MINING AND INDUSTRIALISATION UPDATE, ORISSA - Vasundhara

(0.0015million TPA) of graphite. The life of the mine is 12years. Approximately 5TPDof mineral will be transported through road. The topography of the area is flat at anelevation of 380m AMSL. The ultimate working depth of mine will be 341m AMSL(10m bgl). Groundwater table is at 321m AMSL. The mine Working will not intersectgroundwater table. There is no population in the core zone, therefore, no displacement ofpopulation and R&R is involved. The peak water requirement of the project is estimatedas 10.5m 3 per day, which will be sourced from the..2/-surface water. Approximately 171.44m 3 per month of solid waste comprising 21.69m 3per month of topsoil (lateritic soil), 103.74m 3 per month of over burden (khondalite,migmatite) and 46.013m 3 per month of subgrade ore will be generated, which will bedumped in the earmarked areas. It is estimated that 2192.35m 3 of top soil, 17196.75m 3 ofwaste rocks and 5261.5m 3 of subgrade ore will be generated during the life of the mine,which will be disposed off in the form of external dump(s). Backfiiling has not beenproposed. Plantation will be raised in an area of 2.05ha at the end of the mine life. Thepublic hearing of the project was held on 27.12.2005 for production of 1500TPA ofgraphite over an area of 29.437ha. The Consent to Establish from the State PollutionControl Board, Orissa obtained on 10.03.2006 for production of 1500TPA of graphiteinvolving lease area of 29.437ha. The Indian Bureau of Mines had approved mining planincluding progressive mine closure plan of the project on 15.10.2004 for lease area of29.437ha. The capital cost of the project is Rs.20Lakhs.2. The Ministry of Environment and Forests has examined the application inaccordance with Section 12 of the EIA Notification, 2006 read with para 2.2.1(i)(a) of theCircular No.J-11013/41/2006-IA.II(I) dated 13.10.2006 and hereby accordsenvironmental clearance under the provisions thereof to the above mentioned KhalpadarGraphite Mining Project of M/s T.P. Minerals (P) Ltd. for an annual production capacityof 1500tonnes (0.0015million tonnes) of graphite by opencast manual method involvingtotal mining lease area of 29.437ha, subject to implementation of the followingconditions and environmental safeguards.A. Specific Conditions(i)(ii)(iii)All the conditions stipulated by the State Pollution Control Board in their Consentto Establish shall be effectively implemented.The mining operations shall be restricted to above ground water table and itshould not intersect groundwater table. Prior approval of the Ministry ofEnvironment & Forests and Central Ground Water Authority shall be obtained formining below water table.The project proponent shall ensure that no natural watercourse and/or waterresources shall be obstructed due to any mining operations.53