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SAND/ BOULDER/ BAJRI MINING PROJECT OF NANDHAUR/KAILASH RIVER (AREA 468 HA)

PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT PAGE 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ________________________________________________________________ 4 1.1. Salient Features Of The Project ________________________________________________________________________4 1.2. Proposed Planning _______________________________________________________________________________________5 2.0. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/ BACKGROUND INFORMATION ____________ 5 2.1. Identification of Project Proponent ___________________________________________________________________5 2.2. Brief Description Of Nature Of The Project __________________________________________________________6 2.3. Need For The Project And Its Importance To The Country And/or Region _____________________7 2.4. Demand-Supply Gap _____________________________________________________________________________________7 2.5. Imports vs. Indigenous production ____________________________________________________________________7 2.6. Export Possibility ________________________________________________________________________________________8 2.7. Domestic/ Export Markets ______________________________________________________________________________8 2.8. Employment Generation ________________________________________________________________________________8 3.0. PROJECT DESCRIPTION _______________________________________________________________ 8 3.1. Type Of Project Including Interlinked And Interdependent Projects, If Any ___________________8 3.2. Location (Map showing general location, specific Location, and project Boundary & Project Site Layout) with Coordinates ___________________________________________________________________________________8 3.3. Details Of Alternate Sites considered and the basis of selecting the proposed site, particularly the environmental considerations gone into should be highlighted ______________________9 3.4. Size or Magnitude of Operation ______________________________________________________________________ 10

3.4.1. Mineral Reserves During the Lease Period ______________________________________________________ 10 3.4.2. Production Parameters ____________________________________________________________________________ 10

3.5. Project Description With Process Details (a schematic diagram/ flow chart showing the project layout, components of the project etc.) ____________________________________________________________ 11

3.5.1. method of mining __________________________________________________________________________________ 11 3.5.2. Blasting _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 13

3.6. Raw Material Required Along With Estimated Quantity, Likely Source, Marketing Area Of Final Product/S, Mode Of Transport Of Raw Material And Finished Product _________________________ 13 3.7. Resource Optimization/ Recycling And Reuse_____________________________________________________ 13 3.8. Availability Of Water Its Source, Energy / Power Requirement & Source _____________________ 13

3.8.1. Water Requirement ________________________________________________________________________________ 13 3.8.2. Power _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 14

3.9. Quantity Of Wastes To Be Generated (Liquid And Solid) And Scheme For Their Management/ Disposal _________________________________________________________________________________________ 14

3.9.1. Solid Waste Generation & its Disposal ___________________________________________________________ 14 3.9.2. Liquid Effluent _____________________________________________________________________________________ 14

3.10. SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATIONS OF THE FEASIBILITY DRAWING WHICH GIVE INFORMATION OF EIA PURPOSE ______________________________________________________________________________ 15 4.0. SITE ANALYSIS _______________________________________________________________________ 16 4.1. Connectivity _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 16 4.2. Landform, Landuse And Land Ownership __________________________________________________________ 16

4.2.1. Landform ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 16 4.2.2. Land Use ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 16 4.2.3. Land Ownership ___________________________________________________________________________________ 16

4.3. Topography _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 16 4.4. Existing Land Use Pattern _____________________________________________________________________________ 17

4.4.1. Environmental Sensitivity _________________________________________________________________________ 17 4.5. Existing Infrastructure ________________________________________________________________________________ 17 4.6. Soil Classification _______________________________________________________________________________________ 17 4.7. Climatic Data From Secondary Sources _____________________________________________________________ 18 4.8. Social Infrastructure ___________________________________________________________________________________ 19 5.0. PLANNING BRIEF _____________________________________________________________________ 20 5.1. Planning Concept _______________________________________________________________________________________ 20 5.2. Assessment Of Infrastructure Demand (Physical & Social) ______________________________________ 20



5.3. Amenities/Facilities ___________________________________________________________________________________ 20 5.3.1. Mines Office, Workshop etc. _______________________________________________________________________ 20 5.3.2. Rest Shelter _________________________________________________________________________________________ 20 5.3.3. Water Supply _______________________________________________________________________________________ 20 5.3.4. Power Supply ______________________________________________________________________________________ 20 5.3.5. Transport of Men and Material ___________________________________________________________________ 21 5.3.6. Communication ____________________________________________________________________________________ 21 5.3.7. Security Arrangements ____________________________________________________________________________ 21

