MINING PLAN OF RIVER SAND QUARRY

Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,

Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

CHAPTER-1
GENERAL

(a) Name of Lessee M/s Girja Trading Company

Authorized Person – Shri Kameshwar Singh
Address H.No.102,B Patel Nagar, Raisen Road,
Bhopal(M.P.)
Village Berad

Tehsil Biaora

District Rajgarh

State Madhya Pradesh

PIN code 465674

Phone

(b) Status of the Applicant Company

(c) Mineral(s) which are occurring in Sand

area and which the applicant
intends to Mine
(d) Period of which mining lease is The Madhya Pradesh State Mining
granted Corporation Limited, Bhopal commenced the
tender process under Madhya Pradesh
Sand(Mining, Transportation, Storage and
Trading) Rules, 2019 for the grant of group
of Sand Mines. M/s Girja Trading Company
Authorized Person – Shri Kameshwar Singh
has been declared as the highest successful
bidder for the sand mines of Rajgarh District.
Accordingly Letter of Intent (LOI) had been
issued for a period of 3 year.
(e) Name of RQP preparing the mining Naveen Tiwari
plan
(f) Registration No. of RQP or RQP/DGMMP/174/2017
authorization of the state
government,

CHAPTER-2
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Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,
Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

LOCATION

State Madhya Pradesh

District Rajgarh

Taluka Biaora

Village Berad

Khasra No. 237

Forest Range No

Forest Division/Circle No

Lease area (hectares) 4.0 ha

Whether the area is recorded to be in No, The area is not recorded to be in forest.
forest (please specify whether
protected, reserve etc.)

Ownership/Occupancy Govt. land 4.0 ha

Private land --
Forest land --
Existence of public Road/ railway line, The area is about 58 km from district HQ
if any, nearby and approximate
Rajgarh. The nearest railway station is biaora at
distance
about 33 km.

Toposheet No. The area notified for sand removal is falls in

Survey of India Toposheet No. 55 E/1

Land Use Pattern Land use is a description of how people utilize

(Forest, agricultural, grading, barren, the land and socio-economic activity. At any one
etc.) point or place, there may be multiple and
alternate land uses, the specification of which
may have a political dimension. Land cover is the
physical material at the surface of the earth. Land
covers include grass, asphalt, trees, bare ground,
water, etc. This basin holds a variety of land
cover and land use classes. Area of sand removal
is 4.00 ha. The sand removal area is 10 m away
from the river bank, hence no area have been

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Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,
Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

demarcated as restricted/ blocked. For safe and

systematic working it is proposed to remove only
5,000 cubic meters sand with depth is about 0.30
m. The area under study is non forest, non
agricultural situated.

Scanty small shrubs, bushes and local species are

present on the bank of the river.

The Khasra-wise detail of the applied lease area is as under:

Khasra Area Type of land

No. (Ha) (Acres)

237 4.00 4.884 Parbati River bed

The Latitudes and

Longitudes of BP. No. LATITUDE LONGITUDE boundary
Points taken by GPS are as
1 23°57'53.75"N 77°10'22.77"E
under:
2 23°57'55.34"N 77°10'23.65"E

3 23°57'55.08"N 77°10'24.06"E

4 23°57'55.19"N 77°10'24.73"E

5 23°57'55.69"N 77°10'25.27"E

6 23°57'55.35"N 77°10'26.69"E

7 23°57'52.43"N 77°10'25.75"E

8 23°57'50.21"N 77°10'25.74"E

9 23°57'42.46"N 77°10'25.03"E

10 23°57'38.80"N 77°10'24.83"E

11 23°57'33.44"N 77°10'24.11"E

12 23°57'33.53"N 77°10'22.01"E

13 23°57'35.40"N 77°10'22.50"E

14 23°57'36.39"N 77°10'22.47"E

15 23°57'41.27"N 77°10'23.12"E 3

16 23°57'48.24"N 77°10'23.74"E

17 23°57'51.59"N 77°10'23.46"E
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Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,
Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

Infrastructure Facilities:

S.No. Available Facilities Village Distance from the Area

1. Nearest Railway Biaora About 33 km

Station
2. District head quarter Rajgarh About 58 km

3. Nearest Airport Indore About 102 km

4. Nearest Forest -- --
5. Nearest River / Nala Parbati The area of sand removal
to the river bed of Parbati
river.

CHAPTER-3
TOPOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY OF THE AREA

Briefly describe the general topography explaining whether it is a Plain land or hilly
area and local geology of the mineral deposit.

