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Proposed Sand Mining Project of on River Satluj of Area: 29.708 hectares, Village- Dugri, Tehsil- Balachaur, District-SBS Nagar, Punjab

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1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

S.No. Information Details

1. Project name Sand Mining Project

2. Mining Lease Area 29.708 Ha or 73.41 Acres

3. Location of mine Hadbast No.: 452 Murba No.: 9 Killa No.: 16, 17/1, 17/2 , 18, 23, 24, 24/1,24/2,25/1, 25/2 Murba No.: 18 Killa No.: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,18, 23, 24, 25 Murba No.: 10 Killa No.: 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,25 Murba No.: 17 Killa No.: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,25 Murba No.: 11 Killa No. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 Murba No.: 16 Killa No.: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14, 17, 18, 19, 20/1,

20/2, 21, 22, 23, 24

Village Dugri Tehsil Balachaur

District : SBS Nagar

State : Punjab

4. Coordinates Corner 1: 31°0’17.64”N, 76°17’34.128”E Corner 2: 31°0’17.57”N, 76°17’55.954”E Corner 3: 31°0’15.207”N, 76°17’56.011”E Corner 4:31°0’15.193”N, 76°17’57.969”E Corner 5: 31°0’13.568”N, 76°17’57.955”E Corner 6: 31°0’13.554”N,76°18’0.339”E Corner 7: 31°0’3.233”N,76°18’0.176”E Corner 8: 31°0’3.365”N, 76°17’34.101”E

6. River/Nalla/Nadi River Satluj

7. Minerals of mine Sand

8. Proposed Production 140358 Tonnes Annually

09. Method of mining Semi-Mechanized

10. Drilling or Blasting No

11. No of working days 300 days



12. Water demand Drinking +domestic use: 0.585 KLD

Dust Suppression : 2.0 KLD

Green Belt Development : 2.1 KLD

Total Water Requirement: 4.685 KLD that is 4.7 KLD

13. Man Power 13-15

14. Nearest railway station Rupnagar Railway Station, approx. 22.5km towards East

15. Nearest state

highway/national

highway

NH-95, approx. 20 Km towards South

16. Nearest air port Sahnewal Airport, Ludhiana approx. 36km

towards WSW.

2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/ BACKGROUND INFORMATION

2.1 Identification of Project and Project Proponent

• Name of the Project: Sand Mining Project on River Satluj

• Location of the Project: Dugri, Tehsil: Balachaur, District- SBS Nagar, State- Punjab.

• Production: 140358 Tonnes Annually

2.2 Name and address of the Project Proponent:

M/s. Department of Industries & Commerce (D.I.C),

Govt. of Punjab (General Manager, SBS Nagar)

DIC, Kulam Road, Nawanshahr, SBS Nagar, Punjab

2.3 Brief description of nature of the project

The project is open cast mining of minor mineral in the form of Sand. About 140358 Tonnes Annually.

Entire process will be through semi- mechanised operation.

The project has been proposed by M/s. Department of Industries & Commerce (D.I.C). The project

proponent had obtained a lease for 5 years over an area 29.708 Ha on River Satluj at Village- Durgi,

Tehsil- Balachaur, District- SBS Nagar, State- Punjab.

2.4 Need for the Project and Its Importance to the Country or Region

Sand is used widely in the construction industry. It is usually mixed with cement and other

ingredients to create mortar for building. It is also used in agriculture, as sandy soils are ideal for



crops such as watermelons, peaches and peanuts. Sand is also used in Aquaria as it makes a low cost

aquarium base material.

2.4 Demands-Supply Gap

Building huge infrastructure as being envisaged by Government of Jharkhand and India particularly

in road and housing sector requires basic building raw materials. Thus the demand for Sand is ever

growing with the growth of the infrastructure sector in our country. The requirement for the mineral

is always high in the nearby cities and towns. Therefore there is always a good demand of the mineral

in the domestic market.

2.5 Imports vs. Indigenous Production

The demand in the domestic market is high for Sand. Mineral is available in abundant quantity in

allotted area and can be excavated indigenously.

2.6 Export Possibility

There is no proposal to export the mineral as the minerals excavated, cater the indigenous demand

and the development is a never ending process.

