F F I I N N A A L L E E N N V V I I R R O O N N M M E E N N T T A A L L I I M M P P A A C C T T A A S S S S E E S S S S M M E E N N T T R R E E P P O O R R T T O O F F M M / / s s H H I I M M A A C C H H A A L L S S T T O O N N E E C C R R U U S S H H E E R R S S A A N N D D , , S S T T O O N N E E & & B B A A J J R R I I M M I I N N I I N N G G P P R R O O J J E E C C T T Village: Riyali, Tehsil: Fatehpur, District: Kangra, State: Himachal Pradesh Area: 18.4597 Ha, Proposed Capacity: 80,000 TPA, Monitoring Time period: March-May 2011 A A P P P P L L I I C C A A N N T T Sh. Praveen Kumar Sharma, M/s. Himachal Stone Crushing Co., R/o Village and PO Riyali, Tehsil Fatehpur District Kangra,H.P. P Pr re ep pa ar re ed d B By y CONSULTANT M/s IDMA LABORATORIES LIMITED 391,INDUSTRIAL AREA, PHASE-1, PANCHKULA, HARYANA.
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Up to 1.00 Average 1.01-2.00 harmful to germination 2.01-3.00 harmful to crops
3 Organic Carbon (%) Up to 0.2: very less 0.21-0.4: less 0.41-0.5 medium, 0.51-0.8: on an average sufficient 0.81-1.00: sufficient >1.0 more than sufficient
4 Nitrogen (Kg/ha) Up to 50 very less 51-100 less 101-150 good 151-300 Better >300 sufficient
5 Phosphorus (Kg/ha) Up to 15 very less 16-30 less 31-50 medium, 51-65 on an average sufficient 66-80 sufficient >80 more than sufficient
6 Potassium (Kg/ha) 0 -120 very less 120-180 less 181-240 medium 241-300 average 301-360 better >360 more than sufficient
Source: ICAR (Indian Council for Agricultural Research)
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3.10 NOISE LEVEL SURVEY
The physical description of sound concerns its loudness as a function of frequency. Noise in general is
sound, which is composed of many frequency components of various types of loudness distributed
over the audible frequency range. The most common and universally accepted scale is the A weighted
scale, which is measured as dB (A). This is more suitable for audible range of 20 to 20,000 Hz. The
scale has been designed to weigh various components of noise according to the response of human ear.
The environmental impact of noise can have several effects varying from Noise Induced Hearing Loss
(NIHL) to annoyance depending on loudness of noise.
The main objective of noise monitoring in the study area is to establish the baseline noise levels and
assess the impact of the total noise expected to be generated during the project operations around the
project site.
3.10.1 Identification of Sampling Locations
A preliminary reconnaissance survey has been undertaken to identify the major noise generating sources
in the area. Noise at different noise generating sources has been identified based on the residential,
industrial and commercial activities in the area.
The noise monitoring has been conducted for determination of noise levels at three locations covering
both core and buffer zones in the study area. The noise levels at each location were recorded for 24-hrs.
The environment setting of each noise monitoring location is given in Table 3.20 and shown in Fig 3.8.
Table 3.23:
Details of Noise Monitoring Locations
Station
Codes
Location Distance from
Mine [Km]
Direction
Category
N1 Mine Site Industrial
N2 Riyali Village 1.0 NW Residential
N3 Nangal Village 2.6 SSW Residential
N4 Gera 4.0 SW Residential
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Figure 3.7: Noise Monitoring Locations
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3.10.2 Method of Monitoring
Sound Pressure Levels (SPL) measurements were recorded at three locations. The readings were taken
for every hour for 24-hrs. The day noise levels have been monitored during 6 am to 10 pm and night
noise levels during 10 pm to 6 am at all the locations covered in the study area.
Measured noise level displayed as a function of time provides a useful scheme for describing the
acoustical climate of a community. Noise levels recorded at each station are computed for equivalent
noise levels. Equivalent noise level is a single number descriptor for describing time varying noise
levels. The equivalent noise level is defined as mathematically
10Log1/T (10L/10)
Where L = sound pressure level a function of time dB (A)
T = Time interval of observations
Noise levels during the night time generally drop, therefore to compute Equivalent noise levels for the
night time, noise levels are increased by 10 dB (A) as the night time high noise levels are judged more
annoying compared to the day time.
Noise levels at a particular station are represented as Day-Night equivalent (Ldn). Day-Night
equivalent is the single number index designed to rate environmental noise on daily/24 hourly basis.
Mathematically Ldn is given by
Ldn = 10 log {1/24 (15 X 10 (Ld/10) + 9 X 10 (Ln+10)/10)}
Where
Ld = A weighed equivalent for day time period (6 am to 10 pm)
Ln = A weighed equivalent for night time period (10 pm to 6 am)
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Table 3.24
Results of Ambient Noise Quality Monitoring
Time period N1 Mine Site
N2 Riyali
N3 Nangal
N4 Gera
Day Time
06am-07am 41.8 42.6 42.1 42.6
07am-08am 43.9 44.8 43.8 48.2
08am-09am 46.6 47.9 47.2 49.2
09am-10am 48.9 49.3 49.1 51.4
10am-11am 49.6 50.6 48.9 50.4
11am-12pm 48.5 50.1 49.3 49.1
12pm-01pm 48.3 49.6 48.6 50.2
01pm-02pm 49.4 48.3 49.3 46.1
02pm-03pm 49.9 48.8 49.9 49.3
03pm-04pm 49.3 49.3 50.1 51.2
04pm-05pm 50.2 49.9 50.5 47.1
05pm-06pm 50.9 50.3 51.2 48.1
06pm-07pm 49.2 51.1 50.3 53.2
07pm-08pm 47.5 49.3 48.9 51.4
08pm-09pm 46.8 47.8 47.3 49.2
09pm-10pm 44.3 47.1 46.1 45.9
Night Time
10pm-11pm 42.5 44.2 43.1 44.9
11pm-12am 41.1 42.8 41.9 40.9
12am-01am 39.4 41.3 40.2 41.1
01am-02am 38.2 39.9 39.6 38.9
02am-03am 37.9 38.6 38.5 38.2
03am-04am 38.6 39.2 38.9 39.5
04am-05am 39.7 39.8 39.6 37.6
05am-06am 40.2 41.1 40.4 39.9
Maximum 50.9 51.1 51.2 40.1
Minimum 37.9 38.6 38.5 48.9
Leq Day dB(A) 48.4 49.0 48.8 53.2
Leq Night dB(A) 40.0 41.2 40.5 37.6
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3.10.3 Presentation of Results
The statistical analysis is done for measured noise levels at three locations in the study area. The
parameters are analyzed for Lday, Lnight, and Ldn. The statistical analysis results are given in Table-3.22.
Table-3.25:
Statistical Analysis Results of Ambient Noise Monitoring
Location Noise Level dB (A)
Day
Equivalent
Night
Equivalent
N1 [Mine Site] 48.4 40.0
N2 [Riyali Village ] 49.0 41.2
N3 [Nangal Village] 48.8 40.5
N4 [Gera Village] 48.9 40.1
3.10.4 Observation of Results
a) Day time Noise Levels (Lday)
The daytime (Lday) noise levels at all the residential locations are observed to be in the range of 48.4 dB
(A) to 49.0 dB (A). The maximum noise level of 49.0 dB (A) was observed at Riyali village and the
minimum noise level of 48.4 dB (A) was observed at Project site during the study period. It is observed
that the day time noise levels are in accordance to the prescribed limit of 55 dB (A).
b) Night time Noise Levels (Lnight)
The nighttime (Lnight) noise levels at all the residential locations was observed to be in the range of 40.0
dB (A) to 41.2 dB (A). The maximum noise level of 41.2 dB (A) was observed at Riyali village during
the study period. It is observed that the night time noise levels are in accordance to the prescribed limit of
45 dB (A) at all the locations.
3.11 TRAFFIC DENSITY
Traffic density measurements were performed at two locations near village Riyali and state highway.
The Monitoring was performed in March 2011
Traffic density measurements were made continuously for 24 hours by visual observations and
counting of vehicles under three categories viz. heavy motor vehicles, light motor vehicles and two
wheelers. As traffic densities on the roads are high, two skilled persons were deployed simultaneously
at each station during each shift-one person on each of the two directions for counting the traffic. At
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the end of each hour, fresh counting and recording was undertaken. Total numbers of vehicles per hour
under the three categories were determined. The results of measurements are given in Table 3.26.
Table 3.26
Traffic Density Survey Results
Type of Vehicles No. of vehicles per day
At Village Riyali State Highway
H.M.V. 10 112
L.M.V. 12 100
2/3 wheelers 50 120
Grand Total 72 332
3.12 ECOLOGICAL STUDIES
3.12.1 Flora
Study of biological environment is one of the important aspects in Environmental Impact Assessment
in view of the need for conservation of Environmental quality. We were carried out a detailed
enumeration of species. Occurrences of flora at various locations were observed and typical plant
species were collected. The visual observations of plants were recorded with a view to obtaining some
idea about the relative density of certain species and their predominance.
Primary survey for flora and fauna studies have been conducted in and around proposed mine.
3.12.1.1 Objectives of Ecological Studies The present study was undertaken with the following objectives:
To assess the nature and distribution of vegetation in and around the project site;
To assess the distribution of animal life spectra;
To understand the productivity of the water bodies;
To assess the biodiversity and to understand the resource potential; and
To ascertain migratory routes of fauna and possibility of breeding grounds.
3.12.1.2 Methodology Adopted for the Survey To achieve the above objectives a detailed study of the area was undertaken in 10km radius around
proposed mine area. The different methods adopted were as follows:
Generation of primary data by undertaking systematic ecological studies in the area;
Discussion with local people so as to elicit information about local plants, animals and their
uses; and
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Gathering data for ethno biology.
The present report gives the review of published secondary data and the results of field sampling
conducted during summer season-2010.
3.12.1.3 Terrestrial Ecological Status: Primary Survey In Kangra district the forest range between scrub, Sal and bamboo forest of the low hills to the fur and
alpine forests of the higher elevation. Lowest point of the southern boundary of the district is less than
300 meters above sea level and highest range of is at an elevation of 5500 meters in the north. The
forests grown between these two extremes vary as the elevation itself.
A preliminary survey was made and selected seven locations for detailed study within 10-km radius.
The selected locations are given in Table 3.24 and depicted in Figure 3.9.
Table-3.24: Details of Terrestrial Ecological Sampling Locations
Location Code Name of village Distance (in km) Direction
EB-1 Riyali 1.0 NW
EB-2 Gera 4.0 SW
EB-3 Gawal 4.3 SSE
EB-4 Fatehpur 6.0 SE
EB-5 Punal 6.0 E
EB-6 Ruri 8.1 NE
EB-7 Bhojpur 6.7 NNE
The primary data was generated through:-
1. Preparing a general checklist of all plants encountered in the study area. This would indicate the
diversity for wild and cultivated plants. The plants so encountered were classified into life form
spectrum according to the classification of Raunkiaer’s classification of life form spectrum.
2. Determining the bird population of migratory and local birds by taking 10 random readings at every
Iocation; and
3. Observing mammals, amphibians and reptiles, noting their calls, droppings, burrows, pugmarks and
other signs
Local inhabitants were interviewed for uses of plants and animals and to get Ethno biological data.
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Health of the people is not only a desirable goal, but is also essential investment in human resources. As
per the National Health Policy (1983) primary health center has been accepted as a main instrument for
achieving this goal.
For the development and strengthening of rural health infrastructure through a three tier system, such as
sub centers, primary health centers (PHC) and community health centers have been established.
3.13.7 Socio Economic Survey
Following salient observations were recorded:-
Educational facilities are available in all the villages in the form of primary and middle
schools. In some of the villages it is extended up to high schools. For higher studies people
have to avail this facility from the nearest town.
Primary health centers and sub-centers are available to the rural people. During emergencies
people have to move to the nearest town places.
Communication facilities are available in the villages.
Agriculture is the main occupation of the respondents. Main crops grown in the area are
wheat, maize, rice etc.
Most of the villages having good infrastructural facilities like primary schools, transportation,
post office, telecommunication, power, banking facilities etc.
3.13.8 Awareness and opinion about the project
The respondents from almost of all the villages are aware about this project activity.
The respondents have mixed view about the project. Most of the respondents have opinion that
due to proposed project activity, economy of the villages will be improved.
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As regards the respondents from the nearby villages also shown favorable opinion about activity
that it may lead to increase in infrastructural facilities, job opportunities and business
opportunities in the project area.
People from the villages under the study area have put their opinion and willingness for the
allotment of the land for the project.
The educated youths opined that the management should give preference to them/ local people for
employment as per their ability.
3.13.9 Civic Amenities
Infrastructure resources are base of the villages with reference to education, drinking water resources, post
and telegraph, communications and supply.
Secondary School Education and College education facilities are available within 13 kilometers
from mining lease area at Talwara.
Primary Health center is available within range of six kilometers at Badukher.
Banking facilities are also available at Badukher.
For drinking water, villages are dependent on ground water resource
Most of the villages are connected through road network and are also approachable through public
transport.
Electricity is available in all the villages.
3.13.10 Note on Agriculture Development and role of incoming project
The economy of Kangra district is predominately agrarian and majority of population is dependent on
agriculture and activities allied to it for earning their livelihood. The moisture retention capacity of the
area is poor due mainly to the fact the bed rocks are argillaceous and the land the uneven. The crops
usually face moisture stress during the remaining period of the year due to inadequate and irregular
rainfall. The irrigation facilities are provided by lifting water from steams, shallow dug wells and
medium to deep tube wells in the valley area.