1.Topography& Climate:

The area notified for sand removal is falls in the bed of Parbati River. The area is about 0.15
km East of Berad village. The maximum elevation is about 418 m and minimum is about 416
m from M.S.L. The general ground slope is towards North direction.

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Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,
Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

The Climate of Rajgarh district can be divided into four seasons. The winter season
commences from end of November and lasts till the end of Feb. The period from March to
about the middle of June is the hot season. The south west monsoon season from middle of
June to end of September, October & end of November constitute the post monsoon or
retreating monsoon season. The normal rainfall of Rajgarh district is 1217.7 mm. The
highest rainfall i.e. 1412.3mm received at Rajgarh.The average normal maximum
temperature is 40.70C. The individual day temperature as high as 45 or 460C. On the arrival
of monsoon the weather became pleasant.

2. Geology:
Regional Geology (Source: DRM):
Physiography :- The area forms a part of Malwa Plateau. The entire area is characterized by
a typical Deccan trap geomorphology comprising extensive plains, low lying hills and hill
cluster with gentle northerly slope. The northern part, included in the Umatwara plateau,
consist of low lying, flat topped hills and hill clusters. The northeastern part forms flat
landforms.
The rock formations ranging in age from Meso-proterozoic to Holocene are
exposed in the district and consist of rocks of Vindhyan Supergroup and Deccan traps capped
by laterite and alluvium. The Vindhyan Supergroup is divided in to Khorip Group and
Bhander Group. The Khoir Group is represented by Jhalrapatan shale and sandstone, which is
exposed in the northern part of the district. Sandstone is white in colour showing cross
bedding and ripple marks. The intervening sandy shale is covered by Deccan trap and soil.
The Bhander group Is represented by Upper Bhander and Lower Bhander Sandstone. The
lower Bhander sandstone occur as isolated small pockets in the northeastern part of district.
The upper Sandstone occurs in southeastern part of district.
The district is mainly occupied by a thick sequence of basaltic lava flows of
the Deccan trap, ranging in age of cretaceous from Palaeogene. A Total of fourteen basaltic
flows have been identified in a vertical coloumn of 275m between altitude 335m and 610m
above m.s.l. The horizontally disposed lava flows which have been numbered in increasing
order from bottom to top are mostly of Aa type. The individualflows have been delineated
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vesicularity and fragmented zone.In thin section these basaltic flows consist of calsic
plagioclase, clinopyroxene, iron oxides and glass.
These basaltic flows have been classified in to four formations, based on physical
character and mode of eruption. The oldest Mandleshwar Formation comprises two flows,
reported in Kalisindh and Newaj section in northern part of district.The flows have mixed
characters and 8 to 10m thick. Their upper contact is marked by an intertrappean bed.They
exhibits both Aa and pahoehoe characters.The overlying Kalisindh formation, consists of 5
Aa type flows and covers most area of the district. The flows are fine to mediumgrained, dark
grey, sparsely to moderately porphyritic, dense basalt.The Kankariya-Pirukheri formation
consists of four Aa type and pahoehoe flows with fossiliferous intertrappean chert and cherty
limestone at the base.The top of the unit is marked by red bole.This formation is exposed in
south, south-central, southeastern and eastern part of district.The younger Indore formation
consists of three flows and is exposed in the eastern parts of the district. The lateriter, which
is exposed in eastern and central part of district, forms a capping on basalt flows and outcrops
at places. The reddish brown ferruginous laterite is about 5 to 6m thick. Alluvium occurs as a
narrow belt along the course of Kalisindh river and as isolated pockets on the banks of
Chhapi nala and Newaj river. It comprises of pebble, grits, silt and sand.

Table :- General geological succession of Rajgarh district

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Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,
Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

Local Geology:

Geologically, the area comes under the stream bed. The alluvium deposits consist series of
Pebbly sand, fine to medium sand. The basement of the area comes under the deccan trap
basalt complex.

