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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1 Introduction

The Quarry lease area of Dimensional Stone over an extent of 5.270 Ha. is located in Sy.

No. 02 of Kurijala Village, Ramasamudram Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh is

granted 1st renewal of Quarry Lease to M/s. R.R Stones Private Limited by Deputy Director

of Mines & Geology; Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh vide proceedings No. 4515/PLNR/Q/2014

dated 28-11-2014 for a period of 10 years. The Mining plan was approved by the Deputy

Director of Mines & Geology, Kadapa, vide letter No. 4075/MP/PLNR/2016 dated 19.07.2017.

The salient features of the project is given in Table - 1.

TABLE – 1 : Salient features of the project

Project Name Dimensional Stone Quarry useful for Cubes & Kerbs Of M/s. R.R Stones Private Limited

Mining Lease Area 5.270 Ha.

Location Sy. No. 02 of Kurijala Village, Ramasamudram Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh

Topo sheet No. 57K/7

Latitude & longitude

GCP LATITUDE LONGITUDE A 13°19'47.8947"N 78°24'29.5716"E B 13°19'47.6842"N 78°24'29.5716"E C 13°19'47.0356"N 78°24'29.5716"E D 13°19'46.8666"N 78°24'20.1441"E E 13°19'39.0678"N 78°24'19.7241"E F 13°19'39.5094"N 78°24'24.9112"E G 13°19'36.9556"N 78°24'25.4851"E H 13°19'37.4963"N 78°24'30.7729"E I 13°19'41.1543"N 78°24'21.4166"E J 13°19'41.8307"N 78°24'29.3615"E

Topography Hilly terrain Minerals of mine Dimensional Stone Proposed production of mine 10,006.91 Tons/ Annum Method of mining Open cast Manual Method No. of working days 250 days Water demand 5.0 KLD Sources of water From nearby villages through tankers Ultimate depth of Mining 39 m. (Up to ground level) Man power 15 ( including supervisor)

Nearest railway station Srinivasapur Railway Station – 21.5 km (West) Nearest state highway/national highway Bengaluru – Chennai Highway (NH4) - 15.4 (SSE)

Nearest Port Chennai Port – 206 km (ESE) Nearest Airport Kempegowda Airport –77 km (WSW) Project Cost Rs. 25 Lakhs

(Source: M ining plan)

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2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/ BACKGROUND INFORMATION

2.1 Identification of Project and Project Proponent

M/s. R. R. Stones Private Limited is one of India’s premier exporters of natural stone products, with an annual turnover of US $10 million. This Company is Established in 1992 by an experienced geologist, Sri S. Diwakar Reddy and used to produce over 1,00,000 tonnes of hand cut/dressed stone products per annum which were exported to USA and Europe. The company is currently producing about 50,000 MT/annum taking into consideration of market conditions. The company holds quarry leases for Colour Granite, Dimensional stone useful for cubes & kerbs, Quartz and Feldspar containing abundant deposits in parts of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka States. Their product range includes Feldspar and Quartz in the form of lumps and powder in different mesh sizes; Granite Cobblestones, Cubes, Kerbs, Pavers and special materials.

M/s. R.R Stones Private Limited, among others, holds a Quarry lease area of Dimensional Stone useful for cubes & kerbs over an extent of 5.270 Ha., located in Sy. No. 02 of Kurijala Village, Ramasamudram Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh

2.2 Brief Information about the Project

The Quarry lease area is of 5.270 Ha. Open cast Manual Mining will be followed and it has been proposed to produce 10,006.91 Tons/ Annum of Dimensional Stone. The nearest habitation is Baradaipalle Village is at 0.4 Km due SE from lease area.

