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Executive Summary-Jindal Saw Limited

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

OF

LAMPIYA IRON ORE, COPPER AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS MINE

(Lease Area 451 Hectares ML NO. 627/05) AT

LAMPIYA, DEVPURA, JALIYAN, CHAMANPURA

& MAHUWA KHURD VILLAGES DISTRICT BHILWARA, RAJASTHAN.

Applicant

JINDAL SAW LIMITED

B-136, QUEENS ROAD, VIDYUT NAGAR-B JAIPUR-302021, RAJASTHAN

PHONE: 0141- 2350490 Email: [email protected]

Sept.2009

BY ENKAY ENVIRO SERVICES

# 24-B, DADU MARG, GOPAL BARI JAIPUR-302 001, RAJASTHAN.

PHONE NO. – 0141- 2363996, 5118996, FAX – 5118996 E mail :- [email protected]


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Executive Summary

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Jindal Saw Ltd. is a company incorporated in the year 1985 under the Companies Act,

1956 and belongs to the Jindal Group of Companies, which is one of the top industrial

houses in the Country. The Group is pioneer in manufacturing and supplying mild steel,

alloy steel, stainless steel in the form of plates, tubes, strips and pipes.

This report has been based on mining plan for Iron ore prepared on the basis of

information available in the GSI report and the projection of ore requirement given by

the company. The applied area covers 451.00 hect, spread over villages Lampiya,

Devpura, Jaliyan, Chamanpura and Mahuwa Khurd and consists of only Non-Forest

Land. The anticipated life of the mine is 20 years with ultimate production capacity of 3

million TPA of iron ore and the linked first stage beneficiation plant to produce 1.00

million TPA of magnetite concentrate.

1.1 LOCATION OF THE MINE Approach The lease area is at a distance of 11 km North of Bhilwara town and is connected by tar

road. One PWD metalled road passes through the northern boundary near village

Lampiya. This road is connected to the Shahpura – Mandal State Highway near village

Kamalpura at a distance of about 1.5 km towards North West from the mining lease area.

Geographical Location The lease area falls on Survey of India toposheet No. 45 K/11. The geographical location of

the mine is:-

Latitude: 25° 26’ 08” to 25° 27’ 42” (N)

Longitude: 74° 37’ 56” to 74° 40’ 09” (E)

The area is shown on Location Map – Figure 1(attached).


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1.2 INFRASTRUCTURE & BASIC AMENITIES Nearest Railway Station The nearest railway station is Mandal on N.W. Broad guage Ajmer – Chittorgarh Railway

Line and is 3.5 km towards west direction from the mine site.

Nearest Airport The nearest Airport is at Dabok, Udaipur at a distance of 150 km towards SW from the mine

site.

Nearest Highway The nearest Highway is NH – 79, which is 2.5 km towards west from the western boundary

of the mine site.

Power The total power demand of the project is 2 MW, which will be drawn from GSS grid Mandal.

The project will have installed one D.G set of capacity 500 KVA in case of emergency/

power failure.

Education Facilities A secondary school, primary school is available at village Mahuwa Khurd near eastern

boundary pillar B and Mandal, Station Ka Khera, which is 3.3 km towards west direction

from the mine site.

Basic Amenities PWD, circuit house, rest house and police station are available at Bhilwara, which is about

9.0 km towards south from the mine site.

Land Use The lease area comprises of 136.94 ha of agricultural land, 221.90 ha of grazing land and

92.16 ha of barren land, total 451.00 ha.

1.3 TOPOGRAPHY Topographically, the lease area comprises of hilly tract in a rather flat terrain. This tract

comprises of one NE-SW trending hillock from village Chhatrikheda in south-west to village

Lampiya in north-east covering a length of 4 km and width of 1.0 to 2.0 km .The general

ground level is 420 m a.m.s.l. in the southern part (Devpura area) and 430 m above mean

sea level in northern part (Lampiya area).

The height of hillocks above mean sea level varies from 504 m in central part (Devpura

area), 473 m in northern part (Lampiya area) and 456 m in southern and south western part

(Jaliyan area).


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1.3.1 PHYSIOGRAPHY

The area has low gradient with general slope towards south-western part up to the river

Kothari, which flows from west to east. Some seasonal dendritic nallas / seasonal water

courses are present, which drain the rain water towards west into the river.

River Kothari lies at a distance of 1.5 km in south-west direction from the south-western

boundary of lease. The whole of the hilly portion of the sanctioned lease area is having well

exposed rocks, which are devoid of vegetation except some bushes of Billiberry, wild rose

etc. Only scanty local grass and some thorny bushes are visible in the region. The ground

water level is at 45 m to 60 m below ground level. The quality is potable.

1.3.2 EXPLORATION The area had been explored by Geological Survey of India by drilling 7 bore holes to

establish the ore bodies. Geological Mapping has been done by the company, taking the

map of GSI as base. The reserves have been estimated on the basis of data obtained from

GSI Report.

