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PRE FEASIBILITY REPORT

of

KANAKADRIPALLI LIMESTONE MINE Mining lease area: 435.24 Ha

(Non-forest land)

Petnikota & Itikyala Villages Kolimigundla Mandal, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

for

PRODUCTION OF 1.0 MTPA OF LIMESTONE

Captive Limestone Mine

of

The Ramco Cements Limited (Formerly Madras Cements Ltd) K S R Nagar, Krishna District

Andhra Pradesh - 521457

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Table of Contents

1. Executive summary

2. Introduction of the project/ Background information

3 Project Description

4 Site Analysis

5. Planning Brief

6 Proposed Infrastructure

7. Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R & R) Plan

8. Project Schedule & Cost Estimates

9. Analysis of Proposal (Final Recommendations)

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CHAPTER – 1

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. Executive Summary

The Ramco Cements Limited (formerly Madras Cements Ltd) is

proposing to install a Cement plant of capacity 3.15 Million Tonnes Per

Annum (MTPA) of cement at Kolimigundla Mandal of Kurnool Dist

Andhra Pradesh.

The cement plant will be supported by the following Captive limestone

mines to meet the requirement of limestone.

1. Chintalayapalle Limestone Mine

2. Kanakadripalle Limestone Mine

3. Kolimigundla Limestone Mine

4. Nayanapalle Limestone Mine

The subject mine spreading over an area of 435.24 Ha ( 1075.48 Ac.) out

of which 419.08 Ha. (1035.54 Ac.) own patta lands and 16.16 ha. (39.94

Ac.) of Govt. land under the jurisdiction of Petnikota & Itikyala Villages,

Kolimigundla Mandal, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh. Government of

Andhra Pradesh. Industries & Commerce (M-III) Department, issued

Order vide Memo No. 576/M.III(1)/2015, dated: 16.10.2015. The copy of

the same is enclosed as Annexure - I. Mining Lease were granted by

Govt of A.P vide GOMs No.136 dated 15.02.2000 is enclosed as

Annexure – II. The subject area will be a captive Limestone mine of

Ramco Cement plant which will be located at 3.5 km.

The mine has about 45.253 Million Tonnes of mineable reserves

(approx.) which will last for about 47 years with proposed production

capacity of 1.0 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) as the proposed total

production in first five years is 3.00 Million Tonnes only.

The mine operation will be by Opencast Mechanized method of mining.

Limestone produced from this mine will be transported to crusher

located at cement plant through haul roads.

The interstitial clay and waste rock that will be generated during the

course of mining will be transported to the dump yard. This material

will ultimately be utilized for backfilling once the entire mineral is

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mined out. It is not possible to refill the entire mined out area, hence a

part of the area will be retained as water reservoir for future use.

Water requirement for the proposed mine is about 100 m3/day for dust

suppression, plantation and domestic purposes. This requirement will

be initially met from Ground water and will be used for the purpose of

domestic, dust suppression and afforestation in mines. Later the rain

water collected in the mine pit will be used.

There is no wildlife sanctuary, national park, Tiger Reserve, Elephant

Corridor, eco-sensitive area within the 10 km radius of the project site.

All infrastructure facilities such as education, health facilities and other

social facilities are adequate at nearest populated area.

The capital Investment Cost for environment management is estimated

as Rs. 39 Lakhs. All the infrastructural facilities will be provided.

The capital Investment Cost is estimated as Rs.3.76 Crores.

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CHAPTER – 2

INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT /

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

2.0 Introduction of the Project / Background information

i. Identification of project and project proponent. In case of mining

project, a copy of mining lease / letter of intent should be given.

The Ramco Cements Limited (TRCL) proposes to produce 1.0 million

tonnes per annum of limestone from the subject mine i.e

KANAKADRIPALLI LIMESTONE MINE (435.24 Ha) located at Petnikota

& Itikyala Villages, Kolimigundla Mandal, Kurnool District, Andhra

Pradesh.