6.0. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE _____________________________________________________ 21 6.1. Industrial Area (Processing Area) ___________________________________________________________________ 21 6.2. Residential Area (Non Processing Area) ____________________________________________________________ 21 6.3. Green Belt _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 21 6.4. Social Infrastructure ___________________________________________________________________________________ 21 6.5. Connectivity _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 22 6.6. Drinking Water Management ________________________________________________________________________ 22 6.7. Sewerage System _______________________________________________________________________________________ 22 6.8. Industrial Waste Management _______________________________________________________________________ 22 6.9. Solid Waste Management _____________________________________________________________________________ 22 6.10. Power Requirement & Supply/ Source _____________________________________________________________ 22 7.0. REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R&R) PLAN _________________________ 22

8.0. PROJECT SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES ________________________________________ 19 8.1. Likely Date Of Start Of Construction And Likely Date Of Completion __________________________ 23 8.2. Estimated Project Cost Along With Analysis In Terms Of Economic Viability Of The Project 23 9.0. ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS)_______________________ 23 9.1. Financial And Social Benefits With Special Emphasis On The Benefit To The Local People Including Tribal Population, If Any, In The Area ___________________________________________________________ 23

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Salient feature of the project .................................................................................................. 4

Table 2 : Manpower requirement ........................................................................................................ 8

Table 3: Geological Reserve .................................................................................................................. 10

Table 4: Water Requirement with source of supply ......................................................................... 14

Table 5: Environmental Sensitivity .................................................................................................... 17

Table 6: Soil types, district Naninital ................................................................................................. 18

Table 7: Climatic data of district Naninital ........................................................................................ 19

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: General location of mine site ................................................................................................ 9

Figure 2: Schematic flowchart of minor mineral mining process ......................................................... 12

Figure 3: Schematic flowchart of EIA process ....................................................................................... 15



List of Annexure

Annexure Number Annexure title

Annexure-I : Letter of intent

Annexure II : Joint Inspection report

Annexure III : Geographical corner coordinates of mine site

Annexure IV : Forest Proposal

Annexure V : 10 km Map of Mine Site



1.0. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The proposed project is for mining of sand, boulder and bajri (Minor Minerals) in an

area of 468 ha from the river bed of Nandhaur/Kailash, located in Village-Chorgalia,

Amkhera, Dharampur, Ghunsapur, Maira Barahrana Tehsil-Haldwani, District-Nainital &

Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. The project site comes in Tarai eastern forest range

under Haldwani Forest Division. The river along its course brings huge quantity of

material consisting of sand, boulder & bajri during every monsoon. This material has to

be removed every year in order to channelize the river course to the middle and to

prevent it from widening & thus causing cutting of nearby residential area & forest land.

Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation (UKFDC) is a statutory body constituted

by the Uttarakhand State Government, involved in collection and disposal of minor

minerals from the rivers situated inside reserved forest areas. The project proponent

has been issued a letter of intent by the Geology & Mining Unit Directorate of Industries

vides letter no.238/Khanan/L.O.I/V.VI/BHU.Khani/2014-15 dated 23 July, 2015. Copy

enclosed as Annexure-I.

As the Mine lease lies in the reserved forest hence Forest clearance under section-2 of

“Forest Conservation Act, 1980” has to be obtained from MOEF for which the application

has already been submitted for diversion of 468 ha of forest land.

1.1. SALIENT FEATURES OF THE PROJECT

Table 1: Salient feature of the project

Project name Extraction/Collection of Sand, Bajri, Boulder Mineral from Nandhaur/Kailash River Bed. Mine lease area-468 ha

Location of mine Nandhaur/Kailash river bed

Village: Chorgalia, Amkhera, Dharampur,

Ghunsapur, Maira Barahrana, Ukroli,Bindara

Tehsil : Haldwani

District : Nainital & Udham Singh Nagar

State : Uttarakhand Latitude 290 02’ 4.7” N to 29o 07’ 15.8” N Longitude 790 41’40.8” E to 790 42’ 51.0” E Topo sheet number 53 O/12 Land use Forest land Minerals of mine Sand/Bajri/Boulder (Minor minerals) Life of mine Continuous, being replenished yearly Proposed annual production of mine 46,20,000 Tonne

Method of mining Open-cast Manual



No of working days in a year 270 Water demand 18.0 KLD Sources of water Tanker water supply Man power 625 Nearest railway station Lalkua Junction Railway Station, 16.62 km

(road distance)

Nearest state highway/national highway NH-125 (11.87 km) Nearest air port Panthnagar Airport , 22.03 km,(road

distance) Seismic zone Zone-IV (As per 1893:2002)

