EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR PROPOSED

SUNHARA SAND MINE

MINING LEASE AREA- 7.50 HA

PRODUCTION CAPACITY 80,000 CUM/YEAR ON KEN RIVER (KHASRA NO. 01 – GOVT LAND)

VILLAGE- SUNHARA, TEHSIL- AJAY GARH, DISTRICT PANNA, MADHYA PRADESH

BY

RASMEET SINGH MALHOTRA

ENVIRONMENT CONSULTANT

IN SITU ENVIRO CARE, BHOPAL

QCI/ NABET/ EIA/ 1821/ RA 0070 (REV.02)

E. Executive Summary

E.1. Introduction

The project involves mining area of 7.50 ha in village Sunhara, Tehsil Ajaygarh of District Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The proposed area for mining is 40,000 m

and height of working pit will be 2.00 m maximum. Approx. 20 m safety zone left from all sides. As per MoEF guideline 60% area used for mining purpose while 40% area left in safety zone. Mining will be done in only 4.0 ha area out of 7.5 ha. The Madhya Pradesh State Mining Corporation Ltd., sanctioned quarry lease to proponent vide its letter No. Ret/2020/488, dated 22.01.2020. Mining will be carried out till a depth of 2.0 m with open cast semi mechanized method of mining using excavators and dumpers etc. The annual production of sand will 80,000 cubic meters. There is no blasting is proposed.

Mining plan of Sunhara Sand Mine has been submitted under rule 42C of MPMM Rules 1996 which has been approved by the concerned department vide letter no. 1425/11/M/3/6/2020, Panna dated 07.10.2020.The salient features of mine lease area are given in Table E.1.

Table E–1: Salient Features of Mine

Particulars Details

Project Coordinate

Pillar No. Longitude Latitude

A 24°59'14.66"N 80°12'54.61"E

B 24°59'17.99"N 80°12'51.79"E

C 24°59'29.38"N 80°13'07.67"E

D 24°59'26.13"N 80°13'10.76"E

Topo Sheet No. 63-D/1

Lease area Total 7.5 Ha Minable 4.0 Ha Safety Zone 3.5 Ha

Geological Reserves 2,25,000 m

Mineable reserves Estimated 80,000 m

Production 80,000 m

PA

Life of mine 3 years

Manpower 15 persons

Elevation of Quarry Lease Project Area: 120 - 130 m RL

Land-use Govt. Land (River bed)

Nearest habitation/town Sunhara Village at 0.800 meter in E Nearest airport Khajuraho Airport at 33.5 in SW

Nearest railway station Khajuraho Railway Station at 38.6 km in SW Nearest highway SH-49 (9.4 km, SE)

Power supply All Machinery driven by diesel.

Nearest telephone Mobile phones will be available at mine site Nearest dispensary &

Government hospital Yes, present in Sunhara.

Educational Facility in the Yes, present in village Ajaygarh and Panna

Water demand & supply

Source of drinking water is available near the applied mining lease area.

Water will be taken from nearby villages through bore well and dug well.

The water requirement for mining & allied activities (sprinkling, greenbelt development), drinking and plantation have been estimated to be 18.3 KLD.

Dust Suppression

(Including Mining Activity) Plantation Domestic Total 12.85 KLD 5.21 KLD 0.23 KLD 18.3 KLD Defense installations None

Archeological features None

Seismic zone Zone II

Source: Approved Mine Plan of Sunhara Sand Mine, Prepared by Mr. Ajay Mohan (RQP/DGMMP/015/2013)

E.2. Project Description

For production of 25000 Cubic Meters or of ROM per year, its transport etc. the following machineries are likely to be deployed.