1.4 RESERVES The category wise geological reserve has been estimated and is given below in million

tonnes:-

Reserves UNFC North Block

South Block Total

Proved (upto

420m RL)

111 2.2604 7.3527 9.6131

Probable

(420-380m RL)

122 2.5200 6.5005 9.0205

Total Reserves (111) +

(122)

4.7804 13.8532 18.6336

Possible 380-340

m RL

333 2.6390 6.5005 9.1395

Reconnaissance

Reserves 340-

280m RL

334 4.4250 10.8684 15.2934

Total Reserves (333) +

(334)

7.0640 17.3689 24.4329

Grand Total All Classes 11.8444 31.2221 43.0665

Besides iron ore, the area contains very small quantity of lead and zinc of very poor grade. Copper occurs in traces.


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1.4.1. SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED EXPLORATION PROGRAMME IS GIVEN BELOW:-

In all 27, bore holes measuring 3433 meters will be drilled and 11 trenches measuring 505

m in length will be made during first five years to determine the depth, width and strike

continuity of the ore bodies which will help in establishing the quantity and quality of ore

reserves and to upgrade the possible category to proved and probable categories.

1.5 MINING Jindal Saw Ltd. has been given letter of intent for mining lease for Iron Ore, copper and

associated minerals over an area 451 hectare near village Lampiya in Bhilwara District.

The applied area is 3.65 km long in NE-SW direction and 0.35 km to 1.80 km wide in NW-

SE direction. The area constitutes a part of the Pur-Banera belt, explored by GSI in the year

1969-70 for Iron ore. The Company has programme to mine iron-ore in this area, which has

mostly magnetite ore containing 15% to 65%, Fe average being around 35%. This ore is

amenable to magnetic separation. The sulphide minerals which occur in poor tenor will be

mined and stacked separately.

The outcrops of iron ore body are available in Lampiya South Block (Devpura Hill) and

Lampiya North Block (Mahuwa Khurd Hill). For the first years mining has been planned for

Lampiya South Block. From 6th year onward both North and South Blocks will be worked.

1.5.1. PROPOSED METHOD OF MINING The company has planned to produce upto 0.50 million tonnes of iron-ore concentrate

containing 65 to 67% Fe from this lease, for which the requirement of run of mine ore will

be around 1.50 Million tonnes per year during first five years . The projected iron ore and

over burden production will vary from 1.54 million tonnes during first year to 7.21 million

tonne during fifth year.

The mine will be worked by heavy mechanized mining method forming 10m high and 15 m

wide benches. The high walls will be kept at 750 inclinations. The benches and haul roads

will be at gradient not exceeding 1:16. The benches will be joined by 10 m wide ramps at

1:10 gradient. 6.53 shovel, 60 tonnes rear dumpers,165 mm dia wagon drills, 36-tonnes

Bulldozers,14 tonnes Motor grader, 20 tonnes Road Roller, 10 to 15 tonnes (at 10 m)

capacity crane, 125 H.P. (21 tonnes) weight, Tyre handler, 5 tonnes Fork-lift, 10 m3 capacity

water sprinkler, 12 KL diesel tanks etc. will be deployed.


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1.5.2 OPEN CAST MINING – Salient Features During first five years open cast mining will be started and worked in Lampiya South block.

The benches will be up to 10 meters high and 15 meters wide and will be connected by

ramps having gradient of 1:10. Number of benches to be formed in the hanging wall and

footwall will be as follows at ultimate pit depth:-

Particulars No. of Benches in H/W No. of Benches in F/W

South Block 10 9

North Block 12 11

1.5.3. YEAR WISE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION (ROM) PROGRAMME

FOR FIRST 5 YEARS ARE GIVEN BELOW IN MILLION TONNES:- Overburden ROM Concentrate ROM Ore to

overburden ratio

Concentrate

(ore) to (OB

+tailing ratio)

Ist 0.94 0.60 0.20 1:1.57 1:6.7 IInd 3.36 1.20 0.40 1:2.8 1:10.6 IIIrd 0.72 1.20 0.40 1:0.6 1:3.8 IVth 6.01 1.20 0.40 1:5.01 1:17.02 Vth 1.24 1.50 0.50 1:0.83 1:4.48

Total 12.27 5.70 1.90 1:2.15 1:8.46

1.5.4. PROPOSED RATE OF PRODUCTION WHEN MINE IS FULLY DEVELOPED

The proposed exploration will establish and improve the resource up to 340 m above MSL

i.e. upto 80 m depth below the general ground level. For the present, rate of production of

ROM ore will be around 1.5 million tonnes per annum but after proposed exploration the

proposed rate of production will be around 3.0 million tonnes to obtain 1.00 million tonnes

of concentrate of iron ore from 10th year onward. With projected rate of production the life of

the mine is expected to be about 20 years.

1.5.5 CONCEPTUAL MINING PLAN The lease area consists of the following blocks:-

1. Lampiya North Block, and

2. Lampiya South Block

The reserves have been established and categorised on the basis of exploration done so

far.


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1.5.5.1. LAMPIYA SOUTH BLOCK

The block contains total reserve of 20.3537 million tonnes upto 340m R.L. i.e. upto 80 m

depth below general ground level R.L. The ore body has a length of 2360 meters in NE-SW

direction dipping at 400 to 600 towards SE.

