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ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN

BRAHMANBADA SAND

VillageRasulpur,

ENVIRONMENT CONSULTANT

KALYANI LABORATORIES PVT.LTD.(Sl. No. 92 , List of NABET Accredited Consultant Org

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PLOT NO.-1867, BOMIKHAL, BHUBANESWAR

Document No. : KLPL-EIA/(MM/B2)2017 -271

Rev. No.: 00 Date: 31.05.2017

LESSEE


BRAHMANBADA SAND

Village-Brahmanbada, TahasilRasulpur, Jajpur District, Odisha

ENVIRONMENT CONSULTANT:

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1867, BOMIKHAL, BHUBANESWAR

271 Document Name: Environment Management Plan

Sand Quarry, Rasulpur, Jajpur, Odisha

Rev. No.: -- Date: --

LESSEE- TAHASILDAR, RASULPUR

Doc. No. KLPL-EIA/(MM/B2)2017


BRAHMANBADA SAND QUARRY

Tahasil- , Odisha

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anizations

1867, BOMIKHAL, BHUBANESWAR -10

Environment Management Plan for Brahmanbada

TAHASILDAR, RASULPUR

EIA/(MM/B2)2017 - 270

Environment Management Plan for Brahmanbada Sand Quarry, Rasulpur Tahasil, Jajpur District, Odisha

Prepared By: Kalyani Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Bhubaneswar (Doc. No. KLPL-EIA/(MM/B2)2017 – 271) Page 2

TABLE OF CONETENT

Section No. Title Page No.

1.0 Introduction 3

2.0 Brief Profile of the Project 4-5

3.0 Status of the Lessee 5

4.0 Topography/Physiography/ Geology 5-8

5.0 Mining Method 8-9

6.0 Mine Drainage 9

7.0 Environment Management Plan

7.1 Objective 10

7.2 Topography/Hydrology/Land Environment 11-13

7.3 Air pollution Control Measure 13-14

7.4 Noise & Vibration Environment 14

7.5 Water Management 14-15

7.6 Solid Waste & Top soil Management 15

7.7 Biological Environment 15 -16

7.8 Socio-economic environment 16

7.9 Occupational Health Management 17

8.0 EMP Implementation and Monitoring 17 -18

9.0 Detailed Budget of Environmental Management Plan

including occupational health & safety of the workers and

Cost for Environment Protection Measures

18 - 19

10.0 Summary 19



1.0 INTRODUCTION:

The Environmental Management plan has been prepared for Brahmanbada Sand Quarry

over an area of 5.66 Ha or 14.00 acres for excavation of river sand from Brahmani river bed

under Rasulpur Tahasil of Jajpur district, Odisha. Brahmanbada River Sand Bed lease area over

5.66 hectares is located in village Brahmanbadaof Rasulpur Tahasil, Jajpur ,Odisha is granted for

mining lease of sand bed in favour of Tahasildar Rasulpur.

As per EIA Notification 2006 and subsequent amendment Environment clearance is

mandatory for mining of minerals. As per MoEF circular 15.01.2016 the minor mineral project

below 25 Ha has been considered as B2 category and will be appraised based on Form 1, Pre

feasibility report and Environment Management Plan.

The area under reference is featured in the Survey of India Toposheet no. (73L/1 or

F45U1) and bounded between the latitudes of 20°47'53.5" N to 20°48'03.4"N and longitudes of

86°07'06.6"E to 86°07'15.9"E. The area is located at a distance of 24Km from the district head

quarters Jajpur and is at a distance of 77Km from the state capital Bhubaneswar.

Mining within or near river bed has a direct impact on the land topography, drainage and

flow pattern of the river. This may cause hazardous impact on biological environment of the

river ecosystem. This may also cause adverse impact on in-stream biota and riparian habitats.

This disturbance may also cause changes in channel configuration and flow-paths. The impact of

mining on other environment includes increase dust emission during loading, unloading and

transportation activity. The ground water regime and surface water quality may have some

impact due to the mining process. To mitigate the impact of river sand mining the Environment

management Plan has been prepared for Brahmanbada River Sand Bed over an area of 14.00

acres or 5.66 hect on Brahmani River.