Major food crops are grouped into three categories:
1. Cereals
2. Pulses
3. Other food crops like Chilies, ginger, sugarcane and turmeric.
Non- food crop area is of two kinds:
1. Oil seeds
2. Other non-food crops such as cotton, tobacco and fodder crop
Agriculture in this area plays vital role in the socio-economic development of the area as it constitutes the
main source of livelihood. Majority of the families in the periphery of 10Km radius of the proposed
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project mainly depended on agriculture activity. Attention will be therefore focused on this source of
income while developing the projects in this area.
In this context following points may be noted:-
a. In a totally rain fed agriculture, the green revolution components can be appropriately used. As a
matter of fact irrigation is the basic inputs for the development of agriculture which facilitate the
use of inorganic fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides, improved seeds, improved high yielding
varieties of seed and use of modern agriculture implement and mechanization to what extent
possible by proper.
b. Farmers find it increasingly difficult to support their families’ entirely on agriculture and since
the avenues for employment outside agriculture are not developing fast enough, the population
pressure on land has kept on increasing all the time. Under these circumstances, the farmers
appear to be convinced:-
a. Agriculture is not likely to sustain them and their future generations.
b. Non-agricultural sources of employment are not likely to develop at fast rate enough to
accommodate and employ gainfully the subsequent additional force labors.
c. That such, if the present structure of economic activity in the project area were to continue
without any change, the farmers and their generation are likely to suffer untold hardship.
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CHAPTER - 4
ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND
MITIGATION MEASURES
4.1 General
Environmental impacts both direct and indirect on various environmental attributes due to proposed mining
activity in the surrounding environment, during pre-operational, operational and post-operational.
The impacts due to mining operations commence from the exploration activities, extend through extraction
and processing of minerals, may continue up to post-closure of the operation, with the nature and extent of
impacts varying throughout the stages of project development.
Identification of possible impacts specific to an activity is an important task since this helps in focusing
attention upon relevant environmental parameters and relating them with the activities involved. As far as
the proposed mine is concerned, the following parameters are of significance in the Environmental Impact
Assessment and is being discussed in detail.
1. Land Environment
2. Water Environment
3. Air Environment
4. Noise Environment
4. Waste Generation
6. Biological Environment
7. Socio-Economic
4.2 Land Environment 4.2.1 Topography/Physiography
The total Mine lease area of 18.4597 ha is private unused lands. The mine lease is devoid of any vegetation.
Practically, no soil cover is available on the mineralized zone. The conservation of top soil is not required
as it is not available in proposed mining area. The impact on soil in the lease area and surroundings will be
negligible.
After mining, the mined out area will be reclaimed by waste dump and developed for agricultural or
commercial plantation use. Hence, no perceptible change in the general landscape is anticipated.
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4.2.2 Land use Plan
The mining lease area is an old terrace deposit well above the highest flood level of river Beas. The
proposed mine lease area belongs to private individuals and not available for any agricultural purposes. In
operational period it doesn’t have much of infrastructure needed and no dumping is proposed. It therefore
can be put to use, eventually as agricultural land as it belongs to private individuals. Post mining the area
will be rehabilitated as a productive agricultural land.
Hence; impact on land environment due to the mining will be least.
4.3 Water Environment
4.3.1 Impacts on Water Resources
The proposed mine is very small and its activity is limited. The employment potential of this mine is also
very less. So, water requirement for this project is very less, The water required for the project for
sprinkling on haulage roads for dust suppression is sourced from the local water supply by tankers and
drinking water will be sourced from bore well present in the crusher area. Hence the impact on water
resources is minimal or no significant in nature.
4.3.2 Impacts due to Mining
The area under mining is not affected by surrounding catchment as it is located on a terrace and it
discharges the rain water directly in to the Beas River. Damage in the water body, depends on its
assimilative capacity. To find out assimilative capacity of receiving water body, water samples were
collected from different bore wells, and surface water bodies. The study indicates that assimilative capacity
of the River water bodies still exists, but effective measures should be taken to check water pollution.
Mining operation shall be undertaken beyond the HFL of the river bed; hence there shall practically be no
effect on surrounding water sources due to mining of stone, bajri and sand. Drainage can be developed
around the mining area to manage the rain water and it can be channelized to the river flowing nearby.
As, such no effluents are generated due to the proposed mining activity. The generation of waste water from
domestic activities also very less. However this water will be disposed followed by soak pit. Hence, there is
no significant impact on water environment due to proposed mining activity.
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4.3.2.1 Ground Water Regime
The study area itself being part of River terrace above and away from HF L carries no surface water. The
ground water table as per the observations of records of tube wells in the surrounding area indicates to be at
least seven to eight meters below surface level. The flow of ground water (sub surface flow) is following
the trend of topography, which is in the East to west direction.
The ground water table which will be about six meters below the surface level of mining lease area will not
be disturbed as ultimate working depth will be 307 MRL. Thus the mine operation will not affect the
hydrological conditions of the area. Proposed working will not intersect Ground water. The details of site
elevation, working depth and ground water table are given below.
Height of the First Bench - 310.5 MRL
Ultimate mining depth - 307 MRL
Water table in Pre monsoon - 304 MRL
Water Table in Post monsoon - 305 MRL
To find the depth of ground water table, test pit was excavated on March 30, 2011in the leased area.
The test pit indicated depth of water table to be about six meters.
Keeping in view the above the mining pits will be restrained a depth of three metres.
The publication of Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) GROUND WATER INFORMATION
BOOKLET,KANGRA DISTRICT, HIMACHAL PRADESH in the year 2008 also indicating that the
ground water depth in the study area is about 6 meters.
From the above it can be concluded that there will be no impact on the ground water regime.
4.3.2.2 Drainage/Storm Water Management
There will be no impact on this drainage channel due to the mining activity.
4.4 IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY & MITIGATION MEASURES
The major sources of Air pollution due to the proposed mine is dust generation due to excavation,
loading and transportation of mineral, wind erosion of exposed material..
Details of Uncontrolled Emissions:
A. Area source emission
Mineral / Waste Excavation form the mine lease area.
B. Loading of Mineral
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Loading of mineral into the tractor trolleys, Lorries etc
C. Haulage Emissions
Transport of mineral from working area to crusher
4.4.1 Modeling Procedure
Prediction of ground level concentrations (glc’s) due to Proposed Enhancement Project has
been made by ISCST3. It is US-EPA approved model to predict the air quality. The model uses
rural dispersion and regulatory defaults options. For this study uniform polar receptors on flat
terrain have been assumed.
Meteorological inputs required are wind speed, direction, ambient temperature, stability
classes, and mixing height. The model details are as follows.
Gaussian Plume Model The model is based on a numerical integration over the area in the upwind and cross wind
directions of Gaussian plume formula. This can be applied to the Point, Area, Line, Volume
sources (& other forms of area sources) simultaneously and their resultant incremental
concentration of the pollutant can be predicted.
Stability Classification
Hourly stability is determined by wind direction fluctuation method as suggested by Slade(1965)and recommended by CPCB (PROBES/70/1997-1998).
= Wdr/6
, is standard deviation of wind direction fluctuation, Wdr is the overall wind direction fluctuation or width of the wind direction in degrees. The table for stability classes is given as under.
Stability Class (degree)
A > 22.5 B 22.4 – 17.5 C 17.4 – 12.5 D 12.4 – 7.5 E 7.4 – 3.5 F < 3.5
Dispersion Parameters
Dispersion parameters y and z for open country conditions (Briggs, 1974) are used as the project is located on a flat terrain in a rural area. Atmospheric dispersion coefficients vary with downwind
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distance (x) from emission sources for different atmospheric stability conditions. (CPCB – PROBES/70/1997-98). Rural Conditions
Stability Class y
z
A 0.22x(1+0.0001x)-.5 0.20x B 0.16x(1+0.0001x)-.5 0.12x C 0.11x(1+0.0001x)-.5 0.08x(1+0.0002x).5
D 0.08x(1+0.0001x)-.5 0.06(1+0.0015x).5
E 0.06x(1+0.0001x)-.5 0.03x(1+0.0003x)-1
F 0.04x(1+0.0001x)-.5 0.16x(1+0.0003x)-1
4.4.2 Meteorological Data
On site hourly meteorological data for winter months (March to May 2011) in respect of wind
speed, wind direction, temperature and cloud amount are utilized in this study. The data was put in model
format. The mixing heights have been extracted from CPCB publications.
4.4.3 Emission Rates
Dust emission rate from the Mining area, based on the following empirical formula.
a) Dust emission due to excavation:
Pa x 23.6 Dust emission (DE) = ----------------------
Wd x Wh x 1000
DE = Dust emission in kg/hr Pa = Annual Excavation in Tonnes Wd = No. of days of operation in a year Wh = Effective working hrs in a day
23.6 Quantity of dust emitted in kg/for 1000 tonnes of excavation Dust emission rate=(80, 000x23.6)/ 300x8x1000)= 0.786 kg/hr
The above mentioned emission rate is without adoption of dust control measures. The literature suggests
that dust control measures reduce the emissions and effective emission rate is one third of the computed
emission. Accordingly emission rate to be in the modeling is (0.786/3) i.e. 0.262 kg/hr.
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Emission Rate
1.
Mine Area
Total mineral handling
18- 45- 97 Hectares
80, 000 TPA
2.
Dust Emission Rate
(i) Uncontrolled
(ii) Controlled
0.786 kg/ hr
0.262 kg/ hr
Emission Source Coordinates The center of mine was assumed (0, 0) in the mathematical modeling.
4.4.4 Background Concentration Levels
The background measured concentrations at various ambient air quality monitoring stations are as
given below:
Code Locations PM10
Max Min
A-1 At Site 38.6 26.6
A-2 Village Riyali 46.9 32.9
A-3 Village Bela Thakran 43.3 32.5
A-4 Village Nangal 40.3 29.3
A-5 Village Punal 39.8 28.5
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4.4.5 PLAN AND FRAME WORK OF COMPUTATIONS
SELECTION OF LOCATIONS
The locations have been selected around the mining area covering an area of 10 km radius in upwind, down
wind and crosswind direction from the centre of mining. The entire area has been put on grid network and
grid spacing has been taken as 500 m.
PLAN OF COMPUTATION
The emission rate, dispersion coefficients and other input data being now available; it was planned to
compute the following:
-The 24 hourly averaged incremental concentration with hourly data.
-The identification of grid point having peak concentration for the incremental values.
-Preparation of isopleths of for various pollutants.
PREDICTED AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
With a wide fluctuation in meteorological parameters it is a complex task to predict post project
ambient air quality. With available ambient air quality data and incremental concentrations
computed through mathematical modeling the post project ambient air quality have been predicted
in Tables 4.1.
Table- 4.1: Predicted Ambient Air Quality Concentrations in Operation Phase
Cumulative Concentrations (Baseline + Incremental) for PM10
S. No. Particular Concentration
1. Monitored Maximum concentrations at site µg/m3
38.6
2. Predicted incremental Maximum concentrations in µg/m3
8.0
3. Resultant Maximum concentrations in µg/m3 46.6
4. NAAQS (dated 2009) 100
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From the above, it could be clearly seen that due effective implementation of various control measures as
discussed in the proposed mine, there will not be any significant impact on the ambient air quality in the
region.
4.5 Solid Waste Management
During the excavation of stone, bajri and sand from the terrace silt and clay are also quarried that is
associated with minerals. The silt and clay which will be generated to the extent of 12,000 metric tons per
year will be left in the pits as back fill.
The generation of waste during five years of mining according to approved mining plan is as given in the
table 4.2 below:
Table 4.2
Waste Generated In Metric Tons for First Five Years
Year Silt Clay Total
First Year 9200 2800 12000
Second Year 9200 2800 12000
Third year 9200 2800 12000
Fourth year 9200 2800 12000
Fifth year 9200 2800 12000
Total 46000 14000 60000
The bench wise waste generation according the approved mining plan for entire life of the mine is given in
Table 4.3below.
Table 4.3
Bench Wise Waste Generation for the Life of the Mine
Bench Bench Height Silt clay Total
First Bench 310.5 m 45500 13600 59100
Second Bench 309 m 42100 12600 54700
Third Bench 308 m 25600 7700 33300
Fourth Bench 307 m 23600 7100 30700
Total 136800 41000 177800
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From the above table we can observe that the total waste generation for life of the mine is 177800 metric
tonnes. A site within the mining area has been designated as per the approved mining plan to store the waste silt
and clay during the mining of first bench. After the first bench is exploited fully / exhausted the waste
material from the dump would be spread over the abandoned first bench and waste of the second bench
would also be spread over the abandoned bench. The waste from third bench would be spread over the
abandoned second bench and finally over the area of third bench area itself when the entire deposit is
exhausted.
Hence, due to systematic back filling there will be no significant effect of waste generated from the mine on
the surrounding environment.
4.6 Noise Environment
4.6.1 Source of Noise
The expected major sources on noise in the proposed mine are given in Table 4.4:
Table 4.4
Major Source and Expected Noise
S. No. Source Noise Level dB (A) at 5m from Source
1. Tractor trolley 65-75
2. Trucks 65-80
But for the active mine area, the noise level in the farther areas will come down and will be within the
tolerance limits. In the active mine workings although, there will be some sources producing noise levels
above 80dBA and they are not expected to be in operation continuously for 8 hours, keeping Leq (8 hrs) to
be well within the stipulated standards. In case these machineries operate continuously for 8 hours,
earplugs/earmuffs will be used for personal protection.
4.6.2 Impact on ground vibrations
There is no blasting operations are involved in the mine activity. Hence, there is no impact of vibrations.
4.6.3 Impact of noise due to mining activity
With the proposed mining operations, excavation and transportation of mineral, it is imperative
that slightly noise levels would increase. However, the expected noise levels are not likely to
have any effect from the occupational health point of view.
