/ (v++) f wnrsw rq ftfi'rs frfi 724 '2otJ To, Member Secretary, EAC (Non-coal Mining), IA Division, Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate change, New Delhi-110003 Ref: - Proposal No: - IAIUK /MlN/6t477 /20L6 File No:-f -1 t0I5 / 228 /2016-lA-ll (M) MoM of 29tI' EAC meeting dated March 22-23,2018 and Letter for correspondence from MoEF&CC dated 77.04.201.8 Subiect- ADS reply for Sand, Bajri & Boulder Mining from River Bed of Swarna River (Area- 23.75 ha) at Village- Abdullapur & Rampur Tehsil- Vikasnagar, Dist-Dehradun, Uttarakhand- ADS Reply. Respected Sir, The point wise compliance of the Additional Documents Sought by MoEF&CC, Delhi vide letter dated 17 .04.20L8. Trc-fi &, twr{lr S. No Additional Details Soueht Reply 1 The repienishment study report submitteC by the proponent is of the year 2073. In this report the size of the mineral available is not provided. The Committee was of the view, the size of the Mineral available needs to be submitted as per IS 1498: L970. The Committee was also of the view that the baseline data with respect to initial levels of mining lease, needs to be ascertained. For this permanent bench marks (BM) needs to be established at prominent location preferably close to mining leases in question and should have precisely known relationship to the level datum of the area, gpically mean sea level. The entire river bed should be divided suitably with the help of sections, these sections should preferably run across the flow of the river, the inter distance between each section should not be less than 50 meters and the profile of the river should be surveyed along these sections (minimum 20 points along the section line) to map the entire area. Sequence of mining along with depth of mining needs to be submitted. It is attached as Annexure-I. 2 The Committee noted that there is a school in the closevicinityofthemining lease and PP needs to submit the safeguard and protective measures for the same. The safeguard and protective measures are given as Annexure-ll.
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To,
Member Secretary, EAC (Non-coal Mining),IA Division,Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate change,New Delhi-110003
Ref: - Proposal No: - IAIUK /MlN/6t477 /20L6File No:-f -1 t0I5 / 228 /2016-lA-ll (M)MoM of 29tI' EAC meeting dated March 22-23,2018 and Letter for correspondencefrom MoEF&CC dated 77.04.201.8
Subiect- ADS reply for Sand, Bajri & Boulder Mining from River Bed of Swarna River (Area-23.75 ha) at Village- Abdullapur & Rampur Tehsil- Vikasnagar, Dist-Dehradun, Uttarakhand-ADS Reply.
Respected Sir,
The point wise compliance of the Additional Documents Sought by MoEF&CC, Delhi videletter dated 17 .04.20L8.
Trc-fi &, twr{lr
S. No Additional Details Soueht Reply1 The repienishment study report submitteC by
the proponent is of the year 2073. In this reportthe size of the mineral available is not provided.The Committee was of the view, the size of theMineral available needs to be submitted as per IS1498: L970. The Committee was also of the viewthat the baseline data with respect to initial levels ofmining lease, needs to be ascertained. For thispermanent bench marks (BM) needs to beestablished at prominent location preferably closeto mining leases in question and should haveprecisely known relationship to the level datumof the area, gpically mean sea level. The entireriver bed should be divided suitably with thehelp of sections, these sections should preferablyrun across the flow of the river, the inter distancebetween each section should not be less than 50meters and the profile of the river should besurveyed along these sections (minimum 20 pointsalong the section line) to map the entire area.Sequence of mining along with depth of miningneeds to be submitted.
It is attached as Annexure-I.
2 The Committee noted that there is a school in theclosevicinityofthemining lease and PP needs tosubmit the safeguard and protective measures forthe same.
The safeguard and protectivemeasures are given as Annexure-ll.
ilompuea. rne tetter for withdrawalof EC ProPosalIAIUK/MIN 160760/20L6 was
su'bmiited to MoEF&CC on dated
24.04.20L8.
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ihis pro;ect during t6'Ot'2077 and now :T^.:^t,
iltr" mi"itrg *itt be restricted upto maximum dePth of 1.5 meters onlY as
written on pig" No.10 of Chapter-4 of miningPlan' isd as
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forest clearance certificate'
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meeting of MoEF&CC.
goodself to kindly consider the project in the forthcoming EAC
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SURVEY UVORK FOR BASELINE DATA ASSESSMENT OFSWARNA RIVER SEGTION AT SELAQUI
IN UTTARAKI.IAND STATE DURING 20{8.{9
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Geomatics Engineering Group of Civil Engineering Department at Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) Roorkee has been contacted by the officials of Uttarakhand Van Vikas
Nigam, Dehradun in May 2018 for the survey of Swarna river section at Selaqui region of
Dehradun. The main aim of the survey work and measurements is to carry out the levelling
operation for getting the elevation of the river bed in pre and post monsoon period of year
2018. Survey work was carried out in Swarna river-section near Selaqui town.
State of the art survey equipments e.g. Electronic Total Station and Geodetic GPS
have been used for carrying out the survey. A number of ground control points have been
established on each site at permanent structures at prominent locations on the banks of river.
These reference control points have been connected using Geodetic GPS in the relative point
positioning mode (DGPS).
The river section has approx. 3800 m length with average slope of 1.6%. The survey
work has been carried out independently from the downstream side of the river and is
progressed towards upstream direction, The survey observations are taken at a grid interval of
50 m in longitudinal direction (along the length of river) and in perpendicular across direction
(along the width of the river). Thus the entire river-section is surveyed at a grid of 50 m by 50
m. After the surveys for the pre-monsoon and post-monsoon periods have been completed the
Longitudinal-sections (along the length of river) and the Cross-sections (along the width of
river) have been prepared using the survey computation software.
