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Proposed Fullers Earth Quarry By Smt K. Kalavathi Zaidupally (V), Dharur (M), Vikarabad (D) Environment Management Plan

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1. INTRODUCTION In a developmental activity like Fullers Earth mining, all the exercises must co-exist satisfactorily with its surrounding condition so as to minimize the adverse impact on the environment. To control the likely adverse impacts and to achieve this goal, it is necessary to prepare an Environmental Management Plan, which has to be implemented by the proponents, in order to achieve environmental protection along with production profits. Hence, Environmental Management Plan has been prepared for submission to State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority / State Expert Appraisal committee as per EIA notification 2006 and the amendments thereof for clearance of the proposed mining area. Smt K. Kalavathi has filed an application for quarry lease for Fullers Earth over an extent of Ac. 4.00 Gts. in Sy. No: 39EE of Zaidupally Village, Dharur Mandal, Vikarabad District, Telangana and the Deputy Director of Mines and Geology, Telangana has granted the quarry lease in favor of Smt K. Kalavathi for a period of 10 Years vide notice No. 2359/QL/Tandur/2016, Dated 05-01-2019. Quarry Plan was approved by Deputy Director of Mines & Geology, Hyderabad region vide letter No: 596/QP/VKB/2019, Date 30.03.2019. 2. PROJECT PROPONENT Smt K. Kalavathi is a Quarry Contractor and mineral trader. She is doing the business of mineral trading for the past few years and is one of the key suppliers of Fullers Earth to the industries from this region. Having significant experience in the mineral trading and Quarry of Fullers Earth to expand her business activities, applied Quarry Lease for Fullers Earth over an extent of Ac. 4.00 Gts. In Sy. No: 68/E1, Zaidupally Village, Dharur Mandal, Vikarabad District, Telangana. 2.1 Project Location and Accessibility Fullers Earth Quarry is proposed at Zaidupally Village, Vikarabad District, Telangana. The quarry lease area is located at a distance of 0.6 km due NE from Zaidupally Village. The location of the mine area falls under, Survey of India, Topo-sheet number 56 G/15 and bounded by North Latitude 170 16’ 47.01” - 170 16’ 50.40” N and Longitude 770 50’ 57.65” - 770 51’ 04.50” E. Features in the immediate mine lease boundary surroundings are given below:


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Lease Boundaries North - Barren Lands East - Cultivable Lands West - Barren Lands South - Worked Quarry/Barren Lands The salient features of the project are given in Table: 1

Table-1: Salient Features of the Quarry Lease Area Project Name Smt K. Kalavathi

Mining Lease Area Ac. 4.00 Gts.

Location Sy. No: 39EE of Zaidupally Village, Dharur Mandal, Vikarabad District, Telangana

Toposheet No. 56G/15

Topography The Quarry lease applied area is a plain ground with sloping ground towards northwest of the applied Q.L area.

Minerals of mine Fullers Earth Proposed production of mine

10,000 Tonnes/ Annum

Method of mining Open cast other than fully mechanized method No. of working days 300 days Water demand 4.5 KLD Sources of water From nearby villages through tankers Ultimate depth of Mining 3.6 m below the overburden Man power 5 Nearest railway station Godamgura Railway Station – 2.03 km (NE) Nearest state highway/ national highway NH-9 from Hyderabad to Pune – 38.6 m (N)

Nearest Port Krishnapatnam port – 413.1 km (SE) Nearest Airport Rajiv Gandhi International Airport – 62 Km (E) Project Cost Rs. 25 Lakhs

2.2 Infrastructure and communication: The quarry lease area is situated at a distance of 8.0 km SW from the district headquarters and nearest Town, Vikarabad. Amenities like post & telegraph office, police station, primary health center etc. are available in all the villages. Water is available at the nearby villages and in nearby


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agricultural bore wells from Q.L applied area. Power connection is available at nearby villages. Agriculture is important occupation of the local people.