(i) Ultimate extent and size of the pit. At the end of first five years, the pit will have maximum length of 2175 meter, width

of 150 meter and depth of 50 meters (420 m RL a.m.s.l.) . The ultimate size of the

pit based on the existing reserves will be 2265 m X 308 m X 105 m having 10 m

high and 15 m wide benches, 10 in the hanging wall and 9 in foot wall.

(ii) Final slope angle to be adopted. With 10 m height and 12 to 14 m width benches, the final slope angle will be 38o.

(iii) Ultimate capacity of Dumps. Total quantity of overburden to be removed from the pit during first five years will be

12.27 million m3.Quantity of overburden to be removed in the 6th year to ultimate pit

limit will be 26.6 million m3.The overburden of first five years will be stacked in an

area of 16.7 hect by dumping upto 30m height. The overburden of 6th year to

ultimate pit limit period will be dumped over an area of 75.0 hect upto 40 m height.

The overburden will be dumped by forming 10 m wide terrace after every 10 m

height.

(iv) Post Mining Reclamation Plan including Afforestation. The concentrate / overburden ratio will be 1:30, hence plenty of waste rock and

material will be available for filling back the exhausted pits.

The top soil available at the slope will be removed before the working reaches there

and will be stacked on plain ground for future use.

After filling this void, the top soil will be laid down over the backfilled area and dense

plantation will be done on 3mX 3m pattern as per MOE& F guidelines. The area will

thus be available for forestry.

1.5.5.2 LAMPIYA NORTH BLOCK :- The block contains total reserves of 7.419 million in Lampiya North upto 340m MSL. The

ore body has total length of 1920 meter. The strike direction is NE-SW to SE to South

direction and dip varies from 400 to 600 towards W.


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(i) Ultimate extent and size of the pits North and South hills will be worked as two independent pits. The extent and size

will be as follows:- Size at the end of five years from 6th

to 10th year (meters)

Size of the ultimate pit (meters) Pits

Length Width Depth No. of

Benches

Length Width Depth No. of

Benches

North hill pit 1365 210 50 5 1530 350 120 12

Benches will be 10 meters high and 12 to 14 meters wide.

(ii) Final slope angle to be adopted. With 10 meters high and 15 meters wide benches, the final slope angle will be 360.

(iii) Ultimate capacity of Dump Total quantity of over burden to be removed from 6th year to 10th years from the pit

will be 3.92 million m3. Quantity of overburden to be removed from 11th year to

ultimate pit limit will be 14.5 million m3. The over burden of 6th to 10th years will be

dumped over an area of 14.37 hect, by dumping up to 30 meter height with terraces

at 10m and 20m height, with the width of 10m. It is proposed to work the pit over a

length of 1000m in first phase upto ultimate pit limit by the end of 15th year and then

use it for dumping OB to be generated from mining in remaining 530m long pit. Need

for dumping space will thus reduce to a great extent say to 55 hect.

(iv) Post Mining Reclamation Plan including Afforestation

Reclamation will start from 16th year by which time 1000 length will reach UPL

(depth and width). It will be filled with dumps of remaining 530m long part of the

deposit. The remaining 530m long area will be back filled with OB generated from

after 15th year of working.

1.6 BLASTING

Blasting will be carried out in over burden as well as mineralized zone by heavy blasting.

The hanging wall will be blasted first to provide free face for ore body to avoid mixing of

waste with ore. The footwall bench will also be kept away from the ore zone. Blast hole

drilling will be done by 6½” diameter wagon drills. The holes will be 11m deep, spacing at

4.5m and burden of 4.00m.


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1.6.1 TYPES OF EXPLOSIVE TO BE USED The booster charge will consist of high explosive Solar Prime (Class 2) Charging 15.0 Kg.

per hole. The main charge will consist of 60 Kg. of ANFO mixture containing prilled

Ammonium Nitrate mixed with 5% diesel oil. Detonating fuse, Nonel detonating system and

ordinary and delay detonators and safety fuse will be used for sequential blasting.

1.6.2 MAGAZINE Maximum quantity of explosive requirement will start w.e.f., during IVth year amounting to

1020 tonnes out of which high explosive will be 204 tonnes. Daily requirement of explosive

will be around 0.7 tonnes of high explosive. Considering that the rock handling may

increase by 50% from 6th year onward, the daily requirement of high explosive will amount

to 1.0 tonnes. Magazine of following capacity to hold at least 5 days stock will be

constructed within the old magazine area between Samodi & Dhedwas villages, including

the quantity needed for another mine located near village, Lampiya 11Km from this mine.

S.No. Explosive Class Quantity

1 Nitro Mixture Class 2, 15,000 Kg.

2 Safety Fuse Class 6, Division-1 30,000 meters

3 Detonating Fuse Class 6, Division-2 30,000 meters

4 Detonators Class 6, Division-3 30,000 Nos

The location of the proposed place of magazine is marked on the surface plan. It will be

brought to use after obtaining license from the Chief Controllers of Explosive, Govt. of India.

Nagpur for which application has been submitted.

1.7 LAND USE PATTERN

S.No. Particulars Present land use

(hect) Old pits,

dumps etc. existing

Area used

by the end of

five years (hect.)

