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Pre- Feasibility Report

Environment Clearance of Proposed Brick Earth Mining project for M/s Pawan Brick Field at Village- Kuwandeeh, Tehsil- Phoolpur, District- Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Application of mining for soil used in Brick Kiln, M/s Pawan Brick Field Sri Pawan Singh S/o

Sri Shubhash Singh , R/o Village- Kuwandeeh,Sarai Inayat, Tehsil- Phoolpur, District-

Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The project has been proposed for an annual production of 8333 cubic

meter soil by open cast manual mining from allotted Khasra/Gata Nos. 451, 453, Area- 2.510

hectare at Village- Kuwandeeh, Tehsil- Phoolpur, District- Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.

.In accordance with the schedule of EIA notification, September 14, 2006 and its amendment

from time to time, the mining activity in area less than 5ha have not been categorized into any

class for the purpose of seeking prior environmental clearance, yet, in view of the order dated 27-

02-2012, passed by the Hon’ble Apex Court, New Delhi, in I.A. Nos. 12-13 of 2011 in special

leave petition (C) NO. 19628 - 19629 of 2009 Deepak Kumar etc Petitioners Versus State of

Haryana and Others etc. Respondents with SLP (C) Nos. 729-731/2011, 21833/2009, 12498-

499/2010, SLP (C) CC. 16157/2011 & CC 18235/2011 and whereas, the Hon’ble National Green

Tribunal, vide its order dated the 13th

January, 2015 in the matter regarding sand mining has

directed for making a policy on environmental clearance for mining leases in cluster for minor

minerals.

The OM dated 15/01/2016; the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in

consultation with State Governments has prepared Guidelines on Sustainable Sand Mining

detailing the provisions on environmental clearance for cluster, creation of District Environment

Impact Assessment Authority. The applicant is seeking prior environmental clearance from

DEIAA, Uttar Pradesh.

Table1: Salient Feature of Project

Items Details

Project name M/s Pawan Brick Field

Sri Pawan Singh S/o Sri Shubhash Singh , R/o Village- Kuwandeeh,

Sarai Inayat, Tehsil- Phoolpur, District- Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

Location of mine Khasra/Gata Nos. 451, 453

Land Use Uncultivated Land

Land Ownership Private Land

Life of mine 5.25 Years



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Proposed production

of mine

Proposed Capacity: 8333 cum/Annum (10000 TPA)

Table: Available Minable Reserve

Latitude

Longitude

Gata No

&Area

(ha)

Area

(sqm) Ben

ch

Area

excluding

bund wall

(sqm) Dep

th (

m)

Top

soil

(cum)

Minable

Reserve

(cum)

25°24'50.40"N I 14364 1.00 2189 12175

81°58'40.51"E II 14213 1.00 - 14213

25°24'51.45"N I 9481 1.00 1445 8036

81°58'41.94"E II 9381 1.00 - 9381

Total 2.5100 25100.0 3634 43805

9980451

(0.9980)

453

(1.512)15120

As per brick kiln capacity (19 paya), yearly production of bricks are

27.5 Lac/season for that the required volume of brick clay will be

8333 cum/ annum @330 bricks in one cubic meter .The total mineable

reserves of soil of area is 43805 m3 or 52566 ton with proposed rate

of production 8333 m3 the expected life of mine comes out 5.25 years.

. Table: Year wise production

Year

Soil

Reserve

(cum/yr)

Soil

Reserve

(Ton/yr)

Brick

prepared

(lakh/yr)

Ist 8333 10000 27.5

IInd 8333 10000 27.5

IIIrd 8333 10000 27.5

IVth 8333 10000 27.5

Vth 8333 10000 27.5

Total 41667 50000 137.5 Method of mining Open-cast Manual mining

River Ganga River : 5.80 K m (SW)

Topography Undeveloped flat with gentle slope

Minerals of mine Brick Earth

Estimated cost Rs. 25.0 Lac

Water demand 5.0 KLD

Sources of water Drinking water supply will be met by nearby dugwell/ borewells or

private tankers.

Ultimate depth of

Mining

2.0 m

Man power Not More than 20 Labours

Nearest

railway station Ramnathpur Railway Station - 4.23 Km (E)



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Nearest highway NH- 2: 1.30 Km (N)

Nearest Airport Allahabad : 13.50 Km (NW)

Nearest Town /city Allahabad : 13.50 Km (NW)

Seismic zone Zone-III (As per 1893:2002)

* Approximate aerial distances

2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/BACKGROUND INFORMATION

2.1 Identification of Project and Project Proponent

Application of mining for soil used in Brick kiln of Brick Earth Mining project – M/s Pawan

Brick Field from Khasra/Gata Nos. 451, 453, Area- 2.510 hectare at Village- Kuwandeeh,

