Granite Building Stone Quarry of Mr.Sreedharan M.S Pre-feasibility Report ..1 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Mr. Sreedharan M.S had made an application (Permit) for Granite building stone quarrying located in Sy. No. 116/1-1, Kondoor Villages, Meenachil Taluk, Kottayam District, Kerala State. Over an extent of 0.3926 Ha.(0.970 Acres). Letter of intent for said granite quarry (Mr.Sreedharan M.S) is issued vide Letter No: 1298/DOY/ML/2017 dated 25.05.2017 of The Geologist, Dept. of Mining & Geology, Kottayam. A copy of the Letter is enclosed as Annexure –1 (Mining Plan). The location of the quarry is shown on the Key plan / Location plan enclosed vide Plate No – 1 & 1A (Mining plan). The approved lease sketch is enclosed vide Plate No – 2, 2A & 2B (Mining plan). Quarrying / mining plan is approved by The Geologist, Dept. of Mining & Geology, Kottayam. Vide Letter No.1561/DOY/ML/2017dated 15.06.2017. A copy of approved letter is enclosed as Annexure-A. DETAILS OF THE SITE 1 Details of area (with location map) : The permit is marked on Key plan / enclosed vide Plate No.1A., The approved lease sketch is enclosed vide Plate No – 2, 2A & 2B (Mining plan). 2 District and State : Kottayam Dist. And Kerala 3 Taluk / Mandal : Meenachil 4 Village : Kondoor 5 Khasara No. / Plot No. / Block / Licence No etc : 116/1-1 in Kondoor Village 6 Permit Area (Hectares) : 0.3926 Ha.(0.9701Acres) 7 Whether the area is recorded to be in forest (please specify whether protected, reserved etc.,) : No 8 Ownership / Occupancy : Private Individual 9 Existence of public road/railway line, if any, nearby and approximate distance Nearest Port / Airport : Ettumanoor -Erumeli Road, 3.5kms Variyanikkadu- Rd - 250m The nearest railhead is at Ettumanoor is at 30 km from the mine. Nearest airport – Kochin (86km) 10 Topo sheet No. : NC 43-12 Latitude Longitude N09°37’21.59” to N09°37’24.18” E76°48’02.96” to E76°48’05.80”
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Mr. Sreedharan M.S had made an application (Permit) for Granite building stone quarrying located
in Sy. No. 116/1-1, Kondoor Villages, Meenachil Taluk, Kottayam District, Kerala State. Over an
extent of 0.3926 Ha.(0.970 Acres).
Letter of intent for said granite quarry (Mr.Sreedharan M.S) is issued vide Letter No:
1298/DOY/ML/2017 dated 25.05.2017 of The Geologist, Dept. of Mining & Geology,
Kottayam. A copy of the Letter is enclosed as Annexure –1 (Mining Plan). The location of the
quarry is shown on the Key plan / Location plan enclosed vide Plate No – 1 & 1A (Mining plan).
The approved lease sketch is enclosed vide Plate No – 2, 2A & 2B (Mining plan).
Quarrying / mining plan is approved by The Geologist, Dept. of Mining & Geology, Kottayam.
Vide Letter No.1561/DOY/ML/2017dated 15.06.2017. A copy of approved letter is enclosed as
Annexure-A.
DETAILS OF THE SITE
1 Details of area (with location map) :
The permit is marked on Key plan / enclosed
vide Plate No.1A., The approved lease sketch
is enclosed vide Plate No – 2, 2A & 2B
(Mining plan).
2 District and State : Kottayam Dist. And Kerala
3 Taluk / Mandal : Meenachil
4 Village : Kondoor
5 Khasara No. / Plot No. / Block /
Licence No etc : 116/1-1 in Kondoor Village
6 Permit Area (Hectares) : 0.3926 Ha.(0.9701Acres)
7 Whether the area is recorded to be in
forest (please specify whether
protected, reserved etc.,)
: No
8 Ownership / Occupancy : Private Individual
9 Existence of public road/railway line,
if any, nearby and approximate
distance Nearest Port / Airport
:
Ettumanoor -Erumeli Road, 3.5kms
Variyanikkadu- Rd - 250m
The nearest railhead is at Ettumanoor is at 30
km from the mine.
