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PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORT
Of
DEVAPUR LIMESTONE MINE - II
Of
TELANGANA STATE MINERAL DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION LTD
Rally Reserved Forest, Devapur Village,
Kasipet Mandal, Mancherial District, Telangana
AREA OF MINING LEASE – 275.0 Ha
FOREST LAND
For
LIMESTONE PRODUCTION –9.06 MTPA
By
M/s. TELANGANA STATE MINERAL DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION LTD (TSMDC)
Prepared By
B.S. ENVI-TECH (P) LIMITED
Secunderabad – 500 017
CHAPTER – 1
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. Executive Summary
M/s. Telangana State Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.,
(TSMDC) proposes to produce 9.06 MTPA of Limestone from its new
mine i.e., Devapur Limestone Mine - II spreading over an area of 275
Ha. in Rally Reserved Forest, Compartment Numbers 502 (P), 503 (P),
504(P), 505(P), 506(P), 507(P), 537(P) and 539(P), Devapur Village,
Kasipet Mandal, Mancherial District, Telangana.
The limestone from the subject area is supplied to M/s. Orient
Cement plant near Devapur Village, Kasipet Mandal, Mancherial
District, Telangana, and its Present capacity of Clinker is 35,00,000
TPA and Cement (OPC & PPC) – 30,70,000 TPA and Power generation
from Captive Power Plant is 50 MW. And also to meet the limestone
requirement of the proposed expansion of Cement Plant. in the
present adjoining lease of 210 ha, only about 25 million tonnes of
lime stone is in balance, which will last for about 4 to 5 yrs, hence for
continuation of its existence of dependant cement plant and to meet
its propose expansion of clinker and cement capacity , 275 ha of
adjoining lease is proposed which is only source of limestone to this
cement plant .
The inferred reserves in the subject mining lease area are estimated
to be about 44.50 million tonnes. Detailed exploration will be carried
out before actual mining. With the above reserves and at the planned
production rate of 9.06 MTPA, the deposit will have life of 8 years.
Conceptually it will increase after detailed exploration.
TSMDC proposed to adopt opencast mechanised method of mining in
the mining lease area to win the limestone production.
The limestone from the mine will be transported to the crusher
located at a distance 1.0 km. The crushed limestone will be
transported through existing closed belt conveyor to the cement
plant.
The waste generated from the mine is only small quantity of black
cotton soil and will be used for afforestation.
Overburden and top soil will be generated from the mine. It is estimated
that about 4.50 lakhs cu. m of top soil will be generated during the
life of mine. The soil generated will be completely used for spreading
in the barrier zone for Plantation. About 5.5 million tonnes of
overburden/waste will be generated in mines which will be stacked
separately over non-mineralised area and will be utilised for part
reclamation by backfilling as per progressive reclamation plan
approved by Indian Bureau of Mines.
The mined out area of Limestone mine will be back filled with
available waste & used for afforestation.
Total water requirement in the mining lease will be 500m3/day.
Water requirement will be met from adjacent mine pit of Devapur
limestone mine of same project proponent.
The power requirement will be obtained from dedicated power supply
from the Captive Power Plant of Orient Cement Plant.
There is no wildlife sanctuary, national park, Tiger Reserve, Elephant
Corridor, eco-sensitive area within the 10 km radius of the project
site.
315 persons will be employed at different levels. The Mines Manager
shall be in charge of the mine holding First Class Manager’s
certificate of competency issued under MMR, 1961.
The capital cost of the project is estimated to be about Rs166 crores
CHAPTER – 2
INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT /
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
2. Introduction of the Project / Background information
i. Identification of project and project proponent. In case of mining
project, a copy of mining lease / letter of intent should be given.
The Telangana State Mineral Development Corporation Ltd., (TSMDC)
was incorporated on 8th October, 2014 and registered under the
Companies Act 2013 with an authorized capital of Rs.50 lakhs with
full participation by Government of Telangana. The Authorized capital
is increased, from time to time, to Rs. 10 Lakhs. The paid up capital
is Rs. 5.00 Lakhs.