Area used in fifteen

years (hect.)

Area used by the end of life of

mine (hect.)

Area used at closure

of the mine

(hect.)

1. Pits 8.64 22.41 37.85 59.03 -

2. Dumps 3.20 40.00 48.00 55.00 -

3. Roads 5.14 8.26 11.00 11.00 6.00

4. Villages and Buildings

2.40 2.40 2.40 2.40 2.40

5. Mineral beneficiation and stacking & office building, workshop

- 4.00 4.00 4.00 -


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6. Telephone & Telegraph

- - - - -

7. Plantation -- 5.00 7.50 10.00 133.03

8. Others 430.62 368.93 340.25 309.57 309.57

Total 451.00 451.00 451.00 451.00 451.00

1.8 STUDY AREA AT A GLANCE The study area includes the villages of tehsil Banera, Bhilwara and Mandal of district

Bhilwara from 10km zone from the periphery of the mining lease area.

1.8.1 GENERAL PARTICULARS (i) Latitude : 250 26’08” to 250 27’ 4.2” (N)

(ii) Longitude : 740 37’ 56” to 740 40’ 09” (E)

(iii) Study area : 455.6 Sq. Km

(iv) Tehsil : Banera, Bhilwara and Mandal

(v) Nearest village : Lampiya

(vi) District : Bhilwara

1.8.2 DEMOGRAPHY (i) Total Population : 3,66,288

(a) Male : 1,90,470 (52%)

(b) Female : 1,75,818 (48%)

(ii) Literates : 25.93%

(a) Male : 18.33%

(b) Female : 7.60%

(iii) No. of household : 52,141

(iv) No. of villages : 72

1.8.3 LAND USE PATTERN (i) Forest Land : 0.84%

(ii) Irrigated Land : 37.01%

(iii) Un- irrigated Land : 3.44%

(iv) Cultivable waste land : 58.71%

1.8.4 CLIMATOLOGY (Study period March’09 to May’09) (i) Total rainfall : 25.2 mm (May’09) (ii) Temperature (Max.) : 43.50C (May’09)

(iii) Temperature (Min.) : 19.80C (March’09)

(iv) Relative humidity : 8% (minimum) & 80% (Maximum)


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1.9 DRAINAGE In this area water table starts from 45 meter depth and continues upto to 60 meter depth

from the surface. During first five year the working will be in the hills and will go down to the

following depth:-

Pit Hill top

level RL

AMSL

Surface level

RL AMSL

R.L. of lowest

point of working in

five years

RL AMSL

R.L. of final depth at

conceptual stage

RL AMSL

Lampiya South 504m 420m 420m 340m

Lampiya North 473m 430m 473m 340m

The working will not touch the water table in first 15 years. In Bhilwara area the average rain

fall is 680 mm. Since the pits will be worked from hill top downwards by top slicing method,

only the rain water that will precipitate in the pit area will accumulate. It will be drained down

by giving slope of 1:200 to the benches from North to South upto 420m RL after which the

rain water precipitated in the pits wil be pumped out by small pumps (10 to 15HP).

1.10 VEGETATION The area depicts typical semi-arid zone area with low density of vegetation suitable for the

semi-arid climate. The lease area consists of 136.94 hectare agricultural land, 221.90

hectare grazing land and 92.16 hectare of waste/ barren land. The lease area is devoid of

any forest. In barren land tree/shrub density is 5 to 7 per hectare. In grazing land trees of

babool or wild ber and the tree/shrub density is 10 to 15 per hectare.

2.0 ATMOSPHERIC CONDITION The area is characterized as sub-arid climate with annual rainfall varying from 650-680 mm.

Rains are mainly received during monsoon period from July to August. The annual

maximum temperature during summer shoots up to 450C- 480C and minimum temperature

during winter varies from 6.00C - 100C. The air is generally dry through out the year. During

monsoon the relative humidity is over 70%.The prominent wind flow is from SW- NE during

summer and rainy season and from West to East in winter season.

2.1 METEOROLOGY The nearest IMD station at Dabok Airport is located at about 150 km towards SW from mine

site. Meteorological information collected from this station is temperature, humidity, rainfall,

wind-speed and wind-direction. Information pertaining to Air, noise, water and soil have been

collected by experimentation in the villages Mandal, Banera, Arjiya, Lampiya and Chamanpura. The

observation made at Mandal is given below:-


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Ambient Air Quality Location: Roof of house of Rajesh S/o Shri Baluram, Village: Mandal, Bhilwara

Date SO2 NOX SPM RPM CO 06-14

Hrs. 14-22 Hrs.

22-06 Hrs.

06-14 Hrs.

14-22 Hrs.

22-06 Hrs.

