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PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT

1. SUMARRY

Project M/s Gupta Stone Mine for Making Gitti

Name of Company / Mine Owner Umesh Kumar Gupta.

Location Khasra No. 907/1 in village Bhitghara

Village Bhitghara

Taluka / Tehsil Bagicha

District Jashpur.

State Chhattisgarh.

1 Mining Lease area & Types

of Land

Mining Lease area – 1.000 Hectare and Government

Revenue Land.

2 Geographical

Co-ordinates

Toposhhet No. 64N/9

Boundary

Points

Co-ordinates

Latitude Longitude

BP1 N 22° 55' 07.09" E 083° 42' 57.33"

BP2 N 22° 55' 07.20" E 083° 43' 00.44"

BP3 N 22° 55' 04.33" E 083° 43' 00.70"

BP4 N 22° 55' 04.37" E 083° 42' 57.80"

3 Name of Rivers / Nallahs At about 2 km north of the quarry lease area is the Dorki

Nadi, flowing to the east.

4 Name of Reserve Forest,

Wild life / Sanctuary

Nil

5 Topography of the area Rugged.

6 Project Proposal Stone Mine for making Gitti of Umesh Kumar Gupta. The

lease area is 1.000 Hectare. The RL (Reduced Level) of

the area is 636m – 655m above the mean sea level. All

the operations of opencast quarrying will be manual and

help of machineries like crowbar, pickaxe, hoe, shovel,

hammer, spade etc. will also be taken. Help of small

mining machineries like J.C.B. will also be taken. Over

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burden (soil + highly weathered granitic rocks) in the area is

nearly 1m thick. This will be removed by manually or with the

help of J.C.B. and will the dumped in the periphery of the mining

area.

Salient features of mode of working-

Manufacturing Process Flow Chart:

Raw materials: Boulder → Quarrying of Boulder → A<er

quarrying output of Boulder is depositing together →

process continued – Boulder dumped near machine →

Processing Continued Boulder sent to Machine inside for

Crushing → Finishing product – 10mm, 20mm, 30mm,

40mm, Dust → Through Labour → Dispatch For Marke@ng

and Supply. ↓

Store

Sr.

No.

Type of mining

operation

Mode of working

1 Overburden

removal

Manual and Semi mechanized

with help of JCB

2 Inclined hole

drilling

Drilling is proposed after five

years

3 Blasting Presently no blasting is done,

but if necessary help of blasting

will be taken after getting

Environmental Clearance.

4 Sorting of

weathered rock

Manual

5 Loading Manual or by excavator

6 Transport By Tipper / Tractor.

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7 Name of Mineral Stone for Making Gitti (Minor Mineral)[Stone for making Gitti

by Mechanical Crushing (i.e. Use of Crusher)]

8 Rate of Production 4140 m3 /10,350 Ton per Annum.

9 Mineral Reserve

The estimated minable reserve up to the depth of 5m is

1,03,525 Ton.

10 Life of Mine 10 years

11 Drilling / Blasting Presently Nil, but blasting will be used when ever required

after getting environmental clearance.

12 Mining Method Salient features of mode of working-

Manufacturing Process Flow Chart:

Raw materials: Boulder → Quarrying of Boulder → A<er

quarrying output of Boulder is depositing together →

process continued – Boulder dumped near machine →

Processing Continued Boulder sent to Machine inside for

Crushing → Finishing product – 10mm, 20mm, 30mm,

40mm, Dust → Through Labour → Dispatch For

Marketing and Supply. ↓

Store

Sr. No. Type of mining

operation

Mode of working

1 Overburden

removal

Manual and Semi mechanized with help

of JCB

2 Inclined hole drilling Drilling is proposed after five years

3 Blasting Presently no blasting is done, but if

necessary help of blasting will be taken

after getting Environmental Clearance.

