Source document: https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1697749529683.pdf (India)
Nalluri Padma Rao – Granite Quarry Brief Summary 1.

Location of the Project The quarry lease area of 5.4 ha is located at Sy.

No.

441 of Vasundhara Village, Meliaputti Mandal, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh.

The quarry lease area falls in the Survey of India topo sheet no.

74 B/1 & B/2 with GPS (WGS-84 datum) co-ordinates of Latitude 18O 45’33.55””N and Longitude 84O08’33.96” E with an elevation of 109m.
The nearest village Sarali located at a distance of 1.25km from the QL area in Southeast direction.

The nearest town is Tekkali located at a distance of 19kms in Southeast direction.

Railway station is Pathapatnam at a distance of 6.8kms in Southwest direction.

The road access is siriyakhandi village to makkannapalli road is passing at a distance of 500m from the QL area in Southeast direction.

The lease area can be accessible through a cart track.
Meliaputti to patapatnam road via siriyakhandi village is passing at a distance of 1.4km in southeast direction.

Antaraba Reserved forest is at a distance of 3.9km in southWest direction.

Patapatnam Reserved forest is at a distance of 3.4km in Southwest direction.

Chintapalle Reserved forest is at a distance of 2.6km in south direction.

Peddalodgidi Reserved forest is at a distance of 5.6km in Southwest direction.

peddakedari Reserved forest is at a distance of 5.1km in Southeast direction.
jadhupalli Reserved forest is at a distance of 9.0 km in Southeast direction.

Parikota Reserved forest is at a distance of 6.3km in northwest direction.

bidua Reserved forest is at a distance of 7 km in northwest direction.

pulikota Reserved forest is at a distance of 8.0 km in northwest direction.

Boyakonda Reserved forest is at a distance of 5 km in northwest direction.

nutilova Reserved forest is at a distance of 8.0 km in west direction.
Mahendratanaya River flowing from northeast to southwest from lease area at a distance of 0.3 km in north direction.

Andhra Pradesh and Orissa interstate boundary is at a distance of 330m in north direction.

There is no national park, wildlife/bird sanctuary and critically polluted areas within 10km radius from the quarry lease area.

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Reasons if Category 'B' Project to be considered as Category ‘A’ Project: The project is considered as Category "A" as interstate boundary of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa is located at a distance of 330m in North direction.

3.

Details of Mine Plan, Mine Lease with Letter of IBM No.

dated... and land use pattern including Forest Land.

In principle quarry lease for colour granite was work orders issued by the Asst.

Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Andhra Pradesh vide notice no.
932/Q/2004 dated 20-04- 2007.

The Mining plan has been approved by the Joint Director of Mines and Geology Government of Andhra Pradesh vide Letter No.

3565/MS-TKL /2013 dated 20.09.2014.

4.

Method of Mining and details of letter of intent (LOI)/ The mining operations will be carried out by semi-mechanized opencast method.

Proposed annual production is approximately 1689.20m3 per annum.

Drilling and blasting is required for the excavation of the mineral and to remove the adjacent rock.
Open cast method of mining to be carried out in this mine by manually and semi mechanization by using compressor operated jack hammer drills, excavators and using dumper etc.

Transportation will be made by trucks to dispatching points.

Hydraulic excavator and compressor operated jack hammers to be used for cutting the rock.

Close spaced drilling of 0.2m will be adopted along a straight line and charged with low explosives to avoid feather cracks.
The mining plan is approved by the Joint Director of Mines and Geology, Government of Andhra Pradesh.

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Details of water requirement, waste generation and waste management Water requirement for drinking, maintaining the green belt, wet drilling and also for sprinkling is 5.0 KLD shall be met from nearby villages through tankers.

Waste water generated from domestic source shall be sent to septic tank followed by soak pit.

During the proposed plan period about 20270.40 cu.

m. of waste will be generated.


Waste will be dumped in the north of the quary lease area covering an area of 0.1332 with an average height of 6m with 450 slope angle will be formed.

A retaining wall will be constructed around the dump for preventing the slanting of boulders.

The waste generated will be used for backfilling in the working pits after completion of workings.

Top soil generated will be used for green belt development to reclaim the mined out pits.

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Details of court case/violation There is no court case/litigation pending against the project.

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Details of Cost of the project Total cost estimated for the proposed project is Rs.

60 Lakhs 8.

Employment generation The number of employees required for the quarrying operations with the proposed rate of production will be approximately 42 no’s including mine manager.