MDO-Mining Plan Final

The Singareni Collieries Company Limited
CHAPTER-1
INTRODUCTION
1.0 GENERAL
The Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation Ltd.(APMDC), was
incorporated on 24th Feb., 1961 and registered under the Companies Act, 1956
with an authorised capital of Rs.50 lakhs with full participation by Government of
Andhra Pradesh. The Authorised capital is increased, from time to time, to Rs. 10
Crores. The paid up capital is Rs. 630.62 Lakhs.
The Objectives of the Corporation are:
• Development of mineral resources including exploration, exploitation, and
beneficiation.
• Development of mineral industry with private participation.
• Identification of the Best Technology and Investment for development of
Mineral Resources.
The branch offices of the Corporation at present are situated at Mangampet,

Dwarakatirumala, Piduguralla, Khammam, Visakhapatnam and Cheemakurthi
headed by General Manager at Mangampet and Project Officers at rest of places.
The registered and head office is at Hyderabad under the control of Vice-chairman
and Managing Director.
The Corporation is strengthening day by day while exploring the valuable bounty of
hidden mineral wealth to meet the growing needs of the A.P Industry by un-flinched
commitment of the VC & MD supported by the dedicated services rendered by the
employees of the Corporation.
The Government of A.P. made out a State Coal Mining Policy wide GOMS No.285,
dt.20-10-2006 in order to augment coal production (within the State and outside
state) to meet the growing demand for the coal to APGENCO on priority for
generation of power. State Coal Mining Policy also intends to fulfill statutory
obligation of mining in Tribal areas through public sector undertaking, generation of
employment and assured power supply in the state for industrialization etc. As per
this policy APMDC shall operate the coal mines allotted to it by itself, and supply
coal to other power generating companies as may be decided by the GOAP after
meeting the requirements of APGENCO on priority.
The Suliyari-Belwar Coal Block was allotted to M/s Andhra Pradesh Mineral
Development Corporation Limited (A Government of AP Undertaking) in 2007
under Government Company dispensation scheme for commercial mining (priority
captive mine block).
“Mining Plan & Mine Closure Plan of Suliyari Belwar Coal Block”, M/s APMDC
1.1
Suliyari-Belwar coal block exists in Main basin of Singrauli Coalfield. The block lies
in the extreme southern part of the Coalfield. It is located about 45 Km from
Waidhan Township in singrauli district.
The Coal linkage for APGENCO from this block is 6.00 Mtpa. The grade of the coal
of Suliyari Belwar Coal Block is G8 grade/ ‘D’ grade.
The mining area of Suliyari Belwar Coal Block is spread over about 12.98 Sq.Km.
The regional exploration and detailed exploration was carried out by MECL. A total
meterage drilled is 20311.50 m in 136 bore holes. The net geological reserves of
the block are 142.09 Mt.
1.1 APPLICANTS EXPERIENCE IN MINING
The applicant, Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation Limited, having

the distinction of being the Government owned Company of Andhra Pradesh, has
been well engaged in metal mining activity since 1961.
The Mining plan & Project Report were prepared by M/S Singareni Collieries
Company Ltd. (SCCL) which is a Govt. of AP organization having vast experience
of Coal mining. As per directive of Govt. of AP, Joint Venture (JV) Company
between APMDC & SCCL was incorporated in the name of “APMDC-SCCL Sulyari
Coal Co. Ltd” in the share ratio of 51:49 to operate this Sulyari Belwar Coal Block.
A copy of JV agreement is enclosed as Annexure-8.
1.2 DETAILS OF END USE PLANTS
Not applicable, APMDC is doing commercial mining and coal produced here is
dedicated to Power plants of the APGENCO in Andhra Pradesh.
1.3 PRESENT PROPOSAL
Suliyari Belwar Coal Block is allotted to APMDC Ltd under dispensation scheme, to
meet the needs of the end use customers of A.P.M.D.C i.e., APGENCO.
The present proposal of Suliyari Belwar Coal Block (Phase-I) project in

