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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A new amendment in EIA notification were came on dated 15.01.2016 (S.O 141 E), regarding mining of

minor minerals. According to this “The ‘B2’ Category projects pertaining to mining of minor mineral of

lease area less than or equal to five hectare shall require prior environmental clearance from DEIAA.

The DEIAA shall base its decision on the recommendations of DEAC, as constituted for this

notification”.The total Brick earth mining area is less than 5.0 ha therefore application for prior

Environmental clearance is submitted to DEIAA, Allahabad, UP.

2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/BACKGROUND INFORMATION

(i) Identification of Project and Project Proponent

Name of the Project: Soil Excavation for M/s R & S Associates

Name and Address of proponent: Sri Anil Kumar Singh S/o Sri Rajendra Singh R/o Village –

Palpur, Tehsil – Karchhana, District - Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.

(ii) Brief description of the nature of the project

This is a new Brick earth mining project.

(iii) Need for the project and its importance to the country and region

The production of Brick Earth will benefit to the state in the form of royalty. Apart from this project

operation will provide employment directly and indirectly to the people residing in vicinity, thus

improving the socio-economic status of the area.

(iv) Demands-Supply Gap

The availability of mineral is sufficient in the proposed mined area to sustain the supply of brick for

construction purpose.

(v) Import vs. Indigenous

Import does not apply in the present case as Brick is indigenously available at number of mines under

operation in Uttar Pradesh.

(vi) Export Possibility

There is not any demand of brick earth supply.

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(vii) Domestic/ Export Markets

Due to the increased industrial and infrastructural growth of the rural and urban areas demand of Brick

is very high. Construction companies and local vendors in the nearby town and cities are the potential

market for the brick made up of brick clay.

(viii) Employment Generation

About 22 local labours shall be engaged through project proponent for extraction and loading of brick

earth, handling of mineral in mining area.

3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

(i) Type of Project Including Interlinked and Independent Projects, If Any

There is no interlinked or interdependent project based on manufacturing of bricks. The bricks will be

sold directly.

(ii) Location (map showing general location, specific location, and project boundary & project

site layout) with coordinates

The location map of brick kiln and proposed mine sites are showing in table.

Table 1: Co-ordinates of Agreement Khasra Gata/nos.

Khasra/ Gata Nos Latitude Longitude

317 25°21'2.17"N 81°49'24.06"E 320 25°21'1.47"N 81°49'23.08"E 324 25°21'0.88"N 81°49'23.64"E 326 25°21'1.24"N 81°49'21.85"E 466 25°21'0.26"N 81°49'22.39"E 327 25°21'0.42"N 81°49'21.43"E 328 25°21'0.70"N 81°49'20.04"E 350 25°21'0.04"N 81°49'20.67"E 352 25°20'59.67"N 81°49'21.89"E

(iii) Details of alternate sites considered

No alternative site has been taken into consideration due to availability of mineral resources in this

particular area.

(iv) Size or magnitude of operation

The proposed mine has lease agreement M/s R & S Associates from Khasra/Gata Nos. 317, 320, 324,

326, 466, 327, 328, 350, 352, Area – 3.6860 ha (9.1083 Acres) at Village – Palpur, Tehsil – Karchhana,

District - Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.

(v) Project Description with Process Detail (a schematic diagram/ flow chart showing the project

layout, component of project etc. should be given)


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The proposed project is to mine Brick Clay from Khasara/Gata (s) under agreement sustainably and

scientifically. Mining will be opencast semi-mechanized/ JCB use in the allotted plots keeping the nearby

Khasara/Gata (s) unaffected. . The width and height of bench will be 1.0 m x 1.0 m. Top Earth upto 6”

depth will be preserved to spread it after mining activity is completed to restore the fertility of land.

(vi) Raw material required along with estimated quantity

Proposed method of mining:

Mining shall be carried out from top to downward through the formation of benches. The height & width

of benches shall be kept 1.0 m x 1.0 m with face slope 450. It shall be opencast semi-mechanized mine

involves scooping the mineral through use of JCB/ hand implements like spade, pick axe, shovel and

crowbar etc (as per approved mine plan) .