2.7 Domestic/ Export Markets

DOMESTIC MARKET

There is always an ever increasing demand of these minerals in the domestic market.

EXPORT MARKET

The proposed mining activity is for indigenous consumption only for real state, road making etc. So

no export will be envisaged.

2.8 Employment Generation (Direct and indirect) due to the project

The total direct manpower requirement for the proposed mining operation will be around 13-15.

Indirect employment is also expected due to the associated activities.

3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION

3.1 Type of Project Including Interlinked and Interdependent Projects, If Any.

The proposed project for excavation of Sand is an independent project in which minerals excavated

will be directly sold in the local markets.



3.2 Location

The mining lease area is located at on River Satluj at Village- Dugri, Tehsil – Balachaur, District-

SBS Nagar, and State- Punjab.

The coordinates of the mine lease area are:

PILLAR NO COORDINATE RIVER NAME Corner 1 31°0’17.64”N,76°17’34.128”E

SATLUJ

Corner 2 31°0’17.57”N,76°17’55.954”E Corner 3 31°0’15.207”N,76°17’56.011”E Corner 4 31°0’15.193”N,76°17’57.969”E Corner 5 31°0’13.568”N,76°17’57.955”E Corner 6 31°0’13.554”N,76°18’0.339”E Corner 7 31°0’3.233”N,76°18’0.176”E Corner 8 31°0’3.365”N, 76°17’34.101”E

Khasra map as Annexure II, Buffer map of 1 km radius Google map as Annexure III, and 10 KM Topomap showing project site as Annexure IV is attached in this regards.



The vicinity map of the mine location is given below:

PROJECT SITE



3.3 Details of alternate sites considered and the basis of selecting the proposed site,

particularly the environment considerations gone into should be highlighted.

Mineral is site specific as well as the lease has been allotted in the particular area. Hence no

alternative site is examined for mining. The land has been allocated by government for the mining

only. As there is potential of Sand in large amount, so the mining will help to use a resource for

beneficial purposes.

3.4 Size or magnitude of operation

The proposed mine has lease over an area of 29.708 Ha. or 73.41 Acres. The maximum rated

capacityof the project will 140358 Tonnes Annually which will be excavated out in layers.

Table 2:-Reserve Calculation

3.5 Project description with process details This is an open-cast mining project, confined to excavation of Sand from the proposed site. The

operation will be semi-mechanized. The minerals will be collected in its existing form. Excavation

will be carried out only up to a depth of 3 m (Maximum) below ground level or above water level,

whichever is less. Excavation of Sand material will be done only during the day time and completely

stopped during the monsoon season.

Section Line

Sectional Area from

Drawing m2

Average Sectional

Area m2

Average distance between

adj. Section

Vol. of Sand m3

Geological Reserves F= x 1.8 tonnes

Safety zone

Width m

Safety zone Vol in section

along each

boundary m3

Safety zone Vol

across section along

boundary

m3

Safety zone Vol m3

Safety zone

Reserves

tonnes

Reserves Of

intercalated clay, pebbles

and kankars tonnes

Minable

Reserves

tonnes

Dugri

AB 660 771 279 215109 387196.2 7.5 5782.5 1900.5 7683.0 13829.4 19359.8 340711.3

CD 882

CD 882 717 294.5 211156.5

380081.7 7.5 5377.5 2009.0 7386.5 13295.7 19004.1 361077.6

EF 552

Total 767277.9 15069.5

27125.1 38363.9 701788.9



3.6 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 will be required in the proposed project. The operation involves only the excavation

of Sand in its existing form and transported to the end users/ market.

3.7 Resource optimization/ recycling and reuse

Minerals are generally depleting asset once mined; but minerals like Sand will be replenished

naturally. Thus a scientific approach will be taken up for excavation of mineral with systematic

method.

3.8 Availability of water, its source, energy/ power requirement and source

3.8.1 Water Requirement

Table 5:- Water requirement

Activity Water requirement (KLD) Dust suppression 2.0

Domestic (45 liter/person) 0.585

Green Belt Development (3 liters/tree)

2.1

Total 4.685

Thus, total water requirement will be 4.685 KLD that is 4.7 KLD. This water will be supplied from

the private tankers on rent.

