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APPENDIX I
(See Paragraph - 6)
FORM 1
I Basic Information
S. No. Item : Details
1. Name of the Project : Dhedwas Iron Ore, Copper and Associated Minerals Mine and
Beneficiation Plant near village Dhedwas, Distt. Bhilwara,
Rajasthan
2. S. No. in the schedule : As per the Gazette Notification dated 14th September, 2006,
the project is classified as Category “A” under S. No. 1 (a) and
2b in the Schedule.
(>50 hectare of mining lease area and >0.1 million ton/annum
of mineral beneficiation).
3. Proposed capacity/
area/ length/ tonnage to
be handled /command
area/lease area /number
of wells to be drilled
: Lease area - 1556.7817 ha.
Capacity-ROM - 7.0 million tonnes,
Over Burden - 23.6 million tonnes per annum
4. New / Expansion /
Modernization
: Expansion in the capacity of DG sets to be used as back up
source in the case of break down/ disruption of supply from
Rajasthan State Electricity Board.
5. Existing capacity/ Area
etc.
: Leas area of 1556.7817 hectare
1. Iron Ore (Magnetite) -7.0 MMTPA
2. Mineral Beneficiation (Magnetite Concentrate-2.5 MMTPA
The area consists of 930.3178 hectare Khatedari land,
357.8270 hectare of grazing land and 268.6369 hectare of
Government waste land.
6. Category of project i.e. 'A'
or 'B'
: As per the Gazette Notification dated 14th September, 2006,
the project is classified as Category “A”.
7. Does it attract the
general condition? If yes,
please specify.
: No
8. Does it attract the
specific condition? If yes,
please specify.
: No
9. Location : Location of Lease Area-
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Latitude – N25° 18’ 40” to 25° 24’ 10”
Longitude- E74° 31’ 37” to 74° 35’ 45”
Plot/ Survey/ Khasra no. : The lease area comprises of 2,888 Khasra numbers. Details of
khasra’s are provided in Annexure 1 on Page 275 of EIA
Report.)
Village : Dhedwas, Dhulkhera, Onkarpura, Samodi, Pur, Malola, Pansal
and Suras
Tehsil : Bhilwara and Manda
District : Bhilwara
State : Rajasthan
The demarcated mining lease area is 1556.7817 hectare. The
beneficiation plant will be located within the lease area on the
non-mineralized zone. The geographical location of all the
four corners of the beneficiation plant are as under:-
Point Latitude (N) Longitude (E)
A 25°19'08" 74°32'17"
B 25°19'02" 74°32'13"
C 25°18'59" 74°32'19"
D 25°19'05" 74°32'23"
The geographical location of all the four corners of the tailing
pond are as under:-
Tailing Pond No.1 {Annexure – II(a)}
Corner Points Coordinates
A. 25°19’07”N:74°31’50”E
B. 25°19’06”N:74°31’55”E
C. 25°19’28”N:74°32’15”E
D. 25°19’31”N:74°32’05”E
Tailing Pond No.2 {Annexure- II(b)}
Corner Points Coordinates
A. 25°19’07”N:74°32’16”E
B. 25°19’05”N:74°32’22”E
C. 25°19’30”N:74°32’45”E
D. 25°19’32”N:74°32’38”E
The site falls in Toposheet No. 45 K/11.
The site has been located on Toposheet no.-45-K/11, enclosed
as Annexure – III.(page 279)
The geographical location of the lease area is as under:-
Point Latitude (N) Longitude (E)
A 25°22'35" 74°34'32"
B 25°23'38" 74°35'43"
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C’ 25°24'09" 74°35'07"
D’ 25°23'53" 74°34'48"
E’ 25°23'53" 74°34'19"
F 25°22'22” 74°32'37"
G 25°21'54” 74°33'10"
H 25°22'39” 74°34'01"
I 25°18'59” 74°31'37"
J 25°18'42” 74°32'08"
K 25°19'46” 74°32'49"
L 25°19'48” 74°32'45"
M 25°20'14” 74°33'01"
N 25°20'11” 74°33'05"
O 25°22'16” 74°34'24"
P 25°22'27” 74°34'39"
10. Nearest Railway station/
Airport along with
distance in kms.
: Railway Station Bhilwara – 7.0 km towards SE.
Airport Dabok (Udaipur) - 150 km towards SW.
National Highway: NH-79 passes through the lease area near
the NE corner, entering the area from north and passing out
after 1.60 km distance towards SE direction.
11. Nearest Town, City,
District Headquarters
along with distance in
kms.
: Distt. Head Quarter- Bhilwara – 7 kms. Towards SE.
12. Village Panchayat, Zilla
Parishad, Municipal
Corporation, Local body
(Complete postal address
with telephone no. to be
given)
: Village Panchayat Samiti- Suwana, P.O.- Suwana, Distt.
Bhilwara. Telephone No. 260960, Zilla Parishad – Bhilwara
The area does not fall within any Municipal Corp. Limit.
13. Name of the applicant : Jindal Saw Limited.
14. Registered address : A-1, UPSIDC Industrial Area, Nandgaon Road, Kosi Kalan,
PIN-281403, District - Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.
15. Address for correspondence
Name : Shri Rajender Gaur.
Designation (Owner /
Partner / CEO)
: Head – Liaison.
Address : Araji No.9697/6711, Near Tiranga Hills, Village - Pur,
District - Bhilwara, Rajasthan.
Pin Code : 311802
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E-mail : [email protected]
Telephone no. : 01482-248417 : Mobile No. 07727009276.
Fax No. : 01482-248417
16. Details of alternative
sites examined, if any.
Location of these sites
should be shown on a
Toposheet.
: It is a site specific project for mining of minerals which occur
at specific location therefore alternate location was not
examined and Govt. sanctioned the Mining lease.