4 Sorting of

weathered rock

Manual

5 Loading Manual or by excavator

6 Transport By Tipper / Tractor.

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13 Ground water table

intersection

No

14 Drainage pattern / water

courses

Nil

15 Break-up of Land

Utilization pattern

Government land

The present land use pattern and land use pattern after

five years and at the end of life of the mine given below:

Particulars Present

land use

(Area in

m2)

Land use

pattern after 5

years

(Area in m2)

Land use

pattern after

10 Years

(Area in m2)

Barren land (A) 4557 m2 1969.5 m

2 Nil

Mined out area (B) 335 m2 2922.5 m

2 6892 m

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Area used for

manual crushing,

shelter of workers

etc. (C)

2000 m2 2000 m

2 Nil

Crusher Area (D) 550 m2 550 m

2 550 m

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Area blocked in

7.5 m barrier on

which plantation

is proposed (Berm

area) (E)

2558 m2 2558 m

2 2558 m

2

Area blocked for

dump yard etc.

Nil Nil Nil

Total area 10000 m2 10000 m

2 10000 m

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16 Water requirement &

source

04 KLD from Proposed Bore well.

17 Solid waste / Tailing Nil

18 Cost of Project (Rs.) 15 lacks

19 Any other (specify) Nil

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Name and address of the company Name:- M/s Gupta Stone.

Owner is Umesh Kumar Gupta.

Address:

Village & Post – Bhitghara.

Tehsil:- Bagicha, District- Jashpur

State- Chhattisgarh, Pin Code- 496 220

Phone No. - 8889401365 / 9300227084.

Registered Office Name:- M/s Gupta Stone (of Shri Umesh

Kumar Gupta).

Address:

Village & Post – Bhitghara.

Tehsil:- Bagicha, District- Jashpur

State- Chhattisgarh, Pin Code- 496 220

Phone No. - 8889401365 / 9300227084.

Mine Office M/s Gupta Stone Mine for Making Gitti

(of Shri Umesh Kumar Gupta),

Village – Bhitghara, Post – Bhitghara,

Tehsil – Bagicha, District- Jashpur,

State- Chhattisgarh, Pin – 496 220.

Email ---------

Prospecting Agency Nil

Type of Activity Nil

Utilities (Power, Water Requirement) Water required 4 KLPD

Manpower Requirement 22

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2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT / BACKGROUND INFORMATION

2.1. Identification of Project and Project Proponent.

Name of the Project:

M/s Gupta Stone.

Project Proponent: Umesh Kumar Gupta.

The details of the project proponent and project are given below:

Name of Applicant Umesh Kumar Gupta

Mineral Stone for making Gitti

Lease Area (Hectare) 1.000 Hectare

Village Bhitghara

Patwari Halka Number 26

Khasra Number / Compartment No’ 907/1.

Tehsil Bagicha

District Jashpur

State Chhattisgarh

Ownership Government Land

Status of Project Existing

2.2. Brief Description of Nature of the Project.

The project is a very small project of Stone for making Gitti of minor mineral

in area 1.000 Hectare. The mining is proposed in Government land in village

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Bhitghara. This project will produce 10,350 Ton stone for making Gitti per

annum which will be supplied to consumer for civil construction and other

infrastructural development.

2.3. Need for the Project and its importance to the country and region.

The project is of minor mineral Stone for making Gitti used as aggregate for

construction and building structure. It has a local market. Jashpur is a

backward developing district of Chhattisgarh. Kansabel, Tapkara, Bagicha,

Ludeg, Kunkuri and Jashpur cities located close to the mine and a lot of

construction and infrastructure development activities are in progress which

requires Crushed Stone. The demand of Crushed Stones is huge and existing

mines are not able to meet the growing demand. This project will narrow

down the demand supply gap of this important building material. Hence the

project will help in the development of the district.

2.4. Demand Supply Gap:

Jashpur is a developing district of Chhattisgarh which is growing

exponentially, lot of industrial and infra work is in progress that requires

crushed stone, presently there is a huge gap between demand and supply.

The existing mines around Jashpur are not capable of meeting this growing

demand due to exponential growth of Jashpur. The demand is expected to

grow more in the years to come with development of Jashpur.