Size of mineral classification as per IS 1498; 1970, using grading approach has been
carried out. The sampling has been done at 7 locations by excavation of river bed material for
each 500 m stretch of the river, along the length. Sieve analysis was carried out on these
samples in the IIT Roorkee laboratory. Soil can be termed as well graded or poorly graded
gravels with sard. Average percentage of sand observed was around 25o/o,lt is also observed
that percentage of coarse gravel (between 20 to 80 mm) is significant. Average percentages
of coarse gravel at three depths (0.5 m, 1.5 m,2.5 m) are 54oA, 48Vo and 39o/o respectively'
The different of levels for the same location of the mining lot, in pre and post-
monsoon period has been observed in the range of 0.161 m to 0.713 m. The average rise in
the river bed level in the post and pre monsoon period is 0.353 m. Considering the average
mineable width of present mining lot as 150 m and length of river section as 3800 m, the
average volume of material available in one year cycle of replenishment is 2,04,630 cubic
meters. However, considering the changes in the river morphology and width of river after
the 2013 floods, the volume of material for the proposed mining from this mining lot of 150
m width and 3800 m length will be 8,55,000 cubic meters approximately for excavation upto
1.5 m with respect to the river bed levet.
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SURVEY WORK FOR BASELINE DATA ASSESSMENT OF SWARNARIYER SECTION AT SELAQUI IN UTTARAKHAND STATE DURING
2018-19
Preamble:
Geomatics Engineering Group of Civil Engineering Department at Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) Roorkee has been contacted by the officials of Uttarakhand Van Vikas
Nigam, Dehradun in May 2018 for the survey of Swarna river section at Selaqui region of
Dehradun. The survey work is to be carried out in pre and post monsoon season of year 2018.
After deliberations and field visit to ascertain the scope of work and the ground situation at
the site, Uttarakhand Van Vikas Nigam has awarded the work to IIT Roorkee. The'main aim
of the survey work and measurements is to carry out the levelling operation for getting the
elevation of the river bed in pre and post monsoon period.
Scope of Work:
After discussions with the Uttarakhand Van Vikas Nigam (UVVN) official Sri Indra
Singh Negi, Prabhagiya Longing Prabandhak (Khanan), Dehradun, the scope of work has
been decided as follows-
1. Land Survey work for baseline data assessment of Swarna river section including survey
of elevation for center-line of the river and few cross-sections. Along the river, the
sections will be taken at a spacing of 50 m, in longitudinal direction. Total 20 readings
will be taken for each cross-sections across the river, as per ground conditions. 2-3
permanent Bench marks will be established at appropriate places near the river. The
construction/maintenance work for the B.M. will be carried out by UV\rN. If any Survey
of India reference BM is available within 1-2 km from the study'reach of river, then the
BMs will be established with respect to that, otherwise, these will be established
independently. The land survey work will be repeated one more time in post-monsoon
period at the mutually agreed time, provided the river is dry and has proper working
conditions.
2. Size of mineral classification as per IS 1498: 1970, using grading approach will be carried
out. The sampling will be done for each 500 m stretch of the river, along the length. 2
nos. of labour for excavation of the samples will be provided by UVVN.
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3. Both the works will be carried out for a 3.7 km long section of Swarna river (area23.75
hectare).
Description of the site:
The survey work has been carried out for the Swarna river section at Selaqui area of
Dehradun. The rivers section is mostly clear from the vegetation and have deposits of river
bed material in the form of boulders, cobbles, gravels etc. Agricultural fields are present for
major stretch of the river section closer to the left and right bank of the river. At few places a
bunch of trees are located on island like formations. More number of trees are located closer
to the left bank of the river. Despite the repeated rains which have occurred this year due to
more than average monsoon season, the river is almost dry when the survey work was carried
out in pre and post monsoon seasons, The river section starts near Tilwari village on the
upstream side with Abdullapur on the left bank. The total length of river section is about than
3.8 km. Atakfarm is located at the downstream side of river section on left bank.
The length of Swarna river section to be surveyed and to be used for rnining purpose,
is located between 30"22'48.22" N latitude, 11"51'36.J6" E, longitude (downstream side) and
30'23'53.13" N latitude,77"53'28.36" E, longitude (upstream side). The river section has
approx" 3800 m length with average slope of 1.60/o.The general layout of the river section at
Selaqui area in Dehradun district has been given in Figure 1.
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Figure 1: General layout of Swarna river section at Selaqui area as viewed on Google Earth(the approximate mining arca and river center line are marked on it)
Methodology and Work done:
Several field visits to the concemed river section have been carried out by IITRoorkee team members (few visits with the UWN officials Sri I.S. Negi, Sri Bisht and Sri
S.S. Negi in the months of June to October 2018, for collecting the reconnaissance data, meta
data of the ground locations, location of the Survey of India Bench Mark and then the
surveying work in the pre and post monsoon season. Later the inputs from Sri Yadav, DLM
were also used for preparation ofthe report.
The reconnaissance survey data also helped in deciding the selection of control
stations and the work strategy to be adopted for mapping in order to restrict the errors. State
of the art survey equipments e.g. Electonic Total Station and Geodetic GPS have been used
for carrying out the survey. Before starting the survey work, a number of ground control
points have been established closer to the river section. It was mainly in the form ofperrnanent Bench Marks by construction of concrete pillars at appropriate places near the
river section. The construction/ maintenance work for the B.M. has been carried out by
UWN. Out of these, two concrete pillars were constructed at upstream end of the mining lot,
while the other two concrete pillars were constructed at downstream end of the mining lot.