The objectives of the Corporation are:
Development of Mineral Resources including Exploration,
Exploitation, and Beneficiation.
Development of Mineral Industries with Private Participation.
Identification of Best Technology and Investment for
Development of Mineral Resources.
The Corporation is having prestigious project of Devapur limestone in
Adilabad (Now Mancherial) District over an extent of 210 Ha. Since
the inception of the mine 55.76 million tonnes of limestone has been
extracted and supplied the material to M/s. Orient Cements for
manufacturing of Cement. The mine is operated by open cast
method. The available deposits are of cement grade occurring in
association with Penganga group. The Corporation awarded the
raising-cum-self consumption contract to M/s. Orient Cement to
sustain their cement plant.
SUBJECT PROPOSAL
TSMDC proposes to produce 9.06 MTPA of Limestone from its new
mine i.e., Devapur Limestone Mine - II spreading over an area of 275
Ha located at Rally Reserved Forest, Devapur Village, Kasipet
Mandal, Mancherial District, Telangana. LOI was granted by the
State Government of Telangana Vide letter No – 15425/R3/2012
Dated 17th Nov 2017. A copy of letter of intent is enclosed as
Annexure – 1 and the Acknowledgment that Central Govt. under the
Forest (conservation) Act 1980 is enclosed as Annexure – 2.
DETAILS OF MINING LEASE
Mining
Lease
Area Reserves
(Million Tonnes)
Jurisdiction
(Village) Acres Ha.
Devapur
Limestone
mine - II
679.5 275.0 44.50
Rally Reserved
Forest,
Devapur
ii. Brief description of nature of the project
The limestone mine is spread over 275 Ha with inferred mineral
resources are 44.50 million tonne. It is proposed to produce 9.06
MTPA of Limestone from subject mine i.e., Devapur Limestone mine -
II located at Rally Reserved Forest, Devapur Village, Kasipet Mandal,
Mancherial District, Telangana.
The method of working is opencast mechanized mining with deep
hole drilling & controlled blasting. It is proposed to work this deposit
by maintaining 8.0m bench height and with an ultimate pit slope of
450. The width of working bench will be not less than the height of
the bench. The mine approach ramp gradient will be kept at a
minimum of 1 in 16.
It is proposed to stack the generated top soil in temporary dump yard
within the mining lease area. The afforestation will be taken up once
the mining operations are commenced. This top stacked soil will be
utilized for afforestation and reclamation at part of the mined out
areas as per progressive mine closure plan. About 5.5 million tonnes
of overburden/waste will be generated in mines which will be stacked
separately over non-mineralised area and will be utilised for part
reclamation by backfilling as per progressive reclamation plan
approved by Indian Bureau of Mines.
iii. Need for the project and its importance to the country and or
region.
Cement industry is one of the main beneficiaries of the infrastructure
boom. While on the one hand several big and small cement
companies are actively considering expansion plans in anticipation of
further growth in demand for cement, on the other, a phase of
acquisitions and mergers among the existing players is also going on.
In India, the South consumes maximum of 30% followed by East at
17%, North at 19%, central at 16%, and West 18%. Also, there is an
increase in the consumption of PPC cement from 48% to 50%.
Weaker sections’ housing, construction of public toilets, schools in
rural area apart from several private and public infrastructure
projects will also give tremendous boost to the cement consumption
in the state. Most importantly, irrigation projects, worth nearly Rs 1
lakh crore, will trigger unprecedented demand for the next 5-7 years.
As per the industry sources, demand has mainly come from the
construction sector with the three main cities in the South -
Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad - witnessing hectic construction
activity, be it for the information technology sector, shopping malls or
integrated townships. The growth in demand has prompted many
cement industries to consider for proposal of present Limestone
mines in present locations and in Greenfield locations.