Salient features of the Project Details Measurement Nearest village & Habitation

Zaidupally Village – 0.6 km (NE)

Road access Approach Road, 275 m (N) Nagsanpalle to Godamguda road - 0.27 km (N)

Nearest town Dharur – 7.2 km (NW) Rail network Godamgura Railway Station – 2.9km (SE) Nearest water source Borewells and Tankers from outside

River/Stream Pedda Vagu 5.9 km (WSW) Pirla Katwa Vagu 2.6 km (SW)

Forest boundary

Ghatkondapur R.F. 0.7 (N) Anantgiri R.F. 2.1 (NE) Naskal R.F. 4.5 (SE) Chintakunta R.F. 4.7 (W) Soman Ghatkondapur R.F. 1.3 (N) Anantgiri R.F 4.2 (NE) Somangurti R.F. 7.2 (SE) Dornal R.F. 7.5 (SW) Damagundam R.F. 7.2 (E) Madalpalle R.F. 8.4 (SW) Nagasamudram R.F. 9.3 (NW) Ibrahimpur R.F. 9.1 (SW) Dharur R.F 9.4 (W)

Interstate Boundary No boundary within the 10 km radius

Nearest mines if any

Three existing quarries are located within 500 m. from the lease area, for which lease order obtained before MoEF notification, i.e., in 2008, 2010 and 2010 and the remaining one quarry lease present applied for lease order. Cluster Certificate as enclosed

Topographical map showing 10 km radius is shown in Figure – 1.1.


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FIGURE – 1.1: TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP SHOWING 10 KM RADIUS AROUND THE MINE LEASE AREA


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3.0 GEOLOGY 3.1 Topography: The Quarry lease applied area is a plain ground with sloping ground towards southwest of the applied Q.L area. There is a maximum relief of 3m (576- 573m) towards southeast. The applied Q.L area is a barren land presently using as fullers earth drying yard. A railway line is seen at the northern side at a distance of 175m and a road at a distance of 5m to the southern side of the Q.L area, the rest sides being barren and cultivated land with Fullers earth drying plots and abandoned quarry on western side of the applied Q.L area. A rail line is passing at a distance of 170m from the northern boundary of Q.L applied area. 3.2 Regional Geology: The Q.L area forms a part of the Tertiary Group of Rocks. Basalts belonging to Deccan Traps of Upper Cretaceous period occur in the subject area. The lower traps occupied in parts of northwestern Telangana. In the Tandur-Vikarabad-Parigi area of Vikarabad district seven flows of unweathered trap and two completely lateritized flows of an aggregate thickness of 150m including infra and inter trappeans have been identified. In the western part of Vikarabad district, Fullers earth forms 1 or 2 beds amidst the lnter-trappean sedimentary rocks. The beds vary in thickness from 0.4m to 1.7m, the lower bed being the thicker one. The stratigraphic position of the Fullers earth beds is above the Deccan Trap Flow No.1 and below the Trap Flow No.2, and owing to the absence of these over wide stretches the Fullers earth beds appear to be lnfratrappean at places. 3.1 Local Geology Fullers Earth is occurring as a bed of average thickness of 3.00 m. over the light weathered pink granites and below the black soil and under weathered basalt in the Q.L area. Fullers Earth is formed by the alteration of volcanic ash bed accumulated in between the inter trappeans. Basalts being the parent rock in this particular area in the form of inter trappeans is the base rock. Basalts on alteration yield good black soil, whereas, the flat-topped hills and hillocks in between Vikarabad and Shankarpally, are covered with Laterite, formed by supergene weathering of basalt. The Fullers Earths is occurring as two variants, the top 2' red colour and 8' - 12' white in colour, clayey in nature and occurring as a flat body. 4.0 EXPLORATION/PROSPECTING: No trial pits have been made in the subject Q.L applied area No boreholes have been drilled in the subject applied Q.L. area.


