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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT &

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (AS PER EIA NOTIFICATION, 2006)

for AMALGAMATED YEKONA I & II OCP (PHASE-I)

Tehsil- Warora, District- Chandrapur Maharashtra

(Majri Area, WCL) for

Expansion in Production Capacity from 1.00 MTPA to 2.75 MTPA (Normative) and 3.44 MTPA (Peak)

& Increase in Land Area from 680.06 ha to 1679.39 ha in Phase-I

(Prepared as per TOR J-11015/381/2015.IA-II (M) dated 06.06.2016 Extended ToR validity by 1 year i.e. till 06.06.2020 vide MoEF&CC letter dated 21.06.2019)

NOVEMBER- 2019

Prepared by CENTRAL MINE PLANNING AND DESIGN INSTITUTE LIMITED

(Certificate of Accreditation vide No. NABET/EIA/1720/RA 0092 valid till 01.10.2020)

CMPDI/EIA/WCL/2019-20/OCT/92/00

Submission CMPDI

Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC i

SUBMISSION Background Yekona-I opencast coal mine project has been accorded EC for production

capacity of 0.40 MTPA in a lease area of 265.50 ha vide MoEF&CC letter no. J-

11015/175/2006-IA.II(M) dated 17th October, 2006.Yekona-II opencast coalmine

project has been accorded EC for production capacity of 0.60 MTPA in a lease

area of 414.56 ha vide MoEF&CC letter no. J-11015/182/2006-IA.II(M) dated

17thOctober 2006. The EC letter of Yekona-I OC and Yekona-II OC are attached as

Annexure- III & IV respectively. Table 1 Details of previous Environmental Clearance from MoEF&CC

S. No.

Project EC Capacity (MTPA)

Leasehold Area (Ha)

MoEF Letter No

1 Yekona-I OC

0.40 265.50 J-11015/175/ 2006-IA.II(M)

Dated-17 October, 2006

2 Yekona-II OC

0.60 414.56 J-11015/182/2006-IA.II(M)

Dated- 17 October, 2006

Total 1.00 680.06

Project Report of Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC However, due to increase in land cost by Maharashtra Govt. & new R&R Policy of

CIL, it was not possible to acquire the land for the two projects within the

sanctioned capital. Considering the demand of power grade coal within the country

and to start the mine economically, a new Project Report was formulated with

amalgamation of common infrastructural facilities with enhanced production

capacity by including the dip side reserves and working both the mines

independently.

The Project Report of Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC was duly approved by CIL

Board for normative capacity of 2.75 MTPA and peak capacity of 3.44 MTPA within

area of 1701.32 ha in its 319th meeting held on 12.08.2015 as communicated by

Company Secretary, CIL vide its letter no. CIL:XI(D):04112:2015:10875 dated

26.08.2015. The Board Approval letter of Project Report is attached as Annexure-

V.

Submission CMPDI

Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC ii

Obtaining ToR for Preparation of EIA-EMP Report

In order to secure EC in accordance with the EIA Notification 2006, the Form – I

document was submitted to MoEF&CC for obtaining EC for Amalgamated Yekona I

& II OC involving increase in production capacity from 1.00 MTPA to 3.44 MTPA

(peak) and increase in ML area from 680.06 ha to 1701.32 ha based on the

approved Project Report. The proposal was discussed in 47th, 53rd& 55th EAC

(Thermal & Coal Mining) meeting of MoEF&CC and Terms of References (TORs)

was granted vide MoEF&CC vide letter no J-11015/381/2015.IA-II (M) dated

06.06.2016.The letter for ToR is attached as Annexure-I.

Public Hearing The Public Hearing for the Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC mine (production

capacity of 3.44 MTPA (Peak) within area of 1701.32 ha) was conducted

successfully by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board at the project site in Warora

Tehsil, Chandrapur on 14th June, 2019. The Public Hearing was presided by ADM,

Chandrapur and attended by more than 200 people from nearby villages. The

minutes of meeting of Public Hearing are attached as Annexure- VIII. The detailed

Action Taken Report against the issues raised during the Public hearing are

provided in Section 7.2 of this EIA-EMP report. The compliance of issues raised

during the PH are also attached as Annexure- IX.

Extension of ToR Validity Due to delay in conducting Public Hearing and rescheduling of the implementation

of the project, the Final EIA-EMP report could not be submitted within the

prescribed three years’ time frame. Hence, an application for extension for validity

of ToR was submitted to MoEF&CC vide online application no.

IA/MH/CMIN/50208/2016 on 14th April, 2019 in accordance with the Ministry’s OM

dated 29th August, 2017 before expiry of validity period along with updated Form-1.

Subsequently, MoEF&CC accorded approval for extension of validity of ToR dated

6th June, 2016 for Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC for the production capacity of

2.75 MTPA (normative) and 3.44 MTPA (peak) in an area of 1701.32 ha for a

period of 1 year i.e. up to 6th June, 2020 vide MoEF&CC letter no J-

11015/381/2015.IA-II (M) dated 21.06.2019. The letter of extension of validity of

ToR is attached as Annexure-II.

Submission CMPDI

Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC iii

Forest Land within ML Area For acquiring the additional land required for Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC mine,

revenue records of the land were collected. According to the revenue records, it

was noticed that grazing land bearing survey nos 26/2, 27, 28/2, 2/1& 2/2 in

Nagala Rith Mouza which were considered as Govt. land in the approved Project

Report are actually recorded as forest land in the revenue records. The forest land

bearing survey nos 26/2, 27, & 28/2 measuring 2.76 ha in Nagala Rith Mouza are

adjacent to the proposed lease boundary of the project and re-appropriation of the

boundary is done excluding these forest land. However, the forest land bearing

survey no. 2/1 and 2/2 in the Nagala Rith mouza measuring 0.62 ha falls in the

middle of proposed external OB dump of Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC mine.

Due to which acquisition of this forest land has become inevitable to have sufficient

external OB dump capacity and sustainability of the mining operations.

Status of Forestry Clearance Process of filing of application for Stage-I forestry clearance is under process.

Project Proponent is in process of collecting necessary documents required for the

Stage-I FC application from the authorities. The application for obtaining minimum

demand certificate from District Collector and application for obtaining NOC from

the Archeological Survey of India have been made as required for obtaining Stage-

I FC. Once the above documents are obtained, the application for Stage-I FC will

be processed.

Mining Plan Excluding Forest land and adjacent non forest land As the Stage–I forestry clearance for the 0.62 ha of forest land is yet to be secured

and with all efforts, the formal Stage – I FC may take time. As country’s coal

demand is outpacing its present production level, it is very essential to open new

projects or enhance the target production of existing mines of WCL.

Now considering the present status of the mine and the surged demand of power

grade coal from WCL mines for the power plants of Maharashtra and the

requirements of MoEF&CC, a Mining Plan by excluding the Forest land 0.62 Ha

and adjacent non-forest land 21.31Ha (for maintaining mine geometry) has been

prepared as Phase – I. The project will have peak capacity of 3.44 MTPA within

total area of 1679.39 ha in Phase-I. The Mining Plan of Amalgamated Yekona I & II

OC Mine of Majri Area was duly approved by WCL Board for Phase-I in its

Submission CMPDI

Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC iv

315thmeeting held on 27th & 28thSeptember, 2019 vide its letter no.

WCL/BD/SECTT/BM-315/2019/958 dated 12.10.2019. The Board Approval letter

for Mining Plan (Phase-I) is attached as Annexure-VI.

Present Proposal of EC in Phase-I As per the previously mentioned approved mining plan, this EC application is being

made for obtaining Environment Clearance for expansion in production capacity

from 1.00 MTPA to 3.44 MTPA (Peak) and increasing area from 680.06 ha to

1679.39 ha involving no forest land. The Phase-I is an interim arrangement until

the Stage-I FC for 0.62 ha of forest land is obtained.

Once the Stage-I forestry clearance is obtained, application for Environmental

Clearance for the Phase-II of the project will be made. The Public Hearing and

TOR have been secured for the total land of the project i.e. 1701.32 ha. This EIA-

EMP report has considered impact due to the Phase-I & Phase-II cumulative in

accordance to the ToR dated 06.06.2016. Accordingly, impact assessment study

has been made in this EIA report and Environment Management Plan is being

formulated for the entire ML area of 1701.32 ha.

The proposed arrangement of proceeding ahead with Phase – I (with the

expansion capacity excluding the forest land of 0.62 ha and adjacent non-forest

land of 21.31 ha) is an interim arrangement for a period of at least 6 years and it

will help the project to achieve considerable increase in production to meet the

requirement of the Nation.

Present Status of Mining operation at Yekona – I & Yekona – II OC

The CTE for the Yekona-I OC has been granted by Maharashtra Pollution Control

Board vide consent no BO/RO(P&P)/CC-330 dated 13.03.2006. However, mining

activities could not be started due to delay in physical possession of land. The

application for CTO of Yekona-I OC has been made by Project Proponent on

18.02.2019 for the period of 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2020 (Application no - UAN No.

67296). The application under process at Maharashtra Pollution Control Board.

The mining operations in Yekona-I OC are likely to be commenced before

March’20.

At present mining operations has been started by 26October 2017 within the

Yekona –II OC in accordance with the EC dated 06.10.2006. No coal production

Submission CMPDI

Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC v

was achieved during 2017-18 and 0.11 Million Tonne of coal production was

achieved in 2018-19. The Yekona–II OC mine has been granted CTE by

Maharashtra Pollution Control Board vide consent no BO/RO(P&P)/CC-328 dated

13.03.2006 for production capacity of 0.60 MTPA (Attached as Annexure- XIII).

CTO for Yekona-II OC mine for production capacity of 0.60 MTPA within ML area

of 414.56 ha was granted by MPCB vide consent order no:-BO/JD(APC)/EIC No:

CH-1781-15/O/CC-6269 dated 12.05.2016 with validity till 31.08.2020. The CTO of

Yekona-II OC mine is attached as Annexure- XIV.

Certified Compliance Report RO MoEF&CC made Field visit of Yekona I & II OC mine for ascertaining status of

compliance of EC conditions, Nagpur on 26.06.2019. Thereafter, the Regional

Office of MoEF&CC issued the Certified Compliance Report, Nagpur vide letter no.

EC-1016/RON/2019-NGP/5622 dated 19.08.2019. There were zero non-

compliance condition observed against total 36 EC conditions by RO, MoEF&CC.

Six nos of conditions were found to be partially complied, against which action

taken report (ATR) is provided in Section 7.6 of this EIA-EMP report and also

attached as Annexure- XI.

Submission In view of the facts and figures mentioned as above, this EIA-EMP for Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OCP (Phase-I) for capacity 3.44 Mty for land area of 1679.39 Ha based on ToR J-11015/381/2015.IA-II(M) dated 06.06.2016 and extended ToR validity till 06.06.2020 and approved Mining Plan dated 12.10.2019 is submitted for grant of EC under EIA notification 2006.

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Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC 1

Contents

SUBMISSION ................................................................................................................ I

COMPLIANCE OF TERMS OF REFERENCE ................................................................... 12

CHAPTER – I .............................................................................................................. 32

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 32

1.1 GENERAL ......................................................................................................................... 32

1.2 LOCATIONAL DETAIL ........................................................................................................ 38

1.3 COMMUNICATION ........................................................................................................... 39

1.4 TOPOGRAPHY & DRAINAGE............................................................................................. 39

1.5 CLIMATE .......................................................................................................................... 40

1.6 JUSTIFICATION ................................................................................................................. 40

1.7 SOURCES OF DATA........................................................................................................... 40

CHAPTER- II ............................................................................................................... 42

PROJECT DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................. 42

2.1BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT ....................................................................................... 42

2.2 GEOLOGY ..................................................................................................................... 43

2.2.1 Geological Block Boundary ..................................................................................... 43

2.2.2 Sequence of Coal Seams and Parting within the Block Area ................................... 44

2.3 GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE BLOCK ......................................................................... 44

2.3.1 Strike & Dip ............................................................................................................ 44

2.3.2 Faults ..................................................................................................................... 45

2.4 QUARRYWISE QUALITY .................................................................................................. 47

2.5 GEOLOGICAL RESERVES ................................................................................................... 48

2.6QUARRY BOUNDARY, MINEABLE RESERVES, TARGET & LIFE ....................... 48

2.6.1 Quarry Boundary Delineation ......................................................................... 48

2.6.2 Mineable Reserves ................................................................................................. 50

2.6.3 Target Production & Mine Life ........................................................................... 51

2.7 MINE PARAMETERS ............................................................................................... 51

2.8 MINING STRATEGY ....................................................................................................... 52

2.8.1 Quarry and Sub-Quarry........................................................................................... 53

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2.8.2 Cut-wise Coal, OB & Stripping Ratio ........................................................................ 54

2.9 DUMPING STRATEGY.................................................................................................... 55

2.10 MINING SCHEDULE AND EQUIPMENT PHASING ......................................................... 58

2.11 CALENDAR PROGRAMME OF EXCAVATION AND DUMPING ....................................... 58

2.12 DRILLING & BLASTING ................................................................................................... 62

2.13 WATER SUPPLY & SEWERAGE .................................................................................... 62

2.14 PUMPING ARRANGEMENT.................................................................................. 63

2.15 COAL HANDLING ARRANGEMENT ................................................................... 64

2.16 COAL TRANSPORT ROUTE AND RAILWAY SIDING ....................................................... 64

2.17 WORKSHOP ........................................................................................................... 65

2.18 POWER SUPPLY .......................................................................................................... 65

2.19 CIVIL CONSTRUCTION WORKS .................................................................................... 66

2.20LAND REQUIREMENT ...................................................................................................... 66

2.22 DIVERSION OF SURFACE FEATURES ............................................................................... 67

2.22.1 Diversion of Irrigation Canal: ............................................................................. 67

2.22.2 Diversion of PWD road.......................................................................................... 68

2.22.3 Diversion of water pipeline ................................................................................... 69

2.22.4 Diversion of Nallah ............................................................................................... 69

CHAPTER-III............................................................................................................... 71

DESCRIPTION OF ENVIRONMENT .......................................................................................... 71

3.1 INTRODUCTION: .............................................................................................................. 71

3.2ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY .............................................................................................. 72

3.2.1 Regional Climate ................................................................................................. 72

3.2.2Micro-Meteorological Scenario................................................................................ 72

3.3 AMBIENT AIR QUALITY SCENARIO ................................................................................... 78

3.3.1 Data presentation & analysis ................................................................................. 84

PERCENTILE VALUE ................................................................................................. 90

PERCENTILE VALUE ................................................................................................... 91

3.3.2 Observation and Summary ..................................................................................... 92

3.4 WATER QUALITY SCENARIO ............................................................................................. 93

3.5HYDROGEOLOGICAL SET- UP .......................................................................................... 101

3.5.1 Aquifers ............................................................................................................ 101

3.5.2 Groundwater levels ........................................................................................ 102

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3.5.3 Water level trend ............................................................................................ 105

3.5.4 General aquifer parameters: ............................................................................... 106

3.5.5 Ground Water Resources in the Area: ................................................................ 107

3.5.6 Ground Water Quality .......................................................................................... 111

3.6AMBIENT NOISE QUALITY SCENARIO................................................................................ 114

3.6SOIL QUALITY .................................................................................................................. 117

3.7 FLORA & FAUNA ............................................................................................................ 121

Flora ............................................................................................................................. 123

Fauna and Avifauna:...................................................................................................... 124

Reptiles / Amphibians: .................................................................................................. 124

3.8SOCIO-ECONOMIC SCENERIO ......................................................................................... 155

3.8.1 Scope and Methodology: ...................................................................................... 156

3.8.2 Description of Study Area ..................................................................................... 157

3.8.3 Description of Core Zone village (Marda village):................................................... 168

CHAPTER- IV ........................................................................................................... 181

ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ............................................................... 181

4.0 GENERAL....................................................................................................................... 181

4.1AIR ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................................................ 182

4.2 WATER QUALITY ........................................................................................................... 203

4.3IMPACT ON HYDRO-GEOLOGICAL REGIME ..................................................................... 208

4.3.1 Mine Drainage/Pumping ...................................................................................... 208

4.3.2 Radius Of Mine Influence Area .............................................................................. 210

4.3.3Impact of Mining On Water Regime ...................................................................... 211

4.3.4 Ground Water Management Plan ......................................................................... 213

4.4NOISE QUALITY .............................................................................................................. 215

4.4.1Impact Assessment................................................................................................ 215

4.5 VIBRATION STUDY AND CONTROL ............................................................................... 218

4.6IMPACT ON LAND ........................................................................................................... 219

4.6.1Land Reclamation/Land Management ................................................................... 223

4.7MINE CLOSURE PLAN ...................................................................................................... 223

4.7.1 Legislative Requirements ...................................................................................... 223

4.7.2 Technical Aspects.......................................................................................... 224

4.7.3 Environmental Aspects ......................................................................................... 225

4.7.4 Social Aspect ........................................................................................................ 226

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4.7.5 Financial Aspect.................................................................................................... 227

4.8 FLORA AND FAUNA........................................................................................................ 231

4.8.1 Conservation Plan for Flora & Fauna ..................................................................... 231

4.9 SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS .......................................................................................... 234

CHAPTER- V ............................................................................................................ 236

ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES ................................................................................... 236

5.1 METHOD OF MINING: OPENCAST VS UNDERGROUND................................................... 236

5.2 METHOD OF MINING IN OPENCAST............................................................................ 236

5.3 LOCATION OF THE PROJECT ........................................................................................... 237

CHAPTER- VI ........................................................................................................... 238

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME....................................................... 238

6.1ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING .................................................................................... 238

CHAPTER- VII........................................................................................................... 240

ADDITIONAL STUDIES .............................................................................................. 240

7.1INTRODUCTION: ............................................................................................................. 240

7.2 PUBLIC CONSULTATION ................................................................................................. 240

7.3RISK ASSESSMENT AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................................ 270

7.3.1Safety from Inundation .......................................................................................... 270

7.3.2 Safety Aspects for Blasting Operations .................................................................. 271

7.3.3Slope Stability ....................................................................................................... 271

7.3.4 Safety aspects for Outsourcing / Hiring of HEMM .............................................. 271

7.3.5Precaution against Fire .......................................................................................... 272

7.3.6General Lighting .................................................................................................... 273

7.4 REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R & R) .............................................................. 274

7.5 CERTIFIED EC COMPLIANCE REPORT .............................................................................. 281

7.6 ATR AGAINST CERTIFIED EC COMPLIANCE REPORT ........................................................ 281

CHAPTER – VIII ........................................................................................................ 285

PROJECT BENEFITS .................................................................................................. 285

8.1 PROJECT BENEFITS ........................................................................................................ 285

8.2 CSR ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKENBY MAJRI AREA, WCL ...................................................... 286

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8.3 CSR ACTIVITIES PLANNED IN 2019-20 BY MAJRI AREA ................................. 291

CHAPTER – IX .......................................................................................................... 293

ENVIRONMENTAL COST – BENEFIT ANALYSIS .......................................................... 293

CHAPTER – X ........................................................................................................... 294

ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN ..................................................................... 294

10.1 GENERAL ..................................................................................................................... 294

10.2 MONITORING ORGANISATION .................................................................................... 294

10.3 ENVIRONMENTAL COST PROJECTION .......................................................................... 296

10.4 CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT RESPONSIBILITY ............................................................. 297

CHAPTER – XI .......................................................................................................... 299

SUMMARY & CONCLUSION ..................................................................................... 299

11.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 299

11.1.1 Location ............................................................................................................. 301

11.1.2 Communication ................................................................................................. 302

11.1.3Topography & Drainage: ................................................................................. 302

11.1.4 Climate & Rainfall ........................................................................................... 302

11.2 Geomining Parameters ................................................................................................ 302

11.3 Description of Environment and Anticipated Impact ................................................... 304

11.3.1Micrometeorology............................................................................................... 304

11.3.2 Air quality ........................................................................................................... 305

11.3.3 Water quality ..................................................................................................... 306

11.3.4 Hydrogeological quality ...................................................................................... 306

11.3.5 Noise levels ........................................................................................................ 306

11.3.6 Land Use ............................................................................................................ 307

11.3.7 Flora & Fauna ..................................................................................................... 308

11.3.8 Socio Economic: ............................................................................................. 308

11.4 Anticipated Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures .................................... 309

11.4.1 Air Quality: ......................................................................................................... 309

11.4.2 Water Quality ..................................................................................................... 311

11.4.3 Noise Quality ..................................................................................................... 314

11.4.4 Impact on Land and Land Reclamation ................................................................ 314

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11.4.5Rehabilitation & Resettlement ............................................................................. 315

11.4.6 Progressive Mine Closure Plan ........................................................................... 316

11.5 Environmental Monitoring Programme ....................................................................... 316

11.6 Environmental Cost Projection .................................................................................... 316

11.7 Provision for CSR Work ................................................................................................ 316

11.8 Provision of CER Funds ................................................................................................ 317

11.8 Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 317

CHAPTER-XII............................................................................................................ 318

DISCLOSURE OF CONSULTANTS ENGAGED .............................................................. 318

12.1 NAME OF CONSULTANT ............................................................................................... 318

12.2 BRIEF RESUME OF THE CONSULTANTS ......................................................................... 318

12.2.1 Establishment Background.................................................................................. 318

12.2.2 Strength & Resources ......................................................................................... 318

12.2.3 Recognition ........................................................................................................ 319

12.2.4 Main Functional Area ......................................................................................... 319

12.3 NATURE OF CONSULTANCY RENDERED ....................................................................... 319

12.3.1 Exploration & Resource Evaluation ..................................................................... 320

12.3.2 Mine Planning & Design Services ........................................................................ 320

12.3.3 Infrastructure Engineering .................................................................................. 321

12.3.4 Environmental Services....................................................................................... 321

12.3.5 BeneficiationServices .......................................................................................... 323

12.3.6 Management Services ........................................................................................ 323

12.3.7 Specialized Services ............................................................................................ 324

12.3.8 Laboratory Services ............................................................................................ 325

12.3.9 IT Services in Mining ........................................................................................... 326

12.3.10 R & D Services................................................................................................... 326 Table 1 Details of previous Environmental Clearance from MoEF&CC ............................ i Table 2 Details of Yekona –I OC and Yekona-II OC .................................................... 32 Table 3Salient features of Earlier Projects vis-à-vis Amalgamated Project .................. 34 Table 4Sources of Data Taken in EMP ........................................................................ 40 Table 5 Sequence of Coal Seams in Yekona-I Block ................................................... 44 Table 6 Sequence of Coal Seams in Yekona-II Block .................................................. 44 Table 7Details of Faults in Yekona-I Block ................................................................... 45 Table 8Details of Faults in Yekona-II Block .................................................................. 46

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Table 9 Quality in Yekona I Block................................................................................. 47 Table 10Quality in Yekona II Block............................................................................... 48 Table 11Quarry boundary of Yekona – I Quarry .......................................................... 49 Table 12Quarry boundary of Yekona – II Quarry ......................................................... 49 Table 13 Seamwise Details of Mineable Reserves (Yekona-I Quarry) ......................... 50 Table 14Seamwise Details of Mineable Reserves (Yekona-II Quarry) ......................... 51 Table 15Mine parameters of proposed Yekona-I OC and Yekona-II OC ..................... 51 Table 16Quarry & Sub-Quarry Wise Coal, OB& Stripping Ratio .................................. 54 Table 17 Different Quarry Cuts and their extent along the floor of bottom section ....... 54 Table 18Cut-wise Coal, OB & Stripping Ratio .............................................................. 54 Table 19Dump Capacities of different OB Dumps ........................................................ 57 Table 20Calendar Programmed of Excavation (for Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC) .. 58 Table 21Year-Wise Dumping Schedule ....................................................................... 60 Table 22 Water Demand for Project Site ...................................................................... 63 Table 23 Seasonal Wind Distribution ........................................................................... 73 Table 24Abstract of Meteorological Data ..................................................................... 74 Table 25Measurement Techniques .............................................................................. 81 Table 26 Sampling Location for Air Quality Monitoring................................................. 82 Table 27Location & Justification for Selection of AAQ Stations ................................... 83 Table 28Monitored Parameters and Frequency Of Sampling ...................................... 84 Table 29 Ambient Air Quality Data Yekona Village ...................................................... 84 Table 30Sampling locations for water quality analysis ................................................. 95 Table 31 Physico-chemical Characteristics of Ground Water Samples ........................ 96 Table 32 Ground Water Quality at a Glance in Comparison to Permissible Limits ....... 97 Table 33Physico-chemical Characteristics of Surface Water Quality ........................... 99 Table 34 Surface Water Characteristics Wardha River ...............................................100 Table 35Type of aquifers in the study area .................................................................102 Table 36Range of water level (2018) in core and buffer zone of study area ...............105 Table 37Water Level Fluctuation of the Study Area ....................................................105 Table 38Aquifer Parameters for Amalgamated Yekona-I and II OC Mine ...................107 Table 39Gross Groundwater Draft for ‘All Uses’ .........................................................107 Table 40Rainfall Recharge in the study area by Rainfall infiltration method during monsoon and non-monsoon season ...........................................................................................108 Table 41Rainfall Recharge in the study area by Water Table Fluctuation Method during monsoon season .........................................................................................................108 Table 42 Rainfall Recharge during Monsoon season after comparing results from Water Table Fluctuation Method and Rainfall Infiltration Factor Method during monsoon season ....................................................................................................................................109 Table 43Net Groundwater Availability in the study area ..............................................109 Table 44Stage of Groundwater Extraction in the study area .......................................110 Table 45 Groundwater Quality of Marda Village ..........................................................112 Table 46Seasonal Ambient Noise Level Data during Day Time ..................................114 Table 47Seasonal Ambient Noise Level Data during Night Time ................................114 Table 48 Noise Quality Standard ................................................................................116 Table 49Sampling Location for Soil Quality Assessment ............................................118 Table 50 Characteristics of Soil - Core Zone ...............................................................118 Table 51 Characteristics of Soil - Marda Village ..........................................................119 Table 52 Soil Fertility Quality Standard w.r.t C:N:P:K ..................................................119 Table 53 Characteristics of Soil - Wanoja Village ........................................................120 Table 54List of tree species observed in the core zone ..............................................127 Table 55List of herb and shrub species observed in the Core zone ............................129

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Table 56List of grasses/ climbers/ bamboo species observed in the Core zone .........130 Table 57List of tree species observed in the study area (Buffer zone) ........................131 Table 58List of herb and shrub species observed in the study area (Buffer zone) ......133 Table 59 List of grasses/ climbers/ bamboo species observed ...................................135 Table 60List of Agriculture crops observed in the study area ......................................136 Table 61List of Cash (Commercial) Crops in Buffer Zone ...........................................137 Table 62Aquatic plants of Buffer zone.........................................................................138 Table 63List of ecologically important plant species observed in the Buffer zone .......138 Table 64List of mammals observed in the core zone ..................................................140 Table 65List of mammals observed in the study area (Buffer zone) ...........................141 Table 66List of reptiles and amphibians observed in the core zone ............................142 Table 67List of reptiles and amphibians observed in the study area (Buffer zone) .....143 Table 68List of bird species observed in the core zone...............................................147 Table 69List of bird species observed in the study area (Buffer zone) ........................149 Table 70 Aquatic Fauna in Study Area ........................................................................154 Table 71Social Profile .................................................................................................160 Table 72Literacy Level ................................................................................................162 Table 73Population Classification ...............................................................................164 Table 74 Population classification based on Occupation ............................................165 Table 75 Potential Sources of Air Pollution .................................................................182 Table 76Mitigation Measures ......................................................................................192 Table 77 Plantation by Majri Area as on 31.03.2019 ...................................................199 Table 78Dust collection efficiency of various herbs, shrubs and trees ........................200 Table 79Various air pollution control measures ..........................................................202 Table 80Anticipated Impact of Mining on Water Resources ........................................204 Table 81Mine Inflow Estimation for Amalgamated Yekona-I and II OC Mine ..............209 Table 82 Radius of Influence estimation for Amalgamated Yekona-I and II OC Mine .211 Table 83Equipment and their Noise Level ...................................................................215 Table 84Noise Quality Standards; ...............................................................................216 Table 85Noise Exposure level standards ....................................................................216 Table 86 Peak Particle velocity Limits .........................................................................218 Table 87Safe Blast Vibration Level (Published in RI-8507 of 1988) ............................219 Table 88 Permissible Standards of Vibration Vide DGMS (Tech.) Circular .................219 Table 89Present Land use of the land required for Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC (Phase-I) ..................................................................................................................................221 Table 90Present Land use of the land required for Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC...221 Table 91 The Land Use During the Mining ..................................................................221 Table 92 Land use at the end of the mine ..................................................................221 Table 93Stage-wise Land use and Reclamation Area (ha) .........................................222 Table 94Stage-wise cumulative plantation ..................................................................223 Table 95Annual Corpus Fund to be deposited in Escrow Account ..............................227 Table 96Activity wise Break-up of Closure Cost ..........................................................229 Table 97Environmental Monitoring Programme ..........................................................238 Table 98Summary of compliance of issues raised during Public Hearing ...................267 Table 99 Standard for General Lighting ......................................................................273 Table 100 Rehabilitation Cost .....................................................................................276 Table 101R& R Policy of Coal India Limited ................................................................277 Table 102 Skill development training under CSR Works in Majri Area 2019-2020 ......286 Table 103 Summary of Medical Camps Organised for PAPs in 2018-19 ....................289 Table 104Future CSR activities to be taken up in Majri area ......................................292 Table 105Organisation for Environment Management ................................................295

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Table 106 Capital Requirement for Environmental Protection Measures ..................296 Table 107 Sampling locations for water quality analysis .............................................306 Table 108Present Land use of the land required for Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC (Phase-I) .....................................................................................................................307 Table 109Present Land use of the land required for Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC.308 Table 110 Environmental services ..............................................................................322 Table 111 Beneficiation services .................................................................................323 Table 112 Management services ................................................................................323 Table 113 Specialized services ...................................................................................324 Table 114 Laboratory services ....................................................................................325

LIST OF ANNEXURES

Annexure No.

PARTICULARS Page No

I TOR issued by MOEF&CC vide letter dated 06.06.2016

A1/1 – A1/10

II ToR Extension Letter by MoEF&CC vide letter dated 21.06.2019

A2/1

III Environment Clearance letter issued by MoEF&CC for Yekona-I OC dated 17.10.2006

A3/1 - A3/5

IV Environment Clearance letter issued by MoEF&CC for Yekona-II OC dated 17.10.2006

A4/1 – A4/5

V Board Approval Letter for Project Report, 2015 (By WCL Board dated 21.08.2015 and by CIL Board dated 26.08.2019)

A5/1 – A5/3

VI The Mining Plan approval by WCL Board for Phase-I in its 315thmeeting held on 27th& 28thSeptember, 2019 vide its letter no. WCL/BD/SECTT/BM-315/2019/958 dated 12.10.2019.

A6/1

VII Advertisement Notice for conducting Public Hearing in Newspaper dated 09.05.2019

A7/1 – A7/3

VIII Minutes of Public Hearing in English and Marathi held on 14.06.2019

A8/1 – A8/29

VIII (a) Attendance Sheet of Public Hearing A8(a)/1 – A8(a)12

IX Action taken report against the issues raised during Public Hearing along with budget provision and timeline.

A9/1- A9/24

X Certified Compliance Report against existing EC of Yekona-I OC and Yekona-II OC from RO,

A10/1 – A10/19

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MoEF&CC, Nagpur dated 19.08.2019

XI ATR submitted against the partially complied conditions noted in Certified Compliance Report by RO, MoEF&CC, Nagpur vide letter from Majri Area, WCL dated 23.08.2019

A11/1 – A11/4

XII Consent to Establish for Yekona-I OC mine obtained from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board vide consent no BO/RO(P&P)/CC-330 dated 13.03.2006

A12/1 – A12/4

XIII Consent to Establish for Yekona-II OC mine obtained from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board vide consent no BO/RO(P&P)/CC-328 dated 13.03.2006

A13/1 – A13/4

XIV Consent to Operate for Yekona-II OC mine for production capacity of 0.60 MTPA within ML area of 414.56 ha granted by MPCB vide consent order no:-BO/JD(APC)/EIC No: CH-1781-15/O/CC-6269 dated 12.05.2016 with validity till 31.08.2020

A14/1 – A14/8

XV Form-V (Environment Statement) of Yekona-II OC Mine, 2018-19 submitted to MPCB online portal vide unique application number MPCB-ENVIRONMENT_STATEMENT-0000017923 dated 08.09.2019

A15/1 – A15/3

XVI Status of Application as on 09.10.19 for Issue of NOC to Abstract Ground Water (NOCAP) from CGWA (Recommended by RO, CGWA, Nagpur to CGWA, New Delhi)

A16/1 – A16/2

XVII Status of CSR Activities in Majri Area for previous 3 years.

A17

XVIII Corporate Environment Policy, 2018 of Coal India Limited (Ratified by WCL Board)

A18/1 – A18/9

LIST OF PLATES Plate-I Location Plan

Plate-II Toposheet Plan Core and Buffer Zone

Plate-III Toposheet Plan Core Zone

Plate –IIIA Features within Core Zone

Plate- IV Revenue Plan of the Core Zone

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Plate- V Land use map of core and buffer zone of Amalgamated Yekona I &

II OC based on recent Satellite data IRS-R2-L4FX of the year 2019

Plate- VI Quarry and Surface Layout Plan

Plate- VII Post Mining Land Use Plan

Plate- VIII Cross-section Plan

Plate- IX Drainage Plan of the Core and Buffer Zone

Plate- X Plan showing locations of Baseline Ambient Air Quality Monitoring

stations

Plate-XI Plan showing locations of Baseline Water Quality Monitoring

stations

Plate- XII Plan Showing locations of Baseline Noise Quality Monitoring

Stations

Plate XIII Plan Showing locations of Soil monitoring stations

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COMPLIANCE OF TERMS OF REFERENCE Ref.:- MOEF’s letter no. J-11015/381/2015.IA-II (M) dated 06.06.2016

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TOR Condition Compliance

Specific TOR conditions Additional scope of work/study in respect of the following: 1 Diversion of irrigation canal The irrigation canal passes

through the proposed quarry area, hence it is necessary to divert along the mine boundary. Existing length of irrigation canal proposed to be diverted is approx 6 kms within the ML Area. Diverted length of the canal will be approx 3.5 kms.

The entire area affected due to diversion will be used for the mining purpose i.e. for proposed Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC.

The canal is being diverted in such a way that there will be no effect on downstream users. In fact, quantum of water will increase in downstream as around 1600 ha land through which canal is passing is to be acquired for the mining.

The provision of Rs 50.0 Lakh has been made in the approved Project Report for diversion of irrigation canal.

The shortest possible and feasible alignment for diversion has been proposed as per the approved Mining Plan.

The diversion will be required by 2nd year of mine life.

Necessary permission will be obtained from irrigation department before proposed diversion.

The proposed route of diversion

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shown in Plate –VI (Surface Layout Plan).

Details provided in Chapter II, Section 2.22.1 (Diversion of Irrigation canal).

2 Diversion of part of PWD road from Wanoja to Marda, Warora to Madhari and Marda to Yekona

Due to proximity to Warora town, many villages are settled in nearby area.

These villages are well connected by road network. Part of PWD road from Wanoja to Marda, Warora to madhari and Marda to Yekona is proposed for diversion.

The roads are either passing over the quarry area or over the land proposed for external OB dumping.

A major PWD road from Warora to Madhari is passing through the proposed quarry of Yekona I hence, it is necessary to divert the road for mining operation of project.

This road is being diverted along the northern boundary in such a way that it have minimum effect on local transportation.

The shortest possible and feasible alignment for diversion has been proposed as per the approved Mining Plan.

Total provision of 8.90 crores rupees has been made for proposed diversion. Necessary permission will be acquired from the competent authority for the proposed diversion.

Existing length of PWD road from Warora to Madhari is 3.2 kms. The diverted road length

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will be 5.8 kms along the mine boundary.

For diversion of PWD road from Warora to Madhari provision of Rs. 8.90 crore has been made.

Another PWD road from Wanoja to Marda and Marda to Yekona road is passing through the quarry area and proposed infrastructure hence it is required to be dismantled and diverted around the mine boundary.

Existing length of Wanoja to Marda the road is 1.9 kms. Diverted length of the road will be 1.6 kms.

The roads will be diverted along the mine boundary. The provision of Rs 2.83 Crore has been made in the approved Project Report for the diversions of road from Wanoja to Marda and Marda to Yekona.

The proposed route of diversion shown in Plate –VI (Surface Layout Plan).

Details provided in Chapter II, Section 2.22.2 (Diversion of PWD Road).

3 Diversion of water pipeline Water pipe line of Maharashtra Government for water supply from Yekona village to Wanoja village passes through proposed Yekona I Quarry area, hence it is proposed to be diverted.

The proposed diversion will be along the diverted PWD road along the northern boundary of the project.

The shortest possible and

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feasible alignment for diversion has been proposed as per the approved Mining Plan.

The provision of Rs 1.0 crore rupees has been made for proposed diversion.

Necessary permission will be acquired from the competent authority for the proposed diversion.

The existing length of water pipeline is 5.6 kms. The diverted length will be 8.7 kms along the diverted road.


Details provided in Chapter II, Section 2.22.3 (Diversion of Water Pipeline).

4 Diversion of nallah The nallah passes over the proposed external OB dump of the Yekona-I quarry.

The proposed external dump of Yekona I quarry is on northern side of the quarry on non coal bearing area.

The initial quantity of external OB is high in quarry-2 because of existing geo mining condition (the width of quarry on the rise side is less hence internal dumping is not possible till first 6 year of quarry working).

Hence the nallah proposed to be diverted along the mine boundary.

The shortest possible alignment for diversion has been proposed as per the approved Mining Plan.

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Provision of Rs 4.78 Crore has been made for the proposed diversion of Nallah.


Details provided in Chapter II, Section 2.22.4 (Diversion of Nallah).

5 The feasibility study should come out with alternative routes, the basic design and cost of such diversion works.

The shortest possible and feasible alignment for diversion has been proposed as per the approved Mining Plan. The design parameters will be as per the approval of concerned departments of State Government. The direction from the approval authority will be followed during final diversion of all surface features.

Details provided in Chapter II, Section 2.22 (Diversion of Surface Features)

The diverted route which were feasible, minimum length and economical are being finalised.

6 Transport of Coal from CHP to siding by belt conveyor and silo/pre weigh bin loading for cleaner environment

The feasibility of conveyor belt transport was studied. It was observed that straight alignment of belt conveyor from CHP to Railway Siding is not feasible. Multiple discharge point will be required for coal transportation hence increasing pollution and cost of the project.

A financial provision of Rs 40.00 crores and Provision for 30ha of land has been made in approved Project Report for construction of railway siding for the proposed mine.

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Entire coal transport route from CHP to Railway Siding will be black topped and regular water sprinkling will be carried out through fixed and mobile water sprinklers.

A green belt will be formed along the coal transport route to control the dust generated from the road.

Regular maintenance of the road will be done to ensure potholes free road. Thus reducing dust generation.

Details provided in Chapter II, Section 2.16 (Coal Transport Route and railway Siding)

7 Sequential mining to reduce land degradation due to large area for external OB dump and void with depth of 150m.

The mining plan has been formulated ensuring sequential mining. Also external dumping is proposed over the quarry area which will be rehandled to quarry void.

Entire mining area is divided in 2 quarries namely Yekona-I quarry & Yekona-II quarry. These two quarries are further divided into 2 sub quarries to maximize internal backfilling.

In both the quarries, initial OB is proposed to be dumped externally. As soon as space is available inside the quarry, OB is dumped internally.

This strategy helps in reducing the external dumping, thereby reducing land requirement.

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Internal Dumps. Three OB dumps are proposed

to be rehandled during the mine life, thus saving atleast 100 ha of land degradation due to external OB dump.

It is also necessary to avoid internal dumping in the dip side considering the future mining potential for further deepening in the both quarries.

Detailed mine planning considering sequential mining to reduce land degradation is given in Chapter 2 section 2.8 (Mining Strategy)

Generic TOR for an opencast coalmine project 1 An EIA-EMP Report shall be prepared for......

MTPA rated capacity in an ML/project area of.....ha based on the generic structure specified in Appendix III of the EIA Notification, 2006.

Complied This EIA-EMP has been prepared based on generic structure as specified in Appendix III EIA Notification 2006.

2 An EIA-EMP Report would be prepared for..... MTPA rated capacity to cover the impacts and environment management plan for the project specific activities on the environment of the region, and the environmental quality encompassing air, water, land, biotic community, etc. through collection of data and information, generation of data on impacts including prediction modeling for..... MTPA of coal production based on approved project/Mining Plan for.....MTPA. Baseline data collection can be for any season (three months) except monsoon.

Complied The EIA-EMP report has been prepared for peak production capacity of 3.44 MTPA with area of 1701.32ha (Phase-I & Phase-II). However, the present application is for Phase-I of the project excluding forest land and non-forest land (for maintaining mine geometry) for an area of 1679.39 ha. Baseline data of air, water, noise, soil, flora & fauna and socio-economic has been generated in Post-Monsoon Season, 2016. It is incorporated in Chapter- III. Air Quality prediction Modelling for peak production capacity of 3.44 MTPA has been conducted. It is incorporated in Chapter-IV.

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3 A toposheet specifying locations of the State, District and Project site should be provided.

Complied The map showing the project location specifying the State & district has been attached in as Plate – I (Location Plan) and Plate – II (Toposheet Plan)

4 A Study area map of the core zone (project area) and 10 km area of the buffer zone (1: 50,000 scale) clearly delineating the major topographical features such as the land use, surface drainage pattern including rivers/streams/nallahs/canals, locations of human habitations, major constructions including railways, roads, pipelines, major industries/mines and other polluting sources. In case of ecologically sensitive areas such as Biosphere Reserves/National Parks/WL Sanctuaries/ Elephant Reserves, forests (Reserved/Protected), migratory corridors of fauna, and areas where endangered fauna and plants of medicinal and economic importance found in the 15 km study area should be given.

Complied There is no ecologically sensitive areas such as Biosphere Reserves / National Parks / WL Sanctuaries / Elephant Reserves, forests (Reserved/Protected), plants of medicinal and economic importance are found in the 15 km area of the buffer zone, however the study area map showing core Zone and Buffer Zone (10 km) clearly delineating the major topographical features such as the land use, surface drainage of rivers / streams / Nalas / canals, Locations of human habitations, major constructions including railways, roads, pipelines, major industries/mines and other polluting sources has been attached as Plate – II (Toposheet Plan). The Wardha River flows through the South-Western boundary of the Project. The mine boundary is stretched upto the River. A safety distance of 100 meters have been kept from the quarry. A minimum distance of 100 meters have been kept from the quarry. The external OB dump proposed is 170 m away from the Wardha River. Distance of 60 meters will be maintained from the Daiwal nallah flowing along the north west boundary of the project. Daiwal nallah is a seasonal naalah and a tributary of

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5 Land use map (1: 50,000 scale) based on a recent satellite imagery of the study area may also be provided with explanatory note on the land use.

The land use map based on a recent satellite imagerybased on recent Satellite data IRS-R2-L4FX of the year 2019 of the study area with explanatory note of the land use is attached Plate-V. The land involved in project is mostly agricultural land.

6 Map showing the core zone delineating the agricultural land (irrigated and un-irrigated, uncultivable land as defined in the revenue records, forest areas (as per records), along with other physical features such as water bodies, etc should be furnished.

Complied The map of the core zone showing the proposed mining area has been attached as Plate – III. The land is mostly agricultural land and there is no forestland involved in the Phase-I of the project. In phase-II, 0.62 ha of forest land is involved.

7 A contour map showing the area drainage of the core zone and 25 km of the study area (where the water courses of the core zone ultimately join the major rivers/streams outside the lease/project area) should also be clearly indicated in the separate map.

Complied A contour map showing the area drainage of the core zone and buffer zone is shown in Plate – IX. The water course of the core zone ultimately joins the Wardha river flowing along the project boundary in south east.

8 A detailed Site plan of the mine showing the proposed break-up of the land for mining operations such as the quarry area, OB dumps, green belt, safety zone, buildings, infrastructure, CHP, ETP, Stockyard, township/colony (within and adjacent to the ML), undisturbed area -if any, and landscape features such as existing roads, drains/natural water bodies to be left undisturbed along with any natural drainage adjoining the lease /project areas, and modification of thereof in terms of construction of embankments/bunds, proposed diversion/re-channeling of the water courses, etc., approach roads, major haul roads, etc should be indicated.

Complied The Quarry and Surface Layout Plan of the site showing all the details has been enclosed as Plate- VI (Quarry and Surface Layout Plan).

9 In case of any proposed diversion of nallah/canal/river, the proposed route of diversion /modification of drainage and their

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realignment, construction of embankment etc. should also be shown on the map as per the approval of Irrigation and flood control Department of the concerned state.

Plate – VI (Quarry and Surface Layout Plan). The nallah passes over the proposed external OB dump of the Yekona-I quarry. Hence it is proposed to be diverted along the mine boundary. Provision of Rs 4.78 Crore has been made for the proposed diversion of Nallah. The irrigation canal passes through the proposed quarry area, hence it is necessary to divert along the mine boundary. The provision of Rs 50.0 Lakh has been made in the approved Project Report for diversion of irrigation canal. Approval of Irrigation and flood control Department of the Maharashtra state will be obtained before diversion of Nallah and Canal. Details provided in Chapter II, Section 2.22 (Diversion of Surface Features)

10 Similarly, if the project involves diversion of any road/railway line passing through the ML/project area, the proposed route of diversion and its realignment should be shown in the map along with the status of the approval of the competent authority.

Part diversion of P.W.D Road from Wanoja to Marda, Warora to Madhari, and Marda to Yekona village is to be done. The road are either passing over the quarry area or over the land proposed for external OB dumping. The roads will be diverted along the mine boundary. The provision of Rs 2.83 Crore has been made in the approved Project Report for the diversions of the Road. For diversion of PWD road from Warora to Madhari provision of Rs. 8.90 crore has been made. . Proposed route of diversion and its

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alignment has been shown upon Plate – VI (Quarry and Surface Layout Plan). Applicable approvals will be obtained prior to diversion. Details are provided in Chapter II, Section 2.22 (Diversion of Surface Features)

11 Break up of lease/project area as per different land uses and their stage of acquisition should be provided.

Break up of present land use has been given in chapter – IV, Section 4.6 (Impact on Land). Till date 675.85 ha of land has been acquired for the project. Balance land will be acquired within next 2 years.

12 Break-up of lease/project area as per mining plan should be provided.

Break up of project area has been given in chapter – IV, Section 4.6 (Impact on Land).

13 Impact of changes in the land use due to the project if the land is predominantly agricultural land/forestland/grazing land, should be provided.

Impact of changes in the land use due to the project has been given in chapter – IV, Section 4.6 (Impact on Land). The agriculture land is proposed to be utilised for the mining operations such as quarry, OB dumping, construction of infrastructure, etc.

14 One-season (other than monsoon) primary baseline data on environmental quality - air (PM10, PM2.5, SOx, NOx and heavy metals such as Hg, Pb, Cr, As, etc), noise, water (surface and groundwater), soil - along with one-season met data coinciding with the same season for AAQ collection period should be provided.

The one-season air (PM10, PM2.5, SOx, NOx and heavy metals such as Hg, Pb, Cr, As, etc), noise, water (surface and groundwater), soil - along with one-season met data coinciding for AAQ has been generated in post-monsoon season, 2016. Baseline data is detailed in Chapter – III (Description of Environment).

15 Map (1: 50, 000 scale) of the study area (core and buffer zone) showing the location of various sampling stations superimposed with location of

Map showing location of baseline sampling is attached as Plate X. Monitoring stations have been

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habitats, other industries/mines, polluting sources, should be provided. The number and location of the sampling stations in both core and buffer zones should be selected on the basis of size of lease/project area, the proposed impacts in the downwind (air)/downstream (surface water)/groundwater regime (based on flow). One station should be in the upwind/upstream/non-impact/non-polluting area as a control station. The monitoring should be as per CPCB guidelines and parameters for water testing for both ground water and surface water as per ISI standards and CPCB classification wherever applicable. Observed values should be provided along with the specified standards.

selected and monitoring is being carried out on the basis of guidelines laid out by CPCB. Baseline values as observed in post-monsoon season, 2016 has been provided in chapter – III (Description of Environment)

16 Study on the existing flora and fauna in the study area (10km) should be carried out by an institution of relevant discipline. The list of flora and fauna duly authenticated separately for the core and study area and a statement clearly specifying whether the study area forms a part of the migratory corridor of any endangered fauna should be given. If the study area has endangered flora and fauna, or if the area is occasionally visited or used as a habitat by Schedule-I species, or if the project falls within 15 km of an ecologically sensitive area, or used as a migratory corridor then a Comprehensive Conservation Plan along with the appropriate budgetary provision should be prepared and submitted with EIA-EMP Report; and comments/observation from the CWLW of the State Govt. should also be obtained and furnished.

Baseline data of Flora and Fauna has been generated in post-monsoon season, 2016. The same has been given in chapter – III (Description of Environment) this report. Two schedule-I species Great India Bustard and Indian pied hornbill were recorded within the buffer zone. Comprehensive Conservation Plan for the schedule-I species is being prepared.

17 Details of mineral reserves, geological status of the study area and the seams to be worked, ultimate working depth and progressive stage-wise working scheme until the end of mine life should be provided on the basis of the approved rated capacity and calendar plans of production from the approved Mining Plan. Geological maps and sections should be included. The Progressive mine development and Conceptual Final Mine Closure Plan should also be shown in figures. Details of mine plan and mine closure

Details of mineral reserves and various geo-mining parameters are given in chapter – II (Project Description). Relevant plans are attached as Plate – VI (Quarry and Surface Layout Plan) and Plate – VII (Post Mining Land use Plan). The Project Report for Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC has been approved by CIL Board

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plan approval of Competent Authority should be furnished for green field and expansion projects.

on 12.08.2015 with additional capital investment of Rs727.2816 Crores on total hiring option. Mine closure is an integral part of the Project Report and approved along with Project Report. Board approval Letter attached as Annexure - V. The Mining Plan of Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC Mine of Majri Area was duly approved by WCL Board for Phase-I in its 315th meeting held on 27th & 28th September, 2019 vide its letter no. WCL/BD/SECTT/BM-315/2019/958 dated 12.10.2019. The Board approval letter for Phase-I of the project is attached as Annexure-VI.

18 Details of mining methods, technology, equipment to be used, etc., rationale for selection of specified technology and equipment proposed to be used vis-à-vis the potential impacts should be provided.

Relevant information is given in chapter – II (Project Description), sections 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10.

19 Impact of mining on hydrology, modification of natural drainage, diversion and channeling of the existing rivers/water courses flowing though the ML and adjoining the lease/project and the impact on the existing users and impacts of mining operations thereon.

Impacts have been detailed in chapter – IV(Anticipated Impact and Mitigation Measures), para 4.2 and 4.3

20 Detailed water balance should be provided. The break-up of water requirement for the various mine operations should be given separately.

Details water balance has been given in Chapter – III, Section3.5.5 (Ground water resources in the Area), water requirement has been given in Chapter – II, Section 2.13 (Water Supply and Sewerage)

21 Source of water for use in mine, sanction of the Competent Authority in the State Govt. and impacts vis-à-vis the competing users in the upstream and downstream of the project site should be given.

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met through the mine water. Detailed in Chapter – II, Section 2.13 In order to obtain NOC from CGWA, for ground water abstraction from Amalgamated Yekona-I and II OC Mine, application for the same has been made via application no. 21-4/1001/MH/MIN/2017on 25.04.17. Currently, the application has been recommended from CGWB, Central Region, Nagpur to CGWA, New Delhi.

22 Impact of mining and water abstraction from the mine on the hydrogeology and groundwater regime within the core zone and 10 km buffer zone including long-term monitoring measures should be provided. Details of rainwater harvesting and measures for recharge of groundwater should be reflected in case there is a declining trend of groundwater availability and/or if the area falls within dark/grey zone.

Impact on hydrogeological Regime along with rainwater harvesting and measures has been given in Chapter – IV, Para 4.3 This is a proposed expansion and amalgamation of Yekona-I OC and Yekona-II OC. Yekona-II OC mine has started operating since 2017. Regular groundwater level monitoring is being carried out for the project.

23 Impact of blasting, noise and vibrations should be given.

Relevant information is given in Chapter – II, Section 2.12 (Drilling and Blasting) Chapter – IV, Section 4.4 (Noise Quality), Section 4.5 (Vibration Study and Control)

24 Impacts of mining on the AAQ and predictions based on modeling using the ISCST-3 (Revised) or latest model should be provided.

Air Quality Impact prediction modeling has been done with AERMOD software, which is detailed at para 4.1 of chapter – IV (Anticipated Impacts and Mitigation Measures)

25 Impacts of mineral transportation within the mining area and outside the lease/project along with flow-chart indicating the specific areas generating fugitive emissions should be

Impact on environmental quality due to mineral transportation within the mining area and outside the lease/project along with flow-chart

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provided. Impacts of transportation, handling, transfer of mineral and waste on air quality, generation of effluents from workshop etc, management plan for maintenance of HEMM and other machinery/equipment should be given. Details of various facilities such as rest areas and canteen for workers and effluents/pollution load emanating from these activities should also be provided.

indicating the specific areas generating fugitive emissions has been detailed in Chapter – IV (Anticipated Impacts and Mitigation Measures) Section 4.1 (Air Environment)

26 Effort be made to reduce/eliminate road transport of coal inside and outside mine and for mechanized loading of coal through CHP/ Silo into wagons and trucks/tippers.

Railway siding with capital investment of 40 crores has proposed for the coal evacuation. This will minimize the coal transportation through road. Provision of 30 ha of land for Railway Siding has been made in the approved Project Report.

27 Details of waste OB and topsoil generated as per the approved calendar programme, and their management shown in figures as well explanatory notes tables giving progressive development and mine closure plan, green belt development, backfilling programme and conceptual post mining land use should be given. OB dump heights and terracing based on slope stability studies with a max of 280 angle as the ultimate slope should be given. Sections of final dumps (both longitudinal and cross section) with relation to the adjacent area should be shown.

Relevant information has been given in Chapter – II, Section 2.9 (Dumping Strategy), Section 2.11 (Calendar Programme of Excavation) Chapter IV, Section 4.6 (Impact on Land) Sections given in Plate- VIII. The dumping strategy is also provided in compliance of ToR condition 28.

28 Efforts be made for maximizing progressive internal dumping of O.B., sequential mining, external dump on coal bearing area and later rehandling into the mine void to reduce land degradation.

Entire mining area is divided in 2 quarries namely Yekona-I quarry & Yekona-II quarry. These two quarries are further divided into 2 sub quarries to maximize internal backfilling. In both the quarries, initial OB is proposed to be dumped externally. As soon as space is available inside the quarry, OB is dumped internally. This strategy helps in reducing the external dumping, thereby reducing land requirement. In this

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way internal dumping has been maximized and about 70.73% Overburden is proposed to be accommodated within the Internal Dumps. It is also necessary to avoid internal dumping in the dip side considering the future mining potential for further deepening in the both quarries. Detailed mine planning considering sequential mining to reduce land degradation is given in Chapter II section 2.8 (Mining Strategy), Section 2.9 (Dumping strategy)

29 Impact of change in land use due to mining operations and plan for restoration of the mined area to its original land use should be provided.

Chapter IV, Section 4.6 (Impact on Land), Section 4.7 (Mine Closure Plan) Land reclamation activities included in mine closure plan along with necessary provisions.

30 Progressive Green belt and ecological restoration /afforestation plan (both in text, figures and in the tabular form as per the format of MoEF&CC given below) and selection of species (native) based on original survey/land-use should be given.

Relevant information as per the format of MoEF&CC has been given in chapter – IV, Section 4.1 (Air Environment) and Section 4.6 (Impact on Land).

31 Conceptual Final Mine Closure Plan and post mining land use and restoration of land/habitat to the pre- mining status should be provided. A Plan for the ecological restoration of the mined out area and post mining land use should be prepared with detailed cost provisions. Impact and management of wastes and issues of re-handling (wherever applicable) and backfilling and progressive mine closure and reclamation should be furnished.

Mine closure plan is an integral part of Project report which is duly approved by competent authority with all necessary provisions. Details provided in Chapter IV Section 4.7 (Mine Closure Plan). Details of post mining land use given in Section 4.6 (Impact on land)

32 Flow chart of water balance should be provided. Treatment of effluents from workshop, township, domestic wastewater, mine water discharge, etc. should be provided. Details of STP in colony and ETP in mine should be given. Recycling of water

Water Balance has been given in chapter – III (Description of Environment) Section3.5.5 (Ground Water Quality). Sedimentation tank is under

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to the maximum possible extent should be done. operation. ETP is likely to install by December, 2019. The provision for STP will be made by Project Proponent for the treatment of colony sewerage. Details provided in chapter-IV, Section 4.2

33 Occupational health issues. Baseline data on the health of the population in the impact zone and measures for occupational health and safety of the personnel and manpower in the mine should be given.

Baseline of Socio-Economic status within study area has been made in post-monsoon season, 2016. It is given in Chapter III, Section 3.8 (Socio-economic Scenario).

34 Risk Assessment and Disaster Preparedness and Management Plan should be provided.

Risk Assessment and Disaster Preparedness and Management Plan incorporated in chapter – VII (Additional studies), Section 7.3.

35 Integration of the Env. Management Plan with measures for minimizing use of natural resources - water, land, energy, etc. should be carried out.

Relevant information has been given in chapter – X (Environment Management Plan).

36 Cost of EMP (capital and recurring) should be included in the project cost and for progressive and final mine closure plan.

Cost for Environment Management is given in Chapter X, Section 10.3 (Environmental Cost Project) based on the approved Project Report.

37 Details of R&R. Detailed project specific R&R Plan with data on the existing socio-economic status of the population (including tribals, SC/ST, BPL families) found in the study area and broad plan for resettlement of the displaced population, site for the resettlement colony, alternate livelihood concerns/employment for the displaced people, civic and housing amenities being offered, etc and costs along with the schedule of the implementation of the R&R Plan should be given.

Project envisages R&R of Marda village. Details provided in chapter – VII (Additional Studies), Section 7.4 (Rehabilitation and Resettlement)

38 CSR Plan along with details of villages and specific budgetary provisions (capital and recurring) for specific activities over the life of the project should be given.

As per extant CSR Policy 2% of last three years average net profit OR Rs 2/tonne of company production, whichever is higher will be used for social and economic upliftment. CSR details of previous three

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years for Majri Area, WCL given as Annexure- XVII.

39 Corporate Environment Responsibility: a) The Company must have a well laid down Environment Policy approved by the Board of Directors. b) The Environment Policy must prescribe for standard operating process/procedures to bring into focus any infringements/deviation/violation of the environmental or forest norms/conditions. c) The hierarchical system or Administrative Order of the company to deal with environmental issues and for ensuring compliance with the environmental clearance conditions must be furnished. d) To have proper checks and balances, the company should have a well laid down system of reporting of non-compliances/violations of environmental norms to the Board of Directors of the company and/or shareholders or stakeholders at large.

Coal India has a very well laid Corporate Environmental policy. Western Coalfields Limited, Being a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, subscribes to the same policy. The policy. The hierarchical system or Administrative Order of the company to deal with environmental issues is given in Chapter – X Section 10.2 (Monitoring Organisation) The CER policy, 2018 of CIL has been duly accepted & ratified by WCL Board. The CER Policy, 2018 of CIL is attached as Annexure-XVIII. Regarding checks and balances an internal monitoring mechanism system has recently developed. This involves self-monitoring& reporting by each Area (Administrative units of WCL) and simultaneously submission to company HQ. The final report thus complied will be reviewed every quarter at corporate level for appraisal to the Company Board.

41 Details on Public Hearing should cover the information relating to notices issued in the newspaper, proceedings/minutes of Public Hearing, the points raised by the general public and commitments made by the proponent and the action proposed with budgets in suitable time frame. These details should be presented in a tabular form. If the Public Hearing is in the regional language, an authenticated English Translation of the same should be provided.

The Public Hearing for the Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC mine (production capacity of 3.44 MTPA (Peak) within area of 1701.32 ha) was conducted successfully by State Pollution Control Board, Maharashtra at the project site located near Marda Village, Warora Tehsil, Chandrapur on 14thJune, 2019. The Public Hearing was presided by ADM,

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Chandrapur and attended by more than 200 people from nearby villages. The minutes of meeting of Public Hearing are attached as Annexure- VIII. The compliance of issues raised during the Public hearing is attached as Annexure- IX. The details are provided in Chapter-7, Section 7.2

42 In built mechanism of self-monitoring of compliance of environmental regulations should be indicated.

For self-monitoring of compliance of environmental regulations, a well laid mechanism is in place which is detailed in Chapter – X (Environment Management Plan) Section 10.2 (Monitoring Organisation) An internal monitoring mechanism system for compliance of environmental regulations has recently developed. This involves self-monitoring & reporting by each Area (Administrative units of WCL) and simultaneously submission to company HQ. The final report thus complied will be reviewed every quarter at corporate level for appraisal to the Company Board.

43 Status of any litigations/ court cases filed/pending on the project should be provided.

No cases w.r.t. Environmental issues.

44 Submission of sample test analysis of Characteristics of coal: This should include details on grade of coal and other characteristics such as ash content, S and heavy metals including levels of Hg, As, Pb, Cr etc.

Details of Coal Characteristics has been given in chapter – II (Project Description), Section 2.4 (Quarry-wise Quality)

45 Copy of clearances/approvals such as Forestry clearances, Mining Plan Approval, mine closer plan approval. NOC from Flood and Irrigation Dept. (if req.), etc. wherever applicable.

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part of Project report. The Mining Plan of Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC Mine of Majri Area was duly approved by WCL Board for Phase-I in its 315th meeting held on 27th & 28th September, 2019 vide its letter no. WCL/BD/SECTT/BM-315/2019/958 dated 12.10.2019.

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CHAPTER – I INTRODUCTION

1.1 GENERAL The project is located in Warora Tehsil of Chandrapur district of Maharashtra State and

is named after nearby Yekona village. The exploration in Yekona geological block was

carried out by MECL during the period from 1989 to 1991. The block was subsequently

divided into two blocks as Yekona-I & Yekona-II on structural pattern. Project Report for

Yekona-II OCM was prepared in November, 2002 and was approved by WCL board in

May, 2003 for a target production of 0.60 MTPA with a capital investment of Rs. 48.0551

Crores. Later on Project Report for Yekona-I OCM was prepared in June, 2004 and was

approved by WCL board in Nov, 2004 for a target production of 0.40 MTPA with a

capital investment of Rs. 46.07 Crores.

Yekona-I opencast coal mine project (0.40 MTPA) was accorded EC for production

capacity of 0.40 MTPA in a lease area of 265.50 ha vide MoEFCC letter no. J-

11015/175/2006-IA.II(M) dated 17thOctober, 2006. Yekona-II opencast coal mine project

was accorded EC for production capacity of 0.60 MTPA in a lease area of 414.56 ha

vide MoEFCC letter no. J-11015/182/2006-IA.II(M) dated 17thOctober 2006.

The Environment Clearance letter of Yekona-I & Yekona-II OC are attached as

Annexure- III and Annexure-IV respectively.

Details of Yekona –I OC and Yekona-II OC are tabulated below: Table 2 Details of Yekona –I OC and Yekona-II OC

SL. NO.

HEAD YEKONA-I OC YEKONA-II OC Total (Wherever applicable)

1 Production Capacity

0.40 MTPA 0.60 MTPA 1.00 MTPA

2 Land (ha) 265.50 ha 414.56 ha 680.06 ha

3 Date of Board approval

28.12.2004 05.09.2003 -

4 Date of Public Hearing Conducted for EC

27.10.2005 27.10.2005 -

5 EC Granted J-11015/175/2006-IA.II (M) dated

17thOctober, 2006

J-11015/182/2006-IA.II (M) dated 17thOctober

2006

-

6 CTE Granted by MPCB

Consent no BO/RO(P&P)/CC-

Consent no BO/RO(P&P)/CC-328

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HEAD YEKONA-I OC YEKONA-II OC Total (Wherever applicable)

330 dated 13.03.2006

dated 13.03.2006

7 CTO Granted by MPCB

Consent order no:-BO/JD(APC)/EIC

No: CH-1781-15/O/CC-6269

dated 12.05.2016 with validity till

31.08.2020

CTO applied on 18.02.2019 for the period from 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2020 (Application no-UAN No. 67296)

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8 Date of Inception of Mine

26.10.2017 Yet to start -

8 Forest land (ha) NIL NIL NIL 9 Agricultural land

(ha) 251.81 ha 409.56 ha 661.37 ha

10 Government land (ha)

13.69 ha 5.00 ha 18.69 ha

11 Quarry land (ha) 69.80 ha 132.30 ha 202.10 ha 12 External OB dump

(ha) 48.00 ha 76.00 ha 124.0 ha

13 Final depth of quarry/void

90 m 80 m -

14 Total OB to be generated (Mm3)

29.86Mm3 53.96Mm3 83.82 Mm3

15 Backfilling Percentage

43.23% 43.03% -

16 Stripping Ratio 1 : 5.61 1 : 5.02 -

18 Life (Years) 15 Years 20 Year -

19 Reserves (Mt) 5.32Mt 10.75Mt 16.07 Mt 20 Resettlement NIL NIL NIL

However, due to increase in land cost by Maharashtra Govt. & new R&R Policy of CIL, it

was not possible to acquire the land of the two projects within the sanctioned capital.