1.2. PROPOSED PLANNING

Mining method : Open Cast Manual mining method

Project Cost : Capital cost- 245.54 lacs

Production : Sand/Bajri/Boulder- 46,20,000 TPA

2.0. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/ BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The minor mineral mining lease, measuring 468 hectare (ha) is a forest land that falls in

Tarai eastern Forest Range of Haldwani Forest Division near village-Chorgalia, Amkhera,

Dharampur, Ghunsapur, Maira Barahrana, Ukroli, Bindhara Tehsil-Haldwani, District-

Nainital & Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. As per EIA notification, 2006 and its

subsequent amendments later, the project activity has been categorized as Category- A

project as the mining area is more than 50 ha. & it is also attracting the general condition

due to presence of Nandhaur Wild Life Sanctuary at 2.947 km from the mine site

Proposed capacity of mine for production of sand, bajri& boulder will be 46,20,000 TPA.

2.1. IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECT PROPONENT

Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation (UKFDC) is a statutory body constituted

by the State Government of Uttarakhand. The Corporation was formed for the better

preservation, supervision and development of forest also for better exploitation of forest

produce within the State and for matters connected there with.

The Corporation has been progressing forward not only in its financial aspect but also

has taken a big leap in the direction of diversification of its activities.

The Corporation has added the collection and disposal of minor minerals from the rivers

situated inside reserved forest areas, collection and marketing of medicinal plants and



Eco tourism in its works apart from the removal of dead, dying and uprooted trees as

allotted by the Forest department.

Collection and marketing of sand, boulder and Bajri from the river beds of reserved

forest areas has been undertaken in order to protect the forest lands, agricultural crops,

inhabitations from the havoc of floods. The collection and marketing system is being

converted from volume base to weight basis for the disposal of minor minerals, in the

Gaula, Sharda,, Kosi, Dabka, Ganga, Yamuna, Nandhaur/Kailash and Gunnarivers of the

State. The implementation of advanced computerized technique of minor mineral

weighing system is a step towards advancement and use of new technology.

2.2. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF NATURE OF THE PROJECT

The project has been proposed for an annual production of (46,20,000 TPA ) of

Sand/Bajri/Boulder by open cast manual extraction method in river bed. The lease area

is totally under the forest land. The total lease area is 468 ha is mineable as per

approved Site inspection committee report comprising of officer from UKFDC, the forest

officer, Ransali & Sub-Inspector of Revenue Department, Lakhanmandi officer from

mining & geology department, Haldwani apart from this forest development manager

from forest development authority ,Nandhaur & sub-divisional forest officer, sitarganj.

dated 05.09.2014. Joint inspection report attached as Annexure II.

There is practically no soil cover on top profile of river bed section proposed for mining,

however, if some soil is available it will be removed and carefully stored for use in

plantation purpose.

Hardly any vegetation is present in the river bed. But the vegetation is present at both

the river banks with a Vegetation Density of 0 to 10 with predominantly species of trees

like Pine, Lantana, Burans, Kafal, and Tuna Ciliataetc.

No solid waste other than negligible quantity of silt/silty clay, which gets deposited as

crust material on the bed profile, shall be scrapped and carefully stored for depositing

into the mine pits in the river bed or for plantation purpose. During monsoon season,

when the river reaches high stage, Nandhaur/Kailash River has significant catchment

area and it transports bed load material and sediments which gets aggraded at such

stretch which has wider river width and has concave banks. The mined out area gets

replenished annually after monsoon, thus it does not require any backfilling. The

rehabilitation/reclamation of such lease area which has been secluded for mining being

closure to the bank in the form of upper terraces will be done by way of tree plantation



along lease boundary. Green barriers will be created by plantation as per CPCB

Guidelines.

2.3. NEED FOR THE PROJECT AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE COUNTRY AND/OR REGION

During monsoon due to heavy rainfall & flooding annually in the recent past years, a

large amount of sand, bajri, boulder (minor minerals) has been deposited in the bed of

river Nandhaur/Kailash which has widened the course of river and in-turn is

responsible for cutting of nearby agricultural and forest land causing heavy degradation

in the form of soil erosion and loss of vegetation along the river course. Keeping in view

the environmental consideration for the ecosystem of the river it is essential to remove

Sand, Bajri, and Boulder from the river bed.