17. Interlinked projects : Treatment of waste water of Bhilwara City and use the same
for the mining and Beneficiation Plant.
18. Whether separate
application of interlinked
project has been
submitted?
: Application for consent to establish was submitted to
Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board for establishing STP
and laying pipe line from the STP to the mine vide letter no.
JPR/JSL/2010/787 dated 25.02.10. Annexure XXXV, page
439 CTE and CTO for Mine & Beneficiation Plant has been
granted by RPCB and the STO has been established and is
in operation.
19. If yes, date of submission : 25.02.2010 to RSPCB, Jaipur.
20. If no, reason : Not Applicable
21. Whether the proposal
involves approval/
Clearance under: if yes,
details of the same and
their status to be given.
(a) The Forest
(Conservation) Act,
(1980)?
(b) The Wildlife
(Protection) Act,
1972?
(c) The C.R.Z.
Notification, 1991?
: Not applicable.
22. Whether there is any
Government Order
/Policy relevant /relating
to the site:
: No.
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23. Forest land involved
(hectares)
: Nil
24. Whether there is any
litigation pending against
the project and/or land
in which the project is
proposed to be set up?
(a) Name of the Court
(b) Case No.
(c) Orders/directions of
the court, if any and
its relevance with
the proposed
project.
: No litigation is pending in any court.
*Capacity corresponding to sectoral activity (such as production capacity for manufacturing, mining lease
area and production capacity for mineral production, area for mineral exploration, length for linear
transport infrastructure, generation capacity for power generation etc.,)
II Activity
1. Construction, operation or decommissioning of the Project involving actions, which will
cause physical changes in the locality (topography, land use, changes in water bodies,
etc.)
Information/Ch
ecklist
confirmation
Yes/
No
Details thereof (with approximate quantities/ rates,
wherever possible) with source of information data
1.1 Permanent or
temporary
change on land
use, land cover or
topography
including
increase in
intensity of land
use (with respect
to local land use
plan)
Yes There will be change in the land use and land cover of the lease
area. The lease area of 1556.7817 hectare will be subjected to
some permanent changes. The area currently is undulating hilly
terrain with intervening hummocky terrain on either side of hill
slopes. The land use at the end of various phases of mine is
proposed as under:
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S.
No.
Particulars Present
land use
(ha.)
Land use at the
end of 5th year
(ha.)
Land use at the
end of life of
mine (ha.)
Land use at
closure of the
mine (ha.)
1. Pits 12.50 72.212 224.00 Rehabilitated &
Reclaimed by
plantation
2. Dump area 2.0 56.220 98.094 Rehabilitated &
Reclaimed by
plantation
3. Roads 17.60 24.80 30.00 17.60(Public Use)
4. Villages and
Buildings
64.78 68.128 76.80 65.00 (Public Use)
5. Mineral
beneficiation and
stacking & office
building
-- 10.00 10.00 (Plantation/ Public
use on demand of
Local Panchayat)
6. Workshop -- 5.00 5.00 (Plantation/ Public
use on demand of
Local Panchayat)
7. Plantation -- 50.00 100.00 491.388
8. Others-(Future use,
exploration,
agriculture, grazing
land, etc.) use etc.
1,459.9017 1,270.4217 1,012.8877 982.7937
Total 1,556.7817 1,556.7817 1,556.7817 1,556.7817
Topography
The lease comprises of hilly tract in a flat terrain. This belt comprises of two parallel NE-SW
trending hillocks from village Pur in South to Jipiya in north covering a length of 14 km and
width of 3 to 4 kms. Status of changes in topography are given below: -
Pit Hill top
level, m
AMSL
Surface
level, m
AMSL
R.L. of lowest
point of
working in five
years, m AMSL
R.L. of final
depth at
conceptual
stage, m AMSL
RL of Post-
monsoon
water table
MSL
Tiranga Pit 539 450 450 400 416m
Dhulkhera Pits 510 435 420 400 411m
Suras Pit 480 440 400 370 411m
Eventually, at the end of life of mine the excavated pit areas (224.00 ha) will be reclaimed by
backfilling and plantation. Dumping yard area (98.094 ha), mine roads area (12.4 ha), building
area (11.8 ha), beneficiation plant and office building (10 ha) and workshop (5 ha) area will be
rehabilitated and reclaimed by plantation. Thus, the change in the topography of the area will
be localized and confined within the lease area.
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1.2 Clearance of
existing land,
vegetation and
buildings?
Yes The mineralized ore body is exposed on the hill tops and the
working area is devoid of any significant vegetation cover
except for scanty/ seasonal vegetation. The top soil cover
varies from a few cm to 20 cm.
There are no buildings existing in the working area.
The area will have well planned phased development of
plantation (10,000 trees every year-details of species selected
are mentioned in section IV of EIA/EMP), which will enhance
the aesthetic beauty of the area. Annexure IV (page 280)
1.3 Creation of new
land uses?
Yes There will be change in the existing land use. The new land
use at the end of fifth year and at the end of life of mine is
mentioned in section 1.1 of the Form-I. Types of land to be
used for above purpose are given below:-
S. No. Type of
Land
Area (Ha) Present land use At the end of 5th
year
Conceptual stage Land use at the closure
of the mine
Undisturbed Disturbed
(old pits
dump &
road)
Un-
disturbed
Disturbe
d
Undisturbe
d
Disturbe
d
1. Khatedari 930.3178 930.3178 0 930.3178 0 930.3178 0 930.3178 undisturbed
2. Govt. Waste 220.6369 188.5369 32.1000 98.5269 122.11 32.1699 188.4670
2.2959 undisturbed
17.6000-Road
188.4670 R & Plant
12.2740- Plantation
3. Grazing 357.8270 357.8270 0 258.3570 99.47 67.1800 290.6470 290.647 (R&Plant)
67.180-undistrubed
4.