Considering the demand of power grade coal within the country and to start the mine

economically, a new Project Report was formulated with amalgamation of common

infrastructural facilities with enhanced production capacity by including the dip side

reserves and working both the mines independently. Amalgamated Project Report was

prepared upto a maximum quarry depth of 160 m (previously maximum 90 m) with

reserves up to 57.85 MT (previously total coal reserves in two projects was 16.07 MT).

Now the solid waste management has been reworked whereby the percentage of

backfilling has been improved significantly. The Project Report of Amalgamated Yekona

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I & II OC was duly approved by CIL Board for normative capacity of 2.75 MTPA and

peak capacity of 3.44 MTPA in its 319th meeting held on 12.08.2015 as communicated

by Company Secretary, CIL vide its letter no. CIL:XI(D):04112:2015:10875 dated

26.08.2015. Table 3 Salient features of Earlier Projects vis-à-vis Amalgamated Project

SL. No.

ITEM YEKONA-I OC (PR-2004)

YEKONA-II OC (PR-2002)

Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC (PR-2015)

1 Mineable Reserves (MT)

5.32 10.75 57.85

2 Production capacity (MTPA)

0.40 0.60 Normative capacity – 2.75 MTPA

Peak Production Capacity – 3.44 MTPA

3 OB (Mm3) 29.86 53.96 452.49 4 Depth

(maximum) in m 90 80 160

5 Stripping Ratio (m3/te)

5.61 5.02 7.82

6 Life (years) 15 20 25 Years 7 Backfilling

percentage 43.23 43.03 70.73

8 Land (ha) 265.50 414.56 1701.32 9 Forest land NIl NIL 0.62 ha

(As per Approved Mining Plan, 2019)

10. Resettlement Nil Nil Marda Village

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Figure 1

Based on the approved Project Report, the Form – 1 document was submitted to

MoEF&CC for obtaining EC for Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC involving increase in

production capacity from 1.00 MTPA to 3.44 MTPA (peak) and increase in ML area

from 680.06 ha to 1701.32 ha. The proposal was discussed in 47th, 53rd& 55thEAC

(Thermal & Coal Mining) meeting of MoEFCC and terms of References (TORs) was

granted vide MoEF&CC vide letter no J-11015/381/2015.IA-II (M) dated

06.06.2016.The copy letter for ToR is attached as Annexure-I.

Extension of ToR Validity

Due to delay in conducting Public Hearing and rescheduling of the implementation of

the project, the Final EIA-EMP report could not be submitted within the prescribed three

years’ time frame. Hence, an application for extension for validity of ToR was submitted

to MoEF&CC vide online application no. IA/MH/CMIN/50208/2016 on 14th April, 2019 in

accordance with the Ministry’s OM dated 29th August, 2017 before expiry of validity

period along with updated Form-1. Subsequently, MoEF&CC accorded approval for

extension of validity of ToR for Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC for production capacity

of 2.75 MTPA (normative) and 3.44 MTPA (peak) in an area of 1701.32 ha for a period

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of 1 year i.e. up to 6th June, 2020 vide MoEF&CC letter no J-11015/381/2015.IA-II (M)

dated 21.06.2019. The letter of extension of validity of ToR is attached as Annexure-II.

Public Hearing for Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC

The Public Hearing for the Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC mine (production capacity of

3.44 MTPA (Peak) within area of 1701.32 ha) was conducted successfully by State

Pollution Control Board, Maharashtra at the project site in Warora Tehsil, Chandrapur

on 14th June, 2019. The Public Hearing was presided by ADM, Chandrapur and

attended by more than 200 people from nearby villages. The minutes of meeting

detailing issues raised during Public Hearing has been issued by MPCB vide letter no

MPCB/SROC/3929/2019 dated 23.07.2019. It is attached as Annexure- VIII. The

compliance of issues raised during the Public hearing along with the time bound action

plan with budgetary provisions is attached as Annexure-IX. The details of PH and its

ATR are provided in Chapter 7 of this EIA-EMP report.

Forest Land within ML Area For acquiring the additional land required for Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC mine,

revenue record of land were collected. According to the revenue records it was noticed

that grazing land bearing survey nos 26/2, 27, 28/2, 2/1& 2/2 in Nagala Rith Mouza

which were considered as Govt. land in the approved Project Report are actually

recorded as forest land in revenue records. The forest land bearing survey nos 26/2,

27, & 28/2 measuring 2.76 ha in Nagala Rith Mouza are adjacent to the proposed lease

boundary of the amalgamated project and re-appropriation of the boundary is done

excluding these forest land. However, the forest land bearing survey no. 2/1 and 2/2 in

the Nagala Rith mouza measuring 0.62 ha falls in the middle of proposed external OB

dump of Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC mine. Due to which acquisition of this forest

land has become inevitable to have sufficient external OB dump capacity and

sustainability of mining operations.

Status of Forestry Clearance Process of filing of application for Stage-I forestry clearance is under process. Project

Proponent is in process of collecting necessary documents required for the Stage-I FC

application from the authorities. The application for obtaining minimum demand

certificate from District Collector and application for obtaining NOC from the

Archeological Survey of India have been made as required for obtaining Stage-I FC.

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Once the above documents are obtained, the application for Stage-I FC will be

processed.

Mining Plan Excluding Forest land and adjacent non forest land As the Stage – I forestry clearance for the 0.62 ha of forest land is yet to be secured

and with all efforts, the formal Stage – I FC may take time. As country’s coal demand is

outpacing its present production level, it is very essential to open new projects or

enhance the target production of existing mines of WCL.

Now considering the present status of the mine and the surged demand of power grade

coal from WCL mines for the power plants of Maharashtra and the requirements of

MoEF&CC, a Mining Plan by excluding the Forest land 0.62 Ha and adjacent non-forest

land 21.31Ha (for maintaining mine geometry) has been prepared as Phase – I for the

peak capacity of 3.44 MTPA for a lease area of 1679.39 ha. The Mining Plan of

Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC Mine of Majri Area was duly approved by WCL Board

for Phase-I in its 315th meeting held on 27th & 28th September, 2019 vide its letter no.

WCL/BD/SECTT/BM-315/2019/958 dated 12.10.2019. The Board approval letter of

Mining Plan is attached as Annexure- VI.

Figure 2

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Present Proposal of EC in Phase-I As per the approved mining plan this application is being made for obtaining

Environment Clearance for expansion in production capacity from 1.00 MTPA to 3.44

MTPA (Peak) and increasing area from 680.06 ha to 1679.39 ha involving no forest

land. It is an interim arrangement till the Stage-I FC for 0.62 ha of forest land is

obtained.

The application for obtaining Stage-I forestry clearance has been already made. Once

the Stage-I forestry clearance is obtained, application for Environmental Clearance for

the Phase-II of the project will be made. The Public Hearing and TOR have been

secured for the total land of the project i.e. 1701.32 ha. Accordingly, impact

assessment study has been made in this EIA report and Environment Management

Plan is being formulated for the entire ML area of 1701.32 ha.

The proposed arrangement of proceeding ahead with Phase – I (with the expansion

capacity excluding the forest land of 0.62 ha and adjacent non-forest land of 21.31 ha)

is an interim arrangement and it will help the project to achieve considerable increase in

production following all the requirements of MoEF&CC within the non–forest land to

meet the requirement of the Nation.

No forest land is involved in the Phase-I of the project area. A patch of 0.62 ha of forest

land is involved in the Phase-II of the project. Present EC application is for Phase-I of

the proposal expansion. The application for forestry clearance is under process. Once

the forestry clearance is obtained, EC application for the Phase-II of the project will be

made.

At present mining operations has been started in 2017-18 within the Yekona –II OC in

accordance with the EC dated 06.10.2006. No coal production was achieved during

2017-18 and 0.11 Million Tonne of coal production was achieved in 2018-19. Once the

present proposal is granted EC the mine will be able to achieve higher capacity by

utilizing shared infrastructure by both quarries and expanding the land area.

1.2 LOCATIONAL DETAIL The project is located adjacent to Yekona village which falls in Warora Tehsil of

Chandrapur District of Maharashtra State. The mine falls in interior under developed

region of Chandrapur district. Nagpur and Chandrapur townships are located at a

distance of 110 kms and 52 kms from the block respectively. Location plan is attached

as Plate-I. Location on State and District Map is shown below.

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Figure 3

The project area is bounded by latitudes N 20o 13' 39" to 21o 16' 14" N and longitudes E

78o 55' 25" to 78o 58’ 24" and is covered by Survey of India Topo Sheet No. 55L/15 &

55L/16.

Two thermal power plants are located in north east of the project area at a distance of

nearly 1 km from the mine boundary in MIDC Growth Center, Warora. These are GMR

Warora Energy limited (600 MW) commissioned in 2013 and Sai Wardha Power

Generation Limited (540 MW) commissioned in 2010.

Toposheet plan showing the project area is given as Plate-II.

1.3 COMMUNICATION The Delhi Chennai Grand Trunk railway line passes about 5 kms east of the project.

The nearest railway station is Warora, situated at 5 kms distance, S.E of the project.

The Nagpur-Chandrapur road is about 5 kms to the East of the project. The coal mine

can be approached by a fair-weather road from Warora to Nagri via Wanoja. This road

passes through the eastern part of the leasehold area and joins Nagpur-Chandrapur

road at Warora. Nearest airport is at Nagpur about 110 kms from the project site.

1.4 TOPOGRAPHY & DRAINAGE The entire area of the block is covered by agriculture land with black cotton soil and

exhibits a gently undulating topography with general slope towards north. The altitude

of the area ranges from 187 m to 203.72 m from Mean Sea Level.

The drainage in the area is controlled by the Wardha River which is flowing southerly

and also demarcates the western limit of the block. H.F.L. of Wardha River in the block

area is about 198 m. A seasonal nallah passing through the proposed land area of

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external overburden dump is envisaged to be diverted along the mine boundary. A

canal passes through mine area is also proposed to be diverted along the mine

boundary.

A Plan showing drainage map of the area is shown in Plate – IX.

1.5 CLIMATE The area is characterized by subtropical climate. The highest temperature recorded is

480 C during summer and during winter season the temperature goes down to 100C.

Monsoon is normally active during the period from 15th June to 15thSeptember. The

annual rainfall data, which were recorded at Warora tehsil office, district Chandrapur for

the period from 1984 to 2006 indicates minimum of 716.40 mm (year 2004) and

maximum of 1839.06 mm (year 1986) of total annual rainfall.

1.6 JUSTIFICATION Many of the existing opencast mines of Majri Area (Telwasa OCM, Dhorwasa OCM) are

reaching exhaustion of resources. The exhaustion of these mines would create

additional gap between demand & supply, & therefore opening of new projects like

Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC is very essential to bridge this gap of demand & supply.

In view of above situation country’s coal demand is outpacing its present production

level. To overcome and meet increasing demand of coal, it is very essential to bridge

this gap by opening new projects or by enhancing the target production of existing

mines of WCL. As mining activities does affect environment severely, the coal

production is needed to be achieved in a sustainable manner and ensuring minimum

damage to the environment.

The proposed opencast will ensure additional 2.75 MTPA (normative capacity) of coal

production.

1.7 SOURCES OF DATA This report has been formulated considering various data from the following sources:

Table 4 Sources of Data Taken in EMP Sl. No.

Type of Data Sources

1 Mining and economic parameters and other miscellaneous data

Approved Project Report (2015) of the Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC and Field data received from Majri Area, WCL for existing status of mine.

Approved Mining Plan of Phase-I of the

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project, 2019.

2 Environmental data including meteorological data, air quality, dust fall rate, water quality and noise level data.

Baseline of environmental data including meteorological data, air quality, dust fall rate, water quality and noise level data has been generated for the project in Post-Monsoon Season, 2016.

3 Socio-economic study Baseline of socio-economic data has been generated for the project in Post-Monsoon Season, 2016. Census data of 2011 has been also used to ascertain socio-economic details of the study area.

4 Flora and fauna Baseline of flora & fauna has been generated for the project in Post-Monsoon Season, 2016.

5 Surface hydrology and hydrogeology CMPDIL, RI- IV, Nagpur.

6 Meteorological data Meteorological data generated for the project in Post-Monsoon season, 2016.

7 Land use/cover mapping core zone. Land use map of core and buffer zone of Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC based on recent Satellite data IRS-R2-L4FX of the year 2019

As per State Govt. Record, data supplied by the concerned WCL area office.

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CHAPTER- II

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

2.1 BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT Project Report of Yekona-I & Yekona-II OC had been prepared individually and

approved by WCL Board and accordingly environmental clearance was obtained in

October, 2006 for both the projects. However, due to increase in land cost by

Maharashtra Govt. & introduction of new R&R policy of CIL, it was not possible to

complete the land acquisition of the two projects within sanctioned capital. In view of

higher land acquisition cost and making project financially viable, the Project Report of

Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC mine was prepared considering common infrastructure

for both quarries in April, 2015. The Project Report was economically viable as it was

achieving 13.56% IRR at 85% of target capacity for Power Sector. The total additional

capital of the project is Rs. 727.2816 crores (excluding existing capital of Rs. 18.5497

crores). CIL Board approved this project report in its 319th meeting held on

12/08/2015as communicated by Company Secretary, CIL vide its letter no.

CIL:XI(D):04112:2015:10875 dated 26.08.2015.

During the process of land acquisition, it was noticed that grazing land bearing survey

nos 26/2, 27, 28/2, 2/1& 2/2 in Nagala Rith Mouza which were considered as Govt. land

in the approved Project Report are actually recorded as forest land in revenue records.

The forestland bearing survey nos 26/2, 27, & 28/2 measuring 2.76 ha in Nagala Rith

Mouza are adjacent to the proposed lease boundary of the amalgamated project and

re-appropriation of the boundary is done excluding these forestland. However, the

forestland bearing survey no. 2/1 and 2/2 in the Nagala Rith mouza measuring 0.62 ha

falls in the middle of proposed external OB dump of Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC

mine. Due to which acquisition of this forest land has become inevitable to have

sufficient external OB dump capacity.

As the Stage – I forestry clearance for the 0.62 ha of forest land is yet to be secured

and with all efforts, the formal Stage – I FC may take time. As country’s coal demand is







MoEF&CC, a Mining Plan by excluding the Forest land 0.62 Ha and adjacent non-forest

land 21.31Ha (for maintaining mine geometry) has been prepared as Phase – I for the

peak capacity of 3.44 MTPA for a lease area of 1679.39 ha. The Mining Plan of

Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC Mine of Majri Area was duly approved by WCL Board

for Phase-I in its 315th meeting held on 27th & 28th September, 2019 vide its letter no.

WCL/BD/SECTT/BM-315/2019/958 dated 12.10.2019. The proposed arrangement of

proceeding ahead with Phase – I (with the expansion capacity excluding the forest land

of 0.62 ha and adjacent non-forest land of 21.31 ha) is an interim arrangement and it

will help the project to achieve considerable increase in production following all the

requirements of MoEF&CC within the non – forest land to meet the requirement of the

Nation.

The details as per approved Mining Plan, 2019 and Project Report, 2015 are given

below:

2.2 GEOLOGY D.G.M (M.S.) near Yekona Village reported the shallow occurrence of coal in Yekona

block. MECL explored the block during 1988-91 covering an area of about 20 sq.km.

Exploration by MECL revealed that the entire area is structurally distributed and shallow

occurrence of coal is confined in the faulted blocks. The block was subsequently divided

into two blocks as Yekona-I and Yekona-II on structural pattern. Yekona-I is one of the

sub-blocks identified for detailed exploration by CMPDI. It explored the Yekona-I block in

July 1996 to April 1998. CMPDI took up detailed drilling of Yekona-II block from Jan

1999 to June 2000.

2.2.1 Geological Block Boundary Yekona – I block

North - Subcrop of Composite Seam. South - Arbitrary line passing through BH CMWY-77, 76, 57, 56 & MWN-9 East - Fault F8-F8 West - Fault F1-F1

Yekona – II block North - Subcrop of Composite Seam.

South - 200 mtrs. Arbitrary Line from the last borehole drilled (CMWY-42, 44 47 & 117 & 118 & MWM-21)



East - Fault F1-F1.

West - Eastern Bank of Wardha River

2.2.2 Sequence of Coal Seams and Parting within the Block Area

Sequence of coal seam along with minimum and maximum thickness and number of

boreholes intersected are summarized below for both Yekona – I & II blocks.

Table 5 Sequence of Coal Seams in Yekona-I Block

Coal Seam/Section Thickness range (m) No. of BHs. Intersection Min. Max.

Upper Coal Band 0.33 (CMWY-52) 0.98 (CMWY-75) 21 Parting 68.74 (CMWY-26) 80.47 (CMWY-56) Composite Seam Top Section 1.53 (CMWY-81) 8.34 (CMWY-67) 49 Parting 0.17 (MWM-77) 4.07 (CMWY-72) Bottom Section 1.60 (CMWY-56) 5.72 (CMWY-12) 50 Parting 11.94 (MWM-10) 14.47 (MWM-12) Lower Band-I 0.31 (MWM-7) 0.75 (MWM-12) 4 Parting 13.01 (MWM-12) 14.78 (MWM-7) Lower Band-II 1.10 (MWM-12) 1.33 (MWM-7) 2

Table 6 Sequence of Coal Seams in Yekona-II Block

Coal Seam/Section Thickness range (m)

No. of BHs. Intersection

Min. Max. Upper Coal Band 0.25 (CMWY-117) 2.29 (MWM-41) 9 Parting 65.98 (MWM-58) 82.30 (CMWY-118) Top Section 3.75 (CMWY-100) 8.45 (MWM-58) 31 Parting 1.05 (CMWY-57) 3.76 (CMWY-42) Bottom Section 2.12 (MWM-41) 5.38 (CMWY-110) 36 Parting (27.99) (MWM-27) 30.37 (MWM-28) Lower Coal Band (0.41) MWM-30 1.31 (CMWY-123) 4 Combined Section 8.83 (MWM-21) 12.47 (MWM-33) 7

2.3 GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE BLOCK 2.3.1 Strike & Dip

Yekona – I block

Coal Seam dips towards SE in the Western part and towards East in the Eastern part.

The gradient of seam is 1 in 8 (60) to 1 in 17.5 (30) in the Western part and 1 in 6 (90) to

1 in 8 (60) in general in the eastern part with local flattering. The strike of coal seam in

the Western part is NE-SW, whereas in the eastern part, it is N-S with minor swing.



Yekona – II Block

The general strike of the coal seam as determined from the floor contour plan of

composite seam is WNW-ESE dipping SSW however local swings in strike also

observed in the area. The dip of the formation in the block is in 1 in 4 to 1 in 7.5

a) Middle part dip is 11.3 deg due SSW.

b) Western part dip ranges from 7.6 deg to 11.3 deg due SSW.

c) Eastern part dip is 14 deg due SSW (Gradient 1 in 4)

2.3.2 Faults Yekona – I Block

A total 10 Nos of fault (F1 to F10) have been interpreted in Yekona-I block based on the

evidences such as reduction in seam thickness/parting floor difference in adjacent

boreholes. Table 7 Details of Faults in Yekona-I Block

Fault No

Extent Of Fault (Km)

Trend Throw

Evidence Direction Amount

F1-F1 1.50Km NW-SE SW 95m-130m

Difference in floor level of coal seam in boreholes CMWY-84, 11, 73 in upthrown side and CMWY-82, 13 in downthrown side

F2-F2 1.00 NW-SE SW 0-20m Difference in floor level of coal seam in boreholes CMWY-67, 27, in upthrown side and CMWY-11, 73 in downthrown side

F3-F3 1.20 NW-SE SW 0-20m Difference in floor level of coal seam in boreholes CMWY-28, 39 and MWM-77 in downthrown side CMWY-10 in upthrown side.

F4-F4 1.17 NW-SE NE 0-15m Difference in floor level of coal seam in boreholes CMWY-10 in downthrown side and CMWY-66, 55 on upthrown side.

F5-F5 0.45 NNW-SSE

WSW 10-15m Difference in floor level of coal seam in boreholes CMWY-79, 5 in upthrown side and CMWY-71 in downthrown side.

F6-F6 1.30 NW-SE SW 60- 140m

i) Absence of Composite Seam in CMWY-24 & 63.

ii) Difference in floor level of coal seam in boreholes CMWY-3,



Fault No


Trend Throw


29, 34, MWM-10 in up thrown side and CMWY-33, 32, 52, 26 in downthrown side.

F7-F7 0.350 WNW-ESE

NNW 0-15m i) Absence of Bottom Section in CMWY-51.

ii) Difference in floor level of coal seam in boreholes CMWY-74, 61 in up thrown side and CMWY-3, 64 in downthrown side.

F8-F8 2.50 NW-SE SW 200m Absence of Composite Seam in its upthrown side.

F9-F9 1.65 NW-SE SW 10-20m Difference in floor level of coal seam in boreholes CMWY-38, 56, MWM-12 in down thrown side and CMWY-9 in upthrown side.

F10-F10 1.40 NW-SE SW 30-40m i) Absence of Top Section and roof of Bottom Section is faulted in CMWY-58.

ii) Floor of Bottom Section is faulted in CMWY-54.

Yekona – II block A total 5 Nos of fault (F1 to F5) have been interpreted in Yekona-II block based on the

evidences such as reduction in seam thickness/parting floor difference in adjacent

borehole. Table 8 Details of Faults in Yekona-II Block

Fault No


Trend Throw


F1-F1 1.55 NW-SE NE 125M Motur Formation intersected in BH (CMWY-95,107,126,MWM15) on the downthrown side of the fault F1-F1 lies in juxtaposition to middle and upper part of Barakar Formation in Borehole CMWY-91,118&123 MWM-36

F2-F2 0.170 NE-SW NW 0-4m Bottom section is faulted in CMWY-55

F3-F3 0.210 NE-SW NW 0-4m Bottom Section is MWM-27 is faulted

F4-F4 1.035 WNW-ESE

SW 0-18m Top section in CMWY-114 and bottom section floor is faulted in MWM-38. Based on FRL differences in boreholes CMWY105&122 in the up throw



Fault No


Trend Throw


side and CMWY-113 in the downthrow side.

F5-F5 0.990 NE-SW NW 20-30m Based on FRL difference in borehole MWM-29 & 39 in up throw side and CMWY -104 &124 in the downthrown side

2.4 QUARRYWISE QUALITY Quality computation has been done separately for top section & Bottom section of the

seam as well as for combined Top & Bottom Section excluding parting between the two

sections. All in-seam bands within Top & bottom section have been included for quality

assessment. No dilution at the contact point of seam section & roof & floor has been

considered. This assessment was done based on the data available for the boreholes

falling with the block area.

Yekona – I Block The overall quality (GCV) of Top section, Bottom Section and Top Section + Bottom

section are given as below: Table 9 Quality in Yekona I Block

Overall quality for Top+Bottom sections in Yekona-I block has been assessed based on

GCV figures of quarriable area which works out to 4714 kCal/kg (G-9) without dilution at

the contact point of roof and floor of the Seam.

Particulars Top Section Bottom Section Top +Bottom Sections

Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max.

Moisture % 5.9

(CMWY-27) 8.60

(CMWY-28) 6.00

(CMWY-32) 8.60

(CMWY-67,5)6.40

(CMWY-38) 8.50

(CMWY-28)

Ash % 25.1

(CMWY-3) 45.00

(CMWY-32) 22.80

(CMWY-5) 43.8

(CMWY-32) 28.00

(CMWY-28) ………

(CMWY-32)

V.M % 20.3

(CMWY-32) 27.2

(CMWY-39) 26.00

(CMWY-28) 27.30

(CMWY-39) 26.10

(CMWY-28) 28.00

CMWY-39)

F.C % 28.6

(CMWY-11) 41.70

(CMWY-27) 37.70

(CMWY-28) 37.80

(CMWY-39) 36.40

(CMWY-39) 37.40

CMWY-28) U.H.V.

(K.Cal/kg) 2132

(CMWY-32) 4608

(CMWY-27) 1848

(CMWY-35) 4694

(CMWY-67) 1848

(CMWY-35) 4694

(CMWY-67)

GCV 3636

(CMWY32) 5473

(CMWY-13) 2183

(CMWY35) 5622

(CMWY74) 2183

(CMWY-35) 5622

(CMWY74) Grade G-12 G - 7 G - 18 G - 6 G - 18 G - 6



Yekona – II Block The overall quality (GCV) of Top section, Bottom Section and Bottom Section + Top

section in Yekona - II block are given as below: Table 10 Quality in Yekona II Block

Particulars Top section Bottom section Top+ Bottom section Min Max Min Max Min Max

Moisture% 6.00 (MWM41)

8.45 (MWM58)

5.70 (CMWY110)

8.60 (MWM30)

5.1 (CMWY-114)

7.6 (MWM-40)

Ash% 20.10 (CMWY117)

35.30 (MWM32)

13.30 (MWM 39)

36.40 (CMWY117)

19.5 (MWM-40)

37.8 (CMWY-

114) V.M% 22.80

(MWM-32) 28.70

(CMWY117) 24.40

(CMWY-116)30.20

(MWM-28)

F.C% 34.8 (CMWY-88)

44.40 (CMWY-96)

29.00 (CMWY-112)

45.40 (CMWY97)

U.H.V 3145.4 (CMWY-88)

5132.6 (CMWY117)

3090.2 (CMWY-117)

5946.8 (MWM-39)

3145.4 (CMWY-88)

5946.8 (MWM-39)

GCV 4210 (CMWY-88)

5374.00 (MWM-40)

4300 (CMWY-117)

6125 (MWM-39)

4210 (CMWY-88)

6125 (MWM-39)

Grade G - 11 G - 7 G - 10 G - 5 G - 11 G - 5

Overall quality for Top+Bottom sections in Yekona-II block has been assessed based

on GCV figures of quarriable area which works out to 5053 kCal/kg (G-8) without

dilution at the contact point of roof and Floor of the Seam.

2.5 GEOLOGICAL RESERVES Yekona – I block Only one Composite workable seam in two sections designated as Top and Bottom

sections occurs in the area under report. 34.52 Mt of net proved coal reserves have

been reported as per the geological report.

Yekona – II block Geological reserves as per the geological report submitted on dec-2002 are

considered. Proved Reserve of 35.822Mt and indicated reserves 45Mt have been

estimated. However, in the proposed quarriable area net geological reserves are

estimated about 44.10 Mt.

2.6 QUARRY BOUNDARY, MINEABLE RESERVES, TARGET & LIFE 2.6.1 Quarry Boundary Delineation Yekona – I Quarry



The quarry is bounded by Major fault F1-F1 on the Western side and by fault F8-F8 on

the Eastern side. The Northern rise side of block is restricted by Sub-crop of composite

seam. The Southern Dip side of the block is an arbitrary line passing through BH

CMWY-77, 76, 57, 56 & MWN-9.The proposed Yekona-I quarry has been envisaged in

Yekona-I block and entire block has been covered for OC mining.

The geological block boundary as well as Quarry boundary of Yekona–I Quarry are

tabulated below:

Table 11 Quarry boundary of Yekona – I Quarry Particulars North East South West Block Boundary

Subcrop of Composite Seam.

Fault F8-F8

Arbitrary line passing through BH CMWY-77, 76, 57,56 & MWN-9

Major Fault F1–F1

Proposed Quarry Boundary

Along Major fault F8 -F8 / Subcrop of Composite Seam.

Fault F8-F8

Block boundary Major Fault F1–F1

Yekona – II Quarry The quarry is bounded by Wardha River on Western side and major fault F1-F1 on

Eastern side. The Northern rise side of block is restricted by Sub-crop of composite

seam. The Southern dip side boundary is and arbitrary line 200 m from the last

borehole drilled i.e. CMWY-42, 44, 47,117 & 118 and MWM-21.

The proposed Yekona-II quarry has been envisaged leaving safe distance from the

bank of Wardha River in Western side and upto fault F1-F1 in the Eastern side. The

Northern Mine boundary is limited by Sub-crop of Seam and in Southern dip side the

boundary is limited at 150m depth on the floor of Bottom section of the Composite

Seam.

The geological block boundary as well as Quarry boundary of Yekona – II quarry are

tabulated below: Table 12 Quarry boundary of Yekona – II Quarry

Particulars North East South West Block

Boundary

Along

Sub- crop

Fault F1-F1 200m from last

row of bore

holes

Eastern Bank of

Wardha River

Proposed

quarry

Boundary

Half

Sub-crop.

Fault F1-F1. upto 150 m

depth line.

Safe distance from

Eastern Bank of

Wardha River /



Yekona village

As Phase-I of the project is an interim arrangement, no separate quarry boundaries

have been delineated for Phase-I of the project.

2.6.2 Mineable Reserves Total Geological reserves in Yekona-I block are 34.52 Mt and entire sub quarry I (A) has been considered but reserves between 150m depth to block boundary in sub

quarry I (B) is left due to higher depth. These reserves can be extracted in later date

when it becomes economically viable. However, in Yekona-II geological block, Yekona-

II OC quarry has been envisaged upto 150m depth on the floor of bottom section of

seam and geological reserves beyond 150m depth has not been considered for

opencast mining. Thus, out of total 44.10 Mt geological reserves in Yekona-II Block,

38.37 Mt geological reserves has been considered for proposed Yekona-II OC mine.

Thus, out of total 78.62 Mt geological reserves in both Yekona-I & Yekona-II geological

blocks (34.52 Mt in Yekona-I block and 44.10 Mt in Yekona-II block), 67.65 Mt

geological reserves (29.28 Mt in Yekona-I OC and 38.37 Mt in Yekona-II OC) have

been considered for mining.

10% geological loss for geological uncertainties and 5% loss on account of mining

losses have been considered to the net geological reserves to workout net mineable

reserves. Specific Gravity of coal considered as 1.60 t/m3. Thus, the net mineable

reserves assessed in Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC mine are 57.85 Mt (25.04 Mt in

Yekona-I OC and 32.81 Mt in Yekona-II OC mine).

Table 13 Seam-wise Details of Mineable Reserves (Yekona-I Quarry)

NAME OF

SEAM

Floor area (ha) Av

erag

e Th

ickn

ess

'm'

Geo

logi

cal

Res

erve

s M

t

Geo

logi

cal

Loss

es

Mt

Min

ing

Loss

es

Mt

Min

eabl

e R

eser

ves

Mt

Top Section

226.14 5.32 16.71 1.67 0.75 14.29

Bottom Section

214.70 3.92 12.57 1.25 0.57 10.75

TOTAL 9.24 29.28 2.92 1.32 25.04



Table 14 Seam-wise Details of Mineable Reserves (Yekona-II Quarry)

NAME OF

SEAM

Floor area (ha) Av

erag

e Th

ickn

ess

'm'

Geo

logi

cal

Res

erve

s M

t

Geo

logi

cal

Loss

es

Mt

Min

ing

Loss

es

Mt

Min

eabl

e R

eser

ves

Mt

Top Section

244.12 6.45 23.82 2.38 1.07 20.37

Bottom Section

238.64 3.76 14.55 1.45 0.66 12.44

TOTAL 10.21 38.37 3.83 1.73 32.81

According to the approved Mining Plan of Phase-I, It is an interim arrangement for

increasing production capacity and increasing land area without involving forest land.

2.6.3 Target Production & Mine Life

The proposed report has been prepared for a normative capacity of 2.75 MTPA and

peak capacity of 3.44 MTPA from two quarries namely Yekona I quarry and Yekona II

quarry. The parameters of opencast mine field and technical conditions of its

development make this target feasible with normal indices namely length, width & depth

of the excavated block, thickness of coal seam, seam gradient, method of mining etc.

The total life of the project works out to 25 years considering annual normative

production of 2.75 MTPA and mineable reserves of 57.85 Mt.

2.7 MINE PARAMETERS The different Mine parameters of proposed Yekona-I OC and Yekona-II OC are as

follows:

Table 15 Mine parameters of proposed Yekona-I OC and Yekona-II OC

Sl. No. PARTICULARS YEKONA-I YEKONA-II

Amalagamated Yekona I & II OC

1 Av. Thickness of seam (m) 9.24 9.94 2 Gradient of seam 1 in 7 to

1in 14 1 in 4.8 to

1 in 8

3 Depth (m): a) Min. b) Max.

30

160

25 150



Sl. No. PARTICULARS YEKONA-I YEKONA-II

Amalagamated Yekona I & II OC

4 Av. Strike length (m)

a) At surface b) At floor

1700 1400

3800 3200

5 Average Dip-Rise width(km) a)On floor b)On Surface

1.2 to 2.0 1.5 – 2.4

0.60 0.87

6 Area of the Quarry (Ha) a)On floor b)On Surface

214.70 354.50

238.64 339.74

453.34 694.24

7 Total mineable reserves (Mt) 25.04 32.81 57.85 8 GCV (kCal/kg) (without

dilution at each contact point)

4714 (G-9)

5053 (G-8)

4920 (G-8)

9 Total volume of OB (Mm3) 225.71 226.78 452.49 10 Average stripping ratio (m3/t) 9.01 6.91 7.82 11 Annual mine target (MTPA) 1.00 to 1.25 1.25 to 1.50 2.75 12 Life of the mine 25 24 25

Phase-I of the project is an interim arrangement for increasing production capacity and

increasing land area without involving forest land. No separate mine parameters has

been considered for Phase-I.

2.8 MINING STRATEGY Production is proposed from multi-sections (two sections) of composite seam. Property

of Yekona-I is highly faulted and the gradient of seam is not favourable for Surface

miner in major part of this block. Hence, deployment of Surface miner is ruled out in

Yekona – I quarry. Deployment of dragline has not been proposed considering

the geo-mining conditions (especially gradient of the seam). Underground mining has

been ruled out considering conservation of coal in thick seam and better economics in

an opencast compared to underground mining.

Presently shovel-Dumper combination is being practiced very successfully in existing

mines of WCL. Hence, in proposed Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC mine also shovel-

dumper combination was proposed. In approved Project Report, it was also suggested

that as the geo-mining condition is favourable for deployment of Surface Miner in

Yekona-II OC and deployment of Surface Miner on Hiring basis might be considered in



Yekona-II OC subject to economic viability. According to the suggestion, Surface miner

has been considered and deployed in Yekona-II quarry due to its economic and

environmental benefits. Deployment of surface miner replaces three dust-generating

operations of conventional mining system namely drilling; blasting and crushing of coal

in one go.

Figure 4 Surface Miner Deployed at existing Yekona-II OC Mine

In the proposed mine, there is a parting of thickness ranging from 0.17m to 4.07m

between Top Section and Bottom section of the coal seam. Separate drilling and

blasting for parting is required to avoid dilution of quality of coal but due to lesser

thickness of parting it is not possible to drill and blast only parting. Hence, the

implementing authority is required to deploy Dozer with Ripper attachment to mine out

the parting separately to avoid dilution of coal.

2.8.1 Quarry and Sub-Quarry

The proposed Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC mine has two quarries namely Yekona-I

& Yekona-II. These quarries would be further sub-divided into two sub-quarries &

Surface Miner

Exposed Composite Coal Seam



sequence of mining has been designed in such a way that backfilling can be

maximized. Accordingly, the approved Mining Plan, the mine is divided into 4 sub

quarries. Summary of these sub-quarries are as tabulated below:-

Table 16 Quarry & Sub-Quarry Wise Coal, OB& Stripping Ratio SL. No.

QUARRY NAME OF SUB-QUARRY

COAL (Mt)

TOTAL OB (Mm3)

S.R. (m3/t)

1. Yekona – I

Sub-Quarry- I A 11.50 131.98 11.48 2. Sub-Quarry- I B 13.54 93.73 6.92 3.

Yekona – II Sub-Quarry- II A 19.27 132.33 6.87

4. Sub-Quarry- II B 13.54 94.45 6.98 TOTAL 57.85 452.49 7.82

2.8.2 Cut-wise Coal, OB & Stripping Ratio

Both the sub-quarries of Yekona-I & II have been divided into various Cuts at the

interval of 50m depth on the floor of Bottom Section of the seam. There are seven Cuts

in Yekona-I quarry and six Cuts in Yekona-II quarry. The different Cuts and their extent

along the floor of bottom section are tabulated below: Table 17 Different Quarry Cuts and their extent along the floor of bottom section

Quarry Cut No.

Description Quarry Cut No.

Description

Yekona - I

SUB QUARRY- I (A)

I Up to 50 m depth Yekona-II SUB

QUARRY II (A)

I Up to 50 m depth II 50m to 100m depth II 50 m to 100 m

depth III 100m to 150m depth III Beyond 100 m

depth to quarry limits

IV 150m depth to quarry limit Yekona-II SUB

QUARRY II (B)

IV Up to 50 m depth Yekona - I

SUB QUARRY I (B)

V Up to 50 m depth V 50 m to 100 m depth

VI 50m to 100m depth VI 100 m to 150 m depth

VII 100m to 150m depth

Cut wise quantities for both the quarries are summarized below. Table 18 Cut-wise Coal, OB & Stripping Ratio

YEKONA - I QUARRY SUB-QUARRY WISE AND CUT-WISE COAL, OB& STRIPPING RATIO

Sub-Quarry Cut No. COAL (Mt) OB (Mm3) S/R (m3/t)

Sub -Quarry-IA

Cut-I 0.75 6.69 8.92 Cut-II 3.60 41.20 11.44 Cut-III 3.42 37.90 11.09 Cut-IV 3.73 46.19 12.38

Sub-Total 11.50 131.98 11.48



Sub -Quarry-IB

Cut-V 3.99 24.56 6.16 Cut-VI 4.14 34.59 8.36 Cut-VII 5.41 34.58 6.39

Sub-Total 13.54 93.73 6.92 TOTAL (YEKONA – I OC) 25.04 225.71 9.01

YEKONA – II QUARRY

SUB-QUARRY WISE AND CUT-WISE COAL, OB& STRIPPING RATIO Sub-Quarry Cut No. COAL (Mt) OB (Mm3) S/R (m3/t)

Sub -Quarry-IIA Cut-I 4.51 20.08 4.46 Cut-II 7.42 60.30 8.13 Cut-III 7.35 51.95 7.07

Sub-Total 19.27 132.33 6.87

Sub -Quarry-IIB

Cut-IV 3.22 22.35 6.95 Cut-V 5.72 49.94 8.75 Cut-VI 4.60 22.16 4.82

Sub-Total 13.54 94.45 6.98 TOTAL (YEKONA – II OC) 32.81 226.78 6.91

GRAND TOTAL (YEKONA – I OC + YEKONA – II OC)

57.81 452.49 7.82


increasing land area without involving forest land. Mining Strategy will be followed as

per the approved Project Report (2015) and Mining Plan for Phase-I (2019).

2.9 DUMPING STRATEGY As detailed above, entire mining area is divided in 2 quarries namely Yekona-I quarry &

Yekona-II quarry. These two quarries are further divided into 2 sub quarries to

maximize internal backfilling. In both the quarries, initial OB is proposed to be dumped

externally. As soon as space is available inside the quarry, OB is dumped internally.

This strategy helps in reducing the external dumping, thereby reducing land

requirement.

According to the approved Project Report, in Yekona –II quarry, first Sub-Quarry – IIA

will be worked. After construction of flood protection embankment, OB of Cut-I and Cut-

II of Sub-Quarry – IIA would be dumped in the external OB Dump – H2 for hard OB (no

coal bearing area) as well as in Temporary OB Dump-L1 for soft OB (in coal bearing

area of Sub-Quarry-I B of Yekona - I quarry). The Top soil shall also be dumped in

Temporary Top Soil Dump-S2 in Sub-quarry-IIB of Yekona-II quarry which will be re-



handled prior to working Sub-Quarry-IIB. After dumping of OB of first two cuts, the

height of Hard OB Dump (H2) would reach 90 m above GL.

At the end of first two cuts of Sub-Quarry-IIA, entire OB excavated in subsequent cuts

(Cu-III & IV) of Sub-Quarry-IIA would be dumped in decoaled void of previous cuts

(Cut-I & Cut-II). The maximum height of backfilling dump would reach 90m above GL. It

is proposed to merge external Dump and internal dumps to generate additional capacity

& save land. The OB of temporary OB dump L1 & temporary top soil Dump-S2 will be

re-handled over Internal / External OB Dump. Plan showing location of OB dump and

quarry backfilling is given in Plate – VI (Quarry and Surface Layout Plan).

At present mining operations has been started by 26th October, 2017 within the Yekona

–II OC. Coal and OB production till 31st march, 2019 is as below:

2017-18 2019-20 Total

Coal (Mt) Nil 0.11 Mt 0.11 Mt

Overburden (Mm3) 0.478138 Mm3 1.221676 Mm3 1.699814 Mm3

The dumping in temporary top soil dump and in external dump H-2 is being carried out

in accordance with the approved Project Report.

In Yekona –I quarry, construction of flood protection embankment is not required & OB

of entire Sub-Quarry-IA (Cut-I, II & III) and part of cut-IV of Sub-Quarry-IB would be

dumped in the external OB dump H1 (no coal bearing area) and OB dump H3 (this is

on coal bearing area outside the quarry and shall be re-handled at the end of mine

working) for hard OB and in OB dump L adjacent to quarry for soft OB. It is also

proposed to dump part of loose OB in Dump-L1 on coal bearing area of sub quarry – I

B. The Top Soil would be dumped in quarry area in Temp. Soil Dump-S1 and would be

re-handled at a later stage on hard OB Dump. After dumping of OB of Sub-Quarry-IA

(Cut-I, II & III) and part of Cut-IV of sub-Quarry-IB, the height of Hard OB dump would

reach 90 m above GL.

After working Sub-Quarry-IA and Cut-IV of Sub-Quarry-IB, entire OB excavated in

subsequent cuts (Cut-V & VI) of Sub-Quarry-IB would be dumped in decoaled void of

previous cuts. The maximum height of backfilling dump would reach 90m above GL. It

is proposed to merge external Dump and internal dumps to generate additional capacity

&save land. Plan showing location of OB dump and quarry backfilling is given in

(Quarry and Surface Layout Plan).



After start of sub quarry – IB in Yekona-I OC and sub-quarry – IIB in Yekona-II OC, all

top soil and loose OB from quarry shall be dumped over top of existing Dumps. No

separate dump is planned for top soil and loose OB, while working sub-quarry-IB and

IIB of both the mines.

The mining operation is Yekona-I quarry has not yet started.

The proposed height of overburden dumps has been envisaged as 90m above ground

level. Presently nowhere in Majri area, dumping is done above 60m. Hence, it is

proposed in the approved Project Report to conduct a slope stability study, for which

capital provision has been made. Moreover, it is proposed to remove a thickness of

2.5m of black cotton soil from 120m wide trench along the periphery of external dump

for better stability of dump. Out of total 456.03 Mm3 OB (452.49 Mm3 from quarry and

3.54 from Trench cutting), 133.50 Mm3 OB will be accommodated in External OB

Dump and balance 322.53 Mm3 will be dumped in decoaled void of the two quarries.

Thus, 29.27% of total OB will be dumped externally and 70.73% OB will be accommodated in Internal Dumps. The Dump Capacities of different OB Dumps are

tabulated below: Table 19 Dump Capacities of different OB Dumps

Sl. No.

Dump Name of Dump Location Capacity (Mm3)

1. EXTERNAL

DUMP

OB Dump (L) No Coal Bearing 8.64 2. OB Dump (H1) No Coal Bearing 69.46 3. OB Dump (H2) No Coal Bearing 52.98 4. EMBANKMENT 2.42 SUB-TOTAL (EXTERNAL DUMP) 133.50 1

TEMPORARY DUMP (TO BE

REHANDLED)

Temporary Top Soil Dump-S1 Over Quarry-IB 8.50 2 Temporary OB Dump –L1 Over Quarry-IB 12.57 3 Temporary Top Soil Dump-S2 Over Quarry-IIB 7.88 4 Temporary OB Dump-H3 Coal Bearing outside

quarry area 14.88

SUB-TOTAL (REHANDLING) 43.83 C) INTERNAL

DUMP INTERNAL OB DUMPS

1 Internal Dump in Yekona-I OC Void of Yekona-I OC 145.40 2 Internal Dump in Yekona-II OC Void of Yekona-II OC 177.13 Total Internal Dump 322.53 TOTAL EXTERNAL + INTERNAL DUMP 456.03




increasing land area without involving forest land. Dumping Strategy will be followed as

per the approved Project Report, 2015 and approved Mining Plan, Phase-I, 2019.

2.10 MINING SCHEDULE AND EQUIPMENT PHASING Design Criteria Project report for Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC mine has envisaged 330 days of

working in a year based on 7 days schedule of mine working. As per the prevalent

practice in WCL, there will be three working shifts in a day each of 8 hours duration.

The in-situ volume weight of OB material has been considered as 2.2t/m3 whereas for

coal it is 1.60t/m3.

Annual Productivity of HEMM with Different Lead

The entire coal and OB will be extracted through outsourcing agency and therefore, the

productivity of HEMM will depend on the HEMM to be deployed by outsourcing agency.

However, the lead for coal / parting and OB is estimated based on quarry and dump

profile and distance of dump from quarry.

Based on the quarry profile, dump location & distance between different cuts of quarry

& dumps, the following average haul distances have been assessed for OB and coal.

a) For OB - 2.75 to 3.25 km

b) For Coal - upto 4.00 km

c) For Parting - 2.00 to 2.50 km

2.11 CALENDAR PROGRAMME OF EXCAVATION AND DUMPING Calendar programme as given in approved Mining Plan is detailed below:

Table 20 Calendar Programmed of Excavation (for Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC)

Year Coal (Mt)

OB (Mm3) Rehan-

dling of

OB

In Quarry Trench

Cutting Total

Yearly Cumm. Yearly Cumm.

1 0.30 0.30 2.00 2.00 1.66 3.66 2 0.60 0.90 3.00 5.00 3.00

3 1.00 1.90 4.00 9.00 4.00

4 2.00 3.90 13.00 22.00 1.88 14.88

5 2.25 6.15 16.00 38.00 16.00

6 2.50 8.65 23.00 61.00 23.00



Year Coal (Mt)

OB (Mm3) Rehan-

dling of

OB

In Quarry Trench

Cutting Total

Yearly Cumm. Yearly Cumm.

7 2.50 11.15 24.00 85.00 24.00

8 2.50 13.65 24.00 109.00 24.00

9 2.50 16.15 24.00 133.00 24.00

10 2.75 18.90 23.00 156.00 23.00 5.00

11 2.75 21.65 26.00 182.00 26.00 5.00

12 2.75 24.40 25.50 207.50 25.50 5.00

13 2.75 27.15 25.50 233.00 25.50 1.38

14 2.75 29.90 25.50 258.50 25.50 2.63

15 2.75 32.65 19.50 278.00 19.50 4.94

16 2.75 35.40 20.50 298.50 20.50 5.00

17 2.75 38.15 21.50 320.00 21.50

18 2.75 40.90 21.50 341.50 21.50

19 2.75 43.65 23.00 364.50 23.00

20 2.75 46.40 23.00 387.50 23.00

21 2.75 49.15 17.50 405.00 17.50

22 2.75 51.90 15.50 420.50 15.50

23 2.75 54.65 14.00 434.50 14.00 5.00

24 2.16 56.81 11.78 446.28 11.78 5.00

25 1.04 57.85 6.21 452.49 6.21 4.88

Total 57.85 452.49 3.54 456.03 43.83

Mining Plan has been prepared for 2.75 MTPA (Normative) capacity, however,

considering the fact that, during operation of the mine, the geo-mining conditions in a

particular year may get the most favourable scenario. During that particular year of most

favourable geo-mining scenario, within the equipment HEMM provided in the project, it

may reach the max capacity of 3.44 MTPA which will be 25% addition of the normative

capacity. Further, the assessment of the impact especially on the air quality has been

done considering 3.44 MTPA (25 % more than normative of 2.75 MTPA). The board

approval of the Mining Plan indicates that, environmental clearance is to be obtained for



3.44 MTPA. As such EC application has been made for peak capacity of 3.44 MTPA

which is only 25% more than the normative capacity.

The mining operation in Yekona-I OC are likely to be start before March’20. At present

mining operations has been started by 26th October, 2017 within the Yekona –II OC.

Coal and OB production till 31st march, 2019 is as below:

2017-18 2019-20 Total Coal (Mt) Nil 0.11 Mt 0.11 Mt

Overburden (Mm3) 0.478138 Mm3 1.221676 Mm3 1.699814 Mm3

Dumping Schedule

The year-wise Dumping Schedule in the proposed Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC

mine is tabulated below:

Table 21 Year-Wise Dumping Schedule

YR. QUARRY / TRENCH CUTTING

PROG OB

(MM3)

DUMPING (MM3)

TEMP. TOP

SOIL DUMPS

(S1)

TEMP. TOP SOIL

DUMPS (S2)

EXTERNAL DUMP INTERNAL DUMPING

OB DUMP

(L)

TEMP. OB

DUMP (L1)

EMBANK-MENT

OB DUMP (H1)

OB DUMP (H2)

TEMP. OB

DUMP (H3)

IN VOID OF

YEKONA -I OC

IN VOID OF

YEKONA -II OC

1

Yekona-I Trench

Yekona-II 1.66

1.66

Yekona-II 2.00 0.08 0.17 1.75

2 Yekona-I Yekona-II 3.00 0.13 0.25 2.62

3 Yekona-I Yekona-II 4.00 0.17 0.33 3.50

4

Trench Yekona-I 1.88

1.88

Yekona-I 5.00 0.60 0.56 3.84 Yekona-II 8.00 0.68 0.66 6.66

5 Yekona-I 8.00 1.06 0.44 0.45 6.05 Yekona-II 8.00 1.06 0.66 6.28

6 Yekona-I 11.00 1.10 1.24 8.66 Yekona-II 12.00 1.02 1.00 9.98

7 Yekona-I 12.00 1.10 1.36 9.54 Yekona-II 12.00 0.94 0.99 10.07

8 Yekona-I 12.00 1.00 1.36 9.64 Yekona-II 12.00 0.90 1.00 4.61 5.49

9 Yekona-I 12.00 1.00 1.36 9.64




PROG OB

(MM3)

DUMPING (MM3)

TEMP. TOP

SOIL DUMPS

(S1)

TEMP. TOP SOIL

DUMPS (S2)


OB DUMP

(L)

TEMP. OB

DUMP (L1)

EMBANK-MENT

OB DUMP (H1)

OB DUMP (H2)

TEMP. OB

DUMP (H3)

IN VOID OF

YEKONA -I OC

IN VOID OF

YEKONA -II OC

Yekona-II 12.00 0.90 0.99 2.90 5.00 2.21

10 Yekona-I 12.00 0.76 1.36 9.88 Yekona-II 11.00 0.34 0.91 4.61 5.14

Rehandling -4.61 -0.39 0.39 4.61

11 Yekona-I 15.00 1.52 0.17 7.78 5.53 Yekona-II 11.00 0.91 5.27 4.82

Rehandling -0.56 -4.44 4.04 0.56 0.40

12 Yekona-I 15.00 1.69 13.31 Yekona-II 10.50 0.87 9.63

Rehandling -3.33 -1.67 3.33 1.67

13 Yekona-I 15.00 0.77 14.23 Yekona-II 10.50 0.87 9.63

Rehandling -1.38 1.38

14 Yekona-I 15.00 15.00 Yekona-II 10.50 0.87 9.63


15 Yekona-I 9.00 9.00 Yekona-II 10.50 0.87 9.63


16 Yekona-I 8.50 8.50 Yekona-II 12.00 12.00









Rehandling -5.00 5.00 24 Yekona-I 7.50 5.21 2.29




PROG OB

(MM3)

DUMPING (MM3)

TEMP. TOP

SOIL DUMPS

(S1)

TEMP. TOP SOIL

DUMPS (S2)


OB DUMP

(L)

TEMP. OB

DUMP (L1)

EMBANK-MENT

OB DUMP (H1)

OB DUMP (H2)

TEMP. OB

DUMP (H3)

IN VOID OF

YEKONA -I OC

IN VOID OF

YEKONA -II OC

Yekona-II 4.28 4.28 Rehandling -5.00 3.23 1.77

25 Yekona-I 6.21 6.21 Yekona-II 0.00

Rehandling -4.88 4.88 TOTAL 0.00 0.00 8.64 0.00 2.42 69.46 52.98 0.00 145.40 177.13

Plan showing location of OB dump and quarry backfilling is given in Plate – VII.


increasing land area without involving forest land. Mining programme and dumping

schedule will be as per the approved Project Report, 2015 and Mining Plan (Phase-I),

2019.

2.12 DRILLING & BLASTING Drilling pattern in overburden, with a bench height of 10 m has been envisaged with the

burden as 5.0-6.0 m and spacing as 6.5-7.0 m. The powder factor of 2.25m3/kg has

been considered for overburden planning purpose.

For coal, depending upon the thickness available in the horizons, bench height of max.

8 m is being proposed. For coal bench, drilling pattern with burden and spacing of 3.0

m&4.0 m respectively has been proposed. A powder factor of 6.0t/kg has been

considered for blasting in coal for planning purpose. However at the time of operation of

mine, drilling parameters have to be optimized on the basis of actual field trial

depending upon joint pattern, bedding plane and local geology of the blast site and

accordingly powder factor for OB & coal may be vary after final trial of blasting.

It is proposed that bulk loading explosive may be used. For storage of L.D. explosive

and accessories one magazines having 20 t capacity has been proposed in the

approved Project Report.

2.13 WATER SUPPLY & SEWERAGE The total water requirement for project site has been worked out to 810 KL and 110 KL

for colony. Water demand for project site includes water to be supplied for dust

suppression, fire-fighting, water sprinkling on roads, etc. Water demand for project site



includes water to be supplied for dust suppression, fire-fighting, water sprinkling on

roads, etc.

Table 22 Water Demand for Project Site S. No

Particular Quantity

a) Water requirement for total manpower of Project @ 45 litre/ capita/day

Litres 11565

b) Water requirement for washing of dumpers @ 1800 litre/ dumper/day

Litres 313200

c) Water requirement for dust suppression in CHP & other industrial premises @22500 litre/ day/million tonne of coal production per year

Litres 67500

d) Water requirement for fire-fighting @45000 litre/ day/million tonne of coal production per year

Litres 135000

e) Water requirement for road watering @ 67500 litre/ day/million tonne of coal production per year

Litres 202500

f) Water requirement of Service Buildings @ 10% of item (a) of above

Litres 1160

g) Allowance for loss & wastage @ 10% (a) to(f) Litres 73100 Total Water Demand lpd 810000

The industrial water requirement will be met through the treated mine discharge water.

Sub-soil water has been envisaged as the source for drinking water. Accordingly, bore-

well provisions have been made. However, it is suggested that the source of water may

be ascertained after carrying out hydro-geological investigations as regards the quality

and quantity of water.

Sub-soil water through bore well has been proposed to be conveyed to O.H. reservoirs

via ground sumps. Further, water from O.H. reservoir shall be supplied under gravity to

different buildings after chlorination.

It is, however, suggested that permanent water supply arrangement should be

formulated after carrying out detailed survey, investigations for the adequate source of

water and detailed engineering.

To avoid any discharge of effluent into natural watercourses, sewage disposal

arrangement has been envisaged.

2.14 PUMPING ARRANGEMENT Maximum pumping of water is estimated to be 1263 lps for the proposed Amalgamated

Yekona I & II OC. Following arrangements has been envisaged for pumping of water to

facilitate safe mining:



1) Ten pumps of 160 lps x 200m head have been proposed. Out of ten pumps,

two pump are standby.

2) Four pumps of 80 lps x 150m head have been proposed for initial and

auxiliary pumping.

3) One diesel pumps of 80 lps x 60m head have been proposed.

4) Six face pumps of 11 lps x 30 m head have been envisaged in this report

and out of six pumps, one is standby.

5) Three delivery ranges of 406.4 mm dia. have been proposed for main pumps

of 160lps x 250m head and maximum two pumps will be connected in each

delivery.

6) Two delivery range of 312mm dia. has been proposed for main pumps of

160lps x 250m head and maximum one pump will be connected in each

delivery.

7) 80 mm dia. G.I. pipe will be used for face pumps.

8) No piping provision has been made for standby pumps.

2.15 COAL HANDLING ARRANGEMENT Combined CHP is proposed for both quarries. Salient Features of CHP are summarized

below.

a) Three nos. 2 - stage crushing double roll secondary sizer, ROM coal to (-) 100 mm, 400tph.

b) Conveying of coal by three nos. of 1200 mm wide belt conveyors c) Storage of coal in three nos. of overhead twin hoppers, each of 2 x 100 t

capacity d) Dispatch of coal on road by trucks to Railway Siding e) Dust suppression and fire extinguisher system f) Power supply, illumination and control systems g) Weighment of coal with the help of road weighbridge

2.16 COAL TRANSPORT ROUTE AND RAILWAY SIDING As per approved Mining Plan, Coal from the quarry is proposed to be transported to

Coal Stock/CHP by dumpers. Average lead for coal from quarry face to CHP is around

3 kms. Further from CHP to proposed railway siding coal will be transported by tipping

trucks. The distance of nearest railway siding from CHP is about 8 kms located at GMR

thermal power plant. The coal will be transported by covered tipping trucks to reduce



fugitive dust generation. The black topped road is proposed from CHP to Railway

siding.

The feasibility of conveyor belt transport was studied. It was observed straight

alignment of belt conveyor from CHP to Railway Siding is not feasible. Multiple

discharge point will be required for coal transportation hence increasing pollution and

cost of the project.

The existing nearest Railway Siding from the proposed Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC

mine is GMR Railway siding of thermal power plant which is about 8 km from the

project. A financial provision of Rs 40.00 crores and Provision for 30ha of land has

been made in approved Project Report for construction of railway siding for the

proposed mine. In view of pollution generated due to coal transportation by road, the

Railway Siding should be constructed near to the project. Thus, requirement for coal

transportation by road should be minimum and pollution load from coal transport will be

reduced drastically.

The actual location of the railway siding will be decided by the implementing authority in

consultation with the Indian Railways. In this EIA-EMP report, it is suggested that the

railway siding should be constructed near to the project. Thus coal transportation

through road is minimized.

2.17 WORKSHOP The proposed Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC mine has been planned for Total hiring

option. The entire coal extraction and OB removal will be done by hiring agency. The

HEMM deployed in the mine will be operated and maintained by hiring / out-sourcing

agency. Hence, No provision for excavation workshop has been made in approved

Project Report.

E & M workshop

E & M Workshop facilities have been proposed in approved Project Report to carry out

maintenance & repair of the CHP, equipment, pumps, LMVs, electrical etc. The E&M

workshop is essentially a unit workshop and will depend on central/regional workshop

for major repair and part manufacture.

2.18 POWER SUPPLY The projected maximum demand for the proposed Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC

(including residential) for Total hiring option is 3303 kVA. Incoming power supply for the



project is envisaged at 33 kV. There is no 33 kV source presently available nearby.

Power supply at 33 kV shall be available from Warora substation of MSEDCL.

2.19 CIVIL CONSTRUCTION WORKS The Building Cost Index for the Maharashtra has been worked out to 560 in 2015 (1st

half) taking the prevalent rates of materials and labours in Maharashtra. This Building

Cost Index is with reference to base 100 in Nagpur as on 1.1.1992.

Service Buildings

Keeping in view the needs and requirements of this mine, provision for all necessary

service buildings such E & M workshop, Sub–station, Magazine and other service

buildings have been provided.

Residential Building

Total manpower proposed for this project is 257. Considering the necessity of the

project, 132 Nos. of Type quarters have been envisaged which satisfies the 51.40% of

the required manpower of Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC. Type quarter consists of

56 MQ’s, 32 B-type , 28 C-type, 2 D-type & 14 hostel accommodation.

Roads & Culverts

For above number of quarters, 1000m long colony road with culverts, drains, etc. has

been envisaged.2.0 km long Haul road has been provided for transportation of coal /

OB inside quarry. 3.00 km Heavy-duty road has been provided for transportation of coal

/ overburden on surface. For approaching different Service Buildings 2.00 km long

Sector Road on Stratum `D’ specification with culverts, drain, tree guards etc. has been

proposed.

7.0 Km length of Stratum ‘C’ has been proposed for Diversion of PWD road and 5.0 Km

length of Stratum ‘C’ has been proposed for Diversion of village road.

2.20 LAND REQUIREMENT The total land involved including the land for resettlement and gaothan land is 1701.32

ha (1617.18 ha tenancy land &84.14 ha Govt Land).

The land area includes 30 ha land required for proposed railway siding on non-coal

bearing area & for road / conveyor to transport coal to siding. In addition to this,

acquisition of 8.0 ha tenancy land has been proposed for re-settlement of Marda village

outside the mine area at some suitable location. Provision for 8.12 ha gaothan land has

also been proposed in approved Project Report. Provision of 10 ha of land area has

been made for construction of residential colony for persons employed in Amalgamated

Yekona I & II OC.



Land Use Pattern The land use pattern for the proposed project is as tabulated below :

Sl. No

Particulars Area (ha)

1. Quarry/ exposed Area (including existing quarry) 689.20 2. External OB dump (including Embankment) 320.02 3. Nalla Diversion and existing Nalla & Irrigation Canal 58.35 4. Residential Colony (Approximately) 10.00 5. Roads, Road diversion And Barriers due to roads

(Approximately) 30.00

6. Infrastructure and service roads (Approx.) 100.00 7. Flood protection embankment 44.37 8. Land for relocation of Marda village 8.00 9. Railway siding and its Approach road 30.00 10. Blasting / Safety zone along quarries and external dump 270.00 11. Rationalization of boundary 141.38 Total 1701.32

Now as explained earlier, considering urgent requirement of coal production and

involvement of forest land (0.62 ha) in the project area, Phase – I Mining Plan

excluding 21.31ha of non-forest land and 0.62 ha land of forest land (which is the total

forest land involved) has been prepared. Phase – I of the project is an interim

arrangement and no changes in any other parameters (except land as indicated

above) has been made with respect to TOR.

Total 1679.39 ha land will be involved in Phase-I of the proposal excluding 0.62 ha of

forest land and 21.31 ha non forest land (for maintaining mine geometry).

2.22 DIVERSION OF SURFACE FEATURES Diversion of necessary surface features has been envisaged for proposed project. Such

features are either passing through the quarry area or lying over proposed OB dump.

Feasibility study has been done during preparation of project report. The shortest

possible alignment for diversion has been proposed as per the approved Mining Plan.

2.22.1 Diversion of Irrigation Canal: There is a canal passing through proposed mine area. This canal is part of Lal Nallah

Irrigation Project. The entire area affected due to diversion will be used for the mining

purpose i.e. for proposed Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC. The canal is being diverted in

such a way that there will be no effect on downstream users. In fact, quantum of water

will increase in downstream as around 1600 ha land through which canal is passing will

be acquired for the mining. Provision of 50 Lakh rupees is made for the proposed



diversion. Necessary permission will be acquired from irrigation department before

proposed diversion.

2.22.2 Diversion of PWD road

Due to proximity to Warora town, many villages are settled in nearby area. These

villages are well connected by road network. Part of PWD road from Wanoja to Marda,

Warora to Madhari and Marda to Yekona is proposed for diversion.

Diversion of PWD road from Wanoja to Marda and Marda to Yekona

The road is passing through the quarry area of Yekona –II and proposed infrastructure

hence it is required to be dismantled and diverted around the mine boundary. Total

provision of 2.83 crores rupees has been made for proposed diversion. Necessary

permission will be acquired from the competent authority for the proposed diversion.