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From the above, it is clearly seen that there will be no significant impact on the surrounding community due
to noise from the mine.
Thus due to natural attenuation effects, by proper green belt development, design / maintenance of
machines, etc., the impact on noise levels will be minimal.
4.7 Biological Environment ,
4.7.1 Impact on Terrestrial Ecology
The proposed mine lease area is ‘gair mumkin Nadi’’ falling in category “land not available for
cultivation”. There is no forest land within the mine lease area. The forest area is far away from the mining
area and will not be disturbed during proposed mining operations. There are no national parks, sanctuaries,
notified biospheres, Tiger/Elephant Corridors, Birds migratory routes, etc. within 10 km radius.
The dust is the only major pollutant which will be generated from different activities of mining. The effect
of particulate matter on vegetation is in the form of incrustation, plugging of stomata, and loss of
chlorophyll and reduction of photosynthesis process. Disturbance in plant metabolism due to deposition of
dust particles on foliar surfaces leads to reduction in plant growth. The atmospheric concentrations
normally do not reach a level sufficient to induce acute injury.
Air dispersion modeling studies have been carried to assess the impact on sensitive location like village and
other sensitive receptors.
A perusal of previous section reveals that the maximum incremental ground level concentrations for PM10
likely to be encountered in the mine operations are well within the NAAQM standards.
Moreover, progressive afforestation programme activity over a period of time in the core zone will create
favorable conditions for fauna in the area and hence reversible impact is anticipated after presence of
favorable condition.
4.7.2 Impact on Aquatic Ecology
The proposed mining activity is on the Beas River Terrace. Since the mining activity is on the terrace away
from the river flow, therefore there shall be no significant impact on the aquatic flora and fauna.
4.8 Socio Economic Environment
Opening of proposed mine definitely provides the following series of positive impacts:
Direct employment for over 15 persons in the various mine activities.
Indirect employment in transport sector, offer of contract laborers.
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Improvement in the general living standards and knowledge sharing.
The wage level and the living standard of the local and the migrated people will also improve
as a result of higher earnings.
Improvement in the economic growth in the region
Benefit to the State and the Central governments through financial revenues by way of royalty,
tax, duties, etc from this project directly and also indirectly.
Additional mineral availability for the region.
From the above it can be confidently concluded that the project activities in short and long terms are
expected to enhance the economic growth and all kinds of facilities of the area which is industrially and
economically backward and hence the Impact on socio- economic environment will be positive.
4.8.1 Impact on local transport/infrastructure
A detailed traffic survey was carried out in the study period to know the traffic density of the local transport
near to the mine site. The detailed traffic survey method and number of vehicle passing through these roads
are given in a tabular form in category wise in Table 3.23 in Chapter-3.
In addition to these traffic survey results, the traffic load will definitely increase on local transport. But in
proposed mining, production capacity is very less and for transporting of excavated material, less number of
vehicles is required. Hence, the local transport / infrastructure facilities are capable of handling the
increased load due to mining activities.
4.9 Impact of cumulative mining in surrounding area:
There are about four numbers of mining leases in 10 kilometers buffer zone area of the mining lease.
Golden Karamjot Stone Crusher is having one corner common with proposed mining lease area and
Raghava Singh Mining lease is present in North within 3 km distance of the proposed mining lease area.
The Mining of sand stone and Bajri is being carried out in accordance with the approved mining plans
which are prepared keeping in view the sustainability of the area.
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CHAPTER - 5
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME
5.1 Introduction
Regular monitoring of environmental parameters is of immense importance to assess the status of
environment during project operation. With the knowledge of baseline conditions, the monitoring
programme will serve as an indicator for any deterioration in environmental conditions due to
operation of the project, to enable taking up suitable mitigatory steps in time to safeguard the
environment. Monitoring is as important as that of control of pollution since the efficiency of control
measures can only be determined by monitoring.
Usually, as in the case of the study, an impact assessment study is carried over short period of time
and the data cannot bring out all variations induced by the natural or human activities. Therefore,
regular monitoring programme of the environmental parameters is essential to take into account the
changes in the environmental quality.
5.2 Environmental Quality Management
In order to maintain the environmental quality within the standards, regular monitoring of various
environmental components is necessary. The project management will take care of pollution
monitoring aspects and implementation of control measures. The project management will manage the
following responsibility during the mining operation:
Environmental monitoring of the surrounding area.
Commissioning of pollution control equipment.
Specification and regulation of maintenance schedules for pollution control equipment.
Ensuring that standards of housekeeping in the mine are maintained.
Developing the green belt.
Ensuring Water use is minimized.
Carrying out the Environmental Management Plan.
5.3 Measurement Methodologies
5.3.1 Instrument to be used
The following instruments will be used for data collection work in the monitoring schedule:
1. Respirable dust sampler.
2. Fine volume sampler
3. Water level indicator
4. Sound level meter
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5.3.2 Monitoring Programme
The post project monitoring will include details of any major/ minor impact in the core zone and area
within buffer zone in respect of the following parameters: -
Micro - meteorological data
Ambient air quality monitoring
Noise level monitoring
Water quality & level
Soil monitoring
5.4 Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Procedure
Monitoring shall confirm that commitments are being met. This may take the form of direct
measurement and recording of quantitative information, such as amounts and concentrations of
discharges, emissions and wastes, for measurement against corporate or statutory standards, consent
limits or targets. It may also require measurement of ambient environmental quality in the vicinity of
a site using ecological/biological, physical and chemical indicators. Monitoring may include socio-
economic interaction, through local liaison activities or even assessment of complaints.
The preventive approach to management may also require monitoring of process inputs, for example,
type and method used, resource consumption, equipment and pollution control performance etc.
The key aims of monitoring are, first, to ensure that results/conditions are as forecast during the
planning stage, and where they are not, to pinpoint the cause and implement action to remedy the
situation. A second objective is to verify the evaluations made during the planning process, in
particular with risk and impact assessments and standard & target setting and to measure operational
and process efficiency. Monitoring will also be required to meet compliance with statutory and
corporate requirements. Finally, monitoring results provide the basis for auditing.
5.4.1 Objectives of Monitoring
The objectives of monitoring are to:
Verify effectiveness of planning decisions;
Measure effectiveness of operational procedures;
Conform statutory and corporate compliance; and
Identify unexpected changes.
5.5 Environmental Monitoring
The monitoring program can serve as an indicator for any deterioration in environmental conditions
due to operation of the mine, and helps in planning suitable mitigatory steps that could be taken in
time to safeguard the environment. Monitoring is as important as that of control of pollution since the
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efficiency of control measures can only be determined by monitoring. The following routine
monitoring program will be implemented under the post-project monitoring as per CPCB guidelines.
During operation of mine, dust is the main pollutant which arises from different mining and stone
crusher activities
The following attributes which merit regular monitoring based on the environmental setting and
nature of project activities are listed below:
Source emissions and ambient air quality;
Groundwater quality;
Soil quality;
Noise levels (equipment and machinery noise levels, occupational exposures and ambient
noise levels); and
Ecological preservation and afforestation.
The following routine monitoring programme as detailed in Table-5.1 shall be implemented at site.
Besides to this monitoring, the compliances to all environmental clearance conditions and regular
permits from SPCB/MoEF shall be monitored and reported periodically.
The monitoring of liked project i.e. Stone Crusher shall be carried out as per the norms of State
Pollution Control Board to meet the prescribed standards under EPA. The unit shall be required to
install the pollution control equipment as per consent conditions.
Table-5.1
Environmental Monitoring During Operational Phase
Sr. No.
Potential Impact
Action to be Followed Parameters for
Monitoring
Frequency of Monitoring
Location
1 Air Emissions Ambient air quality within the premises of the proposed unit and nearby habitations to be monitored.
PM10, PM2.5, SO2, NOx and CO.
Half Yearly Near Mine office, Near Haulage road
Exhaust from vehicles to be minimized by use of fuel efficient vehicles and well maintained vehicles having PUC certificate.
Vehicle logs to be maintained
Regularly Main gate
Vehicle trips to be minimized to the extent possible
Vehicle logs Daily records Main gate
2 Noise Noise generated from various mining operations and stone
Spot Noise Level recording;
Periodic during operation phase
Main gate, working zone
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Sr. No.
Potential Impact
Action to be Followed Parameters for
Monitoring
Frequency of Monitoring
Location
crusher Leq(night), Leq(day), Leq(dn)
3 Wastewater Discharge
No untreated discharge to be made to surface water, groundwater or soil.
No discharge hoses in vicinity of watercourses.
Periodic during operation phase
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4 Drainage and effluent Management
Ensure drainage system and specific design measures are working effectively. Design to incorporate existing drainage pattern and avoid disturbing the same.
Visual inspection of drainage and records thereof
Periodic during operation phase
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5 Water Quality and Water Levels
Monitoring used water quality & groundwater quality and levels
Comprehensive monitoring as per IS 10500 Groundwater level bgl
Periodic during operation phase
9 Maintenance of flora and fauna
Vegetation, greenbelt / green cover development
No. of plants, species
Periodic during operation phase
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10 Waste Management
Implement waste management plan that identifies and characterizes every waste arising associated with proposed activities and which identifies the procedures for collection, handling & disposal of each waste arising.
Records of solid waste generation, treatment and disposal
Periodic during operation phase
11 Soil quality Maintenance of good soil quality
Physico-chemical parameters and metals.
Periodical monitoring
Plantation areas
12 Health Employees and migrant labour health check ups
All relevant parameters including HIV
Regular check ups
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5.6 Monitoring Methods
5.6.1 Air Quality Monitoring
5.6.1.1 Workspace Monitoring
The concentration of air borne pollutants in the workspace/work zone environment shall be monitored
periodically. If concentrations higher than threshold limit values are observed, the source of fugitive
emissions shall be identified and necessary measures taken. If the levels are high suitable measures as
detailed in EMP shall be initiated.
5.6.1.2 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring
The ground level concentrations of PM10, SO2 and NOX in the ambient air shall be monitored at
regular intervals. Any abnormal rise shall be investigated to identify the causes and appropriate action
shall be initiated. Greenbelt shall be developed for minimising dust propagation.
5.6.2 Water Quality Monitoring
Periodic water audits shall be conducted to explore further possibilities for water conservation.
Methods prescribed in "Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater" prepared and
published jointly by American Public Health Association (APHA), American Water Works
Association (AWWA) are recommended.
5.6.2.1 Groundwater
The monitoring of groundwater is the most important tool to test the efficiency of plant performance.
It is suggested to collect water samples and analyse. Records of analysis should be maintained.
5.6.2.2 Surface Water
Nearest surface water source is Beas River. It is suggested to collect surface water samples from
upstream and downstream directions to assess the quality of the water.Records of analysis should be
maintained
5.6.3 Noise Levels
Noise levels shall be monitored in the mine area. The noise monitoring shall be conducted in regular
intervals at working zone and near entrance.
5.7 Reporting Schedules of the Monitoring Data
It is proposed that voluntary reporting of environmental performance with reference to the EMP
should be undertaken. The environmental monitoring cell shall co-ordinate all monitoring
programmes at site and data thus generated shall be regularly furnished to the State regulatory
agencies.
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The frequency of reporting shall be on six monthly bases to the local state PCB officials and to Regional
office of MoEF. The Environmental Audit reports shall be prepared for the entire year of operations and
shall be regularly submitted to regulatory authorities.
5.8Data Analysis
Monitoring data analysis will be done as per CPCB guidelines by EPA approved laboratory & shall
be submitted to concern authority (specified in Environment Clearance Letter issued by MoEF, &
Consent issued by HPSPCB) on regular basis.
5.9 Detailed Budget
Project Cost is Rs.7,00,000
Cost proposed for EMP measures is 1.98 lakhs
Recurring Cost for EMP is 1.08 lakhs
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Chapter - 6
ADDITIONAL STUDIES
6.1 Public Consultation
As per the new EIA Notification dated 14th September 2006, Public hearing for this project was
conducted in accordance with the procedure to obtain the Environmental Clearance. The details are as
under:
Date of submission of proposal in MoEF - 24.12.2010
Date of ToR presentation - 27.04.2011
Date of Public Hearing - 10.05.2013
As per the new EIA notification dated 14.06.2006, the first technical presentation i.e. the ToR
presentation has been done on 27th April 2011. After this MoEF has prescribed the additional ToR
letter and after the preparation of Draft EIA in accordance with ToR letter the Public Hearing for this
project has been successfully conducted on 10th May, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. near crusher site adjoining to
mine lease area, V.P.O. Riyali, Tehsil Fatehpur, District Kangra, H.P., under the Chairmanship of
Additional District Magistrate, Kangra. During public hearing some issues were raised, but most of
the persons have favoured the proposal. The details are appended herewith.
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Statement of Issues raised in environmental Public hearing on dated: 10/05/2013
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Table 6.1 Queries raised during the Public Hearing and their replies by M/s Himachal
Stone Crushing Company
Sr. No.
Name & Address Issues/Suggestions raised Reply of the unit
He asked where is the mining area located? The mining officer, Kangra at Dharamshala, Distt. Kangra informed Sh. Uttam Chand and the local people that mining area has been approved on the name of Sh. Praveen Sharma, partner, M/s Himachal Stone crushing Company. The boundary pillars have been provided on the demarcated boundary which can be visited and seen.
2. Sh. Balbeer Singh, Pradhan, Mand area Paryavaran Samiti, Distt. Kangra. H.P.
He said that on behalf of Paryavaran Samiti, he wants to bring into the knowledge that the stone crushers apart from M/s Himachal Stone crushing Company are having there mining area along the Shah Nehar. The mining is been done over here and the Shah Nehar have got damaged. Crores of Rupees have been spent on this which is a help line for our agricultural area and it has not been inaugurated yet. The Shah Nehar will get damaged due to these stone crushers. The engineers have also objected this and the local people also filed an objection in the high court. The Paryavaran Samiti requests that the five stone crushers along River Beas in the Mand area should be closed immediately and in future Govt. should not give permission for operation to any stone crusher. He submitted an objection letter in regard of M/s Himachal Stone crushing Company and requested that along with this all the crushers should be closed.