Surface
water body
(waste
land)
48.00 48.000 0 48.000 0 48.0000 0 48.0000
5. Forest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1556.7817 1524.6817 32.1000 1335.2017 221.58 1077.6677 479.1140 1556.7817
1.4 Pre-construction
investigations e.g.
bore holes, soil
testing?
No There will be no physical changes in the area due to pre
production investigations. The bore holes have been drilled
by GSI during exploration of the area in the year 1969-1970.
The plant will be founded on hard rocks, the bearing capacity
and geo-technical parameters of the rocks will be
determined at the time of erection.
1.5 Construction works? Yes There will not be any significant construction proposed at
site except for erection and construction of ore beneficiation
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plant, office buildings, stacking yards which will have total
built up area of 1,00,000 sq.m and workshop in an area of 5.0
hectare.
1.6 Demolition works? No This is not envisaged.
1.7 Temporary sites
used for
construction works
or housing of
construction
workers?
No No temporary sites will be created during construction for
workers. Modular house, septic tanks and soak pits will be
provided for housing of construction labour, during
construction of beneficiation plant etc.
1.8 Above ground
buildings, structures
or earthworks
including linear
structures, cut and
fill or excavations
Yes The mining activity will involve various physical changes.
The significant change will be in the land use. At the end of
life of the mine, the total excavated area 224.00 ha will be
backfilled and reclaimed by plantation. The area of waste
dumps of 98.094 ha. will be rehabilitated by removing the
dumps for filling pits and reclaimed by plantation.
1.9 Underground works
including mining or
tunneling?
Yes There will be no underground mining activities in the four
blocks. i.e. Tiranga, Dhulkhera-North, Dhulkhera-South and
Suras blocks. The underground mining in the Samodi-
Dhedwas and Dhedwas-Dhulkhera block will be decided
after completion of the exploration proposed in the Mining
Plan.
1.10 Reclamation works? Yes At the end of life of the mine, the total excavated area of
224.00 ha will be backfilled and reclaimed by plantation. The
area used for waste dumps 98.094 ha will be rehabilitated
and reclaimed by plantation. The area of 10 ha used for
mineral beneficiation plant complex and 29.20 ha used for
infrastructure area will be either used for plantation by
salvaging the machineries (selling) and demolishing the
existing buildings (construction waste to be used as backfill
of pits) or will be handed over to the local Panchayat on
demand as it is, after removal of machineries.
1.11 Dredging No There will be no dredging.
1.12 Offshore structures? No There are no offshore structures.
1.13 Production and
manufacturing
Yes The mining activities will cause physical changes in the near
by locality. The production of 25 lac tonnes/ annum of
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processes? concentrate will involve excavation of about 70 lac
tonnes/annum of ROM, in-turn generating 210 lac
tonnes/annum of overburden by opencast mining method.
The beneficiation of 70 lac tonnes of ROM to produce 25 lac
tonnes/annum of concentrate by magnetic separation will
result in 45 lac tonnes of tailings per year. The
concentrate/waste ratio is 1:5.55.
Thus, there will be change in the topography of the area in
such a way that the prominent slope of the area remains in
the same direction
1.14 Facilities for storage
of goods or
materials?
Yes The mineral storage area designated within the beneficiation
plant area will be one hectare.
The daily requirement of high explosive will be 2 tonnes. A
magazine of following capacity to hold at least 5 days stock
will be constructed within the old magazine area between
Samodi and Dhedwas villages at 25°21’34” N :74°33’07” E
Explosive Class Quantity
Nitro Mixture Class 2 15,000 kg
Safety fuse Class 6, Division-1 30,000 m
Detonating fuse Class 6, Division-2 30,000 m
Detonators Class 6, Division-3 30,000 nos.
It will be used after obtaining license from the Chief
Controller of Explosive, Govt. of India, Nagpur.
The storage area will be secured and strictly adhered to the
rules and regulations of The Explosives Act, 1884 & The
Explosives Rules, 2008.
1.15 Facilities for
treatment or
disposal of solid
waste or liquid
effluents?
Yes Solid waste:-
The activities will temporarily involve the generation of
dumps occupying an area of 56.22 hectare in five years and
about 98.094 hectare at the end of life of mine. The waste
generated from the beneficiation plant will ultimately be 45
lac tonnes/ annum. The total waste (overburden) generated
over life of mine will be 223.223 lac cu.m from mining and
181.8 lac cu.m from beneficiation in dry tailing form and
181.8 lac m3 in wet tailing.
Liquid Effluent:-
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There will be 753 workers deployed in the mine and rest
rooms will be provided with toilet facility. The domestic
waste water to the tune of 38 KLD will be generated which
will be chanalized into a common waste treatment plant
based on SBR technology.
The industrial solid waste in water as tailings will be to the
tune of 2021 cubic m/day
The tailing will be of following composition :
Parameter ROM
in %
Concentrate
in %
Tailing in %
Fe (in the form of
Fe2O3) whereas the
iron is as Fe3O4
49.3 91.2 3.5
SiO2 34 3.2 70.5
Al2O3 2 0.5 3.9
CaO 4.5 1.2 8.8
MgO 4.7 0.42 8.5
MnO 2.1 0.5 1.9
TiO2 1.8 0.17 2.1
S 1.5 2.5 0.1
P 0.038 0.025 0.013
99.93 99.715 99.313
The tailing slimes will remain in two tailing ponds with
capacity of 19,00,000 cu.m each./ presently tailing generated
from beneficiation plant recovered by the advanced filter
press through thickener. The tailing cake in dry form is
stacked in earmarked place and will be recycled in future to
recover the mineral present there in.
1.16 Facilities for long
term housing of
operational
workers?
Yes There will be no long term housing provided within the lease
area. The housing for operational workers will be outside the
lease area in Bhilwara town or nearby villages.