Diversion of PWD road from Warora to Madhari

The road is passing through the proposed quarry of Yekona I hence, it is necessary to

divert the road for mining operation of project. This road is being diverted along the

northern boundary in such a way that it have minimum effect on local transportation. If

diverted along the southern boundary the distance between Warora to Madhari will be

higher than proposed diversion along the northern boundary because road will required

to be diverted beyond Yekona-II Quarry which lies on the southern side of the existing

road. Total provision of 8.90 crores rupees has been made for proposed diversion.

Necessary permission will be acquired from the competent authority for the proposed

diversion.



Figure 5 Road from Warora to Madhari Proposed to be diverted

2.22.3 Diversion of water pipeline

Water pipe line of Maharashtra Government for water supply from Yekona village to

Wanoja village passes through proposed Yekona I Quarry area, hence it is proposed to

be diverted. The proposed diversion will be along the diverted PWD road along the

northern boundary of the project. The provision of 1.0 crore rupees has been made for

proposed diversion.Necessary permission will be acquired from the competent authority

for the proposed diversion.

2.22.4 Diversion of Nallah

The proposed external dump of Yekona I quarry is on northern side of the quarry on

non-coal bearing area. The initial quantity of external OB is high in this quarry because

of existing geo mining condition (the width of quarry on the rise side is less hence

internal dumping is not possible till first 6 year of quarry working). This seasonal nallah is

passing the proposed OB dump area hence it is required to be diverted. The diversion

has been proposed along the boundary of OB dump. An embankment has also been

proposed against the nallah. It is shortest possible diverted route of nallah. Provisions of

4.78 crore rupees has been made for proposed diversion. Necessary permission will

have to be obtained from irrigation department before proposed diversion.



Figure 6 Plan showing surface features in core zone and diverted routes

The above plan showing surface features in core zone and diverted routes is attached

as Annexure-V in A3 size.

Description of Environment CMPDI


CHAPTER-III DESCRIPTION OF ENVIRONMENT

3.1 INTRODUCTION: Mining activities invariably affect the existing environmental status of the site. It has both

adverse and beneficial effects. In order to maintain the environmental commensuration

with the mining operation, it is essential to undertake studies on the existing

environmental scenario and assess the impact on different environmental components.

This would help in formulating suitable management plans and sustainable resource

extraction.

Baseline data on ambient air quality, water quality, noise level, flora & fauna, soil and

socio-economic scenario was generated in post-monsoon season, 2016. No mining

activities were started in the study area (core and buffer zone) at the time of baseline

data generation. Presently both Yekona-I & Yekona-II OC are on-going projects of WCL.

Mining operations at Yekona – II OC has been started since 2017-18.Mining operation

are likely to be commenced in Yekona-I OC before March’20.

Coal based thermal power plants of GMR Warora Energy limited (600 MW)

commissioned in 2013 and Sai Wardha Power Generation Limited (540 MW)

commissioned in 2010 located within the MIDC, Warora are only 1 km away from the

project boundary. They are major industries affecting environmental scenario within the

study area.

A coal mine, Shivani OC has been proposed in the west of the Amalgamated Yekona I &

II OC. The mine has been granted Environment Clearance for the production capacity of

1.4375 MTPA within ML area of 780 ha. However, the mining operation has not yet

started due to adverse economics of the project and want of cost plus agreement.

Marda village is located within the ML area and 50 meters away from the quarry limit.

Hence, the village is proposed to be rehabilitated and resettled as per the CIL R&R

policy. Warora town is located nearly 5 kms east of the project. Anandwan,

an ashram and a community rehabilitation center which was mainly started

for leprosy patients and the disabled from downtrodden section of society is located

around 6kms east of the project near Warora town.



3.2 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 3.2.1 Regional Climate

The region enjoys a very dry and semi humid climate throughout the year except in

monsoon season (June to September). Climate here witnesses a very hot weather

during the month of summer. It reaches its pinnacle in the month of May.

Blowing dry wind makes the climate scorching almost throughout the summer. The

maximum temperature remains more than 42° C. At times, it may reach to 48° C.

Monsoon advances in the month of June (Normal date of onset of monsoon over

Vidarbha region is 10thJune). Maximum rainfall occurs during July and August months.

Winter season here is spine chilling. Minimum temperatures hovers around 12° C. and

at times even dip below that level.

3.2.2 Micro-Meteorological Scenario Meteorological data collected at meteorological station representing the study area

during the study period (1st October 2016 to 31st December 2016) reveals the following

status:

(i) Wind Speed/Direction Generally, moderate to stronger winds prevailed throughout the season. Winds

were moderate particularly during the morning hours. During the afternoon hours

the winds were stronger. Wind speed readings were ranging from ≤0.5 m/sec to

4.2 m/sec. The seasonal average wind speed was observed to be 1.42 m/sec.

The wind pattern of the study period is presented below:

The analysis of wind pattern during the season showed that the predominant wind

directions were from North-East, East followed by North having frequencies

15.35%, 14.58% & 6.34% respectively.

The calm conditions prevailed 43.38%. The analysis of wind speeds during the

study period indicated that the low speed of 1 - 5 kmph occupied 51.58 % while

wind speed of 5 - 11 kmph occupied 4.75 % respectively. Higher than 11 kmph of

wind speed was not recorded during meteorological data generation.

(ii) Temperature Temperature values ranged between 9.5OC to 37.4OC. The seasonal average

temperature value during this period was found to be 26.0OC.

(iii) Relative Humidity



The daily average relative humidity values were in the range of 56.3 to 59.61%.

The seasonal average humidity value was found to be 58.24%.

(iv) Cloud Cover Mostly clear sky was predominant during the study period.

(v) Atmospheric Pressure

The average atmospheric pressure value has been found to be around 29.61 in

Hg.

(vi) Rainfall Total 4 mm rainfall was recorded during the study period. The average rainfall

during the season was found to be 0.04 mm.

Data Collection and Analysis

The Micro- Meteorological data thus collected has been processed and analyzed as per

standard procedures. The seasonal wind distribution is given in the table below. The

meteorology status is also furnished in tabular form. Table 23 SEASONAL WIND DISTRIBUTION

Project: Yekona I & II OC Period: 01ST OCT.’2016 – 31ST DEC.’2016

Wind Direction

Wind Velocity (Kmph) & Duration (%) < 1 1 - 5 5 - 11 >11 Total

N 5.84 0.50 0.00 6.34 NNE 3.08 0.14 0.00 3.22 NE 14.13 1.22 0.00 15.35

ENE 3.67 0.36 0.00 4.03 E 13.23 1.36 0.00 14.58

ESE 2.13 0.18 0.00 2.31 SE 0.82 0.09 0.00 0.91

SSE 0.54 0.05 0.00 0.59 S 0.54 0.00 0.00 0.54

SSW 0.59 0.00 0.00 0.59 SW 0.54 0.14 0.00 0.68

WSW 0.45 0.00 0.00 0.45 W 0.63 0.14 0.00 0.77

WNW 0.27 0.00 0.00 0.27 NW 4.39 0.50 0.00 4.89

NNW 1.00 0.09 0.00 1.09 CALM 43.38 - - - 43.38 Total 43.38 51.85 4.75 0.00 100.00



Table 24 Abstract of Meteorological Data Project: YEKONA I & II Season: Non Monsoon Month: October 2016

Date Wind Velocity (Kmph) Predominant

Wind Direction (From)

Temperature (oC) Relative Humidity (%) Average

Rainfall (mm)

Cloud Cover (Oktas)

Min. Max. Avg. % Duration ≤ 1 1-5 5-11 > 11 Min. Max. Avg. Lowest Highest

01.10.16 < 0.5 3.1 1.6 50.08 45.76 4.16 0.00 E 24.1 35.6 29.4 54.0 0.00 0.00 1.00 02.10.16 < 0.5 2.4 1.47 54.24 45.76 0.00 0.00 NE 26.6 37.4 31.8 58.5 0.00 0.00 1.00 03.10.16 < 0.5 3.2 1.5 50.08 45.76 4.16 0.00 NE 27.1 36.7 31.8 66.7 0.00 0.00 1.00 04.10.16 < 0.5 3.6 1.9 37.44 54.24 8.32 0.00 N 27.1 36.9 30.8 69.0 1.00 0.00 2.00 05.10.16 < 0.5 3.1 1.7 41.76 50.08 8.32 0.00 E 23.5 32.9 27.5 49.0 2.00 0.00 2.00 06.10.16 < 0.5 2.4 1.3 41.76 54.08 4.16 0.00 E 24.1 34.6 28.8 59.2 0.00 0.00 1.00 07.10.16 < 0.5 2.3 1.32 45.76 54.24 0.00 0.00 NE 25.2 35.9 30.3 60.1 1.00 0.00 1.00 08.10.16 < 0.5 3.2 1.7 45.92 41.60 12.48 0.00 E 25.1 35.6 30.3 59.8 0.00 0.00 0.00 09.10.16 < 0.5 3.1 1.4 50.08 37.44 12.48 0.00 E 24.5 33.8 29.4 63.0 0.00 0.00 1.00 10.10.16 < 0.5 3.3 1.6 50.08 45.83 4.16 0.00 E 25.5 35.5 30.6 57.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 11.10.16 < 0.5 3.4 1.4 45.76 50.08 4.16 0.00 NW 25.5 35.9 31.1 59.4 0.00 0.00 1.00 12.10.16 < 0.5 3.7 1.4 45.76 45.76 8.32 0.00 E 27.1 36.6 31.2 58.6 0.00 0.00 0.00 13.10.16 < 0.5 4.1 2.0 41.76 50.08 8.32 0.00 NE 25.4 35.3 29.9 59.2 0.00 0.00 0.00 14.10.16 < 0.5 3.1 1.6 50.08 45.76 4.16 0.00 E 31.8 36.6 32.0 58.1 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.10.16 < 0.5 2.1 1.2 50.08 50.08 0.0 0.00 NE 25.2 34.6 30.2 60.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 16.10.16 < 0.5 3.4 1.6 37.60 54.08 8.32 0.00 E 25.2 33.9 29.8 58.6 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.10.16 < 0.5 2.5 1.3 41.76 58.33 0.0 0.00 E 25.2 33.6 29.2 66.5 0.00 0.00 2.00 18.10.16 < 0.5 3.6 1.7 33.28 58.33 8.32 0.00 NE 25.7 34.8 29.8 65.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 19.10.16 < 0.5 3.5 1.4 41.76 54.08 4.16 0.00 E 23.3 33.8 28.0 61.5 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.10.16 < 0.5 4.1 1.5 41.76 45.92 12.48 0.00 E 23.1 33.5 28.0 63.3 0.00 0.00 0.00 21.10.16 < 0.5 3.6 1.6 29.16 58.33 12.48 0.00 E 23.4 33.5 28.9 60.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 22.10.16 < 0.5 2.7 1.53 41.76 50.08 8.32 0.00 NE 22.6 34.9 29.5 68.5 0.00 0.00 2.00 23.10.16 < 0.5 4.1 1.7 41.76 45.92 12.48 0.00 E 24.3 34.6 29.4 64.7 0.00 0.00 1.00 24.10.16 < 0.5 4.2 1.7 41.76 45.92 12.48 0.00 N 23.2 33.6 28.2 56.6 0.00 0.00 2.00 25.10.16 < 0.5 3.3 1.5 41.76 54.08 4.16 0.00 NE 23.3 35.9 28.8 50.9 0.00 0.00 2.00 26.10.16 < 0.5 4.2 1.7 45.92 41.76 12.48 0.00 NE 22.1 34.6 28.5 51.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 27.10.16 < 0.5 3.1 1.5 50.08 45.92 4.16 0.00 E 21.5 34.6 27.6 56.7 0.00 0.00 0.00 28.10.16 < 0.5 2.7 1.3 37.60 58.33 4.16 0.00 NE 20.1 33.3 25.5 49.3 0.00 0.00 1.00 29.10.16 < 0.5 2.3 1.38 37.60 62.50 0.00 0.00 E 21.5 33.4 26.8 66.7 0.00 0.00 1.00 30.10.16 < 0.5 2.8 1.5 33.28 62.50 4.16 0.00 E 21.6 33.8 27.0 61.2 0.00 0.00 0.00 31.10.16 < 0.5 4.1 1.4 33.28 45.76 16.66 4.16 E 22.1 31.8 26.3 56.1 0.00 0.00 1.00



Table 25 Abstract of Meteorological Data Project: YEKONA I & II Season: Non Monsoon Month: November 2016

Date Wind Velocity (m/s) Predominant



Rainfall (mm)

Cloud Cover (Oktas)

Min. Max. Avg. % Duration ≤ 0.5 0.6-1.5 1.6-2.5 > 2.6 Min. Max. Avg. Lowest Highest

01.11.16 < 0.5 3.3 1.8 45.92 45.92 8.32 0.00 NE 22.2 32.6 26.9 59.6 0.00 0.00 0.00 02.11.16 < 0.5 3.2 1.6 41.76 45.92 12.48 0.00 E 22.5 33.5 28.0 59.4 0.00 0.00 0.00 03.11.16 < 0.5 2.2 1.4 41.76 58.33 0.00 0.00 NW 24.5 34.5 29.5 57.7 0.00 0.00 0.00 04.11.16 < 0.5 3.6 1.1 45.92 50.08 4.16 0.00 E 23.5 35.5 29.8 55.6 0.00 0.00 0.00 05.11.16 < 0.5 2.2 1.3 41.76 58.33 0.00 0.00 E 23.5 35.5 29.0 44.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 06.11.16 < 0.5 3.8 1.5 33.28 58.33 8.32 0.00 NE 22.4 34.4 28.8 55.7 0.00 0.00 0.00 07.11.16 < 0.5 2.6 1.4 45.92 80.08 4.16 0.00 NE 25.5 34.6 30.4 61.6 0.00 0.00 0.00 08.11.16 < 0.5 4.1 1.5 33.33 54.16 12.48 0.00 NW 24.2 34.6 29.8 54.2 0.00 0.00 0.00 09.11.16 < 0.5 2.9 1.5 45.92 50.08 4.16 0.00 E 23.4 34.6 29.1 55.7 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.11.16 < 0.5 3.3 1.5 58.33 50.08 8.32 0.00 N 22.1 34.6 28.9 64.6 0.00 0.00 3.00 11.11.16 < 0.5 2.6 1.5 50.08 45.92 4.16 0.00 E 22.3 33.2 27.4 62.8 0.00 0.00 1.00 12.11.16 < 0.5 4.1 1.5 29.16 62.50 8.32 0.00 E 23.1 33.5 27.6 62.9 0.00 0.00 0.00 13.11.16 < 0.5 2.9 1.2 41.76 54.16 4.16 0.00 N 21.3 33.6 27.3 59.0 0.00 0.00 1.00 14.11.16 < 0.5 3.7 1.5 41.76 54.16 4.16 0.00 E 22.3 34.5 28.2 52.6 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.11.16 < 0.5 3.1 1.4 37.44 58.33 4.16 0.00 NE 21.9 34.6 27.7 53.4 0.00 0.00 1.00 16.11.16 < 0.5 3.1 1.5 37.44 54.16 8.32 0.00 E 16.4 32.7 27.0 52.5 0.00 0.00 1.00 17.11.16 < 0.5 2.5 1.2 45.92 54.16 0.00 0.00 NE 22.4 34.6 26.7 63.4 0.00 0.00 1.00 18.11.16 < 0.5 3.2 1.4 45.92 45.92 8.32 0.00 NW 22.1 32.4 26.4 63.3 0.00 0.00 2.00 19.11.16 < 0.5 2.1 1.3 37.60 62.50 0.00 0.00 NE 22.3 32.5 27.6 59.8 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.11.16 < 0.5 2.8 1.3 50.08 45.92 4.16 0.00 E 21.4 32.6 26.3 54.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 21.11.16 < 0.5 2.5 1.2 41.76 58.33 0.00 0.00 E 19.1 31.4 25.6 56.8 0.00 0.00 0.00 22.11.16 < 0.5 3.8 1.6 45.92 50.08 4.16 0.00 E 21.4 32.2 26.9 63.3 0.00 0.00 0.00 23.11.16 < 0.5 4.1 1.5 37.44 50.08 12.48 0.00 NE 21.3 32.8 26.5 63.9 0.00 0.00 0.00 24.11.16 < 0.5 3.6 1.4 33.28 62.50 4.16 0.00 E 19.6 33.4 26.6 64.6 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.11.16 < 0.5 2.6 1.3 45.92 50.08 4.16 0.00 NE 21.1 33.4 26.6 58.6 0.00 0.00 0.00 26.11.16 < 0.5 3.1 1.5 37.44 50.08 12.48 0.00 E 21.2 32.4 26.2 64.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 27.11.16 < 0.5 2.7 1.5 24.96 66.66 8.32 0.00 E 21.1 34.4 21.1 63.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 28.11.16 < 0.5 3.8 1.6 45.92 50.08 4.16 0.00 NE 20.9 32.4 26.1 58.9 0.00 0.00 0.00 29.11.16 < 0.5 3.9 1.4 45.92 50.08 4.16 0.00 NE 20.4 32.6 26.1 64.9 0.00 0.00 1.00 30.11.16 < 0.5 2.8 1.5 41.76 54.08 4.16 0.00 E 14.1 31.9 21.9 54.9 0.00 0.00 1.00



Table 26 Abstract of Meteorological Data Project: YEKONA I & II Season: Non Monsoon Month: December 2016

Date Wind Velocity (m/s) Predominant



Rainfall (mm)

Cloud Cover (Oktas) Min. Max. Avg. % Duration

≤ 0.5 0.6-1.5 1.6-2.5 > 2.6 Min. Max. Avg. Lowest Highest 01.12.16 < 0.5 2.4 1.2 50.08 50.08 0.00 0.00 NE 19.2 24.5 22.2 62.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 02.12.16 < 0.5 3.2 1.4 54.24 41.60 4.16 0.00 NE 13.2 30.9 21.6 48.7 0.0 0.0 1.0 03.12.16 < 0.5 3.4 1.6 41.60 54.24 4.16 0.00 E 19.2 31.2 24.5 53.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 04.12.16 < 0.5 2.5 1.1 54.24 45.92 0.00 0.00 N 18.1 29.5 23.4 48.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 05.12.16 < 0.5 2.1 1.29 50.08 45.92 4.16 0.00 NW 18.3 29.7 23.2 47.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 06.12.16 < 0.5 2.2 1.45 54.24 45.92 0.00 0.00 NE 19.3 27.3 23.2 48.9 0.0 0.0 1.0 07.12.16 < 0.5 2.2 1.33 41.76 58.40 0.00 0.00 NE 14.2 25.2 20.4 66.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 08.12.16 < 0.5 2.3 1.5 41.76 58.40 0.00 0.00 E 18.1 28.5 23.0 67.8 0.0 0.0 2.0 09.12.16 < 0.5 3.1 1.3 50.08 45.92 4.16 0.00 NE 17.6 29.5 26.3 58.4 0.0 0.0 1.0 10.12.16 < 0.5 2.4 1.4 54.24 45.92 0.00 0.00 NW 17.1 29.2 23.7 54.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.12.16 < 0.5 3.2 1.3 41.76 54.24 4.16 0.00 NE 17.1 32.2 24.1 59.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.12.16 < 0.5 2.2 1.2 45.92 54.24 0.00 0.00 E 17.1 31.6 24.0 46.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.12.16 < 0.5 3.6 1.1 50.08 45.92 4.16 0.00 NE 16.1 28.2 22.8 54.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.12.16 < 0.5 2.3 1.3 50.08 50.08 0.00 0.00 E 25.1 28.5 22.7 53.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.12.16 < 0.5 3.1 1.6 45.92 50.08 4.16 0.00 N 16.0 28.5 22.2 50.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.12.16 < 0.5 2.1 1.3 45.92 54.24 0.00 0.00 NE 14.2 29.7 21.9 58.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.12.16 < 0.5 2.2 1.0 37.60 62.50 0.00 0.00 NE 14.3 21.5 29.7 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.12.16 < 0.5 3.1 1.4 50.08 45.92 4.16 0.00 NE 14.1 31.5 21.5 50.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.12.16 < 0.5 3.3 1.3 41.76 54.24 4.16 0.00 NE 14.1 30.6 22.5 63.5 0.0 0.0 3.0 20.12.16 < 0.5 2.5 1.2 45.92 54.24 0.00 0.00 N 14.3 28.6 21.8 50.2 0.0 0.0 1.0 21.12.16 < 0.5 2.3 1.2 45.92 50.08 4.16 0.00 NE 12.2 28.2 20.8 59.9 0.0 0.0 1.0 22.12.16 < 0.5 2.3 1.3 41.76 58.33 0.00 0.00 E 13.5 30.7 22.3 57.2 0.0 0.0 2.0 23.12.16 < 0.5 2.9 1.4 45.92 50.08 4.16 0.00 N 13.1 29.6 21.7 58.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 24.12.16 < 0.5 3.4 1.4 37.60 54.24 8.32 0.00 NE 12.1 27.5 20.7 64.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.12.16 < 0.5 2.9 1.4 41.76 54.24 4.16 0.00 NNE 11.1 26.5 19.3 59.7 0.0 0.0 2.0 26.12.16 < 0.5 1.5 1.0 45.92 54.08 0.00 0.00 NE 10.3 25.2 18.8 59.9 0.0 0.0 2.0 27.12.16 < 0.5 3.1 1.3 45.92 50.08 4.16 0.00 E 10.2 26.6 18.3 54.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 28.12.16 < 0.5 3.8 1.6 41.76 50.08 8.32 0.00 N 9.5 23.8 17.6 57.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 29.12.16 < 0.5 3.1 1.3 45.92 50.08 4.16 0.00 NE 9.5 16.7 16.7 57.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.12.16 < 0.5 2.9 1.4 45.92 50.08 4.16 0.00 NE 11.2 21.5 16.6 68.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.12.16 < 0.5 1.9 1.2 50.08 50.08 0.00 0.00 NE 11.1 22.5 16.4 54.8 0.0 0.0 0.0



Wind Rose diagram



3.3 AMBIENT AIR QUALITY SCENARIO

Air environment is one of the most important components of the ecosystem. The air

environment is most sensitive to any developmental work leading to various type of air

pollution. The prime objective of baseline ambient air quality data generation of Yekona I

& II OC project area is to assess existing air environment. Coal based thermal power

plants of GMR Warora Energy limited (600 MW) commissioned in 2013 and Sai Wardha

Power Generation Limited (540 MW) commissioned in 2010 are major industries

impacting environmental scenario within the study area. Both power plants are located in

north-east approx 1 km from the mine boundary of the project. Prominently, Thermal

power plants are the major polluting industry located in the study area.

Figure 7 View of Thermal Power Plants Stacks Located in MIDC, Warora from Project Area

Air pollution forms an important and critical factor to study the environmental issues in

the mining areas. Air quality has to be frequently monitored to know the extent of

pollution due to mining and allied activities. This will be useful for assessing the

conformity to standards of the ambient air quality during implementation of the proposed

project.

To evaluate the baseline status with respect to ambient air quality, monitoring was

conducted during the study period i.e. from 1st October 2016 to 31st December 2016.



During the period of baseline data generation, no mining activities have started in the

project. Major polluting sources in the study area recorded were thermal plants.

The following criteria were taken into account during selection of the sampling locations

for collection of representative samples:

Topography of the area.

Human settlements within the study area.

Prediction of maximum concentration through mathematical modeling for the

proposed source details and under prevailing meteorological conditions in the

region.

Representation of the area.

Safety, accessibility and non-interference with general routine of the people

residing near the sampling location.

METHODOLOGY A brief description of the sampling and analytical procedures followed during the

ambient air quality survey is as follows:

Respirable Particulate Matter (PM 10) The sampling of ambient air for evaluating PM10 levels were performed with a RDS

Sampler fitted with a cyclone separator for particles larger than 10 microns diameter.

Air exiting the separator is drawn at a measured rate through pre-weighed glass fiber

filter sheets of 20 cm x 25 cm sizes. The PM10 concentrations were computed from the

average air flow rate, sampling period and the mass of particulate matter collected over

the filter surface.

Particulate Matter (PM2.5) PM2.5 is determined as per USEPA (United State Environment Protection Agency)

guidelines with the help of Fine Dust Sampler. Ambient air is allowed to pass through

Louvered inlet and WINS impactor as well as particulate matter of size <2.5 microns is

deposited on 46.2 mm dia PTFE filter. The difference of final weight of filter and initial

weight gives the weight of particulate matter of size <2.5 microns. The concentration of

PM2.5 is computed with the help of dust deposited on the filter, volume of air sampled

monitoring temperature and barometric pressure.

Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) The sampling of ambient air for evaluating the gaseous pollutants were performed with

a Multi-gas Sampler, using the vacuum created by the RDS Sampler for drawing the air



samples through the impingers. For SO2, air was drawn at a measured and controlled

rate of 400 to 500 ml/min through a solution of potassium tetra-chloro-mercurate. After

completion of the sampling, the used absorbing reagent was treated with dilute

solutions of sulfamic acid, formaldehyde and para-rosaniline hydrochloride. The

absorbance of the intensely coloured para-rosaniline methyl sulphonic acid was

measured at 560 nm wavelength of light on spectrophotometer and the amount of SO2

in the sample was computed. The ambient SO2 concentrations were computed from the

amount of SO2 collected and the volume of air sampled.

Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) Air was drawn at a measured and controlled rate of about 200 ml/minute through an

orifice-tipped impinger containing solutions of sodium hydroxide and sodium arsenite.

After completion of the sampling, suitable aliquot of the used absorbing solution was

treated with solutions of H2O2, sulphanilamide and NEDA. The nitrite ion present in the

impinger was calculated by measuring the absorbance of the resulting solution at 540

nm wavelength of light on spectrophotometer. The ambient NOx concentrations were

computed from the total nitrite ion present in the impingers, overall efficiency of the

impinger and the procedure, and the volume of air sampled.

Heavy Metals Principle: Heavy metals are determined after separation of Silica (gravimetrically) from

the acid digested dust sample. Heavy metals were made into suitable complex and

isolated using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). For Mercury (Hg), cold

vapour technique of AAS is adopted.

Alternatively, colorimetric method is used for estimation of Arsenic (As). Sodium

Borohydrate is used for generation of As from the sample and determined

calorimetrically using Silver diethyl thio-carbamate.

Method: Dust sample was collected with the help of High Volume Sampler & dried at

105oC for removal of moisture. Appropriate weight of sample was subjected for acid

digestion with aqua-regia. Silica was separated by precipitation & filtration of digested

sample. Filtrate was used for determination of heavy metals by using AAS as per

standard method given in APHA, 21st edition, year 2005.

% of silica was calculated using the following formula:

% of SiO2=

.



INSTRUMENTS DEPLOYED

1] Respirable Dust Sampler with Cyclone Separator

2] High Volume Sampler

3] Spectrophotometer

4] Desiccator

5] Analytical Balance (Mettler)

TECHNIQUES FOR MEASUREMENT The techniques used for measurement of pollutants may be summarized as under:

Table 25Measurement Techniques

Sl. No

Parameters

Code of Practice Sampler Instruments used

for Analysis

1. PM10 IS: 5182 (Part-

IV)

RDS Sampler with Cyclone Separator

Balance, Desiccator

2. PM2.5 USEPA Fine Dust Sampler Balance, Desiccator

3. SO2 IS: 5182 (Part-

V) RDS Sampler Spectrophotometer

4. NOx IS: 5182 (Part-

V) RDS Sampler Spectrophotometer

RATIONALE BEHIND SAMPLING In order to assess the Ambient Air Quality Status, air quality monitoring stations were

identified on the basis of the objectives, the particular method or instrument used for

sampling, resources available, physical access and security against loss and

tampering. In addition to the above, information on qualitative and quantitative data on

the local sources of air pollution, on the sources of pollution situated at larger distances

which are likely to contribute significantly to pollution of the area under monitoring,

topography, population distribution, vegetation, property utilization, climatology &

meteorology in the upwind and downwind direction as well as to represent the cross

sectional scenario of the project site were taken into consideration.

Based on above mentioned considerations and the activities of the project site as well

as consultation with the CMPDIL officials, the air sampling stations were selected to

ensure the collection of representative samples as per condition prevailing in the



environment at the time of collection at site. As per guidelines, norms and practices, six

numbers of sampling locations were selected for monitoring ambient air quality in and

around project site.

SAMPLING LOCATIONS, PARAMETERS AND FREQUECY OF SAMPLING Project: Yekona I & II O C Period: 01st Oct. 2016 to 21st Dec. 2016

Table 26 Sampling Location for Air Quality Monitoring

Sl. No.

Location Name/Location Code

Direction & distance

w.r.t Project Site

Height of

Sampling Point

(m)

Description

Position w.r.t. Wind Direction

01. Core zone –I (Yekona Village) –- SA1 - 3.0 Industrial

area

Downwind of 2nd Predominant Wind

direction

02. Core zone–II(Marda Village) –-SA2 - 3.0 Industrial

area

Downwind of 1st Predominant Wind

direction

03. Pandurni Village - SA3 S, 0.3 Km 3.0 Residential Area

Cross-wind

04. Wanoja Village – SA4 E, 0.5 Km 3.0 Residential Area

Cross-wind

05. Naydev Village – SA5 NE, 0.4 Km 3.0 Residential Area

Upwind (Near to thermal power

plants)

06. Mohbala Village – SA6 NNE, 1.2 Km 3.0 Residenti

al Area Upwind



Figure 8 Plan showing Baseline Ambient Air Quality Stations

Figure 9 Baseline Air Quality Monitoring at Marda Village

Project: Yekona I & II O C Period: 01st Oct. 2016 to 21st Dec. 2016 Table 27 Location & Justification for Selection of AAQ Stations

Stn No.

Name of sampling station

Location of sampling station and its description

SA1 Core zone –I (Yekona Village)

It has been selected to assess baseline environmental status near Yekona village in Agricultural land. It is propose mining

Samplers



area.

SA2 Core zone–II (Marda Village)

It has been selected to assess baseline environmental status in Marda Village. The AAQ station is within the ML Area and Marda village is proposed to be rehabilitated.

SA3 Pandurni Village

It is situated at a distance of 3.2 km in South direction of project area and selected to assess baseline environmental status in the residential area which lies in the second predominant downwind direction.

SA4 Wanoja Village It is situated at a distance of 0.5 km from project area in East direction. It is selected to assess baseline environmental status in the residential area in crosswind direction.

SA5 Naydev Village

It is situated at a distance of 0.4 km in North East direction of the project area. It is selected to assess baseline environmental status in the residential area in first predominant upwind direction. It located in close vicinity of the Thermal Power Plants.

SA6 Mohbala Village

It is situated at a distance of 1.2 km from project area in North-east direction. It is selected to assess baseline environmental status in the residential area in second predominant upwind direction.

Project: Yekona I & II O C Period: 01st Oct. 2016 to 21st Dec. 2016 Table 28 Monitored Parameters and Frequency Of Sampling

Sl. No. Parameters Sampling Frequency Total No. of

Readings 01 PM10 2days/week/Season

(on 24 hourly basis) 24

02 PM2.5 2days/week/Season (on 24 hourly basis) 24

03 Sulphur dioxide (SO2) 2days/week/Season (on 24 hourly basis) 24

04 Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) 2days/week/Season (on 24 hourly basis) 24

3.3.1 Data presentation & analysis

The ambient air quality data collected and the abstract of the same is given in the Tables

below

Table 29 Ambient Air Quality Data Yekona Village Period: 03rd Oct. 2016 to 21st Dec. 2016 Location: Core zone –I (Yekona Village) –- SA1

WEEK DAY DATE CONCENTRATION OF AIR POLLUTANTS, µg/m3



PM10 PM2.5 SO2 NOx Standards for Coal Mines / NAAQS 300/100 - /60 120/80 120/80

I Mon/Tue 03/04.10.16 43 23 9.8 14.0 Tue/ Wed 04/05.10.16 41 24 12.1 16.3

II Mon/Tue 10/11.10.16 65 33 11.0 17.0 Tue/ Wed 11/12.10.16 63 36 10.8 19.0

III Mon/Tue 17/18.10.16 52 27 11.0 14.3 Tue/ Wed 18/19.10.16 35 19 10.1 16.0

IV Mon/Tue 24/25.10.16 56 31 11.8 15.9 Tue/ Wed 25/26.10.16 35 21 11.3 17.8

V Mon/Tue 31/01.10/11.16 53 30 12.1 18.3 Tue/ Wed 01/02.11.16 34 19 11.0 17.2

VI Mon/Tue 07/08.11.16 38 21 11.3 16.1 Tue/ Wed 08/09.11.16 40 22 12.6 18.3

VII Mon/Tue 14/15.11.16 66 34 8.7 11.0 Tue/ Wed 15/16.11.16 65 36 9.3 14.0

VIII Mon/Tue 21/22.11.16 67 32 10.3 14.7 Tue/ Wed 22/23.11.16 41 23 11.0 16.0

IX Mon/Tue 28/29.11.16 68 31 12.0 13.8 Tue/ Wed 29/30.11.16 69 38 13.5 16.0

X Mon/Tue 05/06.12.16 64 32 9.5 12.0 Tue/ Wed 06/07.12.16 63 33 10.7 14.3

XI Mon/Tue 12/13.12.16 65 35 10.0 16.1 Tue/ Wed 13/14.12.16 68 31 9.9 13.3

XII Mon/Tue 19/20.12.16 45 24 8.2 12.0 Tue/ Wed 20/21.12.16 43 22 9.3 13.2

Parameters PM10 PM2.5 SO2 NOx No. of observations 24 24 24 24 Minimum Concentration 34 19 8.2 11 Maximum Concentration 69 38 13.5 19 Average 53.3 28.2 10.7 15.3 98th percentile 68.5 37.1 13.1 18.7

Table 27 Ambient Air Quality Data Marda Village Period: 03rd Oct. 2016 to 21st Dec. 2016 Location: Core zone–II (Marda Village) –-SA2



I Mon/Tue 03/04.10.16 34 21 11.3 16.7 Tue/ Wed 04/05.10.16 35 19 12.5 17.6

II Mon/Tue 10/11.10.16 43 23 13.3 18.2 Tue/ Wed 11/12.10.16 36 21 14.1 19.4


IV Mon/Tue 24/25.10.16 46 25 9.9 14.3



Tue/ Wed 25/26.10.16 42 23 8.6 14.7

V Mon/Tue 31/01.10/11.16 44 24 10.2 16.3 Tue/ Wed 01/02.11.16 39 22 10.8 17.2

VI Mon/Tue 07/08.11.16 40 23 7.5 13.4 Tue/ Wed 08/09.11.16 45 25 8.4 14.3



IX Mon/Tue 28/29.11.16 37 21 11.3 17.3 Tue/ Wed 29/30.11.16 43 23 12.5 15.4

X Mon/Tue 05/06.12.16 47 24 13.3 18.9 Tue/ Wed 06/07.12.16 40 22 11.5 16.3

XI Mon/Tue 12/13.12.16 38 21 12.6 17.1 Tue/ Wed 13/14.12.16 46 26 11.3 17.5


Parameters PM10 PM2.5 SO2 NOx No. of observations 24 24 24 24 Minimum Concentration 34 19 7.5 13.4 Maximum Concentration 48 26 14.1 19.6 Average 41.3 22.7 11.2 16.6 98th percentile 47.54 26 13.732 19.508

Table 28 Ambient Air Quality Data Pandurni Village Period: 03rd Oct. 2016 to 21st Dec. 2016 Location: Buffer Zone – Pandurni Village - SA3



I Mon/Tue 03/04.10.16 33 21 7.8 11.7 Tue/ Wed 04/05.10.16 31 19 8.4 12.1

II Mon/Tue 10/11.10.16 35 21 6.9 13.1 Tue/ Wed 11/12.10.16 38 23 7.5 14.3


IV Mon/Tue 24/25.10.16 40 23 10.1 13.3 Tue/ Wed 25/26.10.16 43 25 11.3 14.6

V Mon/Tue 31/01.10/11.16 47 26 9.9 11.5 Tue/ Wed 01/02.11.16 41 21 11.1 14.3

VI Mon/Tue 07/08.11.16 39 24 8.7 11.3 Tue/ Wed 08/09.11.16 48 26 7.3 12.1



IX Mon/Tue 28/29.11.16 39 23 10.9 11.7



Tue/ Wed 29/30.11.16 49 27 9.8 13.4

X Mon/Tue 05/06.12.16 39 25 10.2 14.3 Tue/ Wed 06/07.12.16 42 23 13.4 16.7

XI Mon/Tue 12/13.12.16 39 21 10.3 14.3 Tue/ Wed 13/14.12.16 48 26 11.2 15.6


Parameters PM10 PM2.5 SO2 NOx No. of observations 24 24 24 24 Minimum Concentration 31 19 6.9 11.3 Maximum Concentration 51 28 13.4 16.7 Average 41.6 23.5 9.8 13.7 98th percentile 50.1 27.5 13.0 16.2

Table 29 Ambient Air Quality Data Wanoja Village

Period: 03rd Oct. 2016 to 21st Dec. 2016 Location: Buffer Zone – Wanoja Village –SA4



I Mon/Tue 03/04.10.16 45 24 10.2 13.7 Tue/ Wed 04/05.10.16 47 26 9.9 11.3

II Mon/Tue 10/11.10.16 62 33 11.2 15.2 Tue/ Wed 11/12.10.16 53 28 10.4 13.5


IV Mon/Tue 24/25.10.16 49 27 8.9 11.2 Tue/ Wed 25/26.10.16 63 34 12.3 11.8

V Mon/Tue 31/01.10/11.16 65 36 10.7 15.3 Tue/ Wed 01/02.11.16 68 36 9.9 12.1

VI Mon/Tue 07/08.11.16 53 28 9.3 15.2 Tue/ Wed 08/09.11.16 58 33 10.3 19.3


VIII Mon/Tue 21/22.11.16 52 26 12.3 12.3 Tue/ Wed 22/23.11.16 56 29 10 13.2

IX Mon/Tue 28/29.11.16 48 31 11.3 12.1 Tue/ Wed 29/30.11.16 58 27 10.9 13.7

X Mon/Tue 05/06.12.16 50 28 8.9 12.1 Tue/ Wed 06/07.12.16 48 26 9.7 13.3

XI Mon/Tue 12/13.12.16 54 33 9.6 15.2 Tue/ Wed 13/14.12.16 43 23 10.4 12.3


Parameters PM10 PM2.5 SO2 NOx No. of observations 24 24 24 24



Minimum Concentration 43 23 8.9 11.2 Maximum Concentration 69 37 12.3 19.3 Average 55.3 30.3 10.3 13.4 98th percentile 68.5 36.5 12.3 17.5

Table 30 Ambient Air Quality Data Naydev Village Period: 03rd Oct. 2016 to 21st Dec. 2016 Location: Buffer Zone – Naydev Village – SA5



I Mon/Tue 03/04.10.16 69 37 14.7 17.9 Tue/ Wed 04/05.10.16 72 41 13.8 18.2

II Mon/Tue 10/11.10.16 63 33 12.9 15.8 Tue/ Wed 11/12.10.16 86 56 18.7 16.3


IV Mon/Tue 24/25.10.16 71 37 14.9 21.3 Tue/ Wed 25/26.10.16 82 45 16.7 22.7

V Mon/Tue 31/01.10/11.16 78 43 14.4 35.6 Tue/ Wed 01/02.11.16 80 47 15.6 32.3

VI Mon/Tue 07/08.11.16 87 48 16.3 28.9 Tue/ Wed 08/09.11.16 78 41 18.3 26.3



IX Mon/Tue 28/29.11.16 67 38 13.9 29.3 Tue/ Wed 29/30.11.16 98 56 15.7 20.6

X Mon/Tue 05/06.12.16 83 42 16.3 22.4 Tue/ Wed 06/07.12.16 65 36 15.9 38.5

XI Mon/Tue 12/13.12.16 77 41 13.6 29.2 Tue/ Wed 13/14.12.16 79 39 15.5 26.5





Table 31 Ambient Air Quality Data Mohbala Village Period: 03rd Oct. 2016 to 21st Dec. 2016 Location: Buffer Zone – Mohbala Village – SA6



I Mon/Tue 03/04.10.16 46 23 10.3 14.9 Tue/ Wed 04/05.10.16 38 21 11.2 16.2

II Mon/Tue 10/11.10.16 51 28 8.9 18.9 Tue/ Wed 11/12.10.16 48 26 9.8 18.6


IV Mon/Tue 24/25.10.16 61 33 14.1 16.3 Tue/ Wed 25/26.10.16 62 31 10.3 12.3

V Mon/Tue 31/01.10/11.16 58 34 11.2 14.1 Tue/ Wed 01/02.11.16 50 28 8.6 12.3

VI Mon/Tue 07/08.11.16 40 22 10.3 14.2 Tue/ Wed 08/09.11.16 43 22 15.6 17.1



IX Mon/Tue 28/29.11.16 48 26 9.9 17.5 Tue/ Wed 29/30.11.16 45 23 8.3 12.3

X Mon/Tue 05/06.12.16 59 32 9.7 14.1 Tue/ Wed 06/07.12.16 50 27 10.3 14.7

XI Mon/Tue 12/13.12.16 47 26 12.1 14.3 Tue/ Wed 13/14.12.16 45 36 13.3 15.8





Table 32 STATUS OF AIR POLLUTANTS IN THE STUDY AREA

Period : 03rd Oct. 2016 to 21st Dec. 2016 Unit : µg/m3

SL. NO. POLLUTANT LOCATION

CODE MIN. PERCENTILE VALUE

MAX. ARITH. MEAN GEO. MEAN

STD. DEVIA-

TION STD. *

% EXCEEDING STANDARD

LIMITS 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 95 98

01. PM10

SA - 1 34.0 35.9 40.6 42.8 46.4 54.5 63.0 65.0 65.4 67.7 68.0 68.5 69.0 53.3 51.7 12.8 300 0 SA - 2 34.0 36.3 37.6 38.9 40.0 42.0 43.0 43.1 45.4 46.0 46.9 47.5 48.0 41.3 41.1 4.0 300 0 SA - 3 31.0 35.9 39.0 39.0 40.2 41.5 42.0 43.0 47.0 48.0 48.9 50.1 51.0 41.6 41.3 5.0 100 0 SA - 4 43.0 47.3 48.6 49.9 52.2 53.5 57.6 58.4 62.4 65.7 67.7 68.5 69.0 55.3 54.8 7.5 100 0 SA - 5 63.0 67.3 70.2 72.9 78.0 79.5 81.8 83.0 86.0 87.0 88.7 93.9 98.0 78.5 78.0 8.6 100 0 SA - 6 38.0 40.6 43.0 43.9 45.2 47.5 48.0 50.0 53.8 60.4 61.9 64.2 66.0 48.6 48.1 7.5 100 0

02. PM2.5

SA - 1 19.0 21.0 22.0 23.0 24.6 30.5 31.0 32.1 33.4 35.7 36.0 37.1 38.0 28.2 27.6 6.0 60 0 SA - 2 19.0 21.0 21.0 22.0 22.0 23.0 23.0 23.1 24.0 25.0 25.9 26.0 26.0 22.7 22.6 1.8 60 0 SA - 3 19.0 21.0 21.0 22.0 23.0 23.0 23.8 25.0 25.4 26.0 26.9 27.5 28.0 23.5 23.4 2.3 60 0 SA - 4 23.0 26.0 26.6 27.0 28.0 29.0 32.6 33.1 34.4 36.0 36.0 36.5 37.0 30.3 30.0 4.2 60 0 SA - 5 33.0 37.0 38.6 39.9 41.0 42.5 43.8 45.2 47.4 48.7 55.0 56.0 56.0 43.1 42.8 5.8 60 0 SA - 6 21.0 22.3 23.0 24.8 26.0 26.0 26.8 28.0 31.4 33.7 35.7 36.5 37.0 27.1 26.8 4.5 60 0

*PM10& PM2.5 has been compared with Coal Mines standard in Core Zone and in other than Core Zone as per NAAQS.



TABLE 33 STATUS OF AIR POLLUTANTS IN THE STUDY AREA

Period : 03rd Oct. 2016 to 21st Dec. 2016 Unit : µg/m3

SL. NO.

POLLUTANT

LOCATION CODE MIN.

PERCENTILE VALUE MAX. ARITH.

MEAN GEO. MEAN

STD. DEVIA-

TION STD.

*

% EXCEEDING STANDARD

LIMITS 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 95 98

03. SO2

SA - 1 8.2 9.3 9.7 10.0 10.4 10.9 11.0 11.3 11.9 12.1 12.5 13.1 13.5 10.7 10.6 1.3 120 0 SA - 2 7.5 8.9 10.0 10.4 10.9 11.3 11.5 12.3 12.5 13.3 13.3 13.7 14.1 11.2 11.1 1.7 120 0 SA - 3 6.9 7.4 8.1 8.7 9.8 10.0 10.3 10.9 11.2 11.5 12.5 13.0 13.4 9.8 9.7 1.8 80 0 SA - 4 8.9 9.3 9.6 9.9 9.9 10.1 10.3 10.4 11.0 11.3 12.2 12.3 12.3 10.3 10.2 0.9 80 0 SA - 5 12.8 13.7 14.1 14.7 14.9 15.3 15.6 15.7 16.1 16.6 18.1 18.5 18.7 15.3 15.2 1.4 80 0 SA - 6 8.3 9.1 9.9 10.2 10.3 10.3 11.2 12.2 13.6 14.6 15.2 15.5 15.6 11.4 11.2 2.2 80 0

04. NOx

SA - 1 11.0 12.4 13.6 14.0 14.4 16.0 16.0 16.1 17.1 18.2 18.3 18.7 19.0 15.3 15.1 2.1 120 0 SA - 2 13.4 14.4 15.1 15.7 16.3 16.5 17.2 17.5 17.6 18.7 19.3 19.5 19.6 16.6 16.5 1.6 120 0 SA - 3 11.3 11.7 12.1 13.0 13.4 14.3 14.3 14.3 14.5 15.5 15.6 16.2 16.7 13.7 13.6 1.4 80 0 SA - 4 11.2 11.8 12.1 12.3 12.6 13.2 13.5 13.7 15.2 15.2 15.3 17.5 19.3 13.4 13.3 1.8 80 0 SA - 5 15.8 17.9 18.4 20.3 21.4 22.6 26.2 26.6 29.0 31.4 35.1 37.2 38.5 24.2 23.5 6.1 80 0 SA - 6 12.3 12.8 14.2 14.3 14.7 15.6 16.2 17.1 18.5 18.9 19.9 20.7 21.3 15.9 15.8 2.5 80 0

0 0

* SO2 & NOx has been compared with Coal Mines standard in Core Zone and in other than Core Zone as per NAAQS.



3.3.2 Observation and Summary

Summary of the observations made during the study period are as follows: Core Zone I – Yekona Village (SA - 1)

At this location, PM10 and PM2.5 concentration were observed in the range of 34 to 69

µg/m3 and19 to 38 µg/m3. SO2 and NOx concentration were in the range of 8.2 to 13.5

µg/m3 and 11.0 to 19.0 µg/m3 respectively. Core Zone II – Pandurni Village (SA - 2)



µg/m3 and 13.4 to 19.6 µg/m3 respectively. Marda Village (SA - 3)



µg/m3 and 11.3 to 16.7 µg/m3 respectively. Wanoja Village (SA - 4)



µg/m3 and 11.2 to 19.3 µg/m3 respectively. Naydev Village (SA - 5)


µg/m3 and33 to 56 µg/m3. SO2 and NOx concentration were in the range of 12.8 to

18.7 µg/m3 and 15.8 to 38.5 µg/m3 respectively. Mohbala Village (SA - 6)



µg/m3 and 12.3 to 21.3 µg/m3 respectively.

The heavy metals values are found to be very low and negligible. The heavy metals like

Arsenic (As) and Mercury (Hg) were found to be Below Detectable Limit (BDL) and other

metals like Nickel (Ni), Lead (Pb) and Chromium (Cr) values are found to be very low and

negligible. All the values are found to be well within the NAAQ Standards prescribed by

CPCB.

In general, all the values are found to be well within the AAQM Standards prescribed by

CPCB. The impact of thermal power plant could be observed over the Naydev Village.

Although Ambient air quality is within prescribed limit, still the values are comparatively

higher at Naydev village w.r.t. other locations.



3.4 WATER QUALITY SCENARIO Any adverse impact or pollution consequence of water will have serious effect on the

environment. Hence, it is important to assess the baseline water quality status of the study

area. Thus, to assess the water quality, Six locations are identified and samples (6 Nos.)

were collected and analyzed for physico-chemical and heavy metal parameters. Bacterial

examination was also carried out to find out the Coliform contamination (if any) at water

sources. The surface water quality analysis of Wardha River was conducted at one

location each in upstream and downstream of the river. Impact assessment study on water

quality is provided in the chapter-4 of this EIA report. The baseline water quality

assessment report is provided below.

Wardha River flows along the western boundary of the project, which is the major river of

Vidarbha region. A 268 m long barrage has been constructed by MIDC over the Wardha

River at Marda village adjacent to the Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC mine. There is an

irrigation canal passing through proposed mine area. This canal is part of Lal Nallah

Irrigation Project. Approx 3.90 kms length of canal is proposed to be diverted for the

project. Aseasonal nallah is passing over the proposed OB dump area hence it is

proposed to be diverted for the length of approx 3.20 kms. The diversions are proposed

along the mine boundary.Impact assessment due to proposed diversions is provided in

the chapter-4 of this EIA report.

The water quality characterization has been conducted by collecting water samples

from ground water, surface water for the proposed project during post-monsoon/winter

season (Oct 2016- Dec 2016). No mining activities has been started in the project at

the of baseline data generation. The various purposes of the water environment

monitoring are as follows:

To assess the water quality characteristics for critical parameters;

To evaluate the impacts on agricultural productivity, habitat conditions, Recreational

resources and aesthetic valve in the vicinity ; and

To facilitate predication of impact on water quality by project activities.

To identify the contaminant of concern (COC) for water related threat on its uses.

METHODOLOGY Grab sampling method was adopted for collection of ground water sample from hand-

pump, waste water and surface water samples from different sources of water bodies.



Four nos. of samples for ground water and two nos. of surface water were collected as

representative samples to assess water quality of the area during study period. These

samples were analyzed as per “Standard Method for the Examination of Water & Waste

Water” published by American Public Health Association (APHA: 22nd Edition, 2012).

Samples for quality characterization were collected in polyethylene containers. Samples

collected for metal content were acidified with 1 ml. Conc. HNO3 per liter. Samples for

bacteriological analysis were collected in sterilized glass bottles. Some of the

parameters such as temperature, pH, DO, alkalinity, total hardness and chloride etc.,

which were liable to change with time were analyzed at site with the help of an

analytical kit and one set of “Preserved” samples were brought CPCB accredited

laboratory for detailed analysis of the remaining parameters stated in the tables.

Collection of Water Sample from

downstream of Wardha River Testing Water Sample for onsite

parameters

MAJOR INSTRUMENTS USED 1] Shimadzu Double- Beam Spectrophotometer UV - 190

2] Spectronic - 20

3] Nephelometer

4] Atomic Absorption Spectro - Photometer

5] Flame Photometer

6] Conductivity Meter



7] Biological Microscope

8] BDH Nessleriser

9] pH Meter

10] Analytical Balance (Mettler)

11] BOD Incubator

12] High Speed Centrifuge

13] Multiunit Kjeldahl distillation set

14] Oven

15] Muffle Furnace

Sampling locations for water quality analysis

To assess the quality of drinking water and lotic system (surface water) around the

project area, the water samples were collected from the following locations around the

project area:

Table 30 Sampling locations for water quality analysis Sl. No. Name of Sampling Locations Frequency Location

Code 1 Marda Village – Hand Pump Once in a season GW1 2 Corezone - Hand Pump Once in a season GW2

3 Yakona Village – Bore Well Once in a season GW3 4 Wanoja Village – Open Well Once in a season GW4 5 Wardha River (Up/S) Once in a season SW1

6 Wardha River (Dn/S ) Once in a season SW2

At the time of collection of water sample for baseline data in Downstream of Wardha

River, the Marda Barrage was under construction.



Characterization of Ground Water Samples The physico-chemical characteristics of four nos. of ground water samples collected from four

different locations have been presented hereunder:

Period: Oct. 2016 - Dec. 2016 Table 31 Physico-chemical Characteristics of Ground Water Samples

(Wherever not specified, characteristics are expressed in mg/l, maximum)

Sl. No. Parameters

Analysis Results IS:10500

Acceptable/ Permissible

Limits GW1 GW2 GW3 GW4

DETECTION LIMIT

PHYSICAL 1 pH 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.1 - 6.5-8.5 2 Temperature (OC) 27 27 27 26 - - 3 Colour, HU < 2.0 < 2.0 < 2.0 < 2.0 - 5/15 4 Odour Unobj. Unobj. Unobj. Unobj. - Unobj. 5 Taste Agreeabl

e Agreeabl

e Agreeable Agreeable - Agreeable

6 Turbidity (NTU) 05# 05# 05# 06# - 1/5 7 Total Suspended Solid 18 17 19 15 - - 8 Total Dissolved Solids 668# 670# 678# 649# - 500/2000

CHEMICAL 1 P- Alkalinity as CaCO3 NIL NIL NIL NIL - -

2 Total Alkalinity as CaCO3 468# 459# 481# 455#

- 200/600

3 Chloride as Cl 36 38 39 42 - 250/1000 4 Sulphate as SO4 46 44 49 41 - 200/400 5 Nitrate as NO3 1.38 1.35 1.34 1.33 - 45



7 Fluoride as F 0.5 0.4 0.4 <0.4 - 1.0/1.5

8 Total Hardness as CaCO3 328# 333# 329# 319#

- 200/600

9 Calcium Hardness as CaCO3 245# 238# 251# 231#

- 75/200*

10 Magnesium Hardness as CaCO3 83# 86# 121# 68# - 30/100**

11 Sodium as Na 91 101 104 65 - 12 Potassium as K 24 28 24 19 - - 13 Silica as SiO2 16 15 17 13 - - 14 Iron as Fe 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.04 0.04 0.3 15 Residual Chlorine BDL BDL BDL BDL 0.02 0.2 16 Detergent NT NT NT NT - -

METALS 1 Manganese as Mn BDL BDL BDL BDL 0.05 0.1/0.3 2 Total Chromium as Cr BDL BDL BDL BDL 0.01 0.05 3 Lead as Pb BDL BDL BDL BDL 0.05 0.01 4 Zinc as Zn 0.31 0.33 0.36 0.30 - 5.0/15 5 Cadmium as Cd BDL BDL BDL BDL 0.01 0.01 6 Copper as Cu BDL BDL BDL BDL 0.02 0.003 7 Nickel as Ni BDL BDL BDL BDL - 0.02

8 Arsenic as As BDL BDL BDL BDL 0.01 0.05

9 Selenium as Se BDL BDL BDL BDL 0.01 0.01 10 Aluminium as Al BDL BDL BDL BDL 0.01 0.03/0.2

OTHERS 1 Mineral Oil NT NT NT NT - 0.5/

2 Phenolic Compound as C6H5OH NT NT NT NT 0.001 0.001/0.002

3 Coliform Organisms (MPN/100ml) < 20 < 20 < 20 < 20 - Absent

Note: 1) BDL – Below Detectable Level. 2) NT- Not Traceable 3) *-Calcium as Ca 4) **-Magnesium as Mg 5)# - Exceeds acceptable limit Results & Discussion

The range of concentrations of the parameters of drinking water characteristics were observed

as follows:

Table 32 Ground Water Quality at a Glance in Comparison to Permissible Limits

Parameters

Range of recorded Concentration (Results expressed in mg/l except pH)

Minimum Maximum Acceptable/Permissible Limits as per IS: 10 500

pH 7.1 7.3 6.5-8.5 Total suspended solid 15 19 - Total dissolved Solids 649 678 500 / 2000 Total Alkalinity as CaCO3 455 481 200 / 600 Total Hardness, as CaCO3 319 333 200 / 600 Chloride as Cl 36 42 250 / 1000 Sulphate as SO4 41 49 200 / 400 Nitrate as NO3 1.33 1.38 45/100 Iron as Fe 0.04 0.06 0.3



The Physico-chemical characteristics of the ground water samples are in good agreement with

permissible limit of IS: 10500. However following non-conformities against the standards were

observed:

(I) Turbidity exceeds the acceptable limit in all the ground water samples.

(II) The Total Alkalinity in GW1, GW2, GW3 & GW4 is exceed by 268, 259, 281 & 255 mg/l in

comparison with acceptable limit as IS:10500.

(III) The Total Hardness in GW1, GW2, GW3 & GW4 is exceed by 128, 133, 129 & 119 mg/l in

comparison with acceptable limit. As regards metals, only Fe and Zn have been recorded &

rest of the heavy metals were not traceable. The ground water after proper filtration and

disinfection can be safely used for potable and drinking purposes as an alternative source

of drinking water.

Figure 10Drinking Water Quality at a Glance

CHARACTERISTICS OF SURFACE WATER SAMPLES The physico-chemical characteristics of two nos. of surface water samples from Wardha River

of upstream and downstream have been presented here under:

Perc

enta

ge of

Cat

ions

& A

nion

s

Sampling Locations

Drinking Water Quality at a Glance

Alkalinity as CaCO3SO4 & NO3 as CaCO3Cl as CaCO3Na & K as CaCO3Mg as CaCO3Ca as CaCO3



Period: Oct. 2016 - Dec. 2016 Table 33 Physico-chemical Characteristics of Surface Water Quality

(Wherever not specified, characteristics are expressed in mg/l)

SI. NO. PARAMETERS

ANALYSIS RESULTS DETECTION

LIMIT

Tolerance Limit as per

IS: 2296 Class ‘C’

SW1 SW2

PHYSICAL 1 pH 7.3 7.5 - 6.5-8.5 2 Temperature (OC) 24 23 - * 3 Colour, HU <5 <5 - 300 4 Odour Unobj. Unobj. - * 5 Turbidity (NTU) 10 13 - * 6 Total Suspended Solids 15 20 - 7 Total Dissolved Solids 289 311 - 1500

CHEMICAL 1 P- Alkalinity as CaCO3 NIL NIL - * 2 Total Alkalinity as CaCO3 168 179 - * 3 Chloride as Cl 27 28 - 600 4 Sulphate as SO4 41 42 - 400 5 Nitrate as N 1.81 1.84 - 50 6 Fluoride as F <0.4 <0.4 - 1.5 7 Total Hardness as CaCO3 149 168 - * 8 Calcium Hardness as CaCO3 96 112 - * 9 Magnesium Hardness as CaCO3 60 64 - * 10 Dissolve Oxygen 6.8 6.6 - 4.0 11 COD 4.8 6.1 - * 12 BOD (3 days at 27

oC) 2.4 2.4 - 3.0

13 Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen as N 0.34 0.40 - * 14 Sodium as Na 39 41 - * 15 Potassium as K 9 12 - * 16 Silica as SiO2 11 14 - *

METALS 1 Iron as Fe 0.06 0.07 0.04 5.0 2 Manganese as Mn BDL BDL 0.05 * 3 Hexavalent Chromium as Cr6+ BDL BDL 0.006 0.05 4 Total Chromium as Cr (Cr3++Cr6+) BDL BDL - - 5 Lead as Pb BDL BDL 0.04 0.1 6 Zinc as Zn 0.30 0.42 - 15.0 7 Cadmium as Cd BDL BDL 0.01 0.01 8 Copper as Cu BDL BDL 0.02 1.5 9 Nickel as Ni BDL BDL - * 10 Arsenic as As BDL BDL 0.01 0.2 11 Selenium as Se BDL BDL 0.01 0.05 12 Cyanide as CN BDL BDL 0.02 0.05 13 Mercury as Hg BDL BDL 0.001

OTHERS 1 Oil & Grease BDL BDL 0.1 0.1 2 Phenolic Compound as C6H5OH NT NT 0.001 0.005

3 Coliform Organisms (MPN/100ml) 880 798 - 5000

Note: 1) BDL – Below Detectable Level; 2) * - Limit Not specified; 3) NT- Not Traceable Results & Discussion The physico-chemical characteristics of the surface water samples collected from the two

locations have shown great resemblance with respect to the characteristics like temperature,



turbidity, pH, colour, odour, chloride, sulphate, total alkalinity, total hardness, TDS and heavy

metals, etc. The range of concentrations of important parameters of surface water

characteristics have been presented hereunder:

Table 34 Surface Water Characteristics Wardha River

Parameters

Range of recorded Concentration (Results expressed in mg/l except pH)

Minimum Maximum Tolerance Limit as per IS: 2296 Class ‘C’

pH 7.3 7.5 6.5-8.5 Total Suspended Solids 15 20 - Total Dissolved Solids 289 311 1500 Total Hardness, as CaCO3 149 168 - Calcium Hardness as CaCO3 96 112 - Chloride as Cl 27 28 600 Sulphate as SO4 41 42 400 Nitrate as N 1.81 1.84 50 Iron as Fe 0.06 0.07 5.0

From the results presented in above table, it may safely be concluded that the physio-

chemical characteristics of the surface water samples have a good resemblance with respect

to almost all the parameters and are well within limits specified in Surface Water Standard

IS: 2296. As regards metals, except Iron and Zinc, all the other were not traceable. From the

above, it may be concluded that all the parameters of the surface water samples are well

within the specified limits of IS: 2296 Class ‘C’.

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3.5 HYDROGEOLOGICAL SET- UP Topography and drainage: The area of the block has gently undulating topography. The minimum and maximum

elevations of the area under consideration are 187 m and 203.72 m above M.S.L.

respectively with slope towards South-West.

The main drainage of the area is controlled by South Easterly flowing Wardha River

situated towards South Western direction from the mine boundary. The area is also

drained by South Westerly flowing fifth order Daiwal nala/nadi situated near North West

direction of the mine boundary. This nala ultimately discharges into the Wardha River

near Niljai village. The highest flood level of Wardha River in the area is about 198 m.

As Wardha River flows close to the South-Western part of mine lease hold boundary

(dip side of Yekona-II Mine) there is a proposal for construction of flood protection

embankment in the project report, at a distance of about 100 m from River with 30 m

width and 6 m height above HFL. However, as there exists a barrage on Wardha River

near the South-West end of the mine lease hold boundary, it is advised that the HFL of

Wardha River should be continuously monitored near the mine area and necessary

steps should be taken if required keeping in view the safety aspect.

3.5.1 Aquifers

The aquifers of the study area i.e. both Yekona-I and II quarry can be broadly classified

as Shallow and Deeper aquifers, detail of the same are mentioned below:

(i) Shallow aquifer:

The shallow aquifer is composed of black cotton soil and Kamthi formation. The entire

study area is capped by black cotton soil which is underlain by Kamthi Formation.

Kamthi Formation consists of medium to coarse grained sandstone. Shallow aquifer

extends up to the depth about 30 m. Potentiality of this aquifer is medium to high.

(ii) Deeper aquifer:

The deeper aquifer is represented mainly by Barakar Formation. The contact between

Kamthi and Barakar Formation is unconformable in nature. The Barakar Formation is

composed of fine to medium grained sandstones (relatively compact than Kamthi

formation), clay and shale with coal seams. The vertical permeability of Barakar

Formation is less due to occurrence of impermeable coal seams/shale repeatedly. In

area considered for Yekona II, Motur formation consisting of clayey lithology is present

which act as an aquitard.



The types of aquifers encountered in the study area are given below in the following

table: Table 35 Type of aquifers in the study area

Type Aquifer Formation

Thickness Range (m)

Yekona I Yekona II

Shallow Aquifer

Unconfined Soil / Detrital Mantle 6.00 to 31.00 3.00 to 12.00

Unconfined Kamthi 8.56 to 94.20 10.00 to 39.50

Deeper Aquifer

Aquitard Motur - 3.36 to 183.75

Semi Confined Barakar (above coal seam) Upto 153.8 Upto 106.41

Aquiclude Top section of composite seam 1.53 to 8.34 3.75 to 8.45

Confined Aquifer Parting 0.17 to 4.07 1.05 to 3.76

Aquiclude Bottom section of composite seam 1.60 to 5.72 2.12 to 5.38

3.5.2 Groundwater levels

To collect the representative groundwater levels in the study area, CMPDI, RI-IV had

established a monitoring network with 27 hydrograph stations spread over the buffer

zone (10 km radius mine boundary). Ground water monitoring data for Pre-monsoon

and Post-monsoon periods for last 4 years (2015-2018) is given below as follows:



May'15 Nov'15 May'16 Nov'16 May'17 Nov'17 May'18 Nov'18

M43 AshiS of the village &

adjacent to road, near Mr. Powdae's house

20.86 78.92 275 2.95 8.25 1.20 5.32 1.15 6.60 1.70 5.90 2.00 4.90 1.85 D / GP Basalt

M44 AshiAdjacent to road, about

1 km south of the village in field

20.31 78.92 212 4.26 6.15 GL 4.55 2.10 5.75 2.10 6.35 3.40 Dry 3.05 I / Private --do--

M45 NandraCentre of the village, near Uddarao Kulte's

house20.56 78.94 240 1.90 12.10 0.75 ...... 8.40 11.35 7.25 9.15 7.25 9.65 8.15 D / GP Alluvium &

S.St.