CHAPTER-4
REPLENISHMENT STUDY
The River Replenishment is based on following parameters:
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Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

i) Geomorphology: Place of origin / Catchment area/Tributaries/General profile of

river stream;
Rajgarh district was constituted after the formation of Madhya Bharat in May 1948. The
district is located at western part of Madhya Pradesh and is bounded by Shajapur district in
the south as well as west. The district of Sehore, Bhopal, Guna and Jhalawar (Rajasthan)
enclose it from the southeast, east, northeast, and north directions respectively. Rajgarh
district extends between the parallels of North latitudes 230 27' 12" and 240 17' 20" and
between the meridians of east longitudes 760 11' 15" and 770 14'. It has a quadrangular
shape with the northern and western sides longer than the southern and eastern sides,
respectively. The district is well connected by road NH-3, NH-7 and railway network.

Rajgarh district forms the part of Malwa plateau, generally, an undulating topography. The
Vindhyan hill range occupies the southeastern part of the district. The basaltic rocks of
Malwa plateau occupy almost entire district except southeastern part. Recent alluvium
deposits are found along the river course. The highest elevation of 576.08 m amsl in the
district is recorded near Narsinghgarh, a hillock of Vindhyan ranges.

Rivers of Chambal Sub-basin drain the entire Rajgarh district. All the rivers are almost
northerly flowing. Kalisindh and Parwati rivers at western and eastern side bound the district
respectively. The Newaj River flows through the middle portion of the district.

Almost three-fourths area of the district is covered with black cotton soils forms by the
weathering of basaltic rocks. The rest part of the district area is covered with yellowish-red,
mixed soils derived from sandstone and shale. The S.No Tahsil Sub-Division Area in Sq Km
No. of Villages 1 Rajgarh Rajgarh 1105 387 2 Khilchipur Khilchipur 0792 335 3 Zirapur
Zirapur 0845 220 4 Biora Biora 1148 287 5 Narsinghgarh Narsinghgarh 1368 306 6
Sarangpur Sarangpur 0905 192 6,155 1,744 6 alluvial soils are found along the river courses.
The higher elevations i.e. the hilly regions have a cover of murum, which is made up of
small rounded pieces of weathered basalts. The Vindhyans have a thin cover of sandy loams.
The alluvium is derived from hill slopes by numerous streams and watercourses.

Parbati River is a river in Madhya Pradesh, India that flows into the Chambal River. The

river rises at a height of 610 m in the Vindhya range in Sehore district madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan and runs for 471 km. It is one of the Chambal River's three main tributaries, along
with the Banas River and the Kali Sindh River. Ramgarh crater is located on its eastern bank.
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Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,
Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

ii) Geology / Lithostratigraphy :

The rocks of the Vindhyan Super Group are exposed in the southern and southeastern part of
district. These rocks form NW-SE trending ridges and small isolated hillocks (inliers). The
Upper Bhander sandstone is reddish brown to purple in colour, massive, medium to coarse
grained, exhibiting well-defined bedding with plenty of current bedding and occasional ripple
marks. The sandstone is highly jointed with four sets of prominent vertical joints. Because of
its compact nature the Bhander sandstone is poor repository of groundwater. In sandstone, the
joints and fractures control the occurrence of groundwater in areas located in topographical
depression and adjacent to surface water bodies. The soil and weathered profile developed on
the Vindhyan is generally thin and as a result groundwater occurs at shallow depth under
unconfined conditions in the areas where the rock is jointed, fractured and weathered. The
Vindhyan rocks underlying the weathered basalts in topographical depressions are often
found to form moderate aquifers. The surface water runoff along the slopes of hillocks
formed by Vindhyan inliers is recharged to the deeper jointed and fractured sandstone
through overlying cover of weathered basalt.

The Deccan Trap basalts occur in the district as lava flow infillings in the valleys of pre-
existing Vindhyan topography. The Vindhyan sandstone show `baking effect’ due to the hot
lava coming in contact with sandstones, the lava flows are mostly `Pahoehoe’ character and
less of `Aa’ character. The individual lava flow range from 10 to 30 m in thickness and
consist generally of two units i.e. the upper most vesicular/amygdaloidal basalts with their
weathering top portion often overlain by grey or red clay and the massive thin amygdular
layer (with pipe amygdulars) towards the bottom.

iii) Climatic Data & Annual precipitation:

The normal annual rainfall of Rajgarh district is 985.8 mm. The district receives maximum
rainfall during southwest monsoon period i.e. June to November. About 92% of annual
rainfall is received during monsoon season.

iv) Erosion & Weathering:

Since the temperature variation during various seasons in a year is quite considerable high
degree of weathering is likely to result. The rainfall being moderate, the potential of
transportation of weathering material into river is also moderate.
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v) Sedimentation & Transportation:

In the context of stream sediments is inorganic and organic material that is transported by,
suspended in, or deposited by streams. Sediment load, which is the quantity of sediment
transported by a stream, is a function of stream discharge, soil and land-cover features,
weather conditions, land use activities, and many other factors. Sediment load carried by
streams and rivers can be composed either of fine materials, mostly silts and clays, or larger
materials such as sand.