1.17 New road, rail or sea
traffic during
construction or
operation?
Yes Existing roads pass through the lease area covering 17.60
hectare land with cumulative length of 11.7 km. For mining
purpose 8.3 km road has been constructed to connect the
existing roads with the mining sites and beneficiation plant.
The road is 12m to 15 m. wide covering up to 12.4 ha. area.
1.18 New road, rail, air
waterborne or other
No There will be no new road, rail, air waterborne or other
transport infrastructure including new or altered routes and
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transport
infrastructure
including new or
altered routes and
stations, ports,
airports etc?
stations, ports, airports etc for the project, except those
mentioned above at item 1.17.
1.19 Closure or diversion
of existing transport
routes or
infrastructure
leading to changes
in traffic
movements?
No There will be no change in the existing transport route.
1.20 New or diverted
transmission lines
or pipelines?.
Yes No existing transmission or pipe line has been diverted.
New pipe line has been laid from the Company’s Kewara STP
Plant to the beneficiation plant. Electrical transmission line
has been/ laid from Bhilwara GSS to the plant site and mine
pits vide letter no. RVPN/SE (P&P)/PSS/D.243 Dated 3.6.09
from Rajasthan Rajaya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd. Enclosed
as Annexure – V (page 281).
The plans showing power transmission from 132 kV GSS at
Danta to site and water pipeline from Kewara to site are
enclosed as Annexures-VI (page 282), XXXVI, page 440
respectively.
The required quantum of water is obtained by putting up a
waste water processing plant to process Bhilwara Town
sewerage by the Company near village Kewara (25°21’45”:
74°40’15”), Bhilwara and pump the treated water through
pipe line from STP to the beneficiation plant.
A project report for 5.5 MLD: Municipal Waste Water
Treatment Plant for treatment of Bhilwara City waste water
has been prepared by M/s Creative Technocrate Services
Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur. The executive summary of STP report and
pipe line details are given as Annexure No. XXXVIII – Page
442-446.
1.21 Impoundment, No It is not envisaged.
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damming,
culverting,
realignment or
other changes to the
hydrology of
watercourses or
aquifers?
1.22 Stream crossings? No There will be no stream crossing.
1.23 Abstraction or
transfers of water
from ground or
surface waters?
Yes A STP having total capacity of 10 MLD has been installed to
process the Bhilwara Municipal Waste water and the treated
water is used for beneficiation and mining purpose. Details
are given at point 1.20.
The details of the water abstraction from ground are as
follows:-
i. 12 KLD water by tube well for drinking & domestic use.
ii. Suras Pit - 5th year onward 36.23 m3/day and 141.45
m3/day at conceptual stage(30th year)
iii. Dhulkhera pits – 7th year–4.83 m3/day and 56.10m3/day
at conceptual stage.
iv. Tiranga Pit – 9th year 23.62 m3/day and 70m3/day at
conceptual stage.
Total water abstraction 267.55 m3/day at conceptual stage
JSL has installed 10 MLD (5.5+4.5 MLD) Sewage Treatment
Plant at Bhilwara city. This Sewage Treatment Plant is
treating the sewage of Bhilwara city and the treated clean
water is being used for Mining, Mineral Beneficiations, Dust
suppression, Cooling, Horticulture / Plantation etc. in JSAW
plant located near Village Pur, at Bhilwara and by this way
we are meeting our water requirement for plant operation
and also helping to reduce sewerage pollution of Bhilwara
city.
Water contained in tailing and concentrate is being
recovered with the help of tailing pond, thickener and
advanced filter press technology and 95% being reused in
Mineral Beneficiations process. The same system is also
helping to conserve water resources.
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1.24 Changes in water
bodies or the land
surface affecting
drainage or run-off?
No There will be no change in water bodies; however the
topography will have change over a period of time as
mentioned in point No.1.1.
1.25 Transport of
personnel or
materials for
construction,
operation or
decommissioning?
Yes There will be transport of personnel and material at the site
during the erection and post commissioning of the project.
This will involve only temporary changes at the site.
1.26 Long-term
dismantling or
decommissioning or
restoration works?
No At present, it is not envisaged.
1.27 Ongoing activity
during
decommissioning
which could have an
impact on the
environment?
No None
1.28 Influx of people to
an area in either
temporarily or
permanently?
Yes During the pre-commissioning and post commissioning
activities influx of manpower will involve, which is estimated
as under:-Temporarily-Pre commissioning 100.
Permanently-Post commissioning 750 (about 60% will be
from local /nearby villages).
1.29 Introduction of alien
species?
No No
1.30 Loss of native
species or genetic
diversity?
No There will be no genetic diversity as the local species will be
chosen for plantation.
1.31 Any other actions? No None
2. Use of Natural resources for construction or operation of the project (such as land,
water, materials or energy, especially any resources which are non-renewable or in
short supply): -
2.1 Land especially
undeveloped or
Yes The mining lease area of 1,556.7817 ha. consists of
930.3178 hectare agriculture land, 357.8270 hectare of
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agricultural land
(ha)
grazing land and 268.6369 hectare of barren land. Mining
and allied activities will be confined to barren/waste land
and grazing land.
2.2 Water (expected
source & competing
users) unit: KLD
Yes The daily water demand of 4,248 KLD.
The break up is as follows:-
For drinking purpose 12 KLD from ground water
For mineral processing and allied work 4236 KLD from STP
at Bhilwara.
2.3 Minerals (MT) Yes It is a mining project for excavation of ore body to the tune
of 23,000 TPD plus overburden.
2.4 Construction
material – stone,
aggregates, sand /
soil (expected
source – MT)
Yes The basic materials to be used are PPC cement, perforated
bricks, steel, pre-cast hollow concrete blocks, interlocking
concrete blocks, composite Ferro-cement, bricks, stones,
ready mix concrete, sand, gypsum, plywood, hard wood,
aluminum, glass, etc.