M46 Panjurni 200m E of village in the field 20.28 78.93 209 1.35 12.50 1.00 9.65 7.70 9.90 6.85 9.45 6.90 11.20 8.65 --do-- Basalt

M48 Dongargaon NE of village, near Ram Mandir 20.33 78.97 213 3.00 9.15 0.75 7.90 6.10 Dry 5.25 Dry 6.65 Dry 6.45 --do-- Vindhyans

M49 Belgaon About 100m E of village in the field 20.33 78.98 218 3.25 9.50 0.70 3.55 2.00 4.20 1.80 4.95 3.20 4.10 2.45 --do-- Alluvium &

S.St.

M51 Kondhala Near School, S of village 20.32 78.99 214.00 3.00 8.22 1.00 Dry Dry 5.70 Dry 6.80 Dry 5.85 --do-- Alluvium &

S.St.

M52 DahigaonSE of village, adjacent to Dongargaon road &

nalla20.31 78.96 207 2.70 7.80 1.60 4.62 3.96 5.60 3.50 6.35 3.95 5.10 3.70 --do-- Vindhyans

M53 Majra (Raitwari)

S of village in the field , about 120 m E of

Nagpur road20.30 79.02 224 2.40 15.00 1.00 10.30 12.75 NA 12.00 NA 12.70 10.40 --do-- Gondwana

S.St.

M55 MohbalaAdjacent to Warora - Dongergaon road, SE

of the village20.27 79.00 220 3.55 9.85 0.60 6.20 3.60 7.00 NA 6.55 4.25 7.75 4.65 --do-- Alluvium &

S.St.

Groundwater monitoring data of dugwells in buffer zone of Amalg. Yekona-I and II OC Mine

Well No.

Name of village Well location Lat

DEPTH TO WATER (METER-BELOW GROUND LEVEL)Utility / Owner

Formation

TappedR.L.Long

Well dia (m)

Well depth

(m bmp)

Height of measuring

point (m agl)



May'15 Nov'15 May'16 Nov'16 May'17 Nov'17 May'18 Nov'18

M56 Charur Center of the village , near the School 20.28 78.95 199 3.00 13.70 0.66 12..35 5.64 11.89 5.24 10.54 7.24 10.64 5.64 --do-- Basalt

M58 Wanoja (Eof Wardha river )

Adjacent to Warora - Madheri road 20.25 78.98 204 3.00 12.30 1.15 9.90 Dry 3.45 10.95 4.65 Dry 8.10 --do-- Alluvium &

S.St.

M59 Warora

Anandvan Bio-Technology Lab,

Adjacent to Nagpur-Chandrapur road

20.24 79.02 212 8.00 13.15 0.80 11.75 5.00 11.70 2.20 9.70 2.65 Dry 4.40D /

Anandvan Ashram

Basalt

M60 Marda500 m E of the village, in field and north side

of road 20.24 78.95 202 2.45 8.80 1.00 5.65 3.33 6.20 3.10 Dry 3.55 Dry dry

I / Dilip Pimpadka

r--do--

M62 AshtiEast of the village ,

opp. to Mahadev Upre's house

20.22 78.97 203 3.10 12.45 0.65 9.70 8.05 Dry 8.45 Dry Dry Dry dry D / GP Alluvium & S.St.

WN-17 Wanoja60m E of road entering

in villageand N of Nallah

20.18 78.92 202 3.20 6.80 0.60 Dry 4.75 Dry 5.00 Dry Dry Dry. Dry D / GP Basalt

WN-95 Goraj 200m W of road to village in field 20.20 78.93 195 4.40 6.95 0.60 ...... 4.50 Dry 2.50 Dry Dry Dry Dry D / GP Basalt

WN-96 Hiwra Outside the village in W, infront of School 20.22 78.91 210 3.75 9.00 0.60 7.60 3.20 Dry 1.80 8.20 5.80

8.5 (water from other

source)

4.35 (water fed in)

D / GP --do--

Formation

TappedR.L.

Well dia (m)

Well depth

(m bmp)

Height of measuring point (m agl)

DEPTH TO WATER (METER-BELOW GROUND LEVEL)Utility / OwnerName of village Well location Lat Long

PO- Pump On, NA- Not Accessible, m bgl- meter below ground level, m agl- meter above ground level, GL- ground level, D- domestic, GP- Gram Panchayat,

Well No.



The range of water levels (2018), measured from the core and buffer zone of

Amalgamated Yekona-I and II OC Mine are given below: Table 36 Range of water level (2018) in core and buffer zone of study area Pre monsoon

(May-Jun’ 2018)

Core Zone 7.75 m to 10.64 m

Buffer zone 4.10 m to 12.70 m

Post monsoon

(Oct-Nov’ 2018)

Core Zone 4.65 m to 8.10m


Table 37 Water Level Fluctuation of the Study Area

Core zone Buffer zone

Period Min Max Average Period Min Max Average

2012 1.85 6.94 4.53 2012 2.45 6.35 3.82

2013 3.25 4.85 4.20 2013 2.15 6.10 3.92

2014 1.85 2.00 1.99 2014 0.40 3.50 1.62

2015 2.32 2.60 2.46 2015 0.66 6.75 2.82

2016 3.10 6.65 4.88 2016 2.10 9.50 4.24

2017 2.30 6.30 3.97 2017 1.75 7.05 3.11

2018 3.10 5.00 4.05 2018 1.40 3.05 2.03

Note-water level in m below ground level

3.5.3 Water level trend Hydrographs of two permanent observation wells fixed by CMPDI, RI-IV has been

prepared based on pre-monsoon (May) and post-monsoon (Nov) water level data

from 2009 to 2018 and presented in figures below to assess the water level trend.

The hydrograph of well M-56 at Charur Village shows increasing water level trends

for pre-monsoon period and steady water level trend during post-monsoon period.

The hydrograph of well M-46 situated at Panjhurni village shows increasing level

trends during both pre-monsoon and post-monsoon period.



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3.5.4 General aquifer parameters:

No detailed hydrogeological investigations were carried out at Amalg. Yekona-I & II OC

mine area. However, the aquifer parameters evaluated by CMPDI at CMPDI,

Exploration Camp, Anandwan, Warora (situated at a distance of about 10 to 15 Km

from the mine) have been considered and attributed for the study area. The projected

hydraulic parameters of the aquifers are as follows:

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Rainfall 571.7 1547.7 885.4 1140.3 1832.5 535.3 753.1 1080.2 535.4 561.6

Post Mon 6.11 3.05 3.15 3.40 3.25 4.20 3.60 4.25 4.65

Pre Mon 8.56 8.37 7.68 8.80 7.75 6.20 6.20 7.00 6.55 7.75

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Post-mon 9.78 7.30 7.25 5.50 5.85 8.95 7.70 6.85 6.90 8.65

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Table 38 Aquifer Parameters for Amalgamated Yekona-I and II OC Mine Sl.No. Parameters value

1 Hydraulic conductivity

(m/day)

2.20

2 Storage co-efficient 1.57 x 10-4 to 1.1 x 10-3

3 Specific Yield 0.05

3.5.5 Ground Water Resources in the Area:

GROUND WATER RESOURCE ESTIMATION (AS PER GEC-2015) IN THEBUFFER ZONE

The ground water resource estimation has been done by using latest methodology i.e.

GEC-2015 as given below:

GROUND WATER DRAFT The groundwater withdrawal here is generally for irrigation, domestic and Mine use and is

quantified as under: Table 39 Gross Groundwater Draft for ‘All Uses’

GROUNDWATER DRAFT Monsoon (120 days)

Non-monsoon (245 days)

Total

M m3 M m3 M m3 1 Net irrigation use

i. Proportional quantity for 2134.75 Ha area

0.00 0.23 0.23 {Draft from Irrigation in Warora development block }

2 COMMUNITY USE i. Projected population (i.e. 2025 AD) =

83266 (@ 60 lpcd) 0.60 1.22 1.82 ii. Mine use (mine water & tubewell): 1 1 mine in buffer zone 0.03 0.07 0.10 Total 0.03 0.07 0.10 Sub-Total (2(i)+2(ii)) 0.63 1.29 1.92

3 Net Annual Mine Discharge (M m3) Monsoon Non-monsoon Total

i 1 mine in buffer zone 0.52 1.06 1.58 Total Mine Pumping in the Area 0.52 1.06 1.58 Mine use 0.03 0.07 0.10 Total discharge after mine use 0.49 0.99 1.48 Net mine discharge in the area 0.49 0.99 1.48 Gross Annual Groundwater Draft for ‘All uses’ in Buffer Zone 1.12 2.51 3.63



GROUND WATER RECHARGE: Table 40Rainfall Recharge in the study area by Rainfall infiltration method during monsoon and

non-monsoon season Description of items

1 Area a. Sedimentary Area (km2) 154 i) Alluvium/Kamthi 154 b. Hard Rock Area (km2) 160 i) Basalt 160

2 Average Rainfall (mm) during 1163.1 a. Monsoon season rainfall (mm) (June to Sept) 1017.5

b. Non-monsoon season rainfall (mm) (Oct to May) 145.6 c. Minimum threshold value of rainfall (mm) 116.31 d. Maximum threshold value of rainfall (mm) 3000

3 Rainfall infiltration factor

Sedimentary Hard Rock Alluvium/Kamthi- 0.15

Basalt- 0.07

4 Rainfall recharge in the study area by rainfall infiltration factor method

a. Monsoon season (M m3) = [(1) * {(2d)-(2c)} *(3)/1000] if (2a) > (2d) = [(1) * {(2a)-(2c)} * (3)/1000] if (2a) <= (2d)

30.91

i) Sedimentary 20.82 ii) Hard Rock 10.09

b. Non-monsoon season (M m3) = Nil if (2b) <= (2c)

= [(1) * {(2b) - (2c)} * (3)/1000 if (2b) > (2c)] 1.01

i) Sedimentary 0.68 ii) Hard Rock 0.33 Gross Rainfall Recharge [ a) + (b) ] 31.92

Table 41Rainfall Recharge in the study area by Water Table Fluctuation Method during monsoon season

Description of items Sedimentary Hard Rock 1 Area (km2) 154 160

2 Water table fluctuation (m) 2.14 2.80 3 Specific yield 0.03 0.02 4 Change in groundwater storage [ (1) * (2) * (3) ] (M m3) 9.89 8.96 5 Total (M m3) 18.85

6 Gross groundwater extraction for ‘All Uses’ during monsoon season (M m3) 1.12

7 Recharge from ‘Other Sources’ during monsoon season (M m3) 0.05

8 Gross Rainfall Recharge (M m3) [ (5) + (6)-(7) ] 19.92



Table 42 Rainfall Recharge during Monsoon season after comparing results from Water Table

Fluctuation Method and Rainfall Infiltration Factor Method during monsoon season Description of items Quantity

1 Rainfall Recharge during monsoon season a. By Water Table Fluctuation Method (M m3) 19.92 b. By Rainfall Infiltration Factor Method (M m3) 30.91

2

Difference between (1a) and (1b) expressed as a percentage of (1b), ‘PD’

-35.55%

3 Rainfall Recharge in the study area during monsoon season after considering the ‘PD’

24.73 [ = (1a) if ‘PD’ is between -20 and +20% = 0.8 * (1b) if ‘PD’ is less than -20% = 1.20 * (1b) if ‘PD’ is greater than +20% ]

Table 43Net Groundwater Availability in the study area Description of items M m3

1 Rainfall Recharge in the study area

a. During Monsoon season (Rainfall Infiltration Method) 24.73 b. During Non-monsoon season (Rainfall Infiltration Method) 1.01 c. Annual [ (1a) + (1b) ] 25.74 2 Recharge from ‘Other Sources’ a. During Monsoon season 0.05 Return flow from Excess mine water [ 20% as seepage factor] 0.01

Recharge through water bodies in the area (0.75 x 18750 m3 (storage capacity) x 3 (total no. of fillings)) 0.04

b. During Non-monsoon season 0.25 Return flow from Irrigation [ 20 % of Irrigation Draft ] 0.05 Return flow from Excess mine water [ 20% as a seepage factor ] 0.20 Recharge through water bodies in the area negligible c. Annual [ (2a) + (2b) ] M m3 0.30 3 Are Environmental Flows assessed (Yes/No) No 4 Total Annual Groundwater Recharge [ (1c) + (2c) ] 26.04 5 Environmental flows in (M m3) 2.60

a. [ 0.05 * (4) ] if response to (3) is "NO" and rainfall recharge during monsoon season computed by ‘Water table Fluctuation Method’ -

b. [ 0.10 * (4) ] if response to (3) is "NO" and rainfall recharge during monsoon season is "NOT" computed by ‘Water table Fluctuation Method’ 2.60

6 Net Annual Groundwater Availability in the study area [ (4) – (5) ] M m3 23.44

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7 Annual Gross Groundwater Draft for all uses in the study area 3.63

8 Balance Available Annual Groundwater Recharge (Net Annual Groundwater Availability – Gross Annual Groundwater Draft) 19.81

Table 44Stage of Groundwater Extraction in the study area

Description of items Buffer Zone 1. Stage of Groundwater Extraction 15.49% a. Net Groundwater Availability (M m3) 23.44

b. Annual Gross Groundwater Draft (M m3) 3.63 c. Balance Available Annual Groundwater Recharge (M m3) 19.81

The present stage of ground water extraction in and around the project area is 15.49% which can be categorized as safe area. As per CGWB, Central Region, Nagpur the ‘Stage of ground water extraction’ in Warora tehsil, in which mine is located is 16.57%.

Ground water Balance Flowchart for Yekona-I and II OC Mine



3.5.6 Ground Water Quality

The groundwater quality in the area has been monitored by WCL through CMPDI, an

ISO-9001 company and the results (2018-19) indicate that groundwater quality in the

area does not contain any toxic elements. Generally, the pH value varies from6.8 -

7.30which is within the desirable range of 6.5 to 8.5. The concentration of ‘Total

Dissolved Solids’ (TDS) is low to high varying from 270 – 1550 mg/l which is within the

permissible limit of 2000 mg/l. The Fluoride content ranges between 0.45 – 0.84 mg/l

which falls within desirable limit of 1.0 mg/l and Nitrates ranges from 26-44 mg/l which

is also within the desirable limit of 45 mg/l. Normally, the coal mining activity does not

induce any unwanted chemical or elements into the groundwater except for ‘Total

Suspended Solids’ (TSS). The ground water quality analysis data (2018-19) for Amalg.

Yekona-I and II OC Mine is given below:

Sl. No Parameters

Test Method Limits of Detection

Analysis Result Sampling Code, Location &

Sample collection date Standard ( IS : 10500 : 2012)

CHARUR, M-56

27.11.2018

WANOJA, M-58

27.11.2018

Desirable limit

PLV in the absence of alternate source

1 Colour Hz ) IS 3025 /04:1983,Platinum

1 17 1 5 15

2 Odour IS 3025

/05:1983,Physical, Qualitative

Qualitative Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable

3 Turbidity (NTU) IS-3025/10:1984 Nephelometric

1.0 62 2 1 5

4 pH Value IS-3025/11:1983 Electrometric

0.2 6.9 6.8 6.5 to 8.5 No relaxation

5 Total Hardness as CaCO3 -mg/l

IS-3025/21:2009 EDTA

4.0 952 376 200 600

6 Iron -mg/l IS-3025/53:2003 AAS-Flame

0.06 <0.06 <0.06 0.3 No relaxation

7 Chlorides - mg/l

IS-3025/32:1988, Argentometric

2.0 350 140 250 1000

8 Residual Chlorine -mg/l (min.)

APHA, 22nd Edition DPD

0.02 <0.02 <0.02 0.2 1

9 Fluoride- mg/l APHA, 22nd Edition SPADNS

0.02 0.45 0.69 1.0 1.5

10 TDS -mg/l IS-3025/16:1984 Gravimetric 25.0 1550 610 500 2000

11 Calcium -mg/l IS-3025/40:1991 EDTA 1.6 176 72 75 200

12 Magnesium -mg/l*

APHA, 22nd Edition- Calculation

EDTA 3 125 48 30 100

13 Copper -mg/l IS-3025/42:1992

AAS-Flame 0.03 <0.03 <0.03 0.05 1.5



14 Manganese - mg/l

IS-3025/59:2006 AAS-Flame

0.02 <0.02 <0.02 0.1 0.3

15 Sulphate -mg/l APHA, 22nd Edition Turbidity

2.0 178 42 200 400

16 Nitrates - mg/l APHA, 22nd Edition

UV-Spectrophotometric Turbidity Nesseler’s

0.5 44 36 45 No relaxation

17 Cadmium - mg/l

APHA, 22nd Edition AAS-GTA

0.0005 <0.0005 <0.0005 0.003 No relaxation

18 Lead -mg/l APHA, 22nd Edition AAS-GTA

0.005 <0.005 <0.005 0.01 No relaxation

19 Selenium –mg/l*

APHA, 22nd Edition AAS-VGA

0.005 <0.005 <0.005 0.01 No relaxation

20 Total Arsenic -mg/l*


0.005 <0.005 <0.005 0.01 0.05

21 Zinc -mg/l IS-3025/49:1994

AAS-Flame 0.01 0.0239 0.0341 5 15

22 Total Chromium -mg/l

IS 3025 (Part 52) : 2003

AAS-Flame

0.01 <0.01 <0.01 0.05 No relaxation

23 Boron -mg/l APHA, 22nd

EditionCarmine 0.2 <0.2 <0.2 0.5 1.0

24 Alkalinity -mg/l IS-3025/23:1986, Titration 4.0 180 244 200 600

25 Nickel-mg/l IS 3025 (Part 54) : 2003, AAS-Flame Method

0.02 <0.02 <0.02 0.02 No relaxation

26 Aluminum -mg/l*


0.03 <0.005 <0.005 0.1 0.2

Table 45 Groundwater Quality of Marda Village

Sl. No Parameters

Test Method Limits of Detection

Analysis Result Sampling Code,

Location & Sample collection date

Standard ( IS : 10500 : 2012)

MARDA, M-60

27.11.2018 Desirable limit

PLV in the absence of alternate source

1 Colour Hz ) IS 3025 /04:1983,Platinum

1 2 5 15

2 Odour IS 3025

/05:1983,Physical, Qualitative Agreeable Agreeable Agreeable

3 Turbidity (NTU)

IS-3025/10:1984 Nephelometric

1.0 2 1 5

4 pH Value IS-3025/11:1983 Electrometric

0.2 7.30 6.5 to 8.5 No relaxation

5 Total Hardness as CaCO3 -mg/l

IS-3025/21:2009 EDTA

4.0 152 200 600

6 Iron -mg/l IS-3025/53:2003 AAS-Flame

0.06 <0.06 0.3 No relaxation

7 Chlorides - mg/l

IS-3025/32:1988, Argentometric

2.0 40 250 1000

8 Residual Chlorine -mg/l (min.)

APHA, 22nd Edition DPD

0.02 <0.02 0.2 1



9 Fluoride- mg/l APHA, 22nd Edition SPADNS

0.02 0.84 1.0 1.5

10 TDS -mg/l IS-3025/16:1984 Gravimetric 25.0 270 500 2000

11 Calcium -mg/l IS-3025/40:1991 EDTA 1.6 48 75 200

12 Magnesium -mg/l*

APHA, 22nd Edition- Calculation

EDTA 3 9 30 100

13 Copper -mg/l IS-3025/42:1992

AAS-Flame 0.03 <0.03 0.05 1.5

14 Manganese - mg/l

IS-3025/59:2006 AAS-Flame 0.02 <0.02 0.1 0.3

15 Sulphate -mg/l APHA, 22nd Edition Turbidity

2.0 10 200 400

16 Nitrates - mg/l APHA, 22nd Edition

UV-Spectrophotometric Nesseler’s

0.5 26 45 No relaxation

17 Cadmium - mg/l


0.0005 <0.0005 0.003 No relaxation

18 Lead -mg/l APHA, 22nd Edition AAS-GTA

0.005 <0.005 0.01 No relaxation

19 Selenium –mg/l*


0.005 <0.005 0.01 No relaxation

20 Total Arsenic -mg/l*


0.005 <0.005 0.01 0.05

21 Zinc -mg/l IS-3025/49:1994

AAS-Flame 0.01 0.0751 5 15

22 Total Chromium -mg/l

IS 3025 (Part 52) : 2003

AAS-Flame


23 Boron -mg/l APHA, 22nd

EditionCarmine 0.2 <0.2 0.5 1.0

24 Alkalinity -mg/l IS-3025/23:1986, Titration 4.0 448 200 600

25 Nickel-mg/l IS 3025 (Part 54) : 2003, AAS-Flame Method


26 Aluminum -mg/l*


0.03 <0.005 0.1 0.2



3.6 AMBIENT NOISE QUALITY SCENARIO To know the background Ambient Noise level of the Project site and its surrounding

Environment, 6 locations (Two in core zone and four in buffer zone) were identified for

baseline study.

The noise level Monitoring Stations are given below in Table below: Project: Yekona I & II OC Period: 1st Oct. 2016 to 31st Dec. 2016

Location Code Location Name Direction & distance

w.r.t Project Site Description SN1 Core zone I – Yakona Village - Industrial area SN2 Core zone II – Marda Village - Industrial area SN3 Pandurni Village S, 0.3 Km Residential area SN4 Wanoja Village E, 0.5 Km Residential area SN5 Naydev Village NE, 0.4 Km Residential area SN6 Mohbala Village NNE, 1.2 Km Residential area

An Integrated Sound Level Meter, Type-2225, make B&K Denmark, was used for sound level

measurements from Six ambient air quality locations during day time and night time at an

interval of four hours for one day for two months.

Table 46 Seasonal Ambient Noise Level Data during Day Time Period: 01st Oct 2016 – 25th Dec 2016

STANDARD FOR NOISE

Industrial Area Residential Area 75 (dB) 75(dB) 55 (dB) 55 (dB) 55(dB) 55 (dB)

Hrs. SN1 SN2 SN3 SN4 SN5 SN6 6.00 - 7.00 45.8 44.4 43.9 44.0 42.7 43.9 7.00 - 8.00 45.4 44.1 44.3 44.6 43.0 43.8 8.00 – 9.00 46.5 46.2 45.2 45.5 45.1 44.9 9.00 – 10.00 46.8 48.0 47.9 49.7 46.2 44.8

10.00 – 11.00 53.5 49.4 47.3 46.0 48.4 51.5 11.00 – 12.00 53.2 51.2 49.7 48.8 51.9 51.2 12.00 – 13.00 54.4 53.3 52.6 53.3 51.7 52.5 13.00 – 14.00 53.6 54.0 49.1 52.6 53.7 51.9 14.00 – 15.00 52.1 52.1 49.5 50.6 51.4 50.6 15.00 – 16.00 50.9 53.6 48.9 49.6 50.1 49.3 16.00 – 17.00 49.3 53.7 49.9 49.5 49.4 47.9 17.00 – 18.00 49.6 51.8 48.6 48.1 48.6 46.8 18.00 – 19.00 48.4 52.8 47.1 47.1 47.5 45.5 19.00 – 20.00 49.0 51.0 46.7 46.2 47.1 44.2 20.00 – 21.00 45.9 49.4 45.1 45.4 46.4 43.0 21.00 – 22.00 45.6 49.7 44.7 44.8 45.7 42.5

Minimum 45.4 44.1 43.9 44.0 42.7 42.5 Maximum 54.4 54.0 52.6 53.3 53.7 52.5 Average 49.3 50.2 47.5 47.9 48.1 47.1 Leq (Day) 50.5 51.2 48.2 48.8 49.1 48.5

Table 47 Seasonal Ambient Noise Level Data during Night Time

Period: 01st Oct 2016 – 25th Dec 2016 STANDARD FOR

NOISE Industrial Area Residential Area

70 (dB) 70(dB) 45 (dB) 45 (dB) 45(dB) 45 (dB) Hrs. SN1 SN2 SN3 SN4 SN5 SN6

22.00 – 23.00 45.5 45.9 43.9 43.9 44.6 43.5



23.00 – 24.00 45.2 45.7 43.7 43.5 44.0 43.1 24.00 – 01.00 44.1 44.7 43.4 43.0 43.4 41.1 01.00 – 02.00 44.5 44.4 44.0 42.8 42.7 42.1 02.00 – 03.00 44.4 44.6 43.6 43.0 42.6 41.9 03.00 – 04.00 44.1 42.9 41.8 41.8 42.2 42.3 04.00 – 05.00 43.8 43.8 42.9 41.7 41.5 41.1 05.00 – 06.00 43.6 43.3 43.0 41.2 41.0 40.5

Minimum 43.6 42.9 41.8 41.2 41.0 40.5 Maximum 45.5 45.9 44.0 43.9 44.6 43.5 Average 44.4 44.4 43.2 42.6 42.8 42.0 Leq (Night) 44.4 44.5 43.3 42.7 42.9 42.1

SUMMARY OF OBSERVATIONS Core Zone – Yakona Village(SN1): The recorded noise levels were found in the range of 45.4

to 54.4 dB (A) during day time and 43.6 to 45.5 dB (A) during night time. The Leq (Day) and

Leq (Night) were observed to be 50.5 dB (A) and 44.4 dB (A) respectively.

Core Zone – Marda Village(SN2): The recorded noise levels were found in the range of 44.1 to

54.0 dB (A) during day time and 42.9 to 45.9 dB(A) during night time. The Leq (Day) and Leq

(Night) were observed to be 51.2 dB (A) and 44.5 dB (A) respectively.

Pandurni Village(SN3): The recorded noise levels were found in the range of 43.9 to 52.6 dB

(A) during day time and 41.8 to 44.0 dB(A) during night time. The Leq (Day) and Leq (Night)

were observed to be 48.2 dB (A) and 43.3 dB (A) respectively.

Wanoja Village(SN4): The recorded noise levels were found in the range of 44 to 53.3 dB (A)

during day time and 41.2 to 43.9 dB(A) during night time. The Leq (Day) and Leq (Night) were

observed to be 48.8dB (A) and 42.7 dB (A) respectively.

Naydev Village(SN5): The recorded noise levels were found in the range of 42.7 to 53.7 dB (A)

during day time and 41 to 44.6 dB(A) during night time. The Leq (Day) and Leq (Night) were

observed to be 49.1 dB (A) and 42.9 dB (A) respectively.

Mohabala Village(SN6): The recorded noise levels were found in the range of 42.5 to 52.5 dB

(A) during day time and 40.5 to 43.5 dB(A) during night time. The Leq (Day) and Leq (Night)

were observed to be 48.5 dB (A) and 42.1 dB (A) respectively.

RESULT & DISCUSSION From the results, the noise level for core zone was observed in the range of 44.1 dB (A) to 54.4

dB (A) during day time and 42.9 dB (A) to 45.9 dB (A) during night time whereas the maximum



average noise levels in the area were observed to be 54.2 dB (A) during day time and 45.7 dB

(A) during night time. Thus, from the observation it may be concluded that the noise levels in

the area were in good compliance with prescribed limit for industrial area which are 75 dB (A)

for day time and 70 dB (A) for night time.

Similarly, the noise levels in close vicinity of the project area were observed in the range of 42.5

dB (A) to 53.7 dB (A) in day time & 40.5 dB (A) to 44.6 dB (A) in the night time, whereas the

maximum average noise levels in the area were observed to be 53.02 dB (A) during day time

and 44.0 dB (A) during night time. Thus, from the observations it may be concluded that the

noise levels in the area were well within the prescribed limit for residential areas which are 55

dB(A) for Day time and 45 dB(A) for Night time. From the above observations, it may be concluded that the Noise levels are in good compliance

with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Industrial and Residential areas

which is graphically depicted in fig below.

Figure 11

STANDARD FOR NOISE The Government of India, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (ii) of sub-section

(2) of section 3, sub-section (1) and clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 6 and section

25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) read with rule 5 of the

Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, the Central Government notified following noise

level standards in The Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000.

Table 48 Noise Quality Standard Area Code

Category of Area / Zone Limits in dB (A) Leq* Day Time Night Time

(A) Industrial Area 75 70

(B) Commercial Area 65 55



(C) Residential Area 55 45

(D) Silence Zone 50 40

Note:- 1. Day time shall mean from 6.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m.

2. Night time shall mean from 10.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m.

3. Silence zone is an area comprising not less than 100 metres around hospitals,

educational institutions, courts, religious places or any other area which is declared

as such by the competent authority

4. Mixed categories of areas may be declared as one of the four above mentioned

categories by the competent authority.

* dB(A) Leq denotes the time weighted average of the level of sound in decibels on

scale A which is relatable to human hearing.

A “decibel” is a unit in which noise is measured.

“A”, in dB(A) Leq, denotes the frequency weighting in the measurement of noise and

corresponds to frequency response characteristics of the human ear.

Leq: It is an energy mean of the noise level over a specified period.

3.6 SOIL QUALITY Soil characteristics, erosion aspects, soil fertility etc., have direct bearing on the

environment. Knowledge of soil parameters is essential for the planning and

implementation of afforestation. Further, major mining activities affect the soil regime of

the surrounding areas directly or indirectly. Hence, it becomes important to study the soil

characteristics.

The primary crops are found to be cotton, soybean, bengal gram, red gram and paddy

in the study area. A canal passes through the project area which provide water for

irrigation. The black cotton soil is major soil type of study area. Nine samples from three

locations were collected for analysis, one from core zone and two from buffer zone in

post Post-Monsoon Season, 2016. Detailed result analysis is provided below.

3.6.1 Data Presentation & Analysis

By keeping the above aspects in view, three locations were selected in the core and buffer

zone. Locations were selected in such a way that different type of soils for supporting

different species of vegetation are covered. The soil quality monitoring stations are

furnished below.



Period: Oct. 2016 – Dec. 2016

Table 49 Sampling Location for Soil Quality Assessment Sl. No. Name of Sampling Locations Frequency Total No. of

Samples Location

Code

01. Agricultural Land -Corezone Once in a season

Three (0-30, 30-60 &

60-90cm depth) SS1

02. Agricultural Land – Marda Village

Once in a season

Three (0-30, 30-60 &

60-90cm depth) SS2

03. Agricultural Land – Wanoja Village

Once in a season

Three (0-30, 30-60 &

60-90cm depth) SS3

Total no. of samples 09

Observations The observed characteristics of soil samples collected from above three locations are

presented hereunder: Period: Oct. 2016 – Dec. 2016 Location: Corezone - SS1

Table 50 Characteristics of Soil - Core Zone

Sl. No. Parameters

Observed Value SS1

(0-30cm) (30-60cm) (60-90cm) 1. Soil Texture Sandy Loam Sandy Loam Sandy Loam

2.

Grain Size,% a) Sand 64.86 65.12 65.41 b) Silt content 16.12 14.83 14.48 c) Clay content 18.94 19.42 18.52

3. Porosity, % 38.4 39.6 39.7 4. Bulk Density, g/cm3 1.32 1.35 1.34 5. pH 6.5 6.6 6.7

6. Elect. Conductivity, (m-mhos/cm at 20OC) 0.53 0.64 0.68

7. Water holding capacity % 39.4 41.2 42.4 8. Infiltration Rate (cm/hr.) 15.1 14.92 15.12 9. Field Capacity (%) 6.8 6.7 7.4

10. Wilting Co-efficient (%) 0.78 0.73 0.74 11. Available Magnesium, as MgO,mg/kg 28.32 29.41 28.45 12. Organic Carbon % 0.88 0.86 0.82 13. Sodium Adsorption Ratio 7.3 6.8 7.2

14. Cation Exchange Capacity, Cmol (+) /kg 14.59 14.62 14.11

15. Nitrogen as N, kg/ha 271.9 265.3 286.2 16. Phosphorous as P2O5, kg/ha 22.1 21.5 23.2 17. Potash as K2O, kg/ha 125.4 131.2 146.4



Soil Fertility Quality Standard w.r.t C:N:P:K

Sl. No. PARAMETERS QUALITY STATUS

Poor Medium Fertile 1 Organic Carbon % <0.5 0.5 to 0.75 >0.75 2 Nitrogen as N, kg/ha <280 280 to 560 >560 3 Phosphorus as P2O5, kg/ha <23 23 to 57 >57 4 Potash as K2O, kg/ha <133 133 to 337 >337

Period: Oct. 2016 – Dec. 2016 Location: Agricultural Land – Marda Village - SS2

Table 51 Characteristics of Soil - Marda Village

Sl. No. Parameters

Observed Value SS2

(0-30cm) (30-60cm) (60-90cm)

1. Soil Texture Sandy Clay Loam

Sandy Clay Loam

Sandy Clay Loam

2.








Table 52 Soil Fertility Quality Standard w.r.t C:N:P:K Sl. No. PARAMETERS QUALITY STATUS




Period: Oct. 2016 – Dec. 2016 Location: Wanoja Village – SS3

Table 53 Characteristics of Soil - Wanoja Village

Sl. No. Parameters

Observed Value SS3

(0-30cm) (30-60cm) (60-90cm) 1. Soil Texture Sandy Loam Sandy Loam Sandy Loam

2.








Soil Fertility Quality Standard w.r.t C:N:P:K

Sl. No. PARAMETERS QUALITY STATUS


The soil quality in the project area appears to be good and would support after suitable

reclamation measures.

Conclusion

Texture: Soil sample bearing code SS1 collected from different depth (0-30, 30-60 &

60-90) cm represents the sandy loam texture pattern with high degree of consistency

with sand percentage ranging from 64.86 % to 65.41 %. Texture of the sample code

SS3 appears as sandy clay loam. The clay content varied with depth. In case of sample



code SS2 the distribution texture appears similar with high % of sand ranging from

64.11 % to 64.95 % has been found. The texture falls in sandy loam quality.

Porosity: Porosity of the sample collected from the three different sampling locations

presents a normal quality of arable soil which ranges from 33.5 to 42.30 %.

Bulk Density: The bulk density is an important characteristic of soil which has been

found in the range of 1.32 to 1.41 g/cm3.

pH: The pH of the soil has been found to vary between 6.4 to 6.7. It is slightly acidic

and good for transportation of mineral matters and nutrients from soil to plant.

Organic Carbon: Organic carbon is one of the important characteristics of the soil

represents for fixation of nitrogen and survival of the various macro and micro-

organisms. It has been found enough i.e. 0.5 % in all the samples under study.

Water Holding Capacity: WHC of soil collected from different locations ranges from

33.8 to 47.2 % shows normal characteristics.

SAR: It has been found to vary 6.5 to 7.5 which does not constitute any adverse

remarks.

N: P: K Ratio: N: P: K Ratio indicates that the soil quality will support vegetation in the

study area.

Figure 12 Cotton Plantation in Core Zone Area

3.7 FLORA & FAUNA Study of the biological environment is one of the most important aspects of EIA. This

again has a special importance in case of mining project due its location. Mining leases

and surrounding area are mostly located in the Agricultural Land, minor Forest area,

Commercial area, Habitations and water body. The biological communities are good



indicators of climatic and edaphic factors. It is important to conserve natural flora and

fauna of an area. EIA helps to identify the impact of the mining on the ecosystem and to

check the damage. It suggests measures so that a particular ecosystem can improve &

minimize damage. In the preset study, mainly terrestrial ecosystem has been

considered.

The study was under taken during November 2016. Primary survey was under taken in

the Core zone and Buffer Zone during the monitoring period.

The objectives of this study were as follows:

To conduct brief study in cultivated and naturally occurring species in the core

and buffer zone.

Survey of terrestrial & aquatic flora and fauna for core and buffer zone.

Survey of flora covering types e.g. agricultural crops, commercial crops, natural

vegetation/forest types, grass lands.

Survey of species protected by specific legislation (Rare, endangered, critically

endangered, endemic and vulnerable).

To identify locations and features of ecological significance.

To generate secondary information with the help of public consultation for

assessment of flora / fauna /avifauna and other life forms for different activity

phases in the study area.

Activities undertaken during the study: 1. Flora survey

- Identification and enumeration of different plant species such as Tree, shrub,

herb, climber and grasses.

- Diversity assessment for different plant species

- Analysis of Rare-Endangered-Threatened flora

2. Fauna survey

- Documentation of Avian, Reptilian, Insect, Amphibian, Mammal and other

faunal diversity

- Observations by direct and indirect evidences (Direct evidence- Sighting

and hearing, Indirect evidence- Tracks and signs, nests, feathers/ hairs,

Pellets/ scats and other signs

- Analysis of Scheduled species



3. Habitat/microhabitat diversity in the project site and surrounding areas within

10 km range from the site.

4. Photo documentation

Survey Limitation: The survey recorded the flora and fauna evident during site visit and field survey. It

does not record any flora or fauna that may appear at other times of the year, and as

such, were not evident at the time of the visit. The report represents ecological status of

the area evident during the period of the study.

The survey team has tried to collect the secondary information for the species which

are not observed during site visit but can see in the study area through public

consultation.

Methodology Desk Study

The purpose of the desk study was to see land use of the study area through remote

sensing images and species of local conservation value which may not have been

present or apparent during the survey visit (e.g. spring/monsoon plants). The desk

study was carried out by referring literature related to ecology and biodiversity of the

region or other related areas encompassing the proposed site. Literature survey was

also undertaken by collecting and stating research papers and reports specific to the

region.

Flora

An ecological survey was conducted during November 2016 to generate baseline data

on flora and fauna of the project. The study has covered the following aspects to

appraise the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report: S. No Floral component 1. Agricultural crops 2. Commercial crops 3. Plantations/Agro-forestry 4. Natural Vegetation/Forest type 5. Grassland Vegetation 6. Endangered/ Endemic species 7. Aquatic flora

Analysis of vegetation in relation to natural forest flora and croplands was conducted

through reconnaissance field surveys and insight observations in core and buffer zone



villages. The plant species identification was done based on the morphological

characteristics and reproductive materials i.e. flowers, fruits and seeds.

Fauna and Avifauna:

The study of fauna takes substantial amount of time to understand the specific faunal

characteristics of the area. The assessment of fauna has been done by extensive field

survey of the area. During survey Line Transect method was used for the study of

mammals and Transact and Patch Sampling were used for Amphibians. In addition the

following sources were also used during survey.

Sighting during ecological studies

Animal call

Foot mark and excreta

During survey, the presence of wildlife was also confirmed from the local inhabitants

depending on the animal sightings and the frequency of their visits in the project area

which was later confirmed from different government offices like forest department,

wildlife department etc. S. No Faunal elements 1. Total Listing of Faunal elements 2. Endangered Species (wildlife schedules) 3. Endemic Species 4. Migratory Species 5. Migratory corridors or Paths 6. Breeding & Spawning Grounds 7. Aquatic fauna

During Birds survey actual counts of birds were made following the standard survey

technique. Observations were made during a walk through in the chosen transect for

sighting birds. The number of birds observed in each sampling location was directly

counted and listing was made. Birds were noted, counted and identified with the help of

8X40 “Optima Zenith” binocular and standard field identification guides.

Reptiles / Amphibians:

During survey observations were made by standard survey techniques. The reptiles

and amphibians were counted by Transact and Patch Sampling. The number observed

in each sampling location was directly counted and listing was made. The identification

was made by using standard field identification guides.

Sampling Stations (Study Area)



Majority of the region, falling in the 10 km radius consists of Agricultural landscape

often interrupted by developmental activities. Wardha River flows on the western

boundary of the project and covers study area from east to west. Sampling locations

were strategically selected to collect maximum data on vegetation pattern, faunal

diversity and Habitat diversity. Different land use were studied to get maximum diversity

in areas demarcated as core zone (lease area) and buffer zone (upto 10 km from lease

boundary) i.e.:-

YEKONA OC I & II MINE

SL.NO. Monitoring Code Distance (IN KM) Direction

1 E-1 1.10 NW 2 E-2 1.90 SW 3 E-3 2.20 SW 4 E-4 2.60 E 5 E-5 3.20 SW 6 E-6 3.80 NW

The observations for biological environment were taken in Agriculture field, Village

wasteland, Barren Land, nearby waterbodies (Wardha River) etc.

Figure 13 Marda Barrage under construction on Wardha River (December, 2016)



Observations Observations were made for possible habitats and flora-fauna species in and around

the site (except micro-organisms). All possible landscape features and areas in the site

and buffer areas were visited to collect the required amount of data. The observations

recorded are site, time and season specific. Further, the actual observation data was

supported by the data obtained from secondary sources (reports, research papers,

literature survey) to gather a wide and in-depth perspective. The ecological richness and sensitivity of the locations were examined critically. The

major habitats in the buffer area were visited and observation were recorded.

Habitat and Forest Type Diversity: The region falling in the 10 km radius from the project location is not much more diverse

forest only agricultural land existing in the study area. Actual field observations coupled

with Toposheet were used to characterize and distinguish landscape diversity in the

study site and the buffer area. The overall examination was carried out by making

actual visits at various pre-marked locations in the core site (lease area) and the region

falling within the 10 km radius of the project location (Buffer area).

Forest within Core Zone No forest land is involved in the Phase-I of the project area. A patch of 0.62 ha of forest

land (Jhudpi Jungle) is involved in the Phase-II of the project. Present EC application by

project proponent is for Phase-I of the project.

Forest within Buffer Zone Majority of the land area within study area is agriculture land. Following forest areas are

located within the area.

S. No. Name of Forest Status/Type of forest

Distance from Project Area

Approx area of Forest land within Study

Area 1 Phiski Reserve Forest Reserve 8.0 kms (SW) 539 ha 2 Shegaon Reserve Forest Reserve 7.5 kms (East) 355 ha 3 Kanda Protected Forest Open scrub 5.5 kms

(West) 38 ha

4 Pare Protected Forest Open scrub 5.5 kms (West)

24 ha

“Abhayaranya” the manmade forest in Anandwan



“Anandwan” founded by social activist Baba Amte is located 5 kms east of mine

boundary. The land on which Anandwan stands was originally barren, abandoned

quarry with no surface water. Abhayaranya the manmade forest in Anandwan has been

developed by its residents. Once an arid rocky wasteland, here there is now a colossal

biomass bank spread over 60 acres. Over the years Abhayaranya has attracted a wide

range of migratory birds which setup their nests in this oasis.

Forest types in the study area: The forest of the study area can be classified into Tropical Dry Deciduous Forest in

accordance with “Survey of Forest Types of India” by Champion and Seth (1968).

Dry deciduous forest: These forests are found in areas having temperature of 25-320C and annual rainfall of

75-125 cm along with a dry season of about six months. Distribution of these forests in

northern India is in areas of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa. In the

southern and central India, these forests are distributed in dry areas of Maharashtra,

Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh.

Floristic structure and composition of the study area: The Core site:Yekona I & II OC

The Lease area is dominated agriculture fields. A canal flowing through the mine lease

area provides irrigation facility. A seasonal nallah also flows the project boundary.

Table 54 List of tree species observed in the core zone

Sr. No. Common Name Scientific Name Family 1. Akasia Acacia auriculaeformis Mimosaceae 2. Ambalata,

Ambanasia Bauhinia racemosa Caesalpinaceae

3. Anla Emblica officinalis Euphorbiaceae 4. Amba Mangifera indica Anacardiaceae 5. Ambada Spondian pinnata Anacardiaceae 6. Arjun, Kaha Terminalia arjuna Combretaceae 7. Asan, Sahaj Terminalia tomentosa Combretaceae 8. Babul Acacia Arabica Mimosaceae 9. Basanga Adhatoda vasica Acanthaceae 10. Bel Aegle marmelos Rutaceae 11. Borda, Kuliari Bauhinia purpurea Caesalpinaceae 12. Bheru Chloroxvlon swietenia Meliaceae 13. Bara Ficus benghalensis Moraceae



Sr. No. Common Name Scientific Name Family 14. Banakapas Kydia calycina Malvaceae 15. Bahada Terminalia bellerica Combretaceae 16. Barkoli, Buro Ziyphus jujube Rhambaceae 17. Chhatian, Chhachina Alstonia scholaris Apocynaceae 18. Chakunda Cassia siamea Caesalpinaceae 19. Champa Michelia champaca Mangoliaceae 20. Dhuben Dalbergia paniculata Papilionaceae 21. Dimiri, Dumer Ficus glomerata Moraceae 22. Debdaru Polyathia longifolia Anocaceae 23. Gambhar Gmelina arborea Verbenaceae 24. Gandhapalas Miliusa velutina Anonaceae 25. Halda Diospyros Montana Ebenaceae 26. Harida Terminalia chebula Combretaceae 27. Jamu Syzyzium cumini Myrtaceae 28. Bhor Zyzyphus jujube Rhamnaceae 29. Kurum, Haldu Adina cordifolia Rubiaceae 30. Kadam Anthocephalus cadamba Rubiaceae 31. Kumbhi Cereya arborea Lecythidaceae 32. Kendu Diospyros melanoxylon Ebenaceae 33. Khajuri Phoenix sylvestris Palmaceae 34. Karanja Pongamia pinnata Papilionaceae 35. Khirna Wrightia tinctoria Apocynaceae 36. Kangada Xylia xylocarpa Mimocaceae 37. Mahalimba Ailanthus exelsa Simarubaceae 38. Mundi, Muid Mitragyna parviflora Rubiaceae 39. Munuga Moringa oleifera Moringaceae 40. Phasi Anogeissus acuminata Combretaceae 41. Panas Artocarpus heterophyllus Moraceae 42. Phalsa, Palas Butea monosperma Papilionaceae 43. Pahari sisssoo Dalbergia latifolia Papilionaceae 44. Pipal Ficus religiosa Niraceae 45. Phanphani Oroxylon indicum Bignoniaceae 46. Poichandia Putranjiva roxburghii Euphorbiaceae 47. Parel, padal Sterospermum

suaveolens Bignoniaceae

48. Pha kurjei Wrightia tomentosa Apocynaceae 49. Rajmai Lannea coromondelica Anacardiaceae 50. Siris, Sersuan Albizzia lebek Mimosaceae 51. Simal Bombax ceiba Bambacaceae 52. Sunari Cassia fistula Caesalpinaceae 53. Senha, Sidha Legerstroemia parviflora Lythraceae 54. Sal, Sargi, Rengal Shorea robusta Dipterocarpaceae 55. Saguan Tectona grandis Verbenaceae 56. Tentra, Dhala siris Albizzia procera Mimosaceae 57. Thetel, Tetel Tamarindus indica Caesalpinaceae 58. Neem Azadiracta indica Meliaceae



Sr. No. Common Name Scientific Name Family 59. Khais, Kasi Bridelia retusa Euphorbiaceae 60. - Gardenia gummifera Rubiaceae

Table 55List of herb and shrub species observed in the Core zone Sl No Local Name Botanical Name Family

1. Arakh Calotropis procera Asclepidaceae 2. Dhatki, Dhutuk Woodfordia fruticosa Lythraceae 3. Gila Caesalpinia digyna Caesalpinaceae 4. Gangasiuli,

Kharakhasa Nyctanthes arbortristis Oleaceae

5. Ghotha Zyzyphus xylocarpus Rhamnaceae 6. Hada Kankel Murraya exotica Rutaceae 7. Jharnuli Antidesma ghaesembilla Euphorbiaceae 8. Jungle vendi Thespesia populnea Malvaceae 9. Kerenda koli Carissa inermis Apocynaceae 10. Kumbhatua, kumti Clerodendrum

infortunatum Verbenaceae

11. Kath jamu Eugenia heyneana Myrtaceae 12. Kurudu (ii) Gardenia turgid Rubiaceae 13. Kurei Hallarrhena

antidysenterica Apocynaceae

14. Murmuri, kunduri Antidesma diandrum Euphorbiaceae 15. Nirgundi Vitex negundo Verbenaceae 16. Natibara Zizyphus fruticosa Rhamnaceae 17. Pitabaranga Helicteres isoraa Sterculiaceae 18. Sisal Agave sisalana Amaryllidaceae 19. Siju Euphorbia nivulia Euphorbiaceae 20. Telkurum Ixora parviflora Rutaceae 21. Tilei Wendlandia tinctoria Rubiaceae 22. Tinkoli Zyzyphus rugosa Rhamnaceae 23. - Datura spp. Solanaceae 24. - Zizyphus mauriana Rhamnaceae 25. - Ixora parviflora Rubiaceae 26. - Xanthium strumarium Asteraceae 27. Rankapas Thespesia populnea Malvaceae 28. - Ipomea carnea Convolvulaceae 29. Basanga Adhatoda vasica Acanthaceae 30. - Phyllanthus amarus Euphorbiaceae 31. Poksunghau Ageratum conyzoides Asteraceae 32. Gokharu Tribulus terrestris Zygophyllaceae 33. Pili kateri Argemone Mexicana Papavaraceae 34. - Marselia quadrifolia Marsileaceae 35. - Cassia tora Caesalpinaceae 36. Vilayati tulsi Hyptis suaveolens Lamiaceae

37. Girel phul Indigofera pulchella Papillionaceae



38. Gajar Ghass Parthenium hysterophorus Asteraceae 39. Sida Sida acuta Malvaceae 40. - Alternanthera sessalis Amarantheceae 41. - Euphorbia hirta Euphorbiaceae 42. - Tridax procumbens Asteraceae

Table 56List of grasses/ climbers/ bamboo species observed in the Core zone

GRASSES SL No. Local Name Botanical Name Family 1. Ghoda lenji, Sinkula Arsitida setaceae Gramineae 2. Khar Cymbopogon martini Poaceae 3. Khas khas Vetiveria zizanioides Gramineae 4. Sukla Heteropogon

contortus Gramineae

5. Duba Cynodom dactylon Poaceae 6. Sabai, panasi Eulaliopsis binata Poaceae 7. Tenda, Kastandi Saccharum

spontaneum Poaceae

8. Atundi Combretum decandum

Combretaceae

9. Arkawla Milletia auriculata Papillionaceae 10. Budel, latapalas Butea superb Papillionaceae 11. Badi chand Symphorema

polyandrum Verbenaceae

12. Gapkanu Crytolepsis buchanani Ascleipidaceae 13. Kantei koli Zizyphus oenoplia Rhamnaceae 14. Murdha Butea parviflora Papillionaceae 15. Osta, Gila Entada scandens Mimosaceae 16. Penga, Kharsan Celastrus paniculata Celastraceae 17. Pitalu Dioscorea bulbifera Dioscoreaceae 18. Siali Bauhinia vahlii Caesalpinaceae 19. Salia bans Dendrocalamus

strictus Gramineae

Source: Survey team in consultation with concern state forest officials, secondary sources and local people

Buffer Zone: The land use of the study area is mainly divided into habitation, agriculture fields, minor

forest area, Water Body (i.e. Wardha River and its tributeries, few seasonal nalas etc.).

The dominant plant species observed in this section are Mangifera indica, Terminalia

arjuna, Ficus benghalensis, Alstonia scholaris, Butea monosperma, Ficus religiosa,

Sapindus emarginatus, Albizzia lebek, Bombax ceiba, Boswellia serrata, Cassia fistula,

Legerstroemia parviflora, Shorea robusta, Tectona grandis, Albizzia procera,

Tamarindus indica etc.



Flora of the region was classified in to natural vegetation of forest origin, agriculture

crop varieties and cash crops of commercial importance. Table 57 List of tree species observed in the study area (Buffer zone)

Sr. No. Common Name Scientific Name Family 1. Akasia Acacia auriculaeformis Mimosaceae 2. Ankula Alangium lamarckii Cornaceae 3. Ambalata,

Ambanasia Bauhinia racemosa Caesalpinaceae

4. Anla Emblica officinalis Euphorbiaceae 5. Amba Mangifera indica Anacardiaceae 6. Akashmali Mellingtonia hortensis Bignoniaceae 7. Achu Morinda tinctoria Rubiaceae 8. Ashok Saraca ubduca Caesalpinaceae 9. Ambada Spondian pinnata Anacardiaceae 10. Arjun, Kaha Terminalia arjuna Combretaceae 11. Apta Bahunia racemosa Caesalpinaceae 12. Asan, Sahaj Terminalia tomentosa Combretaceae 13. Babul Acacia Arabica Mimosaceae 14. Basanga Adhatoda vasica Acanthaceae 15. Bel Aegle marmelos Rutaceae 16. Borda, Kuliari Bauhinia purpurea Caesalpinaceae 17. Benimanj, Khakra Casearia tomentosa Flocourtiaceae 18. Bheru Chloroxvlon swietenia Meliaceae 19. Bahalphal, Dhumko Cordia myxa Boraginaceae 20. Baruna Crataeva religiosa Capparidaceae 21. Bara Ficus benghalensis Moraceae 22. Banakapas Kydia calycina Malvaceae 23. Bhenta Limonia acidissima Rutaceae 24. Bhalia, Bheluan Semecarpus

anacardium Anacardiaceae

25. Bahada Terminalia bellerica Combretaceae 26. Bakom, Mundika Walsura piscida Meliaceae 27. Barkoli, Buro Ziyphus jujube Rhambaceae 28. Chhatian, Chhachina Alstonia scholaris Apocynaceae 29. Choari Bauhinia retusa Caesalpinaceae 30. Char Buchanania lanzan Anacardiaceae 31. Chakunda Cassia

Siamea Caesalpinaceae

32. Champa Michelia champaca Mangoliaceae 33. Dhaura Anogeissus latifolia Combretaceae 34. Dhuben Dalbergia paniculata Papilionaceae 35. Dimiri, Dumer Ficus glomerata Moraceae 36. Dhawda Anogiessus latifolia Combretaceae 37. Gohira Acacia leucophloea Mimosaceae 38. Gharanji Holoptelia integrifolia Ulmaceae 39. Jamu Syzyzium cumini Myrtaceae 40. Khair Acacia cathechu Mimosaceae



Sr. No. Common Name Scientific Name Family 41. Kurum, Haldu Adina cordifolia Rubiaceae 42. Kadam Anthocephalus cadamba Rubiaceae 43. Koteli Bauhinia malabarica Caesalpinaceae 44. Kanchana, Thoro Bauhinia veriegata Caesalpinaceae 45. Khais, Kasi Bridelia retusa Euphorbiaceae 46. Kumarchikni Canthium didymium Rubiaceae 47. Kumbhi Cereya arborea Lecythidaceae 48. Kermala Dillenia aurea Dilleniaceae 49. Kendu Diospyros melanoxylon Ebenaceae 50. Kalicha Diospyros sylvatica Ebenaceae 51. Kaitha Feronia elephantum Rutaceae 52. Kaujari Ficus infectoria Moraceae 53. Katranga Gardenia latifolia Rubiaceae 54. Kurundu Gardenia lucida Rubiaceae 55. Ketkat, Kenkar Garuga pinnata Burseraceae 56. Kalchua, Chikini Glochidium lanceolarium Euphorbiaceae 57. Kanas Hymenodictyon

excelsum Rubiaceae

58. Kamalagundi Mallotus phillipinensis Euphorbiaceae 59. Khajuri Phoenix sylvestris Palmaceae 60. Karanja Pongamia pinnata Papilionaceae 61. Kusum Schleichera oleosa Saoubdaceae 62. Koya, Katoka Strychnos potatorum Loganiaceae 63. Kharkhas Trema orientalis Ulmaceae 64. Khirna Wrightia tinctoria Apocynaceae 65. Kangada Xylia xylocarpa Mimocaceae 66. Moi Lannea coromandelica Anacardiaceae 67. Mahalimba Ailanthus exelsa Simarubaceae 68. Makarkendu Diospyros peregrine Edenaceae 69. Manjari Erythrina vareigata Papilionaceae 70. Mundi, Muid Mitragyna parviflora Rubiaceae 71. Munuga Moringa oleifera Moringaceae 72. Muchukunda Pterospermum

acerifolium Sterculiaceae

73. Nunia, Baldia Emblica robusta Myrsinaceae 74. Niras Memcylon edule Melastromaceae 75. Nageshwar Mesua ferrea Guttiferaceae 76. Panigambhar, gutel Trewia nudiflora Euphorbiaceae 77. Phasi Anogeissus acuminata Combretaceae 78. Panas Artocarpus heterophyllus Moraceae 79. Phalsa, Palas Butea monosperma Papilionaceae 80. Punang Calophyllum

inopnyhllum Guttiferaceae

81. Pahari sisssoo Dalbergia latifolia Papilionaceae 82. Patragundi, Poinsia Elaeocarps robusta Tiliaceae 83. Paldhua Erythrina suberosa Papilionaceae



Sr. No. Common Name Scientific Name Family 84. Patkoli Ficus cunia Niraceae 85. Pipal Ficus religiosa Niraceae 86. Phanphani Oroxylon indicum Bignoniaceae 87. Pitmasu Polyalthia cerasiodes Anonaceae 88. Poichandia Putranjiva roxburghii Euphorbiaceae 89. Potua, Mohana,

Sarla Randia dumetorom Rubiaceae

90. Parel, padal Sterospermum suaveolens

Bignoniaceae

91. Patali Stereospermum tetragonum

Bignoniaceae

92. Poijamu Syyium operculatum Myrtaceae 93. Pha kurjei Wrightia tomentosa Apocynaceae 94. Rai, Keringila Dillenia pentagyna Dilleniaceae 95. Rajkusum Garcini cowa Guttiferaceae 96. Rajmai Lannea coromondelica Anacardiaceae 97. Rita, Muktamanj Sapindus emarginatus Sapindaceae 98. Rohini Soymida febrifuga Meliaceae 99. Ranikodel Sterculia colorata Sterculiaceae 100. Sissoo Dalbergia latifolia Fabaceae 101. Siris, Sersuan Albizzia lebek Mimosaceae 102. Sakta Bixa orellana Bixaceae 103. Simal Bombax ceiba Bambacaceae 104. Salei Boswellia serrata Burseraceae 105. Sangambhari, Bora Calicarpa arborea Verbenaceae 106. Sil Calicopteris floribunda Combretaceae 107. Sunari Cassia fistula Caesalpinaceae 108. Salap Caryota urens Palmaceae 109. Samarsinga Cordia macleodii Boraginaceae 110. Senha, Sidha Legerstroemia parviflora Lythraceae 111. Sal, Sargi, Rengal Shorea robusta Dipterocarpaceae 112. Sahada Streblus asper Moraceae 113. Saguan Tectona grandis Verbenaceae 114. Tengada, Sahalia Actinodaphne

augustofolia Lauraceae

115. Tinia Albizzia odoratissima Mimosaceae 116. Tentra, Dhala siris Albizzia procera Mimosaceae 117. Toon Cedrela toona Meliaceae 118. Thelko Randia uliginosa Rubiaceae 119. Thetel, Tetel Tamarindus indica Caesalpinaceae 120. Tilei Wendlandia exserta Tubiaceae 121. Udal Sterculia villosa Sterculiaceae 122. Versunga Murraya koengii Rutaceae

Table 58 List of herb and shrub species observed in the study area (Buffer zone)

Sl No Local Name Botanical Name Family



1. Agnijal Clausena excavate Rutaceae 2. Arakh Calotropis procera Asclepidaceae 3. Baincha Flacourtia indica Flacourtiaceae 4. Bhainsdera Strobilanthes auriculata Acanthaceae 5. Bankulthia Aatylosia scarabaeoides Papillionaceae 6. Banan jatangii Veronia roxburghii Compositae 7. Ban soris Veronia trees Compositae 8. Dureikoli Opilia amentacea Olacaceae 9. Dhatki, Dhutuk Woodfordia fruticosa Lythraceae 10. Gila Caesalpinia digyna Caesalpinaceae 11. Gamuch Homonoia riparia Euphorbiaceae 12. Girel phul Indigofera pulchella Papillionaceae 13. Gangasiuli,

Kharakhasa Nyctanthes arbortristis Oleaceae

14. Ghotha Zyzyphus xylocarpus Rhamnaceae 15. Haumanicha Glycosmis pentaphylla Rutaceae 16. Hada Kankel Murraya exotica Rutaceae 17. Jharnuli Antidesma ghaesembilla Euphorbiaceae 18. Jungle vendi Thespesia populnea Malvaceae 19. Kerenda koli Carissa inermis Apocynaceae 20. Kumbhatua, kumti Clerodendrum

infortunatum Verbenaceae

21. Kath jamu Eugenia heyneana Myrtaceae 22. Kurudu (i) Gardenia gummifera Rubiaceae 23. Kurudu (ii) Gardenia turgid Rubiaceae 24. Kurei Hallarrhena

antidysenterica Apocynaceae

25. Khirkinchi, kanta Mimusa Himalayan Mimosaceae 26. Murmuri, kunduri Antidesma diandrum Euphorbiaceae 27. Mirigachara, Barenga Grewia elastic Tiliaceae 28. Nahalbeli Cipadessa fruticosa Meliaceae 29. Nirgundi Vitex negundo Verbenaceae 30. Natibara Zizyphus fruticosa Rhamnaceae 31. Pitabaranga Helicteres isoraa Sterculiaceae 32. Sisal Agave sisalana Amaryllidaceae 33. Siju Euphorbia nivulia Euphorbiaceae 34. Telkurum Ixora parviflora Rutaceae 35. Tirsi birsi Phyllanthus lawii Euphorbiaceae 36. Tilei Wendlandia tinctoria Rubiaceae 37. Tinkoli Zyzyphus rugosa Rhamnaceae 38. - Datura spp. Solanaceae 39. - Zizyphus mauriana Rhamnaceae 40. - Ixora parviflora Rubiaceae 41. - Xanthium strumarium Asteraceae 42. Rankapas Thespesia populnea Malvaceae 43. - Ipomea carnea Convolvulaceae 44. Basanga Adhatoda vasica Acanthaceae 45. - Phyllanthus amarus Euphorbiaceae



46. Poksunghau Ageratum conyzoides Asteraceae 47. Gokharu Tribulus terrestris Zygophyllaceae 48. Pili kateri Argemone Mexicana Papavaraceae 49. - Marselia quadrifolia Marsileaceae 50. - Cassia tora Caesalpinaceae 51. Vilayati tulsi Hyptis suaveolens Lamiaceae 52. Girel phul Indigofera pulchella Papillionaceae 53. Gajar Ghass Parthenium hysterophorus Asteraceae 54. Sida Sida acuta Malvaceae 55. - Alternanthera sessalis Amarantheceae 56. - Euphorbia hirta Euphorbiaceae 57. - Tridax procumbens Asteraceae


Table 59 List of grasses/ climbers/ bamboo species observed

GRASSES SL No. Local Name Botanical Name Family

1 Ghoda lenji, Sinkula Arsitida setaceae Gramineae 2 Khar Cymbopogon martini Poaceae 3 Khas khas Vetiveria zizanioides Gramineae 4 Sukla Heteropogon contortus Gramineae 5 Chepti Evolvulus alsinoides Convolvulaceae 6 Duba Cynodom dactylon Poaceae 7 Ghonda Bena Bothriochloa bladhii Poaceae 8 Mutha Lipocarpha sphacelata Poaceae 9 Nalisugandhi Phragmitis karka Poaceae 10 Panighasa Eragrostis japonica Poaceae 11 Phulchanchani, phuljadu Thysanolaena maxima Poaceae 12 Sabai, panasi Eulaliopsis binata Poaceae 13 Tenda, Kastandi Saccharum spontaneum Poaceae 14 Atundi Combretum decandum Combretaceae 15 Arkawla Milletia auriculata Papillionaceae 16 Budel, latapalas Butea superb Papillionaceae

Bhaduali Olax scandens Olacaceae 17 Badi chand Symphorema

polyandrum Verbenaceae

18 Gapkanu Crytolepsis buchanani Ascleipidaceae 19 Kantei koli Zizyphus oenoplia Rhamnaceae 20 Murdha Butea parviflora Papillionaceae 21 Muter, Mutri Smilax macrophylla Liliaceae 22 Osta, Gila Entada scandens Mimosaceae 23 Penga, Kharsan Celastrus paniculata Celastraceae 24 Pitalu Dioscorea bulbifera Dioscoreaceae 25 Siali Bauhinia vahlii Caesalpinaceae 26 Sugandhi, Anantamuli Hemidesmus indicus Ascleipidaceae 27 Suam, Nai Ichnocarpus frutescens Apocynaceae 28 Bans Cephalostachyum Gramineae



pergracile 29 Balangi bans Oxytenanthera

nigrociliata Gramineae

30 Daba bans Bambusa arundinaceae Gramineae 31 Salia bans Dendrocalamus strictus Gramineae


Agricultural Crops There were mainly agriculture land in Study area. Agriculture crops are mainly Kappas

Crops, Legume Crops (Soyabean, Arhar etc.), Paddy Crops, Tomatoes etc. Detailed list

in table below: Table 60 List of Agriculture crops observed in the study area

Sr. No.