24 Hrs.

24 Hrs.

24 Hrs.

01.03.2009 6.5 7.6 6.0 9.0 9.2 9.0 216.8 106.2 802 02.03.2009 6.2 7.5 6.2 9.0 9.3 9.0 184.5 86.4 687 08.03.2009 6.8 8.2 6.5 9.0 9.6 9.0 165.3 72.1 687 09.03.2009 6.9 8.1 6.3 9.0 9.5 9.0 174.2 79.5 573 15.03.2009 6.2 7.2 6.5 9.0 9.4 9.0 152.3 56.3 573 16.03.2009 6.4 6.9 6.2 9.0 9.2 9.0 162.5 61.5 573 22.03.2009 6.8 6.4 6.1 9.0 9.4 9.0 148.9 45.7 573 23.03.2009 6.4 8.5 6.0 9.2 9.5 9.0 165.3 53.6 573 29.03.2009 7.2 6.2 6.0 9.3 9.5 9.0 175.6 79.8 573 30.03.2009 6.5 6.3 6.3 9.0 9.2 9.0 165.4 66.5 573 05.04.2009 6.8 6.4 6.0 9.2 9.1 9.0 181.2 80.4 687 06.04.2009 6.0 7.2 6.5 9.1 9.4 9.0 169.6 73.8 573 12.04.2009 6.3 6.5 6.0 9.5 9.5 9.0 173.5 76.1 687 13.04.2009 6.5 7.2 6.0 9.3 9.6 9.0 155.6 52.4 458 19.04.2009 6.9 6.8 6.0 9.2 9.3 9.0 161.2 60.2 458 20.04.2009 6.4 7.3 6.2 9.0 9.2 9.0 170.3 68.9 573 26.04.2009 6.5 7.5 6.1 9.2 9.6 9.0 164.8 64.3 573 27.04.2009 6.5 7.2 6.4 9.1 9.2 9.0 159.0 58.5 458 03.05.2009 6.8 7.5 6.5 9.0 9.4 9.0 162.5 60.1 458 04.05.2009 6.5 7.5 6.5 9.2 9.5 9.0 188.5 91.4 802 10.05.2009 7.2 7.3 6.3 9.1 9.6 9.0 226.8 116.5 916 11.05.2009 7.6 8.2 6.0 9.0 9.8 9.0 214.1 104.8 916 17.05.2009 6.9 6.8 6.4 9.0 9.4 9.0 235.9 124.7 916 18.05.2009 7.6 6.9 6.2 9.2 9.4 9.0 240.8 132.4 916

SO2 NOX SPM RPM CO No of Observations 72 72 24 24 24 Minimum Concentration 6.0 9.0 148.9 45.7 458 Maximum Concentration 8.5 9.8 240.8 132.4 916 Average 6.71 9.17 179.78 78.00 649 98th Percentile 8.2 9.6 238.55 128.86 916 Standards 80 80 200 100 2000

2.2 NOISE ENVIRONMENT The Noise Levels within the Study Area The noise levels within the study area were recorded using 4-20, Sound Level Meter. The

levels recorded are as stated here under :-

The analysis reveals that the noise is well within permissible ranges.


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Noise Level within the Study Area

Time Banera Chimanpura Lampiya Arjiya Mandal Bhilwara 6.00 46.5 51.3 50.3 50.3 50.3 50.3 7.00 48.2 48.6 56.5 56.5 56.5 56.5 8.00 50.1 49.3 58.9 58.9 58.9 58.9 9.00 50.3 50.4 61.2 61.2 61.2 61.2

10.00 49.5 51.2 64.5 64.5 64.5 64.5 11.00 51.2 50.3 59.8 59.8 59.8 59.8 12.00 56.3 51.8 61.5 61.5 61.5 61.5 13.00 52.0 52.0 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3 14.00 51.2 54.2 67.8 67.8 67.8 67.8 15.00 54.2 51.3 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 16.00 51.2 49.8 58.1 58.1 58.1 58.1 17.00 50.0 48.2 62.3 62.3 62.3 62.3 18.00 49.8 48.6 66.1 66.1 66.1 66.1 19.00 48.3 48.4 58.7 58.7 58.7 58.7 20.00 46.8 46.5 59.6 59.6 59.6 59.6 21.00 48.2 47.8 62.6 62.6 62.6 62.6 22.00 46.3 43.1 57.4 57.4 57.4 57.4 23.00 45.2 46.6 48.3 48.3 48.3 48.3 24.00 42.3 42.7 47.7 47.7 47.7 47.7 01.00 39.5 41.3 45.8 45.8 45.8 45.8 02.00 40.4 39.8 44.6 44.6 44.6 44.6 03.00 38.7 39.7 48.9 48.9 48.9 48.9 04.00 41.2 43.2 50.3 50.3 50.3 50.3 05.00 44.9 46.8 56.7 56.7 56.7 56.7

Ld 50.89 50.25 62.04 62.04 62.04 62.04 Ln 43.12 43.66 52.42 52.42 52.42 52.42 Ldn 51.77 51.71 62.17 62.17 62.17 62.17

2.3 WATER ENVIRONMENT 2.3.1. SURFACE WATER

The lease area contains one retaining dam and one small tank to store rain water on the

surface. In buffer zone Kothari river flows from west to east at a distance of about 1.5 km

SW of the lease boundary. This river flows only during rainy season for about 2 months and

remains dry for rest of 10 months.