All the items to be used in the proposed project will be as
per the National Building Code-2005.
2.5 Forests and timber
(source – MT)
Yes The use of timber will be minimized and timber will be
obtained from authorized local timber merchants.
2.6 Energy including
electricity and fuels
(source, competing
users) Unit: fuel
(MT), energy (MW)
Yes Energy:-
The power will be drawn from the nearest GSS grid at
Bhilwara,. A 33/11 KV line has been provided to meet the
power demand of 10.0 MW.
Fuel:-
2 D.G. sets of 500 KVA each were proposed to be installed
for backup power. Fuel required for the D.G. set is HSD and
was to the tune of 500 lt/ day.
We installed DG set having capacity of 750 KVA which
sufficed for some time.. Since last few months, frequency of
power failure has increased abnormally and we are not able
to run the protective machinery at the desired level..
We propose to install D G set having total capacity of 2000
KVA to ensure operation of all protective machinery viz mill
lubrication system, water and slurry pumps, tailing and
concentrate agitators, thickners to avoid sedimentation of
slurry in the pipe lines, besides stoppage of all pollution
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control equipments which takes place after sudden power
cuts by Rajasthan Vidhyut Vitran Nigam Limited.
HSD requirement of this DG set will be around 1500 litres
per hour.
The DG set will be provided with stack of 30m height.
2.7 Any other natural
resources (use
appropriate
standard units)
No Nothing significant.
3. Use, storage, transport, handling or production of substances or materials, which
could be harmful to human health or the environment or raise concerns about actual
or perceived risks to human health.
3.1 Use of substances or
materials, which are
hazardous (as per
MSIHC rules) to
human health or the
environment (flora,
fauna, and water
supplies)
No None.
3.2 Changes in
occurrence of
disease or affect
disease vectors (e.g.
insect or water
borne diseases)
No None.
3.3 Affect the welfare of
people e.g. by
changing living
conditions?
No The proposed project will have positive effect on the people
in the following way :-
1. The socio-economic conditions of the surrounding
villages are poor as there is no significant source of
earning. The occupational activities are agriculture,
cattle rearing and employment in the textile industries
and nearby masonry stone mines. The mining activity
will provide employment (round the year) to about 500
local people which will increase economic status of the
area as they will earn wages of Rs 250 to 350 per day.
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2. The transportation of the mineral will be carried out
using 160 to 400 trucks a day, thus creating the
employment opportunity for the truck drivers and
cleaners..
3. Free Medical camp will be organized for the villagers.
4. The company will cooperate with the Govt. for the
development of the area in opening of schools and
providing basic amenities.
5. The Company is paying royalty to State Government to
the tune of Rs.2.Crores to Rs 3 Crores per month.
6. The project will contribute, though in a small measures,
in bridging the gap between the supply and the demand
of mineral in the state and the region.
7. A number of schools both Private as well as Govt. have
come up in the buffer zone.
8. Market, Carpentry, black-smithy and vehicle repair shops
and shops for daily needs, have come up in the locality
giving employment to a large number of persons.
9. Annual sports have been arranged on Panchayat Level to
promote sportsmanship.
10. Donations are being given for local festivals.
11. Fodder is being supplied to villages in the core sector.
12. CREP guidelines will be followed.
13. Details of CSR activities are given on page 269 to 271.
3.4 Vulnerable groups
of people who could
be affected by the
project e.g. hospital
patients, children,
the elderly etc.,
No There are no vulnerable groups of people who can be
affected by the project.
3.5 Any other causes No None.
4. Production of solid wastes during construction or operation or decommissioning
(MT/month)
4.1 Spoil, overburden or
mine wastes
Yes The total waste (overburden) generated will be 4.3 lac
tones from mining and 2.5 lac tones from beneficiation per
month.
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The waste generated will consist of O.B. removed from
hanging wall and foot wall and waste/ tailing from the
beneficiation plant.
These will be dumped at dumping yards and tailing dams,
respectively.
4.2 Municipal waste
(domestic and or
commercial
wastes)
Yes There will be no municipal waste, as the township is
proposed outside the lease area in near-by town. However,
the marginal domestic waste generated from the office
areas will be disposed off to Bhilwara Municipal
Corporation on daily basis.
4.3 Hazardous wastes
(as per Hazardous
Waste
Management Rules)
Yes The hazardous waste generated will be spent oil –lube oil
and transformer oils, which will be sold to actual registered
user.
4.4 Other industrial
process wastes.
No Waste generated from the workshop, transformers etc will
be disposed off as per the norms of Rajasthan State
Pollution Control Board.
4.5 Surplus product. No None
4.6 Waste sludge or
other sludge from
effluent treatment.
Yes The sludge generated from STP (in the project premises) to
the tune of 40 kg/day will be used as manure after
appropriate treatment.
4.7 Construction or
demolition wastes.
No None
4.8 Redundant
machinery or
equipment.
No None
4.9 Contaminated soils
or other materials.
No None
4.10 Agricultural wastes. No Nothing
4.11 Other solid wastes. Yes Tailing from the beneficiation plant will be to the tune of
121.0 lac m3 in 20 years which will be accommodated in
tailing dams; closure of the same will be planned as per the
available technology at the time of closure.
5. Release of pollutants or any hazardous, toxic or noxious substances to air (Kg/hr)
5.1 Emissions from
combustion of fossil
Yes There will be emissions from transportation, drilling,
overburden handling, crushing etc.
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fuels from
stationary or mobile
sources.
S. No. Source Management
1. Loading
400 liter diesel
per hour
The shovel using diesel will be
maintained properly to reduce
consumption of diesel and
control of emissions of
pollutant from exhaust.
