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C O N T E N T S Sl.No. Description Page No. 1 Introduction 7 2 General 8 3 Location and accessibility 9 4 Geology, Exploration & Reserves 12 5 Mining 21 6 Blasting 22 7 Mines Drainage 23 8 Stacking of Mineral Rejects and Disposal of waste 24 9 Use of Mineral 25 10 Site services and Employment potential 25 11 Mineral Processing and Beneficiation 25 12 Environmental Management Plan 27 13 Environment Impact Assessment 29 14 Progressive Mine Closure Plan 32

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L I S T O F A N N E X U R E S Sl. No/ ANNEXURE NO. Contents 1 Land Consent 2 Company Register, Partnership Deed 3 Copy of Possession and Enjoyment Certificate 4 Copy of I D of Permit Holder 5 Copy of Pan of Permit Holder & Company 6 Area survey map approved by the Village Officer 7 Witness Certificate from Village Officer 8 Letter of Intent 9 RQP Certificate 10 Lab Report

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L I S T O F PLATES Sl. No CONTENTS PLATES NO. 1 Key / Location Plan I 2 Digital Permit Sketch II 3 Surface Plan III 4 Local Geological Plan IV 5 Geological cross sections V 6 Production and development plan VI 7 Production cross section plan VII 8 Longitudinal Section VIII 9 Environmental Management Plan/Drainage plan IX A 10 Environmental Plan IX B 11 Conceptual Mine Closure plan X 12 Google image showing super imposed Permit area XI

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INTRODUCTION Shri.P R ASHOKAN, Managing Partner, M/s. Manjeri Granites ,Madathilparambil (H), Mammala P.O, Ernakulam, the proponent has applied for a quarrying permit with a permit area of 0.8903Ha for the extraction of building stone at resurvey no. 101/1 Pt.in Manjeri village, Ernad Taluk, Malapuram District, Kerala. The location map is enclosed (Plate No: I). The quarrying permit is applied for three permits. The quarrying permit area is at a distance of 6 Km from Manjeri and 19 Km from Calicut Air port. Mining plan with progressive mining plan is prepared for a period of three permits as per the letter of intent issued by Geologist District Office Malappuram(copy enclosed) as a statutory requirement and is submitted at District Office of the Department of Mining and Geology for approval and the area applied is 0.8903hectare. The area is characterized by geological formation of Precambrian crystalline rocks such as Charnockite, Biotite gneiss which are intruded by acid and basic rocks such as pegmatites and quartz veins. The Granite exposed in the area is course grained plutonic rock which consists of quartz, Feldspar Biotite and other Ferro-magnesium minerals in traces. Granite is used in the state as building stone due to its high hardness .Due to the abundance of availability and growing demand for developmental activities like roads and buildings, the applicant has applied for a quarrying Permit. It is proposed to carry out opencast semi-mechanized mining operations in the building stone quarry, by developing benches of five meter height and 5m width .The quarrying operations is done by jack hammer drilling machine, blasting, rock breakers and excavators. The excavated material shall be transported to the crushing unit located near to the area and local usage as per demand.

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CHAPTER – I G E N E R A L a)Name and address of permit holder : Shri. P R ASHOKAN Managing Partner, M/s. Manjeri Granites Madathilparambil House, Mammala P.O, Ernakulam District, Kerala Mobile: 9895388288 b)Registered office :Manjeri Village, ErnadTaluk, Malappuram District, Kerala. c) Status of permit holder : Partnership Firm d) Mineral/ rock which are occurring: Granite/ Charnockite (Building stone) e) Period for which Quarrying Permit is applied: Three permits f) Name and address of RQP : C.BALARAMAN Paliyam, Peoli Road, Kacheripadi, Kochi – 682018 E-mail: [email protected] Mobile: +91 9446404140 g) Name of prospecting agency : No prospecting agency was engaged. The applicant identified the area by out crop observation

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CHAPTER II 2.1 LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY a) DETAILS OF AREA (WITH LOCATION MAP): The location map of the permit area has been given in Plate No. 1. The quarrying permit area is located at about 3 Km from Pullancheri. The permit area is easily accessible from Manjeri by motorable road and the distance is about 5 Km.The nearest town is Manjeri which is at a distance of 5 Km. The details of the land covered in the Permit area are as below: State : Kerala District : Malappuram Taluk : Ernad Village : Manjeri Ownership/occupancy : Private/Consent attached A Google imagery indicating the location of the proposed Quarry Permit area is enclosed Plate No.I b) INFRASTRUCTURE Following infrastructure facilities are available:- S. NO Name Distance from Permit Boundary 1 Nearest Highway- NH-213 7KM 2 Nearest Railway Station- Angadipuram 12 Km 3 Nearest Airport- Calicut International Airport 24 KM 4 Electric Line near Site 0.2KM 5 Telephone near Site 0.4KM

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6 Water –Muttippalam 2 KM 7 Hospital- Manjeri Government Hospital 3 KM 8 Post office- Manjeri 3 Km 9 School- Govt. L.P School -Vayappady 3 KM c) BASIC AMENITIES • Power Quarry operations are done only with diesel operated mining machineries and hence electricity is not needed. Power requirement for administrative building and other utilities are met from the KSEB power grid. • Communication facilities Mobile networks are available in and around Permit area, in addition to BSNL land lines and the area and surroundings are well connected to all routes.