No Reply.
3. Sh. Anil Singh, Distt. Kangra. H.P.
He said that the distance from Punjab has been shown 10 km which is actually 500 meters. This have already affected the nearby area of the Punjab State where the ground water level has gone down by 10-15 feet. He said that the details indicated in the EIA Report at Page No. 2, 3 & 4 are incorrect. He requested to conduct the inspection again. The mining will be done from the Banks of the River Beas; this will lead to the change in direction of water flow leading to the distraction of Mand area. He alleged that the mining is carried out by the JCB and heavy machinery. Hence the back filling of the pits is bare minimum. As per page no. 5 the mining area is along the bank of River Beas. The boundary pillars are almost nil. Instead of the labour the excavation is done with the help of heavy machinery. Toilet facility is almost nil. The easy and unmetalled roads
ADM, Kangra at Dharamshala informed that the Punjab is 500 meters away from this place and we are talking about 10 km distance. If the mining area is within the distance of 10 km from the interstate boundary, the case has to be forwarded to Govt. of India. State Govt. can’t interfere in
this. The cases with the area less than or more than 5 hectares, which are within the distance of 10 km from the interstate boundary, have to be forwarded to Govt. of India. This is not regarding 500 meter distances; if it would have been 9 km then also this case would have been forwarded to Govt. of India.
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are used for transportation which is legally incorrect and more than 100 heavy vehicles come here daily. Due to excavation the ground water level has gone down and will further go down. The plan is 21 km in east direction, hence as per environmental quality the inspection of Carbon Mono Oxide and health checkup have to be got conducted. From community and financial point of view 80% people are dependent on agriculture, 10% on jobs and animal husbandry and there is no appropriate way to reach this place. As per page no. 1 the information is incorrect. The vehicles are overloaded. As per page no. 8 the mining can be conducted 2-3 times in a depth of 6 meters. The river banks are being converted into ponds. The trees and plants are nil. Mining is completely being done on the banks of the river and illegal mining is being done in the night, leading to bad effect on the ground water level. Nobody including the Gram Panchayat is able to conduct plantation. Every works is conducted with heavy machinery due to which there is more pollution. None of the vehicles are covered due to which the people get affected. The works indicated on page no 10 are done in the opposite manner. Instead of green area, this area is converting into desert. As per page no. 11 only 10-15 people are employed and the life of nearby villagers has been disturbed. The major part of the Shah Nehar Kandi Hydel Project which is in Himachal and Punjab is going to be ruined. Due to the change in direction of river course, the complete Mand Area and Punjab area will get destroyed including The. Mukerian, Distt. Hoshiyarpur (PB). Apart from this regarding the mining being out, we have sent an written report to the DC Kangra.
4. Thakur Gyan Chand (Ex Servicemen) Distt. Kangra. H.P.
He said that when the floods came in 1988, 1990 and 1992, the Chief Minister of H.P. was requested to close all the crushers from Pong Dam to Kathgarh as soon as possible, our land is getting destroyed. The crusher owners want to get easy money. These crusher’s owners want to get easy
money. These crushers should be closed and no objection certificates should be canceled. The NOC given by the Pradhan should not be accepted.
In this regard the representative of the unit replied that mining area is in the form of terrace in River Beas.
He said that our area is in the form of a terrace. This area has faced the flood situation many times due to which there have been heavy losses. The banks of the River are very loose and if these are excavated, the river course can change in
The representative of the unit informed that there is only terrace mining. The water level of this place is 6 meters and the mining will be conducted maximum up to 4 meter. Hence there is no relation of water level with the
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any direction. Recently the flood which came in 2011 led to many losses. Due to mining the water level of the tube wells have gone down. If it continues in the same manner than the Mand area from Riyali to Mirthal will get destroyed. The land of this place is very fertile. We don’t have any
objection from the installation of the crusher but the location selected for the crusher is inappropriate. If the farmer tries to construct a kuhal, even it turns into a River. Recently a bridge has been installed nearby started the excavation on the left side and the water used to flow under the bridge. The crusher installed nearby started the excavation on the left side and the water started flowing from that side. We started the resistance the resistance one year back on 10-05-2012 and today it is 10-05-2013. In 1988 when there was flood situation, then there was no stone crusher. The level of this area was 2 feet higher than the river water level. Due to mining the level of the land is going down and if the mining continues in the same manner the level will go down. If feet and protection is done on both the sides, then there is no objection. The crusher owners should be directed to increase the depth of the river so that the people can be protected. Even if you go up to 50-60 feet, we don’t have any objection.
mining. Secondly regarding the flood, it is not due to mining. He further clarified that the flood situation appears due to the release of excess water from the dam instead of mining. Mining will be done in a terrace and will be done in a river bed area. He further pointed out that the mining area is in the terrace and is not related to the land along the river.
6. Sh. Hans Raj, Secretary, Mand Area, Paryavaran Samiti, Distt. Kangra (H.P)
He said that the mining have been done up to 50 feet in this area. We are sitting in the river and one day this river will come into the village and the area up to Milwan will get destroyed. This land have been given to us by Govt. of H.P. whose area is measuring 15287 Hect., which will get destroyed by this mining, If your want to finish the people and the Shah Nehar, so give NOC's to all. You all give NOC to them and send people out of this place.
The representative of the unit informed that the damage caused to the Shah Nehar is not due to mining, as the mining is not done in the river bed area but is done in the terrace area only. There cannot be any danger to the Nehar from this mining.
He said that the river has taken two ways. The place where we are sitting is home of river. In 1988 when there was flood situation then we lived in 3-4 feet water. Where 25-30 feet excavation has been done and our land is adjoining to the river, will there be no land loss due to soil erosion because of the water. We all people are dependent on the land and do not have any other source of income. We have requested these people many times not to carry out so much of mining. The excavation is done by-the machines and if it continues in the same manner, people of the area will be ruined. We people will not be able to live here. This whole area is flood
The representative of the unit clarified that, if there are more rains, floods will be there. There are heavy rains after every 7-8 yrs. Than the floods are bound to come which are not due to the mining.
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affected area and if you go through this, the truth and the lies will be in front of you.
He said that when this nehar was constructed they faced many problems. Dr. Rajan Sushant has made many efforts for it. This nehar was constructed for agricultural purposes and not for mining. Today, this nehar and the farmers are also in worst condition and ruining is responsible for everything. When they installed the crusher there were no roads. As informed by the representative of the unit, there will be no loss to water due to mining, but all our water sources have dried up. Due to mining the water level has gone down.
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9. Sh. Satish Kumar, Distt. Kangra (HP)
He said that when natural disasters take place then nobody is exempted. The floods can take place any time. Two no. crushers are going to he established in Punjab areas, these units don't have approved mining area and they transport the raw material from here. Our employment is shifted to other regions; Establishment of this crusher will provide us the employment in this region only. Our vehicles are plying in this region. We don't have any objection as everybody wants employment.
He said that it is a flood region and after the construction of dam flood incidents have decreased. In 1988 when flood came, there were no crushers and flood came due to heavy rains, but the flow of the water took its own directions. When they reach to the banks while carrying out their mining operations then the flow of water will get diverted. Closing down the crusher units is not a solution to it. We all have to find the solution jointly. The river stretch is required to be channelized, to avoid the fear of flood, the water level has gone down and the reason is the increase in no. of tube wells. In past there Was one no. tube well and today we have 50 numbers there. As the No. of tube wells will increase, the water extraction will also get increased. He further requested to find a permanent solution so that the fear of people can be removed. If there are crushers, mining will be there. If crushers have some disadvantages, it is having few benefits also. People got employment, and roads got improved. Industry will definitely be established. It will be wrong if the crusher owners will carry out mining against the law.
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11. Sh. Puran Sharma, Vill. & Teh. indora,
He said that as informed by these people that the water levels don’t goes down by
conducting mining. The Chakki &
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Distt. Kangra (H.P.)
Shaunch Khad is nearby. The one side is H.P. and on the other bank is Punjab. After the inspection of both the khads. It has been observed that these areas are suffering from water shortage. In regard to the crusher these people when excavate this area, should back fill it with soil to prevent this area from destruction. We request you to inspect this again. Around 40 feet deep excavation has been done and the blue water has been taken out. If any people or animal fall in this water they cannot come out of there on. Why should the crusher owners do such work which is to be done at the night time? They should do the work in the day time. if these people can install some other industry instead of the crusher, we welcome these people
bed area. Sh. Praveen Sharma informed that the mining area in Khasra No. 332/2 is adjoining to the land of Sh. Brij Mohan. If the owner of this land is not having any problem then why others should. He further informed that the pits have been backfilled and the land have been made fertile by filling in the soil and have planted 2000 trees of popular plant.
He asked that in which Panchayat this Paryavaran Samiti formed have been named? When the Govt. can't find the solution in this regard, then how can we people find its solution? There is no benefit of resistance. In 1988, 1996 & 2011 when the flood come this river diverted from three locations. When the flood came did these crusher owners release the water? To prevent the floods check darns should be provided
The representative of the unit said that they have provided the material free of cost for the obstruction constructed for the water flow along the river & even today it can be seen on the site. He further informed that earlier also they have provided the check dams free of cost for the prevention of flood.
He said that due to the installation of the crusher, the water of the river will disturb the adjoining lands for which appropriate measures have to be taken for the people living along the river. If the crusher is installed here then even a single child of Mand cannot live here. It is not known that where will the water flow, which comes from the dam. When the flood came in 2011 the people faced lot of problems.
The representative of the unit said that earlier also they have done the plantation in this area and will also be done in future.
14. Sh. Puran Sharma. Distt. Kangra (H.P)
He said that if the plantation is done by them, then whether the shadow of 2000 trees is sufficient for the area from Talwara to Mirthal. Before destroying this area the crusher owners should make this area green.
The representative of the unit said that they have done the plantation in their own land and in future also after the mining they will convert the land for agricultural purposes and will do plantation on it. The plantation will be done as per the directions of the villagers.
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Capt. Lal Singh, Riyali
He said that the plantation has been done but the manner in which the land has been cut down/excavated to 20-25 feet can also be inspected. If the water comes from the place where the land has been cut down/excavated, all the land will be destroyed. It has been requested earlier not to use the machinery but it was not followed. If we will flow away in the water, it will be due to the land which has been cut down/excavated because more water is released than the requirement. He
The representative of the unit said that their mining area is 2 km away from the bank of the river. He further said that there is no permission of mining up to the distance of 60 mtr. from the bank of the river. The mining can be done beyond of 60 mtr. and the mining plan has been made accordingly. With
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further asked whether the permission for mining is 20-25 feet deep and if the mining is done up to this level, will the people of this area survive.
regard to the depth it was informed that the mining can be done up to the water level whereas this mining area is at a distance of 500-600 mtr from the river which is quiet far from the buffer zone required for the protection. ADM, Kangra at Dharamshala said that as informed by the representative of the unit that they will not carry out any mining activity up to the distance of 500 rntr. Further Mining Officer, Kangra at Dharamshala said that whenever a mining area is approved, an HOC from the Gram Panchyat is obtained before approval. The mining lease of this area has been approved in 2010 and in 2008- 2009 the join inspection of these areas would have been conducted by the committee which includes the presence of the members from the various Govt. Departments. The mining areas are of two types: 1.) River bed mining 2.) Terrace Mining. In River bed mining there is permission of three feet or one meter excavation. River bed mining policy has been formed for river bed. Here there are two mining areas i.e. one is of Himachal Stone Crushing Company & the other is of Golden Karamjot Stone Crusher, both are not in river bed, and in this respect the written NOC from the Gram Panchayat have been obtained. Only then these have been approved. Today after three years the problems have arisen. Here there are two mining areas i.e. one is of Himachal Stone Crushing Company to whom 18.5 hectares of land, which is a private land, have been permitted to work on it. in reference to the adjoining land, the inspection has been conducted earlier also and it was found that they have not maintained the buffer zone of 60 meter, which has been brought in their knowledge and they have been directed to protect the same and create a buffer zone. The adjoining private land will be got protected. The distance of Himachal Stone Crushing Company from river Beas is approximately 500 meter. Hence the crusher owners always have to maintain a distance of 500 mtr and under no circumstances the water will traverse this distance of 500 mtr.
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The main reason of water in this area is that the place where the crusher has been installed used to be the water drainage area. Due to the construction of the Dam, the water flow has been regulated but due to the irregular water release the flood situation arises. As per their mining plan they can excavate up to 4.5 to 5 mtr. of depth and if it is done accordingly then there will be no damage. After the study of EIA report, it has been concluded that there should be no losses. Their area which has already been excavated from 4.5 to 5 mtr. , has been back filled with soil and the plantation of popular plants have been started which has already been included in the mining plan. There may not be any chances of flood, but if the BBMB releases the water in the uncontrolled way then the flood will certainly come. In future also it will be taken care that mining activities are conducted as per the mining plan. The Shah Nehar authority has given it in writing that if there is any mining area beyond 150 mtr., away from the Shah Nehar then there is no danger/ damage to the Nehar. The department will also not know wherever the crusher will be installed, there mining area should be between the Beas River so that the depth of the river can increase and water flows through it and there is no damage to the people. Suggestions were invited from the Mand Area Paryavaran Samiti regarding the increase of the depth of River.