2. Transportation
1200 liter
diesel per hour
Proper maintenance of
vehicles with effective loading.
Effective water sprinkling on
haul road will be done to
compact haul road dust
emissions.
3. Drilling
250 liter diesel
per hour
The compressors used for
generating compressed air use
diesel for running compressor.
Proper stack height and
maintenance of engine will be
ensured.
4 DG set
1500 litres per
hour for one to
two hours per
day on an
average.
Proper stack height and
maintenance of engine will be
ensured.
5.2 Emissions from
production
processes.
Yes Dust is the main pollutant which will be generated from
vehicle movement, blasting of rocks, crushing of ores. The
dust particles shall be small enough to be suspended or
carried by wind. Deposited dust particles of different
sizes that are greater than about 10 to 20 microns settle
out of the air.
Suspended particulate matter remains suspended in the
air for significant period of time, for several minutes.
Dust is managed by the following methods:-
Watering haul roads.
Wet drilling.
Water sprays where required.
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Emission of total suspended particulates from different mining activities:-
Values represent the uncontrolled emission (without EMP) calculated based on USEPA, AP-42
series.
Dust dispersion Modeling- using Fugitive Dust Model in open cast mine
S. No. Locations SPM (µg/ m3) RPM (µg/ m3) TSPM (µg/ m3)
Mean Standard
Deviation
Mean Standard
Deviation
Mean Standard
Deviation
1. Suras 166.31 14.77 64.61 14.26 230.92 29.03
2. Dhulkhera 164.16 09.011 65.28 08.13 229.44 17.14
3. Samodi 161.83 11.06 62.3 12.35 224.13 23.41
4. Pur 182.11 18.28 81.35 19.838 263.46 38.11
5. Dariba 150.68 13.90 64.63 12.803 215.31 26.703
6. Bilya 207.68 15.06 101.68 20.04 309.36 35.1
7. Mandal 191.83 29.10 88.08 23.22 279.91 52.32
8. Arjiya 175.40 20.60 75.23 18.44 250.63 39.04
9. Gudali 161.95 12.46 62.97 12.44 224.92 24.90
10. Naya Amargarh 164.39 16.01 65.68 15.96 230.07 31.97
11. Kanoli 166.7 15.857 70.60 14.81 237.30 30.667
12. Bhadu 172.28 16.26 70.93 13.76 243.21 30.02
Activity Type of
source
Emission factor Emission rate
Drilling Point 0.1 kg/hole (Mineral working)
0.59 kg/hole (OB working)
4 kg/day (Mineral working)
47.2 kg/day (OB working)
Excavation Area 9.4 kg/hr (Mineral working)
8.3 kg/hr (OB working)
225.5 kg/day (Mineral working)
199.2 kg/day) (OB working)
Truck loading Area 0.03 kg/tonne of mineral
0.02 kg/ tonne of OB
700 kg/day (Mineral working)
772 kg/day (OB working)
Transportation
(haulage road)
Line 3.8 kg/vehicle-km-traveled (Mineral)
3.8 kg/vehicle-km-traveled (OB)
1490 kg/day (Mineral working)
4470 kg/day (OB working)
5.3 Emissions from
materials handling
including storage or
transport.
Yes There will be fugitive emission generated during material
handling, drilling, blasting, transportation etc. Dust will
be generated while handling material by shovels/
excavators, transportation by dumpers on haul roads and
unloading at mineral stacks and
Waste dumps. Regular water sprinkling on haul roads
will suppress the dust particles and prevent them from
getting air-borne.
Transportation
Movement of vehicles like dumper trucks, tankers etc.
will also generate dust from the agitation of unpaved
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surface. The transportation activities on unpaved area
results in fugitive emissions to the tune of 0.108
kg/sq.m/hr.
Loading
Dust emission is generated as the material is loaded into
dumpers by excavators.
Haul road/ Overburden handling
The mineral mass will be fragmented and released by
blasting and carried over to stacks loaded into haulage
trucks. These operations will produce dust emissions
during loading, unloading and transportation of the
material from the pit.
5.4 Emissions from
construction
activities including
plant and equipment
Yes The level of construction in the area will be about
1,00,000 sq m, which will generate fugitive emission
during the construction phase only which will be to the
tune of 0.000805 kg/sq.m/hr (USEPA standards for
fugitive emissions during construction). Fugitive dust
from various activities during blasting, drilling,
transportation is expected, which will be temporary in
nature.
5.5 Dust or odours from
handling of materials
including
construction
materials, sewage and
waste
Yes The waste treatment plant will be anaerobic in nature
followed by aerobic, which will have negligible odour.
The dust generation during the construction activities
will be restricted within the permissible limits.
5.6 Emissions from
incineration of waste
No None
5.7 Emissions from
burning of waste in
open air (e.g. slash
materials,
construction debris)
No None
5.8 Emissions from any
other sources
No None
6. Generation of Noise and Vibration, and Emissions of Light and Heat:
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6.1 From operation of
equipment e.g.
engines, ventilation
plant, crushers
Yes Major sources of noise pollution are D.G. sets, crushers,
transportation, drilling, excavation and mechanization.
Following measure are adopted to control the
noise and vibration:-
a. Regular maintenance of machinery.
b. Tree plantation along haul road and around
beneficiation plant propagation would reduce noise.
C. Equipments like earmuffs, ear plugs are commonly
used devices for hearing protection.
d. Controlled blasting will be practiced, which produces
very less noise.
e. Blasting will be avoided in the morning and evening
hours, on foggy days, at night time and at the times of
high wind velocity and low cloud cover.
f. Drilling will be carried out with the help of sharp
drill bits and water injection system.
6.2 From industrial or
similar processes
Yes There will be source of noise during the process activities
viz: grinding, crushing, screening etc.
6.3 From construction or
demolition
Yes There will be no significant noise and vibration during
construction of beneficiation plant.