832.85 Ha of non forest land, which is part of total Block area of 1298 Ha. The
remaining 465.15 Ha of land inclusive of 224 Ha of Forest land will be
developed as Phase-II project after obtaining the forest clearance. The
Phase-I operations are planned to avoid delay in starting the mining activity.
The Net Geological reserves in proposed phase-I area are 95.31 Mt.
1.2
The present proposal is to work the coal reserves upto 245m depth line of VII
Bottom seam to extract 71.81 Mt of coal and 604.03 M.Cum of Overburden at a
Stripping ratio of 8.41 Cum/T by opencast method with annual coal production
capacity of 6.00 Mt in Phase-I i.e. 832.85 Ha. Life of the project is 17 years.
The lease period required for the project is 20 years keeping in view of Mine
closure activities after the extraction of Coal reserves.
The Present proposal is for approval of Mining Plan of Suliyari Belwar coal Block
for obtaining Mining Lease of 832.85 Ha and total land required for the project
being 1080.99 Ha.The remaining area of 273.14 Ha is falling outside the Mining
Lease area for safety zone, service buildings, roads, railway siding and Hurdul nala
diversion. The Mining Lease will be obtained from the Madhya Pradesh State
Government.
Brief Description of Geology of Suliyari Belwar Coal Block

Suliyari-Belwar coal block exists in Main basin in the extreme southern part of
Singrauli Coalfield. It is located about 45 km from Waidhan Township in singrauli
district.
The mining area of Suliyari Belwar Coal Block is spread over about 12.98 Sq.Km.
Suliyari-Belwar coal block is eastern continuity of earlier explored Dongri-Tal block.
The entire block is covered by reddish brown sandy soil on plains of Barakar
Formations. The area falls in Survey of India Topo sheet No.64 I/5 and lies
between North latitude 230 55’28” to 230 58’ 15” and East longitude 820 18’ 52” to
820 20’ 58”.
The regional exploration and detailed exploration was carried out by MECL. A total
meterage drilled is 20311.50 m in 136 bore holes. The Bore hole density of about
10.48 boreholes/Sq.km.
In this block, the coal seams occur at shallow depths at 8.53 m and extend beyond
upto 393.54 m depth. Total estimated geological reserves of this geological block
in an area of 12.98 Sq.Km are 142.09 Mt.
The details of Suliyari Belwar geological coal block are as shown below:
Sl. Particulars Geological
No. Block
1 Area(Ha) 1298
2 Min-Max depth(m) 8.53- 393.54
3 Geological reserves(Mt) 142.09
Total land required to be acquired for this project is 1080.99 Ha. Out of the above,
the Mining lease will be obtained for 832.85 Ha and remaining area is outside the
mining lease.
1.3
Presently, the mining plan is prepared for an area of 8.33 Sq.km of Geological
Block, where 103 bore holes are drilled. The Borehole density of about 12.36
boreholes/Sq.km.
The mining plan is prepared, for working upper seams from Seam-R2 to Seam VII
(Bottom) up to a depth of 245m, by opencast method except Seam VIII which is not
persistent and have not attained workable thickness anywhere in the area of its
occurrence. Lower seams i.e. from Seam Local-II (Top) to Seam-I are not
considered because these seams are very thin, deep seated and the quality
parameters were not assessed. Total estimated geological reserves of this
geological block in an area of 8.33 Sq.Km are 95.31Mt.
Thus, the Mining Plan is prepared and named as, “Mining Plan & Mine Closure
Plan of Suliyari Belwar Coal Block.”
1.4 MODE OF DISPATCH OF COAL
The production capacity of Suliyari Belwar OCP (Phase-I) is 6.00 Mtpa. A Pit Head
CHP is proposed to be installed on the north east side of the quarry. The Suliyari
Belwar OCP(Phase-I) is planned to produce G8/D grade coal throughout life of the
project. The coal from the quarry will be transported to CHP through series of belt
conveyors. The coal from the CHP will be dispatched to the railway wagons
through SILO.
1.5 WHETHER COAL WASHING IS BEING PROPOSED, AT THE PIT HEAD