The cement plant at Kolimigundla will be supported by four Captive

limestone mines to meet the limestone requirement. To conserve the

mineral by blending the limestone obtained from various mines, the

subject mine i.e Kanakadripalli Limestone Mine located at Petnikota &

Itikyala Villages, Kolimigundla Mandal, Kurnool District, Andhra

Pradesh is identified which is having good quality of limestone.

The mine has about 45.25 Million Tonnes of mineable reserves

(approx.) which will last for about 47 years with proposed production

capacity of 1.0 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) as the proposed total

production in first five years is 3.00 Million Tonnes only.

The present proposal is for obtaining Environmental Clearance for

KANAKADRIPALLI LIMESTONE MINE (435.24 Ha) from Ministry of

Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) as per EIA

notification SO1533 dated 14th Sep. 2006 and subsequent

amendments.

Project proponent

RAMCO group of companies have diversified industrial ventures, which

include manufacture of cement, asbestos sheets, surgical dressing,

textiles, windmill farms, ready mix concrete, as well as information

technology. This 6200 Crore group has achieved international

recognition for its quality products and services.

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The Ramco Cements Limited having its corporate office in Chennai,

Tamilnadu, operates the following cement plants in the country.

S.No. LOCATION CEMENT

CAPACITY

1 Ramaswamy Rajanagar, Virudhunagar Dist,

Tamilnadu

1.5 MTPA

2 KSR Nagar, Krishna Dist, Andhra Pradesh 3.65 MTPA

3 Alathiyur Village, Ariyalur Dist, Tamilnadu 3.05 MTPA

4 Ariyalur, Ariyalur Dist, Tamilnadu 3.50 MTPA

5 Mathodu Village, Chitradurga Dist, Karnataka 0.3 MTPA

The Ramco Cements Limited have been in cement manufacture and

allied fields for more than 5 decades and its products command a

valuable brand image in cement market in South India as well as other

parts of India.

ii. Brief description of nature of the project

The limestone mine is spread over 435.24 Ha with 48.32 Million Tonne

of limestone. It is proposed to produce 1.0 MTPA of Limestone from

subject mine i.e., KANAKADRIPALLI LIMESTONE MINE located at

Petnikota & Itikyala Villages, Kolimigundla Mandal, Kurnool District,

Andhra Pradesh.

The method of working is opencast mechanized mining with deep hole

drilling & blasting. It is proposed to work this deposit by maintaining 8

m bench height and with an ultimate pit slope of 450. The width of

working bench will be not less than the height of the bench. The mine

approach ramp gradient will be kept at a minimum of 1 in 16.

It is proposed to stack the generated waste soil in temporary dump yard

within the mining lease area. This stacked waste soil will be utilized for

afforestation and reclamation for part of the mined out areas (i.e., at

the conceptual stage of 47 years). No overburden is anticipated during

life of the mine. The afforestation will be taken up all along the ML

boundary with 7.5 mts width.

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iii. Need for the project and its importance to the country and or

region.

Cement industry is one of the main beneficiaries of the infrastructure

boom. While on the one hand several big and small cement companies

are actively considering expansion plans in anticipation of further

growth in demand for cement, on the other, a phase of acquisitions and

mergers among the existing players is also going on.

In India, the South consumes maximum of 30% followed by East at

17%, North at 19%, central at 16%, and West 18%. Also, there is an

increase in the consumption of PPC cement from 48% to 50%.

Weaker section’s housing, construction of public toilets, schools in

rural area apart from several private and public infrastructure projects

will also give tremendous boost to the cement consumption in the state.

Most importantly, irrigation projects, worth nearly Rs 1 lakh crore, will

trigger unprecedented demand for the next 5-7 years.

As per the industry sources, demand has mainly come from the

construction sector with the three main cities in the South - Bangalore,

Chennai and Hyderabad - witnessing hectic construction activity, be it

for the information technology sector, shopping malls or integrated

townships. The growth in demand has prompted many cement

industries to consider for proposal of present Limestone mines in

present locations and in Greenfield locations.

The chemical characteristics of limestone extracted from this mine do

not warrant any mineral beneficiation, since the quality of limestone

produced from this mine is suitable for cement.