The chemical characteristics of limestone extracted from this mine do
not warrant any mineral beneficiation, since the quality of limestone
produced from this mine is suitable for cement.
To supply the limestone to M/s. Orient cement plant, TSMDC
proposes to produce 9.06 MTPA of limestone from this mine.
iv. Demand– supply Gap
Since Limestone is the main raw material for cement production, the
demand is always there with that of cement. Moreover, the subject
mine produces good grade limestone leading to conservation of
mineral resources.
The cement market has growth due to the central government
liberalization policies and new schemes for housing, road projects.
Cement demand growth is anticipated to be about 11% increase
mainly through road projects & Housing Projects.
Continuous demand for exports to China and other South-East Asian
countries along with the increased requirement of the domestic sector
has been lead all the cement manufacturers in the country to plan for
increased capacities.
v. Imports Vs. Indigenous production.
The limestone produced from subject mine will be supplied to Cement
Plant of Orient Cements Limited.
vi. Export possibility.
No exports of limestone are proposed.
vii. Domestic / export markets
The limestone produced from subject mine is meant for the M/s.
TSMDC, to supply to Cement Plant of Orient Cements Limited.
viii. Employment generation (direct and indirect) due to the project.
Since the Mechanized method of mining will be adopted, the
transport of limestone from the mines to Cement plant will be done
by trucks/tippers/dumper and crusher and conveyor belt.
Most of the workmen will be employed from local villages at different
levels. The Managerial, supervisory, Skilled, Semi-skilled and
unskilled labor totaling to 315 persons (direct and indirect) will be
engaged as per requirement.
It is pertinent to note that this mine is the only source of Limestone
to the cement plant of Orient cement. Based on existing capacity of
Cement Plant, it is contributing about Rs 350 Crores of revenue to
State & Central exchequers and generating employment to about
2200 directly and about 11000 indirectly.
CHAPTER – 3
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
3.0 Project Description
i. Type of project including interlinked and interdependent
Projects, if any.
The proposed mine is for limestone production of 9.06 MTPA from
subject mine Devapur Limestone Mine - II which is spreading over an
area of 275 ha and falls under the jurisdiction of Rally Reserved
Forest Devapur Village, Kasipet Mandal, Mancherial District,
Telangana with about inferred mineral reserve of 44.50 Million will
last for about 8 years however after detailed exploration reserve is
likely to increase and life will correspondingly increase. The limestone
produced from the mine is of good grade limestone and is directly
utilized for the cement production
Status of the interlinked/interdependent projects:-
Limestone produced from this mine will be supplied to M/s. Orient
Cement plant near Devapur Village, Kasipet Mandal, Mancherial
District, Telangana.
It is categorized as Category A Project under Schedule 1(a) as the
mining lease area is more than 50.00 Ha hence it necessitates
obtaining Environment Clearance from Ministry of Environment,
Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC).
ii. Location (map showing general location, specific location, and
project boundary & project site layout) with coordinates.
Devapur Limestone Mine - II is falling under the jurisdiction of Rally
Reserved Forest, Devapur Village, Kasipet Mandal, Mancherial
District, Telangana and is located at about 1.0 km from the Orient
cement plant.
The mine lease area falls between 19°0'16.28" - 19°1'39.93" North
latitude and 79°20'3.63" - 79°21'7.47" East longitude. The mine site
is covered in Survey of India topo sheet no 56M/8 (Open Series
No.E44B8)
The location map of the Mining Lease Area is shown in Fig – 1.
Nearest railway line connecting Chandrapur – Mancherial of South
Eastern Railway line is located at a distance of 13.0 km to E direction
from the site. Key map showing the location of various features
around the Mining Lease Area is show in Fig – 2.
Mancherial is the District Place located about 35 Km. in SE direction
The National Highway (NH-16) connecting Nizamabad – Jagdalpur is
located at a distance of about 16.0 km in S direction, the nearest
railway station is located at Mandamarri RS which 13.0 km in ESE
direction.