Table E-2: Required Machineries

S. No Type Nos.

1 Excavator 1

2 Dumper 10 cum (Hired) 15- 20

3 Water Pumps of 3 HP (Hired) 1

4 Water tanker (Hired) 1

5 Office vehicle (Hired) 1

Source: Approved Mine Plan of Sunhara Sand Mine, Prepared by Mr. Ajay Mohan (RQP/DGMMP/015/2013)

It is an open cast working quarry mine. The method of mining is Semi Mechanized opencast method with pit pattern. It is proposed to start production from upper side of river where is no stream water. The proposed area for mining is 40000 m

and height of working pit will be 2.00 m maximum. Approx. 20 m safety zone left from all sides. As per MoEF guideline 60% area used for mining purpose while 40% area left in safety zone. The overburden /soil or waste whatsoever will be generated during to mining operation will be stacked properly.

Table E-3: Year Wise Total Production & Waste

Year Production (m

) Waste (m

)

First Year 80,000 Nil

Second Year 80,000 Nil

Third Year 80,000 Nil

Total 2,40,000 Nil

Source: Approved Mine Plan of Sunhara Sand Mine, Prepared by Mr. Ajay Mohan (RQP/DGMMP/015/2013)

The amount of water required during mining and related activities would be around 18.3 KLD.

This demand will be fulfilled with the help of tanker water which will be sourced from nearby

villages.

Table E-4: Water Demand

S. No. Description Water Demand in KLD

1. ^{12.85 6.40}

2. 5.21 4.30

3. 0.23 0.21

Total 18.28 or say 18.3

Source: Approved Mine Plan of Sunhara Sand Mine, Prepared by Mr. Ajay Mohan (RQP/DGMMP/015/2013)

Table E-5: Manpower Requirement

Employment Details Proposed

Supervisory staff 1

Part time mining engineer 1

Permit Manager 1

Mining mate 1

Time keeper/Store keeper cum first aider 1

Mali/watchman/pump operator 1

Skilled 1

Semiskilled 2

Unskilled Labour 5-6

Working days 240

Source: Approved Mine Plan of Sunhara Sand Mine, Prepared by Mr. Ajay Mohan (RQP/DGMMP/015/2013)

There is no topsoil as project is sand mine from riverbed. No waste will be generated from activity. Though, there will be negligible chances of adverse effect on vegetation, but it is proposed to plant about 2167 nos. / year of mining period @INR 100 per trees for mining plan period. About Rs. 1,88,900 annuals for three-year mine period. Remaining trees will be planted in nearby villages road or schools and others.

E.3. Description of Baseline Environment

The generation of primary data as well as collection of secondary data and information from the site and surroundings was carried out during post-monsoon season i.e.,October 2020 toDecember 2020. Table E-6 is showing the baseline status of the study area.

Table E-6: Baseline Status of Study Area Parameters Baseline Status

Ambient Air Quality

Particulate matter 10 varying from 35 μg/m

to 70 μg/m

. PM

was observed 12 μg/m

to 23 μg/m

.

SO

was varying from 5.2 μg/m

to 14.9 μg/m

.

NOx was observed 6.9 μg/m

to 18.0 μg/m

in study area.

CO was observed from 0.45 mg/m

to 1.22 mg/m

in study area.

All the parameters are complying to the standards as defined by CPCB.

Noise Level The Sound Pressure Level recorded during the daytime on all locations varies from

36.2 dB(A) to 57.2 dB(A) and during night-time varying from 25.4 dB(A) to 39.8

dB(A). The noise level was found well within prescribed standards due to absence of

any major noise generating activities in the area.

Ground Water

The ground water quality of the area was good for drinking. All the parameters were observed within the acceptable limits as prescribed in Indian Standard for drinking water 10500:2012. Only alkalinity is observed within permission limit which may be due to rock and lime availability in region.

Water was analyzed for physical, chemical, heavy metal and biological parameters and observed good quality of water. The sources are limited in the area of ground water for remote settlements. Most of population uses the handpump water for domestic uses in the study area. The project has no industries. Likewise, the fertilizer consumption is also low.

Surface Water

The pH was found 7.4. Dissolved Oxygen of the sources was varying between 7.2 to 6.5. BOD was varying between 3.7 to 4.4. Total Coliform is meeting to Outdoor bathing.

