PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:-

Particulars Details

Project Name

M/s.Building Lime stone mine of

Shree Lakhamanbhai Ukabhai Chudasama

Location

Survey no. 113 /paiki 1/paiki 3 , Village- Indroi ,Tal. Patan- Veraval , Dist. – Gir- Somnath.

Latitude 20°56'57.00"N

Longitude 70°27'30.21"E

Topo Sheet No. ------------

Total Area 00.80.94 Hect.

Mineable Reserves 225000 Tonnes

Capacity 21500 TPA

Life of Mine 10 years

Estimated Cost Project 8.78Lacs

Ultimate Pit Limit 6 meter

Power Requirement 60 HP

Fuel Requirement NA

DG set NA

Highest and Lowest Elevation NA

Land use Private land (Non Agricuture land)

Nearest Habitation/Town Savan village Habitation is 205.25 meters From site

Nearest Air port Diu Airport 54.72 km, Keshod Airport 45.11 km from Site

Nearest Highway NH 8D - 5.95 Km ( Junagadh – Veraval- Una Highway )

Nearest Railway Station Somnath Railway Station is 7.76 Km From Site.

Seismic zone III

Power supply 60 HP By PGVCL

Nearest Dispensary And Govt. Veraval - General Hospital – 10.20 Km

Hospital

Educational Facility

Veraval - college Various Education is 10.90 km From

Site.

Water Demand and supply 3.00 KLD and supply nearest farm well

Nearest Tourist place Gir-Somnath Tempal – 9.00 km From Site.

Defense installation NA

Archeological Features NA

Ecological Sensitive Zones NA

Nearest Streams/Rivers/water Hiran River – 71.25 meters From Site.

bodies(From mine boundary)

2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT The proposed M/s. Building Lime Stone Mine of Shree Lakhamanbhai Ukabhai

Chudasama Area at near Village- Indroi , Applied Area- 00.80.94 Ha.,S. No. 113/

paiki 1/ paiki 3, Proposed Production- 21,500 TPA , Taluka- Patan-Veraval, Dist.

Gir-Somnath,(Gujarat) has been granted to Shree Lakhamanbhai Ukabhai

Chudasama, resident of At. Indroi , Tal. Patan- Veraval, Dist. Gir-Somnath ..

2.1. Copy of Mining Lease/ Letter of Intent.

A letter of intent has been issued in Favor of Shree Lakhamanbhai Ukabhai

Chudasama, for extraction of Building Lime Stone, Near Village- Indroi , Taluka-

Patan-Veraval, Dist. Gir-Somnath,(Gujarat)., For The Period of years Vide Letter

no. …………………………………………………….. Dated-……………..

2.2 Nature of the project:

Mining of Building Limestone is proposed in the applied area 00.80.94 Ha.

(Private. Near land), Village- Indroi, Tal. Patan- Veraval, Dist. Gir-

Somnath,(Gujarat). Mining will be carried out by Semi-Mechanized Opencast

Method. Proposed Production 21,500 TPA.

The Building Limestone Area near Patan- Veraval is a hub for building

limestone Extraction. There are various projects for production of limestone blocks

in the mine. The building limestone industry is a thriving industry because of

prolific use of limestone in building industry. The project is aimed at producing

building limestone slabs from the applied area.

TABLE 2.1 SHOWS THE ML AREA ALONG WITH ITS DIMENSIONS.

SI No. Near Village Area

1. Indroi 00.80.94 Hectare.

2.3 Need For The Project and its importance to the country:

Building Limestone is an important mineral for the building Construction.

It is naturally available in sample quantities and thus is important for

construction of buildings due to its toughness. It is being used as bricks.

2.4. Demand - Supply gap

The demand of building stone depends on the level of development and the rate of

growth of the economy. However, there is a persistent demand for this commodity.

2.5. Imports vs. Indigenous Production

There is no Import of building Limestone. All production of building Stone is

earmarked for the indigenous demand/ local market.

2.6. Export Possibility

There is no proposal to export the production.

2.7. Domestic/Export Markets

The limestone (Building) will be only for domestic market/local Suppliers.