There are no wild life sanctuaries, national parks, elephant/tiger
reserves within 10km radius of the study area.
Nearest village/hamlets from the Mining Lease Area
Devapur – 1.6km – NE
Rampur – 1.6 km – ESE
Mallapur – 0.6 km – NE
Maddimadagu – 1.5 km – E
Gadapur – 1.4 km - ENE
Nearest Forest from the Mining Lease Area
Rally RF - Around the Mining Lease Area
Waripet RF – 9.8 km - NE
Salient features of Mining Lease Area are given in Table – 1 and Fig -
3 shows the study area of 10 km radius around the Mining Lease
Area.
TABLE - 1
SALIENT FEATURES OF THE MINING LEASE AREA
Feature Details
Altitude 265 m above msl
Longitude & Latitude 19°0'16.28"N - 19°1'39.93"N,
79°20'3.63"E - 79°21'7.47"E,
Village, Tehsil, District,
State
Devapur Village, Kasipet Mandal, Mancherial
District, of Telangana State, India.
Annual rainfall 1107.0 mm
IMD Station Ramgundam – 30.0 km – E
Topography gently sloppy hilly tarrain
Soil Type Black cotton soils
Nearest water bodies Devapur Vagu – 4.4 km – ENE
Ralla Vagu – 7.2 km – ENE
Nearest Highway National Highway (NH-16) - Nizamabad –
Jagdalpur - 16.0 km - S
Nearest Railway station Mandamarri RS which 13.0 km in ESE
Bird sanctuaries/National
Parks
None within 10 km radius
Nearest Industries Orient Cement – 0.7 km – NE
Devapur limestone mine – NW
Nearest Villages Devapur – 1.6km – NE
Rampur – 1.6 km – ESE
Maddimadagu – 1.5 km – E
Gadapur – 1.4 km – ENE
Nearest Town Mancherial – SE
Inter State Boundary Telangana – Maharashtra – 55.0 km – E
Nearest Air port Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Shamshabad)
– 218.0 km – SW
Nearest Forest Rally RF - Around the Mining Lease Area
Waripet RF – 9.8 km - NE
Historical places None within 10 km radius
* All distances mentioned in the above table are aerial distances.
iii. Details of alternate sites considered and the basis of selecting
the proposed site, particularly the environmental considerations
gone into should be highlighted.
No alternate sites were considered as the deposit is site specific.
iv. Size or magnitude of operation.
TSMDC proposes to produce 9.06 MTPA of Limestone from subject
Limestone mine of Devapur Limestone Mine – II.
Mining operations will be carried out by deploying the Heavy Earth
Moving Machinery.
The lease area comprises of grey to dark grey limestone with
variegated argillaceous limestone at places. The entire area is of
limestone bearing Quartzite the bottom most formation has been
intersected in few boreholes. The soil in the ML is a very thin layer
and mostly interlocked in the fractures. The general strike of the
limestone beds in the lease area is WNW-ESE with low dips of 30 to 60
due north/ north westerly. Most of the area is covered with black
cotton soil which is a thin veneer with an average thickness of 0.30
m. There are sporadic out crops of dark grey limestone in the lease
area. The lithological sequence of the lease area as per the
exploration carried out is as under.
Black Cotton Soil
Massive Dark Gray Limestone
Light Gray / Ash Gray Limestone
Purple Limestone / Shale
The dark gray limestone forms the main zone which forms the grade
required/ suitable to the plant for clinkerisation. It has the
gradational contact with the low grade variegated limestone which
has moderately high silica and low CaO content. The dark gray and
buff limestones are blended in suitable propositions to arrive at the
ROM in the plant requirement.
The total inferred mineral reserves in the mining lease area of subject
Limestone mine are estimated to be about 44.50 million tonnes.