3.8.2 POWER

All the activities will be carried out in a Semi-Mechanically. The material will be excavated and

loaded directly into tractors. The operation will be done only from sun rise to sun set. So there is no

power requirement for the mining activity. However diesel will be requiring for machinery used in

mining activity description given in table below:-

TABLE: Requirement of Various Mining Machineries and Diesel Consumption

Sand Excavation & Primary loading

Secondary loading

Diesel Consumption Tippers

Mine Production tonnes per

annum

Mine Production tonnes per day

Rounded off

No. of Poclain machines required

/day considering 8 hour/shift

Rounded off JCB

machines required /day for loading Tippers to destination

Diesel consumption litres /day for Poclain

Diesel consumptio

n litres /day

for JCB

Total Diesel

Consumption litres /day

Diesel consumpti

on K. litres / annum

Rounded off No of truck trips required per day

140358 468 1 2 90 140 230 69 7.0



3.9 QUANTITY OF WASTES TO BE GENERATED (LIQUID AND SOLID) AND

SCHEME FOR THEIR MANAGEMENT/ DISPOSAL

3.9.1 Solid Waste Generation & its Disposal

Insignificant amount of Domestic solid waste will be generated from the proposed project. 80600

tonnes of top soil will generated.. The soil covering the sand horizon commands good demand and

may be distribute to neighborhood farmers free of cost. The top soil cover should not be wasted and

disposed off anywhere else.

3.9.2 Liquid Effluent

Liquid effluent will be generated and managed through Portable Bio-Toilet shall be provided for the

workers at the site. The sewage generated from the toilet provided for the mine workers shall be

collected and treated by the inbuilt process of DRDO patented Bio technology using specially

cultured anaerobic bacteria.

4 Site Analysis

4.1 Connectivity Nearest Railway Station Rupnagar Railway Station, approx. 22.5 km towards East

Nearest Airport Sahnewal Airport, Ludhiana approx. 36 km towards WSW

Road connectivity Machhiwara- Rahon Highway, approx. 15 km towards West

Nearest Town Balachaur, approx 7 km in towards North Nearest Village Dugri, approx. 02 Km towards North East

4.2 Landform, land use and land ownership

The proposed activity is to take place in the bed of the River Staluj. The land form is mostly river bed

and non-forest land. The entire land is Government Land.

Moreover there will be no change in land use as the mining will be confined to the dry river bed,

which will get replenished naturally with the continuous flow of water in the subsequent rainy season.

4.3 Topography

The district forms a part of Indo-Gangetic alluvial plain. Geomorphologically, the area can be

grouped into 2 units-alluvial fan and alluvial plains. Alluvial fans are mainly found in the foothills

deposited by hill torrents. These alluvial fans coalesced to form Kandi formation and Sirowal

formation, which runs parallel to Siwaliks. This belt exhibits steep slope in the north, which become

flat in the south. Majority of the district is covered by alluvial deposits comprising sand of various



grades and clays with varying amount of silt and kankar.

Source: http://cgwb.gov.in/District_Profile/Punjab/Nawanshahr.pdf

4.4 EXISTING LAND USE PATTERN AND SHORTEST DISTANCES FROM FORESTS,

WATER BODIES, ECO-SENSITIVE AREAS, ETC.

The applied area has mild sloped towards south to north direction the highest level of area is

420.20mRL towards NW direction while the lowest level is 421.80mRL towards NE flank. The entire

mining lease lies within dry bed of River Satluj. The existing land use pattern is dominated by

agriculture which is followed by forests and barren land.

Water Body Satluj River Mining lease allocated on this river.

4.5 EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE

The site has no existing infrastructure, except for connecting road for transportation.

4.6 SOIL CLASSIFICATION

The soils in the district can be grouped under Reddish Chestnut Soils and Tropical Arid Brown Soils

(Weakly Solonized). These soils have formed from the alluvium deposited by rivers of Indus system.

The soils are generally loamy sand at the surface and calcareous sandy loam in the sub-surface layers

with a hard pan of gravel at 1.2mbgl. Reddish chestnut soils are found in Balachaur tehsil while

tropical arid brown soils are found in the remaining parts of the district.