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For getting better accuracy of survey measurements, it was taken care that the
concrete pillars are constructed on both banks of the river, i.e. on left hand side as well as
right hand side. These pillars were constructed on the river banks at the safe locations having
very less threat offlooding, thus these can act as reference control points for long duration for
the monitoring of the river section year after year. The pair of pillars on upstream and
downstream side were used for positional and direction reference. The two sets of pillars on
upstream as downstream side would also serve the purpose of closing the level survey and to
evaluate the errors. The ground control points at these pillar locations have been connected
with the Survey of India referenee BM, which is available at PWD Inspection Bungalow at
Sahaspur. Since the Survey of India reference BM is at more than I km distance from the
Swarna river-section, the BMs for the river-section have been established using Geodetic
GPS in the relative point positioning mode (DGPS).
The various control points and TBM established for the Swama river section are
given in table no. 1. These control points are also marked on the ground and these may be
utilized as further controls for the survey work in subsequent years, These will act as
reference as well as reduce the efforts in subsequent surveys for the aurrent river section.
Table 1: Control points and TBM for the Swarna river section
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No.Easting(meters)
Northing(meters) Latitude Longitude
Elevation(meters)
Code/ID Remarks
I 774973.473 3364365.792 30022',47.928" 77057',41.012" 546.60s BM-1 Taken on Concrete Pillarat left bank of SwarnaRiver on downstream sideat chainage 0.0 m
2. 774787.885 3364505.000 30022',52.597" 77"57',34.799', s46.295 BM-2 Taken on Concrete Pillarat right bank of SwarnaRiver on downstream sideat chainage (-50.0) m
J 777974.437 3366603.664 30'23'58.061" 770 53',35.455" 61 0.430 BM*3 Taken on Concrete Pillarat right bank of SwarnaR.iver on upstream side atchainage 3800.0 m
4. 778151.496 3366437.011 30"23',52.507" 77"53',47.923" 613.180 BM-4 Taken on Concrete Pillarat left bank of SwarnaRiver on upstream side at
chainage 3900.0 m.
5 774792.s5s 3364442.720 30"22',50.572" 77051',34.375', GPS 2 Taken at right bank ofSwarna River ondownstream side
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Complete survey measurements were taken by Electronic Total Station. The work was
started from the permanent bench mark locations in the form of concrete pillars, which were
constructed specifically for providing control points of the current survey work. Since there
are very less possible geographic landmarks available at or near the river sections, these
pillars would be very useful, if the reference is required for the survey work to be carried out
in subsequent years for continuous monitoring of the morphological behavior of the river-
sections as well as for river replenishment studies. A temple is present at the left bank of the
river on downstream side at approx. 380 m from the concrete pillar. A temporary bench mark
was marked in the temple premises also, which will help as reference in subsequent surveys'
The survey work has been starled from downstream end of the river section and is
progressed towards upstream direction. Although the concrete pillars being used as reference
control points have been constructed at both the ends of the mining-lot, however the
downstream side is closer to the Selaqui town, thus has the logistics advantage for carrying
out the survey work.
The survey work for the river sections has been carried out for the entire width of the
river from |eft bank to right bank, since the location of mining lot can be more efficiently
demarcated if the ground elevation values of entire width-points are available. The reference
pillars as well as few TBMs have been used as reference for this mining lot. The Total Station
is a modern survey device and a total survey solution, which is a combination of 'theodolite'
for measuring the horizontal and vertical angles; 'level' for measuring the elevation
difference between two or more ground locations; and 'EDM' (Electronie Distance
Measuring Device) for measuring the slope distance by electro-magnetic radiations and
computing the horizontal and vertical distance on that basis.
Total Station survey for a river section has been started from the reference oontrol
point (concrete pillar constructed for this purpose). The two concrete pillars on either side of
the river section are used for setting up the bearing/ orientation. Back-sight has been taken for
the control point and then fore-sights are taken for different locations on the river bed. The
survey observations are taken at a grid interval of 50 m in longitudinal direction (along the
length of river) and at a grid interval of 10 m in perpendicular across direction (along the
width of the river). Thus the entire river-section is surveyed at a grid of l0 m by 50 m. The
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ETS survey measurements have been carried out in Prism mode, since it ensures better
reflection of electromagnetic radiations, which are used for taking the observations.
The ETS observations have been taken for planimetric coordinates and height
positions for the various points at the spacing of approximate 50 n-r in the longitudinal and 10
m in across direction of the river-section in prism mode. The width of the river is not much"
therefore the observation stations are at less distance only. The instrument has been kept
approximately in the center of the river and the observations towards the river banks have
been carried out. This has helped to keep all the ETS survey-sightings a1 less clistance" It may
be noted that while the ETS instrument used in the survey work is capable of taking
observations upto 4 km in prism mode. therefore it is ensured that the sighting distance has
been kept less to enhance the observation-accuracy" The observational points for the
prominent features e.g. temple, important buildings, river spur locations are also taken" The
land survey has been carried out in the pre-monsoon period and then has been repeated ir-l
post monsoon period. The pre-monsoon survey has been carried out in the month of June
20 1 8, while post-monsoon survey has been conducted in the rnontl-r of October 20 1 8 "
After the surveys for the pre-monsoon and post-monsoon periods have been
completed the Longitudinal-sections (along the length of river) and the Cross-sections (along
the width of river) have been prepared using the survey computation software. The data has
been exported to the Excel file and the difference of elevation has been obtained by
subtracting pre-monsoon levels from the post-monsoon levels. The survey observations of'
both the periods have been compared and evaluated. The difference of levels for the same
location of the mining lot, in pre and post-monsoon period has been observed in the range of
0.161 m to 0.713 m. The pre and post monsoon elevation of the river bed level as measured
with the Electronic Total Station observations has been given in Table no. 2. These values
will act as the basis of the replenishment study of the river for the concemed mining lot. This
elevation difference at each location will help in further analysis for studying the
replenishment behavior of the river. The longitudinal sections corresponding to the pre and
post monsoon period have been given in Annexure A. The cross-sections for pre and post
monsoon period have been divided in two groups. Cross-sections from Chainage 0 m to
3962.915 m (upstream chainage) have been given in Annexure B. The cross-sections have
been made while moving from downstream to upstream of the river, i.e. left portion of the
cross-section depict the right bank and right portion depict the left bank of river. Cross-
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sections from Chainage 0 m to -380.10 m (downstream chainage) have been given in
Annexure C. The cross-sections have been made while moving from upstream to downstream
ofthe river, i.e. left portion ofthe cross-section depict the left bank and right portion depict
the right bank ofriver. These extra observations have been taken, since a temple exists on the
left bank of the river after chainage -300 m, which may act as a permanent bench mark or
reference for subsequent surveys in future.