Soil Quality The pH was ranges 7.1 to 7.8 which were neutral to moderately alkaline as per ICAR guideline. The conductivity was varying from 169 µmhos/cm to 215 µmhos/cm. The organic carbon of the study area was varyingbetween 0.72% to 1.13%. Nitrogen was varying from 245 kg/ha to 310 kg/ha. Phosphorous was varying from 4.5 kg/ha to 19.5 kg/ha. The potash content was varying from 165 kg/ha to 211 kg/ha. Overall, the soil quality was good and observed less use of fertilizer in study area.

Meteorology The maximum temperature recorded during the study period was 35.8°C in the month of October and the minimum temperature was 9.6°C in the month of December. The highest RH found in the study area was 78% in the month of October, while minimum monthly average RH found 44% in the month of December. The average wind speed recorded was 0.9 m/sec. Wind rose diagram shows that the predominant wind direction during the study period was mainly North to South followed by South West to North East.

Source: Baseline studied during the study period by Insitu Envirocare and Laboratory.

E.4. Anticipated Environmental Impact and Mitigation Measures

The proposed mining operations are not anticipated to raise the concentration of the pollutants beyond prescribed limits. However, the measures are suggested to mitigate any harmful impacts of pollutants like plantation of trees along haul roads, especially near settlements, to help to reduce the impact of dust on the nearby villages; planning transportation routes of mined material to reach the nearest paved roads by shortest route;

regular water sprinkling on unpaved roads to avoid dust generation during transportation etc.

It is observed that the average ground level concentration (GLC) decreases from 26.35 µg/m

for PM

at 50 m at the center line of the road to 3.44 µg/m

at 500 m from the center line of the road. These values have been predicted for a dry unpaved road in an uncontrolled scenario.

However, GLC of PM10 at 50 m will further reduce to 6.85µg/m

and 0.90µg/m

at 500 m in a controlled scenario i.e., through water sprinkling (Reduce GLC of 70-75%).

The distance of unpaved road from the proposed mine lease area is approximately 2,000.0 m.

After that pucca road is available. Hence, no fugitive emission will take place after this point.

The distance of nearest settlement is about 2 km from the mining area. Most of the fugitive dust

will get settled at this distance due to specific settling velocity of the particles. Also, regular

water sprinkling will reduce the dust drastically.

During proposed mining, there will be an increase in traffic flow on Cross Road (SH-49) near Ken Canal, which is running at about 2.9 km in SSE direction due to movement of trucks/dumpers carrying mined materials from the mine to destination. During the study period, traffic survey was done for one day i.e., 12 hours (8.0 AM to 8.0 PM) with 15-minute intervals at one location which is near to the project site which is connected to the project.

Table E-7: Existing and Proposed Traffic details on nearby Road

Year Traffic Volume in PCU/day V/C Ratio LOS as per IRC

T1 T1 T1

6,000

2020 295 0.05 A

2021 316 0.05 A

Addition due to project (Consider 5 dumpers only for this project (to and from trips))

201

Total PCU 2021 517 0.09 A

2022 553 0.09 A

2023 592 0.10 A

2024 633 0.11 A

2025 677 0.11 A

2026 724 0.12 A

2027 775 0.13 A

2028 829 0.14 A

2029 887 0.15 A

2030 949 0.16 A

(PCU Factor: Buses-3, Trucks-3, Car-1, Two-Wheeler-0.5)

E.5. Analysis of Alternative

The proposed mining project of Limestone along with associated mineral is a site-specific mining project; therefore, no alternate site has been selected.

E.6. Environmental Monitoring Program

To maintain the environmental quality within the stipulated standards, regular monitoring of various environmental components is necessary which will have complied as per conditions.

For this the lessee has taken decision to formulate an Environment Policy of the mine and constitute an Environmental Management Cell and committed to operate the proposed mine with the objectives mentioned in approved Environment Policy. A budget for monitoring of Air, water, Noise and Soil will be Rs. 50.0 thousand which is to be incurred by the project proponent for undertaking pollution prevention measures during the mining activity.