• Nearest Hospital and dispensary – Government Hospital Manjeri. WATER The water for domestic, sanitary, dust suppression and afforestation is being met from the open well and tube well. The abandoned quarry pits are used for rain water harvesting d) LAND USE PATTERN The entire quarrying permit area is a private dry land. The details of the land are given in the table below (Table 2-1). Land survey sketch issued by Village officer is enclosed as (Annexure No: I0) Table 2-1 Land Details of Permit Area ReSurvey Number Area in Ha 101/1Pt. 0.8903Ha Present land use pattern of Mine Permit area : Table 2-2 Sr. Particulars Area in Ha.

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No 1 Road 0.0400Ha 2 Water Pit Area Nil 3 For Quarry Working 0.8503Ha. Total 0.8903Ha Site plan/Location plan is enclosed as Plate no. 1. Table 2-3GPS Readings of the Quarrying Permit Boundary: Pillar No. Latitude(N) Longitude (E) 1 11°5'46.29"N 76°7'45.88"E 2 11°5'46.63"N 76°7'46.77"E 3 11°5'46.25"N 76°7'47.69"E 4 11°5'45.36"N 76°7'49.05"E 5 11°5'45.09"N 76°7'49.87"E 6 11°5'45.13"N 76°7'50.79"E 7 11°5'45.59"N 76°7'50.89"E 8 11°5'46.60"N 76°7'51.29"E 9 11°5'47.03"N 76°7'51.30"E 10 11°5'47.32"N 76°7'51.49"E 11 11°5'47.6"N 76°7'50.4"E 12 11°5'47.75"N 76°7'49.24"E 13 11°5'48.34"N 76°7'47.83"E

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e) IF FOREST AREA, WHETHER FOREST CLEARANCE OBTAINED: ( Attach copy of forest clearance) The proposed QP area does not fall under forest area. CHAPTER-3 GEOLOGY AND RESERVES 3.1 TOPOGRAPHY The Quarrying permit area has a rugged topography with small hillock ranges. The area is located on the southern side of the hillock. The area is covered with Granite building stone capped by Lateritic soil. The highest elevation in the area is 101 m RL and lowest elevation is 50 m RL. Ground water occurs under water table conditions in Laterite and semi - confined to confined conditions in fractured crystalline rocks. It is observed that water is suitable for drinking and domestic uses in respect of all constituents except total hardness and nitrate 3.2 GEOLOGY I) Regional Geology Geologically, Kerala State forms part of the Peninsular Shield bounded by Western Ghats on the east and the Lakshadweep Sea on the west. The State is mainly occupied by four major rock units. They are: (1) Pre-Cambrian crystallines, (2) Tertiary sedimentaries, (3) Laterites developed over Pre-Cambrian crystallines and Tertiary sedimentary rocks and (4) Recent to Sub-Recent sediments. Pre-Cambrian Crystallines: The Pre-Cambrian crystalline rocks occupy a considerable area of Kerala which includes charnockites, garnet-biotite gneisses, hornblende gneisses, khondalites, leptinites, cordierites and other unclassified gneisses. A large part of these crystalline rocks have undergone polymetamorphic and poly deformational activities. High grade schists and gneisses of Wynad and Surgurs cover some regions of North Kerala. The Pre-Cambrian crystallines are traversed by several acidic (granite and pegmatite) and basic (gabbro and dolerite) intrusions. The salient features of the major rock types are given below. a) Khondalites: A major part of Periyar and Thodupuzha river basins is occupied by Khondalite group of rocks. The group includes quartzite, calcgranulite, garnetiferous gneiss and patchy charnockite. b) Charnockites: Charnockites constitute the major part of the hinderland geology. They show wide variations in composition from acidic to basic. Charnockites are massive in appearence but on close examination, yield well developed foliation or deformational banding. Apart from this, patchy type of charnockite is also recorded (Ravindrakumar et

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al., 1985). They are characterized by hypersthene, feldspar, quartz, hornblende and garnet. c) Acid intrusives: Granites, pegmatites and quartz veins are the common acid intrusives observed in Kerala. d) Basic instrusives: Gabbros and· dolerites constitute the most common basic intrusives emplaced within the Pre-Cambrian crystallines. Two distinctive systems of basic dykes are recognised. They are (1) The NNW - SSE trending leucogabbros which are exposed intermittently for over a length of 100 Km and (2) The NW - SE trending doleritic dykes. Tertiary sedimentaries: The Tertiary sedimentary formation of Kerala unconformably overlies the Pre-Cambrians (PouJose and Narayanaswami, 1968). It extends as a narrow belt along the major part of Kerala coast and comprises two facies of sediments: (1) The continental fades, the Warkalli beds, comprises carbonaceous clays with lignified tissues/coal seams, china clays and friable sandstones and (2) the marine facies, the Quilon beds, composes of sandstones and carbonaceous clays with thin bands of fossiliferouslimestones depicting the transgressive episodes occured during Burdigalian (Upper part of Lower Miocene) time. Laterites: Laterites of Recent to Sub-Recent age form the third lithounit and they cap over both Pre-Cambrian crystallines and Tertiary sedimentaries. It is mainly composed of hydrated oxides of Fe and Al together with minor amounts of Mn, Ti, V, and Zr. These sedantary rocks are considered to be the primary source of black minerals in the beach sands of Kerala (Gilson, 1959). These rock types cover nearly 60% of the surface area of Kerala. Recent to Sub-Recent sediments: The Recent to Sub-Recent sediments stretch from Kasaragod in the north to Cape Comorin in the south. They include fringes of parallel sand bars, sandy flats, alluvial sands and lacustrine deposits. These are separated from the Tertiary sedimentaries by a polymict pebble bed. From economic point of view, this zone is the most important one due to its abundant occurrence of valuable placer mineral deposits. II) Local Geology The present permit area of the site is covered with building stone (massive charnockite/ charnockitic gneiss) which is very well exposed in most part of the working pit in the proposed site. Apart from the major outcrops of Charnockites/ charnockitic gneisses (about 95%), hornblende-biotite gneisses and other unclassified gneisses form a minor portion of the quarry site. They are seen with minor intrusions of acid (granite, pegmatite and quartz vein) . The crystallines forming the high lands are polyphasedly deformed. The surface soil cover in the area is having 0.5 to 1.0 meter thickness whereas the Charnockite building stone is having more than 100 meters thickness Massive charnockite/ charnockitic gneisses of the quarry are medium to coarse grained, which belongs to Charnockite – Khondalite group of Kerala and consists of hyperstene, quartz,