2.0 BRIEF PROFILE OF THE PROJECTS:

Particulars Brahmanbada River Sand Bed

Profile of Project Brahmanbada River Sand Bed on Brahmani River

Name & Address of

Lessee

Tahasildar, Rasulpur

District-Jajpur, Odisha

Grant of Lease Quarry lease has been proposed to be granted by the Tahasildar, Rasulpur

Objective 8136 Cu.m/ Annum

Status of Mine New Mines awaiting for EC

Location Village: Brahmanbada , Rasulpur Tahasil, Jajpur district, Odisha

Toposheet no-73 L/1, F45U1

Latitiude:-20047’53.5’’N to 20048’03.4’’N

Longitude:-86007’06.6’’E to 86007’15.9’’E

Project Category B2 ( less than 25 Ha), in Rasulpur, 5.66 Ha

Method of Mining Manual Method.

Reserves Geological Reserve: 50,399 cum

Mineable Reserve: 40,599 cum

Year Wise

Production Plan

Annual Level of Production-8136 Cum

YEAR

SURFACE

AREA OF

SAND (m²)

THICKNESS OF

SAND (m)

VOL.OF SAND

(m³)

1st Year 5400 1.5 8100

2nd Year 5408 1.5 8112

3rd Year 5414 1.5 8121

4th Year 5420 1.5 8130

5th Year 5424 1.5 8136

TOTAL 40599



Waste Generation No Waste generated as the total excavated sand will be saleable

Water/ Power Source of water is Tube well

Manpower 15 no.

Use of Mineral Mined out sand will be utilized for domestic use only. Yearly dispatched

quantity will be 8136 cum.

3.0 STATUS OF THE LESSEE

There is no lessee at present. The mining lease area belongs to Tahasildar, Rasulpur.

4.0 TOPOGRAPHY/PHYSIOGRAPHY/GEOLOGY:

a. Physiography:

The Sand bed is on the River Brahmani. The Bhagatpur sand bed deposit represents a

gently sloping to almost flat terrain with highest altitude of 18 mRL. The general slope is

towards southeast. Vegetation is scanty with small bushes existing in the auction hold area.

There is no human settlement within the area.

b. Regional Geology:

Geologically, the auction area belongs to recent to sub-recent period which is located in

the Brahmani river bed at Bhagatpur village, Tahasil- Rasulpur, District- Jajpur. The quaternaries

overlie directly on the Tertiaries and are composed of younger and older alluvia. The sediments

of older alluvia are grayish to brownish in colour, un-fossilferous. Cenozoic’s occupy about 20℅

of the land area of Orissa mostly along the costal tract and river valleys (fig.I).They are

represented by Baripada bed, late rites, bauxites, and the costal alluvia. They could be grouped

into two major divisions: Tertiary and Quaternary. The Tertiary rocks are represented by a small

exposure of Mio-Pliocene rocks (Baripada Bed) around Baripada town while the Quaternary is

represented by many residual products of weathering (laterite, bauxite, china clay etc) and

coastal alluvia in the coastal plains and river valleys.

The Stratigraphic succession of the area on regional basis can be given as follow:

Type of Lithology Geological Horizon Age

Sand, silt and clay Debi – kuakhai Upper Holocene to recent



stage(fluvial) age

Coastal sand deposits with a

variety of recent marine shells

e.g., Mactra sp, etc. with

corresponding light colored

yellow ,yellowish brown

sediments without any organic

remains of fluvial nature

Puri formation (Marine

stage) prachi – Alaka

fluvial stage

Youngest marine horizon.

Age of shells by CI4 dating

about 5000 to 8000 years

B.P. Represents fluvial

sediments of early Holocene

age to upper Ho

Holocene age

Light coloured limestone

bearing sediments with

fragmented and weathered

organic remains (Echinoids,

corals) occurring around 20-30

meters depth in Bhagabanpur

bore hole with equivalent fluvial

deposits.