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5.0 RESERVES Reserves estimation is confined to the area and a Fullers earth thickness of 3.00m below the overburden in the form of black soil & weathered basalt of the area is considered for reserve estimation. The reserves of 65275 tonnes in these parts of Quarry lease are placed under 111 category. Summary of Geological & Mineable Reserves are given in table below:

TABLE 5.1: Geological Reserves Category Quantity (Tonnes)

A. Total Geological Reserves 65275

B. Reserves Blocked under 7.5 m Buffer Zone

16008

Reserves available for Exploration 49267

Average annual production 10000

Life of the Mine 49267 / 10000

6.0 MINING METHODOLOGY 6.1 Type of mining: The method of Quarry shall be opencast, other than fully mechanized on single shift basis. Excavations shall be carried out by simple excavators. Bench height will be maintained at 9.0m maximum and maintaining of bench width does not arise in the subject area, with overall slope at 60°. Excavation and loading shall be carried out with simple excavators of capacity 0.9 to 1.1 cu.m. bucket capacity. This shall be utilized for developmental work, excavation and loading into the trucks. Tippers of 10T/17T capacity shall be utilized for all transportation purposes. A five year working plan with sectional view showing the production and development blocks. • Capacity of Fullers Earth production = 10,000 tonnes per annum.

• No of Working Days considered = 175 of quarry operations.

• Total required quantity per annum = 10,000 tonnes.

• Total required quantity per day = 57 tonnes per day.

Quarrying Programme for the first five years


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It is proposed to commence the Quarry operations from the southeastern side of the applied Q.L area. Initially an approach road shall be made and then a deep pit to get a bench face of upto the thickness of Fullers Earth i.e. to a depth of max. 10.0m. Then, the advancement of the bench shall be made in all directions to achieve the production of 10,000 tonnes per annum. Year-wise production shall be made as follows and in the block ear marked as shown in the Working Plan.

Plan of Five Years Production Details

Year R.Ls in ‘m’ Total Tentative Excavation M3 OB/SB/IB

M3 ROM Mineral

Reject in Tonnes Cu.m Tonnes

I 574-564.4 19934 12720 7214 10000 100

II 574-565.4 20834 13620 7214 10000 100

III 575-565.9 21614 14400 7214 10000 100

IV 575-566.1 23234 16020 7214 10000 100

V 576-567.7 21958 15270 6688 9270 93 (Source: Approved Quarry plan) b) Beneficiation: The main processing operation for Fullers Earth is sun drying to remove the moisture content and can be supplied to the buyers requirement. Also the waste contaminated material present within the Fullers earth in the form of gritty calcareous clay or sandy pebbles shall be removed with the help of labourers. No other processing or beneficiation is required. No beneficiation is involved and the excavation is a dry process. Hence water is not required. c) Drilling and Blasting:

The Fullers Earth available is clayey material and the over burden in the form of black soil These materials shall be quarried by opencast method, other than fully mechanized using excavators and are loaded into vehicles. Therefore, drilling and blasting does not arise.


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Figure – 6.1 shows the working plan for the proposed first five years.


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Manpower & Machinery Man Power : Manager 1

Mines Supervisor 1

Skilled Workers 1

Un skilled 1 Machine Operators 1

Details of machinery proposed for deployment

Machinery Capacity HP No’s Excavator EX 300

1.100 m3 – 1.70 m3

180 1

Tipper 10/17 tons 2 Water Tanker 10 KL 110 1

(Source: Approved Quarry plan) 6.5 Water Requirement Water is required only for drinking purposes, green belt development and dust suppression. The number of working people is around 5. So the total water requirement will be around 4.5 KLD. Source of water is tankers from nearby villages. The details of water requirement is given in table below :

S. No. Description

Water Requirement KLD

1. Dust Suppression 2.5

2. Green Belt 1.2

3. Domestic 0.8

Total 4.5 6.6 Quantity of wastes to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme for their

management/ disposal 6.7 Solid Waste Generation The Fullers Earth deposit in this area is covered by Black soil/weathered basalt. The black soi!/weathered basalt is present to an average thickness of 5.00m over the Fullers Earth mineral and shall be quarried first. About 18750 cu.m of overburden waste and 105 tonnes of mineral rejects shall be generated during the plan period. The waste generation is as follows:


