Compliance Monitoring Report for Mines and Quarries - National ...

Kharipakha East1. Mining Operation DesignPit slope AngleBench Height and Width2. Occupational Health andSafetySafety and Protective GearsWater, sanitation and First-Aid-Kit facilities3. Waste and OverburdenManagementSanitary WasteTopsoilOverburden/Inter-burden,Undersize/Rejects/OthermaterialsMechanism of Dumpingand ArrestingPit slope Angle, BenchHeight and Length of Width4. Environmental AspectsAir EnvironmentWater EnvironmentNoise EnvironmentBiological Environment5. Approach/AccessRoad ConditionsWater Drainage System6. Environment and ProgressiveRestorationRestorationEnvironmental BondDevelopment work was carried out from top–down andpit slope varies in-between 65-80 0 .Bench heights were maintained between 7 to 9meters.Bench widths were kept between 2 to 3meters.The management has provided the workers withprotective gears which were limited to helmets only.Drinking water, first-aid-kit and bathroom facilitieswere not available at the site.The management has not provided disposal facilitatesfor sanitary waste.Top soil was not stored separately but it was disposedalong with the overburden.The overburden generation was very high. Overburdenwas disposed downhill in an identified waste dumpyardin the pit plan.Check dam made out of gabion wall was constructed atthe base of the dump-yard.Overburdens were washed down causing siltationproblem of Khanarbarti-Kharikhola basin and rise inriver bed.Pit slope was between 65 to 80 0 and there was nobenching. The height of the overburden dumped wasabout 30 meters.The management has not carried out monitoring of air,water and noise at the mining site.The mine has been in operation for about six years andno afforestation activity was carry out in the mined outarea.A seasonal approach road measuring about 4 kmstakes-off from Daurpani industrial area.There was no side and cross drain to channel thesurface water.The progressive restoration was focused only onconstruction of check dams.7. Others A newly constructed farm road passes right below themine.About 200 hundred workers employed.Waste dump-yard was located above the farm road.Overburden from upper Kharipakha spills into41