Tehsil- Phoolpur, District- Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. of Sri Pawan Singh S/o Sri Shubhash Singh

, R/o Village- Kuwandeeh,Sarai Inayat, Tehsil- Phoolpur, District- Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

2.2 Brief description of the nature of the project

Brick kiln are seasonal unit are either in small sector or in cottage sector. Clay brick industry in

India uses soil as raw material and slack (small size) coal as fuel. As per brick kiln capacity,

yearly production of bricks are 27.5 Lac/season for that the required volume of brick clay will be

8333 cum/ annum @330 bricks in one cubic meter .The total mineable reserves of soil of area is

43805 m3

or 52566 ton with proposed rate of production 8333 m3 the expected life of mine

comes out 5.25 years.

2.3 Need for the project and its importance to the country and region

The production of Brick Earth will benefit to the state in the form of royalty. Apart from this

project operation will provide employment directly and indirectly to the people residing in

vicinity, thus improving the Socio-economic status of the area.

2.4 Demands-Supply Gap

Bricks are produced in India in small or cottage scale brick kilns and Clamps, operates

seasonally. The raw materials in the brick kilns include soil, coal, paddy husk, fly ash, wood &



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locally available agro wastes to some extent. There are large variations in quality of soils

available in different parts of the country and also in brick manufacturing process.

Brick are good building material for construction activities but quality of brick differs place to

place. There are large variations in quality of soil available in different part of the country and

also brick manufacturing process. Brick kiln are seasonal unit are either in small sector or in

cottage sector. Clay brick industry in India uses soil as raw material and slack (small size) coal as

fuel.

2.5 Import vs. Indigenous:

Import does not apply in the present case as Brick is indigenously available at number of mines

under operation in Uttar Pradesh.

2.6 Export Possibility:

Export possibility is neither plausible nor there is any such demand.

2.7 Domestic/ Export Markets

Due to the increased industrial and infrastructural growth of the rural and urban areas demand of

Brick is very high. Construction companies and local vendors in the nearby town and cities are

the potential market for the brick made up of brick clay.

2.8 Employment Generation

About 30 local labors shall be engaged through project proponent for extraction of soil, molding

and loading of brick and handling of mineral in mining area, besides, watch and ward and

plantation activity with proper maintenance.

3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

3.1 Type of project including, interlinked and interdependent projects, if any

This is a mining project for Brick Earth Excavation and the project shall not involve any

interlinked and interdependent projects.

3.2 Location (map showing general location and project boundary and project site) with

coordinates.



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Soil miming area is located at Village- Kuwandeeh, Tehsil- Phoolpur, District- Allahabad, Uttar

Pradesh.,which is connected to NH- 2 at an aerial distance of 1.30 Km in North and Ramnathpur

Railway Station aerial distance about 4.23 Km in East from the Area and nearest Airport is

Allahabad Airport: 24.80 km (NW) away from the area.

.

Table: Site Co-ordinates

Gata No. Latitude Longitude

453 25°24'50.40"N 81°58'40.51"E

451 25°24'51.45"N 81°58'41.94"E

Figure: - District Map

3.3 Details of alternate sites considered

Besides this any other alternative other than Brick Earth mining like mining of rock in-situ

quarry shall result in exorbitant cost, result in comparatively higher land degradation and cause

more environmental impacts.

3.4 Size or magnitude of operation

Site



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The proposed mine has lease agreement over an area of Area- 2.510 hectare. The project

has been proposed for an annual production of 8333 cum/ annum soil by open cast

manual mining from allotted Khasra/Gata Nos. 451, 453, Area- 2.510 hectare at Village-

Kuwandeeh, Tehsil- Phoolpur, District- Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.

3.5 Project description with process details (a schematic diagram/ flow chart showing the

project layout, component of project etc. should be given)

The proposed project is to mine Brick Clay from plot (s) under agreement sustainably and

scientifically. Mining will be opencast and manual using hand tools only in the allotted plots

keeping the nearby plot (s) unaffected. Following geo-scientific methods are proposed to carry

out the activity. Mining will be confined to extraction of Brick Clay in its existing form from the

allotted plot(s) only. Mining of Brick Clay from the allotted plot(s) will be restricted to a

maximum depth of 2.0 m from the surface in proper bench form as per MCR-1960 and MMR

1961. The width and height of bench will be 1.0 m x 1.0 m. Topsoil upto 6” depth will be

preserved to spread it after mining activity is completed to restore the fertility of land.

