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Greenera Mining & Envirotech Pvt. Ltd. B. Tirkey (RQP) Regd. No. RQP/RNC/147/2011/A Page 1 PFR “M/s S.R.Y BRICKS” Partner’s: Shri Shamim Ansari, Md. Rustam Ansari & Mohamad Yasin. Area: 2.0 Acres (0.809 ha) PRE- FEASIBILITY REPORT 1 Executive Summary. M/s S.R.Y. BRICKS is applying for the grant of Environmental Clearance over a mining lease area of 2.0 Acres (0.809 Ha), which is located at Mauza- Semra, Khata No.- 138, Plot No. 199, 200, Thana- Chainpur, Thana No-92, District-Palamu (Jharkhand), as per the directions given by MoEFCC (Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change). The mining Plan of the concerned Project has been prepared with proper attention to ensure that the relevant provisions under MMDR Act-1957, MMR-1961, and Mines Act-1952, Mines Rules 1955, JMMCR 2004 & JMMC (A) R 2014 are followed. 1.1 Project in Brief. Brick making is as ancient as human civilization itself. Great architectural wonders and the immortal monuments built in the antique past had been built with bricks besides stones and mortar. Ever since man realized the housing as basic need, he started using bricks in various forms like green bricks, sun dried bricks and the fired bricks. Today from the hum- ble dwellings to the modern skyscrappers and labyrinthine structures, brick forms the most important building material. Like the earth withstanding the passage of unimaginable as- tronomical years, the bricks also, made of earths clay and soil do withstand even the worst disastrous onslaughts of nature for quite a long time. Today, one cannot imagine a construction at the exclusion of bricks and such is the im- portance that bricks have assumed as a building material. The concerned Brick clay mining Project is an opencast surface mining Project. In this min- ing Project Soil/ clay will be excavated from the earth’s surface for casting of Bricks. Method of mining is manual. Hence the mining activity will not affect the environment adversely. Mining will be done as per approved mine plan. Environmental factors that are vulnerable to mining are Air, Water and Noise. Proper mitiga- tion measures will be implemented to reduce the pollution load on Air, Water and Noise. For Air pollution control, water sprinkling at mining site and haulage road is proposed. Surface water will not be polluted, since housing facility for workers is not proposed at the mining site. Ground water table will not be punctured; as mining activity will be done to a maximum depth of 2 m from surface. Noise pollution is not effective, as this is a manual mining Project.

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PFR “M/s S.R.Y BRICKS”

Partner’s: Shri Shamim Ansari, Md. Rustam Ansari & Mohamad Yasin. Area: 2.0 Acres (0.809 ha)

PRE- FEASIBILITY REPORT

1 Executive Summary.

M/s S.R.Y. BRICKS is applying for the grant of Environmental Clearance over a mining lease

area of 2.0 Acres (0.809 Ha), which is located at Mauza- Semra, Khata No.- 138, Plot No.

199, 200, Thana- Chainpur, Thana No-92, District-Palamu (Jharkhand), as per the directions

given by MoEFCC (Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change).

The mining Plan of the concerned Project has been prepared with proper attention to ensure

that the relevant provisions under MMDR Act-1957, MMR-1961, and Mines Act-1952, Mines

Rules 1955, JMMCR 2004 & JMMC (A) R 2014 are followed.

1.1 Project in Brief.

Brick making is as ancient as human civilization itself. Great architectural wonders and the

immortal monuments built in the antique past had been built with bricks besides stones

and mortar. Ever since man realized the housing as basic need, he started using bricks in

various forms like green bricks, sun dried bricks and the fired bricks. Today from the hum-

ble dwellings to the modern skyscrappers and labyrinthine structures, brick forms the most

important building material. Like the earth withstanding the passage of unimaginable as-

tronomical years, the bricks also, made of earth’s clay and soil do withstand even the worst

disastrous onslaughts of nature for quite a long time.

Today, one cannot imagine a construction at the exclusion of bricks and such is the im-

portance that bricks have assumed as a building material.

The concerned Brick clay mining Project is an opencast surface mining Project. In this min-

ing Project Soil/ clay will be excavated from the earth’s surface for casting of Bricks. Method

of mining is manual. Hence the mining activity will not affect the environment adversely.

Mining will be done as per approved mine plan.