2.3 Need for the Project and Its Importance to the Country or Region

The demand for Dimensinal Stone has increased due to rapid industrialization and growth in infrastructure. So the number of Dimensinal Stone producing quarries is increasing in India. Due to bifurcation of State, there is a huge demand for Dimensinal Stone useful for cubes & kerbs. As per EIA notification 2006 project proponent is submitting the proposal to get Environment Clearance for QL area of 5.270 Ha. from State Level Environmental Appraisal Committee/District level Impact Assessment Authority of Andhra Pradesh constituted by MoEF, GOI for the purpose of operating the quarry lease.

2.4 Demand - Supply Gap

There is huge demand for the material which is used extensively in laying pavements, foot paths, edges of foot paths, platforms, retaining edges and garden periphery. This project will help in reducing the demand-supply gap in the area.

2.5 Domestic/Export Markets

The material is used in the domestic as well as export market.

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2.6 Employment Generation (Direct and Indirect) due to the project Proposed mining is by manual method and this project operation will provide livelihood to 14 workers. It will provide indirect employment to 25 - 30 persons residing in vicinity.

3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

3.1 Type of Project Including Interlinked and Interdependent Projects, If Any.

No interlinked projects were associated with this project.

3.2 Location

The Quarry lease area is located in Sy. No. 02 of Kurijala Village, Ramasamudram Mandal, Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh,over an area of 5.270 Ha. The mining lease area falls in Survey of India Toposheet No. 57 K/7

Location of the mining lease in Chittoor District is shown in Fig – 1.

The Geo Co-ordinates of the mine lease are:

GCP LATITUDE LONGITUDE

A 13°19'47.8947"N 78°24'29.5716"E

B 13°19'47.6842"N 78°24'29.5716"E

C 13°19'47.0356"N 78°24'29.5716"E

D 13°19'46.8666"N 78°24'20.1441"E

E 13°19'39.0678"N 78°24'19.7241"E

F 13°19'39.5094"N 78°24'24.9112"E

G 13°19'36.9556"N 78°24'25.4851"E

H 13°19'37.4963"N 78°24'30.7729"E

I 13°19'41.1543"N 78°24'21.4166"E

J 13°19'41.8307"N 78°24'29.3615"E

Topographical Map Showing 10 km surrounding the Mine lease area is enclosed as Fig - 2.

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FIG – 1 LOCATION MAP

MINE SITE

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FIG – 2 TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP SHOWING 10 KM RADIUS

AROUND THE MINE LEASE AREA

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3.3 Details of Alternate Sites No alternate site was considered as the project is mineral specific and site specific.

3.4 Size or magnitude of operation

The mine lease area is of 5.270 Ha.and the production rate is 10,006.91 Tons/ Annum of Dimensional Stone. The lease follows open cast manual mining.

3.5 TOPOGRAPHY The Quarry lease area is located on a hill raised 32m above ground level within the quarry lease area with topo relief of 32 m. The lowest contour is 822 m and highest contour is 854 m in topo plan.

3.5.1 Regional Geology The Chittoor District forms part of Indian Peninsular Gneiss, which has remained stable since formation of the crust. They are exposed in the most of the district. The region of the subject area is belonging to Peninsular Gneiss of Archean group. The Peninsular Gnessic Complex comprising migmatite gneiss, grey granodiorite, Porphyritic granite and intruded by dolerite and aplite veins. The Peninsular Gneissic Complex comprises of gneiss - migmatite - granite suite of rocks. They are highly variable in mineralogical composition, appearance, structure and relative ages. The individual members have not been distinguished in a major part of the area. However, granite and migmatite gneiss occupy a large part of the area while bands of relatively younger coarse - grained gneissic granite occur in the north eastern part. The Chittoor belt located along the Peninsular Gneissic Complex comprises a complex assemblage of gneissic variants and granitic rocks which occupy almost the entire lease area the Peninsular Gneissic Complex in the area is representing mostly by biotite- hornblende- gneiss, granite and migmatite in north eastern part of the quarry lease Quarry Lease area and made up of rocks of high grade metamorphism, migmatisation and intense deformation. These granites, which are often porphyritic, are intrusive into the gneissic terrain and contain alkali feldspar. The later imparts the colour to the granite which ranges from light to deep pink because of the massive nature. The granite deposits are mostly confined to the belt between Cuddapah and Chittoor.