Common Name

Scientific Name Family Core zone

Buffer zone

Crops 1. Paddy Oriza sativa Poaceae + + 2. Wheat Triticum aestivum Poaceae + +

3. Makkha/Maize Zey mays Poaceae + + 4. Bajra Pennisetum

americanum Poaceae + +

5. Jawar Sorghum vulgare Poaceae

6. Green Gram Vigna radiate Fabaceae - + 7. Ground nut Arachis hypogaea Fabaceae - + 8. Arhar/Tuar Cajanus cajan Fabaceae + + 9. Channa Cicer arietinum Fabaceae + + 10.Kultha Dolichus lablab Fabaceae + + 11.Mung Phaseolus mungo Fabaceae + + 12.Udith Phaseolus

angularis Fabaceae

13.Moth Phaseolus aconitifolius

Fabaceae

Horticulture crop 1. Mango Mangifera indica Anacardiacece + + 2. Guava Psidium Guajava Myrtaceae + + 3. Citrus Citrus spp. Rutaceae + + 4. Sapota Achras sapota, Sapotaceae - + 5. Litchi Litchi chinensis Sapindaceae - + 6. Banana Musa acuminate Musaceae + + 7. Cashew nut Anacardium

Occidentale Anacardiaceae - +

Vegetable crops



1. Potato Solanum tuberosum

Solanaceae + +

2. Onion Allium cepa. Lilliaceae + + 3. Tomato Lycopersicon

esculentum Solanaceae + +

4. Brinjels Solanum melongena

Salanaceae + +

5. Chilli Capsicum annuum Solanaceae + +

Commercial Crops Commercial crops like cotton, pulses and oil seeds are cultivated in the crop lands of

the project areas along with traditional crop varieties during post-monsoon period of

November, December and January for subsistence income generation and livelihood of

local communities. The list of commercial crops grown in the project areas are

presented in table below.

Source: Secondary sources, Public Consultation and Field survey

Table 61 List of Cash (Commercial) Crops in Buffer Zone Crop variety Family name Botanical name Local /Trade name Pulses,Vegetables, Beans etc.

Fabacea Cajanus cajan Tuar Phaseolus mungo Mung Dolichos lablab Sem -- Glycine Max Soyabean Linaceae Linum usitatissimum Alsi/Linseed Malvaceae Hibiscus subdrifolia Lalambadi Gossypium hirsute Kappas Pedaliaceae Sessamum indicum Til Euphorbiaceae Ricinus communis Arandi Cucurbiataceae Coccinia indica Kundru Solanacea Lycopersicon lycopersicum Tomato Solanaceae Capsicum annum Mirchi

Grass Lands The grass lands are mixed up with natural forest vegetation of low lands and in

cultivable waste lands.

Endangered Flora No endangered plant species in the Core zone of Mining project was recorded.

Endemic Flora No endemic plant species have been recorded in the Core and Buffer zones of the

project areas.



Aquatic Flora No perennial aquatic bodies are present in the Core and in Buffer zones there is aquatic

body (i.e. Wardha River and tributaries Etc.). The aquatic flora observed in the village

ditches and stretches of river Wardha. Table 62 Aquatic plants of Buffer zone

Family name Botanical name Local/Trade name Convolvulaceae Ipomoea aquatica Water spinach Nelumbonaceae Nelumbo nucifera Lotus Gentianaceae Nymphoides indica Floating Leaf

Ecologically important plant species Plants are essential for the existence of life on Earth. They play a major role in

maintaining the ecological balance on Earth. They exist in the food chain as the primary

producers and provide life to animals at the higher trophic level. Also, the exchange of

gases in the atmosphere takes place through the cycle of photosynthesis. They adhere

to the substratum and provide a stable base for soil. They play an important role in the

water cycle where transpiration and evaporation of water from leaves results in

formation of water vapor which subsequently results in rain. Different plant communities

have diverse roles to play. Starting from the Phyto-planktons, these minute creatures

are the primary producers and exist in vast oceans where they trap atmospheric CO2

and also act as food for the zooplanktons. On land we have groups of lichens,

bryophytes, pteridophtyes, gymnosperms and angiosperms.

In the Biosphere, a good number of birds and animals are totally dependent on plants

for food and shelter. Grasses are a good source of food for animals. Also, they provide

a good hiding place for animals. Few bird species build their nests in the grasslands as

abundant food (grass seeds) is available for the young ones. The agriculture fields of

the study area have attracted Great Indian Bustard in the region. Bushy vegetation

provides good shelter for borrowing animals and reptiles. Also, they serve as good

nesting places for passiformes. Large trees are most suitable for nesting by large birds

like raptures and vultures. They also provide shade and food for foraging animals.

Table 63 List of ecologically important plant species observed in the Buffer zone Sr. No. Plant species

Common Name Family Habit Status

Main Attractant for animals

1 Aegele marmelos Bel Rutaceae Tree Native Flowers and fruits

2 Albizia lebbeck Kala- Leguminosae Tree Native Flower and



Sr. No. Plant species

Common Name Family Habit Status

Main Attractant for animals

siris Fruits

3 Anogeissus latifolia Dhaora Sappotaceae Tree Native Fruits

4 Bauhinia racemosa Asta Leguminosae Tree Native Flowers

5 Bombax ceiba Semal Malvaceae Tree Native Flowers

6 Buchanania latifolia Achar

Anacardiaceae Tree Native Fruits

7 Butea monosperma Palas Leguminosae Tree Native Flowers

8 Cassia fistula Amaltas Leguminosae Tree Native Fruits 9 Dalbergia sisoo Sisoo Leguminosae Tree Native Fruits

10 Diospyros melanoxylon Tendu Ebenaceae Tree Native Fruits

11 Ficus benghalensis Bar Moraceae Tree Native Fruits

12 Ficus glomerata Gular Moraceae Tree Native Fruits 13 Ficus religiosa Pipal Moraceae Tree Native Fruits

14 Lagerstroemia parviflora Seja Lythraceae Tree Native Flower

15 Madhuca longifolia Mahua

Euphorbiaceae Tree Native Flowers

16 Mangifera indica Am Anacardiaceae Tree Native

Flower and Fruits

17 Pongamia pinnata Karanj Leguminosae Tree Native Flowers

18 Shorea robusta Sal Dipterocarpaceae Tree Native Fruits

19 Tamarindus indica Imli Leguminosae Tree

Introduced Fruits

20 Tectona grandis Sagon Verbenaceae Tree Native Flowers

21 Terminalia arjuna Arjun Combretaceae Tree Native

Fruits and flowers

22 Terminalia belerica Bahera

Combretaceae Tree Native Flowers


Faunal diversity: Faunal assessment provides a basis for determining relative abundance and rarity of

each species which is important for assessing the diversity of fauna of a particular area.

Since animals are capable of movements from one place to another, this makes their

study entirely different. Different animals prefer different types of habitat for food and

shelter.



The Core zone of the study area is dominated by Minor Vegetation and agricultural

fields. Some and other with shrubby vegetation therefore not much sightings of Fauna

was possible. The Faunal diversity in the core site was limited to Reptiles, Butterflies

and some insect species.

In the Buffer region due to the presence of different land-uses, good diversity of faunal

groups observed. It was learnt through the consultation with local public that Great

Indian Bustard which is an endangered species have been sighted occasionally in the

agriculture fields of the study area.

Mammal diversity No mammals other than common Squirrel and domesticated cows and dogs were seen

in and around the core site. According to the information collected from forest and

wildlife department, Indian plam squirrel (Funambulus palmarum), Little Indian field

mouse (Mus booduga) etc. are generally observed in and around the core zone.

The buffer zone of 10 km from the project boundary was taken for the study of

mammalian diversity of the study area. The species like Indian grey mongoose

(Herpestes edwardsi) and Indian plam squirrel (Funambulus palmarum). List of

Mammals that can be found in core and buffer zone is attached in the table below. Table 64 List of mammals observed in the core zone

Sl No.

Local Name

English name

Scientific Name

Family IUCN category

Schedule as per WPA

1. Chuchundra House shrew

Suncus murinus

Soridae Least Concern

Schedule IV

2. Pati Rhesus macaque

Macaca mulatta

Cercopithecidae Least Concern

Schedule III

3. Hatia neula Indian grey mongoose

Herpestes edwardsi

Herpestidae Least Concern

Schedule IV

4. Barha Wild boar Sus scrofa Suidae Least Concern

Schedule III

5. Indian Grey Mongoose

Indian Grey Mongoose

Herpestes edwardsi

----- Least Concern

Schedule-IV, Section, 6A

6. Sasa, Thekua

Indian hare

Lepus nigricollis ruficaudatus

Leporidae Least Concern

Schedule IV

7. Patta musa common plam squirrel

Funambulus palmarum Sciuridae Least

Concern Schedule IV



8. Jhinka Indian crested porcupine

Hystrix indica indica

Hystricidae Least Concern

Schedule IV

9. Musa Rufous house rat

Rattus rattus Muridae Least Concern

Not enlisted

10. - Little Indian field mouse

Mus booduga Muridae Least Concern

Schedule

LC – Least Concern, NT – Near Thretened, VU – Vulnerable, EN – Endengered

Table 65 List of mammals observed in the study area (Buffer zone) SL No.

Local Name

English name

Scientific Name


Schedule as per WPA

1 Baduri Indian flying fox

Pteropus giganteus

Pteropodidae Least Concern

Schedule V

2 - Indian

fulvous bat

Rousettus leschenaulti


Schedule V

3 Chemani Short-

nosed fruit bat

Cynopterus sphinx


Schedule V

4

- Black beared sheath tailed bat

Taphozous melanopogon Emballonuridae Least

Concern Schedule IV

5 Chuchundra House shrew

Suncus murinus

Soridae Least Concern

Schedule IV

6 Pati Rhesus macaque

Macaca mulatta

Cercopithecidae Least Concern

Schedule III

7 Saliapatiri, Musa bilei

Indian small civet

Viverricula indica

Veverridae Least Concern

Schedule IV

8 Katasha, odha

Common palm civet

Paradoxurus hermaphrodites

Veverridae Least Concern

Schedule IV

9 Hatia neula Indian

grey mongoose

Herpestes edwardsi

Herpestidae Least Concern

Schedule IV

10 Gadhia, Hundala, Hetabagha

Striped Hyaena

Hyaena hyaena

Hyaenidae Near threatened

Schedule III

11 Barha Wild boar Sus scrofa Suidae Least Concern

Schedule III

12 Kutra, Kutura

Barking deer

Munitiacus muntjak malabaricus

Cervidae Least Concern

Schedule III

13 Chital, Singala

Spotted deer

Axis axis Cervidae Least Concern

Schedule III



SL No.

Local Name

English name

Scientific Name


Schedule as per WPA

14 Sambhar Sambhar Rusa unicolor Cervidae Least Concern

Schedule III

15 Sasa, Thekua

Indian hare

Lepus nigricollis ruficaudatus

Leporidae Least Concern

Schedule IV

16 Patta musa common plam squirrel

Funambulus palmarum Sciuridae Least

Concern Schedule IV

17 Jhinka Indian crested porcupine

Hystrix indica indica

Hystricidae Least Concern

Schedule IV

18 Musa Rufous house rat

Rattus rattus Muridae Least Concern

Not enlisted

19 - Little Indian field mouse

Mus booduga Muridae Least Concern

Schedule

LC – Least Concern, NT – Near Threatened, VU – Vulnerable, EN – Endangered Source: Survey team in consultation with concern state forest officials, secondary

sources and local people Reptiles and Amphibians: Many species of reptiles and amphibians are observed in the study area. During field

visit common species were observed in different locations of core and buffer zone.

The list of Reptiles and Amphibians recorded in core and buffer zone of the study area

of proposed project site is presented in table below.

Table 66 List of reptiles and amphibians observed in the core zone SL No.

Local Name

English Name

Scientific Name

Family WPA IUCN

I. Lizards 1. Jhitpiti House lizard Hemidactylus

brooki gray Gekkonidae

- -

2. Endua Rock gaeko Hemidactylus maculates

Gekkonidae

- -

3. Bahurupi kuasap

Garden gaeko

Colotes versicolor Gekkonidae

- -

4. Bahurupi Indian chameleon

Chamaeleo zeylanicus

Chamaeleonidae

- -

5. Champeineul

Skink Mabuya bibroni Sciencidae - -

II. Snakes 1. Tambanag Copper head Elephe Helena Colubridae IV - 2. Dhamana - Elephe radiate Colubridae IV -



SL No.

Local Name

English Name

Scientific Name

Family WPA IUCN

sap 3. Kandanali Tree snake Lycodon straitus Colubridae IV - 4. Tree snake Dendrelaphis

tristis Colubridae IV -

5. Chitti sap Common Indian krait

Dendrelaphis ahaetulla

Colubridae IV -

6. Luni benga Common Indian toad

Bufo melanosticus Bufonidae - LC

7. - Marbled toad Bufo somasticus Microhylidae

- LC

8. - Balloon frog Uperodon globulosus

Microhylidae

- LC

9. Brahmani benga

Skipping frog Rana cyanophlyctis

Ranidae IV LC

10. Brahmani benga

Indian bull frog

Rana tigerina Ranidae IV LC

11. - Paddy field frog

Rana limnocharis Ranidae IV LC

Table 67 List of reptiles and amphibians observed in the study area (Buffer zone) SL No.

Local Name

English Name

Scientific Name

Family WPA IUCN

I. Lizards 1. Jhitpiti House

lizard Hemidactylus brooki gray

Gekkonidae - -

2. Pahadi endua

- Crytodactylus nebulosus

Gekkonidae - -

3. Gachha endua

- Hemidactylus leschenaultia

Gekkonidae - -

4. Endua Rock gaeko Hemidactylus maculates

Gekkonidae - -

5. Bakula jhitpiti - Hemidactylus faviviridis

Gekkonidae - -

6. Mutalangia endua

Fat tailed gaeko

Eublepharis hardwickii

Gekkonidae - -

7. Bahurupi kuasap

Garden gaeko

Colotes versicolor

Gekkonidae - -

8. Bahurupi Indian ohameleon

Chamaeleo zeylanicus

Chamaeleonidae - -

9. Champeineul Skink Mabuya bibroni Sciencidae - - 10. Deemundia - Barkudia

insularis Sciencidae - LC

III. Snakes



SL No.

Local Name

English Name

Scientific Name

Family WPA IUCN

1. Telia sap Common blind snake

Ramphotyphlops braminus Ramphotyphlops braminus

Typhlopidae - -

3. Boda sap Russell’s earthboa

Eryx conicus Boidae IV -

4. Danda sap, panidhanda

- Enhydris enhydris

Colubridae IV -

5. Matibirali - Enhydris sieboldi Colubridae IV -

6. Tambanag Copper head

Elephe Helena Colubridae IV -

7. Dhamana sap

- Elephe radiate Colubridae IV -

8. Panidhandu sap

Checkered keelback

Phyas mucosus Colubridae IV -

9. Kauchia Amphiesms stolata

Xemochroptis piscator

Colubridae IV -

10. Boda Wmmon boa

Amphiesma stolata

Colubridae IV -

11. Boda - Lycodon aulicus Colubridae IV - 12. Kandanali Tree snake Lycodon straitus Colubridae IV - 13. Tree snake Dendrelaphis

tristis Colubridae IV -

14. Chitti sap Common Indian krait

Dendrelaphis ahaetulla

Colubridae IV -

15. Rana sap Banded krait

Bungarus caeruleus

Elapidae IV -

16. Tampa sap Mono callota cobra

Bungarus faseiatus

Elapidae IV LC

21. Luni benga Common Indian toad

Bufo melanosticus

Bufonidae - LC

22. - Marbled toad

Bufo somasticus Microhylidae - LC

23. - Marbled balloon frog

Uperodon systoma

Microhylidae - LC

24. - Balloon frog Uperodon globulosus

Microhylidae - LC

25. - Ornale microhylid

Microhyla ornate Microhylidae - LC

26. - Variable ramanella

Ramanella variegate

Microhylidae - LC

27. Brahmani benga

Skipping frog

Rana cyanophlyctis

Ranidae IV LC

28 - Leaping frog

Rana erythraea Ranidae IV LC



SL No.

Local Name

English Name

Scientific Name

Family WPA IUCN

29. Brahmani benga

Indian bull frog

Rana tigerina Ranidae IV LC

30. - Jordon,s bull frog

Rana crassa Ranidae IV LC

31. - Fungoid frog

Rana malabarica Ranidae IV LC

32. - Gunther’s warty frog

Rana keralensis Ranidae IV CR

33. - Paddy field frog

Rana limnocharis

Ranidae IV LC

34. - Bowing frog Tamopterna breviceps

Ranidae IV LC

35. - Tree frog Polypedates maculans

Ranidae IV LC

Source: Survey team in consultation with concern state forest officials, secondary

sources and local people Avifauna: Diversity of avifauna is one of the most important ecological indicators to evaluate the

quality of habitats. Now-a-days, avifaunal diversity has been decreasing due to the

destruction of natural habitats and human disturbances. Random destruction of natural

habitats by cutting nesting trees and foraging plants for commercial use of woods and

lands are the main factor responsible for narrow down in avian foraging habitat and

their nesting sites. Thus, many species of birds may be forced to inhabit in the urban

areas and constrain them to breed there. Birds are essential animal group of an

ecosystem and maintain a trophic level. Therefore, detail study on avifauna and their

ecology is important to protect them.

The bird diversity has been estimated in five major habitat types, i.e. human habitation,

cultivated land, agriculture fields, forest area and wetlands. The observations were

made based on direct sightings and birdcalls. The core zone of the study area covers

plantations near four villages and consists of bushy vegetation which attracts passerine

birds. Water body in the buffer zones are Wardha River and its tributaries. This place is

most suitable for winter migratory birds which have been reported to congregate in

large numbers in the winter months.

These rivers attract many birds including species like Indian pond heron (Ardeola

grayii), Cattle egret (Bubucus ibis), Red wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus), Indian



small blue kingfisher (Alcedo attahis), Indian white breasted kingfisher (Halcyon

smyrnensis), Indian little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) etc.

During the survey within villages, several species of birds were observed in the

agriculture fields. The most common species observed were Indian spotted dove

(Stretopelia chinensis), Indian little brown dove (Stretopelia senegalensis), Large Indian

parakeet (Psittacula eupatria), Rose- ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri), Indian small

green bee-eater (Merops orientalis), Indian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus), South Indian

black drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis), Indian myna (Acridotheres tristis), Indian house crow

(Corvus splendens) and Indian house sparrow (Passer domesticus) etc.

Great Indian Bustard has been earlier sighted and reported by local public within the

study area. The Great Indian Bustard are magnificent, large flying bird and was

previously found throughout India and parts of Pakistan. In India, it was distributed

throughout the grasslands of North India and the Deccan Landscape, but in last three

decades there has been a drastic change in its former range. Only about 250

individuals survive today in the parts of India, with no breeding range outside the India.

The largest population of 100-150 birds is found in the state of Rajasthan followed by

less than 35 individuals in the states Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and

Andhra Pradesh. GIB is listed under Schedule 1 species as per Wildlife (Protection) Act

1972, and listed as Endangered or Appendix 1 species of CITES.

Another species of bird Indian pied hornbill, a Schedule 1 species as per Wildlife

(Protection) Act 1972, has been also observed during the baseline data generation in

December, 2016. The great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) also known as the concave-

casqued hornbill, great Indian hornbill or great pied hornbill, is one of the larger

members of the hornbill family. It is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast

Asia. Its impressive size and color have made it important in many tribal cultures and

rituals. The great hornbill is long-lived, living for nearly 50 years in captivity. It is

predominantly frugivorous, but is an opportunist and will prey on small mammals,

reptiles and birds. The species is listed as Near Threatened (NT) for conservation

status.

Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has published a report on status of Great Indian Bustard

and associated species in the state of Maharashtra in association with Forest



department of Maharashtra in 2018. During the survey, no GIB was sighted during the

survey. The report concluded that the number of GIB are 0 to 8 in Maharashtra.

List of birds observed by direct sighting or through secondary sources during the

baseline data generation in December, 2016 are detailed below in tables. Table 68 List of bird species observed in the core zone

Sl. No.

Local Name English name

Scientific Name Family WPA IUCN

1. Chota kantia baga

Indian pond heron, paddy bird

Ardeola grayii grayii

Ardeidae Sch-IV LC

2. Nandi baga Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis coromandus

Ardeidae Sch-IV LC

3. - Black-winged kite

Elanus caeruleus vociferous

Accipitridae Sch-IV LC

4. Baza Indian Shikra

Accipiter badius dussumieri


5. Ganga bankukuda

Indian red jungle fowl

Gallus gallus murgi

Phadianidae Sch-IV LC

6. Tentei Red wattled lapwing

Vanellus indicus indicus

Charadriinae Sch-IV LC

7. Cha chedhei Indian black winged stilt

Himantopus himantopus himantopus


8. Kapota Indian spotted dove

Stretopelia chinensis suratensis

Columbidae Sch-IV LC

9. Panka (Kapota)

Little brown dove

Stretopelia senegalensis


10. - Large Indian parakeet

Psittacula eupatria nepalensis

Psittacidae Sch-IV NT

11. Chandana Rose- ringed parakeet

Psittacula krameri marillensis

Psittacidae Sch-IV LC

12. Chandani Plum- headed parakeet

Psittacula cyarocephala Cyarocephala


13. Koili Cuckoo Cuculus canorus canorus

Cuculidae Sch-IV LC

14. Koili Asian koel Eudynamys scolopacea scolopacea

Cuculidae Sch-IV LC

15. Kumbhati Crow peasant

Centropus sinensis parroti

Cuculidae Sch-IV LC

16. - Indian white breasted kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis fusca

Alcedinidae Sch-IV LC



Sl. No.



17. Balishua Indian small green bee eater

Merops orientalis orientalis

Meropidae Sch-IV LC

18. Chasha pakshi Northern roller

Coracias benghalensis

Coraciidae Sch-IV LC

19. Kathahana Ceylon hoopee

Upupa epops ceylonensis

Upuciidae Sch-IV LC

20. Kathakkhumpa Lesser golden backed woodpecker

Dinopium benghalensis benghalensis

Picidae Sch-IV LC

21. Haladibasanta Indian golden oriole

Oriolus oriolus kundoo

Orididae Sch-IV LC

22. Haladibasanta South Indian black headed oriole

Oriolus xanthornus maderaspatanus

Orididae Sch-IV LC

23. Kajalapati South Indian black drongo or king crow

Dicrurus adsimilis macrocercus

Dicruridae Sch-IV LC

24. - Grey headed maina

Sturnus malabaricus

Sturnidae Sch-IV LC

25. Telhiamaina Black headed myna

Sturnus pagodarum

Sturnidae Sch-IV LC

26. Karkara chadhei

Rufous treepie

Dendrocitta vagabunda vagabunda

Corvidae Sch-IV LC

27. Kuwa Indian house crow

Corvus splendens splendens

Corvidae Sch-IV LC

28. Damara kua Indian jungle crow

Corvus macrorhyachos culminates

Corvidae Sch-IV LC

29. Dayal Indian magpie robin

Copsychus saularis saularis

Pycnonotidae Sch-IV LC

30. Shuee Indian robin Saxicoloides fulicata erythrura


31. Phulchuhi Indian purple sunbird

Nectarinia asiatica asiatica

Nectarinidae Sch-IV LC

32. Gharachatia Indian house

Passer domesticus

Ploceidae Sch-IV LC



Sl. No.



sparrow indicus 33. Baya Indian baya Plocues

philippinus Ploceidae Sch-IV LC

LC: Least Concern, NT: Near Thretened

Table 69 List of bird species observed in the study area (Buffer zone) SL No.



1 Raj hansa Grest crested grebe

Podiceps cristatus cristatus

Podicipedidae Sch-IV LC

2 Hansarali, pani hansa

Little grebe, dabchick

Podiceps ruficollics capensis

Podicipedidae Sch-IV LC

3 Chota kantia baga

Indian pond heron, paddy bird

Ardeola grayii grayii

Ardeidae Sch-IV LC

4 Nandi baga Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis coromandus

Ardeidae Sch-IV LC

5 Rati baga Night heron Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax

Ardeidae Sch-IV LC

6 Gendalia, Kaansha

Openbill stork

Anastomus oscitans

Ciconiidae Sch-IV LC

7 Hansharali Lesser whistling duck

Dendrocygna javanica

Anatidae Sch-IV LC

8 Pandahansha Northern Pintail

Anas acuta Anatidae Sch-IV LC

9 Kuji hansa Gadwall Anas strepera Anatidae Sch-IV LC 10 Garganey Anas querquedula Anatidae Sch-IV LC 11 Jala chataka Cotton teal Nettapus

coromandelianus coromandelianus

Anatidae Sch-IV LC

12 - Black-winged kite

Elanus caeruleus vociferous


13 - Great Indian Bustard

Ardeotis nigriceps Otididae

Sch-I En.

14 Baza Indian Shikra

Accipiter badius dussumieri


15 Ganga bankukuda

Indian red jungle fowl

Gallus gallus murgi Phadianidae Sch-IV LC

16 Panidahuka Bronze winged jacana

Metopidius indicus Jacanidae Sch-IV LC

17 Tentei Red wattled lapwing

Vanellus indicus indicus




SL No.



18 Tentei Yellow wattled lapwing

Vanellus malabaricus


19 - Indian little ringed plover

Charadrius dubius ferdoni


20 Cha chedhei Wood sandpiper

Tringa glareola Charadriinae Sch-IV LC

21 Cha chedhei Common sand piper

Tringa hypoleucos Charadriinae Sch-IV LC

22 Cha chedhei Little stint Calidris minuta Charadriinae Sch-IV LC 23 Cha chedhei Indian black

winged stilt Himantopus himantopus himantopus


24 Machhakhia Black headed gull

Larus ridibundus Laridae Sch-IV LC

25 Haradakhai South green pigeon

Treron phoenicoptera chlorigaster


26 Kapota Indian spotted dove

Stretopelia chinensis suratensis


27 Panka (Kapota)

Little brown dove

Stretopelia senegalensis


28 - Indian emerald dove

Chalocophaps indica indica


29 - Large Indian parakeet

Psittacula eupatria nepalensis

Psittacidae Sch-IV NT

30 Chandana Rose- ringed parakeet

Psittacula krameri marillensis


31 Chandani Plum- headed parakeet

Psittacula cyarocephala Cyarocephala


32 - Common hawk cuckoo

Cuculus varius varius

Cuculidae Sch-IV LC

33 Koili Cuckoo Cuculus canorus canorus

Cuculidae Sch-IV LC

34 - Indian plaintive cuckoo

Cacomantis merulinus passerines

Cuculidae Sch-IV LC

35 Koili Asian koel Eudynamys scolopacea scolopacea

Cuculidae Sch-IV LC



SL No.



36 Kumbhati Crow peasant

Centropus sinensis parroti

Cuculidae Sch-IV LC

37 - Oriental scops owl

Otus scops sunia Strigidae Sch-IV LC

38 Raja pecha Indian collared scops

Otus bakkamoena marathae

Strigidae Sch-IV LC

39 Hunha Brown fish owl

Bubo zeylonensis leschenault

Strigidae Sch-IV LC

40 Hulhulia pecha Barred jungle owlet

Glaucidium radiatum radiatum

Strigidae Sch-IV LC

41 Raja pecha Spotted owlet

Athene brama indica

Strigidae Sch-IV LC

42 - Indian jungle nightjar

Caprimulgus indicus indicus

Caprimulgidae Sch-IV LC

43 Bhuinchhapuli Indian little nightjar

Caprimulgus asiaticus asiaticus

Caprimulgidae Sch-IV LC

44 Chatak Indian house swift

Apus affinis affinis Apodidae Sch-IV LC

45 - Malabar trogon

Harpactes fasciatus legerli

Trogonidae Sch-IV LC

46 Machharanka Indian small blue kingfisher

Alcedo attahis bengalensis


47 - Indian white breasted kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis fusca


48 Bangstapaturi Chestnut headed bee eater

Merops lesshenaulti lesshenaulti

Meropidae Sch-IV LC

49 Balishua Indian small green bee eater

Merops orientalis orientalis

Meropidae Sch-IV LC

50 Chasha pakshi Northern roller

Coracias benghalensis

Coraciidae Sch-IV LC

51 Kathahana Ceylon hoopee

Upupa epops ceylonensis

Upuciidae Sch-IV LC

52 Bahadakhai Indian pied hornbill

Tockus birostris Bucerotidae

Sch-IV LC

53 Kochilakhai Indian pied hornbill

Anthracoceros malabaricus malabaricus

Bucerotidae Sch-I NT

54 Kathakkhumpa Lesser golden backed woodpecker

Dinopium benghalensis benghalensis

Picidae Sch-IV LC



SL No.



55 - Greater golden backed woodpecker

Chrysocolaptes lucidus guttacristatus

Picidae Sch-IV LC

56 - Black headed shrike

Lanius schach tricolor

Laniidae Sch-IV LC

57 Haladibasanta Indian golden oriole

Oriolus oriolus kundoo

Orididae Sch-IV LC

58 Haladibasanta South Indian black headed oriole

Oriolus xanthornus maderaspatanus

Orididae Sch-IV LC

59 Kajalapati South Indian black drongo or king crow

Dicrurus adsimilis macrocercus


60 - Indian grey drongo

Dicrurus leucophaeus longica udatus


61 Kajalapati Indian white bellied drongo

Dicrurus caerulescens caerulescens


62 - Grey headed maina

Sturnus malabaricus

Sturnidae Sch-IV LC

63 Telhiamaina Black headed myna

Sturnus pagodarum

Sturnidae Sch-IV LC

64 Gukhai maina Indian pied maina

Sturnus contra contra

Sturnidae Sch-IV LC

65 Rajabani, Rajamaina

Indian myna Acridotheres tristis tristis

Sturnidae Sch-IV LC

66 Guhabani, ghukalika

Northern jungle maina

Acritheres fuscus fuscus

Sturnidae Sch-IV LC

67 Shari Northern hill maina

Gracula religiosa intermedia

Sturnidae Sch-IV LC

68 Karkara chadhei

Rufous treepie

Dendrocitta vagabunda vagabunda

Corvidae Sch-IV LC

69 Kuwa Indian house crow

Corvus splendens splendens

Corvidae Sch-IV LC

70 Damara kua Indian jungle crow

Corvus macrorhyachos culminates

Corvidae Sch-IV LC



SL No.



71 Sundari East Indian minivet

Pericrocotus flammeus semiruber

Campephagidae

Sch-IV LC

72 - Central Indian Iora

Aegithina tiphia humei

Lrenidae Sch-IV LC

73 Maraba chadhei

Northern gold fronted chloropsis

Chloropsis aurifrons aurifrons

Lrenidae Sch-IV LC

74 Kanaka champa

Jerdon’s chloropsis

Chloropsis cochinchinensis jerdoni

Lrenidae Sch-IV LC

75 - Black crested yellow bulbul

Pycnonotus melanicterus flaviventris


76 Bulbul Bengal red whiskered bulbul

Pycnonotus jocosus emerica


77 Champa Orissa red vented bulbul

Pycnonotus cafer wetmorei


78 Kundakhai Orissa jungle babbler

Turdoides striatus orissae


79 - Northern white browed fantail flycatcher

Rhipidura aureola aureola


80 - Orissa white throated fantail fly catcher

Rhipidura albicollis arissae


81 - Indian black naped monarch flycathcher

Hypothymis azurea styani


82 Tiki chadhei Indian tailor bird

Orthotomus sutorius quzuratus


83 Dayal Indian magpie robin

Copsychus saularis saularis


84 Shuee Indian robin

Saxicoloides fulicata erythrura


85 - Indian thick-billed flower

Dicae agile agile Dicadae Sch-IV LC



SL No.



pecker 86 Phulchuhi Indian

purple sunbird

Nectarinia asiatica asiatica

Nectarinidae Sch-IV LC

87 Gharachatia Indian house sparrow

Passer domesticus indicus

Ploceidae Sch-IV LC

88 Chatia Indian yellow throated sparrow

Petronia xanthocollis xanthocollis

Ploceidae Sch-IV LC

89 Baya Indian baya Plocues philippinus Ploceidae Sch-IV LC 90 Patruni Southern

white backed munia

Lonchura straita straita

Ploceidae Sch-IV LC

91 Baramashi Indian spotted munia

Lonchura punctulata punctulata

Ploceidae Sch-IV LC

Aquatic Flora No perennial aquatic bodies are present in the Core zone however Buffer zones there

are aquatic bodies (i.e. Wardha River and tributaries etc). The aquatic flora observed in

the village ditches and stretches of river Wardha are detailed below in tables.

(a) Fishes: Table 70 Aquatic Fauna in Study Area

Zoological name Common name Status in Wild life(Protection) Act

IUCN Red list status

Channa punctatus Spotted murrel Not Applicable DD Clarias batrachus Magur Not Applicable DD Mugil cephalous Mullet Not Applicable DD Labeo rohita Rohu Not Applicable DD Labeo gonious Minor carp Not Applicable DD Catla catla Catla Not Applicable DD (b) Crustaceans

Zoological name Common name Status in Wild life(Protection) Act

IUCN Red list status

Macrobrachium rosenbergi Freshwater Prawn Not Applicable DD Macrobrachiummalcolmsoni Small Prawn Not Applicable DD (c) Mollusc Zoological name Common name Status in Wild

life(Protection) Act IUCN Red list status

Planoxis sulcatus Ground snail Not Applicable DD Littorina sp. Common snail Not Applicable DD



3.8 SOCIO-ECONOMIC SCENERIO Introduction:

Socio-economic condition of a locality is both a result of the nature and extent of its

development and a resource for its future development. The health, education and

economic condition of the population are not only the result of the type and pace of

development efforts undertaken there but also indicate the type of development which is

required and can be undertaken. A family’s socioeconomic status is based on family

income, parental education level, parental occupation and social status in the

community.

Social development paves the way for economic development. Education is universally

acknowledged as one of the key inputs contributing to the process of individual and

national development. Shelter is a basic human need to food and clothing. Availability

of potable drinking water and proper sanitation are prerequisites for healthy human life.

The study area was considered as core zone and 10 kms of buffer zone w.r.t. Mine

Boundary. There are two villages in close vicinity of the project. Marda village is located

about 50 meters from the quarry surface hence it is proposed to rehabilitate and

resettle at suitable location as per the R&R policy of CIL and Government of

Maharashtra. Provision of 41 crore rupees has been made in approved project report

for R&R of Marda village. Yekona village is located at about 150 meters from the

proposed External OB dump. A green belt plantation of at least 30 meters is suggested

between the External OB dump and Yekona village to minimize the impact of dust over

the village.



Figure 14 View of Marda Village (Proposed to be rehabilitated)

The people residing within the study area are mostly dependent over the agricultural

activities. Many of the residents from these village (whose land will be acquired) will get

direct employment from Project Proponent in accordance with the R&R policy of CIL

and many other will be benefitted with indirect employment through contractual

agencies. Benefits of coal mining will percolate to other local residences through the

generation of secondary employment. Many medical camps have been organized by

the Project Proponent in project affected villages. Detailed of medical camps and other

CSR activities are provided in Chapter- VIII (Project Benefits).

Baseline data on Socio-Economic of Yekona I & II OC has been generated in post

Monsoon season, 2016 to identify the socio-economic status of the study area.

3.8.1 Scope and Methodology:

The study of Socio-economic environment is an integral part of Environmental Impact

Assessment (EIA). The study includes the Social profile, Economic, Infrastructure

facilities, Occurrence of historical / Archaeological sites and presence of important

features of the area (Core zone and Buffer zone 10 Km radius from mine lease area).

All this information is collected from the census of 2011 and reported in this report.

In order to validate the census data , house hold survey of 250 households of 1195

population was made by floating questionnaire to the residence and local people of

different villages and village head (Sarapanch / Police Patil) etc. Sample size varies as



per need, time and convenience. Occupational health status of the same for the

different age group and sex is also collected.

3.8.2 Description of Study Area

The study area, Core and Buffer zone (10 Km) comprises of the following District and

Tehsils of Maharashtra State.

District Name Tehsil Name

Chandrapur Warora

Yavatmal Maregaon STUDY AREA: There are 54 villages with 11,969 households within the study area. The

house hold size varies between 4 and 5 with an average of 4 persons per family. The

population of the study area is 49,455.

Major habitations/features within study area:

Warora: The town is located approx 4-5 kms east of the project. It is a municipal

council and Tehsil in Chandrapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. As per

census 2011, there are 182 villages within the Warora Tehsil. The population recorded,

as per the 2011 census of India, was 46,571 (52% male, 48% female, and 12% under



the age of six years). The average literacy rate in Warora is 77% which is higher than

the national average (59.5%). Male literacy is higher (82%) than female (72%). The

work place of famous social worker Baba Amte, "Anandwan" is situated in Warora.

Figure 15 Plan showing nearby features

Anandwan: Anandwan literally, Forest of happiness, located around 5 kilometers

from Warora in Chandrapur district in the state of Maharashtra, India, is an ashram and

a community rehabilitation center which was mainly started for leprosy patients and the

disabled from downtrodden sections of society. It was founded in 1952 by noted social

activist Baba Amte. The project is run by the organisation Maharogi Seva Samiti. Two

of its other projects are Lok Biradari Prakalp and Somnath, a village for cured leprosy

patients.

Baba Amte developed Anandwan to be a self-contained ashram (which could be

described as "a kibbutz for the sick"). Today residents are self-sufficient in terms of

basic subsistence. In addition the ashram has various home-based, small-scale

industry units run by the residents that generate income to cover additional

requirements.



Baba Amte also shaped Anandwan as an environmentally aware community to practice

energy utilization, waste recycling and minimizing use of natural resources that might

otherwise lead to their depletion. Baba Amte was conferred with Ramon Magsaysay

award in 1985 for Public Service, his work-oriented rehabilitation of Indian leprosy

patients and other handicapped outcasts.

The ashram is located approx 5-6 kms east of the project. The mine doesn’t seems to

have any impact over the Ashram as it is located beyond the Warora town and National

Highway 44. However CSR and CER funds generated due to the project within the

study area will be utilized for the benefits of the Anandwan inmates such as providing

vocational training, education, infrastructure development etc.

Industries in Study Area: MIDC Growth center, Warora is located approx 1-2 kms east

of project area. Two thermal powers plants are located within the growth center. Coal

based thermal power plants of GMR Warora Energy limited (600 MW) commissioned in

2013 and Sai Wardha Power Generation Limited (540 MW) commissioned in 2010 are

major industries within the study area.

SOCIAL PROFILE: The total population of the study area is 49,455 with 51.54 % male and 48.46 % female

population. The percentage population of scheduled cast (SC), scheduled tribe (ST) and

others are 8.13, 18.39 and 73.48 % respectively. The data is given in tables below.



Table 71SOCIAL PROFILE SL. NO

.

NAME OF VILLAGE

POPULATION SC ST OC TOTA

L MAL

E FEMAL

E MAL

E FEMAL

E MAL

E FEMAL

E MAL

E FEMAL

E 1 Ashi 1181 615 566 24 25 91 80 500 461 2 Nandara 317 166 151 0 0 30 27 136 124 3 Longadaga 283 148 135 8 3 86 82 54 50 4 Wandhali 1009 525 484 49 41 117 118 359 325 5 Amadi 857 440 417 36 32 112 96 292 289 6 Niljai 1188 615 573 131 115 40 41 444 417 7 Panzurni 1078 558 520 48 50 151 121 359 349 8 Dahegaon 1447 736 711 11 11 82 96 643 604 9 Belgaon Desh 486 257 229 6 3 53 45 198 181

10 Kondala 708 354 354 2 2 83 84 269 268 11 Yensa 1213 616 597 130 136 57 68 429 393 12 Majara Rai 1441 751 690 247 220 284 279 220 191

13 Salori Yensa Block 758 398 360 30 27 88 81 280 252

14 Nimsada 627 335 292 28 23 29 21 278 248 15 Charurkhati 1716 869 847 49 43 61 48 759 756 16 Ekona 1081 567 514 70 57 10 12 487 445 17 Marda 979 509 470 39 34 22 19 448 417 18 Naideo 257 129 128 0 0 13 9 116 119 19 Mohabala 1253 663 590 2 2 141 124 520 464 20 Chinora 2036 1013 1023 107 113 373 384 533 526 21 Anandvan 1757 873 884 122 121 137 145 614 618

22 Khairgaon Tukum 485 248 237 0 0 243 223 5 14

23 Parsoda 887 457 430 26 34 89 96 342 300 24 Jamgaon Bk 807 420 387 35 29 68 63 317 295 25 Surla 761 391 370 35 37 67 61 289 272 26 Borda 3105 1602 1503 241 220 223 212 1138 1071 27 Khanji 1353 703 650 92 80 108 109 503 461 28 Wanoja 1080 557 523 15 16 48 50 494 457 29 Ashti 320 167 153 0 0 0 0 167 153 30 Tulana 751 383 368 1 0 13 12 369 356 31 Karanji 945 480 465 25 25 37 41 418 399 32 Kalamgavhan 309 163 146 0 0 20 13 143 133 33 Sembal 1504 797 707 23 17 63 56 711 634 34 Ekarjuma 2103 1098 1005 97 98 99 88 902 819 35 Jamgaon Kh 923 468 455 59 53 47 53 362 349 36 Khapari 344 174 170 4 4 75 81 95 85

37 Takali Vibhutrao 303 163 140 0 0 39 32 124 108

38 Atmurdi 369 192 177 33 28 21 23 138 126 39 Tembhurda 1991 1000 991 52 54 166 178 782 759

40 Pimpalgaon Maroti 825 420 405 1 1 106 91 313 313

41 Borgaon De 801 419 382 4 4 143 134 272 244 42 Bandara 827 429 398 52 49 203 193 174 156 43 Khatoda 260 128 132 3 1 118 128 7 3 44 Wanali 256 129 127 6 4 100 107 23 16



SL. NO

.

NAME OF VILLAGE

POPULATION SC ST OC TOTA

L MAL

E FEMAL

E MAL

E FEMAL

E MAL

E FEMAL

E MAL

E FEMAL

E Wangram

45 Dindoda 560 286 274 0 0 160 142 126 132 46 Pardi 130 67 63 0 0 4 4 63 59 47 Shivani Dhobi 708 379 329 6 4 94 81 279 244 48 Mukata 458 237 221 0 0 23 23 214 198 49 Dandgaon 615 327 288 11 10 15 12 301 266

50 Hiwara-Majara 1270 661 609 32 34 66 65 563 510

51 Kanada 565 284 281 1 1 39 38 244 242 52 Goraj 455 237 218 0 0 55 50 182 168 53 Apati 490 243 247 30 29 2 2 211 216 54 Wanoja 1223 642 581 53 55 19 21 570 505

TOTAL 49455 25488 23967 2076 1945 4633 4462 18779 17560

PERCENTAGE 51.54 48.46 8.13 18.39 73.48

51.63 48.37 50.94 49.06 51.68 48.32

SEX RATIO:-

Sex ratio is calculated as number of females per 1000 males i.e.

SEX RATIO = NUMBER OF FEMALES X 1000/ NUMBER OF MALES

The sex ratio varies between 872 and 1031 with an average of 939. There are quite

a few villages in the study area with sex ratio greater than 1000 for the age group of

0 to 6 years with an average of 1019.

LITERACY LEVEL:

8%18%

74%

SOCIAL PROFILE

SC ST OC



The literacy status of the study area is 74.98 % with 55.12 % male and 44.88 %

female.

The illiteracy status of the study area is 25.02 % with 40.79 % male and 59.21 %

female.

The literacy level of both male and female is given in table below and shown. Table 72 Literacy Level

SL. NO. NAME OF VILLAGE

TOTAL LITERATES ILLITERATES POPULATION MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE

1 Ashi 1181 468 384 147 182 2 Nandara 317 116 98 50 53 3 Longadaga 283 119 73 29 62 4 Wandhali 1009 411 327 114 157 5 Amadi 857 368 278 72 139 6 Niljai 1188 511 376 104 197 7 Panzurni 1078 436 329 122 191 8 Dahegaon 1447 592 467 144 244 9 Belgaon Desh 486 235 206 22 23

10 Kondala 708 281 260 73 94 11 Yensa 1213 522 403 94 194 12 Majara Rai 1441 567 454 184 236 13 Salori Yensa Block 758 314 242 84 118 14 Nimsada 627 273 198 62 94 15 Charurkhati 1716 678 572 191 275 16 Ekona 1081 421 327 146 187 17 Marda 979 425 337 84 133 18 Naideo 257 99 84 30 44 19 Mohabala 1253 569 458 94 132 20 Chinora 2036 791 729 222 294 21 Anandvan 1757 536 471 337 413 22 Khairgaon Tukum 485 179 137 69 100 23 Parsoda 887 367 294 90 136 24 Jamgaon Bk 807 323 246 97 141 25 Surla 761 321 278 70 92 26 Borda 3105 1373 1204 229 299 27 Khanji 1353 638 558 65 92 28 Wanoja 1080 455 371 102 152 29 Ashti 320 143 103 24 50 30 Tulana 751 307 242 76 126 31 Karanji 945 382 343 98 122 32 Kalamgavhan 309 129 106 34 40 33 Sembal 1504 650 478 147 229 34 Ekarjuma 2103 924 738 174 267 35 Jamgaon Kh 923 375 305 93 150 36 Khapari 344 136 110 38 60 37 Takali Vibhutrao 303 131 115 32 25 38 Atmurdi 369 166 125 26 52 39 Tembhurda 1991 741 648 259 343 40 Pimpalgaon Maroti 825 311 238 109 167 41 Borgaon De 801 336 289 83 93



SL. NO. NAME OF VILLAGE

TOTAL LITERATES ILLITERATES POPULATION MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE

42 Bandara 827 342 260 87 138 43 Khatoda 260 101 80 27 52 44 Wanali Wangram 256 108 78 21 49 45 Dindoda 560 219 166 67 108 46 Pardi 130 51 45 16 18 47 Shivani Dhobi 708 320 247 59 82 48 Mukata 458 206 170 31 51 49 Dandgaon 615 275 214 52 74 50 Hiwara-Majara 1270 563 432 98 177 51 Kanada 565 224 192 60 89 52 Goraj 455 194 151 43 67 53 Apati 490 201 179 42 68 54 Wanoja 1223 519 426 123 155

TOTAL 49455 20442 16641 5046 7326

PERCENTAGE 74.98 25.02

55.12 44.88 40.79 59.21

POPULATION CLASSIFICATION:

The total population is divided into workers and non-workers. The workers are again

subdivided into main and marginal workers.

WORKERS: There are 53.83 % workers with 57.82 % male workers and 42.18 %

female workers.

NON-WORKERS: The % of non-workers is 46.17 with 44.21 % male and 55.79 %

female.

The population classification is given in detail in table below and shown in fig.

0102030405060708090

100

MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE

LITERATES ILLITERATES

55.1244.88

40.79

59.21

FIG. LITERACY LEVEL



Table 73 POPULATION CLASSIFICATION SL. NO

.

NAME OF VILLAGE

POPULATION WORKERS NON_WORKERS TOTA

L MAL

E FEMAL

E TOTA

L MAL

E FEMAL

E TOTA

L MAL

E FEMAL

E 1 Ashi 1181 615 566 742 396 346 439 219 220 2 Nandara 317 166 151 186 98 88 131 68 63 3 Longadaga 283 148 135 175 94 81 108 54 54 4 Wandhali 1009 525 484 580 324 256 429 201 228 5 Amadi 857 440 417 484 269 215 373 171 202 6 Niljai 1188 615 573 571 373 198 617 242 375 7 Panzurni 1078 558 520 594 347 247 484 211 273 8 Dahegaon 1447 736 711 840 461 379 607 275 332 9 Belgaon Desh 486 257 229 342 184 158 144 73 71




22 Khairgaon Tukum 485 248 237 295 155 140 190 93 97

23 Parsoda 887 457 430 527 289 238 360 168 192 24 Jamgaon Bk 807 420 387 461 266 195 346 154 192 25 Surla 761 391 370 433 258 175 328 133 195 26 Borda 3105 1602 1503 1143 854 289 1962 748 1214 27 Khanji 1353 703 650 417 338 79 936 365 571 28 Wanoja 1080 557 523 650 353 297 430 204 226 29 Ashti 320 167 153 196 106 90 124 61 63 30 Tulana 751 383 368 442 237 205 309 146 163 31 Karanji 945 480 465 554 298 256 391 182 209 32 Kalamgavhan 309 163 146 177 93 84 132 70 62 33 Sembal 1504 797 707 877 479 398 627 318 309 34 Ekarjuma 2103 1098 1005 956 625 331 1147 473 674 35 Jamgaon Kh 923 468 455 535 308 227 388 160 228 36 Khapari 344 174 170 200 111 89 144 63 81




41 Borgaon De 801 419 382 476 252 224 325 167 158 42 Bandara 827 429 398 506 254 252 321 175 146 43 Khatoda 260 128 132 172 88 84 88 40 48

44 Wanali Wangram 256 129 127 158 81 77 98 48 50



SL. NO

.

NAME OF VILLAGE

POPULATION WORKERS NON_WORKERS TOTA

L MAL

E FEMAL

E TOTA

L MAL

E FEMAL

E TOTA

L MAL

E FEMAL

E 45 Dindoda 560 286 274 349 191 158 211 95 116 46 Pardi 130 67 63 86 44 42 44 23 21 47 Shivani Dhobi 708 379 329 461 250 211 247 129 118 48 Mukata 458 237 221 270 137 133 188 100 88 49 Dandgaon 615 327 288 377 200 177 238 127 111

50 Hiwara-Majara 1270 661 609 787 408 379 483 253 230


TOTAL 49455 25488 23967 26620 15393 11227 22835 10095 12740

PERCENTAGE 51.54 48.46 53.83 46.17

57.82 42.18 44.21 55.79

Table 74 Population classification based on Occupation SL. NO

.

NAME OF VILLAGE

WORKERS MAIN WORKERS MARGINAL WORKERS TOTA

L MAL

E FEMAL

E TOTA

L MAL

E FEMAL

E TOTA

L MAL

E FEMAL

E 1 Ashi 742 396 346 718 388 330 24 8 16 2 Nandara 186 98 88 186 98 88 0 0 0 3 Longadaga 175 94 81 174 93 81 1 1 0 4 Wandhali 580 324 256 560 313 247 20 11 9 5 Amadi 484 269 215 314 207 107 170 62 108 6 Niljai 571 373 198 318 281 37 253 92 161 7 Panzurni 594 347 247 548 326 222 46 21 25 8 Dahegaon 840 461 379 791 429 362 49 32 17

9 Belgaon Desh 342 184 158 156 141 15 186 43 143




22 Khairgaon Tukum 295 155 140 97 85 12 198 70 128

23 Parsoda 527 289 238 502 283 219 25 6 19 24 Jamgaon Bk 461 266 195 455 261 194 6 5 1 25 Surla 433 258 175 430 257 173 3 1 2 26 Borda 1143 854 289 985 759 226 158 95 63 27 Khanji 417 338 79 412 335 77 5 3 2



SL. NO

.

NAME OF VILLAGE

WORKERS MAIN WORKERS MARGINAL WORKERS TOTA

L MAL

E FEMAL

E TOTA

L MAL

E FEMAL

E TOTA

L MAL

E FEMAL

E 28 Wanoja 650 353 297 580 324 256 70 29 41 29 Ashti 196 106 90 187 102 85 9 4 5 30 Tulana 442 237 205 400 232 168 42 5 37 31 Karanji 554 298 256 541 291 250 13 7 6

32 Kalamgavhan 177 93 84 154 84 70 23 9 14

33 Sembal 877 479 398 520 347 173 357 132 225 34 Ekarjuma 956 625 331 677 498 179 279 127 152 35 Jamgaon Kh 535 308 227 525 302 223 10 6 4 36 Khapari 200 111 89 101 75 26 99 36 63




41 Borgaon De 476 252 224 468 250 218 8 2 6 42 Bandara 506 254 252 458 235 223 48 19 29 43 Khatoda 172 88 84 129 85 44 43 3 40

44 Wanali Wangram 158 81 77 102 77 25 56 4 52

45 Dindoda 349 191 158 101 96 5 248 95 153 46 Pardi 86 44 42 86 44 42 0 0 0

47 Shivani Dhobi 461 250 211 455 248 207 6 2 4

48 Mukata 270 137 133 258 133 125 12 4 8 49 Dandgaon 377 200 177 324 179 145 53 21 32

50 Hiwara-Majara 787 408 379 728 406 322 59 2 57


TOTAL 26620 15393 11227 22652 13857 8795 3968 1536 2432

PERCENTAGE 53.83 85.09 14.91

57.82 42.18 61.17 38.83 38.71 61.29



OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE: MAIN WORKERS: The % of main workers is 85.09 with 61.17 % male and 38.83 %

female.

MARGINAL WORKERS: The % of marginal workers is 14.91 with 38.71 % male and

61.29 % female.

The occupational structure is given in detail in tabular form.

OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION:

MAIN WORKERS:

The % of main causal workers is 29.0 with 68.94 % male and 31.06 % female.

The % of main agricultural workers is 48.32 with 47.98 % male and 52.02 % female.

The % of main house hold workers is 1.34 with 72.28 % male and 27.72 % female.

The % of main others workers is 21.35 with 79.80 % male and 20.20 % female.

MARGINAL WORKERS:

The % of marginal causal workers is 8.19 with 42.15 % male and 57.85 % female.

The % of marginal agricultural workers is 69.18 with 28.20 % male and 71.80 %

female.

54%

46%

POPULATION CLASSIFICATION

Workers Non_workers



The % of marginal house hold workers is 2.12 with 46.43 % male and 53.57 %

female.

The % of marginal others workers is 20.51 with 71.99 % male and 28.01 % female.

CLASSIFICATION OF MARGINAL WORKERS:

MARGINAL WORKERS (3 - 6 months)

The % of marginal cultivators is 7.97 with 40.21 % male and 59.79 % female.

The % of marginal agricultural labors is 71.45 with 28.245 % male and 71.55 %

female.

The % of marginal house hold workers is 2.00 with 45.21% male and 54.79 %

female.


MARGINAL WORKERS (0 - 3 months)

The % of marginal cultivators is 10.69 with 58.82 % male and 41.18 % female.

The % of marginal agricultural labors is 43.08 with 23.36 % male and 76.64 %

female.

The % of marginal house hold workers is 3.46 with 54.55 % male and 45.45 %

female.


3.8.3 Description of Core Zone village (Marda village):

The village is located at a distance of 45 kms from district HQ Chandrapur and 7 kms

from Tehsil Warora. Marda village is about 100 meters from the proposed quarry, hence

it is proposed to be rehabilitated as per CIL R & R policy and Maharashtra Govt R & R

policy.

Details of census information is given in tables below:

Census 2011 data of Marda Village S. No.

Particulars Marda Village

1 Area of Village (In Ha) 811.82 2 Number of Households 250 3 Total Population Total 979

Males 509 Females 470

4 Population in age group 0-6 years

Total 94 Males 55 Females 44

5 Schedule Caste Total 73



Population Males 39 Females 34

6 Schedule Tribes Population


7 Literates Total 762 Males 425 Females 337

Census 2011 data of villages in Core Zone (Economic)-

S. No.

Particulars Marda Village

1 Total Workers Total 564 Males 319 Females 245

2

Main Workers

Total Main Workers


Cultivators Total 146 Males 98 Females 48

Agricultural Labourers


Household Industry Workers


Other Workers Total 107 Males 97 Females 10

3 Marginal Workers

Total Marginal Workers


Cultivators Total 1 Males 1 Females 0

Agricultural Labourers


Household Industry Workers


Other Workers Total 1 Males 1 Females 0

4 Non Workers Total 415 Males 190 Females 225



Details of village amenities as per census 2011:

Education: There are one Govt Pre - Primary School (Nursery/LKG/UKG) in the village

and one Govt and one private primary school. The village have one Govt and one

private middle school and one private secondary school. The village does not have any

senior secondary schools. Nearest town with senior secondary school and degree

college is Warora at distance of 7kms. Nearest medical college is at Nagpur.

Vocational Training: Nearest Government polytechnic and private vocational training

institutes are present at Nagpur.

Health Centre: There are no primary health care facilities at village. Nearest primary

health centre is at 5-10 kms distance from village. Nutritional centres of ICDS and

Anganwadi is present at village. Services of ASHA is available in the village.

Power: Power supply for domestic and agricultural use is available in the village.

Water: tap water facility including hand pumps are available at village including summer

season. Hand pump, uncovered well and tube wells are source of water at village.

Drainage and Hygiene: proper drainage system is not available at village. As per census

2011, the village was covered under the Total Sanitation Campaign. Community toilet

complex are not available in the village.

Post Office: Sub Post office is available in the village.

Telephone: Landline telephone and mobiles are used in the village.

Transport: Public bus services are available for village. Autos and private vehicles are

used for transport. Nearest railway station is Warora. Black topped all weather road is

available to reach the village.

Banks and ATM Facility: The village does not have any bank and ATM facility. Nearest

such facilities are available about 5-10kms away from the village. Although agriculture

credit societies are providing services for village.

Details of Land-use of Marda village as per Census 2011:

Total Area

(in Ha)

Barren & Un-

cultivable Land

Area (in Ha)

Culturable

Waste Land Area

(in Ha)

Fallows Land other

than Current Fallows Area (in

Current Fallows Area (in Ha)

Net Area Sown

(in Ha)

Total Unirrigate

d Land Area (in

Ha)

Area Irrigate

d by Source (in Ha)

Wells/Tube Wells Area (in

Ha)



Ha)

811.82 24.73 4.91 6.35 3.23 726.46 14.72 711.74 14.72

Charurkhati village:


from Tehsil Warora.


Education: There are three Govt Pre-Primary School (Nursery/LKG/UKG) and one Govt

primary school in the village. The village have one Govt middle and one govt secondary

school. The village does not have any senior secondary schools. Nearest town with

senior secondary school and degree college is Warora at distance of 8kms. Nearest

medical college is at Nagpur.

Vocational Training: Nearest Government polytechnic and vocational training institutes

are present at Warora.


health centre is at 5-10 kms distance from village. Nutritional centres of ICDS and

Anganwadi is present at village. Services of ASHA is available in the village.


Water: Treated Tap water facility is not available in the village. However, there are

uncovered wells functioning round the year. Handpumps are also available at village

Handpump and tube wells are other round the year sources of water at village.

Drainage and Hygiene: Open kuccha drainage system is available at village. As per

census 2011, the village was not covered under the Total Sanitation Campaign.

Community toilet complex are not available in the village.

Post Office: Post office is available in the village.


Transport: Public bus services are available for village. Autos are also used for

transport. Nearest railway station is Warora. Black topped all weather road is available

to reach the village. Major district road passes through village.




such facilities are available about 5-10kms away from the village. Although agriculture

credit societies are providing services for village.

Details of Land-use of Charurkhati village as per Census 2011:

Total Area (in Ha)

Barren & Un-

cultivable Land Area (in

Ha)

Culturable

Waste Land Area

(in Ha)

Fallows Land other


Ha)


Net Area Sown (in Ha)

Total Unirrigate

d Land Area (in

Ha)

Area Irrigated

by Source (in Ha)


Ha)

1040.25 73.53 27.06 23 20 896 87 809 87 Panzurni village:


from Tehsil Warora.

Census 2011 data (Economic)-


Education: There is one Govt Pre-Primary School (Nursery/LKG/UKG), one Govt

primary school and one govt middle school in the village. The village does not have any

secondary school and senior secondary schools. Nearest town with secondary, senior

secondary school and degree college is Warora at distance of 8kms. Nearest medical

college is at Nagpur.




health centre is at more than 10 kms distance from village. Nutritional centres of ICDS

and Anganwadi is present at village. Services of ASHA is available in the village.


Water: Treated Tap water facility is not available in the village. However, there are

uncovered wells functioning round the year. Handpump and tube wells are other round

the year sources of water at village.



Drainage and Hygiene: Open Kuccha drainage system is available at village. As per

census 2011, the village was not covered under the Total Sanitation Campaign.

Community toilet complex are not available in the village.

Post Office: Post office is available in the village.



transport. Nearest railway station is Warora. Black topped all weather road is not

available but only gravel (kuchha) roads are present.


such facilities are available at more than 10 kms away from the village. Although

agriculture credit societies are providing services for village.

Details of Landuse of Panzurni village as per Census 2011:

Total Area (in Ha)

Barren & Un-

cultivable Land Area

(in Ha)

Culturable Waste

Land Area (in

Ha)

Fallows Land other

than Current Fallows

Area (in Ha)

Current Fallows Area (in

Ha)

Net Area Sown (in

Ha)

Total Unirrigated Land Area

(in Ha)

Area Irrigated

by Source (in Ha)

Wells/Tube Wells Area (in Ha)

1161.64 54.02 43.49 0 40.56 903 10 893 5 Wanoja village:


from Tehsil Warora.





secondary school is at Warora at distance of 4 kms. Nearest degree college is at

Anandwan. Nearest medical college is at Nagpur.



Health Centre: There are no primary health care facilities at village although one primary

sub-centre is available. Nearest primary health centre is at less than 5 kms distance



from village. Nutritional centres of ICDS and Anganwadi is present at village. Services of

ASHA is available in the village.


Water: Treated Tap water facility is available round the year at the village. Uncovered

wells, handpump and tube wells are other sources of water at village.


census 2011, the village was covered under the Total Sanitation Campaign. Community

toilet complex are not available in the village.

Post Office: Post office is not available in the village.



transport. Nearest railway station is Warora. Black topped (pucca) all weather road is

used to reach village. Gravel (kuchha) roads are also present.


such facilities are available at less than 5kms away from the village. Although agriculture

credit societies are providing services for village. SHGs are also active in the village.

Details of Landuse of Wanoja village as per Census 2011:

Total Area (in Ha)

Barren & Un-

cultivable Land

Area (in Ha)

Culturable

Waste Land Area

(in Ha)

Fallows Land other


Ha)


Net Area Sown

(in Ha)

Total Unirrigate

d Land Area (in

Ha)

Area Irrigate

d by Source (in Ha)


Ha)

908.88 39.34 5.29 4.22 5.96 844.77 16.46 828.31 16.46

Yekona village: The village is located at a distance of 45 kms from district HQ Chandrapur and 10 kms

from Tehsil Warora.







secondary school is at Warora. Nearest degree college is also at Warora. Nearest

medical college is at Nagpur (>10kms).


are present at Nagpur.

Health Centre: There are no primary health care facilities at the village. Nearest primary

health centre is at about 5-10 kms distance from village. Nutritional centres of ICDS and

Anganwadi is present at village. Services of ASHA is available.


Water : Untreated tap water facility is available round the year at the village. Handpumps

are other sources of water. However, tube wells are not present.


census 2011, the village was covered under the Total Sanitation Campaign. Community

toilet complex are not available in the village.




transport. Nearest railway station is Warora. All weather roads are present in the village.


such facilities are available at about 5-10 kms away from the village. Although

agriculture credit societies are providing services for village. SHGs are also active in the

village.

Details of Land-use of Ekona village as per Census 2011:

Total Area (in Ha)

Barren & Un-


Ha)

Culturable

Waste Land Area

(in Ha)

Fallows Land

other than Current Fallows Area (in

Ha)

Current

Fallows Area (in Ha)


Total Unirrigate

d Land Area (in

Ha)

Area Irrigate

d by Source (in Ha)


Ha)

650.85 77.47 8.11 5.37 0.28 531.03 66.40 464.63 0 Niljai village:




from Tehsil Warora which is the nearest statutory town.




secondary school and senior secondary schools. Nearest town with secondary school is

Soite (5-10kms), while nearest senior secondary school is at Warora. Nearest degree

college is also at Warora. Nearest medical college is at Nagpur (>10kms).







Water: Treated tap water facility is available round the year at the village. Uncovered

wells, handpumps and tube wells are other sources of water.


census 2011, the village was not covered under the Total Sanitation Campaign. There

are no community toilet complex available in the village.




transport. Nearest railway station is at about 5-10 kms from the village. All weather black

topped (pucca ) roads are present in the village. Other district roads are also present.


such facilities are available more than 10 away from the village. Although agriculture

credit societies are providing services for village. SHGs are also active in the village.