2.3.2 GROUND WATER The mining activity will be done at 340 MSL in the last leg of the mine i.e. conceptual phase.

The ground water table varies 360 MSL (Pre-Monsoon) and 375 m MSL (Post Monsoon). At

the end of 5th year the maximum depth reached will be 420 m MSL in Lampiya South Block

and at the end of life of mine the working depth will be 340 m MSL. Clearance from CGWA

will be obtained when the mine workings will be carried near water table.


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Study for water was conducted at villages Banera (Hand pump), Mandal , Arjiya, Lampiya

and Chimanpura. Analysis report of one study is given below: -

Ground Water Analysis Location: Government Hand pump, Village: Arjiya, Panchayat Samiti, Suwana, Distt. Bhilwara

Parameter Results Desirable Limit as per IS - 10500

Permissible Limit in absence of alternate source as per IS: 10500

Protocol

Colour, Hazen Units < 5 5 25 IS 3025(Part-4): 1983 Odour Unobjectionable Un-

objectionable - IS 3025(Part-5): 1983

Taste Agreeable Agreeable - IS 3025(Part- 8): 1984 Turbidity, NTU < 5 5 10 IS 3025(Part-10): 1984 pH 7.42 6.5 - 8.5 - IS 3025(Part-11): 1984 Total Hardness as CaCO3

772.00 mg / l 300.0 mg/l 600 Mg / L IS 3025(Part-21): 1983

Total Iron as Fe 0.06 mg / l 0.3 mg/l 1.0 Mg / L IS 3025(Part-53): 2003 Chloride as Cl 807.75 mg / l 250.0 mg/l 1000 Mg / L IS 3025(Part-32): 1988 Residual Free Chlorine Nil 0.2 mg/l - IS 3025(Part-26): 1986 Total Dissolved Solids 2,152.00 mg / l 500.0 mg/l 2000 Mg / L IS 3025(Part-16): 1984 Calcium as Ca 214.40 mg / l 75.0 mg/l 200 Mg / L IS 3025(Part-40): 1991 Magnesium as Mg 57.82 mg / l 30.0 mg/l 100 Mg / L IS 3025(Part-46): 1994 Copper as Cu < 0.05 mg / l 0.05 mg/l 1.5 Mg / L IS 3025(Part-42): 1992 Manganese as Mn < 0.10 mg / l 0.1 mg/l 0.3 Mg / L 35 of IS 3025: 1964 Sulphate as SO4 51.15 mg / l 200.0 mg/l 400 Mg / L IS 3025(Part-24): 1986 Nitrate as NO3 17.37 mg / l 45.0 mg/l 100 Mg / L IS 3025(Part-34): 1988 Fluoride as F 0.49 mg / l 1.0 mg/l 1.5 Mg / L 23 of IS 3025: 1964 Zinc as Zn < 0.01 mg / l 5.0 mg/l 15 Mg / L IS 3025(Part-49): 1994 Chromium as Cr+6 < 0.01 mg / l 0.05 mg/l No relaxation 38 of IS 3025: 1964 Total Alkalinity as CaCO3

300.00 mg / l 200.0 mg/l 600 Mg / L IS 3025(Part-23): 1986

Aluminum as Al < 0.03 mg / l 0.03 mg/l 0.2 Mg / L 31 of IS 3025: 1964 Boron as B < 1.0 mg / l 1.0 mg/l 5 Mg / L 29 of IS 3025: 1964


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2.4 SOIL ANALYSIS REPORT OF THREE SAMPLES ARE GIVEN BELOW:- Soil Analysis

Parameters Soil sample collected from the land of Village: Banera, Bhilwara

(1)

Soil sample collected from the land of Mr. Jaishankar Ji Tiwari, S/o Shri Ramnarayan Ji Tiwari, Village and Post: Mandal, Bhilwara

(2)

Soil sample collected from the land Near House of Jagdish S/o Shri Shankar Lal Vyas, Gaurav Path, Arjiya Crossing, Bhilwara

(3)

Color Brown Brown Brown pH 8.16 8.23 8.06 Conductivity (S/cm) 206 198 213 Cation Exchange capacity (Meq / 100 Gm)

7.1 7.0 7.7

Moisture (%) 7.5 7.3 6.9 Chlorides as Cl (%) 0.005 0.002 0.005 Sulphate as SO4 (%) 0.003 0.001 0.003 Total Carbonates (%) 0.07 0.04 0.08 Total Organic Matter (%) 0.19 0.17 0.22 Nitrogen as N (%) 0.22 0.19 0.21 Phosphorus as P (%) < 0.005 < 0.005 < 0.005 Potassium as K (%) 0.35 0.26 0.39 Zinc, Mg / 100 Gm BDL BDL BDL Copper, Mg / 100 Gm BDL BDL BDL Chromium, Mg / 100 Gm BDL BDL BDL Cadmium, Mg / 100 Gm BDL BDL BDL Nickel, Mg / 100 Gm BDL BDL BDL Lead, Mg / 100 Gm BDL BDL BDL

2.5 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT –

The lease area as well as buffer zone area reveals no endangered and endemic

species of flora and fauna in the area.

