of the formation to estimate the reserves.

The cross sections were drawn perpendicular to the trend direction, the cross sectional area of

the individual sections are calculated to arrive at sectional area, the area thus arrived is

multiplied by the sectional influence of 39.2 M (average) to arrive the volume of Mosaic Chips.

Future tentative excavation programme planned in next four year

Year

No. of Boreholes

(Core / RC / DTH)

Grid Interval

Total meterage

No. of Pits, Dimensions

and Volume

No. of Trenches,

Dimensions and

Volume

2nd (2017 – 18)

N.A - - N.A N.A

3rd (2018 – 19)

N.A - - N.A N.A

4th (2019 – 20)

N.A - - N.A N.A

5th (2020 – 21)

N.A - - N.A N.A

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TOTAL GEOLOGICAL RESERVES:

Sections Category

Sectional Area

Sectional Influence

Volume TF

Reserves Recovery of

@ 90%

& UNFC Code

(M2) (M) (M3) (MT) (MT)

A - A1

Proved (122)

445 40.00 1,7800.00 2.5 44,500.00 40,050.00

Probable (122)

421 40.00 16,840.00 2.5 42,100.00 37,890.00

B - B1

Proved (122)

485 40.00 19,400.00 2.5 48,500.00 43,650.00

Probable (122)

419 40.00 16,760.00 2.5 41,900.00 37,710.00

C-C1

Proved (122)

610 40.00 24,400.00 2.5 61,000.00 54,900.00

Probable (122)

419 40.00 16,760.00 2.5 41,900.00 37,710.00

D-D1

Proved (122)

1155 37.00 42,735.00 2.5 1,06,837.50 96,153.75

Probable (122)

419 37.00 15,503.00 2.5 38757.50 34,881.75

TOTAL RESERVES 1,70,198.00 4,25,495.00 3,82,945.50

RESERVES IN UNFC CODE:

S. No. Category of Reserves UNFC Code Reserves in Tons Reserves in Million Tons

1 Proved 111 1,04,335.00 0.104

2 Probable 121 65,863.00 0.065

3 Possible 333 Nil Nil

RESERVES BLOCKED UNDER 7.5 M BUFFER ZONE:

Sections Category

Sectional Area

Sectional Influence

Volume TF

Reserves Recovery of

@ 90%

& UNFC Code

(M2) (M) (M3) (MT) (MT)

A - A1

Proved (122) 159 40.00 6,360.00 2.5 15,900.00 14,310.00

Probable (122) 150 40.00 6,000.00 2.5 15,000.00 13,500.00

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B - B1

Proved (122) 174 40.00 6,960.00 2.5 17,400.00 15,660.00

Probable (122) 150 40.00 6,000.00 2.5 15,000.00 13,500.00

C-C1

Proved (122) 219 40.00 8,760.00 2.5 21,900.00 19,710.00

Probable (122) 150 40.00 6,000.00 2.5 15,000.00 13,500.00

D-D1

Proved (122) 415 37.00 15,355.00 2.5 38,387.50 34,548.75

Probable (122) 150 37.00 5,550.00 2.5 13,875.00 12,487.50

TOTAL BLOCKED 60,985.00 1,52,462.50 1,37,216.25

RESERVES BLOCKED UNDER SAFETY SLOPES:

Sections Category

Sectional Area

Sectional Influence

Volume TF

Reserves Recovery of

@ 90%

& UNFC Code

(M2) (M) (M3) (MT) (MT)

A - A1

Proved (122)

41 40.00 1,640.00 2.5 4,100.00 3,690.00

Probable (122)

140 40.00 5,600.00 2.5 14,000.00 12,600.00

B - B1

Proved (122)

50 40.00 2,000.00 2.5 5,000.00 4,500.00

Probable (122)

151 40.00 6,040.00 2.5 15,100.00 13,590.00

C-C1

Proved (122)

85 40.00 3,400.00 2.5 8,500.00 7,650.00

Probable (122)

181 40.00 7,240.00 2.5 18,100.00 16,290.00

D-D1

Proved (122)

339 37.00 12,543.00 2.5 31,357.50 28,221.75

Probable (122)

268 37.00 9,916.00 2.5 24,790.00 22,311.00

TOTAL BLOCKED 48379.00 1,20,947.50 1,08,852.75

RESERVES AVAILABLE FOR MINING:

Total Geological Reserves Proved 104,335.00

170,198.00 Tons Probable 65,863.00

Reserves Blocked under 7.5 M Buffer Zone

Proved 37,435.00 60,985.00 Tons

Probable 23,550.00

Reserves Blocked under Safety Proved 19,583.00 48,379.00 Tons

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Slopes Probable 28,796.00

Total Reserves Blocked (B + C) Proved 57,018.00

109,364.00 Tons Probable 52,346.00

Reserves available for Mining (A – (B + C))