Method of estimation of reserves:

Geological Reserve: Area (sqm) × Depth (m)

Mineable Reserve: Geological Reserve – (Volume left in berm (cum) + Volume of top soil (cum))

Volume of top soil: Area (sqm) – Area of berm left (sqm) × Thickness of top soil (m3)

In future top Earth shall be scrapped by means manually and shall be used for the purpose of plantation

and rehabilitation. Indicate quantum of development & tonnage & production expected in table below:

Table No 2 Land Details

District Village Gata No

Area (ha) Name of Land owner

Consent of the owner

Consent given

for the Period (Year)

Consent given

for the depth

of mining

(m)

Allahabad Palpur

317 0.4690

Mohid Ali, Smt Mariyam Bibi, Nizamuddin, Mohd Hashim, Hazaratunnishan, Anil Kumar Singh

Sri Anil Kumar Singh

5 2.00

320 0.4870

Vijay Bahadur, Gulab, Sumesh Kumar, Udaybhan, Abish kumar, Sunil Kumar, Smt Pankali, Mahesh, Mangala, Sunil Patel, Akash Patel, Smt Sonkali, Suresh, Rajesh, Santosh, Smt Tani Devi

5 2.00

324 0.5370 Bhailal 5 2.00 326 0.7570 Ramtirath, Rammurat,

Smt Bittan devi 5 2.00

466 0.1820 5 2.00


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327 0.2850 Ashok Kumar 5 2.00 328 0.2740 Smt Gyanwati,

Rajendra Singh, Ajay Kumar Singh, Mohd Ahmad

5 2.00 350 0.2960 5 2.00

352 0.3990 5 2.00

Total Area 3.6860 Table No 3 Geological Reserves

Gata No Area(ha) Area(m2)

depth of mining

Geological Reserve (cum)

317 0.469 4690 2.0 9380 320 0.487 4870 2.0 9740 324 0.537 5370 2.0 10740 326 0.757 7570 2.0 15140 466 0.182 1820 2.0 3640 327 0.285 2850 2.0 5700 328 0.274 2740 2.0 5480 350 0.296 2960 2.0 5920 352 0.399 3990 2.0 7980

Total 3.686 36860 73720

Table No 4 Minable Reserves

Gata No

Geological Reserve

Area of berm

left (m2)

Volume left in berm

(m3)

Thickness of top soil

(m3)

Volume of top soil(Total

area-area in berm) *

thickness of top soil (cum)

Minable Reserves

(m3)

317 9380 235 469 0.15 668 8243 320 9740 244 487 0.15 694 8559 324 10740 269 537 0.15 765 9438 326 15140 379 757 0.15 1079 13304 466 3640 91 182 0.15 259 3199 327 5700 143 285 0.15 406 5009 328 5480 137 274 0.15 390 4816 350 5920 148 296 0.15 422 5202 352 7980 200 399 0.15 569 7012

Total 73720 1843 3686 5253 64781 DETAILS OF EXPLOITATION:

Year Wise Production

Year Production Production (Cum) (Tonnes)

First 9091 10909 Second 9091 10909 Third 9091 10909

Fourth 9091 10909 Fifth 9091 10909 Total 45455 54545

As per Brick Kiln capacity yearly production of bricks are 30.00 lacs bricks/ season for that the required

volume of brick clay will be 9091 cum/annum @ 330 brick in one cubic meter.


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(vii) Resource optimization/recycling and reuse envisaged in the project, if any, should be

briefly described.

Not applicable

(viii) Availability of water its source, energy/ power requirement and source

Water Requirement: Water requirement for human consumption, plantation and dust

suppression is 2.51 KLD approx, which shall be met from ground water resource from the

nearby village.

Power: No electrical power shall be required for operations.

(ix) Quantity of wastes to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme for their management/

disposal.

Solid waste generation & its disposal: No solid waste other than negligible quantity of silt/silty clay,

which gets deposited as crust material on the bed profile, shall be scrapped and deposited into the mine

pits or in the upper terraces earmarked for plantation

Liquid Effluent: There will be no waste water generation from mining activities.

4. SITE ANALYSIS

(i) Connectivity

Soil miming area is located at Vi Village – Palpur, Tehsil – Karchhana, District - Allahabad, Uttar

Pradesh, Which is connected to NH-27 about 0.9 Km (E), NH-76 about 6.0 Km (E), Karma Road 6.34 Km

(S), Jamoli Road 4.80 Km (E) from excavation site and nearest Airport is Allahabad Airport – 14.0 km

(NW) away from the area. Location Map on Plate No 1.

(ii) Land form, land use and land ownership

The mine agreement area is agricultural private land.

(iii) Topography

Allahabad city, also known as Prayag, is an ancient holy city of India. The city of Allahabad is situated at

the confluence of two sacred rivers, the Yamuna and the Ganges. The confluence is known as Sangam

and is visited by thousands of Hindu pilgrims every year. Allahabad is among the largest cities of Uttar

Pradesh in terms of population and area. The geographical area of Allahabad is about 62 sq km (under

Municipal Corporation). Its spatial extension falls at 25° 28’ N latitude and 81°54’ E longitude. The

district of Allahabad is surrounded by the Pratapgarh districts in the North, district Jaunpur in the

Northeast, Sant Ravidas Nagar and Mirjapur in the east, Kaushambi and Chitrakoot in the west and the

state of Madhya Pradesh in the South.