Nearest airport – Kochin (86km)
10 Topo sheet No. : NC 43-12
Latitude
Longitude
N09°37’21.59” to N09°37’24.18”
E76°48’02.96” to E76°48’05.80”
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Accessibility: This granite building stone quarry is located at 7km from the Kondoor village,
which is located at about 40km SW of Kottayam District. Kondoor is a village in Meenachil
Taluk of Kottayam District and located at 19 km SW of Meenachil Taluk
The location of this mining area is shown on the Administrative and key plan enclosed Vide Plate
No -1 and 1A (Mining Plan) and Infrastructure Plan vide Plate No. 11 (Mining Plan).
Topography: The lease is located on the slope of the hillock gently dipping towards SW. The
highest elevation in this area is 76 mRL and the lowest elevation is 58mRL.
Brief Description of the Project:
Geology:
Regional Geology:
The area shows a very interesting correspondence between the major rock classes and
their physiographic expression. The east comprises Precambrian metamorphic rocks and
forms hilly ground. The central part is a low plateau, where Tertiary sediments containing
lignite occur. These are followed by further west by a low plain, which is underlain by
Quaternary Formations, fluvial or partly marine. The Charnockite Group dominates in area
distribution with charnockite, charnockite gneiss and diopside gneiss occupying the major
part. Pyroxenen granulite (with hornblende granulite), magnetitie quartzite and cordierite
gneiss occur as concordant bands within charnockite. The linear bands of quartzite
(Khondalite Group) are the oldest rock of the area. Biotite geniss (composite gneiss)
representing the Migmatite Complex has a limited areal extent, west of Ettumanur and
along the eastern boundary. Three major granite bodies are emplaced in the district, two
along the southwest and other in the east. Numerous dolerite and gabbro dykes trending
NW-SE traverse the older basement rocks in the central and eastern parts. A prominent
gabbro dyke extends from north to south with a NNW-SSE trend. Tertiary sediments
comprising sandstone, clay with lignite intercalations are confined to the west and they
occur as small patches, especially as capping on hillocks. Both the Archaean and Tertiary
rocks are lateritised. Quaternary alluvial deposits occur to the west. They have been
classified into various morphostratigraphic units, based on their environment of
formation, as Guruvayur Formation (palaeo-marine), Periyar Formation (fluvial) and
Viyyam Formation (fluvio-marine)
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Local Geology:
The granite building stones are very well exposed in the working pit whereas part of area
with higher elevation is covered by top soil of about 0 to 1.7m thickness,
A geological plan showing the granites and soil cover and the geological sections showing
sub surface geology is prepared on 1:1000 scale and enclosed vide Plate No 4. (Mining
Plan)
Table 01: Local Geology
Soil Cover 0 to 1.7m
Granite 30m (min. estimate)
Table No: 1.1: The Geological Resources
Section No Area (m2) Influence (m) Volume (m3) Tonnage (T)
BD 2.5T/m3
UNFC
A-A' 1183 64 75,732 1,89,331 332
Total resources 75,732 1,89,331 332
Table No 1.2: Granite Building Stone Mineable Reserves
Section
No Levels
Area
(m)
Influence
(m)
Volume
(m2)
Tonnage
(BD
2.5T/m3) UNFC
A-A’
65 33 49 1617 4043 122
60 160 49 7840 19600 122
55 175 49 8575 21437 122
50 126 49 6174 15435 122
45 78 49 3822 9555 122
Total reserves 28,028 70,070 122
Mining:
The Mining is proposed to be operated by developing benches of 5m height and 5m ultimate
width by Opencast Semi-Mechanized Mining Method. The mechanized operation of mining
includes excavators, tippers, rock breakers, Jack hammer drilling and blasting. The maximum
production proposed is 30,933 tonnes per annum of Granite Building Stone.
This Pre Feasibility Report is submitted for obtaining Environment Clearance as required under
EIA notification-2006/15th January 2016 for a max production capacity of 30,933 tonnes per
annum, over an extent of 0.3926 Ha.(0.970 Acres) located at Survey No. 116/1-1 in Kondoor
Village, Meenachil Taluk, Kottayam District, Kerala State in favor of Mr. Sreedharan M.S.
