EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.Project Background:

The total extent area of the Proposed project is 4.31.5 Ha, Own patta land in

Chinnakamanpatti Village of Sattur Taluk, Virudhunagar District. The category of project is

B1 (cluster), It is a new Rough stone and Gravel quarry in Chinnakamanpatti village. The

lease area exhibits plain terrain topography covered by massive charnockite rough stone

formation.

The quarry operation is proposed to carry out with conventional open cast semi

mechanized mining with 6.0 meter vertical bench with a bench width of 5.0 meter.

Quarrying operation is carried out by Splitting of rock mass of considerable volume from

the parent rock mass by jackhammer drilling and blasting, hydraulic excavators are used

for loading the Rough stone from pit head to needy Crusher. Occasionally hydraulic

excavators are attached with rock breakers for fragmentation to avoid secondary blasting.

The quarry operation is proposed up to depth of 31.0m from the below ground level. The

Total Geological reserve is about 11,59,375m3 of Rough Stone. The Mineable Reserves and

Proposed Yearwise production is carried out 3,93,245m3 of Rough stone and Gravel is

1,88,988 m3 of reserves to be mined for (Sixty months) Five years only. Mining plan is

approved by Geology and Mining department of Virudhunagar district vide letter

no.Roc.No:KV1/808/2018,dated:06.03.2019 from the date of execution of lease dead. The

project area does not fall in Hill Area Conservation Authority region. There is no interstate

boundary, CRZ zone, Western Ghats, notified Bird sanctuaries, wild life sanctuaries as per

Wild life protection Act 1972, within the radius of 15Km.

2. Nature & Size of the Project

The proposed rough stone quarry over an extent of 4.31.5 Hectares land is located

Chinnakamanpatti Village, Sattur Taluk, Virudhunagar District. The lease granted area for

mining lease is a plain terrain and dry lands in nature.

Mineral intends to quarry :Rough Stone,Gravel

District :Virudhunagar

Taluk :Sattur

Village : Chinnakamanpatti

S. F. Nos. :227/1, 227/2A, 227/3A and 228

Extent :4.31.5 hectares

Table 1: Brief Description of the Project

S. No Particulars Details

1 Latitude 9°24'4.29"N 2 Longitude 77°51'51.44"E 3 Site Elevation above MSL 200m from MSL 4 Topography Plain terrain

5 Land use of the site Own Patta land

6 Extent of lease area 4.31.5Ha

7 Nearest highway (SH 187)- Sattur to Sivakasi towards 0.5 km North side

8 Nearest railway station Sattur Railway station - 7.50 Km -SE

9 Nearest airport Madurai Air Port - 54 Km-NE

10 Nearest town / city Town - Sattur - 6 Km -SE City - Madurai - 63.2 Km - NE District - Virudhunagar - 22.5 Km - NE

11 Rivers / Canal Vaipar River -6.71 km S

12 Lake

Muthalnaickerpatti Kanmai -1.70 km SE Mettamalai Kanmai – 3.12 km SE Ottampatti Kanmai- 1.85 km SW Anupakulam Kanmai -5.14 km NW

13 Hills / valleys Nil in 15 km radius

14 Archaeologically places Nil in 15 km radius

15 National parks / Wildlife Sanctuaries

Nil in 15 Km radius

16 Reserved / Protected Forests

Nil in 15 Km radius

17 Seismicity Proposed Lease area come under Seismic zone-II(low risk area)

18 Defense Installations Nil in 15 Km radius

3. Need for the Project

The said project plays a significant role in the domestic as well as infrastructural

market, achieving a huge infrastructure as being envisaged by Government of India

particularly in road and housing sector requires basic building materials. The Rough

stone is one of primary building material required for the purpose.

The mining activities as proposed are the backbone of all construction and infrastructure

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

extracted will be transported to be Stone crusher of district Virudhunagar. The raw

Rough stone as well as the crushed material of stone is in high demand in real estate,

construction projects as well as in building construction projects.

Rough stone is quarried for producing crusher aggregates to the nearby building

contractors, road contractors and nearby villagers.

After quarrying the entire reserves mined out, the area will be used as water

reservoir to have an artificial recharge to the nearby wells.

The rough stone is hard and compact in nature. It can be crushed only in crushers for

producing aggregates.

No damage to the land is caused, no reclamation or back filling is required.