Details of Landuse of Niljai village as per Census 2011:



Total Area (in Ha)

Barren & Un-


Ha)

Culturable

Waste Land Area

(in Ha)

Fallows Land other


Ha)



Total Unirrigate

d Land Area (in

Ha)

Area Irrigated

by Source (in Ha)

954.71 5.41 35.00 5.00 28.69 793.00 0.00 793



Mukata village: The village is located at a distance of 117 kms from district HQ Yavatmal and 30 kms

from Wani which is the nearest statutory town.



primary school but no facility of middle school in the village. Nearest govt middle school

is at Hivara (less than 5 kms). The village does not have any secondary school and

senior secondary schools. Nearest town with both the schools is Hivra. Nearest degree

college is also at Maregaon (>10kms) . Nearest medical college is at Yavatmal.

Vocational Training: Nearest private polytechnic and vocational training institutes are

present at Wani.





Water: Untreated tap water facility is available round the year at the village. Uncovered

wells, covered well, handpumps are other sources of drinking water.





Telephone: Landline telephone facility is not available but mobile network is present in

the village.

Transport: Public and private bus services are not available for village. Nearest public

bus facility is available at less than 5 kms from village. Autos are also used for transport.

Nearest railway station is more than 10 kms from the village. All weather black topped

(pucca ) roads are present in the village. Other district roads are also present.


such facilities are available more than 10 away from the village. Agriculture credit

societies and SHGs are also not present in the village.



Details of Landuse of Mukata village as per Census 2011:

Total Area (in Ha)

Barren & Un-


Ha)

Culturable

Waste Land Area

(in Ha)

Fallows Land

other than Current Fallows Area (in

Ha)

Current

Fallows Area (in Ha)


Total Unirrigate

d Land Area (in

Ha)

Area Irrigate

d by Source (in Ha)


Ha)

426.00 13.29 20.00 14.06 0.00 320.00 11.00 309 11 Shivani Dhobi village:

The village is located at a distance of 116 kms from district HQ Yavatmal and 30 kms

from Wani which is the nearest statutory town.



primary school and one middle school in the village. The village does not have any

secondary school and senior secondary schools. Nearest town with both the schools is

Hivara (<5kms). Nearest degree college is at Maregaon (>10kms). Nearest medical

college is at Yavatmal.

Vocational Training: Nearest private polytechnic and vocational training institutes are

present at Wani which is more than 10 kms away from village.



Anganwadi are present at village. Services of ASHA is available.


Water: Untreated tap water facility is available round the year at the village. Uncovered

wells, covered well, handpumps are other sources of drinking water.





Telephone: Landline telephone facility and mobile network is available.




transport. Nearest railway station is more than 10 kms from the village. All weather

black topped (pucca ) roads are present in the village.


such facilities are available more than 10 away from the village. However, agriculture

credit societies and SHGs are active in the village.

Details of Landuse of Shivani Dhobi village as per Census 2011:

Total Area (in Ha)

Barren & Un-

cultivable Land

Area (in Ha)

Culturable

Waste Land

Area (in Ha)

Fallows Land other


Ha)

Current Fallows Area (in

Ha)


Total Unirrigated Land Area

(in Ha)

Area Irrigated

by Source (in Ha)

479.79 8.23 10.09 12.00 6.00 396.00 21.38 374.62

Anticipated Environmental Impacts & Mitigation Measures CMPDI

Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC 181

CHAPTER- IV ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

& MITIGATION MEASURES 4.0 GENERAL Identification of all potential environmental impacts due to project is an essential step of

Environmental Impact Assessment. These are critically examined and major impacts

(both beneficial & adverse) are further studied. The construction, commissioning and

expansion of any type of developmental projects have significant influence on the

existing physical, biological and social components of environment. Similarly, proposed

expansion will have significant influence on existing environment. The significant

impacts are on land use, drainage, air quality, ecology, noise etc. Allied operations such

as transport of materials, operation of workshop, drilling, blasting etc. affect the air,

water and noise environment. Land use pattern of the area will be changed significantly

for the long term. Most of the area proposed for the Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC is

agriculture land. The fertile agriculture land will be utilized for the mining of coal, thus

degrading land.

The nature and characteristics of impacts are required to be taken into consideration

while evaluating the magnitude of impacts. During the working life of mine, air, water,

noise and land use are likely to be affected due to mining of minerals and associated

activities. Clearance of natural vegetation adversely affects the flora and fauna of the

areas due to changed environment.

Mining activities have been started in 2017-18 in the Yekona-II quarry. Agriculture land

have been cleared for the quarry, overburden dump and infrastructure development.

Now the project capacity is proposed to be increased from existing 1 MTPA (Yekona-I

OC & Yekona –II OC) to 3.44 MTPA and area from 680.06 ha to 1701.32 ha. The

production capacity and area is increasing nearly 3 times, thus creating significant

changes within the study area.

Positive impacts on socio-economic environment are expected due to creation of

employment opportunities and development of infrastructure such as roads, schools,

hospitals etc. Mining activities are normally carried out over a long period (Life of mine –

25 Years). This also encourages downstream industrial development in the area, which

adds to environmental degradation. The identified significant impacts require detailed

analysis for decision-making and formulating adequate mitigation measures. The net



fund available for Corporate Environment Responsibility and Corporate Social

Responsibility will significantly increase manifolds. The activities under CER and CSR

will create infrastructural for the development of the region.

The various anticipated impacts and mitigation measures are discussed in this chapter.

4.1 AIR ENVIRONMENT Anticipated Impact

Mining operation and associated activities are potentially air polluting and the major air

pollutant is the suspended particulate matter. Most of the air pollution problems are due

to fugitive dust emission, which is more prominent in open cast mines. The intensity of

dust generation in the mining is influenced by factors such as hardness of rock, mining

technology and material handling etc. The potential sources of air pollution are given

below.

Table 75 Potential Sources of Air Pollution S. No. Activities in Mines Air Pollutants 1 Drilling PM10, PM2.5 2 Blasting PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NOx 3 Loading & Unloading PM10, PM2.5 4 Haul Road PM10, PM2.5 5 Transportation PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NOx 6 Crushing of ore PM10, PM2.5 7 Waste / Top soil handling PM10, PM2.5 8 DG Set SO2, NOx, PM10, PM2.5 Air Quality Impact Prediction by AERMOD

Further, in order to assess the likely impact of proposed expansion of opencast mine on

ambient air, numerical modeling has been carried out by using AERMOD version 16216r

Air Quality Model and is incorporated in this EIA-EMP.

At the time of baseline data generation, mine has not started operating and proposed

Amalgamated Yekona I & OC mine peak production capacity is 3.44 MTPA. Air quality

modelling is conducted to assess the impact of total additional coal production quantity

of 3.44 MTPA (peak).

The season wind rose and isopleths showing incremental concentration of PM10 due to

proposed Amalgamated Yekona I &IIOC is provided below:





Isopleths of incremental fugitive dust concentration (μg/m3) are shown in map.









Estimated incremental and resultant concentration of PM10

A

Name of Receptor 98th Percentile of

ambient air quality

monitoring results

observed (in µg/m3)

Incremental

Concentration of

PM10 without control

measures (in µg/m3)

Incremental

Concentration of

PM10 with control

measures (in

µg/m3)

Resultant

Concentration of

PM10 without

control measures

(in µg/m3)

Resultant

Concentration of

PM10 with control

measures (in

µg/m3)

1. Core zone –I (Yekona Village) –- SA1 68.50 13.63 11.69 82.13 80.19

2. Core zone–II (Marda Village) –-SA2 47.54 30.60 28.85 78.14 76.39

3. Pandurni Village - SA3 50.10 4.88 4.00 54.98 54.1

4. Wanoja Village – SA4 68.50 18.62 16.58 87.12 85.08

5. Naydev Village – SA5 93.90 5.10 4.65 99.00 98.55

6. Mohbala Village – SA6 66.00 4.68 4.42 70.68 70.42

Observation:

Maximum incremental concentration 30.60 µg/m3 of PM10 (in µg/m3) is observed at Marda village located in downwind direction. The

villages has been proposed to be rehabilitated. Although in the upwind the Naydev village is located near to the thermal power

plants. Hence the baseline concentration of PM10 in ambient air quality was found to be highest among all the stations.

Baseline study done from the month of Oct’2019 to December’2016 shows PM10 in Naydev village varying from maximum

value of 98 microgram/cum to minimum of 63 microgram/cum. 98 percentile value is 93.90 microgram/cum.



Naydev village is located 0.4 km NE of proposed mine of Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC and very near to GMR power plant

(600 MW) and Wardha Power plant (540 MW), which are located in its North side. The distance of plants are only 0.40 km north

from the village.

As from the above readings, it can be seen that values are on higher side when the mine was not yet started production in

the year 2016. So, the higher values are not due to mining activity in that region.

To keep the values of PM10 within permissible limits following precautions will be taken:

1. Three tier 30 m width GREEN BELT is proposed along the periphery of mine boundary, to control air pollution will be done.

2. Present coal transport is not near to Naydev village and in future also there is no plan to build any road near to village which will

transport coal from the mine.

3. Water sprinklers are provided in the present Yekona-II OC Mine and there is provision of more water sprinklers when Yekona-I

OC will also start production.



All the resultant values are within prescribed limit.

Estimated incremental and resultant concentration of PM2.5

S.

No

Name of Receptor 98th Percentile of

ambient air quality

monitoring results

observed PM2.5 (in

µg/m3)

Incremental

Concentration of

PM2.5 without

control measures

(in µg/m3)

Incremental

Concentration

of PM2.5 with

control

measures (in

µg/m3)

Resultant

Concentration

of PM2.5 without

control

measures (in

µg/m3)

Resultant

Concentration

of PM2.5 with

control

measures (in

µg/m3)

1. Core zone –I (Yekona

Village) –- SA1 37.1 1.80 1.62 38.9 38.72

2. Core zone–II(Marda

Village) –-SA2 26.0 4.51 4.34 30.51 30.34

3. Pandurni Village - SA3 27.5 0.61 0.56 28.11 28.06

4. Wanoja Village – SA4 36.5 1.25 1.23 37.75 37.73

5. Naydev Village – SA5 56.0 0.93 0.89 56.93 56.89

6. Mohbala Village – SA6 36.5 0.61 0.50 37.11 37.0



Flow chart for coal showing dust production points and control measures

Drilling in Coal & OB Benches

Blasting in Coal & OB

Railway Siding

Dumper transport

Dumpers

Dumper Loading through Hoppers

CHP at Surface / Tippler

Railway Wagons

Road Transport

Loading by Pay-loaders

Rail Consumers

Wet drilling / Bag filters

SMS; delayed blasting with shock tube initiation, green-belt around mine

CHP Enclosure, Water Sprinkling & Dust Extraction System, Greenbelt

Covered Transport, Wetting of Coal, Avenue Plantation, Water Sprinkling by mobile sprinklers

Nozzle mounted fixed sprinklers, Greenbelt

Ground Stock (Exigency) Water Sprinkling

Loading by Pay-loaders

Water Sprinkling on haul roads by mobile sprinklers



Table 76 Mitigation Measures

Particular/Location Existing Mitigation Measures

Mitigation Measures for

proposed Amalgamation and

Expansion

Provision for Funds

Mobile Water Sprinklers along Haul road, Coal stockyard, Weigh bridge, Coal transportation road

1 Nos of 12 KL Mobile

Water Sprinklers Deployed

Black topping of entire coal transportation route.

Avenue Plantation along the coal transport route.

Additional 3 nos of mobile Water sprinklers of sufficient capacity to be deployed when both the quarries starts working full-fledged.

Through Revenue cost (Rs 6/tonne of coal produced) and contractual agency.

Fixed Water Sprinklers at Coal Stock Yard, along Coal Transport Route

Measures to be taken

30 fixed sprinklers are proposed to be installed at dust generating locations such as Coal Stock Yard, along coal transport route, weigh bridge, Railway Siding etc.

Provision of capital cost Rs 35 Lakh has been made in the Approved Project Report for installation of fixed type sprinklers.

Plantation 50 Nos Total 2117550 nos of saplings will be planted in 847.02 ha till mine closure.

Provision of capital cost of Rs 15 Lakhs has been made for plantation during first 3 years. Afterwards plantation activities will be carried out as per the plantation programme approved in this EIA report through Revenue



Cost(Rs 6/tonne of coal produced).

Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station

Under process of

tendering of work for

installation of CAAQMS

1 Nos of CAAQMS is proposed to be installed by March’20 to continuously assess the status of ambient air quality level within ML area.

Capital provision of Rs 79 Lakhs has been made by Majri Area, WCL. Tendering work is in process, It is likely to be installed by March’20.

Coal Extraction through Surface Miner

The geo-mining condition are found to be favorable for deployment of Surface Miner in Yekona-II OC. According, Surface miner has been deployed in Yekona-II quarry. Deployment of surface miner replaces three dust-generating operations of conventional mining system namely drilling; blasting and crushing of coal in one go. Surface miner will be kept deployed during expansion in the Yekona-II quarry until geo-mining conditions are suitable for use of surface miner. However, geo-mining conditions in Yekona-I quarry does not permit the use of surface miner for coal extraction.

Through Contractual Agency

Figure 16 Surface Miner Deployed at Yekona-II Quarry



Figure 17 Mobile Water Sprinklers at existing Yekona-II OC Mine

In case the air quality monitoring indicates, increase in pollution level, additional fixed

sprinklers and mobile water sprinklers will have to be provided by the project

proponent.

Mitigation Measures

The Yekona-II OC mine has started operating since 2017-18. The project authorities

have taken steps for mitigation measures. However, as the project capacity increase

three folds, the Project Proponent has to take various measures as discussed below:

Coal and OB Transportation: The nearest Railway Siding from the proposed Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC mine

is GMR Railway siding which is about 8 kms from the location of proposed CHP. A

financial provision of Rs 40.00 crores and provision for 30 ha of land has been made

in approved Project Report for construction of railway siding for the proposed mine.

Location of siding may be decided by Project Proponent at any suitable place on non-

coal bearing area. The preferred location should be near to the mine, which will

reduce the coal transportation through road. A 30 meter width of three-tier green belt



should be developed in the periphery of the Railway Siding along with installation of

adequate numbers of fixed sprinklers.

Paved surfaces:

As per approved Project Report, The dumpers will transport coal from mine face to pit

head CHP. From CHP, coal will be taken on black topped road to the railway siding.

Dust pick-up by wind depends on the wind speed and is usually significant at wind

speeds above 5 meters per second. However, slight speed of vehicle can cause

higher dust generation. Dust emissions from paved surfaces can be minimized by

adopting following measures:

Prevent spillages of materials on the paved surfaces during materials

transportation.

Minimize mud and dust track-out from unpaved areas by the use of wheel wash

facilities.

Regular cleaning of paved surfaces, using mobile vacuum sweeper or a water

flushing system.

Speed controls on vehicle movements.

Wind reduction control by plantation.

Unpaved Surfaces/Haul Road

Dust emissions from unpaved surfaces are significantly higher than the paved

surfaces. Dust emissions can be controlled by using the following methods:-

Water sprinkling on unpaved areas during dry wind periods, using a water tanker/or

fixed sprinklers.

Chemical stabilization can also be used in association with wet suppression.

This involves the use of chemical additives to the water, which help to form a crust on

the surface and bind the dust particles together.

Revegetation of exposed surfaces. This should be done wherever practicable at

mines.

Surface improvements may be done with concrete or asphalt, or the addition of gravel

or chemical dust suppression to the surface for stabilization.



Speed controls on vehicle movements to limit speeds.

Wind reduction control by plantation.

Wet suppression of unpaved areas can achieve dust emission reductions of about 70

percent or more, and this can sometimes be increased by up to 95% through the use

of chemical stabilization.

Vehicle:

Vehicles travelling over paved or unpaved surfaces tend to crush surface particles

and other debris. Particles are lifted and dropped from the rolling wheels, and the

road surface is exposed to strong air currents due to turbulent shear between the

wheels and the surface. Dust particles are also sucked into the turbulent wave

created behind the moving vehicles. The loads carried by trucks are also potential

source of dust, either through wind entrainment or spillages. Mud and dust carry out

from unpaved surfaces is another potential problem. Dust emissions due to vehicles

can be minimized by:

Avoid spillage from the loaded trucks.

Optimize travel distances through appropriate site layout and design.

Use wheel and truck wash facilities at site exits.

Speed controls on vehicles have an approximately linear effect on dust emissions. In

other words, a speed reduction from 30 km/hr to 15 km/hr will achieve about 50 per

cent reduction in dust emissions.

Vehicular emission of particulates, SO2, NOx, hydrocarbons can be minimized by

proper training and maintenance of vehicles and other oil - operated equipment.

Coal Stock yard

Material stockpiles

Top soil or overburden is susceptible to wind erosion speeds more than 5 m/sec. Dust

emissions can also occur as material is dropped on the stockpile from a conveyor or

during loading or unload by track / shovel / front-end loading by track / shovel / front-

end loaded. There are a number of methods by which dust can be reduced from the

stockpiles which are as follows:



Wet suppression by using water sprinklers.

Limiting the height and slope of the stockpiles can also reduce wind speed. For

example, a flat shallow stockpile will be subject to less wind turbulence than one with

a tall conical shape. However while designing the stockpile due consideration should

be given to the effect of other site features such as most prominent wind direction.

Some of the measures to reduce the dust impact from the material stockpile are as

follows.

Limiting drop heights from conveyors.

Use of wind breaks (wind speed) near the pile is the primary factor affecting particle

uptake from stockpiles. Although a large, solid wind break is the most effective

configuration, the windbreaks can also be constructed by rapid vegetation.

Sprinklers / fog with polyelectrolyte chemical.

Hood to cover the discharge point.

Biological method for dust control

Trees can act as efficient biological filters. The systematic and planned greenbelt

development not only reduces the fugitive dust but also checks runoff and improves

the aesthetic beauty of an area. It is essential that planning for greenbelt development

should be done in the initial phase of mine. As development of green belt takes time,

it is proposed that plantation for green belt should start by 2020-21. It is a proven

technology for waste dump stabilization and restoration of mined out area. A green

belt of approx 7 kms of length with 30 m width is proposed along the mine boundary

of the project.



Figure 18 Plan showing proposed Green belt of adequate width should be raised by planting native species in

consultation with the forest department around the mine lease area on both sides of

haul road, near material handling plant, on external overburden dumps and backfilled

quarry along undisturbed area. The life of mine is 25 years and it takes atleast 3-5

years for development of green belt. Thus, the green belt along the mine boundary

should be developed on priority basis preferably within first 3 years. It will be

beneficial in controlling the air pollution during the rest of the mine life.

About 100.0 ha of plantation will be carried out in undisturbed area. Total 847.02 ha

out of total 1701.32 Ha (50%) area will be planted until the end of mine life.

Plantation in 352.81 ha land area has been carried out by Majri Area in other existing

mines of WCL till 31.03.2019. On the similar lines, Project Proponent will be continue

to carry out plantation for the Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC mine. Mine-wise

plantation carried out in Majri Area by Project Proponent is given below:



Table 77 Plantation by Majri Area as on 31.03.2019 Name of Mine

Area Planted (In Ha)

Length of Avenue Plantation in Km

Number of Trees Planted

Avenue Plain OB

Slope OB Top Back Filled Area

Total

New Majri UG to OC Mine

14.0 …. …. 35,000 …. …. …. 35,000

New Majri OC Mine

137.6 7.8 7829 168425 100260 160097 15000 451611

Chargaon – Juna Kunada OC Mine

80.22 8.0 8000 154,300 14,000 72,250 …. 248550

Navin Kunada OC Mine

33.5 …. …. 20,000 26,250 37,500 …. 83,750

Telwasa OC Mine

33.45 6.0 6000 45,500 …. 28,500 9615 89615

Dhorwasa OC Mine

42.0 …. …. …. 17000 58000 30000 105000

New Majri UG III

1.0 …. …. 2,500 …. …. …. 2,500

Colonies 10.82 2.0 1000 52,050 …. …. …. 53,050

TOTAL 352.81 23.8 22829 477775 157510 341347 54615

1,054,076



Figure 19 Plantation done over the OB dump of New Majri OC by project Proponent

Experimentally, it has been observed that some plant species have good efficiency in

removing particulate matter. Central Pollution Control Board has recommended few

plant species, which are very efficient for dust control. Dust collection efficiency of

various herbs, shrubs and trees is given below: Table 78 Dust collection efficiency of various herbs, shrubs and trees

Dust Collection Efficiency

Plant Species

Herbs Shrubs Trees

Low

<10%

1. Amaranthus hypchondriceus (chaluai) 2. Gardenia Jasminoides (Crape Jasmine) 3. Cestrum noctumum (Rat ki Rani) 4. Chrysanthemum species

1.Thuja Species (Mayur Pankhi) 2.Ravuvoifia serpentine (sepagandha) 3.Withani Somnifera (Ashawagandha) 4.Acanthus Species (Acanthus)

1. Nyctanthese arbotritis (Harsingar) 2. Abis Pindrwo (Silver fire) 3. Accade nelotica (Babool) 4. Holarrhena antidysentrica (Kurchi) 5. Clerodenrum ineme(Glorry bower) 6. Ficus bengalensis(Banyam) 7. Miliusa tomentoss (Kari leaves) 8.Thespesia populania (ran Bhindi)

Medium 11 to 20 %

1. Lilium Species (Lily) 2. Draceana species 3. Halianthus Annus (Sunflower)

1. Babbusa species (Baboo) 2. Lagerstomia

1. Luecena leucophloea (Shoe Babol) 2. Pinus Gerardiana (Chilgoja) 3. Ficus elastice (Indian Rubber) 4. Annaona Squamosa (Sugar




Plant Species

4. Tegetes Patula (Genda) 5. Pothus areus (Money plant)

indica (Crape Myrtle) 3. Nerium Indicum (Kaner pink) 4. Corium varigetu (Croton) 5. Thevetia peruviana (Kaner Yellow) 6. Wrightia arborea (Dudhi) 7. Rosa Indica (Rose) 8. Ipomea nil (Beshrum) 9. Tabermaemon ana divaricate (chandani) 10. Acalypha hispide (Copper leaf) 11. Plumeria acuminate (Temple tree)

Apple) 5. Mangifera Indica (Mango) 6. Argyreia roxburghira (Wooly Morning Glorry) 7. Ficus religiosa (peepal) 8. Acacia famesiana (Vilayati Kikkar) 9. Psidium guava (Amrood) 10. Prunus comminis (plums) 11. Syzgium cumuli (Jamun) 12. Tectona grandis (Teak) 13. Citrus lamina (Lemon) 14. Morus alba (Mulberry) 15. Archis sapota (chikoo) 16. Anthosephalus cadamba (kadam) 17. Shorea robusta (sal) 18. Delonix regiosa (Gulmohar) 19. Albizzia lebbek (Siris) 20. Artocarpus integrifolia (Jack fuit) 21. Ixore parviflora (Torch Tree) 22. Bauhinia Vangata (Kanchnar) 23. Moninge Olieifera (Drum Stick) 24. Aegle famesiana (Beal) 25. Pithocolobium dule (Jangali

jalabi)

High >20%

1. Colocasia antiquorum (Elephants Ear) 2. Celocia Argentie (Cock scomb)

1. Hibiscus rosa sinenesis (Gurhal) 2. Bougainvillea glavra (Bougainville

a)

1. Cassia fistula (Amaltas) 2. Pinus Contora (Pine) 3. Bombax ceiba (Samal) 4. Butea monosperma (Palas) 5. Alstonia Scholaris (Satani) 6. Azardirachta indice (Neem) 7. Polyalthia longifolia (Ashoka) 8. Callistemon citrinus (Bottle brush) 9. Termanilia catappal (Jangal Badam) 10. Terminalie arjuna (Arjun) 11. Melia Azedarch (Melia) 12. Phoenix dactylifera (Khajoor)




Plant Species

13. Ficu infectoria (Pikan) 14. Holiptelia integrifolia (papadi) 15. Medhuca Indica (Mahua) 16. Citrus maxim (Chaktora) 17. Populous tremuloides (Quacking aspect)

Various air pollution control measures suggested are compiled below: Table 79 Various air pollution control measures

Potential Sources of air

pollution

Magnitude of air pollution

Control Measures

Drilling High dust generation Risk of occupational hazard

Wet drilling technology or dry drilling fitted with bag filter. Driller shall be equipped with closed cabin personal protective gear to reduce occupational hazard. Drilling activities would not be required for extraction of coal in Yekona-II quarry due to deployment of Surface Miner. Removal of overburden will be done through conventional method which requires drilling.

Blasting High dust generation (Impact lasts for short period)

By improvising blasting technique and adopting controlled blasting methods. Water spray prior to blasting. No blasting should be allowed in the areas close to human habitation – Rock breakers should be employed instead of blasting. Blasting activities would not be required for extraction of coal in Yekona-II quarry due to deployment of Surface Miner. Removal of overburden will be done through conventional method which requires Blasting.

Loading of material on dumper

Air emission Air conditioned cabin for loading operator Water spray on mineral ore / overburden material prior to loading.



Transportation High dust potential Provision for automatic water sprinkle system on permanent road and water spray by tankers on temporary road. Green belt of trees with good footage on both side of haul road. Provision of water spray on the dumper to arrest fine dust before it is transported to crusher.

Crushing High potential of dust and occupational hazard

Automatic water spray in crusher hopper and unloading point. Suitable enclosure for the conveyor system. Provision of bag filter in crusher unit Barrier in form of greenbelt all around in the vicinity of the crusher to trap fugitive dust. Crushing of coal would not be required in Yekona-II quarry due to deployment of Surface Miner.

Storage High potential and Occupational hazards.

Covered storage yards with greenbelt of adequate width all around.

4.2 WATER QUALITY

Anticipated Impact

Mining and its associated activities not only use a lot of water but also likely to affect

the hydrological regime of the area. The major impact of deep and large mines is of

natural groundwater table. Lowering of water table may result in reduced groundwater

availability. Extraction of different minerals is known to lead to water pollution due to

heavy metal, acid discharges and increased suspended solids.

Quality of mine water discharge from existing Yekona-II OC is being assessed

regularly. It was found to be satisfactory as per the CPCB norms. The major issue

associated with the mine water discharge quality is acid mine drainage. It affects

severely the aquatic life within the water body. At present the pH from the existing

Yekona-II quarry is found to be within the range of 7.0 – 8.5, thus it can be anticipated

that in future the issue of acid mine drainage will not be faced in Amalgamated

Yekona I & II OC mine. However, in case AMD is observed from the mine water

discharge quality, necessary arrangements should be made by mine authority for

treatment of AMD. It should be ensured by the mine management that, Water with pH

less than 6.5 should not be discharged into the River or nearby agriculture fields.



The anticipated impact of mining on water resources and their significance is shown

below: Table 80 Anticipated Impact of Mining on Water Resources

S. No. Impact General Significance Impact and Mitigation measures

1 Mine in immediate catchment area of river.

Impact on water regime is high

Ground water table will go lower due to pumping in core zone. Regular monitoring of ground water level is being carried out. Rainwater harvesting is proposed for ground water recharge.

2 Interruption of natural drain

Impact on disturbance in natural drainage is considered to be high. Realignment for diversion requires special attention.

A nallah flowing from the mine area will required to be diverted. Permission for nallah diversion and design will be obtained from State Irrigation Department.Provisions of 4.78 crore rupees has been made for proposed diversion.

3 Rainfall & contour of mining area

The nearby nallah is likely to experience high siltation. The contour decide the runoff pattern of catchment area. All have significant impact on water resources.

The cleaning of Nallah will be done before the onset of Monsoon on yearly basis.

4 Overburden quality and characteristics of waste

High risk of water pollution if it contains toxic metal and acidic

No toxic metals are reported in the existing overburden dump of Yekona-II OC mine.

5 Surface water source

Impact on surface water due to water drawl for mining and township. Untreated Mine water discharge will pollute the surface water body.

Surface water will not be used in mining activities. Mine water is discharged only after treatment from sedimentation tank. Regular Monitoring of mine water discharge quality is carried out regularly.

6 Ground water sources

(a) Mines have significant impact on ground water resources. (b) If natural perennial springs are located in study area, the impact is likely to

Impact will be temporary in nature till the mine life. Mitigation measures are suggested below to avoid any major impact on water bodies.



S. No. Impact General Significance Impact and Mitigation measures

be high. 7 Discharge of mine

drainage water Composition of mine drainage water and volume is considered to estimate the degree of probable contamination in receiving water body.

Regular monitoring is being carried out for mine water discharge to ascertain any probable pollution contamination. Sedimentation tank of adequate capacity has been constructed for treatment of mine water.

8 Discharge of sewage from township / offices etc.

The sewage discharge from township & services have significant impact on water quality.

The provision for installation of STP with suitable capacity is to be done by Project Authority.

Mitigation Measures

Salient controls measures to be taken are as follows:

i) Industrial Effluent

The wastewater from workshop and CHP, which normally remain laden with oil and

grease, suspended and dissolved solids will be treated in the Effluent Treatment Plant

(ETP).Clear water coming out from the treatment plant will be taken into the closed

water circuit and recycled for its reuse. All parameter of ETP waste discharge will be

monitored regularly as per Env. (Protection) Amendment Rule, 2000.

The tendering work for installation of ETP is under process with the estimated cost of

Rs 23.75 Lakhs. Workshop ETP of 100 KLD capacity with provision of Oil Skimmer is

likely to becommissioned by December 2019.

ii) Mine Water

Most of the suspended particles is settled in the sump located in the quarry and the

supernatant water is pumped out to the sedimentation tank present on surface. This

water is to be passed through sedimentation pond on surface, before being

discharged in to natural drain or agricultural field. Sedimentation tank of dimension 45

mtr x 15 mtr x 1.20 mtr has been constructed with two nos. baffle walls for existing

Yekona-II OC mine with the capital expenditure of Rs 12.18 Lakhs. A separate

sedimentation tank of adequate capacity is proposed to be constructed for the

treatment of mine discharge from Yekona-I quarry.



The mine water discharge quality is being regularly monitored on fortnightly basis.

The water quality parameters are found to be within CPCB prescribed limit standard.

Figure 20 Sedimentation Tank at Project Site

iii) Surface Run-off

Adequate numbers of vegetation will be grown on the top surface and slopes of the

dumps in order to arrest the erosion of soil and it will also reduce surface run-off,

which helps averting siltation of natural water courses. Garland drains has been

constructed in the periphery of the existing Yekona-II OC mine to reduce the siltation

of the water bodies. In future, more such garland drains will be constructed as the

mine expands.



Figure 21 Garland drain Constructed in periphery of existing Yekona-II OC Mine

Figure 22 Garland drain along the top soil dump

The following additional mitigation measures are suggested for water management

and water pollution control.

1. Mining activities has been started in 2017 in Yekona-II OC. The Garland drains

are under construction on all side of quarries and external dumps. All the garland

drains will be routed through adequately sized catchpits or settling pits to

removesuspended solids from flowing into storm water. The design of catchpits

should be calculatedon the basis of silt loading, slope, and detention time

required.

2. The surplus treated mine water may be discharged into local ponds and

agriculturalfields,if possible, which should act like a constant source of recharge

to improve the groundwater level in the area.

3. Rainwater harvesting by constructing checkdams on natural diverted nallah and

developing water bodies should be planned for recharging groundwater.

Garland Drain

Garland Drain along the top soil



4. Considering the composition, the mine drainage water, should be adequately

treated before utilized in agricultural fields in thesurrounding through a planned

network ofdrains / pipeline.

5. Shallow and deeper piezometers should be constructed close to mine area for

monitoringthe water levels in the aquifer.

6. Stone barriers across the drain should be constructed to check the water current

and arrest solids.

7. Stone pitching should be made at suitable location to regulate water flow and

prevent soil erosion.

8. Settling pits and drains should be periodically desilted.

9. Effluents from the canteen, rest areas, township etc. should be adequately

treated before discharge to outside.

iv) Sewage Treatment Plant

A colony with 132 nos of quarters is proposed to be constructed for the

Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC. The project proponent will make necessary

provisions for construction of sewage treatment plant at the colony.

4.3 IMPACT ON HYDRO-GEOLOGICAL REGIME 4.3.1 Mine Drainage/Pumping

The semi-consolidated Gondwanas are mostly stratified formations underlying the

alluvium/soil. The permeable beds (Sandstone horizons) act as individual

hydrogeological units and develop multi-aquifer system by the

intercalation/interfringing of shale beds. As such under these circumstances, the

groundwater flow/velocity along the bedding planes is higher than across the plane. It

is imperative that horizontal hydraulic conductivity is many folds higher than the

vertical hydraulic conductivity.

The opencast mine acts as large diameter well/sink resulted in by cutting /extraction of

different aquifer zones/formations overlying the working coal seam. As soon as

depression / pit is created due to mine cut, the initial discharge is generally heavy due

to concentration of flow to that region, thereby creating depletion/draw-down in water

levels in the surrounding area and the inflow stabilizes due to partial desaturation over

the period of progressive mining. With increase in depth of incision, the semi-confined



aquifer would also be exposed /punctured thereby the total system would be converted

into water table condition and a cone of depression would be formed by the gravity

drainage from different aquifer zones. The ground water inflow (mine inflow) is directly

proportional to the mine area and depth

Based on the Darcy’s law (i.e. Q= KIA, where ‘Q’ is discharge/Mine inflow, ‘K’ is

hydraulic conductivity, ‘I’ is hydraulic gradient and ‘A’ Area of cross section/seepage

area), the groundwater inflow for Amalgamated Yekona-I and II OC Mine has been

predicted in the following table given below: Table 81 Mine Inflow Estimation for Amalgamated Yekona-I and II OC Mine

Sl. No.

Aquifer Maximu

m Working

Depth (m)

Mine face

length (L) in

m.

Avg. saturate

d OB thicknes

s (m)

Seepage Area(m2)

(Open area) (A)

Hydraulic

conductivity m/d (K)

Hydraulic

gradient (I)

Mine inflow

prediction (m3/day)

(Q)

(A)Yekona-I OC Mine

1

Unconfined & Semi-confined/Confined

160 1700 60 102000 2.2 4.00x10-2 8976

(B) Yekona-II Mine

2

Unconfined & Semi-confined/Confined

150 3800 55 209000 2.2 4.00x10-2 18392

Total Mine Inflow estimation (A+B) 27368

Note: The above value 27368 m3/day is an estimated mine inflow at the final depths

of Yekona-I and Yekona-II OC Mine i.e. 160 m and 150 m respectively. However, at

present mining is being carried out at Yekona-II Mine and the present actual mine

seepage value is 4320 m3/day. The flowchart showing its utilization is given below:



Flowchart for present utilization of pumped out mine water

4.3.2 Radius Of Mine Influence Area

In opencast mines, the different aquifers overlying the working coal seam would be

contributing groundwater to the mine by gravity drainage since they are

exposed/removed at the mine. As such due to this pumping, cone of depression

would be formed. The shape and extent of the cone would depend on mainly

hydraulic conductivity and specific yield of aquifers, mine depth & area etc.

Generally steep drawdown cone would be formed in poor potential aquifers thereby

the influence area is to small distance and reverse is established in respect of

aquifers with high hydraulic conductivity.

The radius of mine influence area has been estimated for Amalgamated Yekona-I &

II OC Mine based on the above mentioned aquifer and mine parameters and works

out to around 530 m at final mine depth of 160 m for Yekona-I OC mine and 375 m

at a final depth of 150 m for Yekona-II OC Mine. It may be appropriate to mention

here that the presence of prominent boundaries/water bodies, faults and also

Dust Suppression: 150 m3/day

Firefighting: 20 m3/day

Balance mine water discharge to natural water course after

treatment: 4050 m3/day

Industrial Purpose 270 m3/day

Total pumped out water from mine water:

4320 m3/day

Washing of HEMM :

100 m3/day



interfringing of sandstone and shale beds may restrict the propagation of drawdown

cone.

The radius of influence for Amlg. Yekona-I & II OC Mine is estimated by using

Sichardt’s formula as follows:

R = c*(h-hw)*k):

Where, R- Radius of influence (m), C=3000 (Constant), (h-hw) – drawdown

and K-Hydraulic Conductivity (m/sec). Table 82 Radius of Influence estimation for Amalgamated Yekona-I and II OC Mine Project Mine

depth (m) (h-hw )

(m) K-Hydraulic Conductivity (K)(m/sec)

Radius of influence (R) in m R = c*(h-hw)*k)

Yekona-I OC 160 35 2.54X10-5 530 (Approx)

Yekona-II OC 150 25 2.54X10-5 375

4.3.3 Impact of Mining On Water Regime The mining activity creates dis-equilibrium in environmental scenario of the area and

disturbs the groundwater conditions/regime in particular. The impact on water regime

due to mining activity can be broadly classified as under:

i) Impact on topography & soil

ii) Impact on surface water and quality

iii) Impact on groundwater & quality

A brief description/out-line on these aspects is given below:

Impact on topography & soil A local change in ground topography is created at project area due to mining

operations such as open pit, embankments, dumps of overburden and coal. As a

result, there might be marginal change in the drainage and surface run-off. During

these courses, soil is more susceptible for changes due to erosion, leaching

phenomena/process etc. Further the fine dust particles of coal & overburden may

adversely affect the porosity of soils. The external dumps results in silting on soils

and local drains thereby marginal change in topography and drainage of the area.

Within the core zone area, cracks and loosening of soil has occurred due to mining

and associated activities such as drilling, blasting etc. thereby resulting in

physical/textural changes in soil/formations. This mine-induced process increases



the rate of infiltration and recharge. So also the backfilled area may be a good media

for high groundwater recharge due to high-induced permeability. These mine-

induced effects may change the surface run-off in the core zone area resulting in a

difference in hydrological regime of local drains.

It may be appropriate to highlight the fact that temporary groundwater loss/deficit

created during active mining stage would be compensated by these different means

in the post mining stage so that the initial groundwater levels are regained to

normalcy at the earliest for the utility of the area.

Impact on surface water & quality As mentioned earlier, there will be minor change in the ground topography and

infiltration capacity/rate of soil/formation due to mining operations resulting in some

local change in drainage pattern and surface run-off in core zone. It is established

that high infiltration zone serve as good media for high groundwater recharge and

reduces the surface run-off considerably in the core zone. In view of this, the mine

has to handle more water in the monsoon besides the additional contribution from

the surface run-off from the catchment area. As such the surface run-off contribution

to the natural drains from the mining area is reduced / minimized thereby, some

minor change is expected in hydrologic regime of the river system.

Impact on groundwater & its quality

Mining is associated with groundwater problems, particularly when it is below water

table. The impact of mining on groundwater is dependent mainly on mine and aquifer

parameters, groundwater recharge-discharge process etc. In opencast mining, the

unconfined aquifer gets affected more whereas the semi-confined aquifers are least

affected due to continuous gravity drainage and conventional sump pumping or

advance dewatering schemes for efficient and safe working. As such, during this

exercise, basically the water level is to be depressed /depleted below the working

seam depth in which case large scale mine water pumping cannot be avoided.

Consequently the mine dewatering drain out some area around the mine with decline

in groundwater levels. However, these mine-induced effects are temporary. Further,

the mine effluent would contaminate the other resources of water if discharged

untreated The water quality monitoring would be continued at the stipulated intervals

during mine development.

Groundwater inflow has been estimated and the groundwater monitoring is

undertaken as corrective measure to avoid adverse effects. The artificial recharge by



water conservation structures in mine influence area proper may not be a viable

solution because of the reason that recharged water would drain to the mine at a

faster rate due to the steep hydraulic gradients resulted in during mining activity. As

mentioned earlier the mine impact is for temporary period during mine life and the

area would regain the normalcy/benefits in many ways by appropriate reclamation

measures during post-mining period. However, the water shortage in the mine

influence area would be supplemented from the treated mine water discharge for

both domestic &irrigation use of affected villages if any.

4.3.4 Ground Water Management Plan

Augmentation Of Groundwater Recharge Potential

As a part of environmental protection, to minimize the impact of mining on

ground water system, all possible measure will be taken to increase the ground

water resource potential.

Roof Top Rainwater harvesting has been proposed at: 1) Office buildings in mine

area and 2)Pond deepening at Wanoja village has been proposed for artificial

recharge.

The photographs of above mentioned Roof-top Rainwater Harvesting and artificial

recharge structures is given as under:

A)



B)

A) & B) are the office buildings where Roof-Top Rain Water Harvesting

structures are proposed (total roof-top area 504.74 sq m)

C) Pond at Wanoja village, proposed for deepening for artificial ground water

recharge (storage capacity 18750 m3)



STATUS OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUE OF NOC TO ABSTRACT GROUND WATER: In order to obtain NOC from CGWA, for ground water abstraction from Amalgamated

Yekona-I and II OC Mine, application for the same has been made via application

no. 21-4/1001/MH/MIN/2017on 25.04.17. Currently, the application has been

recommended from CGWB, Central Region, Nagpur to CGWA, New Delhi. The

status of application of NOC is attached as Annexure-XVI.

4.4 NOISE QUALITY 4.4.1Impact Assessment

In order to assess the existing ambient noise level in the surrounding of proposed project

site, the baseline data generated for Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC in Post-Monsoon

Season 2016 is documented in previous chapter III of the report and noise level values

have been found to be within permissible limits.

The following are some of the important activities in mining industry responsible for high

noise level generation, with their expected noise levels:

a. All mining activities i.e. drilling, blasting, shovelling, dozing and dumping are associated

with high noise level [about 100 dB (A)].

b. Operation of most HEMMs produces high noise level. The noise levels are in range of

80 – 100 dB (A). Noise levels have been found to be related to engine capacity.

c. Crusher – General noise level due to crusher ranges from 90 dB (A) – 105dB (A).

Some of noisy equipment produces noise whose level is around 120 dB (A).

The average sound pressure level of some of the HEMM associated with mining operation

which are responsible for high noise level generation are as follows: Table 83 Equipment and their Noise Level

EQUIPMENT NOISE LEVEL [dB(A)] Dozer 98 Dumper 92 Power shovel 93 Drilling machine 96



Acceptable Industrial Noise Level As per Env. (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2000 the ambient air quality standards in

respect of noise in industrial , commercial , residential and silence zones area as

follows : Table 84 Noise Quality Standards;

Sl. No. Category of area Limits [dB(A)]

Day time (6.00 AM to 10.00 PM )

Night time (10.00 PM to 6.00 AM )

1. Industrial 75 70 2. Commercial 65 55 3. Residential 55 45 4. Silence zone 50 40

Assessment of the degree of noise, to which a workplace noise is harmful, is done by

comparing the values measured at workplace to the permissible limit adopted by

statutory bodies like DGMS.

The Director General of Mines Safety vide their circular no. DG (Tech.)/18 of 1975

has prescribed the permissible limit for noise level as 90 dB(A) , for the workers

engaged in mining occupation likely to be exposed to in an 8 hour shift period with

unprotected ear. Whereas, the following table shows the maximum permissible noise

exposure levels, as per American Standards, for the industrial workers. Table 85 Noise Exposure level standards

Exposure time (Hrs./day) Noise level [dB(A)]

8 90 6 92 4 95 3 97 2 100

1.5 102 1 105

0.5 108 0.25 or less 115

EXPOSURE TO PULSE OR IMPACT NOISE SHOULD NOT EXCEED 140 dB(A)



4.4.2 Noise Pollution Control Measures

Monitoring of the noise level will be carried out on regular basis as per the Env

(Protection) Amendment Rule 2000. While planning for an effective noise attenuation

measures, the concept of source, path and receiver has been considered.

(A) Noise Control at Source

There are two areas where the noise generation can be checked at source.

(i) Proper Design

Since the generation of noise can be reduced by reducing the vibration amplitude, the

area of vibrating part and frequency of vibration will be taken care that all loose

contact between metal parts avoided.

Shock absorbing pads will be fixed in the foundation of vibrating equipment /

machines. In case of aerodynamic noise producing sources, mufflers will be provided

with the machines.

(ii) Proper Maintenance

All machines and equipment will be properly maintained. Sound muffler system and

bearing lubricating system etc. of equipment will be kept in proper condition.

(B) Noise control in Transmission Path

The measures are to be taken for controls of noise along the transmission path have

been put in following two categories:

(i) Air borne path

(ii) Ground borne path

(i) Air Borne Path

The control in air – borne path has been planned in a number of ways as:

(a)The crusher house, screen house etc., which are source of high level noise

generation are to be enclosed.

(b) Planting of furrows of trees along the thick foliage around the compound and wall

of CHP, workshop and other industrial buildings. This will reduce the spread of noise.

It can also be used as an acoustic enclosure to reduce ambient noise.



(ii) Ground Borne Path

It has been proposed to provide vibration isolators in the form of vibration absorbing

pads placed at the base of vibrating equipment.

(C) Noise Control at Receiver End

Even after adopting above measures, if desired noise level is not achieved at receiver

end, in that case, following measures are suggested:

(a) The workers exposed to high noise level are provided with earplugs.

(b) Provision of enclosed booths at the worksite to protect worker from noisy

environment.

4.5 VIBRATION STUDY AND CONTROL The peak particle velocity is a good indicator of the probability of damage to a

structure. It is expressed in mm/sec. the peak particle velocity at any point depends

mainly on the amount of charge exploded, radial distance from the blasting point to

the station of observation and the geological conditions.

According to Indian Standard Bulletin No.6922 of 1973 (Reprinted April 1982 on part

4.1.1.1 and4.1.1.2), in order to provide adequate safety, the peak particle velocity

should not exceed the following limits. Table 86 Peak Particle velocity Limits

S. No.

Particulars Velocity from imperial relation (mm/sec)

Velocity from monitored by suitable instrument (mm/sec)

1 Soil, weathered or soft rock

50 70

2 Hard rock 70 100 It has been found that ground vibration is dependent on both particle velocity and

frequency. The maximum damage to buildings due to blasting vibration occurs when

blast frequency matches the natural frequency range of the buildings and when there

is a mismatch between the ground vibration, frequency and natural frequency of

buildings, very little energy is transmitted into the structure. The natural frequency of

low rise (1-2 storey) residential structures is in a range of 3 to 12 Hz. These low

frequencies are most predominant at greater distances from a blast point. High

frequencies (about 40 Hz) above the fundamental natural frequencies of residential

structure, allow a higher particle velocity limit.



As per the latest study by USBM, the safe blast vibration level (published in RI-8507

of 1988)are as follows: Table 87 Safe Blast Vibration Level (Published in RI-8507 of 1988)

S No

Type of structure Ground vibration (peak particle velocity- mm/sec)

At low frequency (less than 40 Hz)

At high frequency (more than 40 Hz)

1 Modern houses, drywall interior 18.75 50 2 Other houses, plaster on wood

construction for interior walls. 12.50 50

To protect the structural damage from blast induced ground vibration, DGMS has

recommended the permissible standards of vibration vide DGMS (Tech.) circular no.

7 dated 29.09.97 as below –

Table 88 Permissible Standards of Vibration Vide DGMS (Tech.) Circular S.N. Type of Structure Peak particle velocity in mm/sec

Dominant excitation frequency (Hz) <8 Hz 8 – 25 Hz >25 Hz

A Buildings/structures not belonging to owner i Domestic houses/structures (kuchha,

Brick, Cement) 5 10 15

ii Object of historic importance and sensitive structures

2 5 10

iii Industrial buildings (RCC & Framed structures)

10 20 25

B Building belonging to owner with limited span of life i Domestic houses, structures (Kuchha,

Brick, Cement) 10 15 25

ii Industrial structures 15 25 50 However, all structures eventually crack because of a variety of environmental

stresses including humidity and temperature changes, settlement from consolidation

and variations in ground moisture, wind and even water absorption from tree roots.

Consequently, there may be no absolute minimum vibration limit.

4.6 IMPACT ON LAND Total area required for the project is 1701.32ha. Out of this about 254.15 ha is acquired

for Yekona-I OC and 421.70 ha is acquired for Yekona-II OC. Total 675.85 ha land has

been acquired, additional 1025.47 ha land will be acquired for proposed project.

According to the Project Report, 2015 no forest land is involved in the project. however,

when revenue record of land were collected for acquiring the additional land required for

Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC mine. It was noticed that grazing land bearing survey

nos 26/2, 27, 28/2, 2/1& 2/2 in Nagala Rith Mouza which were considered as Govt. land



in the approved Project Report are actually recorded as forest land in revenue records.

The forest land bearing survey nos 26/2, 27, & 28/2 measuring 2.76 ha in Nagala Rith

Mouza are adjacent to the proposed lease boundary of the amalgamated project and re-

appropriation of the boundary is done excluding these forest land. However, the forest

land bearing survey no. 2/1 and 2/2 in the Nagala Rith mouza measuring 0.62 ha falls in

the middle of proposed external OB dump of Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC mine. Due

to which acquisition of this forest land has become inevitable to have sufficient external

OB dump capacity.

As the Stage – I forestry clearance for the 0.62 ha of forest land is yet to be secured and

with all efforts, the formal Stage – I FC may take time. The country’s coal demand is





MoEF&CC, a Mining Plan by excluding the Forest land 0.62 ha and adjacent non-forest

land 21.31 ha (for maintaining mine geometry) has been prepared as Phase – I. The

project will have peak capacity of 3.44 MTPA for a lease area of 1679.39 ha in Phase-I.

Marda village is proposed to be rehabilitated due to its proximity to the quarry limits. The

land use in core zone is mainly agricultural land. So the major impact on land will be

degradation of agriculture land in the mining area. The mining activities in Yekona-II

quarry has started since 2017. The further expansion of the land area will be mostly over

the agriculture land.

The total capital provided in approved Project Report for land acquisition is 513.1195

Crores in addition to Rs. 41.1908 Crores rupees for village rehabilitation. Thus, total

capital for land acquisition including village rehabilitation works out to Rs. 555.1103

Crores. Out of total capital cost of the project, more than 74 % of the expenditure will be

made on land acquisition and R & R activities. Rs 268.64 crore has been paid as land

compensation to land loosers until 31st August, 2019. Remaining land acquisition

activities are proposed to be completed within next 2 years.

The Phase-I of Project is only an interim arrangement for working without inclusion of

forest land. However, as the forestry clearance is obtained, the mine will continue as

per the approved Project Report with total ML Area of 1701.32 ha. Accordingly, the

breakup of land use during mining, post mining land use, Stage-wise land use



reclamation and Stage-wise plantation programme are detailed below for total ML

area of 1701.32 ha.

Table 89 Present Land use of the land required for Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC (Phase-I) S.N.

LAND USE Within ML Area (ha)

Outside ML Area (ha)

Total

1 Agricultural land 1570.31 50.49 1620.80 2 Forest land -- -- -- 3 Waste land/Govt. land 58.59 - 58.59 4 Grazing land -- -- -- 5 Surface water bodies -- -- -- 6 Settlements -- -- -- 7 Others (specify) -- -- -- Total 1628.90 50.49 1679.39

Table 90 Present Land use of the land required for Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC S.N.



Total

1 Agricultural land 1590.62 50.49 1641.11 2 Forest land 0.62 -- 0.62 3 Waste land/Govt. land 59.59 - 59.59 4 Grazing land -- -- -- 5 Surface water bodies -- -- -- 6 Settlements -- -- -- 7 Others (specify) -- -- -- Total 1650.83 50.49 1701.32

The land use during the mining would be as follows: - Table 91 The Land Use During the Mining

Sl. No

Particulars Area (ha)

1. Quarry/ excavated Area (including existing quarry) 689.20 2. External OB dump 320.02 3. Nalla Diversion and existing Nalla & Irrigation Canal 58.35 4. Residential Colony (Approximately) 10.00 5. Roads, Road diversion and Barriers due to roads

(Approximately) 30.00

6. Infrastructure and service roads (Approx.) 100.00 7. Flood protection embankment 44.37 8. Land for relocation of Marda village 8.00 9. Railway siding and its Approach road 30.00 10. Blasting / Safety zone along quarries and external dump 270.00 11. Rationalisation of boundary 141.38 Total 1701.32

The land use at the end of the mine would be as follows:-

Table 92 Land use at the end of the mine S.N.

Land use during mining

Land use (ha) Plantation Water

Body Public use

Undisturbed

Total



S.N.


Land use (ha) Plantation Water

Body Public use

Undisturbed

Total

1 External OB Dump 320.02 -- -- -- 320.02

2 Top soil dump -- -- -- -- -- 3 Excavation 352.00 337.20 -- -- 689.20 4 Roads 5.00 -- 25.00 -- 30.00 5 Built up area 70.00 -- 122.37 -- 250.72 5a Nalla and

Canal Diversion -- 58.35 -- -- 58.35

6 Green Belt Included in S. No. 4, 5 & 7 7 Undisturbed

Area 100.00 -- -- 311.38 411.38

Total 847.02 395.55 147.37 311.38 1701.32

Table 93 Stage-wise Land use and Reclamation Area (ha) S. N.

Land use category

1st year 5th year 10th year 15th year 20th year

25th year (End of

mine life)

3 years after end of mine

life 1 Backfilled Area

(Reclaimed with plantation)

-- -- 60.3

220.92 290.3 352.00

(100) 352.00

(352.00)

2 Excavated Area (Not reclaimed)/void

-- 111.8 225.18 180 342.26 337.2 337.20

3 External OB dump (Reclaimed with plantation)

-- 134.65

437.44

388.00

360.00 (176.4)

320.02 (190.00)

320.02 (320.02)

4 Reclaimed Top soil dump -- -- -- -- -- -- --

5 Green Built Area Included in S. No. 6, 7 & 8 6 Undisturbed area

(brought under plantation)

1701.32 1174.15

697.68 (25.00)

631.68 (55.00)

428.04 (75.00)

411.38 (100.00)

411.38 (100.00)

7 Roads (avenue plantation) -- 30.00

(0) 30.00

(5) 30.00

(5) 30.00

(5) 30.00

(5) 30.00

(5) 8 Area around

buildings and Infrastructures

-- 250.72 (20)

250.72 (50)

250.72 (50)

250.72 (70)

250.72 (70)

250.72 (70)

Total 1701.32 1701.32 1701.32 1701.32 1701.32 1701.32 1701.32



Stage-wise cumulative plantation (Area figures are in ha, Plantation Nos in ‘000’)

Table 94 Stage-wise cumulative plantation

S.N. Year

Green Belt

External Dump

Backfilled area

Others (undisturbed

area/etc.) Total

Area

(ha)

No. of

trees

Area (ha)

No. of trees

Area (ha)

No. of

trees

Area (ha)

No. of trees

Area (ha)

No. of trees

1 1st year -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 3rd year -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3 5th year -- -- -- -- -- -- 20 50 20 50 4 10th year -- -- -- -- -- -- 80 200 80 200 5 15th year -- -- -- -- -- -- 110 275 100 275

6 20th year -- -- 176.40 441 -- -- 150 375 326.4 816

7

25th year(end of mine life)

-- -- 190 475 100 250 175 437.5 465 1162.5

8 3 years after end of mining

-- -- 320.02 800 352 880 175 437.5 847 2117.55

4.6.1 Land Reclamation/Land Management

The following activities have been proposed for reclamation of land.

1. Backfilling of the excavated area at the time of mine closure.

2. Leveling of the backfilled area and carpeting with the topsoil.

3. Creation of garland drains in order to arrest the silt load, due to erosion, to enter

into natural watercourses during surface run-off.

4. Grass, legumes and different types of plants etc. will be planted on such reclaimed

land in order to make it, as far as possible, conducive to agricultural growth.

5. Technical and biological reclamation of external OB dump and rehandling at the

end of mine life. The density of trees will be around 2500 plants/ha.

4.7 MINE CLOSURE PLAN

4.7.1 Legislative Requirements Mine closure planning has to be carried out at the starting of the mine and needs

periodic reviewing and revision during its life cycle to cope with the geo-technical



constraints, safety and economic risks, social & environmental challenges. Various

other objectives are as follows.

a) To allow a productive and sustainable after-use of the site which is

acceptable to the mine owner and the regulatory authority.

b) To protect public health and safety.

c) To alleviate or eliminate environmental damage and thereby encourage

environmental sustainability.

d) To minimise adverse socio-economic impacts.

There is need to define the liabilities, responsibilities and authorities of the mine

management, other regulatory bodies, Central and State Governments after mine

closure. Some obligations relating to the Mine Management Companies are as

follows:

a) Health & Safety - Regulations of Coal Mines Regulations, 2017 and its

related DGMS Circulars.

b) Environment -

1. Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution Act). 1974.

2. Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981

3.Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and Environment Protection

(Amendment) Rule 2000.

4. DGMS Directives on noise and ground vibration.

c) Forest - Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 – Applicable in Phase-II of the

project

d) Rehabilitation- CIL’s and Maharashtra Government R & R policy.

e) Decommissioning/asset disposal, etc.

4.7.2 Technical Aspects The proposed Project has been planned upto about 160m depth at the floor of

composite seam. Coal continues beyond this limit and can be exploited economically

in future. For the proposed OC Mine, the following technical aspects would be

reviewed in the final mine closure planning. Details can be worked in closure plans

envisaged to be prepared 4-5 years before completion of coal mining.

Safety Hazards Including Management of Fire Wild or herbaceous plants shall be removed from the mine. No person shall deposit

heated material or ashes on any opencast working. Also no person shall light a fire

or permit a fire to be lighted in any OC working except by the permission in writing of



the Manager and only for a special purpose specified therein. No coal shall be left

exposed after completion of mining to avoid fire due to spontaneous heating. Management of Pit Slopes and Waste Dumps The final quarry slopes shall be so designed and then subsequently developed that

after the closure of the mine, there is no likelihood of any slope failure. In

Amalgamated Yekona I & II OCM, the final slope of the quarry has been designed

with above consideration. However, strict compliance with the proposed final slope

of quarry would be made as given in Quarry layout Plan and subsequent slope

stability studies.

The external waste dump must be developed as per the proposed design so that

slope failure does not create any safety hazard to the local community. Waste

dumps shall be provided with garland drains and vegetation cover on surface of

these dumps.

Management of Hydrology and Hydro-Geology In the mine closure plan, the surface flow pattern of precipitation and mine water

would be clearly developed and water channel suitably laid down so that it does not

disturb the general hydrology of the area.

Details of De-Commissioning of the Infrastructures and Plant and Machinery The decommissioning of the various infrastructures developed for the mine like office

complex, residential complex, roads, pipelines and transmission line etc. shall be

planned in details so that the land occupied by these infrastructures are released.

However, before such decommissioning, the possibility of re-use of these

infrastructures for the neighbouring mines shall be explored.

Fencing around Mined Out Areas

The access trenches made for entry to the opencast mine shall be properly closed

after mine closure and proper planning shall be made in mine closure plan for

closure of access trenches.

4.7.3 Environmental Aspects Management of Final Voids

In the mine closure plan, voids due to mining are to be dealt and the final land use

plan will include filling of the voids for land reclamation where possible and for hydro

reclamation where feasible. In the proposed Amalgamated Yekona I & II OCM, the

entire strike of quarry is proposed to be worked in smaller sub quarries to

accommodate internal dumping. The proposed haul road alignment has been kept in



center of the mine. This will help in maximizing backfilling in quarry. The backfilling

would be done in de-coaled void available.

In internal dumping the OB will be dumped maintaining 30m benches and slope of

benches has been designed taking into consideration the angle of repose, gradient

of seam etc. However, the study on slope study is proposed to be made by scientific

agency and in final closure plan, their suggestions shall be incorporated. The

backfilling as proposed in the report is shown in Post Mining Land Use Plan. As

there may be further deepening of OC mine, final void may not be filled.

Vegetation After the management of final voids, reclamation of vegetation shall be included in

the mine closure planning. The dumps and other area shall be properly planted as a

part of reclamation.

Management of Recharge Areas

The pre-mining and post mining scenario on the hydrogeological recharge system

would be included in the closure plan.

Acceptable Surface and Ground Water Flows

In the final closure plan of the mine, wherever the mine water is likely to form a

reservoir, the quality of water from such mines would be assessed in the final plan.

Alternative Use of Land In the proposed Amalgamated Yekona I & II OCM, for external OB dump, vegetation

and afforestation has been planned as a final land use. However, for areas other

than OB dumps and voids, the alternative land use would be deliberated in the

closure plan. While agriculture is the best land use if it is supported by some

irrigation facilities, vegetation will be second utility of the land which can be planned.

4.7.4 Social Aspect Re-Deployment of Work Force In proposed Amalgamated Yekona I & II OCM, near the end of the mine life,

manpower starts getting reduced. The reduction of manpower could be done as

per the following options:

i) Natural retirement

ii) Implementation of VRS schemes for age groups of + 50 years

iii) Retraining and redeployment of younger groups.

iv) Transfer of experienced middle aged groups to other projects.

v) Retirement of people with suitable compensation after exhausting all the



above options.

Management of Community Facilities

The community facilities developed during the mine life like educational facilities,

health facilities etc. would be continued even after the mine closure. The final

closure plan will envisage interaction of Project Proponent with the State or local

bodies for running these facilities.

Channelisation of Available Water

After the closure of mine, it can be a source of water for many useful purposes. The

final voids filled with water can be used as a water reservoir. All the aspects of

channelisation of water shall be dealt in the final mine closure plan.

Emancipation from PAPS

The project affected persons (PAPs) are provided many civic facilities on the line of

the management of community facilities.

4.7.5 Financial Aspect Estimate of Proposed Escrow Fund

Approved Mine Closure Plan has been prepared in 2015 along with the Project

Report. The parameters as applicable at the time of preparation of Mine Closure

Plan in 2015 are duly considered. The same is produced below:

The total area involved in proposed Yekona-I & II OC mine is 1701.32ha. So the

corpus based on August, 2009 rate is 102.0792 crores @ Rs 6.0 Lakh /ha of project

Area. The wholesale price Index in August, 2009 is 129.6 and the WPI for the month

of January, 2015 available in the website of Office of Economic Adviser, Ministry of

Commerce, Government of India is 178.3. Therefore, the current value of corpus for

2014-15 is Rs.102.0792*178.3/129.6 crores which comes to Rs.140.4377 crores.

This corpus is to be divided by the life of mine (starting from the year when mining

activity is started till the end of the mine) which is 25 years in case of Amalgamated

Yekona-I & II OC. So dividing by 25 years, the annual corpus comes to Rs 5.6175

crores. The 1st year of proposed Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC mine is 2015-16.

So the above annual corpus amount calculated for 2014-15 is escalated for 1 year@

5% per annum to get the annual corpus fund of Rs 5.8984 crores to be deposited in

escrow a/c in 1st year of mine i.e. 2105-16. Thereafter in each subsequent year, the

annual corpus amount will be deposited by escalation @ 5% per annum. Table 95 Annual Corpus Fund to be deposited in Escrow Account

Project Year Financial Year Amounts (Rs. ‘000)



Project Year Financial Year Amounts (Rs. ‘000) 1 2015-16 58984 2 2016-17 61933 3 2017-18 65030 4 2018-19 68282 5 2019-20 71696 6 2020-21 75281 7 2021-22 79045 8 2022-23 82997 9 2023-24 87147

10 2024-25 91504 11 2025-26 96080 12 2026-27 100884 13 2027-28 105928 14 2028-29 111224 15 2029-30 116785 16 2030-31 122625 17 2031-32 128756 18 2032-33 135194 19 2033-34 141953 20 2034-35 149051 21 2035-36 156504 22 2036-37 164329 23 2037-38 172545 24 2038-39 181172 25 2039-40 190231

2815160 Cost of Closure Activities Mine closure planning has to be carried out at the starting of the mine and needs

periodic reviewing and revision during its life cycle to cope with the geo-technical

constraints, safety and economic risks, social & environmental challenges. In the

proposed Amalgamated Yekona – I & II OC mine, necessary provision has been

kept towards mine closure based on latest guidelines of MoEF&CC. The closure cost

works out to Rs. 48.66/t. According to the approved mine closure plan, the mine closure cost will cover the

closure activities for which a corpus fund will be created by opening an escrow

account with the coal controller organization in nationalized bank (Escrow account

has been opened in OBC Bank in 2015). In case of occurrence of acid mine



drainage, post closure acid mine drainage management cost shall also be included

in the total closure cost. An amount @ Rs 6.00 lakhs per Ha of the project area will

be deposited in this account for final mine closure. Progressive mine closure will be

done with the fund provided in approved report.

The above rate has been taken from Circular No. 55011-01-2009-CPAM,

Government of India, Ministry of Coal, Dated 27 August, 2009 duly updated on 7th

January, 2013.