Proved 47,317.00 60,834.00 Tons

Probable 13,517.00

Extraction of Market Grade Reserves

@ 90% Recovery 54,750.60

Tons

Life of the Mine

54,750.60 Tons / 20,845.69 Tons

2.62 OR SAY 3.00 YEARS

MINERAL RESERVES:

i) Mode of Mining, Recovery Factor, Mining Losses, Processing Losses etc.,

Open Cast Semi Mechanized Method with drilling and blasting

Quarrying Recovery Factor 90%

ii) Cut off Grade Not applicable

Ultimate Pit Limit RL 86 m

iii) Mineral blocked due to presence of / maintenance of benches, barriers, internal

roads, electrical lines etc.

Mineral blocked under 7.5 Buffer Zone 60,985.00 Tons

Under the Safety Slopes 48,379.50 Tons

The internal roads are of temporary in nature and suitable benches will be formed.

iv) Total Mineral Reserves / Resources

Category of Reserves Reserves /

Resources (M3) Remarks

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Proved Reserves (111) 47,317.00 As per UNFC guidelines the G3 (333) (Possible) category are not considered as they are not mineable unless proved by exploration

Probable Resources (121) 13,517.00

TOTAL

60,834.00

MINING:

The Mosaic Chips in the quarry lease applied area is exposed on the surface with sheet. Hence, it

is proposed to quarry the sheet by open cast, semi-mechanised method by developing the bench

of 3 M height and 1.5 M width. The general practice is to fragment the ore by shallow drilling and

breaking. The development of benches in the sheet rock will be maintained @ 60o safety slopes.

Therefore, quarrying operations are to be carried out in this area in 2 stages.

1) Development

2) Production

Stage - 1

The weathered Mosaic Chips will be removed so that the underlying fresh mineral will be exposed for quarrying. The Mosaic Chips beds exposed will be subjected to drilling and blasting and extracting the fragmented ore from mother rock.

Rock Splintering : The compact material will be loosened with drilling the holes with jack hammers aided with

compressor and shallow blasting to fragment the mass.

Stage - 2

After removal of top layer of 0.1 – 0.3 m thickness

The fresh sheet will be subjected to drilling and blasting to obtain 300 mm sized and hauled to the crusher units for crushing to the sizes of 5 mm, sized chips and < 100 mesh powder.

Beneficiation (If required)

Not applicable

Drilling & Blasting

a) Drill holes of 1.5 - 3 m depth will be drilled in a staggered pattern at 3 m interval :

i) Drill hole diameter : 54 mm

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ii) Depth and inclination of drill hole : Generally drilled vertically

in an alignment

iii) Explosive type : ANFO + Booster & Detonator

Fuse

Indicate year wise tentative excavation in cubic meters indicating development, ROM, pit wise

as in table

Year Pit No

Total Tentative

Excavation

Top Soil

OB / SB / IB

ROM from Mineralised Zone

ROM / Waste Ratio

Clean Ore Sub -Grade

Ore Waste

(M3 ) (M3 ) (M3 ) (Tons) (Tons) (Tons)

1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

2nd (2017-18)

2 11,469.00 Nil Nil 10,322.10 Nil 1146.90 1 : 0.1

3rd

(2018-19) 3 9,963.00 Nil Nil 8,966.70 Nil 996.30 1 : 0.1

4th (2019-20)

4 8,511.00 Nil Nil 7,659.90 Nil 851.10 1 : 0.1

5th (2020-21)

5 7,116.00 Nil Nil 6,404.40

Nil 711.60 1 : 0.1

Production Proposed for the next four years (2017 -18 and 2020-21)

It is proposed to produce 83,382.75 Tons of Mosaic Chips during next four years plan period with

an average annual production of 20,845.69 Tons from an area of 3823.00 M2. Benches of 3 M

height and 3 M width will be developed during the plan period.

The waste that will be generated will be to the tune of 10% in the form of intercalated waste

generated from the joint planes in the rock and dust generated during the drilling of holes.

The waste generated from the interstices of Mosaic Chips beds will be temporarily dumped in the

SE of the quarry lease applied area (within the 7.5 M buffer zone) covering an area of 649 M2

with an average height of 6 M between the grids N 00 – 75 & E 100 – 175. The dump will be

re-handled for back filling the matured pits.

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Quarrying Program for the next five years

The Lessee proposes to take up the quarry operations within the quarry lease area between the

grids N 00-150 & E 00-175 between Contour 92 to RL 80 and RL 79-75 to RL 76-63. the quarry

operations will be initiated in the undisturbed area and advances in depth, below the existing pit

benches.