Table 2: Elevation of the river bed level in Pre and Post monsoon period for the Swarna
river section at Selaqui
S.
No.Chainage(meters)
Elevation (meters) Difference in Elevation(meters)Pre-monsoon Post-monsoon
Volume of replenishment and mineable volume available
The average rise in the river bed level in the post and pre monsoon period is 0'353 m
for one year cycle of 2018-19. Considering the average mineable width of present mining lot
as 150 m and length of river section as 3800 m, the average volume of material available in
one year cycle of replenishment is 2,04,630 cubic meters. However, this value should not be
taken as annual average, since the variation ofriver morphology and its characteristics should
be studied for longer duration, with a minimum of three consecutive years' study" Then only
river bed material (RBM) deposition behavior of that particular stretch of the river can be
ascertained.
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Carrying capacity of the river increases after controlled mining, since the cross-
section of the river increases due to mining. Sediment carrying capacity reflects the account
of entrainment and transportation by the flow under the certain boundary condition. It is a
comprehensive index characterizing the sediment carrying capacity of flow under the
conditions of equilibrium of scouring and deposition (Yu, et al,, 2001; Milhous, 2005; Yang,
et a1.,2007; Wang, 2007 and Ni et al., 2014).In order to increase the cross-section of river,
either horizontal or vertical expansion can be exercised. Increase of river cross-section in
horizontal direction is not advisable, since it may induce the breaching of river banks, which
in tum will give rise to threat of flooding for nearby places. Therefore, increase in river cross-
section in vertical direction through controlled mining of the river is a more viable option.
The current deposition of RBM in the river for one year cycle (pre-monsoon to post-
monsoon) is about half a meter. In order to increase the river section, it is proposed that
controlled mining upto the depth of 1.5 m from current river bed level be allowed (may be for
current year only), as it will enhance the carrying capacity of the river and the rate of
deposition of RBM will also increase. The similar studies may be carried out in subsequent
years to ascertain the impact of increase in river cross-section by controlled mining'
Also, it has been observed that mining has not been carried out in the present mining
lot in last year, therefore the river bed level is already quite high, thus it might have reached
the saturation of deposition. Therefore, the rate of deposition of material will increase if the
river bed is lowered by controlled mining. It is in line with the law of sediment transport in
the natural streams. As a consequence of controlled mining in the designated lots of the river,
low elevation channels are created, which have got the tendency to get filled first with
sediment flow in the monsoon time. In the absence of that, the material deposition takes place
along the width of river upto the banks of river and this sometimes creates the situation of
breaching ofthe river banks causing flood havoc in the adjoining areas. The above condition
will induce the deposition of RBM for the entire width of river'
Severe floods in year 2013 have impacted the morphology of major and minor rivers
of Uttarakhand, as it has brought huge amount of RBM and silt deposits to the downstream
side. A study has been carried out using satellite remote sensing to study the morphology of
current river-section in pre and post era of 2013 floods. Satellite images of the same river
section pertaining to pre 2013 (pre-flood) and post flood time have been taken. The pre-
monsoon image of February 2013 has been shown in figure 2. Figure 3 shows the satellite
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image of the same area of December 2018. The river bank lines,for both the images have
been digitized and overlaid on the satellite image to get an idea of the width of river in that
year. The river bank lines of both the years (pre 2013 flood and post flood) have been
ovedaid on the satellite image of year 201 8, for better comparison as shown in figure 4. It has
been observed that river width has increased at several locations. The primary reason for the
same may be the excessive RBM brought along with the20l3 flood water and the subsequent
monsoon flows. It is evident that, if suffrcient depth of river cross-section is not available, the
RBM will have the tendency to get deposited towards the river banks, which sometimes may
cause breaching ofriver banks, i.e. increased flood threat for the neighbouring areas.
Figure 2: River bank line (shown in yellow colour) of Swarna river-section at Selaqui inFebruary 2013. Satellite image of February 2013 is shown in background.
By increasing the depth of river through controlled mining, the river flow as well as
the deposition of RBM will be more regularized arrd will stabilize the river morphology.
Hence it is proposed that mining upto a maximum depth of 1.5 m may be allowed for current
year and the situation may be studied for subsequent year (by ground survey ofriver-section
in pre and post monsoon period of year 2019). Therefore, considering the changes in the river
morphology and width of river after the 2013 floods, the volume of material for the proposed
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approximately for excavation upto 1.5 m with respect to the present river bed level.
Figure 3: River bank line (shown in green colour) of Swarna river-section at Selaqui inDecember 2018. Satellite image of December 2018 is shown in background.
Figure 4: River bank lines of Swarna river-section at Selaqui in February 2013 and Decernber2018. Satellite image of December 2018 is shown in background.
A Gallery of Photographs for the survey work has been given at the end of report.