3.0 MINERAL BENEFICIATION

About 10,000 tonnes Ore from the mine benches will be transported to the beneficiation

plant and dumped at the grizzle, having 500 mm openings. A rock breaker will be provided

at the grizzle to break the oversize coming from the mine, to -500 mm size.

The ore will be crushed to 120 mm size by gyratory crusher of 1500 tonnes hourly capacity

and to 20 mm and 6 mm size by cone crushers. On screening the crushed material, the +6

mm size will be fed back to the cone crusher and -6 mm size will be subjected to first stage

magnetic separation to separate the gangue and magnetic ore.


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The non magnetic gangue will be dumped as coarse tailing which will be screened in

rotatory trommel having 2 mm openings. The -6 mm and +2 mm size gangue may find use

as sand / bajri and may be marketed

The -6mm size magnetic ore will be despatched to the main beneficiation plant located at

Dhedwas Iron ore mine of the company for further beneficiation to Obtain, concentration

containing 65% to 67% Fe.

3.1 Water Requirement

At Lampiya Mine, 70 KLD water will be required for human consumption, dust

suppression, plantation and for radiator of mobile and stationary machines. Total

quantity of fresh water required will be 50 KLD and 20 KLD will be obtained from

recycling. The quantity will be available from supply of water from Kothari Dam,

sanctioned by the State Government.

4.0 AIR MODELING 4.1 AIR QUALITY MODELLING

In order to predict the particulate emissions, Gaussian’s mathematical expression

was used to predict changes in air quality i.e., maximum ground level concentration

(GLC’s) of particulate matter, due to the various mining activities of the proposed

mine. The summary of emissions of total suspended particulars (without EMP) from

different mining activities are given below: -

Activity Type of source

Emission factor Emission rate

Drilling Point 0.1 kg/hole (Mineral working) 0.59 kg/hole (OB working)

4 kg/day (Mineral working) 47.2 kg/day (OB working)

Excavation Area 9.4 kg/hr (Mineral working) 8.3 kg/hr (OB working)

676.8 kg/day (Mineral working) 796.8 kg/day) (OB working)

Truck loading Area 0.03 kg/tonne of material 0.02 kg/ tonne of OB

705 kg/day (Mineral working) 772 kg/day (OB working)

Transportation (haulage road)

Line 3.8 kg/vehicle-km-travelled (Mineral) 3.8 kg/vehicle-km-travelled (OB)

1490 kg/day (Mineral working) 24434 kg/day (OB working)

Since the mining operations will be carried on systematic and scientific lines by making

pucca haul roads and quenching the dust at the source itself the impact will be very limited.

During blasting operations, a momentary cloud of dust and fumes is formed which is

dispersed over gradually. The ambient air analysis conducted reveals that the regional

background emissions and ambient air quality emission in the lease area are well within the

norms.


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5.0 STAGE-WISE PLANTATION, RECLAMATION & POST MINING LAND USE 5.1 STAGE WISE CUMULATIVE PLANTATION

Year Un worked area green belt

Peripheral Worked out pit (s)

Dumps Road (s) Total

Area (Ha)

No. of Trees

Area (Ha)

No. of Trees

Area (Ha)

No. of Trees

Area (Ha)

No. of Trees

Area (Ha)

No. of Trees

Area (Ha)

No. of Trees

Existing -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

I -- -- 1.00 1000 -- -- -- -- - - 1 1000

II -- -- 1.00 1000 -- -- -- -- - - 1 1000

III -- -- 1.00 1000 -- -- -- -- - - 1 1000

IV -- -- 1.00 1000 -- -- -- -- - - 1 1000

V -- -- 1.00 1000 -- -- -- -- - - 1 1000

From VI year to End of life of mine

4.0 4000 -- -- 59.03 59000 55.00 55000 -- -- 118.03 118000

In post operational Phase

5.0 5000 -- -- --- -- -- -- 5.00 5000 10.00 10000

Total 9.0 9000 5.00 5000 59.00 59000 55.00 55000 5.00 5000 133.03 133000

5.2 RECLAMATION

S.No. Land use category At the end of 5th Year

6th year to the end of life of mine

In post operational phase

1 Pits - Converted to water body - - -

2. Pits – backfilled & rehabilitated by

plantation

- - 59.03

3. Dumps - rehabilitated by plantation - - 55.00

4. Mineral storage area - rehabilitated

by plantation

- - 4.00


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5.3 POST MINING LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT OF

CORE ZONE Description Land use (Ha.) S.No.

Plantation Water body

Public use

Undisturbed Total

1 Pits 59.03 - - - 59.03

2 Dumps 55.00 - - - 55.00

3 Mineral

beneficiation

and Storage

4.00 - - - 4.00

4 Infrastructure 5.00 - 8.40 - 13.40

5 Green Belt 10.00 - - - 10.00

6 Remaining area (Agriculture land + Grazing land + Water body)

- - - 309.57 309.57

Total 133.03 - 8.40 309.57 451.00


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6.0 SUMMARISED STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN

S. No.

Parameter Aspects of Operation

Potential impacts Mitigation measures

1. Land Environment.

Excavation/Mining Blasting

Landscape of the mining area will change due to dumping on 55 hect. land and pits over 59.03 hect.