To meet the limestone requirement of the proposed plant, RAMCO has

applied the lease for the subject mine, and it is proposed to produce 1.0

MTPA of limestone from this mine.

iv. Demand– supply Gap

Since Limestone is the main raw material for cement production, the

demand is always there with that of cement. Moreover, the subject

mine produces good grade limestone leading to conservation of mineral

resources.

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The cement market has growth due to the central government

liberalization policies and new schemes for housing, road projects.

Cement demand growth is anticipated to be about 11% increase mainly

through road projects & Housing Projects.

Continuous demand for exports to China and other South-East Asian

countries along with the increased requirement of the domestic sector

has been lead all the cement manufacturers in the country to plan for

increased capacities.

v. Imports Vs Indigenous production.

The limestone produced from the subject mine will be used for the

captive consumption in the cement plant.

vi. Export possibility

No exports of limestone are proposed.

vii. Domestic / export markets

The limestone produced from the subject mine will be used for the

captive consumption in the cement plant.

viii. Employment generation (direct and indirect) due to the project.

Since the Mechanized method of mining will be adopted, the transport

of limestone from the mines to Cement plant will be done by

trucks/tippers/dumper.

Most of the workmen will be employed from local villages at different

levels. The Managerial, supervisory, skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled

labor totaling to 40 will be engaged as per requirement.

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CHAPTER – 3

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

3.0 Project Description

i. Type of project including interlinked and interdependent projects,

if any.

The proposed project (Kanakadripalli Limestone Mine) is a limestone

mine of 435.24 Ha with production capacity of 1.0 MTPA and spread at

Petnikota & Itikyala Villages, Kolimigundla Mandal, Kurnool District of

Andhra Pradesh.

With about proved mineral reserve of 45.25 Million Tonne will last for

47 years. The limestone produced from the mine is of good grade

limestone and can be utilized for blending with other limestone mines.

Status of the interlinked/interdependent projects:-

Project Location Capacity Approvals

Proposed Cement

Plant

Itikyala, Kalavatala & Nandipadu Villages,

Kolimigundla Mandal, Kurnool District, Andhra

Pradesh

3.15 MTPA Cement

EC Under process

Mineral produced will be utilized in Proposed Cement plant at Itikyala,

Kalavatala & Nandipadu Villages, Kolimigundla Mandal, Kurnool

District, Andhra Pradesh, which is at a distance of about 3.5 km from

the mine.

It is categorized as Category A Project under Schedule 1(a) as the

mining lease area is more than 50.00 Ha hence it necessitates

obtaining Environment Clearance from Ministry of Environment, Forest

& Climate Change (MoEF&CC).

ii. Location (map showing general location, specific location, and

project boundary & project site layout) with coordinates.

The Mine is located at Petnikota & Itikyala Villages, Kolimigundla

Mandal, Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh.

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The Mining Lease area is a part of the Survey of India Topo sheet No.

57/I/4. The site falls between Latitude 15°02'23.9"N - 15°04'13.1"N

and Longitude 78°03'31.3"E - 78°04'54.5"E with an altitude varying

from 302 to 334 m above MSL.

The location map of the mine site is shown in Fig – 1.

Nearest railway line connecting Gooty Junction– Kadapa of South

Central Railway line is located at a distance of 19.0 km to SW direction

from the Mining Lease Area. Key map showing the location of various

features around the Mining Lease Area is shown in Fig – 2. Kadapa is

major town is located at a distance of 105.0 km in SE direction.

The National Highway (NH-18) connecting Kurnool – Kadapa is located

at a distance of about 47.0 km in ENE direction. The National Highway

(NH-7) connecting Kurnool – Anantapur is located at a distance of

about 41.0 km in WNW direction. The State Highway (SH-57)

connecting Kolimigundla – Gooty is located at a distance of about 0.7

km in SE direction. The nearest railway station is Tadiptri RS at a

distance of 19.0 km in SW direction.

There are no wild life sanctuaries, national parks, elephant/tiger

reserves within 10km radius of the study area.