When a river erodes the eroded material becomes the river’s load and the river will then
transport this load through its course until it deposits the load. There are a few different ways
that a river will transport load depending on how much energy the river has and how big the
load is.

vi) Engineering Structures stop dam/ check dam/ barrage/

Hydal dams :
Manmade structures like stop dam / check dam / barrage / and hydle dams also affects the
sand flow and act as check over the sand deposition in downstream area.

vii) Activity near river bank:

Any man made activity such as mining / trenching/channeling/canal etc. produce large
quantity of fines of existing rocks with transports in river bed may deposit nearby the area in
river course.

viii) Tributaries and its confluences:

A stream may be 1st order to 3rd order, that to a streamlet to a major one, have a
Great impact on deposition of sand where some physiographic features are also
Have imperative role:
a. Tributary / confluence
b. Meanders
c. Negative reliefs
d. Slope / gradients

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Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,
Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

PROCESS OF REPLENISHMENT (SEDIMENT TRANSPORTAION AND

DEPOSITION)
Sediments in rivers get deposited as the river slows down. Larger, Heavier particles like
pebbles and sand are deposited first, while the lighter silt and clay only settle if the water is
almost still. When river reaches a lake or the sea, it quickly deposits much of its sediment.
The loose boundary (consisting of movable material) of an alluvial channel deforms under
the action of flowing water and the deformed bed with its changing roughness (bed forms)
interacts with the flow. A dynamic equilibrium state of the boundary may be expected when a
steady and uniform flow has developed. The resulting movement of the bed material
(Sediment) in the direction of flow is called sediment transport. To transport load a river
needs to have energy so when river loses energy it is forces to deposit its load.

Bed load ranges from a few percent of total load in lowland rivers to perhaps 15% in
Mountain Rivers to over 60% in some arid catchments. The rate of sediment transport
typically increases as a power function of flow, i.e. a doubling of flow typically produces
more than doubling in sediment transport occurs during floods. Downstream movement
commonly occurs as irregular basis bursts of short-distance movement separated by longer
periods, when the particles remain at rest. Because variation in bed load changes, estimating
annual bed load rated is a dynamic process involving careful examinations.

THE REPLENISHMENT ESTIMATION METHOD:

The mineral potential is calculated based on field investigation and geology of the catchment
area of the river/streams. The area of removal of mineral in a river or stream can be decided
depending on geomorphology and other factors, it can be 50% to 60% of the area of a
particular river/stream. The percent of mineral constituent like boulder, bajri, sand also
varies for different rivers / streams. While calculating the mineral potential the percentage of
each mineral constituent is as, boulders 35-40%, Bajri 30-35%, Sand 25-30%, and 5-10% for
silt and clay where as in Madhya Pradesh river deposition of boulder 5-10% Bajri 10-15%
and sand 75-80% and silt, the quantum of deposition varies from stream to stream depending
upon factors like catchment Lithology, discharge, river profile and geomorphology of the
river course. There are certain geomorphologic features developed in the river beds such as
channel bar, point bar etc. where annual deposition is more even two to three meters.

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Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,
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The mined out area of the premonsoon will be completely replenish with sand during
monsoon. Hence it is assume that the pits will be replenished after each monsoon.
Consequence of replenishment
Based on the above grounds it is envisaged that the quantity extracted during pre-monsoon,
shall be replenished during monsoon i.e. July to September every year provided strict
compliance of the Rain water likely to carry the load and deposit it at the trap-sites. In nut
shell, it is mentioned that the volume of sand removed during excavation shall be replenished
during monsoon.