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Year Overburden/Waste in cu. m. Minerals rejects

in Tonnes I 12720 100 II 13620 100 III 14400 100 IV 16020 100 V 15270 93

Total 72030 493 Existing Dumps: There are no existing dumps in the applied Q.L area. There is no proposal of permanent dumps. Initially the overburden waste generated in the form of black soil shall be dumped at the southwest side of the Q.L area. Then the waste generated shall be back filled in the worked out pit, after removal of mineral. Thereafter, the process of excavation and reclamation shall be taken up simultaneously. Thus, during the entire period of quarrying operations, excavation cum reclamation shall be done. 6.9 Site Amenities: After the commencement of quarry operations necessary and basic infrastructure will be created for this Quarry lease viz. Quarry office, rest shelter, first aid station, drinking water facilities etc. 6.10 Climatic Conditions The climate of the District is characterized by a hot summer and is generally dry except during the South west monsoon season. The year may be divided in to four seasons. March to May is the suummer season, June to September constitutes the South West monsoon season, October to December from the North East monsoon and January to February is the Winter season. As the city is situated at a considerable distance from the coast, the climate is tropical savanna with most rainfall from June to October. in winter there is less rainfall than m summer. Average annual temperature is 27° C (81 ° F). The average annual rainfall is 1080mm. 7. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN The activities at the QL area shall have both positive and negative impacts. In order to reduce the negative impacts owing to activities in the QL area under consideration, measures have been integrated in the process at the planning stage itself. Environmental management approach includes actions to protect environment by using various means at different stages of the project. The measures result in reduction of the impacts at the sources itself. Some of the measures result in the change in technology /


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process thereby reducing and or eliminating some of the adverse impacts. In a few inevitable cases the remedial solutions are provided to counter / minimize the negative impacts. 7.1 Air Pollution & Control Measures Sources of Air Pollution The Quarry lease area is proposed to operate with open cast semi mechanized method. Dust is the main air pollutant which will occur from quarry operations like excavation, loading and transportation. Control Measures The area is surrounded by agricultural lands and there are no industries nearby. Hence natural air is available in this area. However to control the pollution from the quarry operations, the following air pollution control measures will be implemented in the Quarry lease area. • Regular spraying of water by water tanker • Length of Approach road – 275 M. • Water for sprinkling – 2.5 KLD • Regular maintenance of vehicles and machinery • Providing dust Masks to workers. • Plantation along haul roads and lease area. 7.2 Noise Pollution & Control Measures Sources of Noise 1. Loaded trucks movement generates 80- 84 dB (A) (2-3 trucks short time stay at

mine area) 2. Digging and excavation activities - 70 dB(A) (Only during day time) 3. Normal values when mining is not in operation (40-45 dB(A) Control Measures Mining operations will be carried out during day time only and avoid inconvenience to

the nearby habitations The noise propagation values found to be less than the prescribed noise limits Ear plugs will be provided to the noise prone areas Vehicular maintenance will ensure less noise. Usage of sharp teeth on the JCB will reduce noise during loading operations Regular maintenance of vehicles and machinery


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Reducing unnecessary usage of horns Limiting the speed of vehicles entering and leaving the quarry to 25 kmph. 7.3 Water Pollution Control Measures There are no chances for changes in quality of surface water or ground water the quarry operations will be carried out on slopes of the rocky terrain. Hence neither the ground water table nor the general surface drainage pattern is affected. No water will be discharged from the quarry. No waste generation from the quarry lease area. Hence no siltation is envisaged from the quarry lease area. Only domestic waste water to the tune of 0.8 KLD will be generated from the Q.L. Area Following measures shall be taken: The domestic wastewater will be sent to septic tank followed by soak pit. Pumps of adequate capacity shall be installed to lift the accumulated rain water. It shall be ensured that good quality potable water is provided for drinking purposes.

Good sanitation facilities (toilets with septic tank followed by soak pits) shall be provided and maintained for good hygienic conditions.

The spillages form fuelling of machinery shall be avoided and in case of any spillage the same shall be handled properly. Likewise the spent lubricating oils etc. shall be safely collected and properly disposed of.

7.4 Land Environment The following table shows the Land Breakup for the First Five years of mining.

Land Use Details

S. No. Pattern of utilization

Area put on use at the

start plan (in Ha.)

Area degrades during First Five Years period (ha.)