E.7. Additional Studies

Extraction of minerals is to be carried out by non-mechanized manual excavation. No high-risk

accidents like landslides, subsidence flood etc. have been apprehended.

their economic status will become better. Around 14 direct employment (as per mining plan) will be generated, and several other indirect employments will be developed.

As per the MoEF&CC guideline any development activity should create green cover on riverbank and nearby village panchayat & schools. Plantation program will be started with the commencement of mining operation with simultaneous clearing of land by spreading of clay lumps along 7.5 m barrier of lease boundary. 2m * 2m spacing with 0.6m depth have been suggested for sapling pits on which local species will be planted approx. 2147 nos. annual of mining period@INR 100 per trees & its maintenance.

E.9. Environment Management Plan

CER budget and activities will be decided during public hearing by authority and village panchayat as per OM no. F. No. 22-65/2017-IA.III dated 30

September 2020 which is enclosed as Annexed as 8.1.

Table E-8: CER Budget Details

S. No. CER Activities Details of expenses Annual Budget

1 Total CSR budget Total production cost = ₹ 2,58,40,000 ₹ 1,23,200 Profit per TPA = Rs. 77 = ₹ 61,60,000

Budget for CSR @ 2 % of the total profit

a. Development of Sanitation &

Drinking Water Facility nearby villages, schools, and other community areas of nearby villages with the help of gram panchayat.

70 % of annual CSR budget ₹ 86,240

b. Health check-up camps 15 % of annual CSR budget ₹ 18,480 c. Energy conservation awareness

through distribution of solar lamps/ Solar cookers.

15 % of annual CSR budget ₹ 18,480

Total ₹ 1,23,200

Table E-9: Budget for Environment Management Protection/Plan (EMP) S.

No.

Environmental Management

Details of expanses Capital Budget (3 Years)

Recurring Budget Annual

1 EMP Cost Production cost @ Rs.

323/Tonne for Sand Mine

108000 * 3 * 323=

₹ 7,75,20,000

₹ 7,75,200

Total production cost = Rs.

2,58,40,000

EMP cost @ 3 % of total

production cost = 7,75,200

S.

No.

Environmental Management

Details of expanses Capital Budget (3 Years)

Recurring Budget Annual a Dust suppression Total Internal circulation = 570

m

₹ 4,32,000 ₹ 1,44,000

Transportation Approach Road length= 2,000 m

Water Requirement @ 0.5 Liter/Meter (Twice a day) considering 5m road width=

12,850 lpd

Water Requirement for plantation = 2,289 lpd

Total water requirement for dust suppression and plantation= 15,142 lpd

Water cost = @ Rs. 300 / tanker * 2 * 240 days

b Development of green belt area

Budgetary provision for plantation & its maintenance @ Rs. 100 / plant * (1750+417) plants

₹ 5,66,700 ₹ 1,88,900

c Environment

Monitoring

Annual Monitoring Cost (Six Monthly for Ambient Air/

Water/ Noise @ Rs. 25000)

₹ 1,50,000 ₹ 50,000

d Development / Maintenance of Road

Approach Road up-to 2000 m

@Rs. 200/m

₹ 12,00,000 ₹ 4,00,000

e Reclamation/

Rehabilitation

Not Require Nil Nil

f Miscellaneous (Garland Drain, Settling Tanks, Sanitation facilities for workers etc.)

₹ 2,85,000 ₹ 95,000

Total ₹ 26,33,700 ₹ 8,77,900

E.10. Conclusion

As per above discussion there is no measure impact on the environment due to mining except

fugitive emission in the form of dust generated during handling of mineral. The adequate

preventive measures will be adopted to contain the various pollutants within permissible

limits. Plantation development will be carried out in the mine premises, along the approach

roads, around Govt. buildings, schools approx.