Conclusion
The sand replenishment in river can be studied by taking aforesaid points, which are
dealt in preceding Para’s. The frequency and intensity of deposition is variable according to
the climatic conditions which prevails in an area, and the piling/ thickness of sand deposition
is entirely depend upon the quantity of transportation of detritus material during flood. This
sand quarry area is situated at Parbati River. Parbati River is flowing through Rajgarh
district. The drainage basins of these rivers are separated by a water divide. Annually in the
monsoon season; due to rain in the nearby areas the sand is flowing along the rainy water and
rest at the meanders. Every year area will get replenished easily during monsoon season. The
proposed production of the sand is 5000 cum/Annum.

CHAPTER-5

RESERVES
Berad- Sand Area:

M.P. State Mining Corporation Limited issued Letter of Intent (LOI) for sand quarry for a
period of 3 year for the mining of sand in favour of M/s Girja Trading Company Authorized
Person – Shri Kameshwar Singh at Village – Berad , Tehsil – Biaora, District – Rajgarh
(Madhya Pradesh).
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Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,
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Berad sand area is situated about 0.15 km from village Berad on Parbati River. The river has
a gentle slope towards North. The gentle slope of the area is the main reason for having
sufficient quantity of sand available for removal. The average thickness of sand above the
river bed is about 0.2 m to 0.3 meters as the depth has been confirmed by putting some
pits/already as excavated part in the river bed. The sand available in the area is fine to
medium-grained which is good for use in construction purposes.

Reserve of sand and its viable extraction:

In general, only about 0.30m column of the sand will be removed above the water level
where ever the sand is available in the area under study.

Total Area in Mineable area in Maximum thickness Total Volume of

M2 M2 in meter Sand in M3

40000 40000 0.30 m 12000

CHAPTER- 5 (a)

DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION PROGRAMME

MINING METHOD :
Maximum depth of removal of sand (0.30m from surface or up to water table/bed rock
whichever is less)

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Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,
Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

Mining operation will be done by Semi-Mechanized method and help of small mining
machinery such as small loading machine, dumper, tipper, tractor for loading and
transportation.

Mining will be carried out by semi mechanized method with the help of small arm machines,
open cast method adopting a system of shallow pit in sand.

The depth of working will be restricted to maximum 0.30 m depth.

No bench can be maintained in river sand hence bench wise mining cannot be proposed.
The loading of sand will be done by local labors & machines such as small loading machines
and its transportation will be through trucks/ tippers/tractors. The approach road up to the
working site and ramp will be mode for the smooth shipment of sand from the site. During a
year about 5,000 cubic meter of sand may only be removed for smooth transportation.

Due to continues accumulation of sand in the area during rainy season, there will not be much
depletion in the reserve of sand, hence reserve is likely to be remain same every year and in
future also. Accordingly the production plan can be envised as below:

Year wise proposed production

Year Area in m2 Removal sand Proposed Production
Depth in (meter) in cubic meter (m3)
1st year 40000 5000

40000 Restricted to 0.30m 5000

2nd year
from the surface
3rd year 40000 5000

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Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,
Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

Since, the removal of sand will not be possible during rainy season, the working will be only
about 8 months and working days considered as maximum 240 days in a year. Taking all
aspects in to consideration for smoothly removal of transportation of sand, the removal of
sand has been proposed to be about 5000 cubic meters per year.

Haulage and Transporting:

Mostly trucks/ tippers and tractors will be used for transportation of loadable sand from the
area to consumers. The sand is generally transported by the consumer in their own
tractors,tippers/dumpers. The capacity of the dumpers generally used is 10 m3. The mining of
sand is mostly carried out in 8 months from November to June.

CHAPTER- 5 (b)

MANPOWER DEPLOYMENT

State average daily employment and statutory personals:

Unskilled 20 labors will be required for loading tractors/ trucks and skilled 1 person required
for supervision purpose.

CHAPTER- 5 (c)

USE OF MINERAL
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Describe the utilization of mineral and type of industry.

Sand so extracted will be sold locally as building material. It is usually mixed with cement
and other ingredients to create mortar for building.

CHAPTER-6

WASTE DISPOSAL ARRANGEMENTS

No waste material will be generated hence waste disposal arrangements are not required.

CHAPTER-7

RECLAMATION PLAN

The removal of sand from the river bed only, without disturbing the water flow and the water
level in the river area under study.

The sand removed from the area will be automatically accumulated / filled up during rainy
season as mentioned in chapter 4 “ Replenishment Study”

This is an automatic natural activity hence special plan for reclamation of the area is not
required.

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Plantation will be carried preferably on the river bank and along the road used for
transportation or the area proposed by the Gram Panchayat.