1 Area under Quarry Nil 1.225 2 Storage of top soil Nil Nil 3 Waste dump site Nil Nil 4 Mineral storage Nil Nil

5 Infrastructure (Workshop, administrative building etc)

Nil Nil

6 Roads (Internal only) Nil 0.003


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12 Others (Green belt) Nil 0.240

13 Undisturbed Area 1.616 0.468 Total 1.619 1.619

7.3 Greenbelt Development Being the Plain lands with thin veneer of soil cover all over the Q.L area, the survival rate of the plants will be very minimal. It was observed that, the terrain of the quarry lease area is with black soil cover, supporting plant growth. The major tree species which have been observed in the quarry lease and adjoining area include Kanuga, Neem, Modhuga and Ganda babool. The grass cover is sparse as there is heavy grazing intensity by local cattle on the ground vegetation. Many exotic species such as gulrnohar (Delonix regia), White gulrnohar (Delonix Sp), Peltophorum ferrugenuim & Millingtonia hortensis have been planted as ad venue plantation along the road side. In habitation areas, the Neem were commonly planted. The proposed summary details are as under: It is proposed to plant 480 saplings in an area of 0.24 ha. Over the plan period at north and east side buffer zone of the Q.L area and maintenance of the plantation shall be taken up. The proposed plantation location is shown in plate V,VI & VII. The survival rate would be around 90% due to fertile conditions with afequate soil and water quantities available. Year-wise proposal is as follows:

Details of Plantation

Plan Period Area (ha) No. of saplings First five years 0.240 480 Conceptual Period(from 6th year onwards)

- -

Total 0.240 480

SPECIES RECOMMENDED FOR GREENBELT S. No. Botanical Name Height (m) Color of the flower Flowering time 1 Acacia Arabica 8.0 - 10.0 Yellow March-May 2 Aegle marmelos 8.0 - 10.0 Greenish white March-April 3 Albizia lebbeck (A.procera) 10.0 - 15.0 Greenish yellow April-May 4 Artocarpus integrifolia 6.0 - 8.0 Feb.-March 5 Anogeissus latifolia 10.0 - 15.0 Greenish Sept.-Jan. 6 Anacardium occidentale 3.0 - 4.0 Cream Jan.-Feb. 7 Anthocephalus cadamba 10.0 - 15.0 Yellow Oct.-Dec. 8 Bauhinia variegate 7.0 - 8.0 Purple & white Feb.-April 9 Cassia fistula 9.0 - 13.0 Yellow March-May


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10 Cassia nodosa 12.0 - 14.0 Rose pink April-May 11 Casuarina equisetifolia 10.0 - 15.0 Inconspicuous March-May 12 Delonix regia 8.0 - 12.0 white-orange/ red April- June 13 Nyctanthes arbortristic 2.0 - 3.0 White Oct.-Nov. 14 Lagerstroemia floreginae 7.0 - 10.0 Liliac May-June 15 Mangifera indica 7.0 - 8.0 White Feb.-March 16 Mimusops elengi 4.0 - 5.0 White Nov.-Dec. 17 Nerium odorum 2.0 - 4.0 Red, white Feb.-March 18 Peltophorum ferruginium 10.0 - 15.0 Golden-yellow May-Oct. 19 Pithecolobium dulce 8.0 - 10.0 White March-April 20 Putranjiva roxburghii 8.0 - 10.0 Inconspicuous March-April 21 Polyalthea longifolia 15 Foliage March-June

7.5 Solid Waste management The Fullers Earth deposit in this area is occurring beneath top soil of having average 5m thickness. The black soil will be quarried first and shall be dumped temporarily at the southwest side. After removel of the mineral from the northeastern side, the pit shall be back filled with the overburden waste material thus, the quarry operations during the plan period shall be excavation cum reclamation. Therefore, no waste management is anticipated from the quarry lease area. 7.6 Socio-economic Environment The main occupation of villagers is agriculture and sheep raring. The commencement of quarrying activity in this area improved the socio-economic status of the local people by creation of employment and paying taxes to gram panchayath.

Name of village Direction Distance (km) Population Zaidupally NNE 0.85 508 Godamguda NE 2.10 932 Ananthagiri Temple

NNE 3.60 --

Burugupalli NE 3.90 842 Modaguchittipalli E 4.95 2821 Gutimukla SSE 3.05 1782 Dayachawaram S 3.65 694 Sarpanapalli SSW 1.05 1006 Nagsanpalli SW 2.45 508 Tarigopula SW 3.65 1824 Antaram SW 5.00 820 Kondapur NW 2.95 912 Keralli NW 4.10 1747


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S. No.

