Jayasree Industries - Black Granite – 4.90 Ha Pre-Feasibility Report 1 | Page PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT 1. Executive Summary M/s. Jayasree Industries proposed to conduct Black Granite quarrying operations in Compartment No. 233 & 234 of Santhapeta R.F., Chittoor (West) Division, Chittoor Mandal & District over an extent of 4.90Ha and applied for diversion of 4.90 Ha forest land. After following the due process, the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Regional Office, Chennai, Government of India has issued Stage-I approval to the above precise area. Accordingly, Environment, Forest, Science & Technology (Section-II) Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh has issued Stage-II approval to the above precise area for 10 years period or for a period co-terminus with the period of mining lease proposed to be granted. Accordingly, an application was filed to Department of Mines and Geology for grant of Quarry lease for Black Granite in the above said area. Director of Mines and Geology, Ibrahimpatnam, Government of Andhra Pradesh vide Notice No. 18270/R5-1/2017, Dt. 23.08.2017 in principle decided to grant quarry lease for 20 years period for the above precise area subject to submission of Forest Clearance for remaining period of 10 years after expiry of the 1 st 10 years period and subject to submission of Approved Mining Plan, Environmental Clearance, Consent for Establishment. The mining plan was approved by Deputy Director of Mines and Geology, Kadapa vide letter no. 3704/MP-CTR/2017, Dt. 07.10.2017. Now, the proposal is submitting for environmental clearance to be obtain from District Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority under B 2 category as per EIA notification, 2006 and S. O. 141 (E) Dt. 15.01.2016 as the lease area is <5ha and there is no Inter State Boundary, National Park, Wildlife Sanctuary and Critically Polluted area within 5 kms radius from the proposed lease area boundary and also there are no other quarry leases within 500m from the proposed lease boundary. It is proposed to extract Black Granite maximum production of 6602 m 3 annually by semi mechanized opencast mining by developing benches of 6m height with 1.5m bench width from top of the hillock with shallow drilling and blasting. Capital cost proposed for quarrying is Rs. 40.0 Lakhs.
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PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT
1. Executive Summary
M/s. Jayasree Industries proposed to conduct Black Granite quarrying operations in
After Buffer Zone 1945209 389042 1556167 After Bench Slope Deduction 1411857 282371 1129486
Mineable reserves and life of the mine Description Quantity Proved Reserves 447885 m3 Reserves blocked under 7.5m buffer zone 58843 m3 Reserves blocked under bench slopes 106670 m3 Net Reserves available 282371 m3 Annual Production proposed 4764 m3 Life of the mine 59 years Max. production per year 6602 m3 Life of the mine 42.76 years
v) Imports Vs. Indigenous Production
The mine is being operated to meet the increased demand of Granite in the national and
international market. This is not for import substitution.
vi) Export possibility
The finished products shall be exported to the domestic and international market through the
exporters depends upon the quality and demand.
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vii) Domestic/export Markets:
The project is expected to have 80% domestic sales and 20% export sales through
exporters. The area is surrounded by hillocks comprising valuable export quality granite.
viii) Employment Generation (Direct and Indirect) due to the project:
The Manpower requirement is around 22 no’s including Mines Manager/Foreman
competency certificate, Supervisor and other Staff. The Mine shall provide indirect
employment for 20 people. The working hours at the mines will be 8 hours/day for 250
ix) Type of Project including interlinked and interdependent projects, if any:
The project is for quarrying of minerals i.e. Black granite quarry and it is an individual project.
The quarrying operations will carried out by opencast method with the help of machineries
like Wire-Saw cutter, excavators, tippers and jackhammer drills. The proposed area is
surrounded by hillocks within the Santhapeta reserved forest except north side as the lease
area is proposed in NW side of the RF.
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x) Location (map showing general location, specific location, and project boundary & project site layout with coordinates).
It is a mining/quarrying project and the proposed land is in Forest area, no alternative sites
examined. The site is geographically located between North Latitude 13° 16’ 05.794” and
East Longitude 79° 04’ 44.555”. The project site and 25% of its 10kms buffer zone falls in the
Survey of India Toposheet No. 57 O/3 and the remaining buffer zone area falls in Toposheet
no. 57 K/16, 17 & 57 O/4. The Lease area is an elevated mount located in Santhapeta
reserved forest area. The rock that is likely to be mined is exposed at ground level as
boulders. The area is devoid of any forest or tree cover. It comprises shrubs only. There are
no national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and critically polluted areas are observed in 10km
radius from the quarry lease area. Location map of the mine lease area is presented in figure
1. Lease boundary map is presented in figure 2.
xi) Details of alternate sites considered and the basis of selecting the proposed site, particularly the environmental considerations gone into should be highlighted.
No alternative sites considered, the proposal is mining/quarrying project consists of granite
rock boulders and it is site specific. However it is very far from the human habitation and
worship places but it is a forest. Also there are no water bodies or channels passing through
the lease area.