2.8. Employment Generation (Direct and Indirect) Due to the Project

The proposed Chanchakvad Lime stone (Building) making activity is envisaged to

improve the socio-economic condition on a micro-economic scale by generating

local employment 7 direct and 3 indirect.

TABLE NO. 2.2 EMPLOYMENT POTENTIAL

S.No. Particulars Numbers

1 Permit Manager 2

2 Forman 1

3 Others 5

Total 8

For the plantation, security, or any type of general labour shall be kept on contract

basis.

3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: 3.1. Type of project including interlinked and interdependent projects,

if any.

The limestone (Building) Area is a fresh application for environmental clearance

and not interlinked or interdependent.

3.2. Location (Map Showing general location, Specific location, and

Project site layout) with co-ordinates.

The Buillding Lime Stone mine of Shree Lakhamanbhai Ukabhai Chudasama Area

is located at near Village- Indroi, Tal. Patan- Veraval, Dist. Gir-Somnath, Gujarat.

Refer Fig. 1. :-

Location Plan of Indroi (M/s. building lime stone mine of Shree Lakhamanbhai

Ukabhai Chudasama ) Area.

Refer Fig. 2: Google image showing the Area.

Fig.1: LOCATION PLAN OF INDROI M/s. BILUDING LIME STONE MINE

OF LAKHAMANBHAI UKABHAI CHUDASAMA.

Fig.2 IMAGE OF THE INDROI M/s. BILUDING LIME STONE

MINE OF LAKHAMANBHAI UKABHAI CHUDASAMA

Details of alternate sites considered and the basis of selecting the proposed site,

particularly the environmental consideration done into should be highlighted.

The maximum rated capacity of the project will be 36,000 TPA productions

and the area is spread over 00.80.94 Ha. The bricks formation is in form of 15”X

9” X 9”.

3.4. Project Description with process details

The soil cover is firstly stacked with use of an hired JCB/excavator and piled for

backfilling and plantation later on. The surface to be mined is scrapped to a level

and 3-4 stone cutters are put into use. The standard saleable limestone block

measures 15”x9”x9”. Depth is kept constant at 9 to 10 inches for a cutter and cuts

are made by wet cutting. The blocks are carefully liberated manually thereafter and

are ready for sale.

3.5. Raw material required along with estimated quantity, likely source,

marketing area o final products, mode of transport of raw material and finished

product.

No raw materials are required in preparation of final products.

3.6. Resource Optimization/ Recycling and reuse envisaged in the project, if any.

NA.

3.7. Availability of water and its source, Energy/ Power requirement and source should be given.

Water will be brought from nearby Villages through water tankers TABLE NO. 3.1. WATER DEMAND

Purpose Requirement (KLD)

Drinking Purpose 0.3

Domestic use 0.7

Dust Suppression/Stone cutting 1.0

Plantation 1.0

Total 3.00

3.8. Quantity of wastes to be generated (Liquid and Solid) and scheme for their

Management/disposal. About 40% wastes will be generated & waste will be used for the backfilling.

TABLE NO. 3.2. PROPOSED PRODUCTION & WASTE

Year Proposed Waste

Production (Top soil &

in MT Screnning

in Cum)

1st 9000 13500

2nd 9000 13500

3rd 11250 11250

4th 11250 11250

5th 13500 9000

6th 13500 9000

7th 15750 6750

8th 15750 6750

9th 18000 4500

10th

18000 4500

TOTA = 225000 135000 90000

4. SITE ANALYSIS

4.1. Connectivity

TABLE-4.1: CONNECTIVITY DETAILS FROM SITE:

Sr. Particulars Details

No.

1. Road The Savani village, nearest population center is 205.25 mt. Connectivity away from the lease area & it is connected with other

important towns and cities through a good network of roads

with regular public transport services. The District quarter

Gir-Somnath is 5.95 km connected by tar road ( NH 8D )

( Junagadh – Veraval - Una Highway).

2. Nearest NH 8E – 5.95 km (Junagadh – Veraval - Una Highway )

Highway

3. Nearest The nearest is at Railway Station Somnath @ 7.76 Km

Railway lease area.

Station

4. Nearest The nearest civilian airport for regular commercial flights is

Airport at Keshod Airport the road distance from the lease area

is around 45.1 km.