Bhagabanpur formation

(marine) and Burdha-

Sukhabhadra fluvial

stage

CI4 dating of shell

fragments show ages of

20,000 to 30,000 year BP.

Late Upper Pleistocene

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unconformity ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dark grey, very coarse to fine

grained sediments containing

significant quantity of organic

shells, e.g., Oliva sp

(Gastropada), Glycimeris sp

(Pelecypod) and typical iron

silicates oolites

Tolapada Bed (Marine)

equivalent of Baripada

Beds

Pre Deltaic sediments could

be of Pliocene age

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unconformity ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Basement rocks, e.g. khondalite, charnockite, gneisses etc. of Eastern Ghats group and

sandstones and Carbonaceous shales of upper Gondwana Group.



c. Local Geology

The sand deposit in Brahmani River near Bhagatpur belongs to recent to sub recent

deposits of Holocene age. Beach Sand, younger and older alluvium also belongs to the same age.

The proposed area is occupied by a gently sloping to almost flat deposits of sand. The basement

consists of Tertiary deposits and the sequence of litho-units encountered in the auction hold area

is as follows:

Sand

Alluvium

d. Lithology:

The characteristic features of the litho units of the area are described below:

Sand: The area under reference is covered with grey to white sand deposits with average

thickness of 2 m. Sand by definition is a loose, incoherent mass of mineral materials and is a

product of natural processes. These processes are the disintegration of rocks under the influence

of weathering and abrasion. When sand is freshly formed, the particles are usually angular and

sharply pointed, but they grow gradually smaller and more rounded as they become constantly

worn down by the wind or water. Sand particles tend to settle quite rapidly because of their

shape, density and size. Therefore, the concentration of sand is highest near the bed of a river and

lowest near the surface.

Clean sand is indeed a rare commodity on land, but common in sand dunes and

beaches. The composition of sand is highly variable in nature, depending on the local rock

types/sources and conditions, but the most common constituent of sand in inland continental

settings and non-tropical coastal settings is silica (silicon dioxide or SiO2), usually in the form

of quartz which because of its chemical inertness and considerable hardness, is the most

common mineral resistant to weathering.

Alluvium: Decomposed vegetal materials admixed with clay and soil constitutes alluvium which

is underlain by the sand bed with some clayey matter.



RESERVE:

GEOLOGICAL RESERVE OF BRAHMANABADA SAND QUARRY

SURFACE AREA OF

SAND (m²)

THICKNESS OF

SAND (m)

VOL.OF SAND

(m³) CATEGORY

33599 1.5 50399 PROBABLE

MINEABLE RESERVE OF BRAHMANABADA SAND QUARRY

27066 1.5 40599 PROBABLE

5.0 METHOD OF MINING:

Mining shall be undertaken to extract sand, mainly through an open pit spread over the

river course devoid of water or nominal water that may be encountered below. The mode of the

deposit, geomorphology of the area and its hydrological condition are some of the factors those

favour the open cast method of mining. Mining will be done with manual excavation & loading

into trucks/tractors and transported from sand quarry to the users/destination through

trucks/tractors. The mining will be undertaken on single shift basis. The local man power shall

be engaged in the mine.

Excavation & loading of sand into the trucks/tractors will be done by manual means. The

transportation from the sand quarry site to respective users/destinations shall be achieved by

trucks/tractors. The no. of fleets with their capacity is as follows:

Benching pattern is not feasible in case of sand, as the angle of repose of sand is 350,

based on this the Ultimate pit slope Limit has been taken as 350. The maximum depth of

mining will be of 2m or up to water table whichever is less.