2.5. Demand Supply Analysis:

In Jashpur area for the development of Jashpur and Bagicha cities for

construction work Gitti is required which is brought from nearby district

which is adding extra transportation cost on construction work i.e demand is

more compared to supply. The demand in the domestic market is huge for

Gitti and Stone for making Gitti is available in abundant quantity in allotted

area and can be mined indigenously.

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2.6. Employment Generation (Direct and Indirect) Due to the Project:

The project will generate direct employment to 01 supervisor, 01 mining

mate and 20 workers and indirect employment to about 20 persons

(transportation, canteen etc.).

3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

3.1. Type of Project (including interlinked and interdependent project, if

any)

This is a Stone for making Gitti (Minor Mineral) mining project without any

interlinked and interdependent project.

3.2. Location (map showing general location, specific location and project

boundary & project site – specific layout) with co-ordinates.

Location Map:

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The detail of the area is as under:

District : Jashpur

Tehsil : Bagicha

Village : Bhitghara

Area : 1.000 Hectare

The co-ordinates of the area are:

Toposhhet No. 64N/9

Boundary

Points

Co-ordinates

Latitude Longitude

BP1 N 22° 55' 07.09" E 083° 42' 57.33"

BP2 N 22° 55' 07.20" E 083° 43' 00.44"

BP3 N 22° 55' 04.33" E 083° 43' 00.70"

BP4 N 22° 55' 04.37" E 083° 42' 57.80"

3.3. Details of alternate sites considered and the basis of selecting the

proposed site, particularly the environmental considerations gone into

should be highlighted.

Here, no alternate site considered as the present site has sufficient reserve of

Stone for making Gitti and the site is well connected with consuming centers

through road. Further, the environmental conditions are supportive too; no

public place is present in the vicinity of the area and no river in flowing

within 1 km distance from this lease area.

3.4. Size or Magnitude of operation.

A small project of 1.000 Hectare area with proposed production of 4140 m3

per annum or 10,350 Tonne per annum.

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3.5. Project description with process details (a schematic diagram /

Flow chart showing the project layout, components of the project etc.

should be given.

It is a small scale Crushed stone mining project. All the operations of

opencast quarrying will be manual and help of machineries like crowbar,

pickaxe, hoe, shovel, hammer, spade etc. will also be taken. Help of small

mining machineries like J.C.B. will also be taken.

Type of Explosive used / to be used – NA in this project.

Storage of explosive (like capacity and type of explosive magazine) –

NA in this project.

The lease area is 1.000 Hectare. The RL (Reduced Level) of the area is 636m –

655m above the mean sea level. All the operations of opencast quarrying will

be manual and help of machineries like crowbar, pickaxe, hoe, shovel,

hammer, spade etc. will also be taken. Help of small mining machineries like

J.C.B. will also be taken. Over burden (soil + highly weathered granitic rocks)

in the area is nearly 1m thick. This will be removed by manually or with the

help of J.C.B. and will the dumped in the periphery of the mining area.

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Salient features of mode of working-

Sr. No. Type of mining operation Mode of working

1 Overburden removal Manual and Semi mechanized with help

of JCB

2 Inclined hole drilling Drilling is proposed after five years

3 Blasting Presently no blasting is done, but if

necessary help of blasting will be taken

after getting Environmental Clearance.

4 Sorting of weathered rock Manual

5 Loading Manual or by excavator

6 Transport By Tipper / Tractor.

Manufacturing Process Flow Chart:

Raw materials: Boulder → Quarrying of Boulder → A<er quarrying output of Boulder

is depositing together → process con@nued – Boulder dumped near machine →

Processing Continued Boulder sent to Machine inside for Crushing → Finishing

product – 10mm, 20mm, 30mm, 40mm, Dust → Through Labour → Dispatch For

Marketing and Supply. ↓

Store

3.6. Raw Material / Consumables Required along with estimated

quantity, likely source, marketing area of final product, mode of

transport of raw material and finished product.

No raw material is required.

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3.7. Availability of water, its source, Energy / Power requirement and

source should be given.