3.5.2 Local Geology Entire quarry lease area is covered with granite which is rising up to 32 m within the lease area trending N-S, the strike length of the body measured 300 m in the area with an average width of 130 m.

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In quarry lease area, Grey Granite / Migmatite is the prevalent lithe unit in this area. The granite is grey to greyish white in colour, greasy looking, medium to coarse grained, contains schlieren, streaks, clots, bands and nodules of biolite schist and less frequently amphibolites. The Lit-par-lit injection of the granitic material along the older / pre-existing schistose rock plains and ramification by veins resulting in the formation of Migmatites. These Migmatite at places show of agmatitic, banded, streaky structures. Foliation is marked by preferred orientation of mafic and potash feldspars phenocryst trending N 30° W s 30° E with steep easterly dip, few amphibolite and meta - basite enclaves within granite exhibiting different style of folds.

3.6 EXPLORATION

No exploration is carried out in the Quarry lease area. The granite is well exposed to above surface in this area. Since the Mine is under exploitation the deposit is exposed over a height of 32 meters with in the lease area.

3.7 RESERVES

The Dimensional Stone is found to be normal in that area; the deposit is being worked out to a maximum depth of 39 m only. The geological reserves are given in Table - 3 below.

TABLE –3: Geological Reserves

A. Total Proved Reserves : 3682169.24

B. Reserves Blocked under Benches : 325801.81

C. Reserves Blocked under 7.5 m

Buffer zone

: 250345.98

D. Mineable Reserves [A-(B+C)] : 3106021.45

Average Annual Production : 9256.80 MT

Life of mine : 3106021.45/9256.80 MT

=335.54 Say 335 Years

(Source: Mining plan)

3.8 Project Description with process details 3.8.1 Method of Mining

The Dimensional Stones used for Cubes & Kerbs in the quarry lease area is exposed on the surface with boulders. Hence, it is proposed to quarry the boulders by open cast, Manual method. No drilling and blasting is required. Only hammer, chisel, wedges etc. shall be used in mining process. The Product will be produced by making holes on particular alignment by using chisel and hammer and then inserted wedges tightly and hammered them, which would give split in slabs. The slabs derived from a boulder will be split into pieces as per the customer’s specifications. Recovery percentage is

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99.5% from the lease area.

3.8.2 Mining program for two years

The lessee proposes to take up quarrying operations in quarry lease area between the grids N155-230 & E 21-63 between the Contour 847 - 839 M. The excavation activity will be taken up from northern side of the pit and pit advances south to north and all directions.

TABLE 4: Plan of Two Years Production Details

Year Area

(m2)

Bench Height

(m)

Volume

(m3)

T.F Volume Recovery Waste

99.50% 0.50%

(MT) 1 972.00 3 2,916.00 2.90 8,456.40 8,414.12 42.28

2 1,156.00 3 3,468.00 2.90 10,057.20 10,006.91 50.29

Total 2330.00 6384 18513.60 18421.03 92.57

Yearly Average

3192 9256.80 9210.52 46.28

(Source: Mining plan) 3.9 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 will be required in the proposed project. The operation involves extraction of Dimensional Stone and dumping in the nearest stock yard.

3.9.1 Use of Mineral

The products, cubes & kerbs otherwise called as “cobble stones” in trade, are made from granite of various colours, and mainly used for Kerbing the pavements and in landscaping. The dimensions of the product vary in size.

3.10 Resource Optimization/ Recycling and Reuse Not envisaged. 3.11 Availability of Water Its Source, Energy/ Power Requirement and Source 3.11.1 Water Requirement

Water is required only for drinking purposes, green belt development and dust suppression. The number of working people is around 14. So the total water requirement will be around 5.0 KLD. Source of water is through tankers from nearby villages.