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Allahabad has its own domestic airport, Bambruali, which is located 14 km from the city. Apart from

Indian Airlines, few private airlines also provide flight services to and from Allahabad. However, nearby

cities, i.e. Varanasi (147 km) and Lucknow (210 km) also have airports. Allahabad is well connected by a

network of trains to almost all major destinations throughout the country i.e. Kolkata, Delhi, Patna,

Guwahati, Chennai, Mumbai, Gwalior, Meerut, Lucknow, Kanpur and Varanasi. Allahabad is located on

National Highways 2 and 27. The government and private bus services are available to and from

Allahabad to all nearby major destinations.

Geology:

Regional Geology

The Ganga basin has been dominated by transvers river system since Pliocene due to erosion during

uplift that is symmetric subsidence of foreland.

Source: Singh I B 1996

Large plio-Pleistocene sediment combines with less asymmetric subsidence and uplift of the proximal

fore land let to the pro gradation of the drainage system that displaced the Yamuna River and after

Allahabad Ganga River to edge of the foreland basin. The Present river system consistent with erosion

driven uplift adjacent Himalayan. The regional geological setup is very well depicted in the map above;

Table: Geological Succession

Period Age Land Form (Geomorphology) Rock Type

QUATERNARY

Upper Pleistocene to Recent New Alluvium Fine Sand And Clays

Lower Pleistocene to Upper Pleistocene Older Alluvium Sand of different grades and clay

mixed with kankar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~UNCONFORMITY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Vindhyan Sandstone (Proterozoic) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~UNCONFORMITY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bundelkhand Granitr (Archean)


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Local Geology:

Geology map of Allahabad city shows the existence of Terrace Alluvium and Varanasi Alluvium as

geologic unit. The Varanasi Older Alluvium, a polycyclic sequence of yellowish brown clay- silt and fine

sand with dissemination of kankar, is exposed in the north of Yamuna. The Newer Alluvium is

characterized by unoxidised khaki and grey coloured sediments which consists predominantly of

micaceous sand, silt and clay. It has been divided into Terrace and Channel Alluvium. The Terrace

Alluvium of both Ganga and Yamuna are developed on a cut and eroded platform of Varanasi Older

Alluvium. The Terrace Alluvium of Ganga consists of multiple fill sequence of grayish sand, silt and clay

while that of Yamuna consists of medium to fine grained quartzo- feldspathic and grey micaceous sand.

Geology of the area is characterized by a thick pile of quaternary Alluvium consisting of sand, graveland

clay with occasional presence of thin to thick kankar intercalation.

(iv) Existing Land Use Pattern {agriculture, non-agriculture, forest, water bodies (including area

under CRZ)}, shortest distances from the periphery of the project to periphery of the forests,

national park, wild life sanctuary, eco sensitive areas, water bodies (distance from the HFL of the

river), CRZ. in case of notified industrial area, a copy of the gazette notification

The existing land use of mine lease area belongs to landuse category “Agricultural plain” and shall

continue to be so even after the current mining project is over.

(v) Existing infrastructure

The existing land use of mine lease area belongs to landuse category “Agricultural land” and shall

continue to be so even after the current mining project is over.

(vi) Soil Classification

Geologically the region is composed of Alluvium and dun gravels. The presences of large number of

canals indicate its agricultural prosperity. The level surface, alluvial Earth further provides impetus to

agricultural pursuits

(vii) Climatic data

The study area is Allahabad Plateau zone and is subjected to vagaries of weather. The climate of the

project area is characterized by cool and dry climate. The year can be divided into three distinct

seasons; winters last from October to March followed by summers from April to June.

Temperature

From February there is rapid increase in temperature, May is the hottest month with the mean daily

maximum temperature is 41.5°C and mean daily minimum temperature 26°C. After the onset of the

monsoon there is appreciable drop in temperature, January is the coldest month with mean daily


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maximum temperature is 26.20°C and mean daily minimum temperature is 9.3°C. The mean monthly

maximum temperature is 19.54°C and mean monthly minimum temperature is 6.23°.

Humidity

The relative humidity is high during the southwest monsoon season, with mean monthly morning

relative humidity at 63.92% and mean monthly evening relative humidity at 48%.