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Table No. 1.3 Year-wise calculations of granite building stone production
Section
No Levels
Area
(m)
Influence
(m)
Volume
(m2)
Tonnage
(BD
2.5T/m3) UNFC
A-A’
65 33 49 1617 4043 122
60 160 49 7840 19600 122
57 60 49 2940 7350 122
Total reserves 12,397 30,993 122
Section
No Levels
Area
(m)
Influence
(m)
Volume
(m2)
Tonnage
(BD
2.5T/m3) UNFC
A-A’ 55 115 49 5635 14087 122
53 45 49 2205 5513 122
Total reserves 7,840 19,600 122
Section
No Levels
Area
(m)
Influence
(m)
Volume
(m2)
Tonnage
(BD
2.5T/m3) UNFC
A-A’ 50 81 49 3969 9923 122
45 78 49 3822 9555 122
Total reserves 7,791 19,478 122
Total 28,028 70,071 122
Table No. 1.4 Year-wise generation of top soil / waste
Year Section Area(m2) Influence
(m)
Volume
(m3)
Total
Volume
Tonnage
(T)
(BD 1.6T/m3)
I - Year A-A' 48 49 2,352 2,352 3,763
Total 2,352 3,763
The Production & Development Plan is enclosed vide Plate No. 5A, 5B & 5C (Mining Plan).
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2. INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/ BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
I. Identification of project and project proponent. In case of Mining project, a copy of
mining lease/ letter of intent should be given.
Building Stone Quarry is located at Survey No 116/1-1 in Kondoor Village, Meenachil
Taluk, Kottayam District, Kerala over an extent of 0.3926 Ha.(0.970 Acres). Letter of Intent
(LOI) for said Granite Building Stone quarry of Mr.Sreedharan M.S is issued vide Letter No
No.1298/DOY/ML/2017 dated 25.05.2017 of The Geologist, Dept. of Mining & Geology,
Kottayam. A copy of the Letter is enclosed as Annexure –1 (Mining Plan). The location of the
quarry is shown on the Key plan / Location plan enclosed vide Plate No – 1& 1A (Mining
Plan).
The approved lease sketch is enclosed vide Plate No – 2, 2A& 2B(Mining Plan).
Name & address of lessee
&
Registered Office
: Mr. Sreedharan M.S
Kondoor Village,
Meenachil Taluk, Kottayam District, Kerala,
India
Pin code: 686123
Ph No. : +91 9747252190
II. Brief description of nature of the project
The ‘Granite Building Stone Quarry of Mr.Sreedharan M.S ', over an extent of 0.3926 Ha.(0.970
Acres) is a granite building stone mining project. The granite building stone is the basic rock in
this area to be excavated by quarrying.
This Granite Building Stone quarry is proposed to be operated by Opencast Semi-Mechanized
Quarrying Method. The mechanized operation of quarry shall use excavators, tippers, rock
breakers, Jack hammer drilling and blasting. The excavated material shall be crushed in the
crushers located outside the quarry lease area.
The maximum production capacity proposed in this area is 30,933 tonnes per annum building
stone of size -150mm.
The quarrying operation shall provide 31 direct & equal number of indirect employment to local
people.
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III. Need for the project and its importance to the country and or region.
The basic objective of the project is to have effective utilization of granite stone as a building
material in this region and state. The spur in infrastructure development and construction industry
has enhanced the demand of granite building stone in past few years.
Mainly infrastructure projects – like roads, highways, railways, bridges, buildings, township, etc.,
have raised the demand of building material. Building stone quarry not only provides the building
material but also employment and economic growth of the region that ultimately enhance the
socio-economic status of the people of the region and the state. The mining activities shall provide
socio-economic benefits to the local population with direct & indirect employment opportunities.
The project also contributes to the regional and financial benefits in the form of Royalty, Cess,
Taxes, DMF etc.
IV. Demand-Supply Gap.
Granite Building stone is an important component of the construction activities for infrastructure
development. The demand for granite building stone is increasing along with the increase in
infrastructure and construction activities in Kerala. This quarry can produce max 30,993 tonnes of
building stone annually and the demand of building stone by various industries can be partly
fulfilled by this project. During last four years there is a sudden increase in the Real estate & Port
development activities which has further enhanced the demand for building stone, hence, there is
heavy requirement of granite building stone to meet the demand supply chain.
V. Imports Vs Indigenous production
The requirements of granite building stone in infrastructure industry is huge where as the prices of
granite are relatively low. The import or export of the same is not feasible due to heavy
transportation cost. The granite building stone of size -150mm shall be transported / sold to the
crusher outside the quarry lease, where it shall be sized and sold to the local market for
infrastructure development.
VI. Export possibility.
The price of the granite is very low and the transportation cost is very high. Hence there are no
export possibilities of the same.
VII. Domestic/Export markets.
The granite building stone of size -150mm shall be transported / sold to the crusher outside the
quarry lease, where it shall be sized and sold to the local market for infrastructure development,
real estate builders, contractors, etc. and to the nearby vendors for government infrastructure
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projects. It is not viable to export this material. However, there is huge demand for the granite
building stone in the domestic market.