4.7 CLIMATIC DATA FROM SECONDARY SOURCES

Nawanshahr (Now SBS Nagar) district experiences a tropical steppe, hot and semi-arid type of

climate. The area receives normal annual rainfall of 924mm, which is spread over 41 days. 79% of

the rainfall is contributed by south-west monsoon. Generally, rainfall in the district increases from

southwest to northeast.


4.8 Social Infrastructure Available

Road Connectivity Lease area is connected via an un-metalled road of approx. 340 m to the metalled road (Labangarh to Sultanpur) in South direction

Nearest Railway Station Rupnagar Railway Station, approx. 22.5 km towards East

Nearest Airport Sahnewal Airport, Ludhiana approx. 36 km towards WSW

Nearest School/College Prathmik Vidyalaya, Dugri, approx. 1 Km towards North East

Hospital Bagga Clinic, Balachaur, approx. 7 Km towards North

http://cgwb.gov.in/District_Profile/Punjab/Nawanshahr.pdf





5 PLANNING BRIEF

5.1 Planning Concept

Mining will be done as per the guidelines MMDR Act-1957, MMR-1961, Mines Act-1952, Mines

Rules-1955 and Punjab Minor Mineral Concession Rule and amendment thereof. This is an open-cast

Semi-mechanized l mining project. Excavation of minerals will be carried out only up to a depth of 3

m. 7.5 m of safety zone will be maintained.

5.2 Population projection

The project will employ most of the workers from nearby villages except for supervisory staff. Thus

there will no increase in population due to the project. However, few people from other area may

migrate in this area for employment directly and indirectly for business opportunities. Most of the

workers will be involved from the local population.

Census data of Project Village: Dugri (452), Subdistrict: Balachaur, District: Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab Items Details Town/Village census code 032356 Name of Village Dugri (452) Number of Household 32 Total Population 182 Total Male 83 Total Female 99 Children 26 Schedule caste 57 Literate 125 Illiterate 57 Worker 57 Non Worker 125 Source: Census of India 2011,

5.3 Land use planning (Break up along with green belt, etc.)

Mining will be done in layers starting almost from the within the allocated area. The area so

excavated will get filled up due to sediment inflow during monsoon.

Plantation will be done near the civic amenities or road sides in consultation with the local

authorities/Government body as it is not feasible to plant trees in the lease area. Native plant / tree

species will be planted.



5.4 Assessment of Infrastructure Demand (Physical & Social)

Infrastructure like evacuation road, site services will only be required. Only local villagers from

nearby villages will be employed for the mining activity. Thus no housing facility is proposed.

5.5 Amenities/Facilities

The following facilities/amenities will be extended by the mine management:

• Direct and indirect Employment, most of which most will be from nearby villages.

• Arrangements for safe and healthy working conditions & temporary rest shelters

• Provision of Drinking water.

• Provision of PPE

• First-Aid facilities and Health check-up camps for the workers.

• Conducting medical camps for workers and nearby villagers at regular interval.

•

6 PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE

6.1 Industrial Area (Processing Area)

No industrial area is proposed.

6.2 Residential Area (Non Processing Area)

As the local people will be given employment, no residential area/ housing are proposed.

6.3 Green Belt

Approx. 2000 trees are to be planted within 5 years of the Plan Period. It is proposed to plant local

trees along the haul road and the bank of rivers or at the available place with consultation with

concern Local authority or Gram Panchayat. Phase wise Green belt plantation is for Five years as:

Table-7:- Phase wise plantation programme

S. No Years No of Trees

1 1st Year 500

2 2nd year 500

3 3rd Year 500

4 4th Year 500

5 5th Year Maintenance



Table 8:- List of Trees proposed for Green belt development S/n Binomial

name Family Common

name Hindi Name Sensitive/ Tolerant Height Regeneration by

1 Acacia auriculiformis A.cunn

Mimoseae Australian Wattle

T 16m By Seeds.

2 Acacia dealbata Link

Mimoseae Silver Wattle

T 15m By Seeds.

3 Acacia farnesiana Willd

Mimoseae The Cassia Flower

Gandh-babul T 5m By Seeds.