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plagioclase, microcline, biotite and garnet with magnetite, ilmenite, apatite and zircon as accessory minerals. Charnockitic gneisses shows the poorly developed foliation with its regional strike in NW-SE to WNW-ESE with steep foliation dip of 50 to 85 degree to almost vertical, dominantly towards SW and SSW direction. A geological plan showing the Granite/Charnockite and soil cover and the geological sections showing subsurface geology is prepared in 1:1000 scale. Table 3.1 Local Geology Soil Cover 0.5-1m Granite/ Charnockite 100m III) Geological Sections The geological cross sections are prepared for every 25 m interval based on the Geological plan prepared on 1:1000 scales. The section line along which the geological sections have been prepared has been shown in plate no.4 and the sections have been drawn across the strike of the host rock. Geological plan and sections are enclosed as Plate No 4 &5. 3.3 Exploration Since quarrying of building stone in the area has already been done for the last 4 years, the pit is very well exposed and overburden has already been removed. The RQP and his survey team along with applicant had carried out survey and all surface features were captured and levels were determined with Total Station. The out crop of building stone is exposedand the highest elevation is 101 m R L and the lowest elevation is 50 m R L. A surface plan with all existing surface features and present workings has been prepared on 1:1000 scale with 2m contour interval and is enclosed as Plate No 3 The surface plan has formed the base for demarcating the geological details of Granite /Charnockite and the existing small pits in the area were mapped. A surface geological map has been prepared on 1:1000 scale. For the reserve assessment the map has been utilized and geological cross-sections were prepared (Plate No: 5) Estimation of Reserve The geological reserves are estimated by cross sectional method. Geological map prepared on 1:1000 scale is utilized for reserve estimation and mine planning. For the estimation of reserves three geological sections viz. A-A’ , B-B’ C-C’’and D-D' have been constructed on geological map for estimation of reserves. A bulk density of 2.5 has been considered for hard rock to estimate the reserves in volume and tonnage while in the case of waste/ overburden the volume in 1500cu.m. has been estimated. The

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reserve is estimated after reducing the Granite blocked in the 7.5 m buffer zone and benches. The magazine is seen constructed outside the Permit hold A.GEOLOGICAL ORE RESERVE (Refer Plate No 5):- A-A' B-B' LEVEL AREA INF SP. G TONNES LEVEL AREA INF SP. G TONNES 105/100 0 2.5 0 105/100 0 2.5 0 100/95 0 2.50 0 100/95 0 2.50 0 95/90 0 2.50 0 95/90 59 25.76271 2.50 3800 90/85 0 2.50 0 90/85 109 25 2.50 6813 85/80 26 19 2.50 1235 85/80 235 25 2.50 14688 80/75 224 17 2.50 9520 80/75 279 25 2.50 17438 75/70 272 24 2.50 16320 75/70 341 25 2.50 21313 70/65 274 36 2.50 24660 70/65 356 25 2.50 22250 65/60 0 2.50 0 65/60 357 21 2.50 18743 TOTAL 796 25.99749 2.50 51735 TOTAL 1736 24.20334 2.50 105043 C-C' D-D' LEVEL AREA INF SP. G TONNES LEVEL AREA INF SP. G TONNES 105/100 0 2.5 0 105/100 0 2.5 0 100/95 97 21.39175 2.50 5188 100/95 86 31.67442 2.50 6810 95/90 173 25 2.50 10813 95/90 198 33 2.50 16335 90/85 251 25 2.50 15688 90/85 260 30 2.50 19500 85/80 305 25 2.50 19063 85/80 327 28 2.50 22890 80/75 359 25 2.50 22438 80/75 382 24 2.50 22920 75/70 373 25 2.50 23313 75/70 388 20 2.50 19400 70/65 375 25 2.50 23438 70/65 388 17 2.50 16490 65/60 0 2.50 0 65/60 0 2.50 0 TOTAL 1933 24.82 2.50 119938 TOTAL 2029 24.51 2.50 124345 TOTAL LEVEL AREA INF SP. G TONNES 105/100 0 2.5 0