Figure 1: Location Map of the Project Site

Figure 2: Google Image of the Project Site

4. Charnockite: Generally, the Charnockite is grey to greenish colored, coarse to medium grained, greasy

nature with or without garnet. Because of the limited outcrops, the quarry sections are

studied to infer the various interrelationships between the litho units. Charnockite is

interbanded nature with crystalline carbonate rocks are observed in most of the quarry

in Pandalgudi, Lakshmipuram, Gopalapuram, chinnakamanpatti,. Weathering of the

Charnockite on the surface gives a deceptive look of gneiss and in the quarry sections at

depth the fresh charnockite is exposed, which are well exemplified in almost all the

Charnockite quarry sections.

5. Geological Resources

The geological reserves have been calculated based on the cross section method

Table 2. Geological Resources

Section Length Width Height Rough stone volume(m3)

Gravel volume(m3)

A-A & B-B 220 220

140 140

6.0 25.0

- 7,70,000

1,84,800 -

C-C & D-D 175 175

89 89

6.0 25.0

- 3,89,375

93,450 -

TOTAL AVAILABLE GEOLOGICAL RESERVES 11,59,375 2,78,250

Table 3. Yearwise Production Plan

Section Year Length Width Height Rough stone volume(m3)

Gravel volume(m3)

C-C & D-D A-A & B-B

I-Year

149 44 34 24 58 45 35 25 15 5

46 32 22 12

122 109 99 89 79 69

6.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0

- 7,040 3,740 1,440

- 24,525 17,325 11,125 5,925 1,725

41,124 - - -

42,456 - - - - -

I-Year production 72,845 83,580

A-A & B-B II-Year 36 36 36 36 36 36

122 109 99 89 79 69

6.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0

- 19,620 17,820 16,020 14,220 12,420

26,352 - - - - -

II-Year production 80,100 26,352

A-A & B-B

III-Year

36 36 36 36 36 36

122 109 99 89 79 69

6.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0

- 19,620 17,820 16,020 14,220 12,420

26,352 - - - - -

III-Year production 80,100 26,352

A-A & B-B

IV-Year

36 36 36 36 36 36

122 109 99 89 79 69

6.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0

- 19,620 17,820 16,020 14,220 12,420

26,352 - - - - -

IV-Year production 80,100 26,352

A-A & B-B

V-Year

36 36 36 36 36 36

122 109 99 89 79 69

6.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0

- 19,620 17,820 16,020 14,220 12,420

26,352 - - - - -

V-Year production 80,100 26,352

Total Production for five years 3,93,245 1,88,988

6. Mining 6.1 Size and Magnitude of Operation

In this mining lease area only 4.31.5 hectare area is available for mining of Rough stone

along with associated minor minerals. Due to significant role in the domestic as well as

infrastructural market, making the mining of Stone along with associated minor

minerals is economically viable.

It is an open cast mechanized mine. It is proposed to do mining by mechanized efficient & scientific operations

Process Description

The reserves and resource are arrived based upon the Geological investigation

Removal of Topsoil by Excavators and directly Loaded Into Tippers.

Removal of Rough Stone by Excavators by Drilling and Blasting.

Shallow Drilling With Jackhammer of 32-36mm Dia.

Minimum Blasting With Class 2 Explosives.

Loading of Rough Stone By Excavators Into Tippers.

7. Water Requirement

Total water requirement for the mining project is 1.57 KLD. The 90% water will be required

for the suspension of the dust, the rest of the water will use for domestic purpose as well as

for plant Table 4. Water Balance

8. Man Power Total manpower required for the project is approximately 14 persons. Workers will be

from nearby villages.

Table 5.Man Power

S. No Designation No. Category

1. General Manager (Mines) 1 Highly Skilled

2. Mining Engineer cum

1st class Mines Manager

3

3 Mines Foremen 4 Skilled

4 Mines Mate 4 Skilled

5 Driller 2 Skilled

9. Solid Waste Management (As per CPCB guidelines: MSW per capita/day =0.45 kg/day) Table .6 Solid Waste Management

S. No Type Quantity Disposal Method

1 Organic 3.78 kg/day Municipal bin including food waste

2 Inorganic 2.52 kg/day TNPCB authorized recyclers

S.No. Description Water in KLD Source

1 Domestic water 0.07 KLD Drinking water available in

Chinnakamanpatti village which is 1.43 km on NE

2 Green Belt 0.5 KLD From road tankers supply

3 Dust suppression 1.0 KLD From road tankers supply

Total 1.57 KLD

Table .7 Cluster Quarries in 500m Radius

S.