Type of Mine : Open Cast.

Project Life: 25 years

Total project area of the mine: 1701.32 ha

The financial provision for closure of Project Report for Amalgamated Yekona-I & II

OC mine for the entire mine life comes to around Rs. 281.5160 Crores (based on

January, 2015 WPI @ Rs 6 lakh/ Ha and 5% escalation each year. The break-up of

closure cost for Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC mine is hereunder :- Table 96 Activity wise Break-up of Closure Cost

Sl. No.

Activity % of Total Mine closure Cost

Amount (Rs.in

Crores)

Remarks

A Dismantling of structures To be included in final mine closure plan.

Service Building 0.2 0.56 Residential Building 2.67 7.52 Industrial Structures like, Workshop,

Field substation, etc. 0.3 0.84

B Permanent Fencing of mine void and other dangerous area

0.00 To be included in final mine closure plan. Random rubble masonry of height 1.2

meter including leveling up in cement concrete 1:6:12 in mud mortar

1.5 4.22

C Grading of highwall slopes 0.00 To be included in final mine closure plan.

Levelling and grading of highwall slopes

1.77 4.98

D OB Dump Reclamation 0.00 Handling/Dozing of OB Dump into

mine void and preparation of Internal dump for reclamation.

88.66 249.59 71% for progressive and 17.66% for final mine closure.

Technical and Bio-reclamation including plantation and post care.

0.4 1.13 Equal Weightage throughout the life of the mine.

E Landscaping 0.00 Landscaping of the open space in

leasehold area for improving its aesthetic and eco value.


F Plantation 0.00



Plantation over cleared area obtained after dismantling.

0.5 1.41 To be included in final mine closure plan.

Plantation around the quarry area and in safety zone.


Plantation over the external OB Dump 0.02 0.06 Equal Weightage throughout the life of the mine.

G Post Closure Env Monitoring/Testing of Parameters for three years.

0.00 For three years after mine closure

Air Quality 0.22 0.62 Water Quality 0.2 0.56

H Entrepreneurship development (vocational/ skill development) Training for sustainable income of affected people.


I Miscellaneous and other mitigative measures.

2 5.63 Equal Weightage throughout the life of the mine.

J Post Closure Manpower cost for supervision

0.8 2.25 To be included in final mine closure plan.

TOTAL 100% 281.52

1. Mining should be carried out in a phased manner initiating afforestation/

reclamation work in the mined out area of quarry and dumps done during

previous years.

2. Upto 80% of the total deposited amount including interest accrued in the

ECSROW account may be released after every 5 years. The amount

released should be equal to expenditure incurred on Progressive Mine

closure in past 5 years or 80% whichever is less.

3. The above cost/expenditure will be met from the corpus fund deposited in

the escrow account by the mine operator. However, the additional amount

beyond the escrow account will be provided by the mine operator after

estimating the final mine closure cost (as per the mine closure guideline).

4. The amount indicated separately under each head is indicative only and

based on actual expenditure the amount may change.

The Phase-I of the project is an interim arrangement for increase in production

capacity excluding forestland. No changes in mine closure plan has been envisaged

in approved Mining Plan, 2019 for Phase-I.

Cost of Organization for Executing the Closure Activities



An organization consisting of persons of different disciplines will be required to

undertake and implement the closure activities. Cost of maintaining this organization

has been accounted and included in the total cost of the final closure plan of

Amalgamated Yekona- I & II OC indicated above.

Cost of the Post-Project Monitoring After implementation of closure activities, a small team comprising of 2-3 technical

people may be required to see the efficacy of the closure activities. Cost for 2-3

years for such monitoring team functions has to be met through fund provided as per

MoC guidelines.

Mine Closure Account Corpus Deposited

An escrow account for depositing mine closure fund of Amalgamated Yekona I & II

OC has been opened in OBC Bank with account no 08973161006056. The corpus

fund deposited in Escrow as on 31.03.2019 is Rs 27.14 crore.

4.8 FLORA AND FAUNA 4.8.1 Conservation Plan for Flora & Fauna

Great Indian Bustard and Indian pied hornbill have been reported within the study

area during baseline data generation indirectly through local people. The Great

Indian Bustard are magnificent, large flying bird and was previously found throughout

India and parts of Pakistan. In India, it was distributed throughout the grasslands of

North India and the Deccan Landscape, but in last three decades there has been a

drastic change in its former range. Only about 250 individuals survive today in the

parts of India, with no breeding range outside the India. The largest population of

100-150 birds is found in the state of Rajasthan followed by less than 35 individuals

in the states Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. GIB is

listed under Schedule 1 species as per Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972, and listed as

Endangered or Appendix 1 species of CITES.

Another species of bird Indian pied hornbill, a Schedule 1 species as per Wildlife

(Protection) Act 1972, has been also observed baseline data indirectly through local

people. The great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) also known as the concave-casqued

hornbill, great Indian hornbill or great pied hornbill, is one of the larger members of

the hornbill family. It is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Its

impressive size and colour have made it important in many tribal cultures and rituals.

The great hornbill is long-lived, living for nearly 50 years in captivity. It is



predominantly frugivorous, but is an opportunist and will prey on small mammals,

reptiles and birds. The species is listed as Near Threatened (NT) according to

conservation status.

A report on status of Great Indian Bustard and associated species in the state of

Maharashtra has been published by Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in association with

Forest department of Maharashtra in 2018. During the survey, no GIB was sighted

which implies that the number of GIB might be less than 8 in Maharashtra.

The conservation plan for schedule–I species is being prepared.

The terrestrial fauna in the study area include common vertebrate and invertebrate.

The important animal species for conservation point of view in the study area which

falls under schedule II part II of “The wildlife (protection) Act, 1972 are Fox, Jungle

cat and Common lizards, Common mongoose, Cobra, Langur. This entire species

are important to us for conservation point of view therefore, it is proposed that the

Project Proponent will take the following conservation measures for the protection

and improvement of the ecology in the study area. All the fauna mentioned above

are being beneficial to us in many ways, need sincere attention for conservation and

protection. Project Proponent will take the following measures for their protection:

a) Protection Measures With help of local people and employees, watch will be kept on hunting of these birds

and animals. Forest and Police Department will be informed if such incident happens

to take action against the offenders. If necessary, with the help of forest department,

the stranded Jackal will be shifted to a safer place.

b) Strengthening of Water Bodies Through community development work in villages in the Buffer Zone existing water

sources particularly the village tanks will be strengthened to provide water to the

local community so that biotic pressure on water resources present in the forest

areas and used by wild fauna is gradually reduced.

c) Tree Planting The geo-climatic conditions of the area will favor growth of the following tree species.

They will be planted –

(i) Mahuwa (Madhuca latifolia) – For a shady tree.

(ii) Jamun (Syzigium cuminii) – For Monkey, a shady tree.

(iii) Aonla (Emblica officinalis) – For the people of the area, a shady tree.



(iv) Aam (Mangifera indica) – For Monkey etc. and a shady tree.

(v) Sehtoot (Morus alba) – Different animals and the local people.

(vi) Guava (Psidium guajava) – Different animals and the local people.

(vii) Bad (Ficus benghalensis) – For other animals, a shady tree.

(viii) Peepal (Ficus religioso) – For other animals, a shady tree.

(ix) Imli (Tamarindus indica) – Many animals, the people and shady tree.

As it is known, Jackal loves eating many fruits particularly Jamun (Sysygium

jambolana). Tendu is liked by Langur, Guava is also liked by Langur. These trees will

attract many animals and birds for feeding, perching and nesting. Also the pleasing

atmosphere created through tree planting will help in winning goodwill of the local

people who in turn will cooperate in conserving wild life.

d) Control of forest fire, fire in coal seam and coal stock Fire can destroy the entire habitats (micro and macro) and its life supporting potential

in a afforested area. Fire does not spare fauna also. WCL will implement the

existing DGMS stipulated fire protection norms on coal seams and coal stock. This

will ensure that a congenial atmosphere is created and fire does not affect the fauna

and flora as well. WCL will also encourage its employees and villagers to report

forest fires in buffer zone (if any) to Forest/Police department. WCL will also extend

its firefighting capabilities whenever needed to forest department for fighting forest

fires.

Conservation Measures

1. Monitoring of the area on regular intervals. Adopt/prescribe mitigation measures

wherever/whenever detected.

2. Management of OB Dumps appropriately. Selection of plant for forestation on the

OB dumps and the periphery should be of mixed type having a combination of fast

and slow growing species with an ultimate aim to have triple storey plantation i.e a

combination of species of tall, intermediate and short height plant may be planted all

around the dump. At the top of OB dump slow and short height plant should be

planted while at the foot, fast growing and long height plants should be planted. This

will break the blowing of wind and prevent the dust from being air born.

3. Greening of peripheral areas will be done. There is need for creating green belt of

at least 30-40 meters width to provide and effective dust, noise and sight curtain in

the periphery of mining area. The trees to be planted in the green belt area shall act



as buffers and shock absorber against dust, noise and stone flying. Trees in the

green belt should be tall, wind firm, broad leaved and evergreen.

4. A green belt of 20-30 mts wide in triple storey fashion should be raised on either

side of the haul road to prevent migration of dust and noise to far off places. Besides,

along the link road, access road, colony road, 3-4 rows of evergreen and dust

resistant plants should be raised in triple storey fashion.

5. With the help of the local people and employees watch will be kept on

hunting/killing of these animals. Forest and police department will be informed if such

incident happens to take action against the offenders. If necessary help of forest

department will be taken to shift any such stranded animals to a safer place.

6. Awareness measures about preservation of wild life and biodiversity in

neighborhood villages will be brought through painted signboards and slogans etc.

Awareness programmes in local schools will be arranged every year during

Environment week, Wild life week and Van Mahotsava.

4.9 SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS Impact and Mitigation

Every development also brings some negative impacts with it, an assessment of the

social impacts arising from the project is presented below. Potential social impacts

have been identified through survey, consultation.

Negative Impact

The land is fertile which cannot be retrieved by paying compensation or assuring

jobs, etc.

Due to the mining activities and associated transportations, air pollution, noise and

vibration pollution may increase and will add up to the existing environment. The

transportation of coal creates nuisance to the villagers residing in nearby area.

Fine particles of dust can creat impact on production of agricultural crops, human

health, etc.

Positive Impact

Company provide employment to land losers as per its R& R Policy which will

certainly change the quality of life of land losers. Total 212 employment has been

given till 30.09.2019 to the land loosers in compensation to the land. It is estimated

that approx 700 additional employment will be given to the land loosers in lieu of land

acquired during land acquisition for expansion.



This project will bring social change in the society with improved socio-economic

life of the local people, due to such projects infrastructures of the remote villages get

developed.

Nearby villages of the project will be benefited under the Corporate Social

Responsibility (CSR) activities of the WCL. Details of various CSR activities are

provided in Chapter- 8.

Mitigation Measures

To overcome the negative impacts of the project, it is essential to mitigate the

impacts in a proper way.

Area of resettlement should have cropping land and compensation should be given

as per norms.

To reduce the air pollution due to mining activities and its transportation, water

sprinkling should be done near mining site. Regular medical check-up should be

organized for villagers.

Other than employment, contract work should be given to local people so they will

support the project.

To provide skill training for alternative livelihood opportunities such as-Automobile

Training, Mechanic, Electrician, Computer Training, Plumbing, etc for youths.

To organize the SHGs of women folk and to provide them need based and market

demand driven income generation training based on available local resources.

Steps should be taken to promote household sanitation in each and every village.

Education system should be strengthened.

Rainwater harvesting and watershed development activities should be done in

these areas for recharging ground water table.

Alternative sources of drinking water like bore well or hand pump should be

provided to those villages where people fetch drinking water from long distance.

To prepare effective CSR plan of action with the participation of local people and to

implement it with family centric approach for holistic development of the village.

Analysis of Alternatives CMPDI


CHAPTER- V ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES

5.1 METHOD OF MINING: OPENCAST VS UNDERGROUND The mine is proposed to be worked by opencast method of coal mining due to

following reasons:

1. Coal extraction from the underground coal mines is significantly lower than

the opencast method of mining. By underground method of mining only 55-60

% of coal can be extracted while by opencast method more than 85 % of coal

can be extracted.

2. In case of Yekona I & II geological blocks, only top section can be worked by

underground method of mining as bottom section has lesser than the

permitted thickness of parting with top-section.

3. As only upper section of coal seam will be workable by underground method,

hence in view of conservation of coal opencast method of working is

recommended in the approved Project Report. About 23.19 Mt (40% of total

mineable reserves) of minable coal reserves will be blocked within the bottom

section of composite seam in the mine area, if underground method of

working is adopted.

4. 10 faults have been interpreted in the Yekona-I block and 5 nos of faults in

Yekona –II block, thus creating adverse geo-mining conditions for

underground method.

5. Underground mining has been ruled out considering conservation of coal in

thick seam and better economics in an opencast compared to underground

mining.

5.2 METHOD OF MINING IN OPENCAST Production is proposed from multi-sections (two sections) of composite seam.

Property of Yekona-I is highly faulted and the gradient of seam is not favourable for

Surface miner in major part of this block. Hence, deployment of Surface miner is

ruled out in Yekona - I OC mine. Deployment of dragline has not been

proposed considering the geo-mining conditions (especially gradient of the seam).

Analysis of Alternatives CMPDI


Presently shovel-Dumper combination is being practiced very successfully in existing

mines of WCL. Hence, in proposed Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC mine also

shovel-dumper combination was proposed. However, it was suggested in the

approved Project Report, 2015 that the geo-mining condition is favourable for

deployment of Surface Miner in Yekona-II OC and deployment of Surface Miner on

Hiring basis may be considered in Yekona-II OC subject to economic viability.

According to the suggestion, Surface miner has been considered and deployed in

Yekona-II quarry due to its economic and environmental benefits. Deployment of

surface miner replaces three dust-generating operations of conventional mining

system namely drilling; blasting and crushing of coal in one go.

5.3 LOCATION OF THE PROJECT The coalmines are site specific to the occurrence of coal seams. Hence, no alternate

site could be proposed instead to existing geological block.

Environment Monitoring Programme CMPDI


CHAPTER- VI ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME

6.1 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING Yekona-I OC mine is likely to commissioned before March’20 and Yekona-II OC is

an operating mine. Regular environment monitoring for both project Yekona-I OC

and Yekona-II OC is being carried out collectively. An environmental monitoring

programme envisaged as per details given below: -

Table 97 Environmental Monitoring Programme

Sl.No

Items Parameters Frequency No. of Stations

Submission

1. Ambient Air Quality Monitoring

PM2.5, PM10,SO2, NOx & Fugitive dust

Every Fortnight as per Environment Protection (Amendment), Rule 2000& NAAQS, 2009

4 Quarterly Report are being submitted to SPCB & MoEFCC. It will be continued during expansion also.

Heavy Metals (Hg, As, Ni, Cd, Cr) Analysis

Atleast once in Six months

4 Half yearly Report are being submitted to SPCB & MoEFCC. It will be continued during expansion also.

2. Water Quality Monitoring

1) 4 Parameters viz. p H, Total Suspended Solids (TSS), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) & Oil and Grease. 2) 25 Parameters

Every Fortnight Once in a Year

1

1

Quarterly Report are being submitted to SPCB & MoEFCC. It will be continued during expansion also.

3. Noise Quality Monitoring

Noise Levels Every Fortnight 2 Quarterly Report are being submitted to SPCB & MoEFCC. It will be continued during expansion also.

4. Environmental Statement

Annual Annually Report is submitted to SPCB before 30th

Environment Monitoring Programme CMPDI


September. The Environment Statement (Form-V) of existing Yekona-II OC mine for the year 2018-19 is given Annexure – XV. It will be continued during expansion also.

5. Ground Water Level Monitoring & Quality

Water Level & Quality Parameters.

Water Level – Quarterly. Water Quality – Yearly.

In Buffer Zone

Villages.

Quarterly Report are being submitted to SPCB & MoEFCC. It will be continued during expansion also.

6. Compliance Report of EC Conditions.

All conditions both Specific & General

1st June & 1st December

Not Applicable

Half yearly Report are being submitted to SPCB & MoEFCC. It will be continued during expansion also.

7. Digital Survey of entire leasehold area/core zone using Satellite remote sensing survey

Monitoring land use pattern

Once in three year

Not Applicable

Digital Survey of entire leasehold area/core zone using Satellite remote sensing survey will be submitted to RO, MoEF&CC.

Additional Studies CMPDI


CHAPTER- VII ADDITIONAL STUDIES

7.1 INTRODUCTION:

Mining is a hazardous industry. There is risk to life and property associated with

various mining and allied activities of the project. As such a detailed study has been

carried out covering identification and assessment of risk, and recommendation of

measures to prevent damage to life and property against such risks. They are

discussed below.

7.2 PUBLIC CONSULTATION To ascertain the concern of local affected and others who have a plausible stake in

environmental impacts of the project / activity, public consultation process was

conducted successfully at project site, Tehsil Warora, Chandrapur District,

Maharashtra on 14.06.2019 by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board. The Public

Hearing was presided by ADM, Chandrapur. The Public Hearing was conducted in

compliance of the ToR dated 06.06.2016 in fulfilment of the provisions of EIA

Notification, 2006. It was conducted for the Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC with

normative production capacity of 2.75 MTPA and peak capacity of 3.44 MTPA within

ML Area of 1701.32 ha. More than 200 people attended the Public Hearing from

nearby villages.

Figure 23 Officials from MPCB and ADM Chandrapur at the Dais of Public Hearing



Figure 24 PAPs present at the Public Hearing

The minutes of meeting was received from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board vide

letter MPCB/SROC-3929/2019 dated 23.07.2019.

Following major issues were

1. Rehabilitation of Marda Village 2. Provision of direct and indirect employment and skill development for

unemployed local youth. 3. Land Compensation 4. Wild vegetation on the land acquired by WCL 5. Pollution due to OB dump, mining and coal transportation. 6. Construction of Road for Coal transportation 7. Plantation activities 8. Utilization of CSR fund for Project affected villages 9. Water pollution and depletion of water table 10. Drinking Water supply arrangement to CharurKhati village

The attendance sheet of persons attending Public Hearing is attached as Annexure

8 (a).

Action taken report against the issues raised during Public Hearing is given in table.



COMPLIANCE OF MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AMALGAMATED YEKONA-I & II OPENCAST PROJECT (WCL MAJRI AREA) PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF 2.75 MTPA

(NORMATIVE) AND 3.44 MTPA (PEAK) LAND AREA 1701.32 HA

Date : 14/06/2019 Time : 11:00 AM Venue : MINE MANAGER OFFICE PREMISES, WCL YEKONA,

TAL. WARORA, DIST. CHANDRAPUR

1) Shri Liladhar Pimpalshende, Marda, Tal. Warora, Dist-Chandrapur :- Sr. No.

Objection/Suggestion/Question Compliance Budget Provision Time Line

1 As the Marda village is going to be rehabilitated, remaining 300 Acre land should also be acquired by WCL.

The Project Report (including the mining plan) for the project has been prepared by appropriately optimizing the land requirement with a view to minimizing the adverse impact on land environment. Marda village is located within the coal bearing area and as such it is proposed to be rehabilitated/ resettled outside the mine lease area at a mutually agreed site. A provision of Rs. 41.1908 crores has been kept for this purpose. The land acquisition will be done as per the provisions made in the project Report which has been duly sanctioned by the Company

As per PR Rs 41.1908 crore for Marda Village Rehab

Sec 9 for remaining land to be acquired will be completed by Sept 2020 Marda Village Rehab by March 2025



Board. Hence additional land beyond the provisions of approved Project Report cannot be made..

2 Provide the number of employment given in Yekona I & II mine. Preference in employment shall be given to the local people. The proposed 905 nos. of employment generated shall be given to the local people. Land compensation shall be given at the rate of the irrigated land.

In the project under consideration till date 365 nos. of employment for land losers have been sanctioned. Out of this 365, till date 209 employment has been given and 95 land losers have taken monetary compensation. The balance cases are pending due to lack of proper documentation of the land by the land owners. Total amount disbursed till date is Rs. 268.64 crores. The employment is given only to the eligible land losers as per the norms of the Company. In addition to these direct employment, various indirect employment yiz in contractors services, vehicle outsourcing, electrical/mechanical repairs etc., wherein local people are given the maximum preference. Further, with the acquisition of the balance, there would be about 905 land oustees directly employed in the Company. The compensation of land is given as per the

Rs 6 Lakhs/ acre, Rs 8 Lakhs/ acre, Rs 10 Lakhs/ acre Depending upon type of land

March 2021



norms depending on the type of land. In case of certified irrigated land, compensation is paid accordingly. It may be worthwhile to mention here that, as per the norms, land compensation is paid as per the provisions of the concerned act or State Govt. Notification. In this particular case, the State Govt. Notification has been followed including solatium.

3 As per the R & R policy, the person who hold 2 acres of land get job opportunity for one member of family and the person who holds 10 acres of land also get job opportunity for only one member of family. The policy must be modified and for 10 acres land owners shall get job opportunities for at least 2 members of family.

The R&R policy of the Company states the following:- Apart from payment of land compensation, employment may be given in the following manner:- i) The maximum total number of employment that may be provided to the land losers would be limited to the total no. of acres of land acquired divided by two. However, employment will be released in proportion to the land possessed. For every two acres of land one employment may be considered. The employment given against land acquisition at this project is in total compliance of the existing norms

NA NA

4 Remaining land should be acquired before rehabilitation of village.

As already indicated, the acquisition of land is totally as per the provisions made in the

As per PR - Compensation

Sec 9 for remaining land to be acquired



approved Project Report (including mining plan) which has been done considering minimum adverse impact on land environment. No land can be acquired beyond the approved provision.

provision for Land = Rs 413.702 crore MC = Rs 99.4175 crore Marda Rehab = Rs 41.1908 crore

will be completed by Sept 2020

5 The mine is not commissioned on the land acquired for existing project due to which there is no job opportunity. In this situation, how a person shall maintain their livelihood.

As already indicated, against the acquired land for the project, out of total 365 sanctioned employment, 209 have been given employment and 95 land owners have taken monetary compensation. The total compensation disbursed till date is 268.64crores. During, future acquisition as per the norms, employment/compensation will be given accordingly.

Compensation disbursement till date is Rs 268.64 crores

Yekona II started on 26.10.2017 Employment for land already acquired under Yekona I and Yekona OC mine is already given except disputed case

2) Shri. Ghanshyam Chawle, Dy. Sarpanch, Yekona Grampanchayat, Tal Warora, Dist-Chandrapur :- Sr. No.

Objection/Suggestion/ Question

Compliance Budget Provision Time Line

1 Over the acquired land of WCL, dense wild vegetation has been grown, it should be removed to avoid the threat of wild animals to the nearby farmers.

The wild vegetation grown over the acquired land has been removed. In future also, similar clearing of wild vegetation will be taken up as & when required.

Departmental Completed



3) Shri Chandrashekhar Pahapale, Yekona, Tal. Warora, Dist. Chandrapur :- Sr. No.



1 The public hearing is for which project? The detail information regarding acquisition of land has not been provided to concerned gram Panchayat.

Public hearing is being conducted for Yekona I & II OC (Amalgamated) project falling under administrative control of Majri Area of WCL. The detailed information regarding acquisition of land from the concerned Gram panchayats was given in the meeting held on 08.06.2019 at the office of General Manager, Majri Area with Sarpanch and Dy. Sarpanch of all concerned Gram panchayats. Further, during presentation of the project at the public hearing, the details were also presented

NA Completed

2 In this project, there are 13 to 14 contractors. But the contractors has given job opportunities to outsiders and not given any opportunity to local people.

Regarding jobs to the local people with the contractors, it is submitted that preference is always given to the local people. In Majri area, there are 795 jobs with contractors at present and out of which 639 are local people. In future also, the local people will be given first priority for employment with the contractors

NA NA



3 As overburden is 100 meters away from Yekona village, due to which pollution problem will be created and villagers may suffer. Also due to overburden river water will enter in village causing damages hence, Yekona Village shall be rehabilitated.

The OB dumps are planned in such a way that there is sufficient safe distance from nearby village, Moreover, dumps will be developed considering all the issues viz. slope, height etc. It has been further planned that, the OB dumps will also be suitably reclaimed biologically as planned in the EMP. It is further mentioned that with respect to Yekona village, the dump is planned 100 m away as such with the appropriate preventive measures as indicated above, there is no danger to the village. Regarding flow of the silt & sediments to river, it is submitted that, the OB dump will be surrounded by garland drains which will collect all the silt & sediments flowing from OB dumps during monsoon. Further adequate safe distance will be maintained from the banks of river so that there is no flow of silt & sediments into the river. As such, question of OB flowing into the river does not arise and there is no need of shifting / rehabilitating Yekona village

Rs15.00 lakhs under PR for Plantation. Moreover, As per prevailing plantation rate by state forest department – Plantation will be taken up in EMP Revenue Budget

Plantation programme as per EMP

4 Compensation over mutual partition deed is not received to 16-17 persons. Same shall be given.

The files containing relevant documents as submitted by the project affected families are being examined and whatever is permitted

Total PR Provision for Compensation for

March 2021



within the norms / rule, the actions will be taken

Land = Rs 413.702 crore MC = Rs 99.4175 crore

5 Dust emissions are observed on the road as the road is constructed by depositing overburden. Existing WBM road to be converted to bituminous road for coal transportation and regular water sprinkling should be done.

It may be appreciated that the project has just been started, which is only in its 3rd year of life. The road construction has already been taken up first with WBM. The project activity is also in a small scale. In order to control fugitive dust emission, regular water spraying is being done through mobile water tankers. The present WBM road will be converted to bituminous road in phases

As per PR Rs 246.92 Lakhs for approach road and Rs 944.51 lakhs for heavy duty roads. PR Provision for Fixed sprinklers = Rs 35 lakhs

March 2021 (Bituminous road) March 2021 (Fixed sprinklers at coal stockyard & Weigh Bridge)

4) Shri. Santosh Uddhavrao Jiwtode, Naidev, Tal. Warora, Dist-Chandrapur :- Sr. No.



1 The road between Naidev Village to Warora is not constructed. The road is constructed by local people’s contribution. This road is used for coal transportation. Dust emissions are observed due to coal transportation resulting problems for local people causing frequent accidents. Also crops are damaged

Now, the road between Naidev Village to Warora is not being used for coal transportation For coal transportation, new black topped road will be constructed (SOIT-MADHELI Road) Adequate precautions will be taken to control emission of fugitive dust as well as to

Rs 8.87 crores MoU Signed between WCL & PWD Chandrapur for construction of By-pass road (SOIT-MADHELI Road) which will be used as coal transportation road



due to dilapidated condition of this road. The capacity of the road shall be increased by repairing the road & only then coal transportation shall be done on this road.

avoid accidents

5) Shri. Sheshrao Jiwtode, Charurkhati, Tal. Warora, Dist-Chandrapur:- Sr. No.



1 Surrounding agricultural land of the mine is affected due to mine. Hence, the land where survey is not carried out should also be acquired and included in the project. Then & only then our Gram Panchayat will give NOC. Employment shall be given to the unemployed whose land has not been acquired in the project.

In this regard, it is mentioned that, the requirement of land for the project has been optimized. Considering the environmental concerns of the local /neighbouring people, with the sole objective of minimizing degradation of land &. maximizing the reclamation of degraded land. Adequate preventive measures have been incorporated in the management plan so that there is no adverse impact on the land beyond what is required for the project. Approximately 50% of the mine area is proposed to be covered with plantation at the end of mining life. The external dump are being created by maintaining the safe distance from village as well as nearby near-by natural water course. As such, adequate preventive measures are inbuilt in the plan which will implemented during operations of the mine As such, no land beyond what has been

Skill Development programme as approved by WCL HQ on year to year basis Annual Skill development budget = Rs 6.50 lakhs

Continuous process



given in the approved project report / notified will be acquired. Regarding employment, all the eligible land losers are being given employment against acquisition of land. For the unemployed youths of the locality, various skill development programme will be organised. Similar types of programme have already been organised for computer literacy, beautician, courses, data entry operators, security guards, mobile repairing etc

2 CSR fund should be utilized for only project affected villages.

Agreed. CSR fund is being used for project affected villages and will continue to be used for project affected village only. CSR activities approved for 2019-20 are as follows: 5 Hand pumps Yekona Village. 3 hand pumps for Marda Village, Barbed wire fencing for Charurkhati School boundary, Chiller & RO for Yekona Village

Rs 12.00 Lakhs (CSR Budget provision for 2019-20)

March 2020

3 Appropriate compensation shall be given to the PAPs whose land has been acquired.

The total process of land acquisition is being carried out as per the provisions of CIL's R & R policy in vogue. All land owners will receive monetary compensation for the land acquired from them. Land compensation shall be paid as per provisions of the concerned act or state govt. notification. In addition to the above, solatium will be paid as per the provisions of

About Rs 131.89 crores already paid against land compensation

Completed



the concerned act I as imposed by the state govt. So far about Rs 131.89 crores has been paid against land compensation

4 Records of land which is going to be acquired should be taken from the land owner and not from the Talathi.

The records of land, which is going to be acquired are taken from the authority of state government following the extent rules of the state government

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6) Shri. Dhananjay Pimpalshende, Village Marda, Tal. Warora, Dist-Chandrapur:- Sr. No.



1 Due to increase in depth of mine to 525 mtrs. the water table of the area will go down and will affect the agricultural field. What measures will be taken to overcome this situation?

It may kindly be noted that the maximum depth of the mine as proposed in the approved project report is 160 m. This depth will be reached gradually over a period of 25 years. During operations, abstraction of water will be there for working in the mine safely As such, to study the impact of abstraction of ground water from the mine, quarterly monitoring of ground water level in the villages located within the 10 km radius of the mine is being done and it will done continuously till the mine life. The results of the level monitoring as on date reveal that there is no impact on the ground water. Moreover, from the hydro-geological

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assessment, it has been worked out that the impact zone is limited to 500-700 m from the mine working as such it does not extend beyond the acquisition limit. In addition to the above regular monitoring, artificial ground water structure will be built within the mine land area over various administrative office buildings. The ground water recharge structure viz. desilting of existing village pond , deepening of pond etc. will also be taken up after taking due permission of the respective village panchayats. In addition, to the above, in case of emergency situation, the treated mine pumped out water will be released for local villagers for their agricultural fields.

2 Will the WCL provide water at their own cost or the farmers will have to pay for this.

In case of water scarcity/ emergency situation, WCL will provide water to the farmers free of cost

NA As & when required

3 WCL has informed that Skill Development Programme will be implemented. What action regarding the same has been taken by the WCL in last 1 ½ years?

During the last three years, various skill development programmes were organized by WCL Majri Area for PAPs of various mines of Majri Area. Details of beneficiaries is as below – Security Guard training - 148 Computer training – 120 Paramedical training – 30

Skill Development programme as approved by WCL HQ on year to year basis Annual Skill development budget = Rs 6.50

Continuous process



Nursing training -30 Mobile repairing -30 Beauty parlour training – 85 Tailoring training - 85

lakhs

4 Canteen is proposed in the project. Employment shall be provided to the villagers in the canteen.

Noted. Preferences will be given to local people for employment with contractors within provisions of the rules of the company

NA NA

5 Work of plantation should be given to local Bachat Gats so that local people will get the employment.

Plantation in the mine area will be carried out by state level expert forest agencies. These agencies employ local people while undertaking plantation during monsoon months

NA NA

6 Water table will be depleted after commissioning of the mine. The extracted mine water shall be discharged into the canals.

It may kindly be noted that the maximum depth of the mine as proposed in the approved project report is 160 m. This depth will be reached gradually over a period of 25 years. During operations, abstraction of water will be there for working in the mine safely. As such, to study the impact of abstraction of ground water from the mine, quarterly monitoring of ground water level in the villages located within the 10 km radius of the mine is being done and it will done continuously till the mine life. The results of the level monitoring as on date reveal that there is no impact on the ground water. Moreover, from the hydrogeological assessment, it has been worked out that the

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impact zone is limited to 500-700 m from the mine working as such it does not extend beyond the acquisition limit. In addition to the above regular monitoring, artificial ground water structure will be built within the mine land area over various administrative office buildings. The ground water recharge structure viz. desilting of existing village pond , deepening of pond etc. will also be taken up after taking due permission of the respective village panchayats. In addition, to the above, in case of emergency situation, the treated mine pumped out water will be released for local villagers for their agricultural fields.

7) Shri. Rahul Dhoke, Village CharurKhati, Dist-Chandrapur:- Sr. No.



1 How many employment has been provided on acquired land and will be provided against the acquired land?

In the project under consideration till date 365 nos. of employment for land losers have been sanctioned. Out of this 365, till date 209 employment has been given and 95 land losers have taken monetary compensation.

Total PR Provision for Compensation for Land = Rs 413.702 crore MC = Rs 99.4175 crore

March 2021 (No. of Employment on land to be acquired will be ascertained after Section 9 and same will be finalised as



The balance cases are pending due to lack of proper documentation of the land by the land owners. Total amount disbursed till date is Rs. 268.64crores. The employment is given only to the eligible land losers as per the norms of the Company. In addition to these divert employment, various indirect employment viz in contractors services, vehicle outsourcing, electrical/mechanical repairs etc., wherein local people are given the maximum preference. Further, with the acquisition of the balance, there would be about 965 land oustees directly employed in the Company. The compensation of land is given as per the norms depending on the type of land. In case of certified irrigated land, compensation is paid accordingly. It may be worthwhile to mention hare that, as per the norms land compensation is paid as per the provisions of the concerned Act or State Govt. Notification. In this particular case, the State Govt. Notification has been followed including solatium

Rs. 268.64crores compensation already paid as on date

per CIL R&R Policy and RFCTLAAR Act 2013)



8) Shri. Gajanan Balaji Gandhare, Marda, Tal. Warora, Dist-Chandrapur:- Sr. No.



1 I own a farm which is located adjacent to this project. What measures shall be taken regarding dust pollution? Nuisance of wild animals in the area have increased. Also there is no water to bore-wells.

In order to control emission of dust, appropriate preventive measures have been planned and are being implemented during day to mining operations. In this regard, it may be mentioned that major coal extraction is being done by Surface Miner which eliminate drilling and blasting. Further, for balance drilling in coal as well as in OB, wet drilling system is being used. To control emission during coal transportation, adequate numbers of mobile tankers are deployed for water spraying all along the road. In addition to the above, adequate plantation has been planned over external OB dumps, on backfilled area, along roads, around infrastructure as well as in vacant land. The plantation will be carried out over the total 25 years of life of the mine which will ultimately cover about 50% of the total land required for the mine. In addition to all the above, the siting of external OB dumps has been planned keeping a safe distance from the village land so as to avoid/minimize adverse impacts. The wild vegetation grown in the acquired

PR Provision for Air Pollution Control is Rs 35.00 lakhs (Sprinkler) Rs 15.00 lakhs (Plantation)

March 2020 (sprinkler) Plantation as per plantation programme in EMP



land has already been removed and further in future similar steps will be taken. The wild vegetation has been removed and same will also be done in future as and when required

9) Shri. Ravindra Buradkar, Marda, Tal. Warora, Dist-Chandrapur:- Sr. No.



1 Employment shall be given to the unemployed persons of the village.

Preference in employment with the contractors will be given to local people within the norms of the company. Further various skill development programmes are being conducted by Majri Area for enhancing employability of the local people. These programme will continue to be undertaken as being done at present

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10) Shri. Ganesh Chawale, Yekona, Tal. Warora, Dist. Chandrapur:- Sr. No.



1 WCL should ensure the utilization of CSR fund for development of project affected villages only. Employment shall be given to the unemployed.

Agreed. CSR fund is being used for project affected villages and will continue to be used for project affected village only. Skill Development Programme will be implemented in future as well. During the last three years, various skill development

Rs 12.00 Lakhs (Approved under CSR Budget 19-20) Skill Development programme as

March 2020 Cont. Process



programmes were organized by WCL Majri Area for PAPs of various mines of Majri Area. Details of beneficiaries is as below – Security Guard training - 148 Computer training – 120 Paramedical training – 30 Nursing training -30 Mobile repairing -30 Beauty parlour training – 85 Tailoring training – 85 CSR activities approved for 2019-20 are as follows: 5 Hand pumps Yekona Village. 3 handpumps for Marda Village, Barbed wire fencing for Charurkhati School boundary, Chiller & RO for Yekona Village

approved by WCL HQ on year to year basis Rs 6.50 lakhs annual Skill Development Budget for Majri Area

11) Shri. Kamlakar Matte, Wanoja, Tal. Warora, Dist-Chandrapur:- Sr. No.



1 Which is main coal transportation road?

By-pass road joining Soit - Madheli - Warora road to Wani-Warora road will be the main Coal transportation road. Same will be constructed by PWD and the funds will be provided by WCL.

Rs 8.87 crores MoU Signed between WCL & PWD Chandrapur for construction of By-pass road



For the time being, Road from Wanoja to Mohbala is being used as coal transportation road. Same will be black topped

(SOIT-MADHELI Road) which will be used as coal transportation road

12) Shri. Ganesh Manohar Jambhulkar, Charurkhati, Tal. Warora, Dist-Chandrapur Sr. No.



1 Why my land in survey no. 449 has been left in section 4?

Survey no. 449 of Charurkhati village is located outside boundary of the mine as given in the approved Project Report. Hence, it has been left out in the notification.

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13) Sau. Yogita Pimpalshende, Sarpanch Marda, Tal. Warora, Dist. Chandrapur:- Sr. No.



1 Marda village shall be included in CSR & developmental works shall be carried out.

Marda village located on coal bearing area is proposed to relocated at new site which will be finalized after mutual agreement. A capital provision of Rs. 41.9108 crores has been kept in the approved Project Report for implementation of the total resettlement scheme. The CSR activities include taking up various

Cumulative Budget of Rs 12.00 lakhs for CSR works in 2019-20

March 2020



works for improvement in drinking water facility, sanitation, roads, education etc. The activities are carried out every year as per the norms of DPE/Company's Act. CSR activities approved for 2019-20 in Marda Village is Providing 3 hand pumps for Village

2 Project Proponent shall inform about how & where Marda Village will be rehabilitated.

Marda village is located in the coal bearing area and as such it is proposed to be relocated at new site. The site will be outside the mine lease area and at a place which will be mutually agreed. For setting up the resettlement site, a provision of 8.00 ha land has been made in the approved Project Report. For the execution of the above, a committee will be set up which will take up the issue with Marda village panchayat and an appropriate location will be finalized after mutual consent. A total provision of Rs. 41.9108 crores has been kept in the approved Project Report for implementation of the resettlement scheme.

Rs 41.1908 crores for Marda Village Rehab

March 2025

3 Women of Marda village shall be given employment.

There is no discrimination in and gender equality is followed in respect of job within the extent provisions/norms of the Company. For woman, exclusively various skill development programmes are organised

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which will continue to be done in future also 14) Shri. Sheshrao Jivtode, Charurkhati, Tal. Warora, Dist. Chandrapur:- Sr. No.



1 Why my land has been left in section 4?

The notification against land acquisition has been made as per the provisions /demarcation in the approved project report & subsequent survey. The subject land falls outside the approved / surveyed limit. As such, this particular and has not been included in the notification.

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15) Shri. Narendra Adkine, Charurkhati, Tal. Warora, Dist. Chandrapur:- Sr. No.



1 What decision will be taken regarding persons whose land has not be acquired?

For persons whose land has not been acquired, appropriate actions are being taken for sustaining their livelihood I in come through skill development to enhance their employability. In Majri Area, various such programmes are organised for beautician course (for women),

Skill Development programme as approved by WCL HQ on year to year basis Rs 6.50 lakhs of annual skill

Continuous process



mobile repairing, electrician, security guards etc. During the last three years, various skill development programmes were organized by WCL Majri Area for PAPs of various mines of Majri Area. Details of beneficiaries is as below – Security Guard training - 148 Computer training – 120 Paramedical training – 30 Nursing training -30 Mobile repairing -30 Beauty parlour training – 85 Tailoring training – 85

development budget for Majri Area

16) Shri. Bhanudas Asutkar, Charurkhati, Tal. Warora, Dist. Chandrapur Sr. No.



1 The land having S. no. 500 & 501 has not been included in the project. Appropriate decision shall be taken regarding the same & employment shall be given in this project only.

The land having survey no. 500 & 501 is falling outside the approved mine boundary. As such, these two survey nos have not been included in this notification. Employment is given & will continue to be given as per the norms of the company

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17) Sau. Sunanda Jivtode, Zilla Parishad Member Charurkhati, Tal. Warora, Dist-Chandrapur :- Sr. No.



1 The land which is in between acquired land shall be acquired. Water supply arrangement shall be provided to Charurkhati village by WCL. PAPs shall be given employment in the same project for which land is acquired. Employment shall be given to the unemployed of the village. Road and bridge going to CharurKhati village shall be constructed.

In this present proposal of amalgamated Yekona & II OC project, the land falling in between the existing Yekona I & II has already been proposed for acquisition. Water supply arrangement will be made for Charurkhati village in case village wells go dry. The land owners will be given employment as per the norms of the company. In case of unemployed youth of the nearby villages, various skill development programmes will be undertaken to enhance the employability. In addition, various developmental works under CSR will be undertaken as per the felt needs of the villagers.

Total PR Provision for Compensation for Land = Rs 413.702 crore MC = Rs 99.4175 crore

March 2021

18) Shri. Anand Lohekar, Yekona, Tal. Warora, Dist. Chandrapur:- Sr. No.



1 Why my land has been left in section This particular piece of land located outside NA NA



4? the limit / boundary of the approved provisions and as such not included in the notification.

19) Shri. Maroti Modak, Wanoja, Tal. Warora, Dist-Chandrapur Sr. No.



1 It takes lot of time for notification, acquisition, compensation and employment which must be reduced.

Noted. All efforts will be made at this end, so that there is optimum use of time for preparation & submission of proposals.

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2 Some land is located adjacent to Warora-Madheli road and some land is located adjacent to canal. Compensation of these land shall be given as considering irrigated land and land which is located adjacent to highways shall be given compensation as per highway rates.

The compensation of land is determined as per the records of land usage available with the state government. The rate of land compensation is fixed by the notification of state govt. Accordingly compensation has been paid & will be paid for the remaining land under acquisition.


March 2021

3 Employment shall be given as per education qualification.

Employment shall be given as per R&R Policy of the company in vogue.

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4 Plantation should be done on OB dumps after levelling.

Plantation has been planned over OB dumps. As per the approved mine plan, the area earmarked for the OB dump is 320.22 ha. As per the approved project report, in the 25 yrs of operational life of the mine, the entire 320.02 ha of OB dumps will be

As per prevailing plantation rate by state forest department

Plantation programme as per EMP



covered with plantation. 20) Shri. Bhupendra Meshram, Charurkhati, Tal. Warora, Dist-Chandrapur - Sr. No.



1 Employment is not given to literate people of the village Charurkhati.

The employment against land acquisition for the Charurkhati village is being given as per norms of the company with benefits as per the R & R policy of CIL in vogue.

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21) Shri. Rakesh Bothele, Yekona, Tal. Warora, Dist-Chandrapur :-

Sr. No.



1 There is no approach road for my field due to mine.

Work of road construction is completed Departmentally Completed

22) Shri. Bandu Dhengale, Yekona, Tal. Warora, Dist-Chandrapur:- Sr. No.



1 Why the land having S. No. 106 has not been acquired?

The plot bearing survey no. 106 is already acquired in Yekona II OC Mine. SO no.2576 of Sec 9 notification


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23) Sau. Mira Balaji Nannaware, Marda, Tal. Warora, Dist. Chandrapur:- Sr. No.



1 Employment is not provided even after 3 years of acquisition.

Employment has already been provided to 209 land owners & 95 have been provided with monetary compensation. The balance cases are disputed once which are pending due to lack of appropriate document.

NA Completed

24) Shri. Liladhar Pimpalshende, Marda, Tal. Warora, Dist. Chandrapur:- Sr. No.



1 Whether land acquisition will be done as per R & R Policy, 2012 or any other policy?

Land acquisition is being done as per the extent rules following the R & R policy of CIL, 2O12.

NA NA

25) Shri. Vitthal Bodhe, Marda, Tal. Warora, Dist. Chandrapur:- Sr. No.



1 Land has been acquired by WCL. PAPs got their compensation but irrigated land did not get appropriate compensation?

The land usage records have been obtained from state govt and compensation has been assessed as per state govt notification. The benefits etc are provided as per the R & R policy of CIL, 2012


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Summary of compliance of issues raised during Public Hearing is detailed below: Table 98 Summary of compliance of issues raised during Public Hearing

S.NO CONCERNS RAISED STATUS OF COMPLIANCE 1. Rehabilitation of Marda

Village

To be rehabilitated outside ML area. (Provision of Rs 41.1908 Cr has been made). For setting up the resettlement site, a provision of 8.00 ha land has been made in the approved Project Report. For the execution of the above, a committee will be set up which will take up the issue with Marda village panchayat and an appropriate location will be finalized after mutual consent.

2. Provision of employment to Land losers

There would be about 965 land oustees to be directly employed in the Company. Till 30.09.2019, out of 365 sanctioned employment, 209 land losers have been provided employment and 95 have taken monetary compensation. Balance cases are pending due to lack of proper documentation. (Provision of Rs 268.64 Cr has been made for it.)

3. Provision of indirect employment to local people

Various indirect employment is also generated viz in contractors services, vehicle outsourcing, electrical/mechanical repairs etc., wherein local people are given the maximum preference.

4. Provision of employment and skill development to other unemployed youth

Skill development programme will be organised. Programmes have already been organised for computer literacy, beautician, courses, data entry operators, security guards, mobile repairing etc

5. Employment to local people in plantation

State forest department undertake plantation during monsoon months and employ local people for it.

6. Land Compensation

Sec 9 for remaining land to be acquired will be completed by Sep2020. So far about Rs 268.64has been paid against land compensation.

7. Wild vegetation on the land acquired by WCL

It has been cleared and will also be taken care of in future.

8. Pollution issue due to OB dump

Sufficient distance from the village has been maintained (150 m). It will be suitable reclaimed biologically. It will be surrounded by garland drains to collect all the silt and sediments flowing into river.



9. Dust emission due to mining Major coal extraction is being done by Surface Miner which eliminate drilling and blasting. Further, for balance drilling in coal as well as in OB, wet drilling system is being used.

10. Dust emission due to coal transportation on existing WBM road.

To control fugitive dust emission, mobile water tankers for water spraying has been employed. The present WBM road will be converted to bituminous road by March 2021.

11.

Construction of Road for Coal transportation

By-pass road joining Soit - Madheli - Warora road to Wani-Warora road will be the main Coal transportation road. Same will be constructed by PWD and the funds will be provided by WCL. For the time being, Road from Wanoja to Mohbala is being used as coal transportation road. Same will be black topped. Provision of Rs. 9.00 Cr has been made for it.

12. Plantation activities The plantation will be carried out over the total 25 years of life of the mine which will ultimately cover about 50% of the total land required for the mine. Adequate plantation has been planned over external OB dumps, on backfilled area, along roads, around infrastructure as well as in vacant land.

13. Plantation on OB dump As per the approved mine plan, the area earmarked for the OB dump is 320.22 ha and in the 25 yrs of operational life of the mine, the entire area of OB dumps will be covered with plantation.

14. Utilisation of CSR fund for Project affected villages

CSR activities approved for 2019-20 are: 5 Hand pumps Yekona Village. 3 handpumps for Marda Village, Barbed wire fencing for Charurkhati School boundary, Chiller & RO for Yekona Village. Provision of 12 lakhs have been made.

15. Water pollution and depletion of water table

In addition to the regular ground water monitoring, artificial ground water structure will be built within the mine land area over various administrative office buildings. The ground water recharge structure viz. desilting of existing village pond, deepening of pond etc. will also be taken up

16. Water supply arrangement Water supply arrangement will be made for



to CharurKhati village Charurkhati village in case village wells go dry.



7.3 RISK ASSESSMENT AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN The project report of Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC has been drawn in conformity

with the prevailing statutory provisions as per Mines Act 1952, CMR 2017 applicable

for safety in Opencast Mines. However, the following matters related to safety during

opencast operations have been given a special consideration.

In detailed in approved Project Report, The bench height and width would be kept as

per the Statute. Haul road has to be maintained with the requisite gradient as per

regulation and in accordance with the conditions imposed by DGMS in its permission

under relevant provisions of Coal Mines Regulations, 2017.

Adequate care must be taken for proper construction and maintenance of haul road.

The HEMM deployed in the project are equipped with suitable in-built safety devices

like audio-visual alarm, fire extinguishers, etc.

The fencing should be erected round the quarry surface so that entry to unauthorized

persons is checked. Hard hat, safety boots, dust respirators, etc. has been provided

for safe working. Necessary fund provision has been made for the same in

Approved Project Report. 7.3.1Safety from Inundation

The part of proposed mine area is under the HFL of Wardha river (recorded HFL is

198 m). In approved Project Report it is proposed to make a flood protection

embankment 6m above HFL around the proposed mine wherever necessary. The

top width of embankment is proposed as 30m. Capital provision of Rs 50 Lakhs has

been made for pitching of embankment on river side upto HFL level in the approved

Project Report. During rainy season regular inspection of embankment shall be

done. All precautions as per CMR shall be taken.

A 268 m long barrage has been constructed by MIDC over the Wardha River at Marda

village adjacent to the Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC mine. It is advised that the

water level of Wardha River should be continuously monitored near the mine area

and necessary steps should be taken if required keeping in view the safety aspect.

An early warning system alarm should be installed at the riverbank, which have

connections with the Manager’s Office. Additional precautionary measures such as

increasing the height of Embankment, strengthening of Embankment etc should be

taken by implementing authority.

It is necessary to conduct a scientific study for ascertaining the impact of Marda



Barrage over the project.

7.3.2 Safety Aspects for Blasting Operations

As explosives are required in bulk for blasting in opencast mines, provision of CMR,

2017 should be ensured.

All blasting operations are carried out in day light. Suitable precautions are to be

taken as per the Statute before and after blasting operations. Controlled blasting

techniques are required to be practiced to minimize fly off rocks and ground

vibrations and keep them within safe limits.

7.3.3 Slope Stability

It are suggested that following action may be taken to deal with slope stability

problem.

i) Vulnerable area may be identified and marked on quarry plan.

ii) Observation of actual alignment of fault planes, its throw, joints, etc. may be

recorded during the process of excavation.

iii) Water drainage system may be properly implemented to prevent accumulation of

water in cracks. Also dumps should be leveled to prevent accumulation of water

over it. Proper drainage in dumps should be also provided to prevent erosion of toe

of dump. Regular monitoring of tension cracks, horizontal and vertical movement of

strata in critical area may be done.

iv) Undercutting of slopes should not be done.

v) Proper hydro geological studies to be done if water table is at level of slope, it

should be brought down by using submersible pumps to prevent hydrostatic

pressure.

vi) Proper selection of site for dumping to be done. Before dumping place should be

made free from loose material. Dumping should be done in layers/stages.

vii) After completion of dumping operations, dumps to be stabilized by growing

suitable vegetation.

7.3.4 Safety aspects for Outsourcing / Hiring of HEMM

Special precaution should be taken while employing contractual machine & labours

in the mine. Before employing contractual workers to the mine proper vocational

training should be imparted based on recommendations of various Safety

Conference. Terms and conditions for deployment of contractual labours as well as

machineries shall be fixed by management. Some of the major aspects are as



follows:

A) For persons : i) Records in Form-B & Form-E shall be maintained. ii) Records of VTC driving license of operators shall be kept by Operators and readily available for inspection by management iii) Salaries shall be distributed in front of management representative iv) No person shall be employed unless person holds VTC certificate and Management is informed. v) Adequate supervision shall be maintained by competent person. vi) All persons employed in mine shall obey lawful instructions of mine supervisors and officials. B) For Machineries : i) All the machineries to be deployed in mines should be passed by the management. ii) RTO certificate photo copies of all vehicles shall be submitted to management. iii) Daily welding, monitoring, inspection shall be done by contractor's mechanic as directed by management. iv) Machine manufacturers should be asked to give risk analysis. v) Records of daily maintenance breakdown repairs etc shall be maintained by contractor and shall be available for inspection by mine officials.

C) General :

i) No person/vehicle shall be deployed at any place other than authorized place.

ii) All employees of contractors should obey lawful instruction of mine

management.

iii) Risk Management Plan by contractor of tipper and excavators may be made and

implemented.

iv) VTC trained Manpower shall only be deployed in the mine.

v) Restricted traffic & traffic control planning shall be done and implemented.

7.3.5 Precaution against Fire

(1) Wild or herbaceous plants shall be removed from the mine.

(2) No person shall deposit heated material or ashes on any opencast working. Also

no person shall light a fire or permit a fire to be lighted in any OC working except by

the permission in writing of the Manager and only for a special purpose specified

therein.



(3) No coal shall be left exposed in coal benches more than its incubation

period to avoid fire in seam due to spontaneous heating.

(4) Proper type of the extinguisher to be kept in each HEMM ready for use in case of

emergency.

(5) In coal stock coal shall be dispatched on the basis of first in first out.

7.3.6 General Lighting

The standards of lighting to be provided in opencast coal mines during working

hours at different places or areas where natural light is not sufficient has been

specified in CMR 2017. The standards are summarized below.

Table 99 Standard for General Lighting Sl. No.

Location Minimum standard

of illumination (LUX)

Level in which illumination is to be provided

1. Operational area of Dragline & Shovel 5 10

Horizontal Vertical

2. Operational area of drills 10 Vertical 3. Operators cabin of shovel, dragline

drill etc. 30 Horizontal

4. Dumper haul road 0.5 to 3.0 Horizontal 5. OB & Coal Dumps 3.0 Horizontal 6. Roadways & foot path from bench to

bench 3.0 Horizontal

7. Coal handling plant, workshop & Service buildings.

As per BIS Specification

8. Picking conveyor of CHP 50 Horizontal at level of belt at work site

9. Working area of Dozer 10 Horizontal at level of crawler

Lighting near the faces and haul road may be arranged by cluster of high pressure

sodium vapour lamps/metal halide/HPMV lamps located on the top of an

adjustable telescopic mast, mounted on a platform with rubber tyred which or

skids and having portable diesel generating set.



7.3.7 Risk Management: Ninth Conference on Safety in Mines recommended adopting Risk Management as a

tool for development of appropriate health & safety management in Indian Mines.

The Safety Management System established by a mine must ensure all risk are

identified and critical risks are controlled to ensure long term health and safety.

A Safety Management System should set the culture, framework and actions necessary

to ensure that mining operations are carried out safely.

In order to turn these commonly agreed principles into an effective safety management

system for the mine, the system may include the following elements:

Health & Safety Policy of the company and the mine

Roles and Responsibilities of all levels in the organization

Specified competencies of staff

Safety Committee, formation and role

Method to identify and control high risk

Forward Programme to ensure actions to control hazards are carried out

Emergency preparedness to cope with a hazard if it should occur

Monitoring processes for all identified hazards with or without residual risks

Identification of trigger points and resultant actions if these are reached

Safety clearance for new equipment, work methods and materials used

Accidents Statistics collection, analysis & Actions.

Reporting and record keeping requirements

Auditing and review process.

7.4 REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R & R)

The project area has been taken in consideration for the quarry and OB dumping in

view of minimizing impact on environment and local population. However, Marda

village located 50 meters from the Quarry and over coal bearing area is required to

be rehabilitated and resettled outside the mine lease area.



Total land involved including the land for resettlement and gaothan land is 1701.32

ha (1617.18 ha tenancy land &84.14 ha govt land).

Acquisition of 8 ha tenancy land has been proposed for re-settlement of Marda

village outside the mine area at some suitable location. Provision for 8.12 ha

gaothan land has also been proposed in approved Project Report. Thus, For

economic evaluation, one time monetary compensation in lieu of employment (@ Rs.

5 lakh/Acre) for 50% of Tenancy land has been considered in approved Project

Report. However, it is envisaged that WCL may offer jobs as per the New R&R

policy of CIL to those land losers who are not willing to take monetary compensation

in lieu of employment.

In this report rehabilitation of Marda village is proposed as it is located on coal

bearing area. The census data of year 2011 is available for Marda village. The data

for Marda Village is as tabulated below:-

Population of Marda Village as Per 2011 Census Data

Sl. No Village Name Households Population Males Females

1 Marda 208 864 450 414

A Capital provision of Rs. 41.1908 crores has been made in approved Project Report

for resettlement of Marda Village. This includes 8.00 ha land for resettlement site of

village and cost of 8.12 ha Gaothan land of Marda village.



Figure 25 Plan showing Location of Marda Village

Rehabilitation Scheme Compensation will be paid to the families as per the R & R Policy of Coal India.Rate

adopted for Government land is as per prevalent Ready Reckoner rate of Rs 14.82

lacs/ha. For tenancy land Rs 24.70 lacs/ha is adopted assuming irrigated land.

Provision of 41.19 Crores has been made in approved project report for the

rehabilitation and resettlement of Marda village.

The following figures for Rehabilitation as shown in Table below are estimates only

and are subject to change at the time of actual implementation.

Table 100 Rehabilitation Cost (Amt. in `000s)

S No.

Rehabilitation of Marda Village (As per 2011 Census Population 864, No. of Household- 208)

Area Rate Total Amount

a Land Cost for Settlement of families 8.00 2470 19760



b One time Monetary Compensation package for land holders as per new R&R package of CIL

8.00 1235 9880

c Stamp Duty, Registration charges & Lawyer's fees @1.25 % of total Value of land

398

d Cost of Gaothan/populated Land of Marda Village 8.12 20000 162400

e Compensation for 208 Houses 104000 f Lumpsum Development Charges - 30000 30000 g Shifting of families 214 Nos 300 64200 h Payment to NGOs and related works 8000

i Minimum Agriculture Wage @25 days/ Month for one year Per family 214 Nos 45 9630

j Miscellaneous - - 3640 SUB TOTAL 411908

Schedule of Land Acquisition

It is contemplated that the entire exercise of land acquisition and R & R of villages

shall be completed in first five years of project.

Rehabilitation will be based on CIL policies given below: Table 101 R& R Policy of Coal India Limited

Category of persons affected by the Project

Compensation and Rehabilitation entitlement option

i) Persons (including tribals cultivating land under traditional rights) from whom land is acquired

Provisions All land owners with titles will receive monetary compensation for the land acquired from them. The value of the land is determined on the basis of prevailing legal norms. In respect of tribals cultivating land under traditional rights, authentication of land held under traditional rights by State Authorities will be necessary. In addition to above the following shall apply Land Compensation: - Land compensation shall be paid as per the provisions of the concerned Act or State Govt. notification. Where no notification of the State Govt. is available the concerned subsidiary Board may decide on the rate of compensation keeping in view the compensation provided by the neighbouring states. Authentication of land held un*der traditional rights by state authorities will be necessary. In addition to above Solatium will be paid as per provisions of the concerned Act / as imposed by the concerned state Govt.

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. Escalation of land compensation: - Escalation will be paid as per provisions of the concerned Act / as imposed by the concerned state Govt. or Escalation at the rate of 12% per annum for a maximum period of three years. Employment Provision;- Apart from payment of the land compensation employment may be given in the following manner:- The maximum total number of employment that may be provided to the land losers would be limited to the total no. of acres of land acquired divided by two. However, employment will be released in proportion to the land possessed. For every two acres of land one employment may be considered. Subsidiaries of CIL may give an option to the land losers having less than two acres of land to club together their land to the extent of two acres and nominate one of the land losers in the groups or their dependent for employment under package deal or employment under descending order system by preparing the list of eligible land oustees in the descending order of land lost subject to the cut off equivalent to the total number of permissible employments or any other method with the approval of the respective Board of the subsidiary. The land loser must be domiciled resident / Mool Niwasi and the certificate to this effect shall be issued by the concerned State Authority. The modalities of offering employment shall be such as may be approved by the Board of the subsidiary companies as per the unique conditions of the subsidiary provided that The initial employment shall be given with pay of Category – I pay scale of NCWA with training period of 6 months. In the seniority list the seniority of the appointee should be reflected in the appropriate manner in order to keep the senior most as senior. The land loser trainees shall be posted as per requirement including underground duties. Lump sum Monetary Compensation:- All the land losers who are not eligible for employment as above shall be entitled to receive monetary compensation in lieu of employment at the rate of Rs. 5,00,000/- (Five lakhs) for each acre of land on pro-rata basis. Land losers who are offered employment as per principle specified in point no. ((i) B) above will have the option either to opt for employment or to forego employment and opt for monetary compensation at the rate of Rs. 5, 00,000/- (Five lakhs) for each acre of land on pro-rata basis with minimum of Rs. 50,000/- (Fifty thousand) provided that employment thus surrendered shall not be available for offer to any other





person and stand lapsed from total sanctioned number of employments as specified in point No. ((I) B). The land losers who have clubbed their Package Deal can claim employment for only one land loser of the clubbed two acres of land and remaining land remaining land losers of the package cannot claim either employment or monetary compensation in lieu of the land contributed by them. Annuity – All land losers who are entitled to get lump sum monetary compensation may opt for payment of compensation amount in the form of annuity made payable to the land losers monthly, annually or at such intervals (not less than one year) as may be opted for by them. The annuity be paid for a maximum period extending to 60 years of age or the life of the project for which the land has been acquired, whichever is earlier. Note: -A person receiving a job foregoes all claims to above compensation and a person receiving above compensation foregoes all claim to employment.

(ii) Person whose homestead is acquired.

Compensation for homestead shall be paid as per the standard valuation method of the LA Act of the concerned State Govt. One time lump sum payment of Rs. 3, 00,000/- (Three lakhs) shall be paid in lieu of alternate House site. Assistance in designing Shifting Allowance compensation for construction of cattle shed. Monetary compensation for construction of work shed etc. The compensation shall be paid to displaced persons only after vacation and demolition of the homestead / work shed etc. Subsistence allowance:- Each affected displaced family will get subsistence allowance at the rate of 25 days (Minimum Agricultural Wage) per month for one year.

(iii) Sharecroppers, land lessees, tenants and day labourers.

The subsidiary will assist PAP to take up nonfarm self- employment through petty contracts or formation of co-operatives. If such co-operatives will not be entitled for awarding work as per Manual for lack of experience, the said co-operative will be facilitated by awarding small jobs to acquire experience after relaxation of the provisions of the Manual pertaining to experience with the approval of the Subsidiary Boards. Subsequent jobs may be awarded after getting report of the timely completion / quality / of the awarded jobs from the concerned Department or contractors. Contractors will also be persuaded to give job to eligible PAPs on a preferential basis where feasible as per terms of contract.





iv) Landless tribal, Tribal dependent on forest produce

The subsidiary will assist PAP to establish nonfarm self-employment through the provision of infrastructure, petty contracts or formation of co-operatives and encourage provisions of Jobs with contractors. Contractors will be persuaded to give job to eligible PAPs on a percentile basis, where feasible. In addition, the subsidiaries will shift the tribal community as a unit and provide facilities to meet the specific needs of the tribal community that will allow them to maintain their unique cultural identity. Tribal affected family will be given one time financial assistance of 500 days of MAW for loss of customary right or usages of forest produce. Loss of customary rights needs to be authenticated by the district authority. -Tribal affected families resettled out of the district shall be given 25% higher rehabilitation and resettlement benefit.



7.5 CERTIFIED EC COMPLIANCE REPORT The certified compliance report for existing EC of Yekona-I OC and Yekona-II OC

has been obtained from Regional Office, MoEF&CC, Nagpur. Field visit for

ascertaining status of compliance of EC conditions was made by RO MoEF&CC on

26.06.2019. Thereafter, the Certified Compliance Report was issued by the Regional

Office of MoEF&CC, Nagpur vide letter no. EC-1016/RON/2019-NGP/5622 dated

19.08.2019. There were zero non-compliance condition were observed against total

36 conditions by RO, MoEF&CC. Six nos of conditions were found to be partially

complied, against which action taken report (ATR) is being attached as Annexure-

IX.

7.6 ATR AGAINST CERTIFIED EC COMPLIANCE REPORT Following six EC conditions were noted as partially complied by RO, MoEF&CC. The

Action Taken Report against the Partially compliance report from Project Proponent

is given below:

A: Specific Conditions Sl. No.

Compliance Condition Observation of MoEF Action taken

viii Crushers at the CHP should be operated with high efficiency bag filters, water sprinkling system should be provided to check fugitive emission from crushing operations, conveyor system, haulage roads, transfer points etc.