Therefore, in order to avoid widening of river, channelize the river course, prevention of

floods and land cutting from nearby agricultural fields & forests; this project has been

proposed to collect minor minerals from an area of 468 ha. It will not only benefit in

meeting the huge demand of construction material like coarse and fine aggregate

required in building construction & infrastructure works, road material for construction

& maintenance of roads/highway, elastic ballast material for rail tracks in the state of

Uttarakhand and nearby cities and towns of Uttar Pradesh as minor minerals of

Nandhaur/Kailash river at river bed quarry site has been found suitable from techno-

economic consideration, but also provide direct employment to about 625 persons

including skilled, semi-skilled & unskilled laborers. Additional jobs are created by way of

transportation.

2.4. DEMAND-SUPPLY GAP

Due to ban on illegal mining and with increase in infrastructure industries demand of

sand, bajri & boulder (construction material) has increased by almost 50% hence the

excavation of river bed material will not only help in saving the river from diversion and

widening of its course but will also cater increased demand of river bed material in

construction activities like building, infrastructure facilities, construction and expansion

of existing road and highways etc.

2.5. IMPORTS VS. INDIGENOUS PRODUCTION

Import does not apply in the present case as minor mineral is indigenously available at

number of mines under operation in Uttarakhand.



2.6. EXPORT POSSIBILITY

Export possibility is neither plausible nor there is any such demand.

2.7. DOMESTIC/ EXPORT MARKETS

The proposed mining activity is for obtaining Sand/Bajri/Boulder for indigenous

consumption and also for sale to nearby cities and towns located in the state of

Uttarakhand as well as Uttar Pradesh.

2.8. EMPLOYMENT GENERATION

About 625 workers including skilled, semi-skilled & unskilled labors shall be engaged

through project proponent for extraction of minor mineral and loading and handling of

mineral in mining area, besides, watch and ward and plantation activity with proper

maintenance.

Breakup of manpower is given as follows:

Table 2 : Manpower requirement

S. No. Type of Manpower Number

1 Skilled 10

2 Semi-skilled 35

3 Unskilled Labourers 580

Total 625

3.0. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

3.1. TYPE OF PROJECT INCLUDING INTERLINKED AND INTERDEPENDENT PROJECTS, IF ANY

The project has been proposed for an annual production of (46,20,000 TPA) of sand,

boulder & bajri by open cast manual extraction method in river bed. The lease area (468

ha) is a forest land. The project has no other interlinked project. Sand, boulder & bajri

(Minor minerals) form the site will be transported to different vendors of crusher units

for further activities.

3.2. LOCATION (MAP SHOWING GENERAL LOCATION, SPECIFIC LOCATION, AND PROJECT BOUNDARY &

PROJECT SITE LAYOUT) WITH COORDINATES

The minor mineral mining lease, measuring 468 ha is a forest land and falls in Tarai

eastern Forest Range of Haldwani Forest Division .Mine site is located near village–

Chorgalia, Amkhera, Dharampur, Ghunsapur, Maira Barahrana, Ukroli Bindhara, Tehsil-



Haldwani, District-Nainital & Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. General location of the

mine site is given in Figure 1.

Geographical location of mine stretch is given below:

Latitude 290 02’ 4.7” N to 29o 07’ 15.8” N

Longitude 790 41’40.8” E to 790 42’ 51.0” E

Project boundary with site layout and geographical corner coordinates along the mine

site is shown in satellite image attached as Annexure-III.

Figure 1: General location of mine site

3.3. DETAILS OF ALTERNATE SITES CONSIDERED AND THE BASIS OF SELECTING THE PROPOSED SITE,

PARTICULARLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS GONE INTO SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED

The proposed site shall be mined for the purpose of preventing land cutting during

heavy rainfall and floods and also to channelize the river course to the middle.

Examination for alternative sites was not required as it is mandated for the above



mentioned purpose only. Besides this any other alternative other than river bed mining

like mining of rock in-situ quarry shall result in exorbitant cost, result in comparatively

higher land degradation and cause more environmental impacts.

3.4. SIZE OR MAGNITUDE OF OPERATION

Total available area of the river is 468 ha, which falls under Haldwani Forest Division,

Uttarakhand. The collection of sand, bajri& boulder (minor minerals) will be carried out

from the 50% of the total area i.e. approximately 234 ha, leaving 25% area on either side

of the river bank for better channelization of the water during monsoon. Hence, Total

capacity of mine is estimated as 46,20,000 TPA.

3.4.1. MINERAL RESERVES DURING THE LEASE PERIOD

The total Reserve is divided into two categories

1. Reserve up to 9 meters is categorized as proven

2. 15 meters as probable.

Total geological Reserve is calculated on the basis of section lines drawn along the grids and

slices (to have geo-morphological consideration) but mine ability and other factors i.e. buffer

zone etc are not considered in calculation of geological reserve. Geological reserve in the

area is much more than mine-able area because mine is proposed to be developed in

benches.