Annual Production

Based on the proposal, the year wise schedule of sand excavation for five years has been

ascertained to be 60,988 m3 as per schedule proposed. The production has been calculated and

Sl. no Name Capacity No. of Fleet Make

1 Trucks/Tractors 6Cum/3 Cum 14/28 Tata/ M&M

2 Safety gears Helmets, safety

shoes, Goggles,& Hand gloves ----------- As required



represented in cubic meter as per requirement of the Tahasildar. Based on the site specificity and

localized parameters taken in to consideration, the pit geometry, recovery factor for mine

planning are as follows:

Geo-Mining parameters Quantitative Description

Sand recovery factor I00%

Bench Height

In case of sand mining benching pattern may not be practicable

due sand’s inherent property. The likely depth of mining

considered up-to 2m only

YEAR WISE PRODUCTION OF SAND BED DURING PLAN PERIOD

DEVELOPMENT CALCULATION OF BRAHMANBADA SAND QUARRY

YEAR

SURFACE AREA OF

SAND (m²)

THICKNESS OF

SAND (m) VOL.OF SAND (m³)

A B C D=A X B

1ST YEAR 5400 1.5 8100

2ND YEAR 5408 1.5 8112

3RD YEAR 5414 1.5 8121

4TH YEAR 5420 1.5 8130

5TH YEAR 5424 1.5 8136

TOTAL 40599

The above annual production has been determined on the basis of minimum guaranteed

quantity of sand to be mined out from this resource as mentioned by the Tahasildar.

6.0 MINE DRAINAGE :

The shallow depth excavation on dry/nominally wet sand close to the bank or dry river

bed has been proposed, which will have negligible or no impact on drainage. Abandoned stream

channels on terrace and inactive flood plains have been preferred rather than active channels and

flood-plains.

Water that might percolate (if any) into excavation area has to be pumped out to

channelize to river course during excavation. Stream will not be diverted to form inactive

channel. Mining below subterranean water level will be avoided as a safeguard against any water

contamination. Excavation at the concave side of river bank/ channel has been avoided to



prevent bank erosion.

It is observed from the dug well in the adjacent plain area and in the nearby villages that

the ground water table varies between 4m to I4 m from the surface level depending upon

seasonal variations. During dry season the water table falls to I4m from the surface where as

during rainy season the water table remains at 4m from the surface. As the mining activities

presently proposed are maximum up to 2m that to within the river course and the total mining

operation will be achieved through manual means, so there will be no effect on ground water

table.

7.0 ENVIRON MENT MANAGEMENT PLAN:

The Environmental management plan has been formulated for Brahmanbada Sand bed

over an area of 5.66 Ha of Tahasildar, Rasulpur to mitigated the adverse impact of the river sand

bed on Brahmani river on the surrounding environment. This includes an environmental policy

on protection of environment and public safety. The river management functions involve

strategic planning, sustainable allocation of resources and environment compatible mining

methods for protecting the health of the river system. Management of rivers includes legal, social

and economic considerations, as well as scientific insights. The map showing the environmental

features within 10 Km of the project site has been given as below:

The environment parameters affected due to sand mining project are land use, topography,

drainage pattern, water resource, soil quality, ambient air quality, socioeconomic status, ecology

and occupational health. The purpose of EMP is:

Preparation of effective, site specific and user friendly activity chart for EMP

The Environment Management Plan is a part of project implementation

This ensures the environment management documents prepared during project

implementation period.

7.1 Objective:

The EMP has been worked out with the following objectives:

Restoration of landscape consistent with the economy of mining operations, keeping in

view the drainage pattern, geological stability, vegetation etc.

Minimization, mitigation and where possible elimination of degradation in land, quality

of air and water.

Making least disturbance to the water regime and water quality.



Least disruption to the existing basic ecological status in the mining area during mining.

7.2 TOPOGRAPHY, HYDROLOGY & LAND/ SOIL MANAGEMENT

The major impact of the river bed sand mines on the land environment is due creation of

access roads, mining operations, transportation of mined material. The study area itself being part of

Brahmani River course carries surface as well as ground water (under current). The flow of

surface/ground water (sub surface flow) is following the trend of topography. The area is part of dry

river bed for more than nine months in a year except for the rainy season.