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100/95 183 26.22404 2.50 11998 95/90 430 28.78837 2.50 30948 90/85 620 27.09677 2.50 42000 85/80 893 25.92385 2.50 57875 80/75 1244 23.25241 2.50 72315 75/70 1374 23.3901 2.50 80345 70/65 1393 24.93539 2.50 86838 65/60 357 21 2.50 18743 TOTAL 6494 24.70 2.50 401060 Category of Reserve The deposit has been proved up to 60 m R L and since no drilling work has been done in the area the reserves are placed under probable category and the reserve will fall under 222 (U N F C Classification) Mineable Reserve= A-(B+C+D) The total insitu reserves available in the applied area are 1,82,975Tonnes of Building stone (Granite / Charnockite).The details of total geological reserve and mineable reserve is given below . Mineable Reserves: A-A' B-B' LEVEL AREA INF SP. G TONNES AREA INF SP. G TONNES 105/100 2.50 105/100 2.50 100/95 2.50 0 100/95 2.50 0 95/90 2.50 0 95/90 2.50 0 90/85 2.50 0 90/85 66 25 2.50 4125 85/80 2.50 0 85/80 156 25 2.50 9750 80/75 167 17 2.50 7098 80/75 174 25 2.50 10875 75/70 116 24 2.50 6960 75/70 184 25 2.50 11500 70/65 54 36 2.50 4860 70/65 131 25 2.50 8188 65/60 2.50 0 65/60 71 21 2.50 3728 TOTAL 337 22.45401 2.50 18918 TOTAL 782 24.63683 2.50 48165 C-C' D-D' LEVEL AREA INF SP. G TONNES AREA INF SP. G TONNES

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105/100 2.50 105/100 2.50 100/95 27 25 2.50 1687 100/95 55 32 2.50 4400 95/90 108 25 2.50 6750 95/90 135 33 2.50 11138 90/85 160 25 2.50 10000 90/85 172 30 2.50 12900 85/80 188 25 2.50 11750 85/80 214 28 2.50 14980 80/75 168 25 2.50 10500 80/75 185 24 2.50 11100 75/70 116 25 2.50 7250 75/70 131 20 2.50 6550 70/65 66 25 2.50 4125 70/65 65 17 2.50 2763 65/60 2.50 0 65/60 2.50 0 TOTAL 833 25 2.50 52062 TOTAL 957 26.67921 2.50 63830 TOTAL LEVEL AREA INF SP. G TONNES 105/100 0 2.50 0 100/95 82 29.69512 2.50 6087 95/90 243 29.44444 2.50 17888 90/85 398 27.1608 2.50 27025 85/80 558 26.15054 2.50 36480 80/75 694 22.80836 2.50 39573 75/70 547 23.59049 2.50 32260 70/65 316 25.23418 2.50 19935 65/60 71 21 2.50 3728 TOTAL 2909 25.16 2.50 182975 B. Reserves blocked in Buffer Zone are shown in the following table; A-A' B-B' LEVEL AREA INF SP. G TONNES AREA INF SP. G TONNES 105/100 2.50 105/100 2.50 100/95 2.50 0 100/95 2.50 0 95/90 2.50 0 95/90 14 25 2.50 875 90/85 2.50 0 90/85 43 25 2.50 2688 85/80 2.50 0 85/80 45 25 2.50 2813 80/75 37 17 2.50 1572 80/75 45 25 2.50 2813 75/70 93 24 2.50 5580 75/70 71 25 2.50 4438 70/65 96 36 2.50 8640 70/65 86 25 2.50 5375

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65/60 2.50 0 65/60 86 21 2.50 4515 TOTAL 226 27.95133 2.50 15792 TOTAL 390 24.11795 2.50 23515 C-C' D-D' LEVEL AREA INF SP. G TONNES AREA INF SP. G TONNES 105/100 2.50 105/100 2.50 100/95 35 25 2.50 2187 100/95 27 32 2.50 2160 95/90 39 25 2.50 2437 95/90 38 33 2.50 3135 90/85 39 25 2.50 2438 90/85 38 30 2.50 2850 85/80 39 25 2.50 2438 85/80 38 28 2.50 2660 80/75 62 25 2.50 3875 80/75 71 24 2.50 4260 75/70 77 25 2.50 4813 75/70 76 20 2.50 3800 70/65 77 25 2.50 4813 70/65 76 17 2.50 3230 65/60 2.50 0 65/60 2.50 0 TOTAL 368 25 2.50 23000 TOTAL 364 24.28022 2.50 22095 TOTAL LEVEL AREA INF SP. G TONNES 105/100 0 2.50 0 100/95 62 28.04839 2.50 4347 95/90 91 28.34066 2.50 6447 90/85 120 26.58333 2.50 7975 85/80 122 25.93443 2.50 7910 80/75 215 23.29302 2.50 12520 75/70 317 23.50789 2.50 18630 70/65 335 26.33731 2.50 22058 65/60 86 21 2.50 4515 TOTAL 1348 25.05 2.50 84402 C.Reserves blocked in Benches are shown in the following Table; A-A' B-B' LEVEL AREA INF SP. G TONNES AREA INF SP. G TONNES