Based on the inferred mineral reserves of 44.50 million tonnes of
Limestone mine, at the proposed production rate of 9.06 MTPA, the
life of the mine will be about 8 years whereas it may increased after
detailed exploration.
v. Project description with process details (a schematic diagram/
flow chart showing the project layout, components of the project
etc., should be given)
Opencast mining method is followed by deploying heavy machinery
such as hydraulic excavator and dumper. An average bench height of
8m is planned and will be maintained. The mine advancement and
operations will be continued from the centre part of the applied area
and it is proposed to extend the bench advancement towards west,
northern segment part of the lease.
The benches will be regularly dressed to prevent overhangs or
undercut. An ultimate bench slope of 650 while the ultimate pit slope
of 450 will be maintained during the entire mining operations.
The mechanised method will consist of the following operations.
Cleaning the top surface
Drilling and blasting
Excavation and loading by excavator
Haulage by dumpers up to crusher at a distance of 1.5 km
Drilling will be carried out with DTH machines of 150mm dia of
Revathi C60H. A Spacing and burden of is maintained presently by
drilling blast holes of 150 mm dia with sub grade drilling of 10%.
Blast holes are normally drilled in rows and they are blasted by using
delay action shock tube detonators. Multi delay firing is adopted in
order to achieve best fragmentation and optimum results. The blast
holes are loaded with 20% booster explosives and 80% with
slurry/ANFO. The overall powder factor works out to 7 tons/kg.
Accordingly for 0.50 million tonnes production for charging the blast
holes, booster and ANFO are used in 20:80 proportions. On the basis
of the powder factor requirement of slurry explosives and ANFO per
year are of the order of 442000 kgs of Booster and 540000 kgs of
ANFO for 9.06 mil tons of limestone rising.
Loading is done by deploying Excavators and transportation of
limestone is done by 35 tonner dumpers.
The bench parameters are as follows:
Bench height in limestone : 8m and 5m
Working Bench width : 30-40 m
Working Bench angle : 65°
Ultimate Pit slope angle : 45°
vi. Raw material required along with estimated quantity, likely
source, marketing area of final product/s, mode of transport of
raw material and finished product.
No raw material is required.
vii. Resource optimization/recycling and reuse envisaged in the
project, if any, should be briefly outlined.
There is no specific spoil will be generated in the project area. The
soil generated will be stacked in respective temporary dump yards
and will be used for reclamation at conceptual stage. About 5.5
million tonnes of overburden/waste will be generated in mines which
will be stacked separately over non-mineralise area and will be
utilised for part reclamation by backfilling as per progressive
reclamation plan approved by Indian Bureau of Mines.
viii. Availability of water its source, energy /power requirement
Total water requirement in the mining lease will be 500m3/day.
Initially, Water requirement will be sourced from other existing mine
pit of Devapur limestone mine.
The power required for illumination will be supplied from Captive
Power Plant of Orient Cement Plant.
ix. Quantity of wastes to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme
for their management / disposal.
It is estimated that about 5.5 million tonnes of overburden/waste will
be generated in mines which will be stacked separately over non-
mineralise area and will be utilised for part reclamation by backfilling
as per progressive reclamation plan approved by Indian Bureau of
Mines and about 5.2 lakhs cu. m of top soil will be generated during
the life of mine. The soil generated will be completely used for
spreading in the barrier zone for Plantation.
About 32 m3/day of wastewater will be generated from domestic
consumption and will be treated in septic tank followed by soak pit.
x. Schematic representations of the feasibility drawing which give
information of EIA purpose.
Detailed schematic representations of the feasibility covering the
purpose of EIA for the Mining manufacturing process will be given in
the Environmental Impact Assessment report.
CHAPTER – 4
SITE ANALYSIS
4.0 Site Analysis
i. Connectivity
The mine area under reference extends over an area of 275.0 ha in
Rally Reserved Forest, Devapur Village, Kasipet Mandal, Mancherial
District, of Telangana State.