4 Acacia ferruginea DC

Mimoseae Safed Khair

Somasara T 3-5m By Seeds

5 Acacia mearnsii de Wild

Mimoseae Black wattle

T 20m By seeds, Root suckers

6 Acacia nilotica(Linn) Willd.

Mimoseae Indian Gum-

Arabic-tree

Babul T 8m By Seeds.

7 Albizia moluccana Mig

Mimoseae White popinae

Subabul,Vilaitibaral T 15m By Seeds

8 Albizia odoratissima benth

Mimoseae Black Siris

Kala Siris T 18m By Seeds

9 Alstonia scholaris (linn.)R. Br.

Apocynaceae Chattiyan T 15m By Seeds

10 Anona swuamosa Linn.

Anonaceae Custard apple

Seetaphal T 10m By Seeds March

11 Anona reticulata Linn.

Anonaceae Bullock's Heart

Luvuni,nona T 10m By Seeds

12 Azadirachta indica A. juss.

Meliaceae Indian Lilac

Nim T 20m By Seeds Jan

13 Balanites roxburghiji planch

Balanitaceae Desert-date

Hingan T 9m By Seeds.

14 Barringtonia acutangula (l)Gaertn

Barringtoniaceae Indian Oak

Hijal T 9-12m By Seeds. M

15 Cassia pumila Lamk

Caesalpinaceae Yellow cassia

T 10-12m By seeds

6.4 Social infrastructure

• Road facility (existing roads will be maintained regularly) • Employment opportunity • Medical camps • Social awareness camps,



• Donations to schools • Secondary employment opportunities

6.5 Connectivity

The lease area joins the nearest metaled road going towardsLabangarh and Sultanpur by an unmetaled

road at a distance of approx 340 m in the South direction. Haul Road Map of 1 km radius is attached

as Annexure V

6.6 Drinking Water Management

Water required for drinking purpose will be obtained through private tankers on rent.

6.7 Sewerage System

Portable Bio-Toilet shall be provided for the workers at the site. The sewage generated from the toilet provided for the mine workers shall be collected and treated by the inbuilt process of DRDO patented Bio technology using specially cultured anaerobic bacteria. 6.8 Industrial Waste Management Not applicable 6.9 Solid Waste management No Solid Waste Management system is proposed.

6.10 Power Requirement & Supply/Source.

Mining activity will be done manually during day hours from sunrise to sunset, hence there is no

power requirement for the proposed activity.

7 REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R&R) PLAN

The mine area is river bed, so rehabilitation and resettlement plan is not required

8 PROJECT SCHEDULE & COST ESTIMATES

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

The project will commence once Environmental Clearance and other necessary certificates are

obtained from the respective departments.

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

The total cost of project would be around Rs. 14.5 Lakhs



8.3 Environmental protection cost:-

Table-9:-Total Project Cost Break-Up

Sr. No.

Description Cost in Lakhs

2 Cost of infrastructure, Site facilitiesetc. 2.5. 3 Environnemental Protection Cost 11.0 5 Miscellaneous 1.0

TOTAL 14.5 Table-10:-Environmental Management Plan Cost Break-Up

SI. No. Measures Cost in Lakhs (in Rs.)

1 Haul road Maintenance 1.5 2 Dust suppression (water sprinkling) 1.0 3 Monitoring Cost

i) Air monitoring (Half yearly-2 Samples) 2.0 ii) Water monitoring (Yearly- upstream & Downstream)) 1.0

iii) Noise monitoring (Half Yearly- 2 samples) 1.0 4 Green Belt Development 2.25

5 Green Belt Maintenance 2.25

Total 11.0

9.0 ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS)

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

Achieving a huge infrastructure as being envisaged by Government of India particularly in road and

housing sector requires basic building materials. Sand 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. Sand excavated is in

high demand at the local market for real estate industry.

This project operation will provide livelihood to the poorest section of the society/economically

backward population and tribal in the area. It provides employment to the people residing in vicinity

directly or indirectly. The mine management will also help nearby villages by providing aid to school,

conducting medical and social awareness camps, helping in formation of self help groups, etc. Thus

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

area. **********

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