16. Sh. Balbeer Singh, Pardhan
He suggested and said that the sand and Bajri from the crusher will be transported to the outer areas, but from where will the soil be arranged for back filling? Nearly 100 vehicles from a crusher are sent out daily and if the pits are there, from where will the soil be arranged. Hence the Paryavaran Samiti has passed there resolution that the Mand area should be made mining free and the crushers over here should be closed.
It was clarified that the clay/soil left out after the washing of sand and stone is back field into the pits.
He said that the two crushers, one Himachal Stone Crushing Company & the, other Golden Karamjot Stone Crusher have not been installed incorrectly as per the geographical condition of this area. There mining area is from banks of the river to the end of the both sides. Apart from this the joint inspections conducted for the grant of new mining leases are also in this
The ADM, Kangra at Dharamshala said that as requested by the people for the inspection, the views and facts have been recorded in the report and the SDM Nurpur and the Mining Officer have been directed to visit the spots of complaints and to take corrective measures.
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area which will be in the form of a chain from Shah Nehar head works Punjab up to here. When the mining will be done in this area, then the river will hang on to one side and the slope in this area will be five meters in every one kilometer, than if the water released is less or more it will start changing the slope. It is requested that the area where the river has left should he inspected. The Govt. should keep an eye and the profit generated from these crushers should be given to the people having their land.
He said that there are many cases of the crusher owners regarding threats of life. money laundering and producing fake documents. There roads have been closed by the DC Hoshiarpur. We would like to give a suggestion on behalf of local people, Himachal and Punjab that this area should be maintained as peaceful and agriculture area.
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In addition to this, 14 numbers of written Issues/suggestions were received during the public
hearing Enclosed as Annexure- II.
Sh. Rakesh Sharma, ADM, Kangra at Dharamshala further assured the people that the public
grievances will be solved on priority bases.
In the end, Sh.S.K Dhiman. AEE, HPSPCB thanked all the participants for attending the
Environmental Public Hearing.
Additional District Magistrate
Kangra at Dharamshala,
District, Kangra (H.P.)
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6.2 Risk Assessment and Disaster Management Plan
Risk Assessment and Disaster Management Plan is prepared keeping in view that location of the
proposed project is close to the river. This plan is prepared based on the below considerations.
The mining operations in the lease area would be confined to day light hours, from 9 A.M. to 5
P.M.
The highest contour in the lease area is 312 meters above MSL
The nearest HFL of Beas River is at 313 from MSL, at a distance of more than 120 meters from
lease area
The mining shall be restrained well above this level.
6.2.1 Waste Handling
During the extraction of sand stone and bajri from the river bed silt and clay will also be removed
being associated mineral.
Generally they find little commercial utility. But, these are used as filler for compaction in the road
construction work when the grit is laid. Moreover, in the sandy agricultural fields, silt and clay are
spread over to increase the moisture retention capacity of the soil.
Annually, about 12000 metric tons of waste will be generated which will mostly be utilized for
spreading over sandy reclaimed parts of mining lease land to make it suitable for agriculture.
6.2.2 Disaster Management Plan
In order to handle disaster/emergency situations, an organizational chart entrusting responsibility to
various project personnel will be prepared with their specific roles during emergency.
6.3 Occupational Health and Safety
6.3.1 Occupational Health
Operation and Maintenance
Occupational health needs attention during operation phase. The problem of occupational health, in the
operation and maintenance phase is primarily due to dust and noise which could affect the workers from
respiratory and hearing problems. The necessary personal protective equipments will be given to all the
workers. The working personnel shall be given the following appropriate personnel protective
equipments.
Industrial Safety Helmet;
Zero power plain goggles with cut type filters on both ends;
Cylindrical type earplug;
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Ear muffs;
Dust mask;
hand gloves;
Industrial safety shoes with steel toe.
All working personnel will be medically examined at least once in every year and at the end of his term
of employment. This is in addition to the pre-employment medical examination.
6.3.2 Safety Plan
Safety of both men and materials during operation phase is of concern. Safety plan shall be prepared and
implemented in the proposed site. The preparedness of an industry for the occurrence of possible disasters
is known as emergency plan.
Keeping in view the safety requirement during construction, operation and maintenance phases a safety
policy will be formulated with the following regulations:
To allocate sufficient resources to maintain safe and healthy conditions of work;
To ensure that adequate safety instructions are given to all employees;
To provide wherever necessary protective equipment, safety appliances and clothing and to ensure
their proper use;
To inform employees about materials, equipment or processes used in their work which are known
to be potentially hazardous to health or safety;
To keep all operations and methods of work under regular review for making necessary changes
from the point of view of safety in the light of experience and up to date knowledge;
To provide appropriate facilities for first aid and prompt treatment of injuries and illness at work;
To provide appropriate instruction, training, retraining and supervision to employees in health and
safety, first aid and to ensure that adequate publicity is given to these matters;
To organize collection, analysis and presentation of data on accident, sickness and incident
involving people injury or injury to health with a view to taking corrective, remedial and preventive
action;
To promote through the established machinery, joint consultation in health and safety matters to
ensure effective participation by all employees;
To publish/notify regulations, instructions and notices in the common language of employees;
To prepare separate safety rules for each type of occupation/processes involved in at site.
6.3.3 Safety Organization
A qualified and experienced safety officer shall be appointed. The responsibilities of the safety officer
include identification of the hazardous conditions and unsafe acts of workers and advice on corrective
actions, conduct safety audit, organize training programs and provide professional expert advice on
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various issues related to occupational safety and health. He is also responsible to ensure compliance of
Safety Rules/ Statutory Provisions.
6.3.4 Health and Safety Monitoring Plan
The health of all employees shall be monitored once in a year for early detection of any ailment due to
exposure to dust, heat and noise.
6.4 Natural Resource Conservation
A green belt will be developed so that minimum soil erosion takes place.
In any case the natural habitats of the existing flora and fauna will not be disturbed.
Use of traditional knowledge in all aspects of conservation;
Time to time analysis of the soil, water resources etc will be done in order to analyze the
negative impacts of mining activities on the environment.
6.5 R & R Action Plan
There will be no resettlement or rehabilitation issues involved in this project.
6.6 Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR)
It is proposed to take up the CSR activities in line with the findings of socioeconomic survey done.
The project proponent agrees to provide free of cost boulders, bajri and sand for social projects as
Panchayat ghar, schools in the area.
6.7 Employment - The Company will provide direct employment to around 15 skilled and semi
skilled persons and indirect employment to around 200 persons. The company will give preference to
local peoples.
6.8 Identification of Hazards
The possibility of the following may be there for such projects:
(a) Fire associated with storage of combustible material, lubricants, oil.
(b) Accidents during mining.
To deal the above emergencies, the Emergency Plan should be prepared.
6.8.1 Disaster Due To Surface Fire
The fire could be due to surface fire. Such case has so far not been reported. Likewise equipment
sometimes catches fire which needs to be dealt.
6.8.2 Code of Practice in Case of Fire at Mines
Objective:
To deal with fire efficiently and quickly at different locations of mine
Source of Fire:
i) Oil & Lubricant Room.
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ii) Mine machineries.
Line of Action:
i) Sufficient fire extinguishers will be installed at selected locations on site. Besides, numbers of water
hydrants with sufficient length of hosepipes will be made available at the surface for fire protection.
ii) Any person notices any sign of fire shall immediately take steps to give warning by blowing the
siren continuously and take steps to extinguish the fire by using appliances available near the site.
iii) Duties of mine Official: - The Mine officials receiving the warning will forthwith inform at
following places.
a) Fire fighting station
b) Mines Manager
c) Mines Agent / Owner
After intimation he should reach the spot, remove Men & Machinery and take steps to tackle the fire
in accordance with the fire fighting instructions. Inform the security office to get an ambulance if
required.
a) Duties of Fire Fighting Team: - On receiving warning, the team shall reach the site of fire and
depending on its nature, class and extent shall take steps to extinguish it and rescue persons who may
be caught in fire.
b) Duties of Mines Manager: -
(i) On receipt of information about fire, the Manager will forthwith rush to the spot and assess the
situation. He will oversee the overall rescue operation and make necessary arrangement for medical
aid to the affected persons, if any.
(ii) Inform the management and statutory bodies.
6.8.3 Code of Practice in case of Explosion & Accidents
Objective
How to deal with an accident in an effective and efficient manner, if occurs during mine operations.
Line of Action
Any person, who notices any explosion or accident, should immediately take steps to give warning by
suitable mean and at the same time, take necessary action for withdrawal of men from the site. He/
She will also inform the mine’s Manager and other officials without any delay.
Duties of Mine’s Manager
(a) On receipt of information about explosion or accident, the manager shall forthwith rush to the spot
and the situation. He shall make the arrangements for withdrawal of affected persons, if any.
(b) Inform the hospital for Ambulance for affected persons, if any.
(c) Provide First aid to affected persons.
(d) Inform the senior officials and statutory bodies.
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6.8.4 Action in Emergency
If any emergency like fire arises in the mine one should immediately inform to Security Supervisor.
Security will inform key personnel and act as detailed above and consequently inform to CCR for
broad announcement by Public Address System and to blow the Alarm if CCR is not affected itself.
The emergency alarm will be wailing sound for two minutes on hearing telephone or alarm; the key
personnel will act as per responsibilities. The procedure for all emergency situations as mentioned
above would be same.
6.8.5 Site Restoration
The incident controller will check the areas thoroughly for possible hazards such as toxic fume or live
wires after emergency and will inform site controller accordingly. The key personnel will meet to
evaluate their individuals and overall performance in responding to situation after the emergency is
over. The review shall determine.
Effectiveness of emergency response plan.
Mine crew performance.
Any need for updating or revision of the emergency response plan.
Suitable arrangement for restart of the work.
Evaluation and control of efficient arising out of mitigating measures like foam discharge &
overflow of oil in water.
Rehabilitate evacuated area.
Adopt measures to prevent similar recurrence.
6.8.6 Precautions
To avoid all these disasters at working place and to minimize their effects following precautions shall
be taken and arrangement shall be made at the working place.
The persons shall be trained properly to handle the situation.
Detailed warning system, implementation procedure, emergency control centre, shall be
maintained at the mine with names of trained persons.
Details and availability of machinery, fire-fighting equipment shall be available at the site.
Proper arrangements shall be made for treatment of injured person, if any.
All the safety equipment shall be available at the mine.
6.8.7 Post Disaster Analysis and Evaluation
When the emergency is over, the team will carry out a detailed analysis of cause of
accident/occurrence, evaluate the influence of various factors and find out the procedures to minimize
them in future. At the same time adequacy of disaster management plan shall be evaluated and
shortcomings shall be rectified to improve the plan.
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6.8.8 Off-Site Emergency Planning
Introduction
The off-site emergency plan is an integral part of any hazard control system. It would be based on
those accidents identified by the works management, which could affect people and the environment
outside the works. Thus, the off-site plan follows logically from the analysis that took place to provide
the basis for the on-site plan and the two plans should therefore complement each other. The key
feature of a good off-site emergency plan is flexibility in its application to emergencies other than
those specifically included in the formation of the plan. The roles of the various parties that may be
involved in the implementation of an off-site plan are described below. The responsibility for the off-
site plan will be likely to rest either with the works management or with the local authority.
Either way, the plan must identify an emergency coordinating officer who would take overall
command of the off-site activities. As with the on-site plan, an emergency control center will be
required within which the emergency coordinating officer can operate. An early decision will be
required in many cases on the advice to be given to people living “within range” of the accident – in
particular whether they should be evacuated or told to go indoors. Consideration of evacuation may
include the following factors:
a. In the case of a major fire but without explosion risk (e.g. an oil storage tank), only houses close to
the fire are likely to need evacuation, although a severe smoke hazard may require this to be reviewed
periodically.
b. But if the fire is escalating it might be necessary to evacuate people nearby, but only if there is
time; if insufficient time exists, people would be advised to stay indoors and shield themselves from
the fire.
6.8.8.1 Aspects to Be Included In an Off-Site Emergency Plan
Some of the aspects to be included in off-site emergency plan are as follows:
a) Organization
Details of command structure, warning systems, implementation procedures, emergency control
centers Name and appointments of incident controller, site main controller, their deputies and other
key personnel.
c) Communications
Identification of personnel involved, communication center, call signs, network, list of telephone
numbers.
d) Voluntary Organizations
Detail of organizers, telephone numbers, resources etc.
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Transport, evacuation centers, emergency feeding, treatment of injured, first aid, ambulances.
f) Public Information
Arrangements for:
Dealing with the media-press office
Informing relatives, etc.
g) Assessment
Arrangements for: -
Collecting information on the causes of the emergency
Reviewing the efficiency and effectiveness of all aspects of the emergency plan.
6.8.8.2 Role of the Emergency Coordinating Officer
The various emergency services will be coordinated by an Emergency Coordinating Officer (ECO).
The ECO will liaise closely with the site main controller. Again depending on local arrangements, for
very severe incidents with major or prolonged off-site consequences, the external control may pass to
a senior local authority administrator or even an administrator appointed by the Central or State
Government.
6.8.8.3 Roles of Major Hazard Works Managements
Where the local authority has the organization to formulate the plan, the role of works managements
in off-site emergency planning will be to establish liaison with those preparing the plans and to
provide information appropriate to such plans. This will include a description of possible on-site
accidents with potential for off-site harm, together with their consequences and an indication of the
relative likelihood of the accidents.
Advice should be provided by works managements to all the outside organizations which may
become involved in handling the emergency off-site and which will need previously to have
familiarized themselves with some of the technical aspects of the works activities, e.g. emergency
services, medical departments, etc.
6.8.8.4 Role of the Local Authority
In some places the duty to prepare the off-site plan lies with the local authorities. They may have
appointed an emergency planning officer (EPO) to carry out all this duty as part of the EPO’s roles in
preparing for a whole range of different emergencies within the local authority area. The EPO will
need to liaise with the works to obtain the information to provide the basis for the plan.