3.6 Raw material required along with estimated quantity

Table: Available Minable Reserve

Latitude

Longitude

Gata No

&Area

(ha)

Area

(sqm) Ben

ch

Area

excluding

bund wall

(sqm) Dep

th (

m)

Top

soil

(cum)

Minable

Reserve

(cum)

25°24'50.40"N I 14364 1.00 2189 12175

81°58'40.51"E II 14213 1.00 - 14213

25°24'51.45"N I 9481 1.00 1445 8036

81°58'41.94"E II 9381 1.00 - 9381

Total 2.5100 25100.0 3634 43805

9980451

(0.9980)

453

(1.512)15120

Proposed method of mining:

Mining shall be carried out from top to downward through the formation of benches. The height

& width of benches shall be kept 1.0 m & 1.0 m with face slope 450.It shall be opencast manual

mine involves scooping the mineral through use of hand implements like spade, pick axe, shovel

and crowbar etc. In future top soil shall be scrapped by means manually and shall be used for the

purpose of plantation and rehabilitation. Indicate quantum of development & tonnage &

production expected in table below:



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Table: Year wise production

Year

Soil

Reserve

(cum/yr)

Soil

Reserve

(Ton/yr)

Brick

prepared

(lakh/yr)

Ist 8333 10000 27.5

IInd 8333 10000 27.5

IIIrd 8333 10000 27.5

IVth 8333 10000 27.5

Vth 8333 10000 27.5

Total 41667 50000 137.5

3.7 Resource optimization/recycling and reuse envisaged in the project, if any, should be

briefly described.

Not applicable

3.8 Availability of water its source, energy/ power requirement and source

Water Requirement: Water requirement for human consumption, plantation and dust

suppression is 5.0 KLD, which shall be met from ground water resource from the nearby

village.

Power: No electrical power shall be required for operations.

3.9 Quantity of wastes to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme for their management/

disposal.

Solid waste generation & its disposal: No solid waste other than negligible quantity of silt/silty

clay, which gets deposited as crust material on the bed profile, shall be scrapped and deposited

into the mine pits or in the upper terraces earmarked for plantation

Liquid Effluent: There will be no waste water generation from mining activities.

4. SITE ANALYSIS

4.1 Connectivity: Soil miming area is located at Village- Kuwandeeh, Tehsil- Phoolpur,

District- Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.which is connected to NH- 2 at an aerial distance of 1.30 Km

in North and Ramnathpur Railway Station aerial distance about 4.23 Km in East from the Area

and nearest Airport is Allahabad Airport: 24.80 km (NW) away from the area.

4.2 Land form, land use and land ownership: The mine agreement area is agricultural private

land.



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4.3 Topography (along with map): Agricultural plain

4.5 Existing infrastructure: The existing land use of mine lease area belongs to landuse

category “Uncultivated land” and shall continue to be so even after the current mining project is

over.

4.6 Geology:

Regional Geology:

The Ganga basin has been dominated by transvers river system since Pliocene due to erosion

during uplift that is symmetric subsidence of foreland. Large plio-Pleistocene sediment combines

with less asymmetric subsidence and uplift of the proximal fore land let to the pro gradation of

the drainage system that displaced the Yamuna River and after Allahabad Ganga River to edge

of the foreland basin. The Present river system consistent with erosion driven uplift adjacent

Himalayan. The regional geological setup is very well depicted in the map below;

Source: Singh I B 1996

Local Geology:

Geology map of Allahabad city shows the existence of Terrace Alluvium and Varanasi Alluvium

as geologic unit. The Varanasi Older Alluvium, a polycyclic sequence of yellowish brown clay-



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silt and fine sand with dissemination of kankar, is exposed in the north of Yamuna. The Newer

Alluvium is characterized by unoxidised khaki and grey coloured sediments which consists

predominantly of micaceous sand, silt and clay. It has been divided into Terrace and Channel

Alluvium. The Terrace Alluvium of both Ganga and Yamuna are developed on a cut and eroded

platform of Varanasi Older Alluvium. The Terrace Alluvium of Ganga consists of multiple fill

sequence of grayish sand, silt and clay while that of Yamuna consists of medium to fine grained

quartzo- feldspathic and grey

micaceous sand. Geology of the area is characterized by a thick pile of quaternary Alluvium

consisting of sand, graveland clay with occasional presence of thin to thick kankar intercalation.

4.8 Climatic conditions:

The study area is Allahabad Plateau zone and is subjected to vagaries of weather. The climate of

the project area is characterized by cool and dry climate. The year can be divided into three

distinct seasons; winters last from October to March followed by summers from April to June.

Temperature

In the plains during the summer season, the maximum temperature is of the order of 41.7°C and

minimum temperature of the order of 7.7 °C. With the onset of the southwest monsoon by about

the end of June day temperatures decrease while night temperatures remain as in the summer

season. During the post-monsoon season, mid-September to November, both day and night

temperatures begin to drop appreciably. January is the coldest month. In the plains during this

month the mean daily minimum temperature is of the order of 18.91°C and the daily maximum

temperature of the order of 32.47°C.