The ground water table will be about 4metres below the surface of river bed in the mining

area during the dry seasons will not be disturbed as ultimate working depth is 1.5 m below the

ground level. At the end of mining operations every yearly season, the flood waters would

replenish the mined material.

As per the mining plan there will be no waste generated due to sand mining. The impact

assessment and proposed mitigation measure is as below:

Assessment of Impact Mitigation Measures

Obstruction of river Flow The mining will be carried out in the dry areas of the river body in

the non monsoon seasons only. There will be no waste dumping

in the lease area as the total mined out material will be sellable.

The excavated sand will immediately transported out of the lease

area. So that no dumping of the sand will be there in the river bed.

So there is no change in river flow pattern due to the proposed

mining activity.

Change in River slope/

Morphology/ geometry and

elevation.

The mining operation will be carried out in the lease area leaving

the water cover area and the safety zone. The mining will be done

only 1.5m below the surface level so that there will be no

generation of deep pits in the lease area. There will be no mining

activity in the river bank and safety zone.

Change in land use pattern

of the lease area

The land use pattern of the lease area belongs to Nadi Kisam and

will remain a part of the active river course of Brahmani River.

The mining activity will be carried out in the active stream only

during the dry season. So there will be no change in land use

pattern of the lease area.



Impact on the River Bridge The river bridge of NH 5 is located at a distance of 3 Km from the

lease area and the river bridge on Singhpur road is located at a

distance of 1.0 Km from the lease area. As the bridge is located at

a distance of 1.0 Km the impact due to mining on the river bridge

does not envisaged.

In order to prevent the environmental degradation of leased mine area and its surroundings,

the following measures shall be taken;

• There will be no creation of pits on the river bed. All the quarries developed during the

excavation of the sand will be replenished in the monsoon season.

• Proper safety zone has been demarcated along the river bank and from the bridge.

• No mining activity will be carried out in the safety zone.

• No trees will be cut due to the proposed mining activity.

• The mining activity will be carried out during daylight only.

• There will be no stockpiling of excavated sand on the river bed or river bank. The

excavated material will transport to the user agency as soon as possible.

• Water sprinkling on the transportation route as the river bed connecting to the highway

is un-metalled road.

• There will be minimum numbers of access roads to river bed, as cutting river banks

should be avoided and ramps are to be maintained.

Plantation and Soil Conservation

There is no soil over the sand bed; however the receding floods in the monsoon

season deposit some clay /soil carried down by river water. It is hardly a few millimetres thick and

of not much consequence. Even in the areas of no mining activity the process of deposition in one

season and transportation of previously deposited material in the next season takes place

along with deposition of fresh material by receding floods.

As the mining is on the river bed and will be covered by river water during monsoon plantation

programme will not be undertaken within the lease area. However, plantation activity shall be

undertaken in consultation with village panchayat near the river banks, avenue plantation or

Panchayat waste lands to improve the land quality, aesthetics and reduce soil erosion.



Post mining land use

As the mining lease area is a part of active river course and water logging during every

monsoon season, the land degradation impact due to the excavation of sand during dry period of

the year will get replenished by fresh material and there shall not be any change in land use pattern

of the mining lease area. In view of the above, the mining lease area would remain within the active

river course during and post mining operation.

7.3 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES

The excavation of the sand from Brahmanbada River Sand Bed quarry is a manual

process. The only source of air pollution is due to the loading and transportation activity by

trucks and tractors. The proposed mining operations are not anticipated to raise the

concentration of the pollutants beyond prescribed limits. However, the following measures

would be adopted to mitigate the incremental load of particulate matter in ambient air.

Water sprinkling will be done for dust suppression on the unpaved road.

Leveling of roads connecting the sand source will be done to maintain the uniform speed

of the trucks/tippers.

The vehicles will be maintained properly and at regular intervals to control the air

emissions.

The transporting trucks will be covered by tarpaulin so that dust emission will be reduced.

Overloading will be avoided during the transportation.

Dust mask provided to the workers engaged at dust generation points like excavations,

loading and unloading points.

The route for sand transportation of the area has been made outside the human habitation.