Requirement of water will be about 04 KLPD (water for dust suspension,

crusher, drinking and sanitation purpose etc) which will be brought from the

proposed bore. Fuel is required for diesel operated machine and electricity is

required for crushing plant.

3.8. Quantity of wastes to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme

for their management / disposal.

In the entire quarrying operation overburden (soil + very weathered granitic

rocks) will be stacked along periphery and plantation will be done in that

area.

3.9. Selection of Dumping site:

Dump yard of 0.060 Hectare area will be to the east side of the proposed

crusher plant. Otherwise the overburden will be stacked along the periphery.

4. SITE ANALYSIS

Connectivity:

The lease area is located near Bhitghara village. The lease area covers an

area of 1.000 Hectare and is covered by the Survey of India toposheet No.

64N/9. The lease area does not fall under Reserve Forest (RF) / Protected

Forest (PF). The lease area is approachable by a network of metalled and

non-metalled roads from Kunkuri which is a prominent town on

Raigarh – Pathalgaon – Jashpur – Ranchi highway (NH43/NH78). The railway

station nearest to the quarry lease area is Ambikapur, which is at a

distance of about 75 km from the lease area. The Bus stand nearest is

Raikera, which is about 5 km from the lease area. The Airport nearest is

Ranchi, which is about 210 km from the lease area.

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4.1. Land form and Land Ownership

The area of lease (1.000 Hectare land) is Government land and covered by

Survey of India toposheet No. 64N/9. No forest land is involved in the lease

area.

4.2. Topography along with maps:

The topography of the lease area is rugged near village Bhitghara. The

lease area is 1.000 Hectare. The RL (Reduced Level) of the area is 636m –

655m above the mean sea level. The lowest point in the lease area lies at a

height of 636m in the northern part while the highest point lies at a height of

655m in the southern part of the lease area. The whole part of the lease area

is hilly land and covered with Granite, which is suitable for crushing. The

topography of lease area and its’ surroundings are given the following figure

from Google Earth:

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4.3. Climate data from Secondary Sources:

The weathered is tropical. Climate of this region may be considered as

extreme being intensely hot in summer with maximum temperature of 46° C

in May and June, and severe cold winter with minimum temperature of 2° C

to 4° C in the month of December and January. The monsoon lasts for 4

months from June to September and the average annual rainfall is 1400mm.

4.4. Social Infrastructure available

It’s a small scale crusher stone mining project. The area has a rural setup and

connected by roads. The area has electricity connection and drinking water

facility. Schooling and Hospital facilities are also available in the area.

5. PLANNING BRIEF

5.1. Planning Concept (types of industries, facilities, transportation etc)

town and country Planning / Development authority classification:

The mine was granted for mineral Stone for making Gitti. All the operations

of opencast quarrying will be manual and help of machineries like crowbar,

pickaxe, hoe, shovel, hammer, spade etc. will also be taken. Help of small

mining machineries like J.C.B. will also be taken. Over burden (soil + highly

weathered granitic rocks) in the area is nearly 1m thick. This will be removed

by manually or with the help of J.C.B. and will the dumped in the periphery of

the mining area.

Transportation of mineral will be done through road by tractors.

Other facilities like Power, transportation and communication, social

infrastructure facilities are locally available near project site. Nearest town is

Bagicha and nearest village is Bhitghara. Facilities like police station,

hospital, post office, rest hose, school area present within 10 km from the

project area.

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5.2. Population Projection:

The project is a very small mining project of minor mineral Stone for making

gitti and does not require much planning for development of the site like

roads, housing etc. The mining is also very simple and shall be carried out as

per mine plan. Further, the project will employ most of the workers from

nearby areas. Local people from nearby villages will be given preference.

Thus, there will be no chance for increase population due to proposed project

of stone mining in the area.

5.3. Land Use Planning:

This is a small project and do not require much planning for development of the

site. The present land use is nothing and crusher stone mining is proposed.

5.4. Assessment of Infrastructure Demand (Physical & Social):

A very small project and there is no such demand of any physical or social

infrastructure. The road facility is available which shall be used and properly

maintained. Preference will be given to local labour from nearby villages. Other

requite infrastructure as transport of mine labours is available by way of jeep;

two wheelers etc. Medical facility will be available for first aid at project site.

