MINING AND INDUSTRIALISATION UPDATE, ORISSA - Vasundhara

Bonai Division, has been submitted in this regard. Five reserve forests namely KathmalaRF, Mendhamaruni RF, Karo RF, Uliburu RF and Torha RF are located in the bufferzone of the mine at a distance of 1.29 km WSW, 2.96km E, 0.68km NWN, 9.2 km NEand 6.76km NW respectively. The mine working is opencast by manual methodinvolving blasting. The targetted production capacity of the mine is 12,000TPA each ofmanganese ore and bauxite and life of mine is 32years. Approximately 40TPD each ofmanganese ore and bauxite will be transported through road. The topography of the areais undulated and hilly at an elevation ranging from 590m RL to 645m RL. The presentworking depth of mine varies from 631m RL-635m RL. The ultimate working depth of..2/-mine proposed between 615m RL to 635m RL. The ground water table is at 590m RL.The mine working will not intersect ground water table. The peak water requirement ofthe project is estimated as 26m 3 per day, out of which 24m 3 per day will be met from theKaro River and remaining 2m 3 per day from the ground water. There is no population inthe core zone, therefore, no displacement of population and R&R is involved.Approximately 9,145m 3 per month of over burden (laterite, shale, BHQ) will begenerated, which will be dumped in the earmarked areas for backfilling. It is estimatedthat 32,62,053m 3 of waste will be generated during the life of mine, which will bebackfilled. The existing over burden(OB) dumps will be liquidated within five years. Thewaste/OB being generated will be stored temporarily and will be liquidated phase-wise.There will be no external OB dump at the end of the mine life. Plantation will be raised inan area of 31.528ha at the end of the mine life and there will be no water body leftduring the post mining stage. The public hearing of the project was held on 17.06.2007,as per EIA Notification, 2006 for production of 12,459TPA of manganese ore and12,000TPA of bauxite over an area of 52.167ha. The Indian Bureau of Mines hadapproved scheme of mining alongwith progressive mine closure plan of the project on28.03.2008 for lease area of 52.176ha. In principle forestry clearance for diversion of2.367ha forestland for second renewal of mining lease was obtained on 25.03.2008 fromRegional Office, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Bhubneswar. The capital cost ofthe project is Rs.50Lakhs.2. The Ministry of Environment and Forests has examined the application inaccordance with Section 12 of the EIA Notification 2006 read with para 1.2 of CircularNo.J-11013/41/2006-IA.II(I) dated 13.10.2006 and hereby accords environmentalclearance under the provisions thereof to the above mentioned Kusumdihi ManganeseOre & Bauxite Mining Project of M/s Bonai Industrial Company Limited for an annualproduction capacity of 12,000tonnes (0.012million tonnes) of manganese ore and12,000tonnes(0.012million tonnes) of bauxite by opencast manual method involvinglease area of 52.176ha, subject to implementation of the following conditions andenvironmental safeguards.A. Specific conditions(i)The project proponent shall obtain Consent to Establish from the State PollutionControl Board, Orissa and effectively implement all the conditions stipulatedtherein.37