7.3.1 Control of Gaseous Pollution

The project area is for excavation of sand from the river bed. The only source of gaseous

pollution is movement of vehicle. The mining process includes only manual mining without any

emission of gaseous pollutants. This project includes movement of only 4 tractors will be used for

transportation of sand from the lease area. So the gaseous pollution due to the present mining is

very less.

7.3.2 Control of Dust Pollution

The dust emission will be there during excavation of sand, loading and transportation of

sand. The measures taken of dust pollution control are as below:



The mines road will be properly maintained i.e. compacted, levelled for movement of

trucks and tractors.

The sand carrying trucks will be properly covered to reduce dust emission during the

movement of trucks.

Overloading of the trucks will be avoided.

All the haulage road including the main ramp from the river will be kept wide, levelled,

compacted and properly maintained and maintained regularly to prevent dust emission.

7.4. NOISE AND VIBRATION ENVIRONMENT

The sand excavation process does not involve any heavy earth moving machinery, so there

will not be any major impact on noise level. There will be no drilling and blasting used for sand

lifting, hence no possibility of land vibration. It was found that the proposed mining activity will

not have any significant impact on the noise environment of the region. The only impact will be

due to transportation of sand by trucks and tractor trolleys. Though the source of noise is very

less following mitigation measures will be undertaken to maintain the noise level well within

the limit:

Minimum use of horns and speed limit of 10 kms in the village area.

Timely maintenance of vehicles and their silencers to minimize vibration and sound.

Provision of green belts in consultation with village panchayat near the river bank.

Care will be taken to produce minimum sound during sand loading and movement of

transporting vehicles.

Earmuffs will be provided to the workers working in the noisy areas.

7.5. WATER MANAGEMENT

Surface Water Management

As the proposed excavation of sand mining is only manual and no waste water will be

generated due to mining activity. During the sand excavation there is the possibility of increase

in turbidity in surface water pollution due to the excavation of sand. Utmost care will be taken

to minimize spillage of sand. The shallow depth excavation on dry/nominally wet sand close to

the bank or dry river bed has been proposed, which will have negligible or no impact on

drainage. Abandoned stream channels on terrace and inactive flood plains have been preferred

rather than active channels and flood-plains. Water that might percolate (if any) into excavation

area has to be pumped out to channelize to river course during excavation. Stream will not be



diverted to form inactive channel. Mining below subterranean water level will be avoided as a

safeguard against any water contamination. Excavation at the concave side of river bank/

channel has been avoided to prevent bank erosion. Following environmental management plan

will be undertaken to minimize the surface water pollution:

The washing of trucks and tractor trolleys in the river will be completely avoided.

Plantation along the river banks will undertaken on degraded Panchayat waste land to

improve its quality and utility.

Monitoring of the surface water quality in both upstream and downstream of both the lease

area will be carried out on quarterly basis to assess the impact of mining on River Bed.

(Brahmani river).

Ground water Management

It is observed from the dug well in the adjacent plain area and in the nearby villages that

the ground water table varies between 4m to 14 m from the surface level depending upon

seasonal variations. During dry season the water table falls to 14m from the surface where as

during rainy season the water table remains at 4m from the surface. As the mining activities

presently proposed are maximum up to 1.5m that to within the river course and the total mining

operation will be achieved through manual means, so there will be no effect on ground water

table.

7.6. SOLID WASTE & TOP SOIL MANAGEMENT

As this is a river sand mine, there will be no generation of solid waste or top soil because

of the mining operation.

7.7 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT

The impact of sand excavation from the lease area on the biological environment will be

limited to the vegetation of the river bank, aquatic flora and aquatic fauna. The sand excavation

from the river bed may results instability of the river bank and loss of vegetation. The proposed

mitigation measures for minimizing the impact:

Development of green belt along the road side, river bank and village waste land.

Improvement of soil quality of the area and coverage by vegetation.

Stability of the river bank by grass and vegetation cover.

Conservation of biological diversity of the area.