4.2. Land form, land use and land ownership

Applied Area 00.80.94

State Gujarat

District Gir-Somnath

Taluka Patan Veraval

Village Indroi

Land ownership The land is of private land and the LoI has been granted in favor of Shree

Lakhamanbhai Ukabhai Chudasama for the period of 5 years.

4.3. Topography The topography of the lease area is almost flat. The mine has a thin veneer of soil

having a thickness of about 0.5 to 1.5 meters. The applied area forms a part of

survey No. Survey no. 113 / paiki 1/paiki 3

4.4. Existing land use Pattern TABLE-4.2: LAND USE PATTERN OF THE AREA

S. Particular Existing

No. Land Use

Pattern in

Hect.

1 Pits 0.00

2 Road 0.00

3 Backfill 0.00

4 Mineral Stack 0.00

5 Plantation 0.00

6 Water Reservoirs 0.00

7 Remaining Virgin 00.80.94

Area

Total 00.80.94

4.5. Existing Infrastructure

Commensurate with the scale of mining operations, the Requisite support

facilities are Proposed to be Provided, which are adequate to meet the functional

requirement of the mine. In the next coming years it is proposed to construct and

provide site services as mine office cum rest shelter, first aid box, toilet etc. The

drinking water is made available through water tankers.

4.6. Soil / Rock Formation

Around Morvi and Wankaner area Sandstone & Shale of Jura- Cretaceous to

lower Eocene age. The Sandstone belongs to Sedimentary group of Rocks. It

occupies most of the area of NE part of Rajkot district, in particular Wankaner.

The Sandstone is pinkish white to violet in colour and Serves As a very good

aquifer. The thickness Sandstone exceeds 400 mts at some places and has a

medium to coarse grained texture. The Sandstones here are available in red, grey

and black shades with occasional thin coal strings. The variation in colour reflects

deposition from various geological provenances and hence variation in

composition. Stratigraphic Sequence of the Formations with their geological age

are given as below:

Group System Rock type Localities Age in

Millions

of years

Quaternar Recent and Alluvium, blown Alluvial plains of

Y Sub- Sand, Silts of Rann Gujarat, Ran, Banni 0.01

Recent and Banni, Tidal & Coastal deposites.

Flats And Raised

beaches

Pleistocene Milliolites Saurastra Coast from

Gopnath Northwards 1

extending beyond

Porbandar.

Kutch area

Tertiary Pilliocene Dwarka beds, Dwarka,Okha, Piram

or Manchhar beds, island, Kutch 12

Kainozoic Gypsiferous clays

and sandy

Foraminiferallimesto-

nes.

Miocene Gaj beds-highly Saurashtra Coast,

fossiliferous clays Kutch 25

and limestones.

Agate bearing

Conglomerates. Kand

Formations

Oligocene Tarkeshwar clays Tarkeshwar (District

Surat) And Kutch 40

Eocene Nummulitic Tarkeshwar area and

limestones and clays Kutch 60

Paleocene Madh series- Kutch

Supratrapean

Secondary Cretaceous Deccan traps with Parts of Sabarkantha,

or Eocene inter Trappeans Panchmahals,

Mesozoic. Baroda, Broach,

Surat and Major part

of Saurashtra and

Small part of Kutch

Cretaceous Himatnagar sand- Himatnagar,

Stones, Kapadvanj, 110

Lameta(Limestone). Balasinor, Parabia,

Bagh beds Dahod, Gabat,

Narmada Valley.

Land / Soil Characteristic The Soils are generally developed from sandstone formation and are coarse in

texture with satisfactory internal drainage. The sub soil condition below the

Existing ground level is almost uniform in nature. Sub soil is Composed of clay

mixed with little fine grained silty sand, Moram and Kankar with Low Resistivity

due to clay and soil moisture. The area is covered with recent to Sub Recent

alluvial deposits comprising of brownish clay mixed with little fine grained Sand,

silty Sand. The soil below ground level consist of top silty low plastic soil layer

having no swelling nature. Blackish Brown to yellowish brown clayey silt or sand

silt layer extends to the depth of 2 to 3 mts.

Extend of Mechanization & Mining Machinery Deployed: The only Machinery deployed are the stone cutter for cutting the blocks and JCB.