Table 3: Geological Reserve in Metric Tones

Geological Reserve in Metric Tones

Proved 29931451

Probable 19954299

Possible 9977150

TOTAL 59862900

3.4.2. PRODUCTION PARAMETERS

Leaving 25% area on both the banks of the river along with 200 feet each upstream and

downstream for any road /bridge crossing the river, thereby collecting the minor

mineral in almost 50% of the total area along the centre of river channel; yearly



production of mine is estimated as 50% of the total mine area per year (46,20,000

Tonne) per year.

The mine will be worked in the day shift only. The average number of working days in

the year would be 270.

The proposed annual target production has been worked out on the basis of mineable

area with maximum mining depth of 1.5m. On the basis of the nature of RBM (River

Borne Material) in the boulder reach of the river, the matrix comprises of the bed load,

mainly comprising of boulder, pebble, cobble, bajri and sand. The river originates from

non-glaciated areas of Inner Himalayas and is basically spring fed river with discharges

throughout the year. During monsoon season, the high intensity and duration of rain fall

result into high floods and sometime the flash flood also. The banks of the river in the

upper reaches are made-up of friable material, which is easily eroded. The river bed

material and the suspended solids material mainly constitutes of stone, bajri and sand,

which gets settled into the beds with depressed elevation and into such pockets formed

during the mining in pre-monsoon season. Viewing the competence of the river and the

traction force generated during period of high discharges the bed load material, viz.

boulder, shingle and sand gets aggraded annually and it is essential that the silviculture

purposes and to save the nearby habitation, the removal of sand is essential, so that, the

river course is not diverted. The annual target production is likely to be achieved during

the year of normal rainfall in the catchment of Nandhaur/Kailash River.

3.5. PROJECT DESCRIPTION WITH PROCESS DETAILS (A SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM/ FLOW CHART

SHOWING THE PROJECT LAYOUT, COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT ETC.)

3.5.1. METHOD OF MINING

As per Environmental Impact Assessment Guidance Manual for Mining of Minerals

released by MoEF - the project is a surface mining. The typical operations involved in a

surface mining is shown in the Figure 2 given below:



Figure 2: Schematic flowchart of minor mineral mining process

The project will be accomplished by fully manual open cast method of mining

that does not involve any processes such as overburden removal, drilling,

blasting and beneficiation.

The extraction of river bed material from the bed of the river will be made by

leaving 25% width on either side of river.

The mining process involves collection of material by simple hand tool such as

shovel, pans and sieves.

This will be followed by sorting and manual picking, stacking and loading into

trucks/ tractor–trolley for transporting.

The pits from where the material is picked are not deeper than 1.5 meter and

shall follow the normal channel direction of the river. These get replenished

during monsoon.

The only waste is silt/clay which will be added back to the pits.

The material will be transported through tipper (9.0-10.2 MT Capacity), Tractor

trolley small (3MT capacity) Tractor trolley big (6 MT capacity) to the destined

users/places outside mining lease.

Mining will be carried out only during the day time. Extraction of sand, boulder and bajri

material will be completely stopped during the monsoon season.



The implements for mining are arranged by project proponent who are also responsible

for administrative control of labours as well as for carrying out mining operations in the

sanctioned/demarcated lease area within the ambit of the conditions set-forth in the

order for execution of mine by the competent authority and also the

instructions/guideline issued by the Khanan Vibhag, Uttarakhand.

3.5.2. BLASTING

No blasting is proposed to be done.

3.6. RAW MATERIAL REQUIRED ALONG WITH ESTIMATED QUANTITY, LIKELY SOURCE, MARKETING

AREA OF FINAL PRODUCT/S, MODE OF TRANSPORT OF RAW MATERIAL AND FINISHED

PRODUCT

No raw material is required for extraction of minerals.

3.7. RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION/ RECYCLING AND REUSE

Not applicable in the present case as all size of minerals will be extracted and

transported to various crusher units outside the mine lease area for sorting & grading

purpose.