OR ELSEWHERE
Since, coal (ROM) is directly used as solid fuel by the industries or Power plants.
Hence, no beneficiation is presently proposed.
1.6 JUSTIFICATION FOR APPROVAL OF MINING PLAN
• Coal from this block ensures APGENCO with consistent supply of coal
required for its power plants.
• Coal deposit is amenable for opencast mining with relatively low stripping
ratio of 8.41 cum/T.
• Opencast method of work provides better recovery of coal with low gestation
period.
• Opencast method is a safe method of mining compared to underground
method.
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• The development of coalfield will provide better social and economic life to
the area. It will also give a boost to the industrial activity in the area and help
in creating national wealth.
• In order to meet the ever increasing coal demand, it is essential to enhance
the production. The project will contribute 6.00 Mt of coal per annum.
• This Project produces “G8/D” grade coal.
• Thin seams (<1.2m), which are not amenable for extraction by underground
method, can now be extracted by opencast method.
• The Mine is planned to produce coal to the optimum capacity so as to cater

to the needs of Power Plants of APGENCO in AP.
Hence, the “Mining Plan & Mine Closure Plan of Suliyari Belwar Coal Block” is
submitted for approval, to an extent of 1080.99 Ha.
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1.5
CHAPTER-2
DETAILS OF EARLIER APPROVAL OF MINING PLAN
The area Proposed for preparation of Mining Plan & Mine Closure Plan of
Suliyari Belwar Coal Block is virgin and no earlier approval was given to this
area. Hence, this chapter is not applicable.
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CHAPTER-3
LOCATION, PHYSIOGRAPHY & COMMUNICATION
3.1 LOCATION
Suliyari-Belwar Coal block is located in the southern part of the Singrauli Coalfield
(Main Basin).The Singrauli coalfield is the northern-most part of the Son-Mahanadi
Master Basin which occupies a prominent position on the power map of India due
to its vast quarriable coal resources.
The Suliyari-Belwar Coal block spread over a total 12.98 Sq Km area is located at
about 75 km south-west of Singrauli Township, the district Headquarter, where as it
is 45 km south-west of Waidhan Township, the Tehsil Headquarter. The important
villages in and around the block are Suliyari village, located north of the block,
while Belwar village is located in the south-eastern part of the block, village Jhalari
occupies western & part of central region and village Majhalipath occupies eastern
part of central region of Suliyari-Belwar coal block. The area falls in Survey of India
Topo sheet No.64 I/5 and lies between North latitude 230 55’28” to 230 58’ 15” and
East longitude 820 18’ 52” to 820 20’ 58”.
3.2 COMMUNICATION
The accessibility to the area is somewhat poor. Waidhan-Sidhi state highway via
Bargawan traverses 25 Km north of the block and runs almost along the boundary
of Moher Sub-Basin & Main Basin.
A metalled road Parsona to Mara is located farther east of the block. An

unmetalled weather road branching of this road at Rajmelan leads to Sarai. From
this road to west of River Mahan, roughly north-south running kutcha road, leads to
Langadda via Bhalyatola, Suliyari and Jhalari. The block is also approachable by a
kutcha road, bifurcating from Raila, leading to Suliyari. In the rainy season major
part of the block is not accessible.
The distance of Bargwan, the nearest railway station on Chopan-Singrauli-Katni

line of central railway is about 25 km from the block. The nearest Airport is
Varanasi is about 250 km from Waidhan.
The important industrial township & railway station Renukoot is at a distance of 70

km from Waidhan on Chopan-Garhwa Road section of eastern railway. Renukoot
township is well connected with Hawrah, Tatanagar, Delhi etc. by direct train.
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3.3 AVAILABILITY OF POWERSUPPLY, WATER ETC.,
The source of power for the project is proposed to be transmitted from 132/33KV
substation which is located at nearby proposed block. The total power requirement
for this project is about 14.62MVA (6.6Kv – 11.308 MVA, 3.3KV – 3.312MVA).
The water required for the project will be met from the water pumped out from the
mine. The seepage / run off water will be collected in the identified sumps and is
pumped to surface by means of suitable capacity pumps. The water is treated in
slow sand filters followed by disinfection can be utilized for drinking and also
supplied to colonies for domestic purposes like drinking, washing, bathing etc. The
water required for industrial purpose such as washing, spraying, etc. is also met
from the pumped out water after necessary treatment. The permission from the
State Ground Water Department will also be obtained for its use.
3.4 PHYSIOGRAPHY
The topography of Suliyari-Belwar coal block is highly undulating and rugged as