Rehearsals for off-site plans are important for the same reasons as on-site plans and will need to
be organized by the EPO.
6.8.8.5 Role of the Police
The police normally assume the overall control of an emergency, with a senior officer designated as
emergency coordinating officer. Formal duties of the police during an emergency include protecting
life and property and controlling traffic movements. The functions include controlling bystanders,
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evacuating the public, identifying the dead and dealing with casualties and informing relatives of dead
or injured.
6.8.8.6 Role of the Fire Authorities
The control of a fire is normally the responsibility of the senior fire brigade officer who would take
over the handling of the fire from the site incident controller on arrival at the site. The senior fire
brigade officer may also have a similar responsibility for other events. Fire authorities having major
hazard works in their area should have familiarized themselves with the location on site of all stores
of flammable materials, water and foam supply points and fire-fighting equipments.
6.8.8.7 Role of the Health Authorities
Health authorities, including doctors, surgeons, hospitals, ambulances and so on, have a vital part to
play following a major accident and they should form an integral part of any emergency plan. For
major fires, injuries will be the result of the effects of thermal radiation to a varying degree and the
knowledge and experience to handle this in all, but extreme, cases may be generally available in most
hospitals.
6.8.8.8 Roles of the Government Safety Authority
The Inspectors of Director General of Mines Safety are likely to want to satisfy themselves that the
organization responsible for including the off-site plan has made adequate arrangements for handling
emergencies of all types including major emergencies.
In the event of an accident, local arrangements regarding the role of the factory inspector will apply.
In the aftermath, factory inspectors may wish to ensure that the affected areas are rehabilitated safely.
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Chapter - 7
PROJECT BENEFITS
7.0 Introduction
As we know that the stone, sand and Bajri are the back bone of infrastructure development and its
demand is expected to increase further more in coming year to meeting demand of infrastructure
development. The proposed project would enable to meet a small part of the growing demand in the
state of Himachal Pradesh. Further, the proposed project will result in improvement of upliftment of
social structure in the area. The people residing in the nearby areas will be benefited indirectly. It is
anticipated that the proposed project will provide benefits for the locals.
7.1 Demography benefits
During the operational phase, about 15 people shall be employed. Considering that most of the
skilled/unskilled personnel proposed to be employed for the proposed project shall be from within the
study area, the proposed project would add to the population in the study area which results in better
scope for indirect employment etc. in addition to the workforce the indirect employment also be
generated for about 200 members or even more.
7.2 Education
Unskilled people and limited skilled people (depending on availability) shall be hired from local
population. Due to economic growth of these people there may be chances to growth of education in
that locality.
7.3 Employment
The man power requirements for the operational phase of the proposed project shall be about 15
persons. Many of these persons however shall be unskilled people and shall be satisfied from local
population. In addition to the direct employment mentioned above, there will be indirect employment
of local people by utilizing their expertise in different areas like horticulture, site clearing, road
development, etc. Also, due to secondary development in the study area, employment opportunities
will be generated. About 200 or more people are expected to get indirect employment.
Preference shall be given to local populace based on their qualifications, skill set and availability.
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7.4 Conclusion
M/s Himachal Stone Crushing Co. management has undertaken and will undertake various Socio
Economic upliftment activities. Development Projects are planned after a participatory need
assessment of the communities around the activity area. Each project has a one-year and a three-year
rolling plan, with milestones and measurable targets. The objective is to phase out the presence over a
period of time and then further hand over the reins of further development to the people. This also
enables the company to widen their reach.
The management supports the local administration and other form of assistance for the development
of public facilities in the region. Mainly they are providing the basic amenities to nearby villagers for
water distribution, building of schools, hospitals, etc. and all this adds to the economic positivity and
benefits to the locals of the activity area.
In conclusion we may write that the Project Proponent proposes to extraction of sand from lease area.
There will be further generation of direct and indirect employment due to this project. There will be
increase in revenue generation to the government by way of royalty, excise and government taxes.
There will be further improvement in infrastructure like education, roads, availability of drinking
water, medical facilities in adjacent villages. The increase in earnings of local villagers who will get
employment in the mine and due to increased spending on social welfare measures by the company
will provide better standard of living for the villagers.
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Chapter-8
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
8.0 General
Environmental Management Plan (EMP) aims at the preservation of ecological system by considering
in-built pollution abatement facilities at the proposed site. Some of the major criteria governing the
environmental measures will be adopted, and the same is described in ensuring paragraphs.
The prime objective of any environmental management plan is utilisation of non-renewable resources
of the study area and within the limits of permissible capacity. The assimilative capacity of the study
area is the maximum amount of pollution load that can be discharged in the environment without
affecting the designated use and is governed by dilution, dispersion and removal due to physico-
chemical and biological processes. The EMP is required to ensure sustainable development in the
study area of 10 Km radius of the proposed mining site; hence it needs to be an all encompassive plan
for the proposed activity. Government regulating agencies like Pollution Control Board working in the
region and more importantly the people living in the study area need to extend their co-operation and
contribution.
It has been evaluated that the study area has not been affected adversely with the proposed activity and
likely to get new economical fillip, not only for the study area but also for the region as a whole.
Mitigation measures at the source level and an overall management plan at the study area level are
elicited so as to improve the supportive capacity of the receiving bodies. The EMP aims at controlling
pollution at the source level to the possible extent with the available and affordable technology
followed by treatment before they are discharged.
Environmental management for the proposed mining activity is discussed for the environmental
impact pertains to the operational phase. Even though reversible in nature - all the impacts will be
visible only during operational phase. It is planned to take corrective measures to ensure that these
effects are kept to bare minimum. The EMP will therefore, be initiated during planning stage itself.
8.1 Air Environment
The proposed mining operations are not anticipated to raise the concentration of the pollutants beyond
prescribed limits. However, the following measures would be adopted to mitigate the pollution levels
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in ambient air. Dust particles generated during various mining activities when become airborne lead to
increase in particulates level in the ambient air. The major source of dust generation is the transport of
material by trucks and tractor trolleys. Adequate control measures shall be taken during mining
operations as well as transportation of minerals. The following measures will be taken to mitigate the
fugitive dust from different operations.
Laying of haul roads as per the standards to avoid or eliminate air – borne dust.
Watering of haul roads and other roads at regular intervals
Spraying of water on permanent transport roads at required frequencies.
Provision of dust filters / mask to workers working at highly dust prone and affected areas.
Provision of green belt by vegetation for trapping dust.
Greenbelt development along the haul roads, dumps and along the boundaries of the lease
area.
Utmost care will be taken to prevent spillage of sand and stone from the trucks.
The extracted mineral should be transported from the mine to crusher and the end user by
adopting following measures so as to minimize dust emissions.
Speed of the vehicles should be maintained with in the prescribed limits.
Trucks should not be over loaded and should be maintained to the body level.
8.2 Noise Environment
As there will be no heavy earth moving machinery there will not be any major impact on noise level
due to sand mining and other association activities a detailed noise survey has been carried out and
results were cross referenced with standards and were found to be well within the limits.
Blasting technique is not used for sand and stone lifting, hence no possibility of land vibration. It was
found that the proposed mining activity will not have any significant impact on the noise environment
of the region. The only impact will be due to transportation of sand and stone by trucks and tractor
trolleys.
As the only impact is due to transportation of stone to the stone crushing unit and sand to the market
though village roads, the following control measures shall be taken to keep the ambient noise levels
well within limits:
Use of personal protective devices i.e., earmuffs and earplugs by workers, working in high
noise areas.
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The greenbelt with species of rich canopy around the lease area and along the roads will further
attenuate the noise levels.
Conducting periodical medical check up of all workers for any noise related health problems
Proper training to personnel to create awareness about adverse noise level effects.
Planned noise monitoring at suitable locations in the plant and outside location for proper
effective remedial actions.
Minimum use of horns and speed limit of 10 kmph
Timely maintenance of vehicles and their silencers to minimize vibration and Sound.
Phasing out of old and worn out trucks.
Proper loading and unloading of sand and stone so that minimum sound will produce.
The greenbelt, which is being provided, will act as noise attenuator. With the noise abatement measures
(as indicated above), it is expected that the noise levels will be maintained in compliance with DGMS
standards.
8.3 Water Environment
8.3.1 Surface Water
The major source of surface water pollution due to sand mining is insignificant, however the following
measures shall be undertaken to prevent water pollution.
Utmost care will be taken to minimize spillage of stone and sand.
Drainage around the mining area would be undertaken so that rain water do not enter the
mining pits.
Plantation will be under taken as per green belt development plan enclosed in approved
mining plan
8.3.2 Ground Water
There would not be any adverse effect on the ground water quality. The mineral formation does not
contain any harmful element, which could percolate into the ground and pollute the ground water.
Hence, no control measures are required. However, regular monitoring of quality in the existing hand
pumps/tube wells in the vicinity would be carried out both with reference to area and times intervals to
study the hydrodynamics of the strata.
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8.4 Land Environment
Any mining activity may alter the land use pattern in the lease area. In order to minimise the adverse
affects, the following suggestions have been made. Degradation of land is not a very significant adverse
impact of river terrace mining due creation of access roads, mining operations, transportation of mined
material. In order to prevent the environmental degradation of leased mine area and its surroundings, the
following measures shall be taken;
No mining is proposed up to 100 meters from the HFL.
Minimal damage to the flora standing around the lease area.
Operations during daylight only.
No foreign material should be allowed to remain/spill in lease area and catchments area, or no
pits/pockets will be allowed to be filled with such material,
No stockpiling of harvested sand and stone shall be done outside the lease area.
Movement of the vehicles on the road will be increased; however, non metalled road leading to sand
and stone mining area will be sprinkled with water at regular intervals. In addition to prevent spillage
by trucks/tractor trolley, over loading should be controlled along with speed limit.
There will be minimum numbers of access roads to lease area. No Access points to the lease area shall
be from the river bed side.
8.4.1 Plantation and Soil Conservation
The main objective of the green belt is to provide a barrier between the source of pollution and the
surrounding areas. The green belt helps to capture the fugitive emission and to attenuate the noise
generated apart from improving the aesthetics. Development of green belt and other forms of greenery
shall also prevent soil erosion and washing away of topsoil besides helping in stabilizing the
functional ecosystem and further to make the climate more conducive and to restore water balance.
While making choice of plant species for cultivation in green belts, weightage has to be given priority
to the natural factor of bio-climate. It is also presumed that the selected plants will be grown as per
normal horticultural (or forestry) practice and authorities responsible for plantation will also make
sure that adequate provision for watering and protection of the saplings exists at site.
Soil Quality will be monitored on yearly basis in the area surrounding the core zone used for
agricultural activity to check for any negative impacts on the soil quality.
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Year wise plantation activity shall be undertaken as proposed in the approved ‘Working cum
Environment Management Plan’ and shown in approved mining plan in Annexure-VI.
8.4.2 Post mining land use
As the mining lease area is part of old river terrace and at a safe distance of about 100 meters from the
river bank, and it belong to private individuals, it would be converted into agricultural fields
surrounded by plantation undertaken during the mining period.
8.5 Biological Environment
The mining activity will have insignificant effect on the existing flora and fauna. Data have been
collected from various Government Departments such as forests, agriculture, fisheries, animal
husbandry and various offices to establish the pre project biological environmental conditions. The
project area is surrounded by reserved forests on the banks are also lined with agricultural land. The
purpose of the project itself is to convert the existing not cultivable land into land suitable for
agriculture and horticulture. It was found that the sand and stone mining activity will not have any
significant impact on the biological environment of the region.
8.5.1 Mitigation of Impacts on Biological Environment
There is a requirement to establish a stable ecosystem with both ecological and economic returns.
Minimization of soil erosion and dust pollution enhances the beauty of the core and the buffer zone.
To achieve this it is planned to increase plantation activities. The basic objectives of plantations are as
follows.
Improvement of Soil quality
Quick vegetative cover to check soil erosion
Improvement in river bank stability
Conservation of biological diversity
8.6 Socio-Economic Environment /Corporate Social Responsibility
This project operation will provide livelihood to the poorest section of the society. The overall impact
of riverbed mining of sand stone and bajri on the social economics of the area shall be a very positive
one, as not only it will generate employment opportunities for local population at mine site but also in
associated activity i.e. at stone crushing plant , for transportation of mined material, etc. It will also
give a good boost to the general economy of the area.
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About 15 persons shall be employed at mine site. And approximately 200 people are to be benefited
directly or indirectly by the project.
The project proponent as cooperate social responsibility agrees to provide free of cost boulders, bajri
and sand for social projects as Panchayat ghar, schools in the area besides carrying out extensive tree
plantation.
The proposed mining activity is expected to provide stimulus to socio-economic activities in the
region and thereby accelerate further development process.
8.7 Cost Provision for Environmental Measures
It is proposed to invest a capital cost of Rs. 3.5 lakhs on pollution control, treatment and monitoring
systems with recurring amount of Rs.4.95 lakhs per annum. The break-up of the investment is given in
the following Table-8.1.
TABLE-8.1
COST PROVISION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES
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S. No Title Capital Cost Rs. in Lakhs
Recurring Cost Rs. in Lakhs
1. Monitoring of Air, Water ,Soil etc. 0.50 0.50 2. Air Pollution Control- Management of
Haulage Roads including Sprinkling 0.70 0.30
3. Plantation and check dams as per Mining plan
0.45 0.20
4. Occupational Health Measures Provision of PPE and other Miscellaneous expenditure
0.30 0.08
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Chapter-9
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
9.1 Introduction
The proposed production of stone, bajri and sand are of 80,000 TPA. The total project cost of the
mine is estimated to be Rs. 7 lakhs. The proposed mine is located at old terrace of Beas River falling
in Mauza Reyali, Tehsil Fatehpur, and District Kangra of Himachal Pradesh. The area is covered in
Survey of India (SOI) toposheet No. 44 M/13.