Cloudiness

In the winter season the sky is generally clear or lightly clouded except for brief spells of a day or two

each time when in association with the passage of western disturbances particularly in the northern

parts of the district sky become cloudy. Sky is clear or lightly clouded in the summer and post-monsoon

seasons. Heavily clouded to overcast sky prevail in the monsoon seas.

Winds

Winds are generally high with some increase in force during summer and southwest monsoon season.

The mean wind velocity is 5.16 Km/hr and the potential evapo-transpiration rate is 1456.7 mm.

Rainfall

The main rainy season is the southwest monsoon season, from about the last week of June to

September-mid, some rainfall much less in amount occurs in the cold season from December to

February in association with the passage of western disturbances, The average annual rainfall is 934

mm. Climate is sub humid and is characterized by hot summer and pleasant monsoon and cold season.

About 90% of rainfall takes place from June to September. During monsoon surplus water is available

for deep percolation to ground water.

(viii) Social Infrastructure

The social infrastructure like educational facilities (primary and higher secondary schools, degree

college), drinking water supply, post and telegraph, public transportation and hospitals are by and large

are available in the study area.

5. PLANNING BRIEF

(i) Planning Concept

The proposed project is to mine brick clay from plot(s) sustainably and scientifically. The minor mineral

(clay) will be excavated from the plot(s) as per mining rules and casting of raw bricks will be done

which will be transported to the kiln through horse cart, trolleys etc. through village chak roads. Mining

will be opencast Manual keeping nearby plot(s) unaffected. Maximum depth of mining will be only upto

2.0 m as per agreement.


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(ii) Population Projection

There is no projection of population as the mining activity will be carried out during day time only.

(iii) Land Use Planning

The mining lease area is 3.6860 ha (9.1083 Acres) which is an agriculture Private land. At the end of life

of mine, total excavated area will be used for agriculture/farm.

(iv) Assessment of Infrastructure Demand (Physical & Social)

Adequate infrastructure facilities are available in the vicinity of mine lease area and due to the mining

activities; no extra infrastructure over and above the existing infrastructure is required.

(v) Amenities/Facilities

Mining Management will develop the Amenities/Facilities in the nearby area of the mine site as per

requirement of local people of the nearby area under corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs.

Rest Shelter: Rest shelter along with first-aid station complying with all the provisions of Mines

Rules shall be provided by project proponent outside lease area

Water Supply: Water will be supplied for human consumption, dust suppression and for

plantation.

Transport of Man and Material: The material from the mine will be transported by trucks /

tippers / tractor trolleys though local road.

Security Arrangements: Appropriate security arrangement shall be made.

6. PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE

(i) Industrial area (Processing Area):

Temporary arrangements like site office, rest shelters & approach roads etc shall be provided. No

permanent infrastructure is proposed.

(ii) Residential Area (Non Processing Area):

As the local person shall be employed, no residential building / housing are proposed.

(iii) Green Belt:

Plantation of Earth binding grasses like Agave nector, Saccharum officinarum (Munja), Cassia tora

(Charata), Opuntia ficus indica, Aloe vera (Gheekwar), Argemone maxicana, Euphorbia hirta across the

benches.

(iv) Social Infrastructure:

In-line with the Social Responsibility Activities at other operational sites, relevant developmental

assistance shall be rendered depending on the local needs identified through studies.

(v) Connectivity:

The lease area is connected well connected to rail, roadways.


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(vi) Drinking Water Management:

Water requirement for drinking and operations will 2.51 KLD, which will be met from underground

water resource.

(vii) Sewerage System:

No sewerage system is required as there is no domestic waste water will be disposed.

(viii)Industrial Waste Management:

Not applicable, as the mining activity will not be generating any overburden or waste water.

(ix) Solid Waste management:

No solid waste generation is expected from the mining operational.

(x) Power Requirement & Supply/ Source

Electric power will not be required in mining operations.

7.0 REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT (R&R) PLAN

The existing mine lease area is designated as private land and has no human settlements and hence, no

R & R is envisaged.

8.0 COST ESTIMATES

The capital cost of proposed project is estimated as :

Particulars Rs (lakh) Labour charges (approx 22 workers) @ Rs 200 7.92 Royalty (21Paya) 1.53 Mine closure plan 0.35 Environment management Plan (plantation and water sprinkling) 1.00

Manual equipments 0.35 PPE for workers 0.25 First aid kit 0.15 Training on awareness for workers 0.35

Total 11.9 Project Cost for Plan Period (5.0 Year) – 59.50 Lakhs

CSR Cost (5% of the Project Cost) – 2.98 Lakh

9.0 ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATION)

The proposed project is expected to provide employment to local people in different activities such as

Mining, sizing (sieving), transportation and plantation activities. The project activity will not have any

major impact on the environment.

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