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3.11.2 Power

No power required in the project.

3.12 Quantity of wastes to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme for their management/ disposal

Solid Waste Generation & its Disposal

The waste generated will be dumped at southern side of the quarry lease area with an

average height of 10m with 450 slope angle will be formed. A retaining wall will be constructed around the dump for preventing the slanting of boulder.

It is estimated that in the next two years a total of 92.57 T of waste is expected to be generated with an average of 46.28 T per annum.

3.12.1 Liquid Effluent

No liquid effluent will be generated at the mine site. The domestic waste water generated will be sent to septic tanks followed by soak pits.

4. SITE ANALYSIS

4.1 Nearest Railway Station Srinivasapur Railway Station – 21.5 km (West) 4.2 Nearest Airport Kempegowda Airport –77 km (WSW) 4.3 Landform, Land Use and Land ownership The mining lease is located in Govt. revenue land. The lease area is having shurbs and

bushes. 4.4 Topography The quarry lease area is located on a hill raised 32 M above ground level within the

quarry lease area with topo relief of 32 M. The lowest contour is 822 M and highest contour is 854 M in topo plan.

5. PLANNING BRIEF 5.1 Planning Concept It is proposed to produce total of 10,006.91 Tons per Annum of Dimensional Stone

from the Quarry lease.

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5.2 Population projection The project will employ mostly workers from nearby villages. About 14 persons will be

employed as workers for this proposed mine. There will not be any increase in population due to the project.

5.3 Land use planning During the next 2 years 2778.00 M2 of the quarry lease area will be reduced by 3 m.

The quarrying will alter the shape of the present hill slope with a small pit. 5.4 Assessment of Infrastructure Demand (Physical & Social) On the basis of the preliminary site visit, the infrastructure demand in the villages was

assessed on the basis of need and priority.

5.5 Amenities/Facilities

Mines Office, Rest shelter, first aid station and drinking water facilities will be provided.

6. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE 6.1 Industrial Area (Processing Area)

No infrastructure is proposed. 6.2 Residential Area (Non Processing Area)

As the local persons will be given employment, no residential area/housing is proposed within or outside the mining lease.

6.3 Green Belt

Green belt will be developed along the approach road to the mine lease area. 6.4 Water Management

The total water requirement is 5.0KLD. About 3.3 KLD will be required for dust suppression on haul road or approach road, 1.0 KLD for greenbelt purpose, and about 0.7 KLD for domestic purpose. This water will be supplied through tankers from nearby villages. There are no chances for changes in quality of surface water or ground water the quarry operations will be carried out on slopes of the rocky terrain. Hence neither the ground water table nor the general surface drainage pattern is affected. No water will be discharged from the quarry.

Following measures shall be taken:

• Garland drain with sedimentation pit will be constructed all along the dump to

arrest the silt.

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• It shall be ensured that good quality potable water is provided for drinking purposes. Good sanitation facilities (toilets with septic tank followed by soak pits) shall be provided and maintained for good hygienic conditions.

• The spillages form fuelling of vehicles shall be avoided and in case of any spillage the same shall be handled properly. Likewise the spent lubricating oils etc. shall be safely collected and properly disposed off.

6.5 Sewerage System

Disposal into soak pit constructed. 6.6 Industrial Waste Management

Not applicable. 6.7 Solid Waste management The waste generated will be dumped st the south side of the quarry lease area with an

average height of 10m with 450 slope angle will be formed. A garland drain will be constructed around the dump for preventing the slanting of boulder.

It is estimated that in the next two years a total of 92.57 T of waste is expected to be generated with an average of 46.28 T per annum.

6.8 Socio-economic Environment

Ramasamudram is located at a distance of 4.0 km NE of the quarry lease area and 6 villages are located within 5 kms area. Agriculture and sheep breeding are important profession of the people living in the villages besides involving themselves in quarrying activity.