Hospital is available at Bagicha at a distance of 9 km.

6. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE

(i) Industrial Area (Processing Area)-

Crusher processing unit is proposed within the lease area. Facilities like site

office, first aid, rest shelter are proposed in the lease area.

(ii) Residential Area (Non Processing Area)-

Not applicable as local persons will be deployed so no residential area is

proposed.

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(iii) Green Belt-

A 5m thick green belt is proposed to be developed around the periphery berm

area. During plantation program, preference will be given to local species of

plants. Proper care will be taken during plantation such as watering and fencing.

(iv) Social Infrastructure-

Socio – economic conditions of area generally improve as mining activities

create additional employment opportunity for local habitants. Socio- economic

status of local populace will improve as a result of social welfare activities

undertaken by the Government. Significant contributions will be made towards

education, medical facilities and cultural aspects. Drinking water facilities has

been provided to villagers. Plantation done will improve environmental

conditions in the area.

(v) Drinking Water Management (Source and Supply of Water)-

Drinking water about 1-2 KLD is required which will be brought from the

proposed bore well located in the lease area.

(vi) Sewerage System:

Not required, no sewerage shall be generated from the project area.

(vii) Industrial Waste Management

No industrial waste will be generated from this project..

(viii) Power Requirement & Supply / Source

Electricity is required. Electricity facility is available in the village area, mining

machinery will be driven by diesel power for which estimated requirement of

diesel will be about 50 liters per day which will be supplied by nearby petrol

pumps.

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7. REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R & R) PLAN

There is no hut present in the lease area, no human being is displaced from the

area so no person will be affected contrary local people will get job opportunity.

It is proposed to backfill the topsoil and overburden removed during quarrying

operation and stacked along the periphery of the lease, where plantation will be

done.

8. PROJECT SCHEDULE AND COST ESTIMATES:

8.1. Likely date of start of mining and likely date of completion.

The project will be started soon after obtaining statutory clearances. Cost of the

project is around 15.0 Lac. for making crusher unit, road manpower mainly to meet

recurring expenses and miscellaneous expenses.

8.2. Estimated project cost along with analysis of terms of economic viability of

the project.

Estimated project cost along with analysis in terms of economic viability of the

project is given below:

Construction of Road and maintenance of approach road Rs 1.00 Lakh per annum.

Salary for supervision 01 and 21 manpower Rs 7.50 Lakh per annum.

Plantation and Environment Management Rs 1.50 Lakh per annum.

Construction of Crusher Rs 10.00 Lakh (one time

investment)

Royalty for 10350 Ton (4140 m3) stone Rs 4.26 Lakh per annum.

Total cost Rs. 24.26 Lakh

Selling of 10350 Ton (4140 m3) crushed stone per annum Rs. 82.80 Lakh per annum.

Net profit (Rs 82.80 lakh – 24.26 Lakh) Rs. 58.54 Lakh per annum

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9. RECOMMENDATIONS

The Project will bring economical benefits to the state by way of Royalty for

mineral. Achieving a huge infrastructure as being envisaged by Government of

India particularly in housing sector requires basic building materials. The mining

activities as proposed are backbone of all construction and infrastructure

projects as the raw material for construction is available from such mining.

There is no industry in the area. Crushed stones have a high demand at the local

market for real estate industry. The crushed stone mining in this area will

provide employment to nearby villagers. This employment opportunity will help

in raising the standard of living of the people in the area. Socio-economic

condition of area generally improve as mining activities create additional

employment opportunity for local habitant, social – economic status of local

populace also improves as a result of social welfare activities under taken by

mine owners. Significant contribution will be made towards education medical

facilities and cultural aspects. Drinking water facilities will be provided to

villagers, plantation will improve environmental condition of the area. Thus the

project will bring about socio-economic improvement of the area and will prove

beneficial to the area.

(Project Proponent)

(Umesh Kumar Gupta)

M/s Gupta Stone