Environmental factors that are vulnerable to mining are Air, Water and Noise. Proper mitiga-

tion measures will be implemented to reduce the pollution load on Air, Water and Noise. For

Air pollution control, water sprinkling at mining site and haulage road is proposed. Surface

water will not be polluted, since housing facility for workers is not proposed at the mining

site. Ground water table will not be punctured; as mining activity will be done to a maximum

depth of 2 m from surface. Noise pollution is not effective, as this is a manual mining Project.

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At the quarry labours will be equipped with PPE (Personal Protective Equipments). Con-

cerned Project will not affect the local Biodiversity and its related Flora & Fauna. Occupa-

tional Health issues will be dealt by providing PPE and regular health checkups for the work-

ers at mining site. Work will be carried out in daytime only therefore no housing for workers

is required at mine site. Therefore water requirement, generation of municipal wastes will be

negligible.

Location of the Project site had been defined by using the GPS Co-ordinates. Geographical

features within a radius of 1 km from the periphery of the Project site is shown in the Google

map of 1 km radius and is attached as Annexure- V

1.2 An Overview of the Project.

Table No. 1

S.No. Item Details

1. Name of the Applicant M/s S.R.Y. BRICKS

2. Mining Lease Area 2.0 Acres (0.809 Ha)

3. Land form & Land Use Flat, slightly undulated and fallow land

4. Land Ownership Raiyati Land

5. Land Agreement 10 years (03/09/2013 to 03/09/2023); Letter of

agreement enclosed as Annexure- III).

6. Toposheet No. 63P/16 (G44X16)

7. Site Coordinates

Khata

No./

Plot No.

Latitude (N) Longitude (E)

138/199 24° 1'23.41"N 83°58'47.60"E

138/200 24° 1'22.16"N 83°58'50.57"E

8. Water Table 8-10 m bgl

9. Seismicity Zone III (moderate as per BIS)

10. Nearby Water Bodies Saunri River: 0.3 km* (S)

11. Minerals of mine Brick Clay

12. Proposed production of mine

As per approved mine plan of the project prepared

by RQP the total mineable reserve is estimated to

be 10,640 cum for the entire life of mine. Proposed

excavation of brick clay for 5 years of plan period

is given below:

Years Excavation of

soil/clay (cum)

Total Bricks

to be Casted

1st 1440 6,00,000

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2nd 1440 6,00,000

3rd 1440 6,00,000

4th 1440 6,00,000

5th 1440 6,00,000

Total 7200 30,00,000

13. Life of Mine 7.4 years as per approved mine plan.

14. Method of mining Opencast & Manual, Mining will be carried out as

per MCR 1960 & approved mine plan.

15. Estimated cost Approx. 11.81 lakhs

16. Water demand 4.0 KLD

17. Sources of water

Drinking water requirement will be met by Bore

wells/ Dug wells located at nearby Villages i.e.

Semra, Khura Khurd etc. For dust suppression and

plantation water supply will be met by Saunri River

(0.3 km from Mine site) or by private tankers.

18. Ultimate depth of Mining 1.5 m as per Approved Mine Plan.

19. Man power <20 semiskilled/ non-skilled labours will be hired.

Connectivity.

1. Nearest railway station Daltonganj Railway Station: 10 km* (E)

2. Nearest state highway

NH- 75 (Daltonganj-Garhwa Rd.): 7.5 km* (E)

MDR (Shahpur-Bahera Rd.): 1.5 km* (S)

MDR (Shahpur-Chothasa Rd.): 2.0 km* (N)

3. Nearest Airport Daltonganj Airport: 12 km* (E)

4. Nearest city Daltonganj: 9 km* (E)

2. Introduction of the project Background information

2.1. Identification of project and project proponent.

M/s S.R.Y. Bricks (Brick Kiln) located at Mauza- Semra, Thana No-92, Thana- Chainpur, Dis-

trict-Palamu (Jharkhand), had proposed Brick Clay mining over an area of 2.0 Acres (0.809

ha), for casting of Bricks.

The Plot (s) proposed for Brick Clay mining is/are located as mentioned below in Table No. 2:

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Table No. 2

Details of

land owner

and with

plot number

Khata No

/Plot No

Village

(Exvation

Site)

Land Owner Name Depth

(m)

Duration

(Year)

Area

(Acre)

138/199 Semra Smt. Saroj Devi 1.5 05 0.90

138/200 Semra Shri Kabir Mohammad 1.5 05 1.10

- - - - - -

- - - - - -

Total 2.0

Partners of M/s S.R.Y. Bricks are as follows.