Humidity

During the southwest monsoon season the relative humidity is high and after the withdrawal of

the monsoon humidity decreases. The mean monthly maximum relative humidity in the morning

of August month is 84% and mean monthly minimum relative humidity measured in the morning

of May is 41%.



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Cloudiness

In the winter season the sky is generally clear or lightly clouded except for brief spells of a day

or two each time when in association with the passage of western disturbances particularly in the

northern parts of the district sky become cloudy. Sky is clear or lightly clouded in the summer

and post-monsoon seasons. Heavily clouded to overcast sky prevail in the monsoon seas

Winds

Wind direction and speed are the most critical metrological parameters, as they govern the

dispersion of pollutants. Wind direction is reported as the direction from which the wind blows

and is based on surface observations. Over the course of a year, wind usually blows in all

directions, with varying frequencies. Certain directions occur more frequently than others, which

are known as the prevailing wind directions. Winds are generally light to moderate in this area. It

can be seen that the annual mean wind speed varies from 0.8 to 14.2 km/h. The prominent wind

direction is East and South east.

Rainfall

The main rainy season is the southwest monsoon season, from about the last week of June to

September-mid, some rainfall much less in amount occurs in the cold season from December to

February in association with the passage of western disturbances, District receives annual rainfall

is about 489 mm. The maximum rainfall received during monsoon period was June to mid

September. The maximum rainfall varies from 400 mm. to 550 mm. The lowest rainfall was

received during the month of November-December. In the same fifty year period the annual

rainfall was less than 80% of the normal in ten years. There were three occasions when two

consecutive years had rainfall less than 80% of the normal

4.9 Social Infrastructure

The social infrastructure like educational facilities (primary and higher secondary schools,

degree college), drinking water supply, post and telegraph, public transportation and hospitals

are by and large are available in the study area.



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5. PLANNING BRIEF

5.1 Planning Concept

The proposed project is to mine brick clay from plot(s) sustainably and scientifically. The minor

mineral (clay) will be excavated from the plot(s) as per mining rules and casting of raw bricks

will be done which will be transported to the kiln through horse cart, trolleys etc. through village

chak roads. Mining will be opencast Manual keeping nearby plot(s) unaffected. Maximum depth

of mining will be only upto 2.0 m as per agreement.

5.2 Population Projection

There is no projection of population as the mining activity will be carried out during day time

only.

5.3 Assessment of Infrastructure Demand (Physical & Social)

Adequate infrastructure facilities are available in the vicinity of mine lease area and due to the

mining activities; no extra infrastructure over and above the existing infrastructure is required.

5.4 Amenities/Facilities

Rest Shelter: Rest shelter along with first-aid station complying with all the provisions

of Mines Rules shall be provided by project proponent outside lease area

Water Supply: Water will be supplied for human consumption, dust suppression and for

plantation.

Transport of Man and Material: The material from the mine will be transported by

trucks / tippers / tractor trolleys.

Security Arrangements: Appropriate security arrangement shall be made.

6.0 PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE

6.1 Industrial area (Processing Area): Temporary arrangements like site office, rest shelters &

approach roads etc shall be provided. No permanent infrastructure is proposed.

6.2 Residential Area (Non Processing Area): As the local person shall be employed, no

residential building / housing are proposed.



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6.3 Green Belt: Plantation of soil binding grasses like Agave nector, Saccharum officinarum

(Munja), Cassia tora (Charata), Opuntia ficus indica, Aloe vera (Gheekwar), Argemone

maxicana, Euphorbia hirta across the benches.

6.4 Connectivity: The lease area is connected to which are connected to rail and road

6.5 Social Infrastructure: In-line with the Social Responsibility Activities at other operational

sites, relevant developmental assistance shall be rendered depending on the local needs identified

through studies.

6.6 Drinking Water Management: Water requirement for drinking and operations will be 5.0

KLD, which will be met from underground water resource.

6.7 Sewerage System: No sewerage system is required as there is no domestic waste water will

be disposed.

6.8 Industrial Waste Management: Not applicable, as the mining activity will not be

generating any overburden or waste materials.

6.9 Solid Waste management: No solid waste generation is expected from the mining

operation.

6.10 Power Requirement & Supply/ Source: No electrical power requirement for mining

activities.

Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) Plan

The existing mine lease area is designated as private land and has no human settlements and

hence, no R & R is envisaged.

COST ESTIMATES

The capital cost of proposed project is estimated as Rs. 25.0 Lac.



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ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATION)

The proposed project is expected to provide employment to local people in different activities

such as Mining, sizing (sieving), transportation and plantation activities. The project activity will

not have any major impact on the environment.

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