The main occupation of villagers is agriculture and sheep rearing. The quarrying activity in this area improved the socio-economic status of the local people by virtue direct and indirect employment

6.9 Occupational Safety & Health Management

The lease area does not involve any hazardous methods. The quarrying is simple and open cast mining method. In this, the possibilities of small injuries are anticipated. The lessee is providing First Aid facilities at quarry site and temporary Office room. The lessee will provide PPE (Personal Protective Equipments) to the workers based on their nature of work. The following PPE is proposed to be distributed. • Helmets once in three years as needed under Mines Act • Safety shoe to all the employees twice a year as per the same statute. • Ear plugs will be provided to workers. • Other step to improve safety conditions is to inculcate the safety culture among the

persons working.

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6.10 Monitoring during Project Phase (active mining) Pollution monitoring program includes periodic analysis of air, noise levels and

groundwater samples. Groundwater samples at representative locations within and nearby the lease area shall be periodically analyzed to detect contamination if any. In the event of any contamination, concerned authorities shall be notified immediately and appropriate corrective measures shall also be initiated. The monitoring shall also help in knowing the effectiveness of abatement measures and also be a guide for further steps to be taken, if required.

6.10.1Monitoring Strategy

The monitoring of various environmental parameters is necessary and is a part of

environmental protection measures. Monitoring is as important as that of control of pollution since the efficiency of control measures can only be determined by monitoring. A well-defined environmental monitoring program would be employed with trained and qualified staff to monitor the ambient air quality to check whether the quality of emissions/effluents is maintained within the permissible limits. Environmental attributes should be monitored as given below: • Ambient Air quality • Water quality • Noise levels • Soil characteristics Locations and frequency of monitoring should be as per the guidelines of APPCB.

6.10.2 Ambient Air Monitoring

As per MOEF there is a need to identify 3 ambient air stations at 120o angle keeping the main source in the center. The ground level concentrations of suspended particulate matter, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in the ambient air within the project boundaries will be monitored at regular intervals.

6.10.3 Noise Monitoring

Noise levels in the workspace environment will be monitored periodically. If any deviation is observed necessary corrective measures will be taken. Monitoring noise levels is essential to assess the efficacy of maintenance of schedules undertaken to reduce noise levels and noise protection measures. A good quality sound pressure level meter is essential for this purpose. This work can be handled by plant authorities themselves or by hiring services of an external agency. Noise surveillance is for the benefit of the workers wellbeing and to keep track of machinery wear and tear.

6.10.4 Water Quality Monitoring

Groundwater near the project site will be routinely tested for its quality. No contamination of groundwater is expected. Groundwater is recommended to be monitored in at least other wells/ bores in the area adjacent to the QL area in the direction of ground water flow to keep surveillance on the groundwater quality.

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6.10.5 Use of Explosives

No drilling & blasting is proposed in the Quarry lease area. 6.10.6 Machine and Equipment Safety

To prevent and control hazards related to vehicular movement, measures for the enhancement of visibility should be applied throughout the mine. Specific visibility management practices may include the following:

• Use of reflective markings on structures, traffic junctions, and other areas with a

potential for accidents. • Installing safety barriers in high-risk locations of internal roads/transport corridors.

Barriers may be constructed with refuse or other materials capable to stopping vehicles

7. REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R&R) PLAN

There will be no displacement of houses. Hence rehabilitation and resettlement is not envisaged.

8. PROJECT SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES

M/s. R.R Stones Private Limited has allocated total budget for this project is 25 lakhs. Out of which 2.72 Lakhs (Capital Cost) and 1.71 Lakhs (Recurring Cost per annum) for the environmental protection measures.

9. ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS) 9.1.1 Financial and Social Benefits with Special Emphasis on the Benefit to the

Local People Including Tribal Population, If Any, In the Area. The project involves extraction of Dimensional Stone. This project will help in providing employment to local people and help them to earn livelihood. It also increases state revenue in by paying royalty and taxes.

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