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105/100 2.50 105/100 2.50 100/95 2.50 0 100/95 2.50 0 95/90 2.50 0 95/90 2.50 0 90/85 2.50 0 90/85 25 2.50 0 85/80 2.50 0 85/80 34 25 2.50 2125 80/75 17 2.50 0 80/75 60 25 2.50 3750 75/70 63 24 2.50 3780 75/70 86 25 2.50 5375 70/65 124 36 2.50 11160 70/65 139 25 2.50 8688 65/60 2.50 0 65/60 200 21 2.50 10500 TOTAL 187 31.95722 2.50 14940 TOTAL 519 23.45857 2.50 30438 C-C' D-D' LEVEL AREA INF SP. G TONNES AREA INF SP. G TONNES 105/100 2.50 105/100 2.50 100/95 25 2.50 0 100/95 32 2.50 0 95/90 26 25 2.50 1625 95/90 25 33 2.50 2063 90/85 52 25 2.50 3250 90/85 50 30 2.50 3750 85/80 78 25 2.50 4875 85/80 75 28 2.50 5250 80/75 129 25 2.50 8062 80/75 126 24 2.50 7560 75/70 180 25 2.50 11250 75/70 181 20 2.50 9050 70/65 232 25 2.50 14500 70/65 247 17 2.50 10498 65/60 2.50 0 65/60 2.50 0 TOTAL 697 25 2.50 43562 TOTAL 704 21.6875 2.50 38170 TOTAL LEVEL AREA INF SP. G TONNES 105/100 0 2.50 0 100/95 0 2.50 0 95/90 51 28.92157 2.50 3688 90/85 102 27.45098 2.50 7000 85/80 187 26.20321 2.50 12250 80/75 315 24.6 2.50 19372 75/70 510 23.10196 2.50 29455 70/65 742 24.1752 2.50 44845 65/60 200 21 2.50 10500

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TOTAL 2107 24.13 2.50 127110 D.Reserves excavated are shown in the following table; A-A' B-B' LEVEL AREA INF SP. G TONNES AREA INF SP. G TONNES 105/100 2.50 105/100 2.50 100/95 2.50 0 100/95 2.50 0 95/90 2.50 0 95/90 45 26 2.50 2925 90/85 2.50 0 90/85 2.50 0 85/80 26 19 2.50 1235 85/80 2.50 0 80/75 20 17 2.50 850 80/75 2.50 0 75/70 2.50 0 75/70 2.50 0 70/65 2.50 0 70/65 2.50 0 65/60 2.50 0 65/60 2.50 0 TOTAL 46 18.13043 2.50 2085 TOTAL 45 26 2.50 2925 C-C' D-D' LEVEL AREA INF SP. G TONNES AREA INF SP. G TONNES 105/100 2.50 105/100 2.50 100/95 35 15 2.50 1313 100/95 4 25 2.50 250 95/90 2.50 0 95/90 2.50 0 90/85 2.50 0 90/85 2.50 0 85/80 2.50 0 85/80 2.50 0 80/75 2.50 0 80/75 2.50 0 75/70 2.50 0 75/70 2.50 0 70/65 2.50 0 70/65 2.50 0 65/60 2.50 0 65/60 2.50 0 TOTAL 35 15 2.50 1313 TOTAL 4 25 2.50 250

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SUMMARY SECTION A.GEOLOGICAL RESERVE (MT) B.RESERVES BLOCKED IN BUFFER ZONE(MT)

C.RESERVES BLOCKED IN BENCHES (MT) D.RESERVES MINEDOUT (MT)

MINEABLE RESERVES=A-(B+C+D) (MT) A-A’ 51,735 15,792 14,940 2,085 18,918 B-B’ 1,05,043 23,515 30,438 2,925 48,165 C-C' 1,19,937 23,000 43,562 1,313 52,062 D-D' 1,24,345 22,095 38,170 250 63,830 TOTAL 4,01,060 84,402 1,27,110 6,573 1,82,975 To carry out mining for the extraction of reserves the following mining statutory provisions are to be observed. 1 * A statutory boundary of 7.5 m all along the applied Quarrying Permit boundary has to be maintained and the reserves locked in this area are not exploited 2 * A bench slope of 450 has been considered for working the pit 3 * A bench width of 5 m has been considered. 4 Ramps for reaching different benches. No further exploration is required and proposed in this mining plan. CHAPTER- 4 MINING

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The said area is proposed to work with conventional open cast method with bench system and mode of operation will be mechanized. Based on the mode and method so adopted and taking geological parameters of the ore body into consideration, the quarry pit is designed in such a way that the height of the bench is kept about 5.00 m max., and the width at 5.00 m min., maintaining a slope of 450 from the horizontal. The Mining will be done with the help of machineries like rock drills, jack hammer, compressors, hydraulic excavators, breakers, etc. Charnockite / building stone is well exposed in the area and the highest elevation is 101 m RL and the lowest elevation is 50 m. RL. It is proposed to work on the sections A-A’B-B' C-C' and D-D’ during the next three yearsof the permit end period . It is proposed to produce 1,82,975 MT of Granite / Charnockite building stone upto permit end period of three permits from this quarry by open cast semi mechanized method. A jack hammer drill blasting shall be adopted for quarrying along with rock breaker. For excavating and loading the material to the tippers a Hydraulic excavator shall be used. The excavated material shall be transported to the crushing and screening plant located outside the Permit hold. The feed size of the crusher is 400 mm and the size of the products is 20mm, 12mm, 10mm, 6mm and the 6mm sized aggregate shall be processed for the production of M-Sand. The aggregates are supplied mainly for road and building construction and also for infrastructure development. Production and Development Plan The production for the Quarrying plan period for three permits end period is given below PERMIT BENCH MINERAL (MT) I Road/dev./prodn.100/85(B-D) 61,500 II 85/75 ( A- D ) 65,552 III 85/75 ( A- D ) 55,923 TOTAL 1,82,975 The production and development at the end of permit period is given on the production and development plan and the production and development sections are enclosed vide Plate no 6&Plate no 7 resp. CHAPTER-5 BLASTING