As discussed earlier the area of sand removal is the Parbati river bed. Hence, no specific land
use pattern and reclamation plan is required.

CHAPTER-8

STRATEGY FOR PROTECTION OF RIVER COURSE, NALAS, WATER TANK,

VILLAGES, IMPORTANT MONUMENTS, IF ANY

Briefly outline the proposed strategies (if any) for protection of following:

(a) River: Sand only be removed 0.30 meter above water level without disturbing the water
flow, hence any strategy for protection to save river course is not required. The proposed
plantation on the riverbank will be taken up to protect embankment.

(b) Nala: Nalas are not affected, as they are untouched during removal of sand from the area.
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(c) Water Tank: The area located in the Parbati river bed is sufficiently away from sensitive
man made land uses like water tanks, hospitals.

(d) Village / houses / hutment: The project will have no affect on any type class of
vulnerable people and being no requirement of agricultural material during any phase of
project, no wastes will be generated.

(e) Important monument: There is no important monument within the 10 km radius from
the lease area.

CHAPTER-9

ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN

1.0 INTRODUCTION
Environmental Management Plan is a guiding document for environmental impacts
associated with the proposed projects. It is a guiding document for management of good
environmental condition on the site & surrounding of the proposed sand mine. The
Environmental Management Plan (EMP)has been formulated and integrated with the
sand mine planning keeping in view overall scientific development of local habitat and
the adverse impact that may be caused due to the sand mining operation. The Mining
activities are no doubt essential for development & for providing better standard of life.
But, there are environmental concerns related to mining activities. In order to maintain

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the balance in eco-system, legislations have been enacted, compliance of which would
not only allow sustainable development for current needs but also leave options open for
the posterity.
A scientific assessment of these impacts those are likely to influence the existing
environmental scenario is needed. This could also facilitate in formulating a suitable
environmental management plan depicting all mitigation measures. It can help in
implementing the project in an eco-friendly manner.
The project activities influencing the following environmental attributes have been
studied and their impacts on the following attributes have been assessed.
 Air Environment
 Water Environment
 Land Environment
 Noise Environment
 Biological Environment
 Socio-Economic Environment
2.0 OBJECTIVES
 To ensure that sand extraction will be carried out in an eco friendly manner.
 To reduce the potential impacts of proposed sand mining extraction operations on
the stream and riparian habitats of streams, river bank stability etc.
 To provide employment opportunities to the locals
 To restore the ecosystem to the maximum extent possible.
 Mining depth should be restricted to 3 meters and distance from the bank should
be ¼th or river width and should not be less than 7.5 meters

3.0 ANTICIPATED IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES

The pollution potential of the proposed project, its possible impacts on the surrounding
environment during pre-operational and operational phases and the necessary
management actions proposed for control and abatement of pollution are furnished
hereunder.

AIR ENVIRONMENT
Anticipated impacts-

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Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

(A) Due to Haul road/ Access Road

Plying of trucks from public road to river sand collection points needs access roads.
Majority of such access roads are the same existing roads/tracks being used by
pedestrians/cart owners. Movement of heavy vehicles sometimes causes problems to
cattle post, agriculture land, and human, habitations due to dust, noise and movement of
public. These environmental problems are felt more as the area is rural in nature.

(B) Due to Mining process

Air pollution is likely to be caused at various stages of sand mining operations such as
excavation, loading of material. Most of the dust will be generated from loading. This
dust becomes air borne and gets carried away to surrounding areas. The impact on air is
mainly localized in nature as the dust particles are not carried to longer distances and the
effect is felt within the core zone of the project involving active Sand mining operations.

Mitigation Measures-
(A) Movement of the vehicles on the road will be increased; however, unmetalled road in
the mining area will be sprinkled with water at regular intervals. In addition to prevent
spillage by trucks over loading should be controlled along with speed limit. Water
will be sprinkled on regular basis to control the dust generation.

(B) For Fugitive Dust Emission:

 To avoid fugitive dust emissions at the time of excavation, regular sprinkling of
water will be done on regular basis.
 Sand is transported to the sites by road through trucks covered by tarpaulin sheets.
 To minimize the vehicular pollution from the sand transporting vehicles, the
following conditions are insisted to permit the vehicles of the transporters:
 The vehicles should have pollution control certificate (PUC) issued by appropriate
authorities.
 Regular maintenance of transport vehicles and monitoring of vehicular emission
levels at periodical intervals.
 Green belt development along the haul roads, which will act as pollution sink.