evident from the topographical plan prepared on 1.0 m contour interval. The
northern and southern part of the block are occupied by hillocks of the elevation
upto 500 m above MSL. In general the elevation of ground varies from 441.07 m
as observed in borehole MS-2 to 499.23 m in borehole MS-37 located in the south-
western and northern parts of the block respectively. A few hillocks are also
observed in the east of the block.
3.5 DRAINAGE
The Singrauli Coalfield is located in the drainage area of Son & Rihand rivers. The
block shows dendritic to sub-dendritic drainage pattern. The drainage of the block
is mainly controlled by westerly flowing Hardul Nala which traverses the block, in
the north-western part and passes throughout the block beyond south-western part
of the block. Many small seasonal nalas drained into Hardul Nala. In the north of
the block, Mahan river flows towards north.
The HFL of nala is not available. Hurdul nala has been surveyed recently. As per
survey, Reduced levels on banks of Hurdul nala varying from 471.30m to 432.30m.
Hurdul nala is flowing from north east to southwest of the block.
3.6 RAINFALL
The monsoon period extends from June to September with an average rainfall of
1132.7 mm. The relative humidity varies from 19% in the month of May to 85%
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during July to August. Rainfall recorded for the last 13 years in Singrauli district are
shown in given table.
YEARLY RAINFALL RECORDED IN SINGRAULI DISTRICT

(Period 1st June to 31st May)
Year Rainfall (in mm)
1998-1999 922.3
1999-2000 1182.4
2000-2001 1093.2
2001-2002 1246.8
2002-2003 842.7
2003-2004 1397.7
2004-2005 864.8
2005-2006 982.2
2006-2007 1014.7
2007-2008 661.2
2008-2009 772.0
2009-2010 876.0
2010- 31.05.2011 432.0
Average
(source: Social economic survey)
3.7 SURFACE FEATURES OVER THE BLOCK AREA
• Seven villages are located within the core zone of the project area which will
be rehabilitated.
• Hurdul nala is flowing across the proposed quarry area which is required to
be shifted away from the project area. .
• 1st and 2nd order streams are existing in the proposed area and joining into
Hurdul Nala.
• A 132 KV HT line and 765 KV HT lines are passing over the property.
• Public road is passing in the property from Suliyari village to Dongri village.
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3.8 LAND DETAILS
The details of land requirement for the project are given below.
Total Land Requirement (Ha)

Particulars Forestland Private land Govt. Land Total
Quarry Area 0.00 433.48 374.38 807.86
Safe Barrier, Drainage, Roads 0.00 78.91 86.91 165.82
Service Buildings 0.00 26.82 0.99 27.81
Railway siding 0.00 6.53 0.75 7.28
Nala diversion 0.00 22.15 50.07 72.22
TOTAL LAND REQUIREMENT 0.00 567.88 513.11 1080.99
3.9 MAJOR DIVERSION OR SHIFTING INVOLVED.
• Hurdul Nala flowing over the property is to be diverted along dip side of the
block area in northern direction. Finally it will be joined into Sarbahera nala
after detailed study.
• A 765 KV HT line is to be diverted outside the property.
• A public road is to be diverted to existing road from Khanakhash to Tal via

Jhatatolia and bhikhajharia villages.
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3.4
CHAPTER – 4
EXPLORATION, GEOLOGY, SEAM SEQUENCE,
COAL QUALITY AND RESEVES
4.1 STATUS OF EXPLORATION
4.1.1 Details of Exploration already carried out in the Area
a) Name of the Geological Block : Suliyari Belwar Coal Block

Area of Geological Block in Hectares : 1298
Area of Geological Block in present proposal : 832.85 Ha
b) Name of the Geological Report (GR) with year of preparation:
GEOLOGICAL REPORT ON SULIYARI BELWAR COAL BLOCK