No. Quarry detail Village S.F No

Extent

(Ha)

I. Existing Quarry - NIL

II. Abandoned Quarry

1 Nalini Annamalaiyan Chinnakamanpatti 212/1,212/2,213 &

214/2A 4.29.0

2 S.Geetha Chinnakamanpatti 215/1A, 1B, 2, 3, 223/3,

224/2B, 2D, 2E, 2F 2.72.5

3 P. Karuppasamy Chinnakamanpatti 271/1, & 2, 272/1 & 2 1.00.0

4 T. Annamalaiyan Chinnakamanpatti 217/1 0.55.0

III. Proposed Quarry

5 P. Karuppasamy Chinnakamanpatti 225/1, 261/1, 269/2,

270/1, & 270/2 2.15.5

6 Nalini Annamalaiyan Chinnakamanpatti 227/1,227/2A,227/3A,228 4.31

.5

IV. Future Proposed Quarry

7 J.Vinoth Jeni Chinnakamanpatti 216 2.78.0

Total 17.81.5

10. Land Requirement

The total extent area of the Proposed project is 4.31.5 Ha, Own patta land in

Chinnakamanpatti Village of Sattur Taluk, Virudhunagar District.

Table .8 Land Use Breakup

S.No Land Use Present Area

(Ha) 1 Mining Area 3.08

2 Green Belt 1.20.5

3 Infrastructure & Roads 0.03

4 Un utilized area 0.00

Total 4.31.5

11. Human Settlement

There are no habitations within 500m radius. There are villages located in this area within

15km radius of the quarry.

Table .9 Population density

S.No

direction village Population Distance

1 North Chinnakamanpatti 2,000 1.0 Km

2 South Mela Oddampatti 600 3.0 Km

3 East Mettamalai 3,000 3.5 Km

4 West Konampatti 600 1.0 Km

12. Power Requirement

This rough stone quarry project does not require huge water and electricity.

12 Litre diesel per hour for excavator for mining and loading, A tractor

mounted compressor for drilling with diesel capacity of 5 lit per hour.

The total diesel required for the entire project is 58,475 lts

13.Scope of the Baseline Study

The chapter contains information on existing environmental scenario on the following

parameters.

1. Micro – Meteorology

2. Water Environment

3. Air Environment

4. Noise Environment

5. Soil / Land Environment

6. Biological Environment

7. Socio-economic Environment

Figure.3: Topo Map of the 5 km radius

13.1 Micro – Meteorology; Meteorology plays a vital role in affecting the dispersion of pollutants, once discharged

into the atmosphere. Since meteorological factors show wide fluctuations with time,

meaningful interpretation can be drawn only from long-term reliable data.

i) Average Minimum Temperature : 23 0C

ii) Average Maximum Temperature. : 33 0C

iii) Average Relative Humidity (%) : 75 %

iv) Average Annual Rainfall of the area : 818.5 mm

13.2 Air Environment Ambient air monitoring was carried out on monthly basis in the surrounding areas of the

Mine Lease area to assess the ambient air quality at the source. To know the ambient air

quality at a larger distance i.e. in the study area of 5 km. radius, air quality survey has been

conducted at 5 locations over a period of Pre Monsoon Season. Major air pollutants like,

Particulate Matter (PM10), Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) were

monitored.and the results are summarized below,

The baseline levels of PM10 (48-60 µg/m³), PM2.5 ( 19-31 µg/m³), SO2 (0-14 µg/m³),

NO2 ( 7-21 µg/m³), all the parameters are well within the standards prescribed by National

Ambient Air Quality during the study period from March 2019 to May 2019.

13.3 Noise Environment

Ambient noise levels were measured at 5 locations around the proposed project site. noise

level varies from 35 to 51 Leq dB during day time and during night time. Maximum &

minimum noise levels recorded during the day time were from 51 Leq dB and 39 Leq dB

respectively and maximum & minimum level of noise during night time were 48 Leq dB and

35 Leq dB respectively.

13.4 Water Environment

The average pH ranges from 7.49-8.05.