The nearest village to the mine is Maddimadagu which is located at a
distance of 1.5 km in E. Nearest railway line connecting Chandrapur
– Mancherial of South Eastern Railway line is located at a distance of
13.0 km to E direction from the site.
The National Highway (NH-16) connecting Nizamabad – Jagdalpur is
located at a distance of about 16.0 km in S direction. The nearest
railway station is located at Mandamarri RS which 13.0 km in ESE
direction. Mancherial is District headquarter located at as distance
of in SE direction.
ii. Land form, land use and land ownership.
Land use:
The proposed mining lease area of 275 ha is Rally Reserved Forest.
Present land use is open forest land with density of about 0.4 land
with outcrop of limestone at some places.
Topography (along with map)
The limestone deposit occurs at the foot hills of an escarpment of
high hill sand stone. The topography of the applied lease area has
elevations ranging from maximum 340 MSL to 225 MSL in the North
West to south respectively. There is a seasonal nala flowing almost
east westerly direction in the southern part outside of the applied ML
at a distance more than 200m from the Lease boundary. The drains
in the deposit are joining to seasonal nallahs at north east and South
West direction at outside of the applied ML area. The topographical
area is combination of gentle dome and valley structure.
The surface plan & Geological Plan of the mining lease area is shown
in Fig – 5 & Fig - 6.
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GEOLOGICAL PLAN OF PROPOSED MINING LEASE AREA -275 HA
iii. Existing land use pattern (agriculture, non-agriculture, forest,
water bodies (including area under CRZ), shortest distances from
the periphery of the project to periphery of the forests, national
park, wild life sanctuary, eco sensitive areas, water bodies
(distance from the HFL of the river), CRZ, in case of notified
industrial area, a copy of the Gazette notification should be
given.
The proposed mining lease area of 275 ha which is forest land
Present land use is open forest land with outcrop of limestone at
some places.
The mine lease area falls in topo-sheet no. 56M/8 (Open Series
No.E44B8). Due to availability of rich limestone deposits, Orient
cements ltd established a cement plant in the year 1980 with a
distance of 1.0 km
Devapur Vagu is at 4.4 km in ENE and Ralla Vagu is at 7.2 km in
ENE direction to the Mine site.
Nearest Settlements from the Mining Lease Area
Devapur – 1.6km – NE
Rampur – 1.6 km – ESE
Maddimadagu – 1.5 km – E
Gadapur – 1.4 km - ENE
Nearest Forest from the Mining Lease Area
Rally RF - Around the Mining Lease Area
Waripet RF – 9.8 km - NE
The nearest industries to the mine site are
Orient Cement – 0.7 km – NE
There are no wild life sanctuaries, national parks, elephant/tiger
reserves within 10 km radius of the study area.
iv. Existing infrastructure.
TSMDC proposes to supply the lime stone to Cement Plant of Orient
Cements Limited. The company has provided garage to undertake
minor repairs and maintenance of all mining equipment. Periodical
and weekly maintenance will be done by qualified persons.
Initially, all the infrastructure like Magazine, AN Storage, ANFO shed,
Garage, Crusher, Shift office, etc. are used from adjacent existing
mine, and in future depends on feasibility new infrastructure will be
developed in proposed lease area.. Necessary maintenance will be
carried out to keep the haul roads and the road connecting the mine
and the plant.
The mine office with first aid rooms, rest shelters, toilets, tool/store
room etc. is situated in close proximity within Devapur lime stone
mine.
v. Soil classification
The top soil is Black cotton soil with various thick ness. The soil
generated during life of mine from the mining activity will be used for
afforestation.
vi. Climatic data from secondary sources
The tropical climate of the region is manifested in hot and humid
summer, moderately monsoon and mild winter seasons. May is the
hottest month in the year. The maximum temperature during the day
time was recorded as 47.20C and December the coldest with the
temperature during the day time falling down to about 7.80C. The
months of December, January & February are considered to have
pleasant climate.