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References
L M. H. Yu. G. L. Yang. G. F. Liu et al. (2001). "A preliminary study on the formula ofnon-uniform sediment carrying capacity", Joumal of Sediment Research, no. 3, pp" 25-29"
2" R. T" Milhous (2005). "Climate change and changes in sediment transport capacity in the
3" S" Q. Yang, S" C. Koh, 1. S. Kim and Y. Song (2007). "Sediment transport capacity: an
improved Bagnold formula", International Journal of Sediment Research. vol. 22, no" 1,
pp.27-38.
4. G. Q. Wang (2007). "Advances in River Sedirnent Research", Journal of SedimentResearch, vol. 2, pp. 64-8 1.
5. Zhi-hui Ni, Qiang Zeng and Wu Li-chun (2014), "Determination of the SedirnentCarrying Capacity Based on Perlurbed Theory". The Scientific World Journal.20l4,240858, pp. l-l 0. dx.doi.org110.1155120141240858
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Size of mineral classification has been carried out, using grading approach, as per IS
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km. The sampling has been done for every 500 m stretch of the river at seven locations, along
the length of river. The sampling was done in the field at the interval of approximately 600 to
700 m. The manual digging and collection of the samples was carried out carefully, owing to
the presence oflarge boulders on the river bed. The pits were excavated up to the depth of2.5
to 3 m. Then samples were collected from the depths at 0.5 m, 1.5 m and 2.5 m. Quantity of
sample collected at each depth was varying from 3 to 10 kg. The similar approach is followed
for collection of samples from all the pits.
Sieve analysis was carried out on these samples in the IIT Roorkee laboratory. Grain
size distribution for 21 samples (seven ground locations and three depths at each location) are
presented in the Annexure 'D' in 21 Charts. Various parameters like Dro, D:0, Dso, Doo, Cu
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Section Plates in the Pre-monsoon and monsoon period will be submitted in Hard copy as it is very
heavy after Compressed also.
Safeguard and protective measures to be taken for school within the close vicinity of the
mining lease area
Provision of speed breaker on the both side of the school approx. 10m to slow down the
traffic.
No movement of mining vehicle will be occurred during school opening and closing time.
Don't honk or rev truck engine to scare a pedestrian, even if they have the right of way.
The vehicle speed will not exceed from 20KmpH.
Strictly advised Truck drivers to avoid cellphone during driving.
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ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN
1 INTRODUCTION
Environmental Management Plan is a guiding document for environmental impacts associated with
the proposed projects. It is a guiding document for management of good environmental condition
on the site & surrounding of the proposed sand mine. The Environmental Management Plan (EMP)
has been formulated and integrated with the sand mine planning keeping in view overall scientific
development of local habitat and the adverse impact that may be caused due to the sand mining
operation.
A scientific assessment of these impacts those are likely to influence the existing environmental
scenario is needed. This could also facilitate in formulating a suitable environmental management
plan depicting all mitigation measures. It can help in implementing the project in an eco-friendly
manner.
The project activities influencing the following environmental attributes have been studied and
their impacts on the following attributes have been assessed.
• Air Environment
• Water Environment
• Land Environment
• Noise Environment
• Biological Environment
• Socio-Economic Environment
2 Description of the Project
The proposed project is Mining of Sand, Bajri, Boulder (minor mineral) from the bed of Swarna
River of area 23.75 ha at Near Village: Abdullapur & Rampur, Tehsil - Vikasnagar, District –
Dehradun, State- Uttarakhand and the estimated project cost is Rs. 25 Lakhs. It has been proposed
to collect 2,16,000 tonnes per annum.
Figure 1: Pictures of Mine Site
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Figure 3: Toposheet map indicating the project site
3 OBJECTIVES
To ensure that sand extraction will be carried out in an eco friendly manner.
To reduce the potential impacts of proposed sand mining extraction operations on the stream
and riparian habitats of streams, river bank stability etc.
To provide employment opportunities to the locals
To restore the ecosystem to the maximum extent possible.
4 ANTICIPATED IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES
The pollution potential of the proposed project, its possible impacts on the surrounding
environment during pre-operational and operational phases and the necessary management
actions proposed for control and abatement of pollution are furnished hereunder.
4.1 AIR ENVIRONMENT
4.1.1 Anticipated impacts
a) Due to Haul road/ Access Road
Plying of trucks from public road to river sand collection points needs access roads. Majority of
such access roads are the same existing roads/tracks being used by pedestrians/cart owners.
Movement of heavy vehicles sometimes causes problems to cattle post, agriculture land, and human
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habitations due to dust, noise and movement of public. These environmental problems are felt
more as the area is rural in nature.
b) Due to Mining process
Air pollution is likely to be caused at various stages of sand mining operations such as excavation,
loading of material. Most of the dust will be generated from loading. This dust becomes air borne
and gets carried away to surrounding areas. The impact on air is mainly localized in nature as the
dust particles are not carried to longer distances and the effect is felt within the core zone of the
project involving active Sand mining operations.
4.1.2 Mitigation Measures
a) Mitigation of Impacts on Access Roads
Movement of the vehicles on the road will be increased; however, unmetalled road in the mining
area will be sprinkled with water at regular intervals. In addition to prevent spillage by trucks over
loading should be controlled along with speed limit (10 tonnes/ truck). Water will be sprinkled on
regular basis to control the dust generation.
b) For Fugitive Dust Emission:
To avoid fugitive dust emissions at the time of excavation, regular sprinkling of water will be
done on regular basis.
Sand is transported to the sites by road through trucks covered by tarpaulin sheets.
To minimize the vehicular pollution from the sand transporting vehicles, the following
conditions are insisted to permit the vehicles of the transporters:
o The vehicles should have pollution control certificate (PUC) issued by appropriate
authorities.
o Regular maintenance of transport vehicles and monitoring of vehicular emission levels at
periodical intervals.