(SINGRAULI COAL FIELD –MAIN BASIN) October -2011
c) Name of the agency which conducted exploration and prepared GR

MINERAL EXPLORATION CORPORATION LIMITED (MECL)
d) Period of conducting exploration:

19-04-2002 to 25-06-2002 by MECL (Regional drilling)
17-05-2010 to 23-06-2011 by MECL (Detailed drilling)
e) Details of drilling (by all agencies)
Agency Total Total

Meterage No. of BHs
(m)
MECL 1373.00 8
MECL 18938.50 128
Total 20311.50 136
f) No. of boreholes drilled within the block: 136

g) Overall borehole density within the block (no./ sq. km): 10.48
h) Area covered by ‘detailed’ exploration within the block (hectares): 1074
The coal cores have been studied for their chemical characteristics. Out of 123
boreholes the band by band analytical data of coal seams is available for 68
boreholes.
4.1.2 Exploration to be carried out
Further exploration is required in the Forest area of Suliyari Belwar Coal Block for
detailed drilling.
4.1
4.2 GEOLOGY
The Singrauli coalfield is the northern-most part of the Son-Mahanadi Master

Basin, stretching over an area of 2200 Sq.km. The Suliyari-Belwar Coal block
located in the Main basin of Singrauli Coalfield. The Suliyari-Belwar Coal block
spread over a total 12.98 Sq Km area is located at about 75 km south-west of
Singrauli Township, the district Headquarter, where as it is 45 km south-west of
Waidhan Township, the Tehsil Headquarter.
GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE AREA AND BLOCK

Regional Geology
The Singruali coalfield forms the northern extremity of Son-Mahanadi master
Gondwana basin, at the junction region of east-west trending Damodar-Koel-
Tatapani graben and the NW-SE trending Son-Mahanadi rift zone; thus reflecting
the lithological and structural characteristics of both Damodar and Son valley
Gondwana basins. The northern limit of the Singruali coalfield is defined by a major
east west trending northern boundary fault, which is parallel to the Narmada-Son
lineament. The high standing Mahadeva hills are defining the southern boundary.
Talchir beds rest unconformably over Precambrian rocks and the Precambrian
themselves, are forming the eastern boundary whereas the western boundary is
formed by the contact of Precambrians and supra Barakar sediments.
The generalized stratigraphic succession (after Laskar, et.al 1977 and Raja Rao
1983) is given in Table-4.1.
Stratigraphic Succession of the Singrauli Coalfield

Table : 4.1
Age Group Formation Lithology
Cretaceous Intrusives Dolerite dykes & Sills
Upper Triassic Upper Mahadeva Coarse grains, ferruginous
(?) Gondwana sandstone with bands of shale, clay
and conglomerates.
Lower Triassic Panchet (?) White, greenish white and pink
micaceous, medium to coarse
grained sandstone with red beds,
greenish brown silty shales and
conglomerates.
Upper Permian Lower Raniganj Fine grained sandstones and shales
Gondwana (215-403 m) with coal seams including 134 m
thick Jhingurdah seam.
Middle Barren Very coarse grained, ferruginous,
Permian Measrue sandstones, green clays & shales.
(125-300 m)
Lower Permian Barakar Medium to coarse grained,
(325-600 m) sandstones, shales, clays and coal
seams.
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Age Group Formation Lithology
Upper Talchir Tillite, sandstones, siltstones, needle
Carboniferous (75-130 m) shales etc.
to Lower
permian
--------------------- Unconformity ---------------------
Precambrian Precambrian Phyllites, quartzites, schists and
gneisses.
The geological formations in Singrauli coalfield are briefly described below:
The Precambrain basement: The Precambrian basement comprises, granite