The rainy season is generally from June to September represented by
South West Monsoon. The rainfall during last year in the subject area
is around 1107 mm.
vii. Social infrastructure available.
After commissioning of subjected mine at Devapur there is a change
in the life styles of the surrounding villages. There is an increase in
the overall basic facilities such as roads, schools, health centers etc.,
A better quality of life for the locals has been created and which is
further expected to improve over a period of time.
The existing operations (cement plant & mining) have provided many
indirect / direct job opportunities to unskilled and skilled labourers.
Owing to implementation of the new additional mine in the area there
will be a positive impact in socio cultural aspects. Based on present
capacity & based on present taxes/ duties about 350 crores of
revenue is contributing to Central and State exchequers and
generating employment to about 2200 directly and about 11000
indirectly. This project is the major source of livelihood for local tribal
communities.
CHAPTER – 5
PLANINIG BRIEF
5.0 Planning Brief
i. Planning concept (type of industries, facilities, transportation
etc.) town and country planning / development authority
classification.
Not applicable.
The subject mine is located at Devapur Village, Kasipet Mandal,
Mancherial District, Telangana. The subject mine is Devapur
limestone mine - II of TSMDC with mine extent of 275 ha and the
proposal is for limestone production of 9.06 MTPA.
ii. Population projection
The project would bring following benefits to the people of the
surrounding villages:
Generation of employment and improved standard of living;
Increased revenue to the state by way of royalty, taxes and duties;
Superior communication and transport facilities etc.
iii. Land use planning ( breakup along with greenbelt etc.,)
Post Mining Land use pattern:
The post mining land use pattern is furnished in the following table
based on the anticipated excavation of total mineral resources.
S. No Nature of Activity Extent in Ha
1. Broken up land for Mining
a) Reclaimed with backfilling
and afforestation
b) Reclaimed with water
reservoir
236.06
180.27*
55.79**
2 Unbroken area 34.00
3 Safety zone area with greenbelt 4.94
Total 275.0
The Greenbelt will be developed in the safety zone on the reclamation
area to stabilize the area at the end of the life of the mine and part of
the mined out area will be back filled with available waste & used for
afforestation and part of the mine area is reclaimed by developing
water reservoir in low lying benches as per approved mining plan by
Indian Bureau of Mines.
iv. Assessment of infrastructure demand (physical & social )
The mining operations would aid in the overall social and economic
development of the region. The mine will give employment to about
315 people (direct and indirect) in addition there will be indirect
employment to many more people, in the form of contractual jobs,
business opportunities, service facilities etc. Based on this mine and
dependent cement plant total direct employment will be generated for
about 2200 persons directly and about 11000 indirectly. This will
enhance the economic status.
Apart from the jobs, the company will provide medical and
educational facilities to the employees which can also be availed by
the people around the plant. Adequate recreational facilities for the
staff of the company will be provided.
v. Amenities / Facilities.
All infrastructure facilities such as education, health facilities and
other social facilities are available at OCL colony.
CHAPTER – 6
PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE
6.0 Proposed infrastructure
i. Industrial area ( processing area)
No processing is involved
The mine will be operated by means of opencast fully mechanised
method of mining which includes deep drilling and blasting, loading
the broken material by heavy machinery like hydraulic excavators
and tippers for transporting the limestone to crusher by road.
ii. Residential area ( non-processing area)
No residential area is proposed at Devapur Limestone Mine - II. All
the existing facilities created for existing mine and Cement plant will
be utilised for this new mine also.
iii. Green belt.
7.5 m of mine periphery will be under plantation in an area of 4.94
ha. Afforestation will be done every year covering an area of about 2-3
ha with 3000 – 4500 saplings along haul roads and non-mineralised
zone
About 2500 saplings per hectare will be planted. All efforts will be
made to improve the aesthetic beauty of the area by planting
maximum number of saplings and maintain them till they sustain by
themselves with good survival rate.
iv. Social infrastructure.