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Broad blasting parameters To fragment the bed rock conventional 32 mm dia blast holes are drilled perfectly parallel to each other are 20 – 25 cm interval without any hole deviation using hand held Jack hammer. Electric type blasting will be carried out with 25 mm small dia class 2 type explosives with electric detonator (ED). To avoid misfires ED may be properly checked for continuity using ohm meter before and after the connections. Explosives shall be handled by statutory persons having valid license. The drilling and blasting parameters are as given below Depth of each hole 1.2 to 1.5 m Diameter of hole 30-33 mm App. Spacing between hole 1m – 1.5m Hole pattern Multi row staggered Pattern Explosives to be used Cartridged slurry / electric delay detonators 1 Type of explosives used Class 2 Nitrate mixture/ cartridged slurry/ electric delay detonators explosives shall be used for blasting 2 Storage of explosives The explosives are stored in the magazine which is located outside the permit area. The explosives will be handled as per the provisions of Indian Explosive Act -1884 and Indian Explosive Rules – 2008 3Monthly Consumption of explosive : The consumptions of explosives are as follows. Description of explosive Class Division Qty. Nitrate mixture 2 0 847kgs. Ordinary detonators 6 3 1863nos. Safety fuse 6 1 2236mts.

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4. Precautions The following precautionary measures shall be undertaken during blasting � Proper safe and careful handling and use of explosives by competent blasters having Blasters certificate of competency issued by DGMS � Proper and safe storage of explosives at approved locations and licensed Magazine. � Maintaining safety distance all around the magazine as per statutory requirement. � Proper security system to prevent theft/pilferage, unauthorized entry into the magazine area � Controlled blasting technique will be adopted by varying burden, spacing and charge per hole depending upon the field condition. � Holes will be located beyond the weak zone after proper inspection of the site. � No loose pieces will be kept on the bench slopes during blasting � Stemming materials and stemming length will be chosen suitably � Posting guards at boundaries of the Permit area and giving warning signal by way of whistle or siren blowing before blasting, to prevent unauthorized entry and to prevent mishaps. � Carrying out blasting � Avoid blasting during lightening and high wind period. � The holes which have been charged with explosives will not be left unattended till blasting is completed. CHAPTER-6 MINE DRAINAGE There are no streams or water bodies within 1 Km radius of the Quarrying permit area. The quarry is located at a high elevation (101m. RL) and the deepest quarry operation level in the permit end period of operations shall be 60m. RL which will be much above the ground water table and hence no ground water is going to encounter during quarrying. Aggregate mines or the associate dump have no pollutants or toxic substances and hence no contamination is expected. The average total rainfall of the district is around 2793 mm. CHAPTER-7 STACKING OF MINERAL REJECTS In the applied Quarrying permit area, it is anticipated that there will be no generation of waste during the operations. The marginal waste generated shall be utilized for the roads and soft spot filling. No top soil is generated as the working is done in hard exposed

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Charnockite benches. Controlled and cushion blasting would lead to less generation of waste. CHAPTER-8 USE OF MINERALS The Granite/ Charnockite quarried from the permit area is mainly used as building material in construction, infrastructure development and construction of roads. The quarry output is sent to the crusher unit located outside the permit area for production of Granite aggregates of different size and manufactured sand. The crushed material is sold in the local market which play vital role in the construction industry. Permit quantities to be dispatched Permit For Domestic Consumption, Quantity (Tonnes) For Export 1stPermit 61,500 Nil 2ndPermit 65,552 Nil 3rdPermit 55,923 Nil CHAPTER- 9 9.1 SITE SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT POTENTIAL / MANPOWER The organization chart of the proposed quarry operations in the site is as follows a)Supervisory Mines Manager : 1 Mines foreman : 1 b) Non-supervisory (Skilled, Semi-skilled & unskilled) workers: 12 In the quarry direct employment is given to 14 personals like Mines Manager, Mines foreman etc. and more than 10 people get indirect employment in various projects like logistics, green belt creation and miscellaneous services. CHAPTER-10 MINERAL PROCESSING AND BENIFICIATION

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10.1 No mineral beneficiation is carried out in the permit area. The quarry output is transported to the crushing unit located outside the permit area. The size of ROM material from the quarry is 100 to 150 mm in size. The granite aggregates products from the crusher after screening are of the size 20mm 12mm 10mm 6mm and power/ Manufactured sand. There is no generation of waste in the processing plant/crusher unit as all products are saleable. The requirement of water for the purpose of drinking, dust suppression and afforestation is given in the table below Table No. 10.1 Requirement of water Purpose Quantity required Cubic meter/Day Domestic and drinking water 1 Afforestation 8 Dust suppression 5 Total 11 The water shall be brought from borehole located outside the permit area.