Green belt development along the haul roads, which will act as pollution sink.
4.2 WATER ENVIRONMENT
4.2.1 Anticipated impacts
As the project activity is carried out in the dry part of river bed, none of the project activities will
affect the water environment or riverian habitats. Project activities will not have any adverse effect
on the physical components of the environment and therefore may not have any effect on the
recharge of ground waters or affect the water quality. Monitoring of water quality will be checked
yearly.
4.2.2 Mitigation measures
Mining is avoided during the monsoon season and at the time of floods. This will help in
replenishment of sand in the river bed.
Mining below subterranean water level will be avoided as safe guard against environmental
contamination and over exploitation of resources.
River stream will not be diverted to form in active channels.
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Utmost care will be taken to minimize or control leakage vehicles to be used for sand
transportation.
The washing of trucks in the river will be avoided.
The contractor will follow all guidelines and rules for proper and scientific method of mining
during the period of extracting the sand.
4.3 LAND ENVIRONMENT
The type of mining and the characteristics of the particular mineral deposit both affect the degree
to which mining disturbs the landscape. Sand Mining and allied activities will be done in the fluvial
plain formed by river meandering. Mining of sand may cause a few environmental degradations.
4.3.1 Anticipated impacts
Damage of river bank due to access ramps to river bed, may cause soil erosion.
Destruction of river bank hinterland and ecological due to extraction of sand by probability of
damage to the flood control bunds (built along the river side) due to heavy movements of
vehicles over the bund to approach the mine are and further during transportation for sand
from the mine area.
Disposal of packing material, carried by the workers, would not be allowed. This packing
material would include used sachet/gutka/pan masala pouches.
Movement of heavy vehicles sometimes cause problems to agricultural land, human habitations,
borehole users due to dust, noise and it also causes traffic hazards.
Surface degradation due to road network.
4.3.2 Mitigation measures
Safety distance of 3m or 1/10th of the width of the river which ever will be more will be left
from both the bank of the river. (As guided by, MOEFCC guidelines on “Sustainable sand mining
guidelines” & Geological Survey of India).
No foreign material like polythene bag, jute bag and useless articles should be allowed to
remain/spill in river bed and catchment area, or no pits/pockets will be allowed to be filled
with such material.
Minimum number of access roads to river bed for which cutting of river banks will be avoided
and ramps are to be maintained.
Care will be taken to ensure that ponding is not formed in the river bed.
Mining will not exceeds beyond the allowed extraction capacity.
Green belt will be developed along the haul road and the bank of rivers of mine premises and
near the sand mining site. While selecting the plant species, preference will be given for
planting native species of the area.
4.4 NOISE ENVIRONMENT
4.4.1 Anticipated impacts
Noise environment in this project will be affected only by the equipment at the site and vehicular
transportation. Since, slight increase in noise levels can be expected.
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4.4.2 Mitigation measures
• Minimum use of Horns at the village area.
• Timely maintenance of vehicles and their silencers to minimize vibration and Sound.
• Phasing out of old and worn out trucks.
• Provision of green belts along the road networks.
• Care will be taken to produce minimum sound during sand loading.
• Use of Backhoe and ear plugs may be provided to protect the labors working at the site.
4.5 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT
4.5.1 Anticipated impacts
a) Aquatic environment
Proposed mining will not have any possibility of disturbance of aquatic life as it is a dry bed.
b) Flora and Fauna
The mining activity will have insignificant affect on the existing flora and fauna. The project area is
surrounded with agricultural land. It was found that the sand mining activity will not have any
significant impact on the biological environment of the region.
4.5.2 Mitigation measures
• Improvement in river bank stability.
• Large woody debris in the riparian zone will be left undisturbed or replaced when moved and
not be burnt.
• Vegetative debris will not be stored within the mine lease area.
• Operation and storage of heavy vehicles within riparian habitat will be restricted.
• Covering of loaded vehicles to reduce dust emission, which may harm surrounding agricultural
crops and other plant species.
• Conservation of biological diversity of plants, birds and animals.
• Greenbelt Development and Bio-Diversity Preservation
o Plantation activities will be carried out at the bank of the river and along the haul roads.
o This activity will help for maintaining ecology and environment of the area.
4.6 GREENBELT DEVELOPMENT
The implementation for development of green belt will be of paramount importance as it will
not only add up as an aesthetic feature, but also act as a pollution sink.
The species to be grown in the area should be dust tolerant and fast growing species so that
permanent green belt is created.
To stabilize the river bank erosion the plantation of native species of that area along the river
bank.
Apart from the green belt and aesthetic plantation for elimination fugitive of emission and noise
control, all other plantation efforts shall be decided and executed with the assistance and co-
operation of the local community.