6.4 From blasting or
piling
Yes One round containing three rows @ 20 holes/ row will be
blasted in each block. The generation of noise and
vibration is not significant as the blasting operation will
be controlled and systematic in nature.
6.5 From construction or
operational traffic
No Due to vehicular traffic and material transportation
within lease area, noise will be generated. However, the
expected noise levels will be maintained well within the
DG MS and CPCB norms.
6.6 From lighting or
cooling systems
Yes The area is devoid of any kind of industrial activities in
the area, however, coming of the project will cause night
illumination in the area causing:
• Light pollution which will be restricted using cut-off
shield fixtures on site.
• Ensuring that all lights strike a surface directly and
do not point at the sky or surroundings. It will be
kept minimum, conforming to safety norms.
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• EMF radiations at site will be reduced by ensuring
that construction supply connection is adequate for
the task, using line filters on the mains connecting
cables, installing power factor correction
equipments.
6.7 From any other
sources
No Nothing significant.
7. Risks of contamination of land or water from releases of pollutants into the ground or
into sewers, surface waters, groundwater, coastal waters or the sea:
7.1 From handling,
storage, use or
spillage of hazardous
materials
No None
7.2 From discharge of
waste or other
effluents to water or
the land (expected
mode and place of
discharge)
Yes The domestic waste generated to the tune of 38 KLD will
be systematically treated in the well designed STP and
the eventual discharge will be for plantation.
From the mining or beneficiation plant there will be
generation of tailings. During first year 2,021 m3 of tailing
will be produced per day. From second year onward,
daily generation of tailing will be 4,042 m3 out of which
about 2,021 m3 will be in dry form having size of -6mm
obtained after first primary magnetic separation. It is
proposed to screen it in a 2mm trammel screen to
separate fines (-2mm) and coarse (+2) particles. The
coarse particle may find use as sand/ bajri which is in
great demand for building/ road construction. This will
be stacked separately at the proposed dumping yard SE
of Suras pit with 2.0 m high retaining wall all around to
prevent flow of fines from dump/stack.
Tailing from the magnetic fraction will amount to 2,021
m3 per day. For effective conveyance of load, the
concentration of solid in slurry is usually 10 to 15% of
volume of water hence requirement of water will be
about 16,400 m3, out of which loss due to evaporation
may amount 5% and 15 to 20% will remain in sludge.
75% to 80% water will be recovered after settling for 2 to
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3 days and recycled.
Two tailing ponds are proposed to be constructed by
erecting segmented Ring- Dyke dams. The ponds will be
rectangular, 840m long and 300 m wide having 3
impoundment compartments separated by two dike
dams. The dam will consist of an impervious Core, 6.0
metre high, 1.0 wide at the top and 2.7 m wide at the
foundation, the sides of the core will slope at 83˚ from the
horizontal. The dike will be covered on both sides by
compacted stone rubbles and soil to leave no void. The
sloping sides of the dam towards the pond will slope at
34˚ and towards outer side it will be 27˚ .
Both sloping sides of the dam will be stone-pitched upto
50cm thickness.
The pond-side stone pitched slope will be laid over by a
20 cm thick soil + bentonite layer which will be covered
by synthetic liner (geomembrane) whereas the bottom of
the tailing pond will be covered by 30cm thick soil +
bentonite layer, to be subsequently covered by synthetic
liner. A 15 cm thick cement concrete plastered wall will
be constructed on the vertical sides to seal all the cracks
and crevices in the rock on the side of tailing pond.
All these layering will help in preventing leakage of
tailing water underneath and into sides. The core dike
will provide imperviousness to the dam and the sloping
sides consisting of compacted stone rubbles and having
stone pitching will provide safety to the dam.
Each tailing dam will be provided with 2 to 3 wells of 3 to
5m diameter and will have perforations.
The height of the tailing dams will be raised by 6 to 8
meters at a time after 5 to 6 years. Before raising the
height the following scientific studies will be carried to
ensure the stability of the tailing dam: -
i. Study to be conducted by National Institute of Rock
Mechanics, KGF Karnataka with regard to the threat
to the stability of the tailing dam in the wake of the
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proposed increases in height.
ii. Review the structural safety aspect of the tailing dam
due to blasting in nearby mines to be conducted by
the Central Water and Power Research Station
(CWPRS) Pune or Central Mining Research Institute,
Dhanbad.
Initially the dam will be 25 m wide at the bottom (at 460
MSL) and 6 m wide on the top at 466 MSL.
To ensure the stability of the tailing dam, the following
pro-active measures shall be taken: -
i. Guards will be posted to guard the dam round the clock.
Regular, thrice a day, visual inspection of the tailing
dam for detection of cracks and seepage of water/
mud will be done. The results of the inspection will
be recorded in a bound paged book kept for this
purpose.
ii. The structural stability and safety aspects will be
examined after construction and then after every
five years by experts of National Institute of Rock
Mechanics, Kolar, CMRI, Dhanbad and CWPR Station,
Pune.
iii. Adequate quantity of sand, clay/ soil mixed with
bentonite and cement bags will be kept stacked near
the dam site office, which will be used for plugging
the cracks and breaches noticed if any, at the earliest
stage.
iv. Trained disaster management team will be employed
to regularly examine the dam and take remedial
measures to prevent occurrence of any disaster.
v. The dam will be fenced with barbed wire all around to
prevent persons and animals from inadvertent or
willful entry to damage the dam.
7.3 By deposition of
pollutants emitted to
air into the land or
into water
No There will be no considerable impact as the dust
receptors will have large leaf canopy cover to arrest the
dust and frequent sprinkling of water will suppress the
dust.
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7.4 From any other
sources
No None
7.5 Is there a risk of long
term build up of
pollutants in the
environment from
these sources?
No Nothing significant.