gneisses and schists in the southeast and metasedimetns of Bijawar group in
north. The metasediments consist of Phyllites, quartzites etc inliers of granite
gneiss were observed at Koelkhud village on Waidhan-Mara road.
Talchirs: This formation is mostly exposed along the eastern boundary of the
coalfield. The width of the outcrop varies from 3 km to 8 km. Isolated exposures
are exits along the northern boundary fault at Parai, Nawatola and Nayatola
villages. Diamictite horizons made up of assorted pebbles and boulders of granite
gneisses, basic rocks, jasper, conglomerates, feldspar, flint etc overlain
successively by shale, siltstone and sandstone beds were reported (Pant 1962).
Khaki brown and greenish grey splintery shales with pebbles of granite gneiss,
limestone and fine grained equigranular greenish sandstone were also observed.
This formation can be observed all along the road from Parsona junction to nearly
up to Mara village.
Barakars: Barakar sediments cover large tract in the eastern part of the coalfield.
This formation mainly consists of medium to coarse grained, light grey, pink and
white arkosic sandstones with thin interbands of shale, coal and pink clays. Fine
grained sandstones are also observed in this formation. Kaolinised feldspars
usually the cementing material. Ferruginous sandstones are also very common at
outcrops. Grey shales and coal seams break the monotony of sandstones.
Characteristic feature of Barakar formation in Singrauli coalfield is that, many

seams are defined by clay beds near the outcrop area. These clays are varying in
colour from light yellow to creamy white and pink. The Barakar formation in
Singruali coalfield shows remarkable decrease in thickness from 600 m in the
eastern part to 385 m in the western part (Amelia area), and it may further
decrease in the northwestern extremity (Raja Rao, 1983).
Barren Measures: It is represented by coarse-grained pebbly, ferruginous,

yellowish & greenish sandstones and red & green clay bands and devoid of any
coal seams. In Ujheni and Jhaleri-Majhauli areas, this formation is represented by
very coarse grained, white to yellowish brown feldspathic sandstones with
ferruginous coatings in outcrops. Thickness of this formation increases from east
to west (Raja Rao, 1983).
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Raniganj formation: Raniganj formation covers large area in the western part of
the Singrauli coalfield. In the Moher sub-basin, it is represented by sandstones of
various grain size, white and grey clays and carbonaceous shales. Jhingurdah
seam, which is (134m thick) the thickest coal seam so far known in the country
belongs to this formation. In the western part of the coalfield, this formation shows
finer facies with predominance of shales and clays. Sandstone is usually greyish
white, fine grained and flaggy in nature.
Panchet formation (Nidpur beds): This formation comprises coarse-grained

sandstones with bands of yellowish and reddish clays and siltstones. Sandstones
are white to greenish brown in colour and mica rich. Feldspars are generally
undecomposed. These rocks are exposed in Latajharia and Harauri nalas and
Gopad river section in the southern part of the coalfield.
Mahadeva formation: This formation covers large areas in the southwestern part,
and extends up to the southern boundary of the coalfield. Thick sections are
exposed in the west, southwest, and southeast and south of Gopad River. This
formation occurs as outliers in the northern & southern boundaries of the basin,
resting unconformably over Lower Gondwana sediments. This formation
comprises massive, thickly bedded, and medium to coarse-grained sandstones
with yellowish to dark brown colour. Sandstones are hard and compact.
Ferruginous sandstones show various shades of colour. Lenses of pebbles with
fragments of chert, jasper and vein quartz characterize the Mahadeva sequence.
Impersistant bands of chert, siderite and conglomerate with pellets of clay are quite
common.
Igneous rocks: Basic intrusives are occupying large areas in western,

southwestern and southeastern parts of the coalfield. These basic bodies occur
both as dykes and sills and form elongate ridges, or mounds after weathering.
Regional Structural Set-up
The Singrauli Gondwana basin is composed of two tectono-sedimentary domains;

the Moher sub basin in the east and the main basin in the west. These two basins
are separated by a north-south trending elongated basement high, which is
blanketed by shallow superficial cover of basal Barakar strata. These two sub-
basinal structures show distinct patterns of sedimentation as well as structural
peculiarities of their own. Moher sub basin shows a broad basinal structure with
uneven undulations on its limbs. The western part of Singrauli main basin presents
a panorama of Lower and Upper Gondwana rocks. The most prominent structural
feature of the coalfield is northern boundary fault, which is indicated by brecciated
zone with pegmatite intrusions. This fault could be traced all along strike from
Majhauli village in the east to Marwas village in the west.
The general strike of the sediments in the eastern part of the main basin is N-S and
NW-SE with westerly & southwesterly dips. But it is E -W (with minor swings) with
southerly dips in the western part of the basin. The general amount of dip in the
basin is around 5o to 100. Variation in attitudes, mainly the dips and dip direction
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observed in the coalfield were due to rolling nature of the strata, which may be due
to basinal highs in the region.
4.3 LOCAL GEOLOGY
GEOLOGY OF SULIYARI BELWAR BLOCK
Geologically, Suliyari-Belwar coal block is eastern continuity of earlier explored