ORE BODY

DIMENSION BODY LENGTH WIDTH DEPTH MINERAL REMARKS

LIMESTONE AS PAR AS PAR 6.0 LIMESTONE -

LAY OUT LAY OUT

PLAN PLAN

LOSSES ALONG

TONNE

225000

LEASE BOUNDARY -

MT

TOTAL 225000 Approx.

REMAINING RESERVE 225000 Approx.

LIFE OF MINE@ RATE OF 21500 MT 10 YRS Approx.

Recovery Factor: 60% of building Limestone & remaining 40% is rejected.

4.7. Climate date From Secondary Sources M/s Building Lime Stone Mine of Shree Lakhamanbhai Ukabhai Chudasama area

is situated in district Gir-Somnath. Gir-Somnath has semi-arid climate, with hot,

dry summers from mid-March to mid- June and the wet monsoon season from mid-

june to oct., when the city receives 500 mm of rain on average. The months from

November to February are mild, the average temperature being around 20 °C, with

low humidity. During summer time, the temperature ranges between 24 °C and 42

°C. In the months of winter, Gir-Somnath temperature varies between 10 °C and

22 °C but on a whole winters are pleasant.

4.8. Social infrastructure available.

The infrastructure like, toilets, shelter etc. is proposed at mine site. The nearest village is Patan -Veraval , health & educational facilities (in the

form of Primary and secondary schools) are available there.

Medical facilities, Primary Health centre are therein the mine, imparting

services, for advance medical facilities. In each village one health worker

has been appointed by the Govt. to Provide primary health facilities.

Village people are availing drinking water facilities generally from the

hand pump, open well and tube well. The water supply is also supplied

through tanker in few villages.

Communication services like post office and telephones are available in the

nearby village. Some of the villagers are having mobile phones.

An occupational health unit will be organized and the proposed measures

will be adopted:

Pre & Periodical Medical checkup program for all the workers.

Compulsory medical checkup program and first –aid box with

necessary equipment will be provided.

Training for workers Regarding occupational hazards.

Safety equipment i.e. dusts mask, safety shoes, gloves etc.

5. PLANNING BRIEF 5.1. Planning concept

It is a mining project of mineral building limestone. The proposed production of

is 21,500 TPA. Opencast, Semi- Mechanized method of mining will be adopted

and transportation of minerals shall be done through road by trucks.

5.2. Man Power Requirement Man Power requirement for mining is estimated to be 8 Nos. Most of the

employees will be recruited from neighboring village. The laborers are provided

along with tractor trolley by contractor or from nearby villages. So there will no

permanently migration of people, hence there will be no population projection.

5.3. Land use Planting

TABLE-5.1: LAND USE PATTERN OF THE AREA

S.No. Land use Pre Operational Operational Post

Category Phase Phase Operational

Phase

1 Pits 0.00 0.4555 0.2410

2 Dumps 0.00 0.0000 0.0000

3 Plantation 0.00 0.2872 0.2872

4 Road 0.00 0.0300 0.0000

5 Mineral Stack 0.00 0.0100 0.0000

6 Black Filled mine 0.00 0.0000 0.2812

out mine

7 Remaining Virgin 0.80.94 0.02670 0.0000

land

Total 0.80.94 0.80.94 0.80.94

Total 0.80.94 hect. Area will be covered under the plantation, which

includes 0.2872 hect. Area will be used for plantation on statutory barrier,

0.2812 hect.

5.4. Facilities Provided

5.4.1. Infrastructure

The infrastructure like, toilets, shelter etc. is proposed at mine site. For drinking,

water will be brought from water tanker outside the applied mine. A first aid box

will also be constructed and maintained. Communication services like post office

and telephones are available in the nearby villages. Medical facilities are also

provided.

5.4.2. Landscaping and Green belt development

It is proposed to plant total 290 Saplings, covering an area of 0.2872 hect. During

the post- Operational Stage.

TABLE-5.2: PLANTATION PROGRAM

Year Along the lease boundary

Mine(ha.) Plants

1 0.0359 36

2 0.0359 36

3 0.0359 36

4 0.0359 36

5 0.0359 36

6 0.0359 36

7 0.0359 37

8 0.0359 37

Total 0.2872 290

Total 00.80.94 hect. Area will be covered under the plantation, which includes

hect. Area will be used for plantation on statutory barrier, 0.2872 hect. Area will

be used for backfilling along with plantation and hect. Area will be for plantation

on mined out benches. A number of species will be planted suitable to this area of

climate conditions like coconut tree, neem, mango, Jungle, etc.