Year Working Plan

2nd

(2017-18)

The Quarry operations will be initiated from the un disturbed area

between Contours 92 to RL 89as top bench and within the pit between RL

79-75 to RL 76-72.

A surface area of 3823 M2 will be tackled with a bench height of 3m and

bench width of 3m, by excavating 11469 M3 of Mosaic chips i.e 28,672.50

Tons from which 90% ( 25,805.25 Tons) saleable mineral and 10% (2867.25

Tons) of waste will be generated.

3rd

(2018-19)

During the 3rd year the excavations will be taken up below the previous

year workings a bench of 3m height and width of 3m will be formed

between RL 89-72 to RL 86-69 , over an extent of 3321 M2 area there by

excavating 9963.00 M3 of Mosaic chips i.e 24907.50 Tons from which 90% (

22416.75 Tons) saleable mineral and 10% (2490.75 Tons) of waste will be

generated.

4th

(2019-20)

During the Fourth year the excavations will be taken up below the previous

year workings a bench of 3m height and width of 3m will be formed

between RL 86-69 to RL 83-66 , over an extent of 2837 M2 area there by

excavating 8511.00 M3 of Mosaic chips i.e 21,277.50 Tons from which 90%

( 19,149.75 Tons) saleable mineral and 10% (2127.75 Tons) of waste will be

generated.

5th

(2020-21)

During the Fifth year the excavations will be taken up below the previous

year workings a bench of 3m height and width of 3m will be formed

between RL 83-66 to RL 80-63 , over an extent of 2372.00 M2 area there

by excavating 7116.00 M3 of Mosaic chips i.e 17790.00 Tons from which

90% ( 16011.00 Tons) saleable mineral and 10% (1779.00 Tons) of waste

will be generated.

The year wise production proposed is shown in the following table.

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YEAR WISE PRODUCTION FOR NEXT FOUR YEARS

Year Area (M2)

Bench Height

Volume

TF

ROM Recovery

@ 90%

Intercalated Waste @ 10%

(M) (M3) (Tons) (Tons) (Tons)

2nd (2017-18)

3,823.00 3.00 11,469.00 2.5 28,672.50 25,805.25 2,867.25

3rd

(2018-19) 3,321.00 3.00

9,963.00 2.5 24,907.50 22,416.75 2,490.75

4th (2019-20) 2,837.00

3.00 8,511.00 2.5 21,277.50 19,149.75 2,127.75

5th (2020-21) 2,372.00

3.00 7,116.00 2.5 17,790.00 16,011.00 1,779.00

TOTAL 37,059.00

92,647.50 83,382.75 9,264.75

AVERAGE 9,264.75

23,161.88 20,845.69 2,316.19

USES: The mineral extracted will be utilized in lime manufacturing, chemical industries, poultry

feeds and in the fish ponds.

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN :

AIR ENVIRONMENT :

The pollutant emitted from quarrying activity will be dust; and major sources of dust will be due to

Quarrying operations and vehicular movement. The following measures will be adopted in

quarrying to eliminate the fugitive dust emission.

Wet drilling.

Water sprinkling on Quarry haul roads & approach road for dust suppression.

The dust rising due to drilling will be controlled by covering the drill rods with

cloth, dust extractors will also be employed.

WATER ENVIRONMENT:

WATER REQUIREMENT:

The Quarrying activity requires 5.9 KLD of water. Water required will be sourced from bore well.

The following is breakup of it.

S.No. ITEM WATER REQUIREMENT IN KLD

1. For Dust Suppression in QL area 0.9

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2. For Dust Suppression in approach road 2.1

3 For plantation 1.7

4. For Drilling 0.6

5. For Domestic Use 0.6

Total 5.9

WASTE WATER:

The only source of waste water generation will be sanitary waste water of 0.48 KLD, which will be

treated in septic tank followed by subsurface dispersion.

NOISE ENVIRONMENT:

The main source of noise generation will be vehicular movement and the drilling of boreholes. &

blasting. The following will be noise control measure:

The applicant will provide suitable protective gear to the workers for minimizing the

noise pollution and the machinery will be well maintained.

It is proposed to use low explosives and less quantity to minimise the effects so that

the vibration generated will be feeble within 8 Hz.

Plantation.

SOLID WASTE:

Not applicable, no external dumps will be formed.

GREEN BELT DEVELOPMENT:

The plantation (400 saplings) will be taken up in the Buffer zone of the QL area

whenever possible.