Nearby Settlements from the Mine site

Kanakadripalle village adjacent to the Mine at SE

Raghavarajupalle village adjacent to the Mine at SE

Petnikota – 1.5 km – N

Nayanipalle – 1.8 km – NNE

Itikyala – 1.4 km - E

Salient features of Mine site are given in Table – 1 and Fig - 3 shows

the study area of 10 km radius around the Mine site.

iii. Details of alternate sites considered and the basis of selecting the

proposed site, particularly the environmental considerations gone

into should be highlighted.

No alternate sites were considered as the project is mineral specific.

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TABLE – 1.1

SALIENT FEATURES OF THE MINING LEASE AREA

Feature Details

Altitude 302 to 334 m above MSL

Latitude and Longitude Latitude 15°02'23.9"N - 15°04'13.1"N and Longitude 78°03'31.3"E - 78°04'54.5"E.

Village, Tehsil, District, State

Petnikota & Itikyala Villages of Kolimigundla Mandal,

Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.

District Headquarters Kurnool - 87.0 km - N

Max. Temp., oC 45.6

Min. Temp., oC 6.7

Relative Humidity,% 25-77

Annual rainfall, 726 mm

Nearest Water Bodies

Pedda Vanka – 1.8 km – N

Mada Vagu – 6.0 km – E Owk Reservoir – 11.0 km - NNE

Nearest Highway National Highway (NH-7) connecting-Kurnool – Anantapur – 41.0 km – WNW

State Highway (SH-57) connecting Kolimigundla –Gooty - 0.7 km - SE

Nearest Railway station Tadiptri RS – 19.0 km - SW

National Parks/Bird Sanctuaries

None within 10 km

Nearest Industries Ultratech cements - 5.3 km –WSW Ultratech mine - 2.7 km – W Penna cement – 9.9 km - S

Penna talaricheruvu mine – 8.7 km – S Penna Korumanipalli mine – 7.8km - SSE

Nearest Villages Kanakadripalle village adjacent to the Mine at

SE

Raghavarajupalle village adjacent to the Mine

at SE

Petnikota – 1.5 km – N

Nayanipalle – 1.8 km – NNE

Itikyala – 1.4 km - E

Nearest Town Kurnool - 87.0 km - N

Inter State Boundary None within 10 km

Nearest Air port YSR Kadapa – 96.0 km – SE

Nearest Forest None within 10 km radius

Historical places None within 10 km radius *all distances mentioned in the above table are aerial distances

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iv. Size or magnitude of operation.

Mine area is 435.24 ha. The proposed rate of production of limestone is

1.0 MTPA.

v. Project description with process details (a schematic diagram/ flow

chart showing the project layout, components of the project etc.

should be given)

The mining will be opencast mechanized mining, employing DTH

drilling for blast holes, after blasting the mineral will be loaded into the

tippers using hydraulic excavator. The limestone will be transported to

the plant by tippers.

The bench height proposed is 8 m and mining will be carried up to a

depth of 283m RL (as per the present proved mineral reserves).

a) Drilling

Primary Drilling

Down The Hole Drilling with 115/ 150mm dia drilling machine will be

deployed for drilling of Blast holes.

Bench Height

It is proposed to work with 8 m benches and width of working bench

will be not less than the height of the bench. The mine approach ramp

gradient will be kept at a minimum of 1 in 16.

Burden

30% to 40% of the bench height i.e. 3.0 to 3.5m depending on the

height of the bench and also depends upon the thickness of individual

litho unit.

Spacing

Based on geological condition of this area, we use grid pattern with 3.0

to 3.5 m Burden and 4.0 to 5.0m spacing for blast hole drilling

Angular Holes

The blast hole shall be sloped at angle of 100 to 150 from vertical.

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Depth of Holes

The depth of the hole shall be kept at 8.5 m with sub grade drilling.