Shri Shamim Ansari

Village-Burhibir, P.o-Harinamar, P.s-Chainpur, District-Palamu Jharkhand.

Md Rustam Ansari

Village-Budhibir, P.o-Harinamar, P.s-Cainpur

District-Palamu Jharkhand.

Mohamad Yasin

Vill+Post-Semra, P.s-Chainpur, District-Palamu

State-Jharkhand- 822110

Land Agreement is attached as Annexure- III.

2.2. Brief description of nature of the project.

The proposed Project is to mine Brick Clay within proposed mining lease area. Mining activi-

ty will be opencast & manual, and will be done using shovel, spade, sieve etc. as per ap-

proved mine plan. The Project does not involve production or usage of any hazardous ele-

ments. This Project will promote indigenous production of Bricks using brick clay. Land use

of the lease area will not change, after closure of the mine proper reclamation of the mine

lease area will be done as per approved mine plan.

2.3. Need for the project and its importance to the country and or re-

gion.

With growth in infrastructure, the need and importance of Bricks had continuously increased

and will keep on increasing as per the current status. Mining of minerals had been one of the

most primitive works associated with societal development. Need of mining had always been

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there as it provides products for infrastructural development. In India, the brick industry is

one of the important labour intensive industries which provides employment to both skilled

and unskilled rural people. There are about 30000 brick kiln units in India employing over

five million landless labourers (Financial Express, (On-line Edition), October 24th, 2003)

A brick is a building material used to make walls, pavements and other elements

in masonry construction. So there is a huge requirement of these minor minerals in infrastruc-

tural Development, which leads to socio economic development. Apart from this, it also plays

an important role in generating revenue to the State.

2.4. Demand-Supply Gap.

With the increase of urbanization the demand for Brick, is growing in infrastructure sector in

our country. A brick is building material used to make walls, pavements and other elements

in masonry construction. The demand of Brick is directly proportional to the supply.

2.5. Imports vs. Indigenous production.

Imports of Brick is not applicable in the region and indigenous production is efficient in the

production of quality Bricks. Bricks required and produced in the region are mainly for build-

ing construction. Indigenous production of Bricks will provide Bricks at low cost, and will

also provide employment to the locals.

2.6. Export Possibility.

The Bricks produced in the region is mainly for building construction, and is not feasible for

export.

2.7. Domestic / export Markets.

Production of Bricks will be limited to domestic market and is not feasible for export. Con-

struction companies and local vendors in the nearby town and cities are the potential market

for the brick made up of brick clay.

2.8. Employment Generation (Direct and Indirect) due to the Project

This concerned Brick clay mining Project is having good scope for employment generation.

There would be 180 working days in a year.

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Table No. 3

Employment generation

Employees Future

(A)Skilled/ Semiskilled

Attendance Clerk – cum register Keeper 1

Fire Man 1

Munshi 1

Total 03

(B)Unskilled (Piece rated worker) 15

Total(A+B) 18

3. Project Description

3.1 Type of project including interlinked and interdependent projects, if

any.

This is an independent, new mining project. The proposed project is for the extraction of

Brick Clay from the proposed mining lease area.

3.2 Location (map showing general location, specific location, and

project boundary & project site layout) with coordinates.

The mining lease area is located at, Mauza- Semra, Khata No.- 138, Plot No. 199, 200,

Thana- Chainpur, Thana No-92, District-Palamu (Jharkhand).

Fig. 1: Location of Project site.

Specific location of the Project Site is provided in 500 m radius Google map, attached as An-

nexure- V.

Project

Site

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3.3. Details of alternate sites considered.

No alternative site considered.

3.4 Size or magnitude of operation.

The proposed mining lease area is of 2.0 Acres (0.809 Ha). Total Mineable reserve of the

proposed mining lease is 10,640 cum for entire life of mine. Magnitude of operation is pro-

vided below as per MCR 1960 and approved mine plan:

Table No. 4

Year

Wise

Volume

(cum)

Total Bricks Earth Per

Year

Top Soil Stored in Vol-

ume (Cum)

First 1440 6 Lac 600

Second 1440 6 Lac -

Third 1440 6 Lac -

Fourth 1440 6 Lac -

Fifth 1440 6 Lac -

Total 7200 30 Lac 600

As per approved mine plan of the project prepared by RQP. The quantity of annual excavated

soil will be 1440 cubic meter per annum. The mining will be done up to depth of 1.5 meter

and brick production will be 6,00,000 lacs Bricks per annum (considering 180 days i.e. up to

6 month in a year).