The details of environmental setting are given below. The map showing the project site and 10 km
study area is shown in Table 9.1 and Figure-9.1.
Table-9.1
Details of Environmental Setting
S. No.
Particulars Details
1 Location A Village Riyali B Tehsil Fatehpur C District Kangra D State Himachal Pradesh
E Latitude 31o 59’ 44’’N – 310 59’ 35’’N F Longitude 750 48’ 35’’E –75º 49’3.5’’ E G Khasra Nos. 3032/2 H Total Mine Lease Area 18-45-97 Hectares
2 Land use at the project area Unused land belongs to private individuals
3 Nearest habitation Riyali Village
4 Nearest major town Talwara(about 15km)
5 Nearest railway Station Pathankot(about 38 km)
6 Nearest airport Dharamshala ,about 128km
7 Nearest tourist places Nil within 10km radius
8 Defence installations Nil within 10km radius
9 Archaeological important Nil within 10km radius
10 Ecological sensitive zones Nil within 10km radius
5. Township (outside mining lease) ; Not Applicable
Distance from River Bank
*
Other Water bodies *
Sea / creek / lake / nalla etc.(specify)
Mining lease boundary
Ancillary facilities -
6. Distance of water bodies (in km)
Distance from
River Bank * Other Water bodies * Sea / creek / lake / nalla etc.
(specify) Mining lease boundary
Beas River
Ancillary facilities
None
[* From highest flood line / high tide line]
7. For projects falling within the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ): Not Applicable
Whether the mineral to be mined is of rare nature and not available outside CRZ? Yes No
if yes, annex a scaled location map showing low tide line (LTL), high tide line (HTL) duly demarcated by one of the authorized agencies* [ *Director, Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad: Centre for Earth Sciences Studies, Thiruvananthapuram: Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University, Chennai: Institute of Wetland Management & Ecological Designs, KolKata: Naval Hydrographers’s Office, Dehradun: National Institute of Oceanography, Panjim, Goa: and National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai], boundary of mining lease area, distance of ML area from LTL and HTL CRZ boundary and CRZ classification of the project area as per the approved Coastal Zone Management Plan, and settlements, sand dunes, mangroves, forest land/patches, turtles breeding and nesting sites etc., if any, in the project area.
8. Indicate aerial distance from the periphery of core zone / area from the periphery of the buffer zone to the boundary of following (up to 10 km):
S.
No.
Areas Name Aerial distance from
(in km.)
Core * Buffer*
Zone Zone
1. National Park / Sanctuary -- --
2. Biosphere Reserve / Tiger
Reserve / Elephant
-- --
Q-6
Reserve / any other
Reserve
3. Forest (RF / PF /
unclassified)
Binraban RF
Karanpur RF
Menngal PF
4. Habitat for migratory birds -- --
5. Corridor for animals of
schedule I & II of the
Wildlife (Protection) Act,
1972
-- --
6. Archaeological sites
* Notified
* Others
-- --
7.
Defence Installation
-- --
8. Industries / Thermal Power
Plants
-- --
9. Other Mines Golden stone
crushing Co
Adjacent to site
10. Airport Dharamshala 128km in NE direction
11. Railway Lines Pathankot 38km in NNW direction
12. National / State Highways SH-27 3km in SSW direction
[* Buffer zone in case of ML area up to 25 ha. is to be considered as 5 km all around the periphery of the core zone and for ML area above 25 ha. an area 10 km all around the periphery of the core zone]. 9. Description of flora & fauna separately in the core and buffer zones.* [* Consult the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 as amended subsequently and list species with (1) Common name (2) Scientific name and (3) under which schedule of the Wildlife (Protection) Act the identified species fall. Get the list authenticated by an Expert in the field / credible scientific institute / University / Chief Wildlife Warden office. Information to be based on field survey. The list of Flora and Fauna found in Core and buffer zone with requisite description have been incorporated in EIA/EMP Report , Chapter 3. 10. Details of mineral reserves (as per approved Mining Plan)
(a) Proved 22,72,500 Metric Ton (b) Indicated -- (c) Inferred -- (d) Mineable reserves 13,68,300 Metric Ton
Q-7
11. Major geological formation / disturbances in the mining lease area
Yes No
(a) Geological maps submitted Enclosed
(b) Geological sections submitted Enclosed
(c) Contour map submitted Enclosed
(d) Whether the presence, if any, noted
of
i. Faults
ii. Dykes √
iii. Shear Zone √
iv. Folds √
v. Other weak zones √
Source of data (Indicate) Approved Mining Plan
12. Production of mineral(s) and life of mine
(a) Rated capacity of mine mineral wise (million
Tonnes / annum)
80,000TPA
(b) Life of mine at proposed capacity (Years)
17.1 Years
(c) Lease period (Years) 15
(d) Date of expiry of lease (D /M /Y) 7-1-2025
(e) Indicate in case of existing mines Not applicable
i. Date of opening of mine
Not applicable
ii. Production in the last 5 years from year ---- to
year ----- (in million tonnes.)
Not applicable
iii. Projected production for the next 5 years from
year 2010 to year 2014 in million tonnes.
iv. Whether mining was suspended after opening of
Yes No
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the mine? If yes, details thereof include last
production figure and reason for the same.
(f) Whether plans & sections provided?
13. Type and method of mining operations
TYPE METHOD
Opencast Manual
Underground Semi-mechanised
Both Mechanised
14. Details of ancillary operations for mineral processing
(a) Existing Nil
(b) Additional Nil
15. Mine details (a) Opencast mine
(i) Stripping ratio (mineral in tonnes to over burden in m3) None
(ii) Ultimate working depth (in m above MSL) --
(iii) Indicate present working depth in case of
existing mine (in m above gl)
Not applicable
(iv) Thickness of topsoil (in m.) negligible Minimum -- Maximum -- Average --
(v) Thickness of overburden (in m.) Nil Minimum -- Maximum -- Average --
(vi) Mining Plan --
Q-9
Height and width of the bench in overburden /
waste.
1*6 metres
Height & width of the bench in ore body/coal
seam.
Not Applicable
Proposed inclination / slope of the sides of the
opencast mine (separately for overburden, coal /
ore and overall slope of the pit sides) both while
operating the mine as well as at the time of
closure of the mine.
Less than 45 degrees.
Whether transverse sections across the
opencast mine at the end of fifth year and at the
end of the life of the mine have been submitted?
Provided in Mining Plan.
(vii) Type of blasting, if any, to be adopted. Not Applicable
(b) Underground mine : Not applicable as the mine is open cast.
(i) Seam / Ore body Not applicable
Min. Depth (m) : -
Max. Depth (m) : -
Avg. thickness (m) : -
Rate of dip in degree : -
Direction of dip : -
(ii) Mode of entry into the mine
Shaft
Adit
Incline
(iii) Details of machinery
On surface
-
At Face
-
For transportation
-
Others
-
Q-10
(iv) Method of stoping (metalliferrous mines)
Open - Filled - Shrinkage - Caving - Combination of above - Others (Specify) -
(v) Extraction method
Caving - Stowing - Partial extraction -
(vi) Subsidence
Predicted max. Subsidence (in m) -
Max. value of tensile strain (in mm/m) -
Max. slope change (in mm/m) -
Whether identified possible subsidence area(s) superimposed on Surface Plan has been submitted?
Yes No
- -
Major impacts on surface features like natural drainage pattern, houses, buildings, water bodies, roads, forest, etc.
-
Salient features of subsidence management (monitoring and control).
-
Q-11
16. Surface drainage pattern at mine site
(a) Whether the pre-mining surface drainage plan submitted? No
(b) Do you propose any modification / diversion No in the existing natural drainage pattern at any stage? If yes, when. Provide location map indicating
contours, dimensions of water body to bediverted, direction of flow of water and proposed route / changes, if any i.e. realignment of river / nallah / any other water body falling within core zone andIts impact.
17. Embankment and / or weir construction (a) Do you propose, at any stage, construction of
(i) Embankment for protection against flood? Yes
(ii) Weir for water storage for the mine? No
(b) If so, provide details thereof. (c) Impact of embankment on HFL and settlement : Not applicable around. (d) Impact of weir on down stream users of water. : Not applicable 18. Vehicular traffic density (outside the ML area)
Type of vehicles No. of vehicles per day
(a) Whether the pre-mining surface drainage plan submitted? --
(b) Do you propose any modification / diversion in the existing
natural drainage pattern at any stage? If yes, when. Provide
location map indicating contours, dimensions of water body to
be diverted, direction of flow of water and proposed route /
changes, if any i.e. realignment of river/nallah/any other water
body falling within core zone and its impact.
Yes No
Q-12
(a) Existing Not applicable Not applicable
(b) After the proposed activity Tipper trucks Two to Three trips
Daily
(c) Whether the existing road
network is adequate? If no,
provide details of alternative
proposal?
Yes
19. Loading, transportation and unloading of mineral and waste rocks on surface:
YES NO
(a) Manual
(b) Tubs, mine cars, etc.
(c) Scraper, shovels, dumpers /
trucks.
Hand shovels
(d) Conveyor belt, chain, etc.
(e) Others (specify).
20. Mineral(s) transportation outside the ML area
Qty. (in TPD) Percentage (%) Length (in km)
(a) Road 266 100
(b) Rail
(c) Conveyors
(d) Rope way
(e) Water ways
(f) Pipeline
(g) Others (Specify)
Total 266
Q-12
21. Baseline Meteorological and Air Quality data
(a) Micro-meteorological data Micrometeorology data for one complete season i.e. March, April and May2011 have been collected . The same is given in Chapter 3 of EIA/EMP report.
[Continuous monitoring through autographic instrument for one full season other than monsoon]
(i) Wind rose pattern for one full season (16 points of compass i.e. N, NNE, NE, ---) based on 24-hourly data. For coastal area also furnish day-time and night time data.
Day time
Night time
24 – hours period (ii) Site specific monitored data
* 24-hours rainfall should be reported from 08:30 hrs. IST of previous day to 08:30 hrs. IST of the day. * Rainy day is considered when 24 hrs. rainfall is 2.5 mm. ** Visual observations of cloud cover should be recorded four times a day at regular intervals.
(iii) Indicate name and distance of the nearest IMD meteorological
station from which climatological data have been obtained for reporting in the EIA report, if any.
(b) Ambient air quality data* (RPM, SPM, SO2, and NOx)
[*Monitoring should be carried out covering one full season except monsoon – same season as in 21 (a) (i)] [*Frequency of sampling: Sampling to be done twice a week for the entire season 24 hourly for SPM & RPM. For gaseous pollutants 24- hourly data
be given irrespective of the sampling period. ]
(i) Season and period for which monitoring has been carried out.
(ii) No. of samples collected at each monitoring station
BA2 24 R 32.5 43.3 42.1 4.4 6.5 6.2 8.7 14.2 13.5 24 R -
BA3 24 R 29.3 40.3 39.5 4.0 5.9 5.7 7 13.8 12.7 24 R -
BA4 24 28.5 39.8 39.8 4.1 5.9 5.9 6.9 13.5 13.5 -
*R = Residential; I = Industrial; S = Sensitive **Pb for mineral specific sites only. # Annex a location map indicating location of AAQ stations, their direction and distance with respect to project site.
Q-14
22. Stack and emission details, if any*
Sl. No.
Process / unit of operation (e.g. DG Set, Boiler)
Height of stack (m)
Internal top dia. (m)
Flue gas exit velocity (m/sec)
Emission rate (kg/hr) Heat emission rate from top of stack (K.cal/hr)
Exhaust / Flue gas
SPM SO2 NOx CO Temp
OC Density Specific
Heat Volumetric flow rate (m3/hr.)
NOT APPLICABLE
As No Stack Installed
23. Details of fugitive emissions during mining operations*
24. Air Quality Impact Prediction (AQIP)*
(a) Details of model(s) used for AQIP including grid size, terrain features, and input meteorological data
(b) Maximum incremental GLC values of pollutants based on prediction exercise
(in μg/m3)
S. No. Pollutants
Incremental Value Ambient Air Quality Resultant Air Quality
1. SPM Not Applicable as the leas is less than 25 Hectares 2**. SO2 3**. NOX
[* Question Number 22, 23 & 24 need not be filled-in for mines having ML area of 25 ha. or less.] [**Information on item no. 2 & 3 to be provided in cases with captive power generation of 500 KVA and above]
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25. Water requirement (m3/day)
Purpose Avg. Demand Peak Demand
A. Mine site
1. Mine operation
2. Land reclamation
3. Dust suppression 2.5 3.0
4. Drinking 0.1 0.15
5. Green Belt 1.2 1.50
6. Beneficiation
7. Washeries
8. Fire Service
9. Others Domestic
B. Township
1. Green Belt
2. Domestic
3. Other (specify)
Total 3.8 4.65
26. Source of water supply*
The water requirement for the mining activity such as water sprinkling on the haulage roads and green
belt development will be met from local water bodies by tankers and drinking water will be provided by
bore well present at the crusher site
[*Annex a copy of sanction letter / permission from the concerned authority (Central Ground Water Authority in case of ground water abstraction is from notified area / State Ground Water Board in case of non-notified area / State Irrigation Department for surface water pumping) for drawing water.]
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27. Lean season flow in case of pumping from river / nalla (cumecs): Not Applicable
28. Ground water potential of the study area
28.1. Ground water availability
(a) Range of water table (m bgl)
(i) Pre-monsoon (April/May)
Core Zone 2 metres bgl
Buffer zone 2 metres
(ii) Post-monsoon (November)
Core Zone 6 metres
Buffer zone 6meters.