The mining activity carried out in the area rather has a positive socio-
economic impact upon the nearby human settlement as indirect
employment potential is created due to mining and allied activities in
the area. Apart from these, the company promotes health and
education awareness in the area time to time by organizing health
and education camps.
In addition Company shall take various social welfare programmes in
the surrounding villages. The focus areas include:
Economic development (Training)
Drinking Water
Sanitation
Health & Hygiene
Relief & Rehabilitation
Temples & Religion Related Assistance
Education
v. Connectivity (traffic and transportation road/ rail/ metro/ water
ways etc.,)
The nearest village to the mine is Maddimadagu which is located at a
distance of 1.5 km in E. Nearest railway line connecting Chandrapur
– Mancherial of South Eastern Railway line is located at a distance of
13.0 km to E direction from the site.
The National Highway (NH-16) connecting Nizamabad – Jagdalpur is
located at a distance of about 16.0 km in S direction. The nearest
railway station is located at Mandamarri RS which 13.0 km in ESE
direction. Karimnagar is major town is located at a distance of 67.0
km in SSW direction.
vi. Drinking water management (source & supply of water)
Water requirement for the proposed mine is about 500 m3/day for
dust suppression, plantation and domestic purposes. Water
requirement will be sourced from other existing mine pits of OCL.
vii. Sewerage system
Domestic wastewater from mines office will be treated in septic tank
followed by soak pit.
viii. Industrial waste management
Not Applicable
ix. Solid waste management.
The generated solid waste & Soil will be accommodated in the
respective temporary dump yards located in the mining lease.
The temporary waste dumps will be removed at the conceptual stage
and reclaimed mined out area for green belt purpose as per
progressive reclamation plan approved by Indian Bureau of Mines. No
liquid effluents will be generated.
x. Power requirement & supply / source.
Power requirement in the mines will be for illumination. It is supplied
from the Captive Power Plant of Orient Cement Plant.
CHAPTER – 7
REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R & R) PLAN
7.0 Rehabilitation and resettlement (R & R) Plan
i. Policy to be adopted (central / state) in respect of the project
affected persons including home oustees, land oustees and
landless labourers (a brief out line to be given).
The mine area does not cover any habitation. Hence the mining
activities do not involve any displacement of human settlement. No
public buildings, places, monuments etc., exist within the lease area
or in the vicinity. The mining operations will not disturb/relocate any
village. Hence no reclamation/ rehabilitation is envisaged.
CHAPTER – 8
PROJECT SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES
8.0 Project schedule & Cost Estimates
i. Likely date of start of construction and likely date of completion
(time schedule for the project to be given).
Mine will be started after getting EC, FC, CTE, CTO and all other
regulatory clearances. Life of the mine @ 9.06 Million Tonnes Per
Annum for the inferred reserves of 44.50million tonnes would be 8
years. After detailed exploration mines life will be likely proportionally
increase
ii. Estimated project cost along with analysis in terms of economic
viability of the project.
The estimated project cost for the proposed limestone production will
be about Rs 166 Crores.
CHAPTER – 9
ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS)
9.0 Analysis of proposal (Final Recommendations)
i. Financial and social benefits with special emphasis on the
benefit to the local people including tribal population, if any, in
the area.
Economic development of the region depends largely upon the nature
of activities undertaken in the surrounding region. Corporate
development invariably contributes towards acceleration of the
process of socio-economic upliftment of the rural society by means
of employment, health & study programme, medical camps etc.,
Employment: Preference will be given for locals for employment
based on qualifications & requirement.
Medical facilities: Medical facilities will be provided for employees as
well as people of nearby villages.
Educational facilities: Basic educational and vocational facilities
will be provided for the children of employees as well as nearby
villages.
Infrastructure facilities: Approach roads will be developed at par
with mine roads.
ANNEXURE-1
Annexure - 2