Secondary drilling

No secondary drilling will be carried out. The boulders will be broken by

deploying rock breaker or by using secondary blasting of plaster

shooting if required. However with the precise method of blasting and

adopting the method of decking in between the fractured zone, shall try

to avoid the boulder formation.

b) Blasting

The blasting operation will be carried out by using milli second delay

detonators with sequential blasting using slurry explosives along with

ANFO to achieve better fragmentation, less fly rock and ground

vibrations.

c) Loading

Loading of limestone will be carried out with Hydraulic Excavator of 3.0

to 3.50 CUM bucket capacity.

d) Hauling

Tippers of 20 tonne capacity will be used for transport of limestone

from pit to crusher.

e) 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.

f) Resource optimization / recycling and reuse envisaged in the

Project, if any, should be briefly outlined.

There is no specific spoil will be generated in the project area. The

waste soil generated will be stacked in respective temporary dump

yards and will be used for reclamation at conceptual stage. No

overburden is anticipated during life of the mine.

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g) Availability of water its source, energy /power requirement

Water requirement for the proposed mine is about 100 m3/day for dust

suppression, plantation and domestic purposes. Initially Ground water

will be used; later rain water collected in the mine pit will be used.

The power required for illumination will be supplied from grid initially

and later by Captive Power Plant of Cement Plant.

vi. Quantity of wastes to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme

for their management / disposal.

There is no specific spoil will be generated in the project area. The

waste soil generated will be stacked in respective temporary dump

yards and will be used for reclamation at conceptual stage. No

overburden is anticipated during life of the mine.

Wastewater generated from domestic use will be treated in septic tank

followed by soak pit.

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vii. Schematic representations of the feasibility drawing which give information of EIA purpose.

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CHAPTER – 4

SITE ANALYSIS

4.0 Site Analysis

i. Connectivity.

The mine area under reference extends over an area of 435.24 ha

Petnikota & Itikyala Villages, Kolimigundla Mandal, Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh.

Nearest railway line connecting Nandyal – Proddutur (Yerraguntla) of South Central Railway line is located at a distance of 28.5 km to ENE direction from the site.

Nearest railway line connecting Gooty Junction– Kadapa of South

Central Railway line is located at a distance of 19.0 km to SW direction from the site.

The National Highway (NH-18) connecting Kurnool – Kadapa is located at a distance of about 47.0 km in ENE direction,

The National Highway (NH-7) connecting Kurnool – Anantapur is located at a distance of about 41.0 km in WNW direction,

The State Highway (SH-57) connecting Kolimigundla – Gooty is located at a distance of about 0.7 km in SE direction, The nearest railway

station is located at Tadiptri RS which 19.0 km in SW direction.

Infrastructural facilities like Post Office, Telephone, Police Station and Primary Health Center etc., are available in the cement plant of RAMCO. The nearest airport YSR Kadapa – 96.0 km – SE

ii. Land form, land use and land ownership.

Land use:

The total Mining lease area is 435.24 Ha, consisting of waste land of 419.08 Ha. (1035.54 Ac.) own patta lands and 16.16 ha. (39.94 Ac.) of Govt. land. Present use is waste land and with outcrops of limestone at

some places.

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Topography (along with map)

The topography of the area is generally flat terrain with an average altitude of 330 m above MSL. Fig - 4 shows the surface plan of mining

lease area.

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iii. Existing land use pattern (agriculture, non-agriculture, forest,

water bodies (including area under CRZ), shortest distances from

the periphery of the project to periphery of the forests, national

park, wild life sanctuary, eco sensitive areas, water bodies

(distance from the HFL of the river), CRZ, in case of notified

industrial area, a copy of the Gazette notification should be given.

The total Mining lease area is 435.24 Ha, consisting of waste land of

419.08 Ha. (1035.54 Ac.) own patta lands and 16.16 ha. (39.94 Ac.) of Govt. land. Present use is waste land and with outcrops of limestone at

some places.

One No. of old pit and dump yard exist in the Mining Lease area at

West of South West, which were worked out by others over an areas of

4.98 and 3.34 Ha. respectively. The volume of exploited mineral in the

existing old pit is 298717 m3.

Pedda Vanka is at 1.8 km in N and Mada Vagu is at 6.0 km in E

direction to the Mine site.