3.8. AVAILABILITY OF WATER ITS SOURCE, ENERGY / POWER REQUIREMENT & SOURCE

3.8.1. WATER REQUIREMENT

Water requirement for human consumption, plantation and dust suppression is 18.0

KLD, which shall be met from tanker supply. The water required for domestic purpose

includes drinking purpose and toilet needs of workers for which toilet with septic tank

will be provided at site. The water is further required for sprinkling on haulage road

which is done twice a day in morning and evening using water tanker supply. Breakup of

water requirements is as given below:

Table 4: Water Requirement with source of supply

S. No. Description of requirement

Water requirement

(KLD)

Source

1. Domestic 4.0 Tanker water supply

3. Dust Suppression 6.0

4. Green Belt Development

8.0

TOTAL REQUIREMENT 18



3.8.2. POWER

No electrical power shall be required for operations as the mining will be worked out

during day time only. Minimal power required for office shall be taken from general

electric supply of area.

3.9. QUANTITY OF WASTES TO BE GENERATED (LIQUID AND SOLID) AND SCHEME FOR THEIR

MANAGEMENT/ DISPOSAL

3.9.1. SOLID WASTE GENERATION & ITS DISPOSAL

No solid waste other than negligible quantity of silt/silty clay, which gets deposited as

crust material on the bed profile, shall be scrapped and deposited into the mine pits or

in the upper terraces earmarked for plantation.

3.9.2. LIQUID EFFLUENT

There will be no waste water generation from mining activities.



3.10. SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATIONS OF THE FEASIBILITY DRAWING WHICH GIVE

INFORMATION OF EIA PURPOSE

Figure 3: Schematic flowchart of EIA process



4.0. SITE ANALYSIS

The site has been recommended suitable for mining because of its proximity to physical

& infrastructural facilities. The site has been recommended for mining in order to

prevent the erosion and land from the adjoining river banks.

4.1. CONNECTIVITY

The mining site is well connected through rail & road network.

Mine site at Nandhaur/Kailash Rive is approachable by NH-125 at a distance of

11.87 km.

Lalkua Junction Railway Station, is located at a distance of 16.62 km (road

distance).

The nearest airport is Panth Nagar Airport around 22.03 km away from the

mining area.

4.2. LANDFORM, LANDUSE AND LAND OWNERSHIP

4.2.1. LANDFORM

The mine lease area is in river bed of Nandhaur/Kailash River, Tarai Eastern Forest

Range of Haldwani Forest Division. Nainital, Uttarakhand.

4.2.2. LAND USE

The land use of the mine lease area is river body classified as forest land.

4.2.3. LAND OWNERSHIP

The designated mine area is forest land and belongs to Tarai Eastern Forest range of

Haldwani forest division and has been allotted to UKFDC for the purpose of mining.

4.3. TOPOGRAPHY

The mine lease area lies in the river bed and is a part of foothills of Siwalik range region

of Uttarakhand. Highest and lowest elevation in the ML area is 313 m AMSL and 229 m

AMSL creating a level difference of 84 m.

The residual hills are mostly formed by erosion and are the remnants of post Upper

Siwalik deposits. These are called Older Langha Boulder Beds. Boulder beds, shales and

red clay represent this unit.



Topography will not change during running of mine and on its abandonment at the end

of the proposed mining, due to digging of shallow pits and consequent annual deposition

during high floods. Map showing study area with 10 km radius around the mine lease

boundary is attached as Annexure- V.

4.4. EXISTING LAND USE PATTERN

The existing land use pattern of mine lease area belongs to landuse category “River

body” in reserved forest area and shall continue to be so even after the current mining

project is over.

4.4.1. ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY

Table 5: Environmental Sensitivity

S.No. Sensitive Ecological Features Name Aerial Distance (infffbbkm.) from

Mine Lease boundary 1. NationalPark/Wildlife

Sanctuary Nandhaur Wild Life Sanctuary

2.947 km

2. Tiger Reserve/Elephant Reserve / Turtle Nesting Ground

None None

3. Core Zone of Biosphere Reserve

None None

4. Habitat for migratory birds None None

5. Lakes/Reservoir/Dams None None

6. Stream/Rivers Mine is located in the nnrrv6rrrrrrrrriverbed of Nandhaur/Kailash river

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7. Estuary/Sea None None

8. Mangroves None None

9. Mountains/Hills None None

10. Notified Archaeological sites None None

11. Industries/Thermal Power Plants

None None

12. Defense Installation None None

13. Airports Panth nagar 22.03km

14. Railway Lines Lal kua junction 16.62 km

15. National / State Highways NH-125 11.87 km 16. Important worship place Tapkeshwar 11.0 km

4.5. EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE

The mine lease area is a forest land which lies in the Nandhaur/Kailash river basin and

gets deposition of sand, bajri& boulder carried along the river course with the flow of

river during monsoon. There is no existing infrastructure, however during mining

temporary rest shelters for workers will be provided.