The sapling to be planted will be Neem, Lakshmi taru, , Ganuga etc.,

COST FOR ENVIRONEMTAL MAGEMENT:

S. NO. DESCRIPTION ITEM CAPITAL COST IN

RS.

RECURRING

COST IN RS.

1 Air pollution Dust masks 25 nos. 7500 7500

Gunny bags for covering the

surface of jack hammer holes

2,000 1,000

Dust Suppression 3,00,000 1,14,300

Plantation 44,800 14,000

2 Noise Maintenance of machinery Nil 25,000

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pollution suitably

Ear plugs (25 nos.) 6250 6250

3 Environmental

monitoring

Ambient Air Quality monitoring

(PM10

& PM2.5

)

Nil 48,000

Noise level

4 Occupational health Nil 75,000

Total 3,60,550 2,91,050

4. SITE ANALYSIS

CONNECTIVITY:

COMPONENT DESCRIPTION

Road The QL area is situated at about 500 meters approach road

Railway station Piduguralla Railway station – 5.05 Kms

Air port Gannavaram Airport : 93 Kms.

Sea Port Krishnapatnam – 242 Kms.

EXISTING LAND USE PATTERN:

The existing land use is Govt. Land (barren).

TOPOGRAPHY:

The quarry lease area is located on a part of plain land over the rocky outcrop with a maximum

elevation of 6 M above ground level within the quarry lease area with topo relief in NW direction.

The lowest contour is 86 M (GL) and highest contour is 92 M in topo plan.

EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE:

There are no existing infrastructures in the quarry lease area.

CLIMATIC DATA FROM SECONDARY SOURCES:

The average annual rainfall of the district is 864 mm, which ranges from nil rainfall in January to

160 mm in August. August is the wettest month of the year.

The annual minimum and maximum temperatures are 15°C and 47°C respectively.

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SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AVAILABLE:

Basic facilities like bus, train and road facilities are available in nearby villages and Mandal.

5. PLANNING BRIEF

PLANNING CONCEPT:

The project involves extraction of Mosaic Chips.

POPULATION PROJECTION:

Most of the workers are from nearby villages. Hence there will not be any increase in population

due to the activity.

ASSESSMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEMAND (PHYSICAL & SOCIAL):

The road facility already available will be used and maintained. The labour required in mining will

be taken from the nearby villages and they will be trained for the requirement in mine.

AMENITIES/FACILITIES:

Communication facility like Mobile Phone connectivity will be provided at QL area. Other

amenities for workers and staff shall be provided in the quarry area.

6. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE

INDUSTRIAL AREA (PROCESSING AREA):

Area of quarry is 0.607 Hectares (1.50 Acres).

RESIDENTIAL AREA (NON PROCESSING AREA):

There is no proposal for residential area in the QL area or outside the QL area.

GREEN BELT:

The plantation will be taken up in the Buffer zone of the QL area whenever possible.

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SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE:

The lessee will be extend social benefits like providing health camps, educational support to the

neighboring villagers. Thus, this project is expected to yield a positive impact on the socio-

economic environment of the area.

CONNECTIVITY :

COMPONENT DESCRIPTION

Road The QL area is situated at about 500 meters approach road

Railway station Piduguralla Railway station – 5.05 Kms

Air port Gannavaram Airport : 93 Kms.

Sea Port Krishnapatnam – 242 Kms.

DRINKING WATER MANAGEMENT:

Drinking water will be provided for employees in the QL area by water cans.

SEWERAGE SYSTEM:

The sewage generated from the toilets and bathrooms provided for the employees, will be

connected to septic tank followed by sub surface dispersion.

INDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT:

No waste water generation from quarry activity.

POWER REQUIREMENT & SUPPLY / SOURCE:

Power required for common facilities will be sourced from Electricity Board. And D.G. set will be

used for power required for quarry operations.

7. REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R & R) PLAN

As the QL area granted is Govt. land, hence no rehabilitation or resettlement plan is required as

there are no habitations in the QL area.

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8. PROJECT COST

The cost of project and Office room, Rest shelter and other amenities such as, First –Aid Station

and so on will be Rs. 5.0 Lakhs.

9. ANALYSIS OF PROPOSALS (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS)

Financial & social benefits with special emphasis on the benefits to the local people including

tribal population if any in the area

The quarry activity will be beneficial financially and socially considering the project cost, mining

costs, environmental cost, cost on health & safety and the various community improvement

activities planned. This mine will provide employment 25 people by direct employment which

include mine officials, skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled labour. The lessee will extend social

benefits like providing drinking water, health camp, educational support to the neighbouring

villagers.

Thus, this project is expected to yield a positive impact on the socio-economic environment of

the area. It helps in sustainable development of this area including further development of

physical & social infrastructural facilities.