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Figure - 1 Location Map of the mine lease area
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Figure - 2 Lease boundary map of the mine
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xii) Size or magnitude of operation:
It is proposed to produce black granite average production of 4,764 m3/annum by semi
mechanized opencast method quarrying and or the maximum production of 6,602 m3/annum
19038 3808 15230 Total five years 119100 23820 95280
xiii) Project description with process details (a schematic diagram/flow chart showing the project layout, components of the project etc. should be given)
The quarrying operations will be carried out by opencast method with the help of machineries
like Wire-Saw cutter, excavators, tippers, compressors and jackhammer drills. Two
excavators will be used to remove the waste material, consisting of small float boulders &
defect material from working face. Two tippers of 15 Tons will be deployed to shift the waste
and secondary blocks from working face to stockyard/ dump yard. To cut the sheet rock in to
primary blocks, wire saw machine will be used and to cut primary blocks into secondary
blocks, jackhammers will be used. For loading the dressed & marketable granite blocks in to
trucks, the excavator will be used. Jackhammer drilling and blasting is used occasionally in
waste rock removal and for development of free-face.
xiv) Raw material required along with estimated quantity likely source, marketing area of final product/s, mode of transport of raw material and finished product
No raw material is required, project is for quarrying of granite. The extracted granite is
mainly sold in domestic market in Andhra Pradesh or surrounding states or for export
(contingent on the quality).
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xv) Resource optimization/recycling and reuse envisaged in the project, if any, should be briefly outlined.
Waste material, under size blocks or defected material or shape less blocks generated from
the quarrying shall be dumped in the non mineral zone dump yard on NW side over an area
of 4,200 m2 to a height of 12m with 45° slope angle. A retaining wall will be constructed
around the dump for preventing the slanting of boulders. About 80% of the production or
approximately 95,280 m3 of material is going to be generated as solid (granite) waste in five
years plan period. This material can be utilized to fill the pits after quarry operations are over.
When the dumps reach their optimum height suitable greenery will be grown on these dumps
to stabilize them.
xvi) Availability of water its source, energy/power requirement and source should be given
Water Requirement:
Water requirement is mainly for drinking purpose, domestic purpose, green belt maintaining
and for sprinkling on Mine haulage roads the water shall be drawn from nearby village
through tankers. The domestic waste water shall be sent to septic tank followed by soak pit.
Rainwater Catch Pond of 50 KL capacity will be developed to collect the storm water for
reuse. This will ensure that the rainwater is effectively used and minimizes the drawl of
ground water resources. The required water shall be drawn from the local villages through
tankers.
Water requirement S. No Water Usage Quantity KLD
1 For wet drilling operation 1.3 2 For water sprinkling on mine haulage roads 4.4 3 Domestic 1.0 4 Green Belt 2.0 Total 8.7
Ground water and Surface Water:
The groundwater level in this area is at 50m BGL and the maximum depth proposed for
quarrying is 45m BGL from top of the hill which is about 130m height from the ground level.
There are no surface water structures within the proposed lease area.
Electricity:
Power facility is there in nearest villages and Mailagundlapalle village hamlet is located at a
distance of 0.9km from the QL area in NW direction. The power line is there up to lease area.
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xvii) Quantity of wastes to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme for their Management/disposal
About 80% of the production or approximately 95,280m3 of material is going to be generated
as solid (granite) waste in five years plan period. Waste material, under size blocks or
defected material or shape less blocks generated from the quarrying shall be dumped in the
dump yard on NW side over an area of 4,200 m2 to a height of 12m. The waste material will
be used for reclamation of the worked-out pits after completion of quarry workings and or will
be used for creation of bunds and local construction purposes.
4. Site Analysis
4.1 Plant Location
The proposed lease area of 4.90ha is located in Compartment no. 233 & 234 of Santhapeta
R.F., Chittoor (West) Division, Chittoor Mandal & District. The proposed lease area falls in
the Survey of India topo sheet no. 57O/3 between the co-ordinates of North Latitude 13° 16’
05.794” and East Longitude 79° 04’ 44.555”. The nearest village hamlet is Mailagundlapalle
located at a distance of 0.9km from the proposed lease area in Northwest (NW) direction.
Tirupathi – Kanipakam road is at 0.6 km in NW and Chittoor – Kanipakam road is at 1.3 km in
SW. Chittoor town is at 5.7km in SSE direction. The nearest railway stations are Muttirevula
RS (SC railway) at 3.6 km in ENE and Chittoor RS at 5.7km in SSE directions respectively.
NH-18 (Kurnool-Kadapa-Chittoor-Chennai) is passing through the study area at 4.0 Km in
East direction. The proposed area is located within the Santhapeta R.F., Other RF areas are
Vaviltota Reserve Forest at 3.2km in North direction, Putalapattu RF at 7.2Km in NE direction,
Chaseskonda RF at 6.9km in SE direction & Reddigunta RF at 7.7km in SSE direction.