4.6. SOIL CLASSIFICATION

The nature and soil type play an important role in agriculture and have direct relation

with groundwater recharge. Physiography, climate, drainage and geology of the area are

the factors responsible for the nature and type of soil and soil cover. The soil type also



depends upon the slope and rate of erosion. The soil types of district Naninital are given

in Table 5:

Table 6: Soil types, district Nainital

Physiographic Characteristics Taxonomic Classification

Mountains Moderately deep, well-drained, thermic

coarse loamy soils on steep slopes,

strong, stoniness, associated with

shallow excessively drained, loamy

skeletal soil.

Loamy skeletal.

DystricEutrochrepts. Fine

loamy lithic and

typicHapludolls-Loamy

skeletal typicUdrothants

Soils on Upper

piedmont

plains

Deep, well-drained, coarse loamy cover,

fragmental soils on heavy gentle slope

with loamy surface and slight erosion.

Associated with excessively cairned

soils with loamy surface and slight to

moderate erosion.

Deep, well-drained, fine to coarse loamy

surface and slight to moderate erosion.

Udi fiuventic

Usto chrepts

Typic Usipsammens

Udic Ustorchrepts

Soils on Lower

piedmont

plains

Deep, well-drained, coarse loamy cover

over fragmental soils on nearly level

plains with loamy surface.

Associated with deep, well drained, fine

loamy soil with loamy surface.

Deep well drained, fine silty soil on very

gentle slopes with loamy surface and

slight erosion.

Deep well drained fine to coarse loamy

surface and slight to moderate erosion,

silty soil with loamy surface.

Udifluventic

Ustochreps

Udic Ustochrepts

Udic Haplustolls

Udic Ustochrepts

4.7. CLIMATIC DATA FROM SECONDARY SOURCES

The district has within its limits lofty peaks of the Outer Himalayas with climatic

conditions nearly similar to those in the plains.

Temperature: Mean Maximum temperature is 36.2°C and the mean minimum

temperature is 13.25°C.In association with the cold waves arising in the wake of



the western disturbance which travels East wards, the minimum temperature

goes down to about 8°C and at times leads to frosts.

Rainfall: The climate of the district, in general, is temperate. The temperature

depends on the elevation. In the Mine site is characterized by humid climate with

moderate temperature. Rainfall and luxuriant vegetation. The average annual

rainfall in the area is 2073.32 mm .Maximum rainfall seems during July and

August. On an average there are about 48 rainy days in a year.

The climatic data of around the mine site is summarized in Table 7.

Table 7: Climatic data of district Nainital & Udham singh nagar

Normal Rainfall(mm)

Relative Humidity%

Temperature(0C)

Month Maximum Minimum

January 42.1 81 29.36 8

February 58.1 76 28.74 10

March 56.4 63 37.24 15

April 25 51 38.56 16

May 50 49 45.32 12

June 250 67 42.36 18

July 650 87 40.36 14

August 598 90 38.45 16

September 250 83 37.89 12

October 48.32 71 36.54 15

November 14.5 74 31.25 13

December 30.9 80 28.46 10

Annual

2073.32 72.7 36.2 13.25

Normal Average

Source: www.imd.nic.in

4.8. SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

The social infrastructure like educational facilities (primary and higher secondary

schools, degree college), drinking water supply, post and telegraph, public

transportation and hospitals are by and large are available in the study area.



5.0. PLANNING BRIEF

5.1. PLANNING CONCEPT

Open cast manual mining method will be adopted for Sand/Bajri/Boulder mining.

Project will annually produce Sand/Bajri/Boulder @ 46,20,000 TPA , which will be used

for meeting the huge demand of construction material like coarse and fine aggregate

required in building construction and infrastructure works, road material for

construction and maintenance of roads/highway; elastic ballast material for rail tracks

in the state of Uttarakhand and nearby cities and towns of Uttar Pradesh.

5.2. ASSESSMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEMAND (PHYSICAL & SOCIAL)

Adequate infrastructure facilities are available in the vicinity of mine lease area and due

to the mining activities; no extra infrastructure over and above the existing

infrastructure is required.

5.3. AMENITIES/FACILITIES

Proper site services such as First Aid, Rest Shelter and Drinking Water will be provided

to the mine workers.

5.3.1. MINES OFFICE, WORKSHOP ETC.

Provision of mine office, workshop along with weighbridge facility is proposed during

mining operations.

5.3.2. REST SHELTER

Rest shelter along with first-aid station complying with all the provisions of Mines Rules

shall be provided by project proponent outside lease area.