There are no wild life sanctuaries, national parks, elephant/tiger

reserves within 10km radius of the study area.

Nearest Settlements from the Mine site

Kanakadripalle village adjacent to the Mine at SE

Raghavarajupalle village adjacent to the Mine at SE

Petnikota – 1.5 km – N

Nayanipalle – 1.8 km – NNE

Itikyala – 1.4 km - E

No forests are located within 10 km radius of the mine site.

The nearest industries to the mine site are

Ultratech cements - 5.3 km –WSW

Ultratech mine - 2.7 km – W Penna cement – 9.9 km - S Penna Talaricheruvu mine – 8.7 km – S

Penna Korumanipalli mine – 7.8km - SSE

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iv. Existing infrastructure

None within the mining lease.

v. Soil classification

The limestone formations are covered by waste soil all through the mine

area. The thickness of soil varies from 0.0 m to 1.0 m with an average

thickness of 0.5 m.

vi. Climatic data from secondary sources

The tropical climate of the region is manifested in hot and humid

summer, moderately monsoon and mild winter seasons. May is the

hottest month in the year. The maximum temperature during the day

time was recorded as 45.60C and December the coldest with the

temperature during the day time falling down to about 6.70C. The

months of December, January & February are considered to have

pleasant climate.

The rainy season is generally from June to September represented by

South West Monsoon. The rainfall during last year in the subject area

is around 726 mm.

vii. Social infrastructure available

Kanakadripalle is the nearest populated area situated adjacent on SE

side of Mine site. It is a major village with well connected to all major

cities by rail/road. All basic amenities such as school, hospital, market,

etc. are available here. Kurnool is major city and administrative

headquarters around 87 km from Mine site.

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CHAPTER – 5

PLANINIG BRIEF

5.0 Planning Brief

i. Planning concept (type of industries, facilities, transportation etc.)

Town and country planning / development authority classification

Not applicable.

The subject mine is located at Petnikota & Itikyala Villages,

Kolimigundla Mandal, Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh. The subject

mine is captive limestone mine of Ramco Cement limited with mine

extent of 435.24 ha and the proposal is for limestone production of 1.0

MTPA.

ii. Population projection

Total employment potential in the mine is 40 covering the Mining

Engineer, Geologist, Skilled, semiskilled and unskilled etc.

iii. Land use planning (breakup along with greenbelt etc.,)

Post Mining Land use pattern:

The post mining land use pattern is furnished in the following table

based on the anticipated excavation of total mineable reserves.

Sl.

No

Nature of Activity Extent in Ha

1. Mining 416.94

2. Infrastructure 5.70

3. Green Belt 12.60

Total 435.24 Ha

The Greenbelt will be developed on the reclamation area to stabilize the

area at the end of the life of the mine and part of the mined out area

will be converted into water reservoir

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iv. Assessment of infrastructure demand (physical & social)

The mining operations would aid in the overall social and economic

development of the region. The mine will give employment to about 40

people in addition there will be indirect employment to many more

people, in the form of contractual jobs, business opportunities, service

facilities etc. This will enhance the economic status.

Apart from the jobs, the company will provide medical and educational

facilities to the employees which can also be availed by the people

around the plant. Adequate recreational facilities for the staff of the

company will be provided.

v. Amenities / Facilities.

Infrastructural facilities like Telephone and Occupational Health Centre

etc., will be provided at proposed cement plant colony. The nearest

Police Station is at Kolimigundla at distance of 4.00 kms. The mine

office with first aid room, rest shelters, toilets, tool/store room etc., will

be provided at site.

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CHAPTER – 6

PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE

6.0 Proposed infrastructure

i. Industrial area (processing area)

No processing is involved

The mine will be operated by means of opencast fully mechanised

method of mining which includes deep drilling and blasting, loading the

broken material by heavy machinery like hydraulic excavators and

tippers for transporting the limestone to crusher by road.

ii. Residential area (non-processing area)

No residential area is proposed at mine.

iii. Greenbelt.

7.5 m of mine periphery will be under plantation in an area of 5.70 ha.