VIII. Employment Generation (Direct and Indirect) due to the project.
As per the requirement of Mines Act, Mines manager, Mines Foreman, Mine mates, Blaster, shall
be appointed to supervise the quarrying operations. The list of the staff and workmen those shall
be employed in the quarry is given below.
Sl. No Particulars No’s
1 Highly Skilled 1
2 Skilled 12
3 Semi-skilled 8
4 Un-skilled 10
Total 31
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3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
(i) Type of project including interlinked and interdependent projects, if any.
The building stone shall be produced by drilling and blasting, the blasted material shall be
loaded using excavators and transported to the crushing and screen plant located outside the
lease area for reducing it to the sizes acceptable to the market .
(ii) Location (map showing general location, specific location, and project boundary
& project site layout) with Co-ordinates.
The ‘Granite building Stone Quarry of Mr.Sreedharan M.S ' over an area of 0.3926 Ha (0.9701
Acres). Is located in Survey No 116/1-1 in Kondoor Village, Meenachil Taluk, Kottayam
District, Kerala.
The latitude & longitude of the area is given below.
Boundary
Pillars Latitude Longitude
1 N 09°37'23.30'' E 76°48'05.80"
2 N 09°37'24.18'' E 76°48'03.80"
3 N 09°37'22.41'' E 76°48'02.96"
4 N 09°37'21.59'' E 76°48'04.74"
Key Plan showing the general location is Enclosed as Plate No.1A (Mining Plan), Cadastral
Plan & Infrastructure Plan showing Specific location enclosed as Plate No. 2, 2A & 2B
(Mining Plan) & Surface Plan Showing the project boundary & project site layout with Co-
ordinates is enclosed as Plate No-3(Mining Plan) .
(iii) Details of alternate sites considered and the basis of selecting the proposed site,
particularly the environmental considerations gone into should be highlighted.
This is site specific project. Quarrying activities are carried out based on local geology and
availability of the granite building stone at the specific site.
(iv) Size or magnitude of operation.
Small scale operation within an area of 0.3926 Ha (0.9701 Acres)., Maximum Production
planned 30,933 Tonnes per Annum (TPA) of granite building stone with maximum output size
of minus150mm.
(v) Project description with process details (a schematic diagram/ flow chart showing the
project layout, components of the project etc. should be given).
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The quarrying of granite building stone is proposed by opencast semi-mechanized quarrying
method and the sequence of quarrying shall be as given under,
• The top soil shall be removed and used in afforestation / Green belt / Safety barrier all along
the periphery of the quarry lease area.
• After exposing the granites, drilling of small diameter holes of 33/48mm, shall be done by jack
hammer.
• The blasting shall be carried out by conventional blasting material with proper burden &
spacing.
• The Rock breakers shall be used to break the oversize boulders left after blasting.
• No secondary blasting like plaster shooting, pop blasting shall be undertaken at any time in the
quarry.
• The blasted material and the broken material by rock breakers shall be loaded to the tippers by
excavator and transported to the crushing and screening plant located outside the quarry lease
area.
Summary of the production and development is given in the table below
Year Production
(T)
Top Soil
(T)
Total Handling
(T) Ratio
I-Year 30,993 3,763 34,756 1:0.12
II-Year 19,600 - 19,600 1:0.00
III-Year 19,478 - 19,478 1:0.00
Total 70,070 3,763 73,833 1:0.05
Removal of Top Soil / Overburden
Drilling and Blasting
Excavation, loading and Transportation of -
150mm size boulders
Haulage/ Dispatch to Crusher outside
the lease
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At conceptual stage there shall be single pit in this area with 5 benches of 5m height and 5m width.
The pit at conceptual stage shall have 47m length and 48m width and it shall be developed upto
45mRL level. The overall pit slope shall be maintained at less than 450.
The entire pit at the conceptual stage shall be converted into rain water pond. The pit shall be
properly fenced with single opening for drawing the water. The pit shall also be developed for
pisciculture. Conceptual Plan & Sections are enclosed as Plate No.7 & Environment plan is
enclosed as Plate No.8 (Mining Plan).
Totally 3,763 Tonnes top soil shall be recovered and 70,070 Tonnes granite building stone shall be
generated in the first three years of the plan period. The top soil shall be stacked at the safety barrier
area and shall be used for Afforestation/Green belt development.