3.5 Project description with process details.

The proposed Project is a Brick Clay mining Project, having a mining lease area of 2.0 Acres

(0.809 Ha), and is located at Mauza- Semra, Khata No.- 138, Plot No. 199, 200, Thana-

Chainpur, Thana No-92, District-Palamu (Jharkhand). The method of mining will be opencast

and manual. Bricks produced here will be used as building material to make walls, pavements

and other elements in masonry construction.

Location of Brick Kiln: Mauza- Semra,Thana No-92, Thana- Chainpur, District-Palamu

(Jharkhand).

Proposed Production: Total Mineable reserve of the proposed mining lease is 10,640 cum

for entire life of mine. While in the first five years plan period, 7200 cum soil/clay will be

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excavated (@ 1440 cum/year). Which will cast 30 lakh Bricks in five years (@ 6 lakh Bricks

per year).

Life of mine:

Table No. 5

Period/Volume Plan Period Conceptual Period

Period (Years) 5 2.4

Volume (cum) 7200 3440

Anticipated Life of Mine come out- 7.4 years

Process details:

The proposed Project is to mine Brick Clay within proposed mining lease area. Mining activi-

ty will be opencast & manual, and will be done using shovel, spade, sieve etc. as per ap-

proved mine plan.

First of all mining lease area will be prepared for removal of top soil. Top soil (0-6 inch) re-

moved will be stored and stabilized within mine lease area, and will be further used at the

time of reclamation of mine. Mining activity is proposed for daytime only in order to reduce

accidental hazards and reduce environmental pollution. Maximum allowable depth of mining

is 2m from surface in proper bench form as per MCR-1960.

The clay is mined and stored in the open. This makes the clay soft and removes unwanted

oxides. This clay is then mixed with water to get the right consistency for moulding. Mixing

is done manually with hands and feet. Sometimes and in certain areas, animal driven pug

mills are used. A lump of mix is taken, rolled in sand and slapped into the mould. Initially

moulds were made of wood, now metal moulds are used. Sand is used so the brick does not

stick to the mould. Moulded Bricks will be left for drying within the mining lease area, after

drying of moulded Bricks it will be transported to the Brick Kiln, using manual carts.

No drilling and blasting is proposed. Approximately 1440 cum/season minor mineral will be

extracted and mining activity will remain close during the monsoon season.

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Fig. 2: Schematic diagram of Project layout.

Fig. 3: Manufacturing process.

3.6 Raw material required along with estimated quantity, likely source,

marketing area of final product/s, Mode of transport of raw Material

and Finished Product. Resource optimization/ recycling and reuse en-

visaged in the project, if any, should be briefly outlined.

The operation involves the extraction of Brick Clay in its existing form, from the proposed

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mining lease area. Extracted Brick Clay be tempered, moulded and dried. Finally dried up

moulded Bricks will be transported to the Brick Kiln via manual carts. Finished products

will be supplied to the local market directly. The existing roads will be utilized for the

transport of Bricks to the market.

3.7 Resource optimization/ recycling and reuse envisaged in the Project.

This is an opencast and manual Brick Clay mining Project and does not require any resource

optimization. Recycling of Rain water collected in the mining pits, will be done. Recycled

water will be utilized in dust suppression and plantation work.

3.8 Availability of water its source, Energy/ power requirement

and source.

Requirement of water at the mine site can be categorized into following sectors i.e. water re-

quired for drinking, casting of Bricks, suppression of dust and plantation.

Considering the fresh water requirement for 20 site laborers, it is estimated that approx 0.6

KLD (@ 30 lpcd) water will be required. Apart from that 3.4 KLD water will be required for

Purposes i.e. casting of Bricks, suppression of dust and plantation. Therefore total require-

ment of water is 4.0 KLD.

Drinking water requirement will be met by Bore wells/ Dug wells located in nearby Villages

i.e. Semra, Khura Khurd etc. For dust suppression and plantation water supply will be met by

Saunri River (0.3 km from Mine site) or by private tankers.