8. Risk of accidents during construction or operation of the Project, which could affect
human health or the environment
8.1 From explosions,
spillages, fires etc
from storage,
handling, use or
production of
hazardous substances
No Explosion hazards are envisaged due to mishandling of
explosives. However, expert team including competent
blasters, having experience in handling explosives, have
been appointed at this project. All precautions are being
taken for safe storage at proposed magazine and
transport of explosives.
8.2 From any other
causes
Yes The risks of accidents are envisaged due to operation of
HEMM, failure of mine pit etc. However, good safety
practices will be applied at the proposed project. All
precautionary measures will be adopted and use of
protective equipments will be mandatory. However, to
meet the minor incidences and accidents first aid
measures at site will be provided.
8.3 Could the project be
affected by natural
disasters causing
environmental
damage (e.g. floods,
earthquakes,
landslides,
cloudburst, etc)?
No The project is in Seismic Zone – II.
There is no risk of flood, as the area lies much above the
highest flood level (415 m AMSL). Entrance to the pits
will be above 440 m AMSL.
9. Factors which should be considered (such as consequential development) which could
lead to environmental effects or the potential for cumulative impacts with other
existing or planned activities in the locality
9.1 Lead to development
of supporting cities,
ancillary
Yes The coming up project will add to the positive impact in
the area as there will be various other activities coming
up due to the proposed project.
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development or
development
stimulated by the
project which could
have impact on the
environment e.g.:
• Supporting
infrastructure (roads,
power supply, waste
or waste water
treatment, etc.)
• housing
development
• extractive
industries
• supply industries
• other
9.2 Lead to after use of
the site, which could
have an impact on
environment.
Yes The land used will be reclaimed and rehabilitated by back
filling the pits and plantation causing no adverse impact
to the environment.
9.3 Set a precedent for
later developments
Yes There will be other ancillary developments which will
spring up due to the coming of the project, resulting in
setting a precedent for later development.
9.4 Have cumulative
effects due to
proximity to other
existing or planned
projects with similar
effects
No --
III Environmental Sensitivity (within 15 km radius-detailed as under): Study area map of 10 km
radius is enclosed as Annexure – III (page 279).
Areas Name/
Identity
1 Areas protected
under
No --
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international
conventions,
national or local
legislation for
their ecological,
landscape,
cultural or other
related value
2 Areas which are
important or
sensitive for
ecological reasons
- Wetlands,
watercourses or
other water
bodies, coastal
zone, biospheres,
mountains, forests
Yes The area does not depict any wetlands, biosphere and
coastal zone.
However, Reserved forests are 1.5 km towards east and
1.0 km towards north (out side core zone).
Water reservoir –Meja dam-2.0 km towards west.
Mandal talab-4.2 km towards NW.
Kothari river is 1.5 km from the Central Part and about
200m near the north boundary from the lease area and
600m away from the working pit near the northern end.
These will not be affected by mining activities in the lease
area.
3 Areas used by
protected,
important or
sensitive species
of flora or fauna
for breeding,
nesting, foraging,
resting, over
wintering,
migration
No None within the study area.
4 Inland, coastal,
marine or
underground
waters
No None within the study area.
5 State, National
boundaries
No None within the study area.
6 Routes or facilities Yes Two PWD roads connect the villages of the lease area to
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used by the public
for access to
recreation or
other tourist,
pilgrim areas
NH – 79 which passes from north to south and enters the
lease near northern corner and goes out after 1.6 km.
7 Defense
installations
No None within the study area.
8 Densely populated
or built-up area
Yes Bhilwara town, 7 km towards east.
Population 3.5 lac.
9 Areas occupied by
sensitive man-made
land uses (hospitals,
schools, places of
worship, community
facilities)
Yes School within the core zone
Schools Dhulkhera Onkarpura Samodi Suras
Secondary
school 1
1
Middle
school 1
Rajiv Gandhi
Vidyalaya 1
Primary
School 1 1 1
Aangan
Bari Kendra 1 1 2
These exist at distances of 1.5 to 2 kms from mining
place.
A number of Schools, Collages, Engineering college etc
are available at Bhilwara.
10 Areas containing
important, high
quality or scarce
resources
(ground water
resources, surface
resources, forestry,
agriculture,
fisheries, tourism,
minerals)
Yes The area is classified as O.E. zone ground water, but there
will be no ground water abstraction for Mining/
Beneficiation during first four years except 12 KLD for
drinking purpose. During subsequent years groundwater
will seep into pit initially @ 36.23 m3 per day to
267.55m3 per day at conceptual phase. The 30% of the
water abstracted from mine pits will be distributed to the
villagers for drinking use and domestic purposes and
remaining 70% will be put in the recharge structures.
The Mineral to be mined is low grade magnetite ore
found in abundance in our country, awaiting its use after
development of viable technology.
11 Areas already
subjected to
Yes Bhilwara town has many industrial activities, but the
AAQM carried reveals that the levels are within
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pollution or
environmental
damage. (those
where existing
legal
environmental
standards are
exceeded)
permissible range.
12 Areas susceptible
to natural hazard
which could cause
the project to
present
environmental
problems
(earthquakes,
subsidence,
landslides,
erosion, flooding
or extreme or
adverse climatic
conditions)
No
The project working is at 440m above MSL and the HFL
of Kothari river is at 415 m above MSL, thus there is no
possibility of area being flooded.
"I hereby give undertaking that the data and information given in the application and enclosure are true
to the best of my knowledge and belief and I am aware that if any part of the data and information
submitted is found to be false or misleading at any stage, the project will be rejected and clearance
given, if any to the project will be revoked at our risk and cost.
Date: 15.02.2017
Place: Bhilwara
Authorised signatory
M/S Jindal Saw Limited,
Araji No.9697/6711, Vill. Pur, Bhilwara