Afforestation will be done every year covering an area of 0.50 ha with

500 saplings along haul roads.

The Greenbelt will be developed on the reclamation area to stabilize the

area at the end of the life of the mine.

Native species like Species like Sisoo, ganuga, Neredu, Neem, Mango,

chinta and Amala, etc., are proposed.

iv. Social infrastructure

The mining activity carried out in the area rather has a positive socio-

economic impact upon the nearby human settlement as indirect

employment potential is created due to mining and allied activities in

the area. Apart from these, the company promotes health and

education awareness in the area time to time by organizing health and

education camps.

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In addition Ramco shall take various social welfare programmes in the

surrounding villages. The focus areas include:

Economic development ( Training )

Drinking Water

Sanitation

Health & Hygiene

Relief & Rehabilitation

Temples & Religion Related Assistance

Education

v. Connectivity (traffic and transportation road/ rail/ metro/ water

ways etc.,)

The mine site is connected by State Highway (SH-57) connecting

Kolimigundla – Gooty, at a distance of about 0.7 km in SE Direction.

The nearest railway station is located at Tadiptri RS which 19.0 km in

SW direction.

The nearest airport is at YSR Kadapa – 96.0 km – SE from the

proposed mine site and is well connected by road for transport of

material.

vi. Drinking water management (source & supply of water)

Water requirement for the proposed mine is about 100 m3/day for dust

suppression, plantation and domestic purposes. This requirement will

be initially met from Ground water and will be used for the purpose of

domestic, dust suppression and afforestation in mines. Later the rain

water collected in the mine pit will be used.

vii. Sewerage system

Domestic waste water from mines office will be treated in septic tank

followed by soak pit.

viii. Industrial waste management

The waste water from Auto garage will be treated in oil and grease trap.

The treated waste water will be used for plantation.

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ix. Solid waste management.

There is no specific spoil will be generated in the project area. The

waste soil generated will be stacked in respective temporary dump

yards and will be used for reclamation at conceptual stage. No

overburden is anticipated during life of the mine.

x. Power requirement & supply / source.

The power required for bore well and office will be supplied from grid

initially, later through captive thermal power plant.

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CHAPTER – 7

REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R & R) PLAN

7.0 Rehabilitation and resettlement (R & R) Plan

i. Policy to be adopted (central / state) in respect of the project

affected persons including home oustees, land oustees and landless

labourers (a brief out line to be given).

The mine area does not cover any habitation. Hence the mining

activities do not involve any displacement of human settlement. No

public buildings, places, monuments etc., exist within the lease area or

in the vicinity. The mining operations will not disturb / relocate any

village.

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CHAPTER – 8

PROJECT SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES

8.0 Project schedule & Cost Estimates

i. Likely date of start of construction and likely date of completion

(time schedule for the project to be given).

Mine will be started after getting EC, CTE, CTO and all other regulatory

clearances. Life of the mine @ 1.0 Million Tonnes Per Annum for the

mineable reserves of 45.25 million tonnes would be 47 years.

ii. Estimated project cost along with analysis in terms of economic

viability of the project.

The estimated project cost for the limestone production will be about

Rs. 3.76 Crores.

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CHAPTER – 9

ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS)

9.0 Analysis of proposal (Final Recommendations)

i. Financial and social benefits with special emphasis on the benefit

to the local people including tribal population, if any, in the area.

Economic development of the region depends largely upon the nature

of activities undertaken in the surrounding region. Corporate

development invariably contributes towards acceleration of the

process of socio-economic upliftment of the rural society by means of

employment, health & study programme, medical camps etc.,

Employment: Preference will be given for locals for employment based

on qualifications & requirement.

Medical facilities: Medical facilities are being provided for employees

as well as people of nearby villages.

Educational facilities: Basic educational and vocational facilities are

being provided for the children of employees as well as nearby villages.

Infrastructure facilities: Approach roads will be developed at par with

mine roads.

Additional: The establishment of factory will facilitate additional

auxiliary facilities like banking, post office & recreation facilities.