TDS value varied from 488 mg/l to 4308 mg/l

Chloride ranges 78 mg/L to 1439 mg/L

Total Hardness as calcium carbonate values ranges from 317 mg/l – 1539 mg/l

Sulphates ranges (23.2 mg/l – 1093 mg/l)

13.5 Land Environment

The analysis results show that soil is neutral in nature as pH value ranges from 7.1 to

7.59 with organic matter 0.48 % to 1.08 %. The concentration of Nitrogen, Phosphorus &

Potassium has been found to be in good amount in the soil samples.

13.6 Biological Environment

The proposed Mining lease area is mostly dry barren ground with small shrubs and

bushes. No specific endangered flora & fauna exist within the mining lease area.

13.6 Socio Economic Environment

Population as per 2011 census was 19.42 lakhs.

Rural population : 9.62 lakhs

Urban population: 9.80 lakh

The literacy rate is 80.15%.

14. Rehabilitation/ Resettlement

The overall land of the mine is private patta land. There are no displacement of the

population within the project area and adjacent nearby area. Social development of

nearby villages will be considered in this project.

The mine area does not cover any habitation. Hence the mining activity does not

involve any displacement of human settlement.

15. Greenbelt Development

1.The development of greenbelt will be done in the peripheral buffer zone of the mine

area.

2.Green belt has been recommended as one of the major component of environmental

Management plan, which will improve ecology, environment and quality of the

surrounding area.

3.Local trees like, Neem , Pungam etc will be planted along the south side lease

boundary and avenues as well as over Non-active dumps at a rate of 50 trees per

annum with interval 5m .

4.The rate of survival expected to be 80% in this area

Table .10 Plantation/ Afforestation Program

Year Name of species Place of

planted

No of

species Spacing Survival

2019-20 Neem/Pungam South 50 5m 80%

2020-21 Arasu/Naval South 50 5m 80%

2021-22 Poovarasu/Pungam South 50 5m 80%

2022-23 Naval/Pungam South 50 5m 80%

2023-24 Neem/Pungam South 50 5m 80%

Total 250

16. Anticipated Environmental Impacts

16.1Air Environment and Mitigation Measures

Water sprinkling will be done on the roads & unpaved roads. Proper mitigation measures like water sprinkling will be adopted to

control dust emissions.

Plantation will be carried out on approach roads & nearby mine premises.

To control the emissions regular preventive maintenance of equipments will be

carried out.

16.2 Noise Environment and Mitigation Measures

Periodical monitoring of ambient noise will be done as per CPCB guidelines.

No other equipment except the transportation vehicles and excavator for loading

will be allowed.

Noise generated by these equipments shall be intermittent and does not cause

much adverse impact

17.Responsibilities for Environmental Management Cell (EMC)

The responsibilities of the EMC include the following:

i. Environmental Monitoring of the surrounding area

ii. Developing the green belt/Plantation

iii. Ensuring minimal use of water

iv. Proper implementation of pollution control measures

18.Environmental Monitoring Program

A monitoring schedule with respect to Ambient Air Quality, Water & Wastewater

Quality, Noise Quality as per Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), shall

be maintained.

19. Project Cost

The total project cost is Rs.2,42,36,640 for deployment of machinery and creation of

infrastructural facilities like approach road, Mine office / Workers Shed, First Aid Room

etc., including electrifications and water supply.

Table .11 Project Cost details

S.No. Description Cost

1 Project Cost 3,75,000

2 Expenditure Cost 2,34,60,640

3 EMP Cost 4,01,000

Total 2,42,36,640

20. Corporate Environmental Responsibility

The Corporate Environment Responsibility (CER) fund will be provided to the below

activity.

Table .12 CER Cost

S.No. CER Activity CER

2% of the project cost (Rs in lakhs)

1. Developing sports facilities, providing

toilet, RO facilities to Government school in

Chinnakamanpatti Village

4.69

Total 4.69

21. Benefits of the Project

There is positive impact on socio-economics of people living in the villages. Mining

operations in the subject area has positive impact by providing direct and indirect

jobs opportunities

The project is environmentally compatible, financially viable and would be in the

interest of construction industry thereby indirectly benefiting the masses.

Quarrying in this area is not going to have any negative impact on the social or

cultural life of the villagers in the near vicinity.