Power requirement is not anticipated, as this is an opencast manual Brick Clay mining and

mining activity will be done by using tools as given below.

Table No. 6

Machineries (tools) required

S. No Type of tools No

1 Wood Cart 10

2 Wood/Iron Mould 20

3 Tractor 3

4 Spade 6

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

for their Management/disposal.

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The scope of Project is as such that the generation of wastes either in the form of solid or liq-

uid is negligible. Since there is no provision for housing of labors in the mining area and

work hour is day time, the production of domestic wastes will be negligible. No liquid efflu-

ent will be generated at the site; if any wastes generated at the mine site will be managed by

providing dustbins within the vicinity, also encouraging the labors to keep the area clean.

3.10 Schematic representations of the feasibility drawing which give

information of EIA purpose.

Fig. 4: Schematic representation of EIA purpose

4. Site Analysis.

4.1 Connectivity.

Nearest Railway Station

Nearest railway station is Daltonganj Railway Station: 10 km* (E).

Nearest Airport

Nearest Airport is Daltonganj Airport: 12 km* (E).

Application for prior Environmental

Clearance (Form 1 M, Pre- Feasibility

Report & Approved Mine Plan)

as per directions given in EIA

notification of 15, January 2016.

Presentation for Environmental

Clearance before DEAC.

Grant of Environmental Clearance

by DEIAA.

Authority to monitor EC Compliance

(DEIAA, SEIAA, SPCB, CPCB,

MOEFCC Agency nominated by

MOEFCC) as mentioned in EIA notifi-

cation of 15 January 2016.

Commencement of mining operation.

Corrective measures to be taken as

per EC compliance, if required.

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Nearest Highway

NH- 75 (Daltonganj-Garhwa Rd.): 7.5 km* (E)

MDR (Shahpur-Bahera Rd.): 1.5 km* (S)

MDR (Shahpur-Chothasa Rd.): 2.0 km* (N).

4.2 Land Form, Land Use and Land Ownership:

Land Form: Flat and slightly undulated.

Land Use: Fallow land.

Land Ownership: Raiyati Land.

4.3 Topography (along with map).

The topography of Palamu district is characterized by highly rugged landscape with

green forest all over the area. The elevation of the hill ranges in southern part of the

district varies from 360-1110 m above msl. The master slope of the area in general

tends towards north and east.

The Proposed Mine Lease area is flat land with slight undulated formation. The area

shows a general slope toward SE-NW while the highest RL of 229m occurring

whereas the lowest RL of 228m within the Mining Area. Detailed topography of the

applied lease area is provided in Toposheet map of 5 km radius and is attached as

Annexure VI .

4.4 Existing land use pattern.

Existing Land use: Fallow land.

The mining lease area is not under CRZ.

Shortest distance from the periphery of the Project to the Periphery of:

• Forests: more than 250m.

• Wild Life Sanctuary: None (within 5 km)

• Eco sensitive area: None (within 5 km)

• Water bodies (distance from the HFL of the river): Saunri River: 0.3 km* (S).

• Notified industrial area: None (within 5 km)

4.5 Existing Infrastructure.

• Nearest railway station is Daltonganj Railway Station: 10 km* (E).

• Nearest Airport is Daltonganj Airport: 12 km* (E)

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• NH- 75 (Daltonganj-Garhwa Rd.): 7.5 km* (E)

• MDR (Shahpur-Bahera Rd.): 1.5 km* (S)

• MDR (Shahpur-Chothasa Rd.): 2.0 km* (N)

4.6 Soil classification.

Three soil orders namely Entisols, Inceptisols and Alfisols were observed in Palamu

district. Alfisols were the dominant soils covering 53.9 percent of total gross area fol-

lowed by Entisols (21.5 %) and Inceptisols (20.0 %). Alfisols amongst which Red

sandy soils are common and Ultisols of which red and yellow soils are common.

Source: NBSSLUP, Kolkata

Fig. 5: Soil classification of Palamu District

4.6.1 Regional Geology.

The Palamu district is covered by three major geological formations viz, the Precambrian

crystallines, the Vindhyans and the Gondwanas. Besides, the tertiary laterite and alluvium

also cover part of the district. The Alluvium cover of considerable thickness occurs in the

northern part of the district along the Son and North Koel rivers. Ground water occurs mostly

under phreatic condition in all the lithological units and locally under semiconfined and con-

fined condition.