Activity Amount (Lakhs)

1 Sanitation and drinking water facilities 0.7 2 Providing school uniforms, Books &

scholarships to the nearby village school merit students

0.5

3 Medical Health check-up and Infrastructure development is already mentioned in EMP

Reported in EMP Cost

Total 1.2 7.7 Occupational Safety & Health Management • Periodical Medical Examination (PME) of all workers before recruitment and during

mining operations. • Total workers in the mine – 5 • Mine operators were provided with personal protective equipments (PPEs) include

safety helmets and footwear, in addition to ear and hand protection devices. • Dust masks were provided for workers. • Potable drinking water & shelter for mine workers will be provided. 7.8 Monitoring during Project Phase (active mining) Pollution monitoring program includes periodic analysis of air, noise levels and groundwater samples. Groundwater samples at representative locations within and nearby the lease area shall be periodically analyzed to detect contamination if any. In the event of any contamination, concerned authorities shall be notified immediately and appropriate corrective measures shall also be initiated. The monitoring shall also help in knowing the effectiveness of abatement measures and also be a guide for further steps to be taken, if required. 7.8.1 Monitoring Strategy The monitoring of various environmental parameters is necessary and is a part of environmental protection measures. Monitoring is as important as that of control of pollution since the efficiency of control measures can only be determined by monitoring. A well-defined environmental monitoring program would be employed with trained and qualified staff to monitor the ambient air quality to check whether the quality of emissions/effluents is maintained within the permissible limits. Environmental attributes should be monitored as given below: • Ambient Air quality • Water quality


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• Noise levels • Soil characteristics Locations and frequency of monitoring should be as per the guidelines of TSPCB 7.8.2 Ambient Air Monitoring As per MoEF there is a need to identify 3 ambient air stations at 120o angle keeping the main source in the center. The ground level concentrations of suspended particulate matter, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in the ambient air within the project boundaries will be monitored at regular intervals. 7.8.3 Noise Monitoring Noise levels in the workspace environment will be monitored periodically. If any deviation is observed necessary corrective measures will be taken. Monitoring noise levels is essential to assess the efficacy of maintenance of schedules undertaken to reduce noise levels and noise protection measures. A good quality sound pressure level meter is essential for this purpose. This work can be handled by plant authorities themselves or by hiring services of an external agency. Noise surveillance is for the benefit of the workers wellbeing and to keep track of machinery wear and tear. 7.8.4 Water Quality Monitoring Groundwater near the project site will be routinely tested for its quality. No contamination of groundwater is expected. Groundwater is recommended to be monitored in at least other wells/ bores in the area adjacent to the QL area in the direction of ground water flow to keep surveillance on the groundwater quality. 7.8.6 Machine and Equipment Safety To prevent and control hazards related to machine and equipment use, measures for the enhancement of visibility should be applied throughout the mine. Specific visibility management practices may include the following: • Use of reflective markings on structures, traffic junctions, and other areas with a

potential for accidents. • Use of contrast colouring on equipment / machinery, including the provision of

reflective markings to enhance visibility. • Use of moving equipment / machinery equipped with improved operator sight lines.


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• Installing safety barriers in high-risk locations of internal roads / transport corridors. Barriers may be constructed with refuse or other materials capable to stopping vehicles.

7.9 Budgets for Environmental Protection Measures The proponent has allocated budget of 2.8 Lakhs (Capital Cost) and 1.2 Lakhs (Recurring Cost per annum) for the environmental protection measures. The component wise budget break-up for environmental management plan is given in table below.

EMP budget for the Mines S. No.

Work Name Total fixed cost (Rs.)

Maintenance/ recurring cost

with periodicity (Rs.)