(b) Total annual replenishable recharge (million m3/ year)
Core Zone Buffer Zone
By ground water table fluctuation
method
NA NA
By rainfall infiltration factor method
(c) Annual draft excluding estimated draft through mine discharge (million m3/ year) Not Available
(d) Estimated draft through mine discharge (million m3/ year)- Not Available
(e) Net annual ground water availability (million m3/ year) - Not Available
(f) Stage of ground water development in % - Negligible
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28.2. Water demand - Competing users of the water source -
S. No.
Usage Present Consumption (m3/day)
Additional proposed as per local plan
(m3/day)
Total (m3/day)
Surface Ground Surface Ground Surface Ground
1 Domestic
2 Irrigation
3 Industry
4 Mining
5 Others (specify)
Total
29. Water quality*
(a) Annex physico -chemical analysis of water at intake point **
(b) In case of existing mine, annex report on quality of water discharge - Not applicable i.e. complete physico - chemical analysis**
[*For non-discharging mines at least four ground water samples to be taken preferably from downstream direction of the mine in pre-monsoon and post-monsoon periods and analysed. For discharging mines six samples are to be analysed]
**All parameters as per BIS 10500. Indicate name of Methodology, Equipment used for analysis, and Detection Level (DL) for each parameter.
*** Wherever any analytical parameter is below detection level, “BDL” (Below Detection Level) should be written instead of ‘NIL’.
30. Impact on ground water regime / stream / lake / springs due to mine dewatering *
No impact on ground water regime is expected . There are no streams , lakes or lakes
in the mine lease area
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[* Provide a comprehensive hydro-geological assessment report if the average mine dewatering is more than 100 m3/day and or going below water table in non-monsoon period. The report should be based on preferably latest one year pre-monsoon and post-monsoon baseline data covering information on ground water situation, aquifer characteristics, water level conditions (April – May and November), estimate of ground water resources, predicted impact of the project on ground water regime and detailed remedial / conservation measures such as artificial recharge of ground water etc. The report should be based on actual field inventory out of existing wells, at least 30 observation wells in the buffer zone with supplementary information from secondary sources (mention name). For estimation** of ground water resource (refer question no. 28 above) be designated study area of the buffer zone may be sub-divided into command and non-command areas, watershed-wise (in case of hard rock / consolidated formations) / block-wise / mandal-wise in case of alluvial / unconsolidated formations)]
[**For estimating ground water resources in the area follow the Ground Water Estimation
Committee recommendations of 1997]
31. Waste Water Management: Not Applicable
Mine
(a) Daily average discharge (m3/day) from different
sources
(i) Mine water discharge during --
Lean period -
Monsoon period -
(ii) Workshop -
(iii) Domestic (mine site) -
(iv) Beneficiation / Washeries -
(v) Coal Handling Plant -
(vi) Tailings pond -
(vii) Others (Specify) -
Total -
Waste water treatment plant; flow sheet for treatment process attached
(c) Quantity of water recycled / reused / to be
recycled in
Not applicable
(i) Percentage
(ii) m3 /day
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Final Point Quantity discharged (in m3/day)
1. Surface
(i) Agricultural land --
(ii) Waste land
--
(iii) Forest land
--
(iv) Green belt --
2. River / nallah --
3. Lake --
4. Sea --
5. Others (specify) --
Total --
(e) Users of discharge water
(e) Users of discharge water Yes No
(i) Human
(ii) Livestock
(iii) Irrigation
iv) Industry
(v) Others (specify) Dust suppression
(f) Details of the river / nalla, if final effluent is / will be discharged (cumecs) (f) Details of the river / nalla, if final effluent
is / will be discharged (m3):
Not applicable as no
effluent is generated in the operation
(i) No discharge -
(ii) Average flow rate -
(iii) Lean season flow rate -
(iv) Aquatic life -
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(v) Analysis of river water 100m upstream and
100m downstream of discharge point submitted.
Township: There is no township in the mining area (a) Waste water generation from township (m3/day) -
(b) Are you planning to provide sewage treatment plant? -
(c) Usage of treated water -
32. Attach water balance statement in the form of a flow diagram indicating source (s), consumption (Section-wise) and output. Not Applicable
33. Ambient noise level leq dB(A)
Location Noise Level dB (A)
Day
Equivalent
Night
Equivalent
N1 [Mine Site] 48.4 40.0
N2 [Reyali Village ] 49.0 41.2
N3 [Nangal Village] 48.8 40.5
N4[Gera Village] 53.2 37.6
34. Solid Waste (a) Top soil and Solid waste quantity and quality
Name (Lump/fines/slurry/
Sludge/others)
Composition Quantity (m3/month)
Method of disposal
Mining activity* a. Top Soil
Not Applicable
b. Over burden Silt and Clay c. Others (specify)
Effluent Treatment Plant (sludge)
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Total
[* Annex layout plan indicating the dump sites.]
Does waste (s) contain any hazardous/toxic substance/radioactive materials or heavy metals?
Yes No
If yes, whether details and precautionary measures provided?
Yes No
Recovery and recycling possibilities. Possible user(s) of the solid waste. Is the solid waste suitable for backfilling?
If yes, when do you propose to start backfilling?
Simultaneously with mining
(in million m3) Solid waste (s) Already
accumulated (A)
To be generated (B)
% of A & B to be backfilled
A B Over burden
Others (specify)
Land reclamation Plan (f) In case waste is to be dumped on the ground,
indicate
(i) Associated environmental problems Nil
(ii) Number & type of waste dumps Nil
No. of external dumps Nil
Max. projected height of dumps (in m) Nil
No. of terraces and height of each stage Nil
Overall slope of the dump (degree) Nil
Proposed reclamation measures Nil
(iii) Section of the waste dump in relation to the
adjacent ground profile attached
Q-20
35. Fuel / Energy requirements*: Not Applicable
[*To be furnished for mines having ML area more than 25 ha. or captive power generation of 500KVA and above]
(a) Total power requirement (in MW)
S. No. Mine Site Township Others (specify) Total
1 Present
2 Proposed / additional
Total
(b) Source of power (in MW)
S. No. SEB/Grid* Captive power plant DG Sets
1 Present
2 Proposed
Total
[* Annex a copy of the sanction letter from the concerned authority]
(c) Details of fuels
S.No. Fuel Daily Consumption (TPD)
Calorific value (Kcals/kg)
% Ash % Sulphur
Existing Proposed
1
2
3
HSD LSHS Other (specify)
36. Storage of inflammable / explosive materials: Not Applicable
S. No. Name Number of Storages
Consumption (in TPD)
Maximum Quantity at any point of time
1 Fuels
2 Explosives
Q-21
37. Human Settlement Details were mentioned in Chapter-3 of Final EIA & EMP report.
Core Zone Buffer Zone
Population*
No. of villages
Number of households village-wise
[* As per 2001 census record or actual survey]
38. Rehabilitation & Resettlement (R&R) Plan* Not Applicable
[*Provide a comprehensive rehabilitation plan, if more than 1000 people are likely to be displaced, other-wise a summary plan]
(a) Villages falling within the study area
Villages
Number Name
Core zone
500 m from the blasting site (s)
Buffer zone
Township site
(b) Details of village(s) in the core zone
S. No.
Village name
Population* Average Annual Income Tribal Others
[*As per 2001 census / actual survey]
Q-22
(c) Population to be displaced and / or Land oustees
Name of village(s) falling within Number of oustees
Land (only) Homestead (only)
Land and Homestead (both)
Mining Lease 1. 2.
Township Site 1. 2.
(d) Whether R&R package has been finalised? : Not Reqiired
If yes, salient features of R&R plan for oustees. (i) Site details where the people are proposed to
be resettled & facilities existing / to be created.
(ii) Funds earmarked for compensation package.
(iii) Agency /Authority responsible for their resettlement.
(iv) Time of commencement of resettlement
of Project Affected People (PAP).
(v) Period by which resettlement of PAP will be over. 39. Lease -wise plantation details : Not applicable
(a) Lease area (in ha.) Existing mine New mine
(i) Area broken up
(ii) To be broken up
(iii) Area not to be broken-up
(b) Township area (in ha.)
(c) Area afforested and proposed (in ha.)
Q-23
Peripheral Dumps Roads Township Others
(i) Existing
(ii) Proposed
(d) No. and type of trees planted and proposed
(i) Existing
When plantation was started? Month / Year
No.of plant species planted Number saplings (per ha.)
Survival rate % ● Avg. height
(ii) Proposed
No. of plant species to be planted Number of saplings (per ha.)
40. Environmental health and safety (a) What major health and safety hazards are anticipated :
Since, the mining activity is open cast manual involving very less
quantity of excavation and the mineral being non-toxic and inert, no
major health and safety hazards are anticipated.
(b) What provisions have been made/proposed to be
made to conform to health and safety requirements?
For confirming to health and safety requirements following steps will be
taken :-
To allocate sufficient resources to maintain safe and healthy
conditions of work;
To ensure that adequate safety instructions are given to all employees;
To provide wherever necessary protective equipment, safety
appliances and clothing and to ensure their proper use;
To inform employees about materials, equipment or processes used in
their work which are known to be potentially hazardous to health or
safety;
Q-24
To keep all operations and methods of work under regular review for
making necessary changes from the point of view of safety in the light
of experience and up to date knowledge;
The details regarding the same have been enclosed in Chapter 7 of Final
EIA/EMP report
(c) In case of an existing mine Not applicable
(i) Comprehensive report on health status
of the workers as under the Mines Act annexed. Yes No
(ii) Mineralogical composition of RPM (dust)
Free silica
Chromium* (Total as well as Hexavalent)
Lead**
[* Only for Chromite mines]
[**Only for Base Metal mines]
(d) Information on radiation protection measures, if applicable. 41. Environmental Management Plan
Salient features of environmental protection measures
Q-25
S. No.
Environmental issues*
Already practiced, if applicable
Proposed
1 Air pollution
Watering of haul roads and other roads at regular intervals Provision of dust filters / mask to workers working at highly dust prone and affected areas. Provision of green belt by vegetation for trapping dust. The details regarding the same have been enclosed in Chapter 8 of EIA /EMP report.
2 Water pollution Not Applicable 3. Water
conservation Not Applicable
4. Noise pollution Details are available in Chapter 8 in EIA/EMP report
5. Solid waste / Tailings
The material is sorted manually at mining site and sand is separated from waste and topsoil. The waste and soil cover shall initially be dumped on safety zone along the periphery of the lease area. Waste will be backfilled and spread over abandoned and exhausted benches ultimately so that it can be developed into agriculture fields.
Q-26
6. Land degradation Not Applicable 7. Erosion &
Sediment Not Applicable
8. Top soil Not Applicable 9. Ground vibration Not Applicable 10. Wildlife
conservation Not Applicable
11. Forest protection Not Applicable 12. Others (specify) Not Applicable
[* As applicable] 42. Compliance with environmental safeguards (For existing units)
Yes No
(a) Status of the compliance of conditions of environmental clearance issued by MoEF, if any, enclosed
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(b) Status of the compliance of ‘Consent to
Operate’ issued by SPCB, if any, enclosed.
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(c) Latest ‘environmental statement’ enclosed. √
43. Scoping of EIA
Whether environmental impact assessment of the project has been carried out by following scoping process?
If yes, a copy of scooping of EIA annexed. Copy of EIA/EMP Report has been annexed
44. Mine closure
Yes No
(a) Have you planned mine closure?
(b) Submitted a conceptual mine closure plan.
(c) If yes, indicate estimated amount for implementing the same (in Rs. Lakhs)
Q-27
45. Capital cost of the project (in Rs. Lakh) (Based on latest estimate)
46. Cost of environmental protection measures
47. Amount earmarked forsocio-economic Welfare measures for the nearby
villages other than R&R plans. Not Applicasble
48. Public Hearing
(a) Date of Advertisement 10-4-13 (b) Newspapers in which the advertisement appeared
Hindustan times & Himachal Dastak
(c) Date of public hearing (DD/MM/YYYY) 10-5-2013 (d) Public Hearing Panel chaired by & members present
ADC, Kangra, H.P.
(e) No. of people attended the public hearing meeting and number of people from the lease area.
98
(f) Summary/details of public hearing in tabular form.
Enclosed
Details are given in Chapter 6 and also annexed in annxure as Annexure 8
S. No Title Capital Cost Rs. in Lakhs
Recurring Cost Rs. in Lakhs
1. Monitoring of Air, Water ,Soil etc. 0.50 0.50 2. Air Pollution Control- Management of
Haulage Roads including Sprinkling 0.70 0.30
3. Plantation and check dams as per Mining plan
0.45 0.20
4. Occupational Health Measures Provision of PPE and other Miscellaneous expenditure
0.30 0.08
Total 1.95 1.08
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Q-28
49. Whether the following approvals* (wherever applicable) have been obtained?
(i) Site clearance from MoEF Yes No (ii) ‘Consent for Establishment’ from the
State Pollution Control Board Yes No √ (iii) NOC from Atomic Mineral Division Yes No
(iv) Mining plan approval from IBM /
Ministry of Coal Yes No (v) In case of existing mines, mining scheme approval from IBM Yes No
(vi) Forestry clearance under FCA, 1980 Yes No (vii) NOC from Chief Controller of Explosives Yes No
(viii) Commitment regarding availability /
pumping of water from the concerned Yes No Authorities
(ix) In case of ML area falling in notified areas of the Central Ground Water Authority, Yes No
NOC from them.
[* Annex copies of approvals and number them]
50. Was / is there any court case relating
to the project or related activities? If so, provide details present status.
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Q-29
Verification: The data and information given in this proforma are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Date: Signature of the applicant* with Full name & address Place: [* Owner or his authorized signatory]
Given under the seal of organisation on behalf of whom the applicant is signing