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4.6.1 TREES PROPOSED FOR PLANTATION FOR GREEN BELT DEVELOPMENT
S.N Species Family Local Name Average Height (m)
Deciduous or Evergreen
Attributes
Trees
1 Adina cordifolia Rubiaceae Haldu 18 – 30 m Deciduous
Medicinal Value Air Purifier Dust Control Noise attenuation Timber
2 Aegle marmelos Rutaceae Bel 12-15 m Deciduous
Medicinal Value Air Purifier Dust Control Noise attenuation Edible
3 Cassia fistula Caesalpiniaceae Amaltas 10 -15 m Semi evergreen
Medicinal Value Ornamental Avenue Plantation
4 Ficus benghalensis Moraceae Bargad 20-30 m Evergreen
Medicinal Value Air purifier Timber Shade
5 Mallotus philippensis Euphorbiaceae Ruin 10-16 m Evergreen
Medicinal Value Air purifier Ornamental Edible Timber
6 Morus alba Moraceae Shahtoot 3–8 m Deciduous
Medicinal Value Economic Value Edible
7 Shorea robusta Dipterocarpaceae Sal 30-35 m Evergreen
Medicinal Value Edible Timber Economic Value
8 Syzygium cumini Myrtaceae Jamum 8-15 m Evergreen
Ed-Fruit Air purifier Noise attenuation Medicinal Value
9 Tectona grandis Verbenaceae Teak , Sagon 20-30 m Deciduous Medicinal Value Timber
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Economic Value Edible
10 Terminalia bellirica Combretaceae Bahera 15-25 m Deciduous Medicinal Value Edible
11 Salix tetrasperma Salicaceae Ghad-bhains 5-10 m Deciduous Medicinal Value
Shrubs
1 Adhatoda vasica Acanthaceae Adulsa 0.5-2 m Evergreen Medicinal Value Soil Binder
2 Colebrookea oppositifolia Lamiaceae Binda 1-3 m Deciduous Medicinal Value Soil Binder
3 Jasminum pubescens Oleaceae Chameli 1-3 m Semi Evergreen
Avenue Plantation Ornamental Economic Value Medicinal Value
4 Murraya paniculata Rutaceae Orange Jasmine 1-3 m Deciduous
Medicinal Value Avenue Plantation Ornamental
5 Rubus ellipticus Rosaceae Hinsal 1.5-3 m Semi Evergreen
Medicinal Value Edible
4.7 IMPLEMENTATION OF EMP
Environmental Management Plan serves no purpose if it is not implemented with true spirit. Some
loopholes in the EMP can also be detected afterwards when it is implanted and monitored. Thus, an
implementation and monitoring programmed has to be prepared.
Implementation of proposed control measures and monitoring programmed has an implication on
the surrounding area as well as for the region. Therefore, sand mining management should be
strengthen the existing control measures as elaborated earlier in this report and monitor the
efficacy of the control measures implemented within the sand mining area relating to the following
specific areas:
Coordinate with environment monitoring laboratory for collecting and analyzing air, water soil
& noise quality of the area.
Implementing the control and protective measures.
Co-coordinating the environment related activities within the project as well as with outside
agencies.
Separate Budget has been allocated for the EMP.
Collecting statistics of health of workers and population of surrounding villages.
Monitoring the progress of implementation of environmental management program.
Greenbelt development along the access road at sand mining site.
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Table 1: Proposed Green Belt Details of Mine lease proposed under various components
1 Mine lease area 23.75 2 33% of the mine lease area 7.83 3 Life of mine Replenish every year 4 Total Number of Plant to be planted@ 1500 plant/ ha 11700 Plantation on other side i.e. Village Panchayat, Government Schools, Hospitals and Community Centre
Table 2: Budget for Green Belt Particulars No. of plants Capital Cost (in Rs.) Recurring Cost (in Rs.) Capital cost @60/ plant (The budget includes cost of digging of pits, fertilizers, saplings and maintenance)
Overall cost is Rs. 702000+ Rs. 70200*5= Rs. 1053000 Table 3: Environmental Management Plan
MONITORING SCHEDULE AND PARAMETERS
To evaluate the effectiveness of environmental management program regular monitoring of the
important environmental parameters to be monitored are shown in Table 4.
Table 4: Environmental Monitoring Plan Monitoring schedule Frequency of monitoring Ambient Air: Ambient Air Quality at appropriate location for PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NO2 • In the vicinity of the mine area. • Near Access road.
Half yearly
Water: • Two Surface (up-stream & Down Stream) & One Ground Water Samples nearby the project site
Yearly
Noise: Day & Night level Noise Monitoring at mining site.
Half yearly
For air, water and noise pollution control measures, it has been suggested that samples would be
collected and tested all round the year with appropriate frequency at strategic places by suitable
agencies. In case, it is found that any of the control parameters exceed the tolerance limit as fixed by
the State/Central Pollution Control Board, preventive measures will be taken and if required expert
opinion will be sought for proper remedial measures.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
S. No. Item Annual Cost (Rs. In lacs) 1. Provision of dustbins - onetime 0.15 2. Environmental Training - annual 0.40 3. Plantations 10.53 4. Monitoring cost 3
Total 14.08
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This project operation will provide livelihood to the poorest section of the society. Approximately
300 people shall work at mine site.
5.1 Anticipated impacts and evaluation
The project activities shall not have any adverse impacts on any of the common property resources
of the village communities, as the sand mine lease area is not being used for any purpose by any
section of the society in this region. There is no R & R involvement in this project. There is no land
acquisition in this project.
The results of the field survey conducted to understand the knowledge and perception of the people
living around the project area gives a clear idea about the need for the project.
A major portion of the houses in the study area are semi- pucca type structures. The water source
to these areas is from the municipal connection and private bore wells and wells. The awareness
level regarding the proposed mining activity is very high.
The proposed mining activity is expected to provide stimulus to socio-economic activities in the
region and thereby accelerate further development processes.
4.8 Man power Requirement
The project will provide employment to 300 people. The breakups are as follows:-
Table 5: Manpower Requirement
Particulate Nos. of Manpower
Manager/Foreman 13
Skilled
Supervisor 15
Time Keeper 5
Office Assistant/Dispatch Supervisor 5
Un-skilled
Daily wages/mining workers 262
Total 300
4.9 Water Requirement
The projected water requirement for the mine site is 7.0 KLD. The water consumption is enlisted
below:
Table 6: Water Requirement S. No. Activity Water Required (KLD) Source 1. Domestic 3.5 Tanker Supply 2. Dust Suppression 2.0 3. Green Belt 1.5 Total 7.0
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Figure 4 Environmental Sensitive Map with 10 Km radius
5 Corporate Environmental Responsibility (CER)
As per O.M .22-65/2017-IA.III dated 1st May 2018, the fund allocation for Corporate Environmental
Responsibility (CER) is given below.