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The regional geological formation of the area is as follows:

The geological formation of the Palamau district comprise mainly rocks of Archaean, Vin-

dhyan and Gondwana ages, the last cut by dykes of Deccan trap age. The Archaean rocks in-

clude both schists of Dharwar age and gneisses and granites. The schists, mainly horn-blendic

and biotitic, are the oldest rocks of the area and occur as parallel and lenticular bands in the

gneisses. The schists are intruded by epidiorites, amphibolites, and gneisses. Garnetiferous

sillimanite-graphite-schists, similar to the Khondalites, also occur near Daltonganj and

Latehar. Smaller patches of these rocke are found in the manner of inclusions in the most

prevalent and the biotite and sillimanite schists are rare.

Calc-silicate rocks and crystalline limestones of Dharwar age are largely developed in certain

areas. The gneisses and granites are, however, the most predominant rocks of the district as in

other parts of Chotanagpur. They give rise to prominent groups of hills in the northern and

southern parts of the district.

Geologically much of the district is yet unexplored except the areas around Daltonganj and

Latehar, the coalfields and other economic deposits such as those of magnetite, limestone and

clays, etc.

The Archaean rocks can be grouped under the following heads:-

(1) Crystalline limestone. Marbles and Calc-silicate rocks.

(2) Amphibolites.

(3) Dolerites and Meta-dolerites.

(4) Granites and Granite-gneisses.

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S.no Symbol Age group Lithology

01

Quaternary Recent alluvium overlying weathered

granite gneiss

02

Gondwana Super Group Sandstone, Shale, Coal seams, Boulder

beds

03

Vindhyan Super Group Limestone

04

Archeans Pegmatites, Dolomites

05

Archeans Chhotanagpur granite gneiss complex

06

Archeans Older Metamorphies - Mica Schist Horn-

blends Schist, Graphite Schist

Fig. 6: Geological map of Palamu District.

4.7 Climatic data from secondary sources.

The Palamu district is characterized by warm climate in March to June and later on there is a

gradual decline in temperature from October onwards to December. January is the coolest

month of the year. March, April and May are the hot and dry months of the district. The tem-

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perature varies from 5°C to 46°C. The district witnesses dust storms between March and June

associated with low humidity, high temperature and fast blowing wind.

During winter season the district records temperature between 6 to 18 degrees centigrade and

during summer the temperature increases up to 47 degrees centigrade.

The district falls under unassured rainfall zone and hence receives monsoon rains during June

to September. The average annual rainfall of the district is less than1200 mm as it comes un-

der the rain shadow part. More than 80% of the precipitation is received during the monsoon

months. Annual normal rainfall of the district is 1163 mm of which about 85 % is received

between June and October.

4.8 Social Infrastructure available.

• Nearest railway station is Daltonganj Railway Station: 10 km* (E).

• Nearest Airport is Daltonganj Airport: 12 km* (E)

• NH- 75 (Daltonganj-Garhwa Rd.): 7.5 km* (E).

• MDR (Shahpur-Bahera Rd.): 1.5 km* (S)

• MDR (Shahpur-Chothasa Rd.): 2.0 km* (N).

5. Planning Brief.

5.1. Planning Concept.

Mining methodology of the Brick Clay mining is opencast and manual, where mining will be

done using shovel, spade, sieve etc. Proper benching of 1.0 m height and 1m width will be

maintained for mining blocks as per guideline MMR-1961, under rule 106. Brick Clay mined

out from the proposed mine lease area will be tempered and moulded, after that moulded

Bricks will be dried. Futher moulded Bricks will be transported to Brick Kiln using manual

carts. Casted Bricks from Brick Kiln will be sent directly to the market.

No housing facility is required at the mine site, as the workers will be hired locally and work-

ing hour is daytime. Rest shelters and other basic amenities shall be provided to the workers.

Mining will be carried out in proposed mine lease area only as per MCR 1960 & approved

mine plan without affecting the adjoining area.

5.2. Population Projection.

In the Proposed Project working duration is for daytime only, and there are no provi-

sions for dwelling of labors at mine site, labors will be hired from local market or vil-

lages. Therefore there is no permanent influx of the population.

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5.3. Land use planning.