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P A R T - II CHAPTER-11 11. 1 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN Environment Management Plan is a systematic programme which includes environment impact assessment, planning for offsetting the ill effects of development, implementing the program for resource management, development, planning, and close control over day-to-day operations, regular monitoring and auditing of environmental performance, collection of base line information is essential which serve as a guide to determine how the future development will affect the environment compared to the present base line status. (A) BASE LINE INFORMATION Most of the useful base line information has been collected in the field which is very helpful in preparation of this mining plan and are given below: 11.1 a) Baseline information The Quarrying permit area is in a non agricultural land which has rugged topography and Granite/Charnockite is exposed which is being quarried by the permit holder. The highest elevation in the area is 101m. RL and lowest elevation is 50 m. RL. There area has moderate climate with maximum average temperature of 32ºC. The average rain fall received in the area is 2793 mm. In the surrounding land of the Permit hold cash crops like Rubber, coconut, Mango and other mixed crops are cultivated. The nearest town is Manjeri located at 5 Km. from the quarry and there are no residential buildings within 100 meter radius. The nearest habitation is more than 100 m. from the permit area. In the buffer zone there is no inter-state boundary and forest. The area does not come under the CRZ category. b) Water regime: The area receives average rainfall of 2793 mm. The rain starts in the month of June and may continue up to October. Nallahs does not exist in the permit area. The bottom most working of the quarry is 60 m above sea level and no quarrying operation is likely to touch ground water. Hence there is no impact on ground water. .C) Flora and Fauna The common flora in the area is Coconut, Teak wood, Areca nut, and jackfruit.

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Fauna found in the area are , Malabar squirrel, Owl and snakes. There are no endangered or rare species of animals in the area. d) Noise Environment Noise sources within the Permit area are due to operations of 1) Blasting 2) Drilling 3) Loading 4) Vehicle movement etc. Maximum noise levels would be between 45 -50 dB (A). Currently there is no activity of intolerable noise pollution. e) Climatic conditions The area has moderate climate with maximum average temperature in the summer season which is 35 C and minimum 20 C. The winter season has a maximum average of 26 C and minimum of 20 C. The area receives average rainfall of more than 2793 mm. f) Human settlement There is no human settlement in the permit area. The nearest human settlement is more than 100m away from the permit area. g) Public buildings, Places of worship and monuments There are no public building, place of worship and monuments of either historical or archaeological importance in the core or buffer zone. h) Quality of Air Ambient Noise Level and Water 1 Ambient Air Quality The air quality in the area mainly depends on the nature and concentration of emissions and meteorological conditions. The major air pollutants include a) Particulate matter (dust) of various sizes. b) Gases such as Sulphur dioxide, Oxides of Nitrogen, Carbon monoxide etc. from vehicular exhaust. 2. Ambient Noise Level The noise level within the core near west side boundary is during day time. The generation of noise in the quarry is mainly by drilling, blasting machineries and movement of trucks. The impact of quarrying on the ambient noise level would be hardly noticeable in nearby villages as the nearest Village Manjeri is 5 Kms. away from the permit area. 3 Water Quality There is no water regime of any importance in the Quarry area. Drinking water is made available through bore well. To know the present water quality baseline studies were carried out in and around the quarry area . Sr. No Particulars At the end of the mine

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CHAPTER -12 ENVIRONMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT 12.1-Due to the quarrying operations there shall be an impact on the environment and there will be change in the ground profile in the form of pits and dumps. The detail of the land use , during the ensuing plan period and till permit area is shown below in tabular form. AIR Quality Quarrying activity contributes to pollution of air due to drilling blasting and movement of vehicles. The existing air quality in core zone is not likely to have considerable impact due to small scale quarrying. The environmental measures to control air pollution shall be undertaken so that pollution scenario shall be marginal and insignificant. Ambient air quality tested at the quarry and surroundings and test reports.

1 Area Excavated. 0.3921Ha 2 Reclamation/ Backfilled Nil 3 Green Belt 0.2923 Ha 4 Water storage. 0.0165 Ha 5 Infrastructure(workshop Administrative Building). Nil 6 Road. 0.0400Ha 7 Top Soil (Outside Permit Area) OB/Waste(Outside Permit Area) 0.0615 Ha 0.0242 Ha 8 Settling Pit/Drainage 0.1494Ha 9 Others to specify(Future Working) Nil Total: 0.8903Ha.

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WATER QUALITY There are no perennial water courses or water bodies with in the permit area. The quarry is located at a hillock at higher elevation. In the surrounding of the quarry area ground water level is 20 m below the general surface. Charnockite is an inert material and hence there is no impact on ground water. NOISE LEVELS The ambient noise levels will be higher due to drilling, blasting and hauling equipment and these probable noise levels within the permissible limits and will not cause much harm to the persons at working site by adopting the following. * The machinery will be maintained properly to reduce noise * The protective earmuffs, earplugs will be provided to the operators * Proper maintenance of equipments Ambient noise quality tested at the mines and surroundings and test reports enclosed VIBRATION LEVELS The drilling is proposed by jack hammer with 33m. dia using low explosives and the depth will not be more than 2.75 meters. Due to the drilling and blasting there will be vibration within the earth and the vibration so generated will be very minimal. SOCIO ECONOMICS Due to the proposed quarrying activity, no significant adverse changes are visualized in the traditional way of life of people residing in the nearby villages in the buffer zone. Further people residing in the nearby villages are benefited by the direct and indirect employment opportunities created by the quarry activities. HISTORICAL MONUMENTS There is no historical monument in the vicinity of the Permit area (Core or buffer zone) 12-2 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN Temporary storage and Utilization of topsoil The entire are in the Permit area is exposed by Charnockite and hence no top soil will be generated in the quarry Year wise proposal for reclamation of land affected by mining activities Since the quarry will be active, reclamation measures are not possible in the mined out areas, however this aspect will be taken care in progressively closing the quarry after exhausting the Charnockite to the proposed depth. The quarry operations during these two years of the plan are planned upto 60m. RL.At conceptual stage, the pit will be having the area 0.6156 Ha. During the