5.3.3. WATER SUPPLY

A total of 18.0 KLD Water will be required for the purpose of human consumption, dust

suppression and plantation. Water shall be supplied by tanker supply from authorized

vendor.

5.3.4. POWER SUPPLY

The mining work will be done in day time only, so no lighting arrangement will be

required.



5.3.5. TRANSPORT OF MEN AND MATERIAL

By and large only local personnel shall be deployed for mining. Either by foot or with the

help of bicycle, they will reach the site. During operation phase, trucks/tractors shall be

used for the transportation of river bed material from the site to destined locations.

5.3.6. COMMUNICATION

Mobile phones & walky talky shall be used for communication.

5.3.7. SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS

Mine lease being a part of reserve forest required appropriate security which shall be

provided by UKFDC along with Forest Department.

6.0. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE

6.1. INDUSTRIAL AREA (PROCESSING AREA)

Temporary arrangements like site office, rest shelters & approach roads etc shall be

provided. No permanent infrastructure is proposed.

6.2. RESIDENTIAL AREA (NON PROCESSING AREA)

As the local person shall be employed, no residential building/housing are proposed.

6.3. GREEN BELT

As the mine site is a part of forest land, hence the project proponent i.e. UKFDC shall

carry out compensatory afforestation as mentioned in the Forest Clearance conditions.

Apart from compensatory afforestation green belt shall also be developed along the road

side after consultation with concerned authority and village panchayat.

6.4. SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

As per primary survey & secondary data available, by & large all the social infrastructure

facilities are available in the vicinity of mine site in the study area. However, in-line with

the Social Responsibility Activities at other operational sites, relevant developmental

assistance shall be rendered depending on the local needs identified through EIA studies

with consultation of Gram Panchayat.



6.5. CONNECTIVITY

Site is well connected to existing road and rail network. There is no proposal to develop

new road and rail links.

6.6. DRINKING WATER MANAGEMENT

Water requirement for domestic purpose will be 4.0 KLD, which will be met from tanker

water supply.

6.7. SEWERAGE SYSTEM

Domestic sewage shall be disposed off into septic tank followed by soak pits.

6.8. INDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

Not applicable, as the mining activity will not be generating any overburden or waste

water.

6.9. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

Solid waste need not to be treated because the debris (solid waste) generated during

excavation is likely to be the dust, soil and slurry. Those can be left/ dumped at the site

as they are likely to have the same characteristic as the river bed material has. Separate

bins shall be provided for solid waste generated by daily human activities i.e. wrappers,

aluminum foils, leftover food materials etc.

6.10. POWER REQUIREMENT & SUPPLY/ SOURCE

The mining shall be carried out manually with the help of hand implements during day

time hence, power requirement is not needed.

7.0. REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R&R) PLAN

As per the primary site survey & latest census data available, the mine lease area is

designated as river bed in reserve forest has no habitation & therefore displacement of

population is not applicable therefore no Rehabilitation & Resettlement is envisaged.

However a detailed analysis on socio-economic aspects of the study area is proposed to

be carried out during EIA study of the proposed mine.



8.0. PROJECT SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES

8.1. LIKELY DATE OF START OF CONSTRUCTION AND LIKELY DATE OF COMPLETION

No construction activity is involved under the project activity. The mining operations

shall commence after getting all the regulatory compliance including environmental

clearance as applicable.

8.2. ESTIMATED PROJECT COST ALONG WITH ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF THE

PROJECT

The capital cost of proposed project is estimated as Rs. 245.54 lacs

9.0. ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS)

9.1. FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL BENEFITS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE BENEFIT TO THE LOCAL

PEOPLE INCLUDING TRIBAL POPULATION, IF ANY, IN THE AREA

The proposed project is found to have both financial and social benefits as listed below:

The project will provide direct & indirect employment to local people in

different activities such as mining, sizing (sieving) transportation and plantation

activities.

This project will provide protection to the nearby habitation from submergence

which is cause due to flood in monsoon season.

The revenue generated from the production and sale of mineral will also add to

the exchequer of government, which in turn will help in the growth of state

economy.

As the proposed mine area lies in the flood plain, hence the removal of extracted

material will minimize the chances of flood disaster in the area.

With the emergence of fast growing construction industry of Uttarakhand and

other nearby states Excavated material will also cater the huge increasing

demand of mineral to be used as raw material for construction.

The project is not expected to have any major adverse impact on the environment and

whatever impacts are anticipated during the EIA study will be minimized with the help

of suitable mitigation measures. Hence it is concluded that the project is economically

feasible and financially beneficial to the local people as well as to the country.

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