1 Safety shoe 0 33000 2 Helmet 0 1100 3 Hand gloves 0 1980 4 Ear plugs 0 3200 5 Cloth for protection from dust 0 6500 6 Dust Masks 0 14600 7 Water sprinkling 180000 24000 8 Green belt establishment 100000 14000 10 Medical examination 0 6400 11 Environmental Monitoring 0 10000 12 Social welfare measures 0 10000 Total 280000 124780

In addition to the above, out of total project cost of Rs. 25.0 Lakhs, 2% will be incurred as CER Budget. 7.11 Progressive Mine Closure Plan a. Mined out land The quarried out land in the ensuing plan period attaining a depth of an average 9 m from the surface will be 12250 Sq.m (1.225 ha.). It is proposed to reclaim most part of the worked pit with the waste material generated and part of the area, as a shallow pit is formed, as a water pond for meeting water requirement for agriculture purpose to the nearby cultivable lands.


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b. Water Quality Management a) Surface Water: There are no rivers, tanks and other perennial water sources in the quarry lease area. since the area is a plain ground with gentle slopes, during rains the water takes its course along the natural drains. Due to removal of mineral in ensuing plan period and as part of the area is reclaimed, a shallow pit will be left at the western side and the rain water accumulates in the pit. There will not be change in this water due to Quarry operations. b) Ground Water: There are bore wells outside the quarry lease area. It is noticed that the ground water table (at present, due to recent heavy rains) is available at depth of 25m from the surface. But normally, the water table is available below 30m. Since the quarry workings are confined to a depth of maximum 9m from the surface and far above the general ground level there are no chances of accumulation of ground water in working pit. c) Air Quality Management: At present the air in this area is fresh and unpolluted because the lease is away from industries and villages. Due to Quarry the air will be polluted slightly at the time of quarrying and mineral transportation in dry seasons. The air pollution will be controlled within the ambient air quality standards by sprinkling water on the quarry haul roads, green belt development around the quarry lease area. d) Solid Waste Management The Fullers Earth deposit in this area is occurring beneath top soil of having average 1m thickness. The soil will be quarried first and shall be dumped temporarily at the southeastern side. After removal of the mineral from the northeastern side, the pit shall be back filled with the overburden waste material thus, the quarry operations during the plan period shall be excavation cum reclamation. Therefore, no waste management is anticipated from the quarry lease area. e) Top Soil Management There is· top black soil. The black soil occurring over a thickness of 1m and shall be removed and dumped at the southeast side of the Q.L area after removal of the mineral. Plantation shall be carried out over the reclaimed area with suitable plants.


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f) Safety and Security The applicant will leave a barrier 7.5 m width all along the Quarry lease boundary as buffer zone as per MMR Rules 1961. After quarry operations the area shall be reclaimed with the waste generated and the area shall be a shallow pit at one corner. There will not be any harmful for the public and animals from the safety point of view. g) Disaster Management and Risk Assessment Disaster and risk due to land slides, subsidence, inundation in underground mines, fire, seismic activities, tailing dam failures, etc. are not anticipated in the present context. Smt K. Kalavathi, Proprietor will be the responsible in case of any emergency or disaster in the Quarry. The Major health center is in the Vikarabad, which is 11 kms from the quarry area, for speedy evacuation of the casualty to the hospital. The hospital and police station is situated in the Dharur which is 12 kms away from the quarry site. Workmen will be trained in the first aid to deal situations Mock rehearsals will be conducted for them. In case of any emergency or disaster, immediately communicated to the Mines Manager by the mine's Asst. and in turn will be communicated to the Agent of the quarry. 8. CONCLUSION The mining activities of the applicant Smt K. Kalavathi, Sy. No: 39EE of Zaidupally (V), Dharur (M), Vikarabad District, Telangana will be environmentally compatible to the surrounding with the proposed environmental control measures implemented during quarry operations. The study identified the environmental issues viz., dust generation, noise levels due to material transportation, haulage of roads etc. Management of ambient air quality at quarry lease area is important at all stages of the mine cycle. Fugitive dust emissions from stockpiles and other exposed areas should be minimized by using dust suppression techniques for roads and work areas, optimization of traffic patterns, and reduction of travel speeds. Protective measures shall be followed to protect human health, safety and the environment. Thus it can be stated that the quarry operations will not have any adverse effect on the surrounding environment and habitation, if the proposed environmental management plan is adopted.


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