5.4.3. Health And Safety System During the opencast working, and allied activities, all the precautionary measures

shall be taken into account as per GMMR 1961 and GMCDR 1988 for safety and

security.

Following Safety & security measures will be enforced; Moving front of the query shall have temporary fencing.

Permanent fencing will be provided where quarry has reached the ultimate

pit limit.

Mine entrance will have a permanent check post and record shall be

maintained of all persons/vehicles entering the mine area.

Round the clock security arrangement shall be provided to prevent

inadvertent entry of persons.

5.4.4 Disaster Management and Risk Assessment

Inspire of following all the precautionary measures and following all safety

rules, regulations and Procedures, in mining accidents cannot be ruled out

completely. The project proponent will formulate a disaster Management

plan with the approval of DGMS. Following are the accidents which can

take place in mechanized opencast mining and measures proposed to be

taken.

Fall of human beings or fall of machines from benches/ dumps/ haul roads.

Fire & Explosion in machinery

Emergency situation due to social reason such as public unrest, terrorism etc.

Preventive Measures:

Creating beam on the side of benches/ haul roads of height greater than or

equal to ½ tyre radius. Minimum height of beam shall be 1.2 m and slop

45°. Minimum clearance of 1.5 m will be maintained between outer tyre

and beam.

Fire fighting equipment in the machinery / workshop/ office will be

maintained. Persons will be trained in the use of fire fighting equipment and

mock rehearsal will be conducted.

Training of security personnel.

Procedures as laid down in disaster management plan to be followed.

Training

Persons will be trained in the following:

Knowledge of chemicals and use of protective

equipment Procedure for reporting emergencies

Location and use of fire fighting equipment

Knowledge of alarm system and siren Evacuation procedures.

Training in first aid as per mines rules 1955

Emergency Equipment & Facilities:

Mobiles

Fire fighting equipment’s

Emergency medical supplies

Other protective equipment’s i.e. goggles, helmet, face shield, hand gloves, safety

belts, barricade tape. First aid station as per the provisions of mines rules 1955.

6. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE

S. No. Particulars Details

1 Mining area 00.80.94 Ha.

2 Residential Area Not applicable

3 Green belt It is proposed to plant total 290 samplings,

covering an area of 0.2865 ha. During the –

Operational stage.

4 Social infrastructure NA

5 Connectivity Sr Particulars Details

No.

1 Nearest NH 8D – 5.95 km

Highway SH 26 – 4.64 km

2 Nearest Somnath Railway Station 7.76 Km From Site.

Railway

station

3 Nearest Keshod Airport

airport 45.11 Km From Site

6 Drinking Water 0.3

Management

7 Sewerage system 0.5

8 Industrial 0.7

waste/domestic

management

9 Solid waste management 0

10 Power Requirement and 60 HP

supply/ source

7. REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R & R) PLAN Since the project is private land, there is no reserves forest or protected forest

land within the applied area. There is no human settlements within the area so,

no resettlement and rehabilitation is required.

8. PROJECT SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES 8.1. Likely date of start of construction and likely date of completion (time

schedule for the project to be given)

The project activity will be taken up in parallel along with the opening of mine,

after the environmental clearance & CTE/CTO is granted. The production will

commence within two months of the environmental clearance & CTE/CTO.

8.2. Estimated project cost along with analysis in terms of economic viability of

the project

The project proponent will incur a total cost of Rs. 8.78 lakh and may vary from

place to place and with magnitude of the limestone mining. This will include the

rent/lease for land, cost of labor, cost of transportation, fuel charges etc.

9. ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS) The project will bring economical benefits to the state by the way of royalty for

mineral and people by the way of direct( 5 persons) and secondary employment

(3 persons) opportunities. Management will be helping nearby village by

providing aid to school, conducting medical and social awareness camps, helping

in formation of self help groups etc. especially keeping in the view the tribal and

economically backward population in the area as part of its corporate social

responsibility.