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Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,
Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

WATER ENVIRONMENT
Anticipated impacts-
As the project activity is carried out in the dry part of river bed, none of the project
activities will affect the water environment or riverine habitats. Project activities will not
have any adverse effect on the physical components of the environment and therefore
may not have any effect on there charge of ground waters or affect the water quality.
Monitoring of water quality will be checked yearly.
Mitigation measures
 Mining is avoided during the monsoon season and at the time of floods. This will
help in replenishment of sand in the river bed.
 Mining below subterranean water level will be avoided as safe guard against
environmental contamination and over exploitation of resources.
 River stream will not be diverted to form in active channels.
 Utmost care will be taken to minimize or control leakage vehicles to be used for
sand transportation.
 The washing of trucks in the river will be avoided.
 The contractor will follow all guidelines and rules for proper and scientific
method of mining during the period of extracting the sand.

LAND ENVIRONMENT
The type of mining and the characteristics of the particular mineral deposit both affect
the degree to which mining disturbs the landscape. Sand Mining and allied activities will
be done in the fluvial plain formed by river meandering. Mining of sand may cause a few
environmental degradations.

Anticipated impacts:
 Damage of river bank due to access ramps to river bed, may cause soil erosion.
 Destruction of river bank hinterland and ecological due to extraction of sand by
probability of damage to the flood control bunds (built along the river side) due to
heavy movements of vehicles over the bund to approach the mine are and further
during transportation for sand from the mine area.

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Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,
Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

 Disposal of packing material, carried by the workers, would not be allowed. This
packing material would include used sachet/ gutkha /pan masala pouches.
 Movement of heavy vehicles sometimes cause problems to agricultural land,
human habitations, borehole users due to dust, noise and it also causes traffic
hazards.
 Surface degradation due to road network.

Mitigation measures:
 Safety distance will be left from both the bank of the river. (As guided by,
MOEFCC guidelines on "Sustainable sand mining guidelines" & Geological
Survey of India).
 No foreign material like polythene bag, jute bag and useless articles should be
allowed to remain/spill in river bed and catchment area, or no pits/pockets will be
allowed to be filled with such material.
 Minimum number of access roads to river bed for which cutting of river banks
will be avoided and ramps are to be maintained.
 Care will be taken to ensure that ponding is not formed in the river bed.
 Mining will not exceeds beyond the allowed extraction capacity.
 Green belt will be developed along the haul road and the bank of rivers of mine
premises and near the sand mining site. While selecting the plant species,
preference will be given for planting native species of the area.

NOISE ENVIRONMENT
Anticipated impacts
Noise environment in this project will be affected only by the equipment at the site and
vehicular transportation. Since, slight increase in noise levels can be expected.
Mitigation measures
 Minimum use of Horns at the village area.
 Timely maintenance of vehicles and their silencers to minimize vibration and
Sound.
 Phasing out of old and worn out trucks.
 Provision of green belts along the road networks.

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Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,
Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

 Care will be taken to produce minimum sound during sand loading.

 Use of Backhoe and ear plugs may be provided to protect the labors working at
the site.
BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT
Anticipated impacts:
a) Aquatic environment
Proposed mining will not have any possibility of disturbance of aquatic life as it is a dry
bed.
b) Flora and Fauna
The mining activity will have insignificant affect on the existing flora and fauna. The
project area is surrounded with agricultural land. It was found that the sand mining
activity will not have any significant impact on the biological environment of the region.
Mitigation measures
 Improvement in river bank stability.
 Large woody debris in the riparian zone will be left undisturbed or replaced when
moved and not be burnt.
 Vegetative debris will not be stored within the mine lease area.
 Operation and storage of heavy vehicles within riparian habitat will be restricted.
 Covering of loaded vehicles to reduce dust emission, which may harm
surrounding agricultural crops and other plant species.
 Conservation of biological diversity of plants, birds and animals.
 Greenbelt Development and Bio-Diversity Preservation.
 Plantation activities will be carried out at the bank of the river and along the haul
roads.
 This activity will help for maintaining ecology and environment of the area.
GREENBELT DEVELOPMENT
 The implementation for development of green belt will be of paramount
importance as it will not only add up as an aesthetic feature, but also act as a
pollution sink.
 The species to be grown in the area should be dust tolerant and fast growing
species so that permanent green belt is created.