There will be no change in land use of mine lease area. During the mining period mine

lease area will be converted into open pit. Reclamation of the mine lease area will be

done as per approved mine plan.

Table No. 7

Land Use pattern after first to fifth years plan period

Sl. No. Land use Area in (Acre)

1 Mining pits Quarry 1.88

2 Approach Road 0.03

3 Dump or Soil Stacked 0.04

4 Office or Rest Shelter etc. 0.03

5 Balance undisturbed land 0.02

Total 2.0

5.4. Assessment of Infrastructure Demand (Physical and Social).

Infrastructure such as rest shelter, mobile toilets and availability of drinking water for

labors will be provided. Apart from these there is no provision of housing facility as the

labors will be hired from local markets or nearby villages. Extracted minerals will be

casted into raw Bricks and will be sent directly to the Brick Kiln. From Brick Kiln

casted Bricks will be directly transported to the local market; there is no provision for

stocking of extracted minerals.

5.5. Amenities/Facilities.

Temporary rest shelters, drinking water and first aid facility, PPE, mobile toilets, will be

made available to the mine workers at mine site.

6. Proposed Infrastructure.

6.1. Industrial Area (Processing Area).

No Industrial Area proposed.

6.2. Residential Area (Non Processing Area).

No residential area is proposed as the labors will be hired from nearby market or near-

by villages, only rest shelter is proposed at mine lease area.

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6.3. Green Belt.

Number of saplings to be planted for the entire life of mine will be 476 saplings, which

will cover 37% of Green Belt development. Plantation of shrubs along the periphery of

mining lease area will be done and plantation of trees along the haulage route will be

done in consultation with local Authority.

Table No. 8

Green belt development in the current plan period

Year Area for greenbelt in m2 No. of Sapling

1st

427 68

2nd

427 68

3rd

427 68

4th

427 68

5th

427 68

Total 2135 340

6.4. Social Infrastructure.

No residential area is proposed as the labors will be hired from nearby market or near-

by villages, only rest shelter is proposed at mine lease area.

6.5. Connectivity (Traffic and Transportation Road/Rail/Metro/Water ways

etc).

• Railway Station: Daltonganj Railway Station: 10 km* (E).

• Airport: Daltonganj Airport- 12 km* (E)

• NH- 75 (Daltonganj-Garhwa Rd.): 7.5 km* (E)

• MDR (Shahpur-Bahera Rd.): 1.5 km* (S)

• MDR (Shahpur-Chothasa Rd.): 2.0 km* (N)

6.6. Drinking Water Management (Source & supply of Water).

Drinking water requirement will be met by Bore wells/ Dug wells located at nearby Villages

i.e. Semra, Khura Khurd etc.

6.7. Sewerage System.

No Sewerage system is proposed at mine site.

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6.8. Industrial Waste Management.

Not applicable.

6.9. Solid Waste Management.

Since there is no housing facility for Labors, proposed in the mine lease area, genera-

tion of domestic waste or any other solid waste is negligible.

6.10. Power requirement & supply/source.

All the activities will be carried out manually and at day time only; hence there is no power

requirement for the project at site.

7. Rehabilitation a n d Resettlement (R & R) Plan.

Not Applicable.

8. Project Schedule & Cost Estimates.

8.1. Likely date of start of construction and likely date of completion (Time

schedule for the Project to be given).

Likely the Project would start as soon as it will obtain all the clearances from various con-

cerning authorities.

8.2. Estimated Project cost along with analysis in terms of economic viability of

the Project.

The cost of project would be approx Rs. 11.81 lakhs.

Table No. 9

S.No. Particulars Cost in Rupees

1. Land Agreement 49375

2. Tools and equipments 30000

3. Labour 972000

4. Site development 30000

5. Environment Management Cost 70000

6. Miscellaneous 30000

Total 11,81,375

9. Analysis of proposal (Final Recommendations).

9.1. Financial and social benefits with special emphasis on the benefit to the local

people including tribal population, in the area.

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The Proposed mining Project will bring long term positive impact, in terms of socio econom-

ic development by providing direct or indirect source of income in the vicinity for the locals

and Tribal population, revenue generation to the Government. Land use of the mine lease ar-

ea will not change. Reclamation of the mine lease area will be done after the end of life of

mine, and the land can further be utilized for agriculture purposes.

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