S. No
Activity Capital Cost (Rs) Recurring Cost (Rs.)
1 Provision of toilets for boy and girls separate in nearby school
50,000 1500
2 Scholarship to the nearby schools students - 25,000
3 Regular fogging for mitigation of mosquito menace
15,000 1000
Total 65000 27500
6 CONCLUSION
All possible environment aspects have been adequately assessed and necessary control measures
have been formulated to meet statutory requirements. Thus implementing this project will not have
any appreciable negative impacts.
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DEHRADUN FOREST DIWSIONAREA: 23.75 ha.
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JHAJRA FOREST RANCENEAR VILLAGE -ABDULLAPUR & RAMPUR
ANNEXURE-IV- Indicating mining will be restricted to 1.5m only.
CHAPTER - 4MINING
Mining (Past):
Applied area for mining is 23.75 ha. The present topography shows some
depositional and erosional or mining activity during past years. Infect mining pits if any,
are replenished every year during the rainy season. The lease area has gentle slope towards
SW. Highest point is at RL 603.5 m in the northeast corner of the area where as lowest
point RL 545m is in the southwest corner of the area.
Proposed Method of Mining:The project does not involve any processes such as drilling, blasting and
beneficiation. The mining process involves collection of material by simple hand tool such
as shovel, pans and sieves. This is followed by sorting and manual picking, stacking and
loading into trucks/tractor-trolley for transporting. The pits from where the material ispicked are not deeper than 1.5m as allowed in mining area and shall follow the normal
channel direction of the river. These get replenished during monsoon. The only waste is
silt/clay which is recycled back to the pits.
Mining will be carried out only during the day time. The factors such as
topography, bed gradient, soils, rainfall etc will be taken into consideration for the same.
The material is transported through the high velocity flow and is deposited in downstream
portion where the bed slope is mild.
Applied area is a part of a river bed and mining will be done manually in open cast
method in quite a systematic manner by forming benches of 1.5m high. However, there
may be variation in the width which the lessee will keep on mending. About 216,000
Tonnes mineral will be exploited per year. From first year to fifth year total 1080,000
Tonnes mineral will be produced. The proposed area is within river bed and mined out area
will be replenished gradually during succeeding rainy season. The sandy soil to be
scrapped manually with the help of pickaxe, spade & crowbar and will be stacked
separately in dump yard located near the working pit. About l0% of the total production is
considered as a waste material and will be used for reclaiming the bank slope. Backfilling
will be done simultaneously in each year.
Prior to any actual mining being done at the site, itoverburden from the top of the RBM. Overburden is sandy soil
composed of silty sand. Sandy soil will be kept separate and used
they have reached their final elevation. The berms have multip
storage for overburden until the mine is reclaimed;r'they provi
the active mine and roads or adjoining properties, they screen
rnine be operated after dark and they act as a noise barrier.
Once the overburden has been removed the sand is exca
lithological variation, no blasting may be used to make the sand c
amenable to excavation. Excavation is typically performed by man ffidils. Hand
operated tools like spade; tasla etc will be used to collect the sand. The avated material
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may be directly loaded into trucks, dumpers, tippers and tractors trolleys and send to the
destination wherever it is required for construction and other purposes.
Transportation of sand from the mine is a process to deliver mined out material to
the location where it is going to be collected. Mined out sand will manually be loaded into
truck and transported to its destination where it will ultimately be used. Sufficient space
will be left for loading of trucks. Excavation of river bed minerals will commence from the
top surface of the area and commence towards down removing the minerals manually in
1.5m slices. Ultimate depth of a bench will be 1.5m. Mining will be restricted upto a
maximum depth of 1.5m only. The entire area does not require excavating at once. Per year
about 216,000 tonnes production of river RBM (sand bajri & boulder) have been proposed
to meet the market requirement.
The mineral extraction will be done for a peflod of 270 days in a year. During this
period the areas of mining quary will be free from submergence. During mining operation
the river flow will be away to enable dry pit mining. In the lease area the river flow being
reduced and sediment load get deposited. During flood season, the area gets replenished
with sediments and source of erosion at this location is comparatively less.
The guidelines of the Ministry of Environment & Forests and Directorate ofGeology and Mining will be followed; the most important is as under:
. Dry pit mining will be followed which means mining an all times will be above the
flowing river water level. Mining activity will be immediately stopped when water
comes in the mining pits.. RBM (sand bajri & boulder) will be collected in slices upto a depth of 1.5 m or river
water levels whichever less than prescribed.
. Stream will not be diverted to form inactive channel.
. Mining at the concave side of the river channel will be avoided to prevent bank erosion.
. Mining will be restricted minimum 25Yo fromriver bank to minimize effect of river bank
erosion and to avoid consequent channel migration. Plarftation will be done on such area
to isolate mining operation form the rest of the area.
. Area of mining lease will be demarcated prior to mining and Pillars will be erected on
ground.. No mining operations shall be carried out in proximity of any bridge and or embankment.
Working will be during day-time only; i.e. sunrise to sunset only;
. No constructions will be done at site except for construction of initial temporary shelter
house.
. No water intake from river will be done. Water will be
sources.
supplied
. No machineries will be used.
. Mining will be completely stopped during monsoon season.
Proposed Rate of Production and Life of Mine:
Depending upon the market about 216,000 tonnes per
to be swiped out from the mining area. Each bench will be of 1.5m
sub benches. Tonnage factor of 1.8 has been considered, This material will be expected to