A separate coal handling plant yet to be provided. As of now coal is being extracted by surface miner.

At present, coal is extracted through Surface Miner with size of (-) 100 mm which can be directly used by the power plants. Hence, CHP is not required in the immediate future.



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xiv Regular monitoring of ground water level and quality should be carried out by establishing a network of existing wells and construction of new piezometers. The monitoring for quality should be done four times a year in pre-monsoon(May), monsoon (August), post-monsoon (November) and winter (January) seasons and for quality in May. Data thus collected should be submitted to the Ministry of Environment & Forests and the Central Pollution Control Board quarterly within one month of monitoring.

Ground levels were monitored at eighteen locations in the month of May, August, November 2017 and January 2018. Ground water qualities were monitored at five locations. PP has been submitting monitoring reports by July every year. As per the report, ground water levels were reported dry in the month of May in few villages. Further, the levels of hardness, TDS and Calcium were not within desirable limits in few villages (Annexure-2)

As per the earlier reports, it can be seen that, the water levels at these locations showing dry in May 2017. However, the mining activity in these areas was started in October 2017. This indicates that depletion of water levels is not due to our mining activities. In future if need arises, water supply arrangement will be provided to these villages. The levels of hardness, TDS and Calcium are not within desirable limits due to geological formation. Our mining activities do not influence these parameters.

xvi Sewage treatment plant should be installed in the new township/ colony. ETP should also be provided for workshop and CHP waste water.

Since, mining operation was started in 2017, no separate colony was made available to the mine workers. At present, mine workers is residing at Ekta Nagar Colony of Majri Area where 0.40 MLD capacity STP is under operation. Further, construction of ETP having capacity 100 KLPD is under progress.

Workshop ETP of 100 KLPD capacity with provision of Oil Skimmer will be completed by December 2019.



B: General Conditions

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iii Four ambient air quality monitoring stations should be established in the core zone as well as in the buffer zone for SPM, RPM, SO2, NOx monitoring. Location of the stations should be decided based on the meteorological data, topographical features, and environmentally and ecologically sensitive targets in consultation with the State Pollution Control Board.

It was observed that ambient air quality of PM10, PM2.5, SPM, NOx, Sox were monitored at four locations i.e. 1. Panzurni village, 2. Pit office, 3. Ashti village, 4. Sanskar Bharti School. As per the report, the level of PM10, PM2.5 and SPM levels were not within prescribed standards in Sanskar Bharti area (Annexure -3). PP need to take necessary steps to mitigate issues.

Sanskar Bharti School is 5.39 kms (aerial distance) from mine. Also, coal transportation route is not at all passing nearby the location. School is in the upwind direction from the mine. This indicates that the high values of PM10, PM2.5 and SPM are not due to mining activities. The higher values of PM10, PM2.5 and SPM at this location may be due to local activities of school like playing, canteen, movement of school buses and school autos and the impact of the same is locally confined.

iv Fugitive dust emissions (SPM & RPM) from all the sources should be controlled regularly monitored and data recorded properly. Water spraying arrangement on haul roads, wagon loading, dump trucks (loading &unloading) points should be provided and properly maintained.

PP has monitored SPM levels along with PM10, PM2.5, NOx and SOx at four locations i.e. 1. Panzurni village, 2. Pit office, 3. Ashti village, 4. Sanskar Bharti School. However, PP need to monitor fugitive emissions separately at loading and unloading points, haul roads and transportations roads separately. In addition, water sprinkling arrangements need to be improved.

Fugitive emission is monitored once in three months and monitoring of same is scheduled in the month of September 2019. Condition of Monitoring of Fugitive dust emissions will be regularly complied. Frequency of dust suppression through Mobile water tankers will be increased and additional fixed sprinklers will be provided at coal stock yard to arrest fugitive dust emissions (SPM & PM10, PM2.5,) from all the sources and will be regularly monitored and data recorded properly.

xvi The project authorities should advertise at least in two local newspapers widely circulated around the project, one of which shall be in vernacular language of the locality

PP has made advertisements in local newspapers i.e. i) Hitwada Nagpur (English) dated 04.11.2006 ii) Mahavidarbha

EC was granted by MoEF vide letter dated 17-10-2006 and Advertisement was published in following 2 Newspapers within 7 days after receipt of EC :-



Figure 26 Google Imagery showing distance of existing mine and Sanskar Bharati School

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concerned within seven days of the clearance letter informing that the project has been accorded environmental clearance and a copy of the clearance letter is available with the State Pollution Control Board and may also be seen at web site of the Ministry of Environment & Forests at http://envfor.nic.in.

(Marathi) dated 04.11.2006. However, the clause of seven days were not followed (Annexure-5).

1. Hitwada Nagpur (English) dated 04.11.2006

2. Mahavidarbha (Marathi) dated 04.11.2006

The delay w.r.t EC date may be condoned.

http://envfor.nic.in.

Environmental Cost – Benefit Analysis CMPDI


CHAPTER – VIII PROJECT BENEFITS

8.1 PROJECT BENEFITS

The project will bridge the gap between demand & supply of power grade coal to the

extent of its peak capacity. In addition benefits of the project on social sector in the

surrounding can be summarized as below:-

Substantial employment in the project & indirect employment for business &

trading, contractor, transportation, vehicle contractor, nursery development.

WCL takes up various infrastructural development works in the surrounding

area covering the needs of the local community and the various works

undertaken under CSR activities.

CSR work done by Majri Area of WCL for previous three year is given in

annexure-XVIII.

Development of road thereby improving the communication.

Improvement in Power, Telephone (including Mobile) facility.

Improvement in Health Care facility & Educational facility.

Improvement in Market / Trade & Business.

The social infrastructure by way of cultural mixing of people of other states

with local community glorifying “UNITY IN DIVERSITY”.

WCL as a responsible corporate organization in Central India is playing a

significant role in developing the region around its mines in the States of

Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtra.

Company provide employment to land losers as per its R& R Policy which will

certainly change the quality of life of land losers. Total 212 employment has

been given till 30.09.2019 to the land losers in compensation to the land. It is

estimated that approx 700 additional employment will be given to the land

losers in lieu of land acquired during land acquisition for expansion.

The total capital provided in approved Project Report for land acquisition is

513.1195 Crores in addition to Rs. 41.1908 Crores rupees for village

rehabilitation. Thus, total capital for land acquisition including village rehabilitation

works out to Rs. 555.1103 Crores. Out of total capital cost of the project, more

than 74 % of the expenditure will be made on land acquisition and R & R



activities. Rs 268.64 crore has been paid as land compensation to land losers

until 31st August, 2019. Remaining land acquisition activities are proposed to be

completed within next 2 years.

The inflow of such a huge amount, more than Rs 500 crore will boost the

economy of the area. This will spurge the growth in secondary market also.

8.2 CSR ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKENBY MAJRI AREA, WCL One of the major benefit of the project is expenditure made from CSR funds for the

welfare of local population through various activities such as infrastructure

development, medical health camps, education, skill development, water supply,

roads. It paves the way for development of project-affected persons in achieving

higher standard of life.

CSR work in WCL Majri Area was done in the nearby villages in the field of skill

Development, health care, water supply, school and village infrastructure

development and sanitation. The details of activities conducted by Majri Area are

detailed below:

1. Skill development Training programmes for skill development were held for village youths, women and

farmers under Projects UDAAN, SHAKTI and KISAN respectively. These programs

helped in developing required skillsets and livelihood opportunities for the local

people.

TABLE 102 Skill development training under CSR Works in Majri Area 2019-2020

Project name

Type of Persons trained

No. of Persons trained

Type of training

UDAAN Youth 60 Electric gadget repairing, mobile repairing,

computer accounting with talley

SHAKTI Women 30 Beauty Parlour, Tailoring and design,

computer training

KISAN Farmers 30 Agricultural



Figure 27Skill development program for youths as security guards under Project

UDAAN in Majri Area, WCL.

Figure 28 Skill Development Programme on Tailoring for Empowering local Women



Figure 29 Skill Development Programme on Beautification for Empowering local Women

In 2018-19, 140 women were trained under Project Shakti. In 2016-17, a total 388 no

of persons were provided training under Project SHAKTI and UDAAN.

2. Health care Medical camps were held in Project Affected Villages i.e. Wanoja, Charurkhati,

Yekona and Marda villages during the months of February and March 2019 in which

following basic health checkups and tests were performed.

General health checkup

Blood sugar test

Anemia test

Height weight estimation for school children

Blood group test

Female checkup

Eye test

ENT test

Medical camp being conducted on 16.03.2019 at Wanoja village in Majri Area, WCL.

About 350 PAPs were examined by WCL doctors during the medical health camp.



Figure – Medical Camp organized at Wanoja Village

Medical camp being conducted on 22.02.2019 at Yekona village in Majri Area, WCL.

(No. of beneficiaries-432).

Figure– Medical Camp at Yekona Village

In addition, eye checkup and specs distribution were done in Wanoja, Naidev,

Charurkhati and Marda villages in in the month of June 2019. Total 58 no of specs

were distributed to beneficiaries including 14 school children from Marda village.

Medicines were also distributed in nearby villages.

Table 103 Summary of Medical Camps Organised for PAPs in 2018-19 Total Medical Camps 26

Total Beneficiaries 4598

Total No. of villages covered 09

Total No. of Schools covered 11



3. Water supply

Water distribution tanks, handpumps at various locations, Pipelines of overhead

tank, deep tube wells were constructed to ensure adequate availability of water

supply.

4. Infrastructure development

School, road and community infrastructure were developed during CSR work in Majri

area.

School infrastructure- In village schools, classrooms, library rooms, kitchen shed and

compound wall were constructed. Apart from that store materials and furniture were

provided in some schools.

Figure - Construction of Hall at Lokmanya School Bhadrawati (Left) and library

at Vatsalbhai Potdukhe Telugu school (Right), Majri Area, WCL.

Road infrastructure- Following types of roads were constructed in nearby & project

affected villages.

I. RCC Box culvert & Approach road -Shembal village

II. Cement Concrete Road -Naglone, Majri, Chiradevi, Ralegaon, Shembal,

Palasgaon and Pipri Deshmukh village

III. Black Topping of road -From GM office to Palasgaon village

IV. Bituminous Road - Palasgaon to Majri Basti, Ektanagar Complex to Chargaon

Junction.



Figure - Construction of RCC Box Culvert & Approach Road at Shembel

Village(Left) and Black Topping Of Road from GM Office to Palasgaon Village

(Right)

Figure - Bituminous road from Palasgaon to Majri Basti (Left) and Copncrete road at

Chitradevi Village (Right) in Majri Area, WCL.

Community infrastructure-Compound wall & Shed at Funeral Place Majri, Shed at

Market place Majri, Renovation of toilet block in Nandori village and Construction of

tubewell in Majri, Vislon and Deulwada village was done as community works.

5. Sanitation Toilet complex was renovated in Nandori village and cement dustbins were fixed at

various places.

8.3 CSR ACTIVITIES PLANNED IN 2019-20 BY MAJRI AREA



Further following activities are being planned to be taken up in Majri area in year

2019-20:

Table 104 Future CSR activities to be taken up in Majri area

S.

NO.

AREAS ACTIVITIES TO BE TAKEN UP BENEFICIARY

VILLAGE

1. Water supply RO plant with room chiller Yekona

Hand pumps installation Yekona, Marda,

Wanoja and Majri

2. School

materials and

infrastructure

Providing book shelf (Almari), table

and chair in order to establish four

no. of libraries in Majri, Yekona,

Patala and Charurkhati

Yekona, Majri,

Patala, Charurkhati

Barbed wire fencing at school. Charurkhati

9 Nos. Computers with printer and

UPS.

Wanoja, Yekona,

Kuchana (Z.P

School)

Gramin Kabaddi / Football

Tournament

Kuchana

3. Road

infrastructure

Re-metaling of road (5 mtr. Wide) Wanoja

Construction of road with drainage

from Gajanan Dukare to Palasgaon

Corner

Naglone

Re-carpeting road from CGM office

to Palasgaon.

Kuchana

4. Other facilities High Mast Tower with light near

railway station

Majri



CHAPTER – IX ENVIRONMENTAL COST – BENEFIT ANALYSIS

Ministry of Environment & Forests while issuing TOR has not specifically indicated

for carrying out “Cost Benefit” Analysis, hence the same has not been carried out.

Environmental Management Plan CMPDI

Amalgamtged Yekona I & II OC 294

CHAPTER – X ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN

10.1 GENERAL Close monitoring of the environment and implementation of various protective

measures discussed in the report forms an important part of EIA & EMP. In the

earlier chapters the causes of various pollutions along with the preventive and

mitigating measures have been discussed. In this chapter description of the

administrative aspects of ensuring that mitigative measures are implemented and

their effectiveness monitored, after approval of the EIA is being discussed. 10.2 MONITORING ORGANISATION To have a close watch on the environmental condition and implementation of the

various measures suggested, a multi-disciplinary approach is essential for formation

of Environment Management Cell / Department.

WCL, has an Environment Deptt. headed by General Manager (Env.) at its HQ. The

department provides necessary support that are required for environmental

management of various mining projects under the jurisdiction of the company.

i.At area level, Area General Manager co-ordinates the activities of various

disciplines in the area to render all necessary assistance at the implementing

level i.e. the Project level.

ii.Nodal Officer (Environment) of the area monitors all aspects of environment on

behalf of the Area General Manager. He will also take suitable steps for generation

of environmental data along with CMPDI team for its analysis and interpretations.

iii.The work of plantation will be implemented through State Forest Deptt.

iv.At project level, Sub Area Manager is responsible for land resource management.

He is responsible for technical &biological reclamation as per the approved plan.

10.3 FUNCTIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT CELL /DEPARTMENT To integrate environmental factors into business decisions.

To prepare time bound action plan for implementation of various provisions of

Environment Management Plan, maintain a record of it and submit six monthly report

to MoEF&CC.

To monitor in compliance with environmental regulations.

Continual improvement in environmental performance.



To follow proper documentation and monitoring procedures, for developing better

environmental management systems at the mine.

To ensure systematic and routine housekeeping to reduce generation of pollution

inside the mine.

To develop and maintain green belt in and around the mine.

To keep up with regulatory requirements and arrange for the necessary

certificates or consents viz. air and water.

To submit environmental statement to SPCB within stipulated time. Table 105 Organisation for Environment Management

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Measures/Actions Agency

1. Environmental Control 1 Area General Manager, MAJRI AREA 2 Nodal Officer, (Environment), MAJRI AREA 3 SAM , Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC 4 Staff Officer (Civil), MAJRI AREA 5 Environmental Cell (WCL H.Q.)

2. Environmental Monitoring 1 Area General Manager, MAJRI AREA 2 Staff Officer (Civil), MAJRI AREA 3 Nodal Officer, (Environment), MAJRI AREA 4 SAM , Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC 5 Environment Cell of WCL Headquarters 6 Environmental Laboratory of CMPDI, RI-IV

3. Reclamation 1 SAM , Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC 2 Nodal Officer, (Environment), MAJRI AREA 3 Environmental Supervisor

Internal monitoring mechanism setup at WCL: In order to effectively implement the environmental safeguards during day to day

operations of the mine coupled with due compliance to the norms, an internal

monitoring mechanism has recently been set up. The mechanism set-up starts from

Area (in this case Majri) wherein Area Level Committee every month will review the

status of compliance through a standard checklist. The report thus prepared will be

submitted to WCL (HQ). The report will then be examined & reviewed by corporate



level apex committee at WCL (HQ). The final reviewed report will then be submitted

to Company Board for information.

10.3 ENVIRONMENTAL COST PROJECTION a) Capital Requirement for Environmental Protection Measures : A capital provision of Rs 97.09 lakhs has been made against environment protection and

details are given in table below: Table 106 Capital Requirement for Environmental Protection Measures

Sl No. Particulars Amount (` Lakhs) 1 Base line Env. Data generation(as per new guidelines)

and scientific studies related to environment 11.24

2 Sedimentation pond for treatment of mine waste water 15.37 3 Effluent treatment plant for treatment of workshop

effluent 10.25

4 Digital Mapping for land use plan 8.99 5 Installation of fixed type sprinklers for dust control

(including water reservoir, pump, pipeline etc.) 35.87

6 Plantation during First three year 15.37 TOTAL 97.09 Revenue Cost

Rs. 6.00/t of coal has been provided to absorb environmental related cost in the

project. The expenditure made upto 31.03.2019 on Environment management

through the revenue cost is detailed in table below.

Account head Expenditure made on Environment Management till 31.03.201 through revenue cost

Yekona-II OC Mine

Water Pollution Control measures Rs 12.18 lakhs

Monitoring Rs 11.70 Lakhs

Statutory expenses Rs 27.45 Lakhs

Yekona-I OC Mine

Statutory expenses Rs 17.10 Lakhs

In future as the coal production increases, the revenue amount for Environment

Management will also increase multifold. The revenue expenditure for mitigation of

pollution, plantation and for other statutory requirement will continued to made



throughout the mine life. At its peak production capacity of 3.44 MTPA, the revenue

amount of 2.06 Crore will be available for Environment Management.

CSR Cost

The fund for the CSR will be allocated based on 2% of the average net profit of the

Company for the three immediate preceding financial years or Rs 2.00 per tonne of

Coal Production of the previous year whichever is higher.

It is felt that the above provisions are adequate to handle the pollution load.

However, if need arises, necessary action along with provision of fund shall be

accordingly taken.

10.4 CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT RESPONSIBILITY Provision of Rs 3.63Crorewill be made by project proponent on Corporate

Environment Responsibility in compliance of MoEF&CC OM dated 1st May, 2018.

The present proposal is for expansion and amalgamation of existing projects. The

fund allocation for CER will be 0.5 % of the 727.28 Crore, which has been approved

for the project by CIL Board in its 319th meeting held on 12.08.2015 as

communicated by Company Secretary, CIL vide its letter no.

CIL:XI(D):04112:2015:10875 dated 26.08.2015.

Following activities will be carried by utilising CER funds:

o Infrastructure creation for

Drinking water supply

Sanitation

Health

Education

Skill Development

Roads

Cross Drains

Electrification including Solar Power

Solid Waste Management Facilities

o Scientific Support and awareness to local farmers to increase yield crop and fodder

o Comprehensive Conservation Plan for Schedule I Species

o Rain Water Harvesting



o Soil Moisture Conservation Works

o Avenue Plantation

o Plantation in Community Areas

In this regard, it is mentioned that the issues to be raised during Public Hearing with

specific reference to the above listed items will also be implemented by this CER

fund.

Summary and Conclusion CMPDI


CHAPTER – XI SUMMARY & CONCLUSION

11.1 Introduction Yekona-I opencast coal mine project (0.40 MTPA) was accorded EC for production

capacity of 0.40 MTPA in a lease area of 265.50 ha vide MoEFCC letter no. J-

11015/175/2006-IA.II (M) dated 17th October, 2006. Yekona-II opencast coal mine

project was accorded EC for production capacity of 0.60 MTPA in a lease area of

414.56 ha vide MoEFCC letter no. J-11015/182/2006-IA.II (M) dated 17th October

2006.

However, due to increase in land cost by Maharashtra Govt. & new R&R Policy of

CIL, it was not possible to acquire the land of the two projects within the sanctioned

capital. Considering the demand of power grade coal within the country and to start

the mine economically, a new Project Report was formulated with amalgamation of

common infrastructural facilities with enhanced production capacity by including the

dip side reserves and working both the mines independently. Amalgamated Project

Report was prepared upto a maximum quarry depth of 160 m (previously maximum

90 m) with reserves up to 57.85 MT (previously total coal reserves in two projects

was 16.07 MT). The Project Report of Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC was duly

approved by CIL Board for normative capacity of 2.75 MTPA and peak capacity of

3.44 MTPA in its 319th meeting held on 12.08.2015 as communicated by Company

Secretary, CIL vide its letter no. CIL:XI(D):04112:2015:10875 dated 26.08.2015.

Based on the approved Project Report, the Form – 1 document was submitted to

MoEF&CC for obtaining EC for Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC involving increase in

production capacity from 1.00 MTPA to 3.44 MTPA (peak) and increase in ML area

from 680.06 ha to 1701.32 ha. The proposal was discussed in 47th, 53rd& 55th EAC

(Thermal & Coal Mining) meeting of MoEFCC and terms of References (TORs) was

granted vide MoEF&CC vide letter no J-11015/381/2015.IA-II (M) dated

06.06.2016.The copy letter for ToR is attached as Annexure-I.

Due to delay in conducting Public Hearing and rescheduling of the implementation of

the project, the Final EIA-EMP report could not be submitted within the prescribed

three years’ time frame. Hence, an application for extension for validity of ToR was

submitted to MoEF&CC vide online application no. IA/MH/CMIN/50208/2016 on 14th

April, 2019 in accordance with the Ministry’s OM dated 29th August, 2017 before



expiry of validity period along with updated Form-1. Subsequently, MoEF&CC

accorded approval for extension of validity of ToR for Amalgamated Yekona I & II

OC for production capacity of 2.75 MTPA (normative) and 3.44 MTPA (peak) in an

area of 1701.32 ha for a period of 1 year i.e. up to 6th June, 2020 vide MoEF&CC

letter no J-11015/381/2015.IA-II (M) dated 21.06.2019. The Public Hearing for the

Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC mine (production capacity of 3.44 MTPA (Peak)

within area of 1701.32 ha) was conducted successfully by State Pollution Control

Board, Maharashtra at the project site in Warora Tehsil, Chandrapur on 14th June,

2019. The Public Hearing was presided by ADM, Chandrapur and attended by more

than 200 people from nearby villages. The minutes of meeting detailing issues

raised during Public Hearing has been issued by MPCB vide letter no

MPCB/SROC/3929/2019 dated 23.07.2019. The details of PH and its ATR are

provided in Chapter 7 of this EIA-EMP report.

For acquiring the additional land required for Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC mine,

revenue record of land were collected. According to the revenue records it was

noticed that grazing land bearing survey nos 26/2, 27, 28/2, 2/1& 2/2 in Nagala Rith

Mouza which were considered as Govt. land in the approved Project Report are

actually recorded as forest land in revenue records. The forest land bearing survey

nos 26/2, 27, & 28/2 measuring 2.76 ha in Nagala Rith Mouza are adjacent to the

proposed lease boundary of the amalgamated project and re-appropriation of the

boundary is done excluding these forest land. However, the forest land bearing

survey no. 2/1 and 2/2 in the Nagala Rith mouza measuring 0.62 ha falls in the

middle of proposed external OB dump of Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC mine. Due

to which acquisition of this forest land has become inevitable to have sufficient

external OB dump capacity and sustainability of mining operations.

Process of filing of application for Stage-I forestry clearance is under process.

Project Proponent is in process of collecting necessary documents required for the

Stage-I FC application from the authorities. The application for obtaining minimum

demand certificate from District Collector and application for obtaining NOC from the

Archeological Survey of India have been made as required for obtaining Stage-I FC.

Once the above documents are obtained, the application for Stage-I FC will be

processed.


and with all efforts, the formal Stage – I FC may take time. As country’s coal







requirements of MoEF&CC, a Mining Plan by excluding the Forest land 0.62 Ha and

adjacent non-forest land 21.31Ha (for maintaining mine geometry) has been

prepared as Phase – I for the peak capacity of 3.44 MTPA for a lease area of

1679.39 ha. The Mining Plan of Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC Mine of Majri Area

was duly approved by WCL Board for Phase-I in its 315th meeting held on 27th &

28th September, 2019 vide its letter no. WCL/BD/SECTT/BM-315/2019/958 dated

12.10.2019.

As per the approved mining plan this application is being made for obtaining

Environment Clearance for expansion in production capacity from 1.00 MTPA to

3.44 MTPA (Peak) and increasing area from 680.06 ha to 1679.39 ha involving no

forest land. It is an interim arrangement till the Stage-I FC for 0.62 ha of forest land

is obtained.

The application for obtaining Stage-I forestry clearance has been already made.

Once the Stage-I forestry clearance is obtained, application for Environmental

Clearance for the Phase-II of the project will be made. The Public Hearing and TOR

have been secured for the total land of the project i.e. 1701.32 ha. Accordingly,

impact assessment study has been made in this EIA report and Environment

Management Plan is being formulated for the entire ML area of 1701.32 ha.

The proposed arrangement of proceeding ahead with Phase – I (with the expansion

capacity excluding the forest land of 0.62 ha and adjacent non-forest land of 21.31

ha) is an interim arrangement and it will help the project to achieve considerable

increase in production following all the requirements of MoEF&CC within the non –

forest land to meet the requirement of the Nation.

No forest land is involved in the Phase-I of the project area. 11.1.1 Location The project is located adjacent to Yekona village which falls in Warora Tehsil of

Chandrapur District of Maharashtra State. The mine falls in interior under developed

region of Chandrapur district. Nagpur and Chandrapur townships are located at a

distance of 110 kms and 52 kms from the block respectively.



The project area is bounded by latitudes N 20o 13' 39" to 21o 16' 14" N and

longitudes E 78o55'25" to 78o 58’ 24" and is covered by Survey of India Topo Sheet

No. 55L/15 & 55L/16.

11.1.2 Communication

The Delhi Chennai Grand Trunk railway line passes about 5 kms east of the project.

The nearest railway station is Warora, situated at 5 km distance, S.E of the project.

The Nagpur-Chandrapur road is about 5 km to the East of the project. The coal mine

can be approached by a fair-weather road from Warora to Nagri via Wanoja. This

road passes through the eastern part of the leasehold area and joins Nagpur-

Chandrapur road at Warora. Nearest airport is at Nagpur about 110 kms from the

project site.

11.1.3 Topography & Drainage:

The entire area of the block is covered by agriculture land with black cotton soil and

exhibits a gently undulating topography with general slope towards north. The

altitude of the area ranges from 187 m to 203.72 m from Mean Sea Level.

The drainage in the area is controlled by the Wardha River which is flowing

southerly and also demarcates the western limit of the block. H.F.L. of Wardha River

in the block area is about 198 m. A seasonal nallah passing through the proposed

land area of external overburden dump is envisaged to be diverted along the mine

boundary. A canal passes through mine area is also proposed to be diverted along

the mine boundary.

11.1.4 Climate & Rainfall

The area is characterized by subtropical climate. The highest temperature recorded

is 480 C during summer and during winter season the temperature goes down to

100C. Monsoon is normally active during the period from 15th June to 15th

September. The annual rainfall data, which were recorded at Warora tehsil office,

district Chandrapur for the period from 1984 to 2006 indicates minimum of 716.40

mm (year 2004) and maximum of 1839.06 mm (year 1986) of total annual rainfall.

11.2 Geo-mining Parameters The geo-mining parameters of the proposed Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC are

tabulated below:



Sl. No.

PARTICULARS YEKONA-I

YEKONA-II

Amalgamated Yekona I & II

OC

1 Av. Thickness of seam (m) 9.24 9.94 2 Gradient of seam 1 in 7 to

1in 14 1 in 4.8 to

1 in 8

3 Depth (m): Min. Max.

30 160

25 150

4 Av. Strike length (m) At surface At floor

1700 1400

3800 3200

5 Average Dip-Rise width(km) a)On floor b)On Surface

1.2 to 2.0 1.5 – 2.4

0.60 0.87

6 Area of the Quarry (Ha) a)On floor b)On Surface

214.70 354.50

238.64 339.74

453.34 694.24

7 Total mineable reserves (Mt) 25.04 32.81 57.85 8 GCV (kCal/kg) (without

dilution at each contact point)

4714 (G-9)

5053 (G-8)

4920 (G-8)

9 Total volume of OB (Mm3) 225.71 226.78 452.49 10 Average stripping ratio (m3/t) 9.01 6.91 7.82 11 Annual mine target (MTPA) 1.00 to

1.25 1.25 to

1.50 2.75

12 Life of the mine 25 24 25

Type and Method of Mining Operations: Opencast Mining, Semi- mechanized

(Shovel- Dumper Combination) is proposed.The proposed Amalgamated Yekona I &

II OC mine has two quarries namely Yekona-I & Yekona-II. These quarries would

be further sub-divided into two sub-quarries & sequence of mining shall be designed

in such a way that backfilling can be maximized.

In approved Project Report, it was also suggested that as the geo-mining condition

is favourable for deployment of Surface Miner in Yekona-II OC and deployment of

Surface Miner on Hiring basis might be considered in Yekona-II OC subject to

economic viability. According to the suggestion, Surface miner has been considered



and deployed in Yekona-II quarry due to its economic and environmental benefits.

Deployment of surface miner replaces three dust-generating operations of

conventional mining system namely drilling; blasting and crushing of coal in one go.

11.3 Description of Environment and Anticipated Impact The present scenario has been assessed by the data generated in post-monsoon

2016 for Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC. Meteorological data generated in same

period at project site is being used for the purpose of air quality impact prediction.

11.3.1Micrometeorology

Meteorological data collected at meteorological station representing the study area

during the study period (1st October 2016 to 31st December 2016) reveals the

following status:

(i) Wind Speed/Direction Generally, moderate to stronger winds prevailed throughout the season.

Winds were moderate particularly during the morning hours. During the

afternoon hours the winds were stronger. Wind speed readings were ranging

from ≤0.5 m/sec to 4.2 m/sec. The seasonal average wind speed was

observed to be 1.42 m/sec. The wind pattern of the study period is presented

below:

The analysis of wind pattern during the season showed that the predominant

wind directions were from North-East, East followed by North having

frequencies 15.35%, 14.58% & 6.34% respectively.

The calm conditions prevailed 43.38%. The analysis of wind speeds during the

study period indicated that the low speed of 1 - 5 kmph occupied 51.58 %

while wind speed of 5 - 11 kmph occupied 4.75 % respectively. Higher than 11

kmph of wind speed was not recorded during meteorological data generation.

(ii) Temperature Temperature values ranged between 9.5OC to 37.4OC. The seasonal average

temperature value during this period was found to be 26.0OC.

(iii) Relative Humidity The daily average relative humidity values were in the range of 56.3 to

59.61%. The seasonal average humidity value was found to be 58.24%.

(iv) Cloud Cover Mostly clear sky was predominant during the study period.

(v) Atmospheric Pressure



The average atmospheric pressure value has been found to be around 29.61

in Hg.

(vi) Rainfall Total 4 mm rainfall was recorded during the study period. The average rainfall

during the season was found to be 0.04 mm.

11.3.2 Air quality Core Zone I – Yekona Village (SA - 1)

At this location, PM10 and PM2.5 concentration were observed in the range of 34 to

69 µg/m3 and19 to 38 µg/m3. SO2 and NOx concentration were in the range of 8.2

to 13.5 µg/m3 and 11.0 to 19.0 µg/m3 respectively. Core Zone II – Pandurni Village (SA - 2)



to 14.1 µg/m3 and 13.4 to 19.6 µg/m3 respectively. Marda Village (SA - 3)



to 13.4 µg/m3 and 11.3 to 16.7 µg/m3 respectively. Wanoja Village (SA - 4)



to 12.3 µg/m3 and 11.2 to 19.3 µg/m3 respectively. Naydev Village (SA - 5)



to 18.7 µg/m3 and 15.8 to 38.5 µg/m3 respectively. Mohbala Village (SA - 6)



to 15.6 µg/m3 and 12.3 to 21.3 µg/m3 respectively.

The heavy metals values are found to be very low and negligible The heavy metals

like Arsenic (As) and Mercury (Hg) were found to be Below Detectable Limit (BDL)

and other metals like Nickel (Ni),Lead (Pb) and Chromium (Cr) values are found to be



very low and negligible. All the values are found to be well within the NAAQ

Standards prescribed by CPCB.

In general, all the values are found to be well within the AAQM Standards prescribed

by CPCB. The impact of thermal power plant could be observed over the Naydev

Village. Although Ambient air quality is within prescribed limit, still the values are

comparatively higher at Naydev village w.r.t. other locations.

11.3.3 Water quality

To assess the quality of drinking water and lotic system (surface water) around the

project area, the water samples were collected from the following locations around

the project area: Table 107 Sampling locations for water quality analysis

Sl. No. Name of Sampling Locations Frequency Location

Code 1 Marda Village – Hand Pump Once in a season GW1 2 Core zone - Hand Pump Once in a season GW2

3 Yakona Village – Bore Well Once in a season GW3 4 Wanoja Village – Open Well Once in a season GW4 5 Wardha River (Up/S) Once in a season SW1

6 Wardha River (Dn/S ) Once in a season SW2

The water quality was analyzed for physio-chemical and heavy metal parameters.

Bacterial examination was also carried out to find out the Coliform contamination (if

any) at water sources. The detailed water quality report is given chapter-III of this EIA-

EMP report. The water quality all the parameters are found to be well within the

prescribed norms of, IS: 10500 – 1991 (permissible) and IS: 2296 - 1982.

11.3.4 Hydrogeological quality

The average water levels fluctuations measured from the area in and around in year

2018 for proposed Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC are given below.

Pre monsoon

(May-Jun’ 2018)

Core Zone 7.75 m to 10.64 m


Post monsoon

(Oct-Nov’ 2018)

Core Zone 4.65 m to 8.10m


11.3.5 Noise levels Baseline data of Mean Leq noise levels at day time and night time was generated at

six locations for Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC in post monsoon season, 2016.

All noise levels values are found to be within the prescribed limits.



11.3.6 Land Use

Total area required for the project is 1701.32 ha. Out of this about 254.15 ha is

acquired for Yekona-I OC and 421.70 ha is acquired for Yekona-II OC. Total 675.85

ha land has been acquired, additional 1025.47 ha land will be acquired for proposed

project.

The forest land bearing survey no. 2/1 and 2/2 in the Nagala Rith mouza measuring

0.62 ha falls in the middle of proposed external OB dump of Amalgamated Yekona-I

& II OC mine. Due to which acquisition of this forest land has become inevitable to

have sufficient external OB dump capacity.


and with all efforts, the formal Stage – I FC may take time. The country’s coal





requirements of MoEF&CC, a Mining Plan by excluding the Forest land 0.62 ha and

adjacent non-forest land 21.31 ha (for maintaining mine geometry) has been

prepared as Phase – I. The project will have peak capacity of 3.44 MTPA for a lease

area of 1679.39 ha in Phase-I.

The Phase-I of Project is only an interim arrangement for working without inclusion of

forest land. However, as the forestry clearance is obtained, the mine will continue as

per the approved Project Report with total ML Area of 1701.32 ha. Accordingly, the

breakup of land use during mining, post mining land use, Stage-wise land use

reclamation and Stage-wise plantation programme are detailed below for total ML

area of 1701.32 ha. Table 108 Present Land use of the land required for Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC (Phase-

I) S.N.



Total

1 Agricultural land 1570.31 50.49 1620.80 2 Forest land -- -- -- 3 Waste land/Govt. land 58.59 - 58.59 4 Grazing land -- -- -- 5 Surface water bodies -- -- -- 6 Settlements -- -- -- 7 Others (specify) -- -- -- Total 1628.90 50.49 1679.39



Table 109 Present Land use of the land required for Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC

S.N.



Total

1 Agricultural land 1590.62 50.49 1641.11 2 Forest land 0.62 -- 0.62 3 Waste land/Govt. land 59.59 - 59.59 4 Grazing land -- -- -- 5 Surface water bodies -- -- -- 6 Settlements -- -- -- 7 Others (specify) -- -- -- Total 1650.83 50.49 1701.32

Table 110 Final Land Use S.N.


Land use (ha) Plantation

Water Body

Public use

Undisturbed

Total

1 External OB Dump 320.02 -- -- -- 320.02

2 Top soil dump -- -- -- -- -- 3 Excavation 352.00 337.20 -- -- 689.20 4 Roads 5.00 -- 25.00 -- 30.00 5 Built up area 70.00 -- 122.37 -- 250.72 5a Nalla and

Canal Diversion -- 58.35 -- -- 58.35

6 Green Belt Included in S. No. 4, 5 & 7 7 Undisturbed

Area 100.00 -- -- 311.38 411.38

Total 847.02 395.55 147.37 311.38 1701.32

11.3.7 Flora & Fauna

The baseline data for flora and fauna has been conducted during post monsoon

season, 2016 within the core and buffer zone of the project.

Two schedule-I species Great India Bustard and Indian pied hornbill were recorded

within the buffer zone. Comprehensive Conservation Plan for the schedule-I species

is being prepared.

11.3.8 Socio Economic: Marda village falling within the core zone are required to be rehabilitated and

resettled. The village is 50 meters away from the proposed quarry area.Positive

impacts on socio-economic environment are expected due to creation of direct and

indirect employment opportunities and development of infrastructure such as roads,

schools, hospitals etc.



11.4 Anticipated Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures To have a close watch on the environmental condition and implementation of various

measures suggested, a multi- disciplinary approach is essential.

11.4.1 Air Quality:

In order to assess the likely impact of proposed expansion of opencast mine on

ambient air, numerical modeling has been carried out by using AERMOD version

16216r Air Quality Model and is incorporated in this EIA-EMP.

Air Pollution Control Measures

In order to mitigate the adverse impacts on ambient air, the control measures taken

in existing project and proposed during the life of the mine are given below:

Particular/Location Existing Mitigation Measures

Mitigation Measures for

proposed Amalgamation and

Expansion

Provision for Funds

Mobile Water Sprinklers along Haul road, Coal stockyard, Weigh bridge, Coal transportation road

1 Nos of 12 KL Mobile

Water Sprinklers Deployed

Black topping of entire coal transportation route.

Avenue Plantation along the coal transport route.

Additional 3 nos of mobile Water sprinklers of sufficient capacity to be deployed when both the quarries starts working full-fledged.

Through Revenue cost (Rs 6/tonne of coal produced) and contractual agency.

Fixed Water Sprinklers at Coal Stock Yard, along Coal Transport Route

Measures to be taken

Total 30 fixed sprinklers are proposed to be installed at dust generating locations such as Coal Stock Yard, along coal transport route, weigh bridge,

Provision of capital cost Rs 35 Lakh has been made in the Approved Project Report for installation of fixed type sprinklers.



Railway Siding etc.

Plantation 50 Nos Total 2117550 nos of saplings will be planted in 847.02 ha till mine closure.

Provision of capital cost of Rs 15 Lakhs has been made for plantation during first 3 years. Afterwards plantation activities will be carried out as per the plantation programme approved in this EIA report through Revenue Cost (Rs 6 /tonne of coal produced).

Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station

Under process of

tendering of work for

installation of CAAQMS

1 Nos of CAAQMS is proposed to be installed by March’20 to continuously assess the status of ambient air quality level within ML area.

Capital provision of Rs 79 Lakhs has been made by Majri Area, WCL. Tendering work is in process, It is likely to be installed by March’20.

Coal Extraction through Surface Miner

The geo-mining condition are found to be favorable for deployment of Surface Miner in Yekona-II OC. According, Surface miner has been deployed in Yekona-II quarry. Deployment of surface miner replaces three dust-generating operations of conventional mining system namely drilling; blasting and crushing of coal in one go. Surface miner will be kept deployed during expansion in the Yekona-II quarry until geo-mining conditions are suitable for use of surface miner. However, geo-mining conditions in Yekona-I quarry does not permit the use of surface miner for coal extraction.

Through Contractual Agency

Following pollution control measures should be continued throughout the mine life:

a) Water sprinkling on road, stockpiles by mobile tankers.



b) Black topping of road.

c) Covering of trucks carrying coal & avoiding overloading of trucks.

d) Development of adequate green belt all along the coal transportation road on both

sides.

e) Blasting to be done between shifts or during the rest interval when the minimum

number of persons are present around the blast area. In order to quickly disperse

the dust generated in blasting operations, blasting to be avoided when there is wind.

Blasting to be avoided in the mornings and during cloudy situations.

f) Wet suppression of unpaved areas can achieve dust emission reductions of about

70 percent or more, and this can sometimes be increased by up to 95% through the

use of chemical stabilisation.

g) Optimize travel distances through appropriate site layout and design.

h) Vehicular emission of particulates, SO2, NOx, hydrocarbons can be minimized by

proper training and maintenance of vehicles and other oil - operated equipment.

i) Regular monitoring of ambient air quality as per CPCB rules for Coal Mines.

Plantation to Check Air Pollution

Green belt of adequate width should be raised by planting native species in

consultation with the forest department around the mine lease area on both sides of

haul road, near material handling plant, on external overburden dumps and backfilled

quarry along undisturbed area. The life of mine is 25 years and it takes at least 3-5

years for development of green belt. Thus, the green belt along the mine boundary

should be developed on priority basis preferably within first 3 years. It will be

beneficial in controlling the air pollution during the rest of the mine life.

About 100.0 ha of plantation will be carried out in undisturbed area. Total 847.02 ha

out of total 1701.32 Ha (50%) area will be planted until the end of mine life.

11.4.2 Water Quality Anticipated Impact

Mining and its associated activities not only use a lot of water but also likely to affect

the hydrological regime of the area. The major impact of deep and large mines is of

natural groundwater table. Lowering of water table may result in reduced

groundwater availability. Extraction of different minerals is known to lead to water

pollution due to heavy metal, acid discharges and increased suspended solids.



However effect of existing Yekona-II OC coal mining on water is mainly observed as

increase in suspended solids.

Salient controls measures to be taken are as follows:

i) Industrial Effluent

The wastewater from workshop and CHP, which normally remain laden with oil and

grease, suspended and dissolved solids will be treated in the Effluent Treatment

Plant (ETP). Clear water coming out from the treatment plant will be taken into the

closed water circuit and recycled for its reuse. All parameter of ETP waste discharge

will be monitored regularly as per Env. (Protection) Amendment Rule, 2000.

The tendering work for installation of ETP is under process with the estimated cost of

Rs 23.75 Lakhs. Workshop ETP of 100 KLD capacity with provision of Oil Skimmer is

likely to be commissioned by December 2019.

ii) Mine Water

Most of the suspended particles is settled in the sump located in the quarry and the

supernatant water is pumped out to the sedimentation tank present on surface. This

water is to be passed through sedimentation pond on surface, before being

discharged in to natural drain or agricultural field. Sedimentation tank of dimension 45

mtr x 15 mtr x 1.20 mtr has been constructed with two nos. baffle walls for existing

Yekona-II OC mine with the capital expenditure of Rs 12.18 Lakhs. A separate

sedimentation tank of adequate capacity is proposed to be constructed for the

treatment of mine discharge from Yekona-I quarry.

The mine water discharge quality is being regularly monitored on fortnightly basis.

The water quality parameters are found to be within CPCB prescribed limit standard.

iii) Surface Run-off

Adequate numbers of vegetation will be grown on the top surface and slopes of the

dumps in order to arrest the erosion of soil and it will also reduce surface run-off,

which helps averting siltation of natural water courses. Garland drains has been

constructed in the periphery of the existing Yekona-II OC mine to reduce the siltation

of the water bodies. In future, more such garland drains will be constructed as the

mine expands.

iv) Sewage Treatment Plant



A colony with 132 nos of quarters is proposed to be constructed for the

Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC. The project proponent will make necessary

provisions for construction of sewage treatment plant at the colony.

Impact on Hydro-Geological Regime In opencast mines, the different aquifers overlying the working coal seam would be

contributing groundwater to the mine by gravity drainage since they are

exposed/removed at the mine. As such due to this pumping, cone of depression

would be formed. The shape and extent of the cone would depend on mainly

hydraulic conductivity and specific yield of aquifers, mine depth & area etc.

Generally steep drawdown cone would be formed in poor potential aquifers thereby

the influence area is to small distance and reverse is established in respect of

aquifers with high hydraulic conductivity.

The radius of mine influence area has been estimated for Amalgamated Yekona-I &

II OC Mine based on the above mentioned aquifer and mine parameters and works

out to around 530 m at final mine depth of 160 m for Yekona-I OC mine and 375 m

at a final depth of 150 m for Yekona-II OC Mine. It may be appropriate to mention

here that the presence of prominent boundaries/water bodies, faults and also inter

fringing of sandstone and shale beds may restrict the propagation of drawdown

cone.

Conservation Measures:

1. The mine discharge will be utilized to meet the mine’s domestic, dust suppression,

firefighting and other industrial water needs.

2. The artificial recharge by water conservation structures in the outside mine influence

areas will check water level lowering. The impact on ground water level is being

minimized by artificial recharge by spreading of pumped out water, creation and

filling of ponds with mine water and construction of rainwater harvesting structure.



3. After the cessation of mining, with copious rainfall and abundant groundwater

recharge, the water levels will recoup and attain normalcy. Thus, the impact of

mining on groundwater system may be considered as a temporary phenomenon.

The old mine workings also behave as water pools and improves the resource

availability in the area.

4. The discharged mine water would be available for the local people to utilize in

irrigation and domestic use. Thereby the mine water will be a resource for many of

the local villagers.

5. Monitoring of water quality of mine water discharge, local river/nala and domestic

water (dug well/hand pumps) will be done under routine monitoring. On analyzing

the field data if any area receiving the maximum impact, suitable controls measures

will be adopted by the project authorities.

11.4.3 Noise Quality In order to assess the existing ambient noise level in the surrounding of

Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC, the baseline data was generated in post monsoon

season, 2016 is documented in previous chapter III of the report and noise level

values have been found to be within permissible limits.

Noise Pollution Control Measures

Monitoring of the noise control will be carried out on regular basis as per the

Environment (Protection) Amendment Rule 2000. While planning for an effective

noise attenuation measures, the concept of source, path and receiver has been

considered.

11.4.4 Impact on Land and Land Reclamation

Total area required for the project is 1701.32 Ha. Out of this about 254.15 Ha is

acquired for Yekona I OC and 421.70 Ha is acquired for Yekona-II OC. Total

675.85 Ha land acquired and additional 1025.47 Ha land will be acquired for

proposed project.

The land use in core zone is mainly agricultural land. So the major impact on land

will degradation of agriculture land in the mining area. Forest land of 0.62 ha is

within the 1701.62 ha of total area. As forestry clearance will take considerable time

and considering the demand of coal, a Mining Plan by excluding the Forest land

0.62 ha and adjacent non-forest land 21.31 ha (for maintaining mine geometry) has



been prepared as Phase – I. The project will have peak capacity of 3.44 MTPA for

a lease area of 1679.39 ha in Phase-I. No forest land is involved in Phase-I

The following activities have been proposed for reclamation of land.

1. Backfilling of the excavated area at the time of mine closure.

2. Levelling of the backfilled area and carpeting with the topsoil.

3. Creation of garland drains in order to arrest the silt load, due to erosion, to enter

into natural watercourses during surface run-off.

4. Grass, legumes and different types of plants etc. will be planted on such

reclaimed land in order to make it, as far as possible, conducive to agricultural

growth.

5. Technical and biological reclamation of external OB dump and rehandling at the

end of mine life. The density of trees will be around 2500 plants/Ha.

11.4.5 Rehabilitation & Resettlement

In this report rehabilitation of Marda village is proposed as it is located on coal

bearing area. The census data of year 2011 is available for Marda village. The data

for Marda Village is as tabulated below:-

Population of Marda Village As Per 2011 Census Data

Sl.

No

Village

Name Households Population Males Females

The total capital provided in approved Project Report for land acquisition is

513.1195 Crores in addition to Rs. 41.1908 Crores rupees for village rehabilitation.

Thus, total capital for land acquisition including village rehabilitation works out to

Rs. 555.1103 Crores. Out of total capital cost of the project, more than 74 % of the

expenditure will be made on land acquisition and R & R activities. Rs 268.64 crore

has been paid as land compensation to land losers until 31st August, 2019.

Remaining land acquisition activities are proposed to be completed within next 2

years

Rehabilitation Scheme

Compensation will be paid to the families as per the R & R Policy of Coal India.Rate

adopted for Government land is Rs 14.82 lacs/ha. For tenancy land Rs 24.70

lacs/ha is adopted assuming irrigated land. Provision of 41.1908 Crores has been



made in approved project report for the rehabilitation and resettlement of Marda

village.

11.4.6 Progressive Mine Closure Plan

The mine closure cost will cover the different mine closure activities for which a

corpus fund will be created by opening an escrow account with the coal controller

organization in nationalized bank. An amount @ Rs 6.00 lakhs per Ha of the project

area will be deposited in this account for final mine closure. Progressive mine

closure will be done with the fund provided in approved report. The financial

provision for closure of Project Report for Amalgamated Yekona-I & II OC mine for

the entire mine life comes to around Rs. 281.5160Crores (based on January, 2015

WPI @ Rs 6 lakh/ Ha and 5% escalation each year.

11.5 Environmental Monitoring Programme The Environmental Monitoring Programme will be carried out as per statutory

requirements and detailed in the chapter – IV of the Draft EIA report.

Environment Management Cell

WCL, has an Environment Deptt. headed by General Manager (Env.) at its HQ. The

department provides necessary support that are required for environmental

management of various mining projects under the jurisdiction of the company. At

area level, Area General Manager co-ordinates the activities of various disciplines in

the area to render all necessary assistance at the implementing level i.e. the Project

level. Nodal Officer (Environment) of the area monitors all aspects of environment

on behalf of the Area General Manager. He will also take suitable steps for

generation of environmental data along with CMPDI team for its analysis and

interpretations.

11.6 Environmental Cost Projection A capital provision of Rs 97.09 lakhs has been made against environment

protection. Rs. 6.00/t of coal has been provided to absorb environmental related cost

in the project.

11.7 Provision for CSR Work

The fund for the CSR will be allocated based on 2% of the average net profit of the

Company for the three immediate preceding financial years or Rs 2.00 per Tonne of

Coal Production of the previous year whichever is higher.



11.8 Provision of CER Funds Provision of Rs 3.63 Crore will be made by project proponent on Corporate

Environment Responsibility in compliance of MoEF&CC OM dated 1st May, 2018.

11.8 Conclusion The project envisaged R & R of Marda village. The compensation is to be paid as

per R & R policy of Coal India Limited in time bound manner. The mining sequence

has been planned in a way to maximize internal dumping so that least area is

required for external OB dumping.

The project authorities need to follow the mitigation measures strictly as given in the

report. This will minimize the impact on environment.

The Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC may be granted environmental clearance so

that the project can bridge the gap between demand and supply of coal in the

country.

Disclosure of Consultants Engaged CMPDI


CHAPTER-XII DISCLOSURE OF CONSULTANTS ENGAGED

12.1 NAME OF CONSULTANT Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited. Briefly, it is called as ‘CMPDI’. Its

registered corporate office is situated at Gondwana Place, Kanke Road, Ranchi –

834031, a capital city of Jharkhand State. It operates through seven strategically

located Regional Institutes over six states territories of India as follows:-

Sl. No. Institutes Dedicated to 1 Regional Institute-I Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (ECL) 2 Regional Institute-II Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. (BCCL) 3 Regional Institute-III Central Coalfields Ltd. (CCL) 4 Regional Institute-IV Western Coalfields Ltd. (WCL) 5 Regional Institute-V South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (SECL) 6 Regional Institute-VI Northern Coalfields Ltd. (NCL) 7 Regional Institute-VII Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. (MCL)

Hqrs. Ranchi is committed to render services to NEC & Non-CIL clients and

specialized assignments for both CIL & Non-CIL clients.

CMPDI is accredited with National Accreditation Board for Education & Training

(NABET) of Quality Council of India Certificate vide No. NABET/EIA/1720/RA 0092

valid till 01.10.2020

12.2 BRIEF RESUME OF THE CONSULTANTS 12.2.1 Establishment Background

Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited (herein after called as CMPDI) is a

planning & design division of Coal India Limited (herein after called as CIL) as per

Memorandum of Association of the company. The CIL is a holding company since

November 01, 1975, and the CMPDIL is one of its subsidiaries since then. It is under

Ministry of Coal, Government of India.

12.2.2 Strength & Resources

a) Manpower: CMPDI has total 3363 (as on 01.07.2019) manpower which includes 890 (as on

01.07.2019) multidisciplinary technical executive professionals who combine

innovation and initiative to deliver faster and effective solutions in planning,

implementation and management of projects.



b) Resources: CMPDI is equipped with modern laboratory facilities for undertaking various

analytical works to supplement its services. It has well equipped network of six

environmental laboratories located in various coalfields to regularly monitor air, water

and noise parameters. The central unit at Ranchi, Regional Institute-IV at Nagpur

and Regional institute –V at Bilaspur is accredited with National Accreditation Board

for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL). Besides its own strength, CMPDI

has access to the vast resources with its principal, CIL, India’s largest coal producer

and a Maharatna Company.

12.2.3 Recognition

CMPDI is recognized as preferred consultant by India and overseas clients, United

Nation agencies and international financial institutions and the company is registered

with

1. World Bank

2. Asian Development Bank

3. African Development Bank

4. United Nations Development Programme

12.2.4 Main Functional Area

The main functional area of the CMPDI is to provide adequate and up-to-date

planning, design and technological supports to the CIL and its coal producing

subsidiaries to enable them to produce the planned quantity of coal efficiently and

economically with due attention to safety, conservation, quality and environment. In

addition to these, CMPDI also provides necessary consultancy for clients outside the

CIL in India and abroad. The Integrated Management System (IMS) of CMPDI,

Ranchi is certified under international standard – ISO-9001 and ISO -27001 by

UKAS. Services covered under are as follows:

1. Consultancy in Mineral Exploration and Environmental Management.

2. Planning & Design in Mining, Civil & Architectural Engineering, Coal Preparation &

Utilization, Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, Mining Electronics, Geomatics

and Mine Construction.

3. Laboratory testing facilities for the above.

4. Technical & Management Training in Mineral & Mining Sector.

12.3 NATURE OF CONSULTANCY RENDERED

CMPDI has been offering services in the fields enumerated in below table



Sl. No. Services Offered 1 Exploration & Resource Evaluation 2 Mine Planning & Design Services 3 Infrastructures Engineering 4 Environmental Services 5 Beneficiation Services 6 Management Services 7 Specialized Services 8 Laboratory Services 9 ITC in Mining 10 Research & Development

12.3.1 Exploration & Resource Evaluation

New generation exploration technology coupled with skilled manpower has made

CMPDI a twenty first century leader in mineral exploration, deposit modelling,

resource evaluation, resource management, mining geology, hydro-geological &

geophysical studies, engineering, geological investigations etc.

To provide quality services, CMPDI is effectively utilizing technology like remote

sensing, combination drilling (coring and non-coring), multi-probe geophysical

borehole logging, seismic refraction survey etc.

CMPDI has already undertaken over 500 integrated exploration projects in varying

geological and terrain conditions.

12.3.2 Mine Planning & Design Services

CMPDI is a premier consultant in open pit and underground mine planning & design

in coal, lignite and other minerals. CMPDI uses advance and established software

like MINEX for resource modelling; mine planning and scheduling of open cast and

underground mine projects. It has helped its subsidiaries to achieve unprecedented

growth from open cast mines in their organizations. Its experience in mechanized

underground mining technology spans exploitation of coal seams from 1.00 m to 20

m thickness, at different gradients from flat to 750, with soft to extremely hard coal,

liable to spontaneous heating and gassiness and under varying roof strata

conditions. Services offered to be manifold and are enumerated briefly below:-

Sl. No. Services Offered 1 Master planning of coalfield 2 Perspective planning 3 Conceptual engineering studies 4 Techno-economic feasibility studies 5 Detailed project reports 6 Detailed engineering with working drawings



Sl. No. Services Offered 7 Mine ventilation & transport planning 8 Operational planning 9 Mining plans for mining lease 10 Mine capacity assessment 11 Performance analysis of equipment 12 Prediction of surface subsidence through numerical modelling

software 13 Geophysical logging, Seismic survey, Resistivity Survey.

12.3.3 Infrastructure Engineering

CMPDI provides engineering logistic or support services for development of

infrastructure. It has developed multi-disciplinary engineering skills for implementing

projects of various complexities.

12.3.4 Environmental Services

CMPDI holds a position of eminence in the field of environmental planning, impact

assessment, management and environmental engineering in coal and other sectors.

It is the nodal agency for co-ordination and monitoring of ongoing environmental up-

gradation schemes sanctioned by Ministry of Coal and Mines under the head

“Environmental Measures and Subsidence Control”. It undertakes technical scrutiny

of new proposals, visits to project sites and disbursement of funds to the

implementing agencies.

CMPDI is an NABET accredited consultant for EIA report preparation. It has been

accredited for following sector

(i) Mining of Minerals

(ii) Thermal Power Plants

(iii) Coal Washeries

CMPDI has approved Functional Area Expert in the following functional Areas

(i) Air Pollution Monitoring, Prevention and Control

(ii) Water Pollution Monitoring, Prevention and Control

(iii) Solid and Hazardous Waste Management

(iv) Socio – Economic Aspects

(v) Hydrology, Ground Water & Water Conservation

(vi) Geology

(vii) Meteorology, Air Quality Modelling and Prediction

(viii) Noise and Vibration.

(ix) Land Use.



(x) Risk and Hazardous Waste Management.

A few of the new areas in which CMPDI has diversified are environmental and hydro-

geological studies for disposal of fly ash, development of air quality model, bio-

treatment of industrial effluents, carrying capacity base development planning,

watershed modelling, acid mine drainage(AMD) and rain water harvesting. Services

offered with respect to environmental quality monitoring, engineering, management

and planning are briefly given in following Table Table 111 Environmental services

Sl. No. Sub-heads of Services

Services rendered

1 Environmental Monitoring

Air quality Water quality Noise level Soil quality Micro-meteorological studies Stack monitoring

2 Environmental Engineering

Industrial/ Municipal effluent treatment and recycling plants Hazardous waste disposal site engineering Municipal effluent disposal site engineering

3 Natural resource management

Land use planning Rain water harvesting Watershed management plans

4 Regional planning Regional environment management plans Regional environment status plans

5 Environment assessment plans

Environment assessment plans

6 Special studies Review of existing mining and environment policies, legislations, standards and mechanisms for monitoring compliance, institutional strengthening for regulatory and counterpart institutions. Study of environmental problems and action plan for restoration of environmental quality. Mine closure planning

As fulfilling requirement of MoEF, CMPDI is accredited with National Accreditation

Board for Education & Training (NABET) of Quality Council of India as 76th Re-

Accreditation Committee Meeting for Re-Accreditation held on 13th January 2016.



12.3.5 Beneficiation Services CMPDI specializes in planning, design and construction of new washeries and

modification of existing washeries for coal and mineral beneficiation. Services with

respect to beneficiation offered to are given below Table 112 Beneficiation services

Sl. No. Services Offered to for 1 Planning of coal and mineral beneficiation plants 2 Preparation of feasibility / project reports including macro level

analysis, wash-ability studies, environmental impact assessment and techno-economic analysis.

3 Technical studies, performance evaluation and operation and maintenance related consultancy for existing washeries.

12.3.6 Management Services

Management services enumerated below have been offered by CMPDI to different

organizations or bodies. Table 113 Management services

SN Sub-heads of Services Services rendered for 1 Coal Investment

promotion Services Assistance to Government of India in identification and assessment of coal mining properties for investments through private sector participation.

2 Quality Management Services

Consultancy for implementation, certification and maintenance of ISO 9001 Quality Management System and its industry specific translations, ISO 14001 Environment Management System and OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Assurance System.

3 Human Resource Services

Creating knowledge and skill based workforce, CMPDI through its Staff Training College (STC) imparts training to its clients’ personnel. Under UNDP, CMPDI has trained professionals from Nigeria, Sultanate of Oman and North Korea. Through its STC it has organized training programmes under five major categories such as (i) Technical, (ii) Managerial, (iii) Computer application, (iv) Quality Skills, (v) Quality System, etc. It has also organized and conducted off-campus training programmes with respect to Quality System at various subsidiaries of CIL.

CMPDI diversified into management system consultancy in 1998. While continuing to

provide consultancy for ISO 9001 Quality Management System (QMS), ISO 14001

Environmental Management System (EMS), it made forays into consultancy for ISO



17025 (Testing and calibrating laboratories) and ISO-27001 (Information Security

Management System) under consultancy scope as:

Creation of Management system

Providing training support

Implementation, certification and post certification support

12.3.7 Specialized Services

With a view to catering to specific requirements of clients, CMPDI has been

providing field oriented specialized services to its clients. Descript services rendered

under this category have been remote sensing, terrestrial survey, blasting, ventilation

design & gas assessment in underground mines, energy audit and non-destructive

testing. Main services rendered are described below Table 114 Specialized services

SN Sub-heads of Services Services rendered in 1 Geomatics Geomatic services in mining sector ranging from

topographical survey, baseline data generation and monitoring of land use / land cover for environmental management, water resource survey and coal mine fire mapping. It has also imparted expertise services in the field of remote sensing applications, terrain mapping, co-relation survey for underground mines, GPS / GIS survey, cartography and digital image processing.

2 Blasting Carrying out controlled blasting and ground vibration study, vibration monitoring, fragmentation improvement studies, random sampling & testing of explosives and accessories and performance evaluation of new explosives with sophisticated testing equipment, in both coal and non-coal sectors.

3 Non-destructive Testing (NDT)

Services for non-destructive testing of components of machinery, installations and other structural elements have been provided at site during periodic maintenance to avoid accidental failure.

4 Ventilation and Gas Survey

CMPDI has been offering services for ventilation monitoring, planning & design of ventilation system including gas assessment and testing for underground mines.

5 Energy Audit CMPDI is empanelled as an accredited energy auditor with Govt. of West Bengal and Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) under Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Govt. of India. Over 130 reports on electrical and diesel energy conservation have been prepared.

6 Inspection services CMPDI has been rendering pre-dispatch third



SN Sub-heads of Services Services rendered in party inspection services for plants and equipment at the manufacturers’ workstations for materials procured by its clients.

7 Captive power plants Reports on optimum utilization, conceptual notes and tender documents

12.3.8 Laboratory Services

CMPDI has well equipped laboratories for carrying out investigations and analysis for

Environmental parameters with NABL accreditation

Apart from environment, geo-chemical, petrography coal washability and geo-

mechanical properties, coal and lignite characterization, CMPDI has laboratories with

highly skilled manpower and state of art equipment. The data generated by these

laboratories form basis of characterization and grading of coal in exploration, mine

feasibility reports, washery design and downstream utilization. Brief description of

Laboratory Services rendered by CMPDI is given below:- Table 115 Laboratory services

SN Sub-heads of Services Services rendered in 1 Environment Laboratory CMPDI has very well equipped environment

laboratories at its HQ as well as Regional Institutes. CMPDI (HQ) Environment Laboratory along with Environment Laboratories of RI-IV, Nagpur and RI-V, Bilaspur has been accredited with National Accreditation Board for Testing and calibration Laboratories (NABL) with conformance of ISO 17025:2005 vide certificate no. T-2969 dt. 24.05.2014.

2 Geo-chemical Laboratory

CMPDI has been rendering services like geo-chemical analysis like proximate & ultimate analysis, GCV determination of coal and lignite and other special test through microprocessor based automatic calorimeter and analyser.

3 Petrographic Laboratory CMPDI has been carrying out evaluation for hydro carbons, oil shales and coal bed methane for coal coke and source rock through sophisticated microscopes, identifying mineral phases in coal, rocks and metal through X-Ray diffractometer, and micro-area analysis and cleat studies for CBM through Scanning Electron Microscope accredited by International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (ICCP).

4 Mining Laboratory CMPDI has been determining physio-mechanical properties of rocks for design inputs for mine planning and other technical services and



SN Sub-heads of Services Services rendered in undertaking testing of roof supports and building materials for design support systems for underground workings.

5 Washery Laboratory CMPDI has been determining washability characteristics of coarse, small and fine coal and shattering & pulverized characteristics of coal for assistance in planning and design of coal beneficiation plants.

12.3.9 IT Services in Mining

CMPDI has been gearing up itself fully to meet challenges of IT sector requisite for

mining industries as per IT implementation scheme with a view to revolutionizing

mining industry and mining operations in coming years.

IT services provided by CMPDI have been tabulated below Sl. No. Services Offered to for 1 Mine communication and mine safety systems

2 Establishing internet and internet facilities

3 Real time fleet management system for large OC mines using

GIS & GPS.

4 Land information system using enterprise GIS.

12.3.10 R & D Services

The Research & Development activities in coal and lignite are being administered

through the Scientific Advisory Committee (SSRC) with Secretary (Coal) as its

Chairman. The committee is entrusted with the task of planning, budgeting and

overseeing the implementation of R & D programme in coal and lignite sector and

also for application of research findings. And, CMPDI is the Nodal Agency to co-

ordinate S & T / R & D activities in coal and lignite sectors and assist SSRC in areas

mentioned herein after.

Field oriented research projects including transfer and absorption of new technology

concerning main areas of coal research have been as follows:

1. Production, productivity and safety.

2. Coal beneficiation and utilization.

3. Environment and Ecology.

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