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mine closure stage, the mined out area of 0.1659 Ha will be retained as rain water harvesting pond as mentioned in the table below. The mined area will be properly fenced all around. The mine closure is depicted in the Post Mine closure plan (Conceptual Plan) shown in Plate No 10 Sl. No. Type of activities Extent in Ha. Post mining land use of Extent in Ha. degraded land 1 Undisturbed Area 0.6156 1. Part of the quarry area converted as water pond. 0.1659 2. Back filling & Reclamation Nil 2 Area under Quarry pit as on date 0.2747 Area under Quarry pit after the plan period 0.7244 Total 0.8903 Total 0.8903 Afforestation Programme As the entire permit area is rocky and after the excavation it may not support any vegetation. 0.2923Ha. Area earmarked for safety barrier shall be used for green belt development by planting 730 local species sapling where topsoil is present. Stabilization and vegetation dump management The waste material generated will be partly used for road construction and repair work. A total 730 sapling shall be planted to develop green belt over 0.2923Ha. earmarked. During the post mine closure the entire dump material will be back filled in the quarry pit and it will used for the base for reclamation works. Treatment and disposal of water from mine No water shall be discharged from the quarry except during monsoon months. A garland drain shall be made all around the quarry to divert the water away from the pit. Granite building stone is not toxic and hence there shall not be any chemical hazardous effect. Protective measures for ground vibrations /air blast caused by blasting The drilling is proposed by jack hammer with 33mm dia. Due to small diameter hole blasting the vibration in the zone shall be feeble and less intensive Measures for protecting historical monuments and rehabilitation of human settlements likely to be disturbed due to mining activity There is no historical monument in the core or buffer zone of the quarry. Human settlements are far from the permit area.

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Socio –Economic benefits arising from the mining The main occupation of the people is farming. There are no major industries in the area. The quarrying operations in such remote places would provide 14 direct and 10 number of indirect employment to local people. Hence quarrying operation will help in improving socio-economic status of the area. . CHAPTER -13 13.1 PROGRESSIVE MINE CLOSURE PLAN The worked out quarry at the end of the conceptual plan will be properly fenced using concrete/iron pillars and iron ropes as required under Rule77 (f). Standard procedure is proposed to be followed in the construction of fences. At the top of the working quarry S3 / G1 type as per DGMS Circular under MMR 177 as described below shall be followed: Rigid steel fencing, vertical members being not more than 3.00 meters apart and the gap between adjacent horizontal members not more than 0.25 meter, the bottom-most member being not more than 0.15 meter and the top most member not less than 1.00 meter from ground level. The vertical members of the fencing should consist of girders, channels or angle irons not less than 5x5 cm in cross-section or rails not less than 10 kg, weight per meter, steel pipes not less than 7.6 cm in diameter; or reinforced concrete posts not less than 15x15 cm section. The horizontal members of the fencing should consist of expanded metal sheets with holes not greater than 10 cm size, of steel pipes not less than 2.5 cm diameter, of solid rods not less than 2 cm. diameter, of strap iron not less than 2.5: 0.6 cm in size type of Barbed wire fencing, with specifications similar to ground level except that the horizontal member should consist of barbed wire. The worked out area of the mine shall be backfilled and top soil spread over it. Native saplings will be planted and the mined out area shall be reclaimed with marginal lowering of topography with proper formation of levels / slopes. Development of Mines during conceptual period is proposed to be extended to peripheries of the Permit boundaries as and when such extension of quarry permit is possible with purchase of land or consent of adjoining land owners. The Competent Authority shall be approached in advance for Mining Permit over additional area as required in the interest of mineral conservation & development. The following specific measures shall be taken during temporary discontinuance. 1. Pit shall be fenced 2. Proper and adequate security at the entrance to the mine to prevent entry of unauthorized person with proper gate and lock. 3. All the above will be examined by manager once in a week to ensure that they are in order. Economic repercussions of closure of mine and manpower retrenchments. In case of the closure of the mine the company shall plan for voluntary retirement scheme. 13.2 Environment Management Schedule

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Green belt During and End of Permit Period Garland drain During and End of Permit Period Afforestation During and End of Permit Period Environmental Monitoring During the Permit Period Water spraying on haul roads During and end of Permit Period Abandonment Cost As on now the environment management cost includes: The initial and capital cost is given in the table below. Initial /Capital investment for Environmental protection 13.3 Recurring annual cost for environmental protection Sl.No. Particulars No. Cost (Lakh Rs) 1 Pollution Control 1.1 Water spraying 2.00 1.2 Green belt development 1.00 1.3 Personal protective equipments 1.00

1.4 Quarterly monitoring 2.00 Sub total 6.00 2 Corporate social Responsibility 2.00 TOTAL 8.00 The annual cost for environment protection/ environmental improvement as Rs. 8 lakh and the specific environmental protection cost per year is nearly Rs. 13/- per tone of granite stone produced. At the end of the three years of the quarrying plan period totally 0.9069Ha.area shall be used for quarrying and green belt development activities.