7.7.1 Development of Green belt:

As the lease area is a part of active river course, development of green belt within the

lease area is not possible. There is the proposal for development of green belt along the road

side, river bank and village waste land. Plantation programme for the mines has been given in

as below:

Programme of Plantation:

It is proposed for planting @50 saplings of suitable species per annum by the lessee in

vicinity of the river bank as avenue plantation which is to be undertaken in consultation with the

concerned authority.

7.7.2 Year Wise Progressive Green belt plan:

Year Number of saplings proposed Type of saplings

2015-16 50

Teak,

Acasia

Neem,

Jamun

2016-17 50

2017-18 50

2018-19 50

2019-20 50

Total 250

7.8. SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

This project operation will provide livelihood to the poorest section of the society. The

overall impact of riverbed mining of sand on the socio economics of the area shall be positive

one, as not only it will generate employment opportunities for local population at mine site but

also in associated activity i.e. for transportation of mined material, construction activities etc . It

will also give a good boost to the general economy of the area by providing employment

opportunity to the local people. The project will help in enhancement of social infrastructure of

the area.



7.9 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT

The mines worker will be provided with dust mask to minimize the inhalation of the

dust.

The mining site will be supplied with first aid facilities and the entire mines worker

will have access to that.

The workers will be well trained about the safety practices in the mining activities.

Free check up and medicine for treatment for their acute and chronic illness shall be

provided by the lessee.

Pre placement and periodical health check up camps will be conducted for the mines

workers.

8.0 EMP IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING

A large part of the sampling and measurement activities will be concerned with long term

monitoring aimed at providing an early warning of any desirable changes or trends in the natural

environment that could be associated with mining and allied activities. This is essential to

determine where the changes are a response to a cycle of climatic conditions or are due to the

mining or allied activities.

In particular, a monitoring strategy is required to ensure that all environmental resources, which

may subjected to contamination, are kept under review. Monitoring of the individual elements of

the environment is necessary. The details of environmental monitoring has been given in table

below:



FREQUENCY OF MONITORING DIFFERENT PARAMETERS:

SL.

NO

DESCRIPTION OF PARAMETERS SCHEDULE AND DURATION

OF MONITORING

1 Air Quality for PM10, SO2 and NOx, Respirable

dust

Once in a month

a Ambient air quality around loading & unloading

stations by installing 4 stations (one in core zone

and 3 in buffer zone)

2 Water quality analysis Once per season

a Ground water & surface water samples

3 Noise level Once a season during the 1st year,

then once a year. a At lease hold area & residential area

4 Ocupational health check up Once in a year

9.0 DETAILED BUDGET OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN

For implementation of Environmental Management Plan in the mining lease area,

financial estimates for year-wise expenditure (both capital and recurring) and action plan to

maintain better environment. The updated capital cost and recurring cost has been given in

table below:

9.1 Budget for Occupational health & safety of the workers (Lakhs)

Particulars Capital Cost Recurring Cost

Education, Awareness & First

aid Kit

0.50 0.50

Medical Examination

Schedule

0.50

Provision for PPEs 0.5

Total 0.50 1.5



9.2 Cost for Environmental Protection Measures

Sl. No. Particulars Cost/ Annum (Rs.)

1. Monitoring of Air, water and Noise Rs. 1.5Lakhs

2. Water sprinkling on the haul road Rs. 0.5 Lakhs

3. Green belt development in river bank Rs. 0.5 Lakhs

4. Haul road and other road repair & maintenance Rs. 0.5 Lakhs

Total Rs. 3.0 Lakhs

10.0 SUMMARY

As per above discussion there is no major impact on the environment due to mining except

fugitive emission in the form of dust generated during handling and loading of mineral. The

adequate preventive measures will be adopted to contain the various pollutants within

permissible limit. Plantation development will be carried out. Development of green belt along

the road side, river bank and village waste land. A budget of 1.5 lakhs has been accorded for

Environmental management plan as capital cost and 3.0 Lakhs as recurring cost.



Figure 1: Map showing the lease area

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