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Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,
Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

 To stabilize the river bank erosion the plantation of native species of that area
along the river bank.
 Apart from the green belt and aesthetic plantation for elimination fugitive of
emission and noise control, all other plantation efforts shall be decided and
executed with the assistance and co-operation of the local community.
The following species may be considered primarily for plantation best suited for the
prevailing climatic condition in the area:
 Neem (Azadirachtaindica)
 Sissoo(Dalbergiasissoo)
 Mango (MangiferaIndiaca)
 Peepal (Ficus religiosa)
 Bargad (Ficus benghalensis)
 Chirol(Holopteleaintegrifolia)
 Karanj(Millettiapinnata)
 Khirni(Manilkarahexandra)
 Amaltas(Cassia fistula)
 Jungle Jalebi(Pithecellobiumdulce)
 Amla(Phyllanthusemblica)
 Bel(Aeglemarmelos)
SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
 Social welfare program like provision of medical facilities educational facilities,
water supply for the employees as well as for nearby villagers will be taken.
 A well laid plan for employment of the local people has been prepared by giving
priority to local people.
 Supplementing Govt. efforts in health monitoring camps, social welfare and
various awareness programs among the rural population.
 Assisting social forestry program.
 Adoption of villages for general development.
 Development of facilities within villages like roads, etc.
 The management will contribute for the overall economy and social development
of the area.

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Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

 In the recruitment process of the organization, local people will be given

preference.

Anticipated impacts and evaluation:

The project activities shall not have any adverse impacts on any of the common property
resources of the village communities, as the sand mine lease area is not being used for
any purpose by any section of the society in this region. There is no R & R involvement
in this project. There is no land acquisition in this project.
 The results of the field survey conducted to understand the knowledge and
perception of the people living around the project area gives a clear idea about the
need for the project.
 A major portion of the houses in the study area are semi- pucca type structures.
The water source to these areas is from the municipal connection and private bore
wells and wells. The awareness level regarding the proposed mining activity is
very high.
 The proposed mining activity is expected to provide stimulus to socio-economic
activities in the region and thereby accelerate further development processes.

CHAPTER-10
Progressive Quarry Closure Plan
Introduction
The area applied of 4.0 hectare falls in the survey of India Toposheet No. 55 E/1 The area
comes under Biaora Tehsil of District Rajgarh(M.P.).

This Quarry Plan is prepared along with Quarry Closure Plan.

Method of Quarrying:

Quarrying will be carried out by semi mechanized open-cast method using Wheel loader
and trucks/tippers etc.

Reasons for closure:

Lease only for 3 years.

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Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,
Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

Statutory Obligation:

Any legal statutory obligations from State Government, Mineral Resource Department,
Ministry of Environment & Forest, State and Central Pollution Control Board or by any
other Govt. Organization will be implemented.

Closure Plan Preparation:

Applicant

M/s Girja Trading Company

Authorized Person – Shri Kameshwar Singh

RQP:
NAVEEN TIWARI
RQP/DGMMP/174/2017

Quarry Description
Geology : Please refer chapter 3.0 of the quarry plan.
Reserves : Please refer chapter 4.0 of the quarry plan.
Environmental Parameters : Please refer chapter 9.0 of the quarry plan.

Infrastructure:

Statutory Buildings will be built of temporary structures, which can be dismantled easily
and sold as scrap at the final stage of closure.

Quarry Machinery:

Most of the quarrying machinery deployed will be hired. After the quarry closure, these
will be returned back to their respective owners.

Disaster Management & Risk Assessment:

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Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,
Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

No high risk accidents are anticipated, as the project is an open cast semi mechanized
type of quarrying operation in a fairly stable area and free from land subsidence,
earthquake etc. no tailing dam is proposed and risks associated with it will not come into
picture.

However, in case anything happens then the designated Quarry Manager will take care
and manage the situation. A communication and transport facility will be provided by
the lease owner at their disposal which will help in evacuating persons involved in any
accidents.

CHAPTER-11

ANY OTHERS RELEVANT INFORMATION

No other relevant information is required.

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Area – 4.0Ha. (On Parbati river), Village – Berad ,
Tehsil- Biaora, District – Rajgarh(M.P.)

Signature
Recognized Qualified Person

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