Ground vibration air shocks

The excavated pits will be back filled and rehabilitated by planting trees.

All dumps will be used for back filling. Controlled and sequential blasting will be

done to produce least vibration sound and fines.

Blasting Cloud of SPM and loud noise

Effective water spraying to suppress the dust and green belt.

Material handling Fugitive emissions and noise

Effective water spraying and green belt.

Transportation Fugitive emission and noise

Effective water spraying and green belt.

Running of machineries

Fugitive emission and noise

Avoid unnecessary and idle running of machineries.

2. Air Environment

Drilling Fugitive emission and noise

Optimum use of machineries. Wet drilling should be introduced for dust

suppression. 3. Water

Environment Water table Domestic Waste

Water

The water table in the area is 360 MSL in pre-monsoon and 375 MSL in post monsoon.

The ground water table will not be encountered; hence detailed hydrogeological report has been prepared and enclosed as Annexure No.

Sewage generated from the mine will be treated in a biological treatment unit and used for plantation.

4. Noise Environment

Mining Machinery Blasting Transportation Excavation Drilling

Drilling, blasting, transportation and crushing and screening are sources of noise of high intensity.

Controlled blasting under favorable conditions. Regular maintenance of machines and vehicles. Creations of dense green belt. Provision of PPE to operators exposed to loud noise.

5. Biological Environment

Flora & Fauna The area has no endangered/endemic species of flora and fauna. Schedule-I fauna is not reported in the study area.

There will be good green cover of local species of plants and shrubs developed eventually while rehabilitating the completed benches which can provide home to many fauna. About 1000 plants will be planted every year in this regard.

6. Socio-economic Environment

Employment potential

CSR

The impact on socio-economic development will be positive

Local people will be given employment depending upon their skill.

Development activities will be taken up in consultation with local bodies.

Education, safety and health campaigns will be carried out in nearby villages.

Periodic medical examination as per Mine Act 1952.

7. Soil Environment

Soil cover Devoid of top soil Soil wherever available will be scarped off separately and stored. It will be spread over the areas for plantation to provide green cover.

The scrapped up soil will be protected from erosion by retaining wall.


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7. MEASURES OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC INFLUENCE TO LOCAL COMMUNITY

(i) The area is moderately backward where majority of people depend on

agriculture in semi-arid area. The agriculture depends mainly on rain, which

is erratic and irregular. The project will provide job to some 300 local people

directly for mining and allied work earning Rs. 100/- to Rs. 150/- per day

through out the year as against Rs. 30/- to Rs. 50/- that too for 2 to 3 months

in a year. Thus, the general economic status of local people will improve.

(ii) A number of schools, private as well as of government will run in the core

and buffer zone.

(iii) Market, Carpentry, black-smithy and vehicle repair shops will come up in the

locality giving employment to a large number of persons.

(iv) The local people will be given vocational training for working in the mine and

allied work to enhance their skills for safe and systematic work.

(v) Periodic medical check up of all workers will be conducted providing they free

medical facilities. The medical team of the project will set up medical camps

in nearby villages regularly to check the health of the people and provide free

medical advice and facilities.

(vi) Local people will be motivated for being more environment friendly and

conscious for planting and nurturing trees in their local surroundings. For this

purpose, every year some 1000 to 2000 saplings of plant including fruit

bearing plants will be distributed and persons having best records of survival

of plants will be rewarded every year.

(vii) Local schools and Panchayat Bhawan will be provided with sanitation

facilities including drinking water supply arrangements.

(viii) Scholarships will be awarded to meritorious and needy students of nearby

schools to encourage them to go for higher technical education.

(ix) Annual Sports will be arranged on Panchayat Level to promote

sportsmanship.

(x) Buildings of the local worship places within Core and Buffer Zones will be

renovated.

(xi) Donations will be given for local festivals.


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8.0 COST OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES

S. No. Particulars Capital Cost (In Lacs)

Annual Recurring Cost

1. Pollution Control Equipment

25.00 1.50

2. Pollution Monitoring 4.50 1.00 3. Occupational Health 5.00 1.50 4. Green Belt 10.00 1.50 5. Training and

awareness programme 5.00 1.00

Total 49.50 6.50

9.0 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE

Apart from the existing EAP’s the proposed action programme will be

implemented simultaneously along with the mining activities.

The mitigation measures are already identified in the lease area. However

certain improvements are planned.

(a) Providing green belt as discussed earlier.

(b) Mitigation measures for socio-economic aspects: -

(c) Arrangement of medical camps in the villages of the near-by area

specially for family planning and arousing health conciousness.

10. MONITORING SCHEDULE

MONITORING SCHEDULE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS

Particulars Monitoring frequencies

Duration of

sampling

Important monitoring parameters

Surface water/ tube well

Six monthly Grab As per IS 10500

Ambient Air Quality

Quarterly 24 Hr. SPM, RPM, SO2, and NOx.

Noise Pollution (Working environment)

Yearly - Level in dB (A) and dB (C)

Soil analysis Yearly - pH, Conductivity, Sulphate, Nitrates, Phosphates, Alkalinity and texture.

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