The Geological resources of granite building stone in this area are 1,89,331 Tonnes and
mineral reserves are 70,070 Tonnes. In the first three years of plan period totally 70,070
Tonnes granite building stone / aggregate shall be quarried. Considering the above and also
giving a buffer period of about 1 year for production disruption due to market economic or
any other condition, the anticipated life of the mine is considered about 4 years. It is
envisaged to convert this proposed mining permit into a Mining Lease area after purchase of
additional land adjacent to the proposed Mining Permit area. Thus the balance mineral
reserves will be mined only after this Mining permit area is converted to Mining Lease area.
(vi) Raw material required along with estimated quantity, likely source, marketing area of final
products, mode of transports of raw Material and finished product.
No raw materials are required for producing granite building stone, the final products shall be
transported by 10 tonnes tippers to the crushing & screening plant located outside the lease area.
(vii) Resource optimization/ recycling and reuse envisaged in the project, if any, should be briefly
outlined.
There shall not be any waste generation in the quarry process as all the byproducts can be utilized
in the infrastructure market.
(viii) Availability of water its source, Energy/ power requirement and source should be given.
Ground water is the major source of water. Around 35 KLD of water is required for dust
suppression, afforestation and domestic use, which shall be drawn from nearby bore wells & old
quarries.
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Requirement of water
Purpose Qty Required
m3/day
Drinking water & Domestic 2
Afforestation 5
Dust suppression 28
Total 35*
* The water for Plantation and dust suppression will not be required for 4-5 months in a year
during monsoon and wet/ rainy days.
(ix) Quantity of wastes to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme for their Management/
disposal.
There shall not be any waste generation (liquid & Solid) during the course of production of the
Granite building stones. Only the top soil & shall be utilized for the development of the green belt
in the 7.5 meters safety zone.
(x) Schematic representations of the feasibility drawing which give information of the project
Quarrying Operations
• The Crushing & Screening Plant is proposed to be located Outside the Lease Area.
Drilling & Blasting
Granite Quarry
Excavation Granite Transportation to Crusher
Crushing & Screening Plant is
located outside the permit area
Top soil & over burden waste utilized for
the development of the Green belt
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4. SITE ANALYSIS:
(i) Connectivity.
This granite building stone quarry is located at 2.50km from Kondoor Village in Meenachil
taluk, which is located at about 18 km SW of Kottayam District. The quarry can be reached via
Cheruthayam-Kuttoor- Kondoor road. The Infrastructure Plan is enclose vide Plate No.11.
(ii) Land Form, Land use and Land ownership.
The Land Details & Possession certificate of Mr.Sreedharan M.S is enclosed as Annexure- 5
(Mining plan).
Present land use, land use at the end of progressive stage and the ultimate land use pattern.
Particulars
Land use
pattern at
present stage
(Ha)
Land use pattern
(end of
progressive
stage) (Ha)
Land use
pattern at
Conceptual
stage (Ha)
Area for mining / mining
activities 0.0742 0.2267 0.2267
Area for Roads - - -
Area for Safety Barrier / Green
belt 0.000 0.1659 0.1659
Total 0.0742 0.3926 0.3926
Unused area 0.3184 0.00 0.00
Total mining permit area 0.3926 0.3926 0.3926
(iii) Topography (along with map).
The permit area is located on the slope of the hillock gently dipping towards SW. The highest
elevation in this area is 76mRL and the lowest elevation is 58.0mRL. Topo sheet no. NC 43-
12 showing the topographical details in the radius of 5kms of the lease area is enclosed as
Plate No-1A (Mining Plan) & Surface Plan of the Quarry lease enclosed vide Plate
No.3(Mining Plan).
(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 area, water bodies (distance
from the HFL of the river). CRZ. In case of notified industrial area, a copy the Gazette
notification should be given.
Mr.Sreedharan M.S area is located on the slope of the hillock gently dipping towards SW.
The core zone area is privately owned land. It is not a forest land and there is no human
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habitation. Most of the area covered with rock formations over which thin vegetation exists.
The core zone is partly disturbed due to quarrying.
There is no forest land, no area under CRZ, No water bodies, and no Sanctuary in the core zone.
(v) Existing Infrastructure.
Govt hospital : Government Hospital Thidanad - 5kms.
School : Govt. H. S. S. Thidanad 5.5kms..
Police Station : Thidanad , 3.5Kms
Fire Brigade : Erattupetta , 8Kms
National Highway : Kottayam - Kumily Raod (NH-220), 12Kms
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