Goddu Vanka (West – East) is at 1.0km in North, Ponnai Dry River (North – SE) is at 6.3km
in East, Goddu vanka joins into Ponnai Dry River is at 5.9km in ENE direction. There are no
interstate borders, national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and critically polluted areas observed in
10km radius of the proposed mine lease area.
Geo coordinates of the proposed lease area Datum: WGS - 84, Units: Degree Minutes Seconds (dd mm ss.s)
It is a green field proposed quarry located in forest land which is proposed to extract black
granite from the lease area. Now it is envisaged to be put into production or quarrying by
January 2018 and the production shall be initiated thereon. It is proposed to produce black
granite maximum production of 6,602 m3/annum by semi mechanized opencast method.
About 95,280 m3 of waste material will generate during the plan period and this waste will be
dumped in an area of 4200 m2 to a height of 12m in NW side of the proposed lease area.
Approach road within lease area, Retaining wall, Safety bunds and fencing will be provided
within 0.023ha. About 0.269ha area proposed for stock yard.
6. Proposed Infrastructure
The applied area is located at 0.9km towards SE of Mailagundlapalle Village hamlet. Pukka
road is available up to the village hamlet from the Chittoor town and Kutcha road is available
up to the quarry area from the village hamlet and it will be repaired regularly to mitigate the
dust generated due to transportation. The black granite will be transported through tippers of
15 Ton capacity and about 5 truck trips will be required per day. Regular water sprinkling on
haul roads will be done with water tanker provided with sprinkler arrangement to suppress
the air borne dust generated during transportation. It is proposed to provide the following
infrastructures within the proposed lease area.
Land use pattern of the lease area S. No Purpose Proposed (Ha)
1 Proposed working pit 0.3912 2 Waste dumping 0.42 3 Road -- 4 Infrastructure (Office, rest room, shelter, toilet etc.) 0.0225 5 Stock yard 0.269 6 Plantation 0.1875 7 Safety zone 1.3725 8 Outside road area 0.33 9 Vacant/Non used 1.91 Total 4.90
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6.2 Utilities
It is proposed to undertake semi-mechanized opencast method quarrying operations, the
following machinery will be deployed.
S. No. Machinery No's Power 1 Tata Hitachi 350 Excavator 2 246 KW 2 Water Pump 1 5 KW 3 Generator 1 125 KV 4 Leyland Tipper 2 100 HP 5 Atlas Compressor 2 116 KV 6 Jack Hammer 6 -- 7 Wiresaw Machine 2 60 HP
6.3 Waste management
Liquid Effluents
There is no effluent generation from the mine operations. The effluent generated from the
domestic source is 0.7KLD will be sent to septic tank followed by soak pit. Rainwater
accumulated in the working pits during rainy days will be pumped out to natural drains or rain
water collection pond to be used for water sprinkling purpose on haul roads, plantation
development and etc.
Air Pollution
The granite quarrying does not involve dust formations. The dust anticipated at drilling place
will be suppressed by putting cloth around the hole. Dust suppression systems (water
spraying) will be adopted at Faces/sites before and after blasting, Faces/sites while loading;
and Use of sharp drill bits for drilling holes and drills with water flushing systems (wet drilling)
to reduce dust generation. Regular water spraying on haulage roads during transportation of
granite and covering of loaded trucks through tarpaulin. Plantation will be developed to
control dust emission.
Year Name of Plant species
No. of Plants Area Spacing
Area Covered In Sq. Mt.
1st Year Native species 60 2.5x2.5 mts. 50 x 7.5; 375 2nd Year Native species 60 2.5x2.5 mts. 50 x 7.5; 375 3rd Year Native species 60 2.5x2.5 mts. 50 x 7.5; 375 4th Year Native species 60 2.5x2.5 mts. 50 x 7.5; 375 5th Year Native species 60 2.5x2.5 mts. 50 x 7.5; 375 Total 300 1875 m2
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Solid waste
About 80% of the production or approximately 95,280m3 of material is going to be generated
as solid (granite) waste in five years scheme period. Waste material, under size blocks or
defected material or shape less blocks generated from the quarrying shall be dumped in the
dump yard on NW side over an area of 4,200 m2 to a height of 12m. The waste material will
be used for reclamation of the worked out pits after completion of quarry workings and will be
used for creation of bunds and local construction purposes. Retaining wall will be provided to
arrest the loose material split from the slope of the dump.
7. Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) Plan
NA. It is a proposed project located within the Reserve Forest area and there are no
settlements and structures are located within the lease area. The area does not have any
wild animals. It is an elevated mound of Forest Land with rock boulders.
8. Project Schedule & Cost Estimates
i) Likely date of start of construction and likely date of completion (Time schedule for the project to be given)
It is a proposed quarry which is planned to start quarrying operations from the year
2018. The clearances procedure is initiated as per the target and will open the quarry
only after obtaining all statutory clearances.
ii) Estimated project cost along with analysis in terms of economic viability of the project
The estimated cost of the project is approximately Rs. 40 Lakhs.