Dongri-Tal block. The entire block is covered by reddish brown sandy soil on
plains of Barakar Formations. Hence, the geological and structural set-up of
Suliyari-Belwar coal block is deciphered on the basis of sub-surface data obtained
during present exploration activities coupled with geological set-up evolved in
adjoining Dongri-Tal block.
Geological Succession of Suliyari-Belwar coal block is given below in Table 4.2
GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF SULIYARI-BEWLAR COAL BLOCK
Table 4.2
Age Formation Thickness Lithology
Range (m)
Recent to Sub- Soil 0.00 to 10.50 Reddish brown sandy soil
recent
Cretaceous Intrusives Not Intersected Basic dyke & Sills
Upper Triassic Mahadeva Not Intersected Coarse grained brownish &
Ferrugenous sandstones
---------------------- Unconformity ----------------------
Upper Permian Raniganj Not Intersected Fine grained greyish white
sandstone with shale & ash
grey clay beds & coal
seams
Middle Permian Barren Not Intersected Very coarse grained
Measures Ferrugenous sandstone
Lower Permian Barakar 46.00 to 397.50 Medium to coarse grained
kaolinised sandstones with
shale and coal seams
Upper Talchirs 3.00 o 53.94 Tillite, fine grained
Carbonaceous sandstones siltstones
(Greenish) needle shale
---------------------- Unconformity ----------------------
Pre-Cambrian Metamorphics Not Intersected Phyllites, quartzites, schist
and gneisses
Talchir Formation:
This formation is not exposed anywhere in the block, however, it has been
intersected in five out of 136 boreholes drilled in the block, viz. MS-1,22,62, MSN-
68 & MSB-1. The thickness of formation varies from 3.00 m (MS-62) to 53.94 m
(MSN-6) located in the south-western & south-eastern parts of the block
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respectively. It is mainly represented by light green fine grained sandstones and
dark grey splintery shales. Talchir formation is conformably overlain by Barakar
Formation.
Barakar Formation:
The Barakar Formation is confirmably underlained by Talchir formations. As stated

earlier the reddish brown sandy soil covers the plains of Barakars. This formation
is exposed mostly in the nala cuttings (Hardul Nala) in the Suliyari-Belwar coal
block. It has been intersected in all 139 boreholes drilled in this block. The
thickness of the formation varies from 46.00 m (MS-117) to 397.50 m (MS-17)
located in the central & north-eastern parts of the block respectively. This
formation is mainly represented by medium to coarse grained, feldspathic &
kaolinised, yellowish white, reddish brown, grayish white sandstones with
intercalations of shale & sandstones and various coal seams/sections/bands.
Sandy Soil :
The ferruginous sandy soil in the entire block is derived from weathering of Barakar
sandstones & the thickness of soil varies from 0.00 m to 10.50 m.
Sequence of Coal Seams
The detailed exploration in Suliyari-Belwar coal block has established the presence
of about 15 number of coal seams viz. Seam-R-II, R-I, Seam-VIII, Local-III, Seam-
VII(Top), VII-Middle, VII-Bottom, Local-II, Seam-VI, Local-I, Seam-V,IV,III,II & I in
descending order. Out of which Seam-VII(Middle), VII-Bottom & Local-II have
again splits into two sections each (upper & lower), while VII-Middle (Lower) is
again splits into sections Top & Bottom. Thus, main seams and splits
seams/sections together constitutes about 23 coal seams/sections in Suliyari-
Belwar coal block.
As such, out of total 23 coal seams/sections, about 12 coal seams/sections are

correlatable, regionally persistent and have developed workable thickness viz.
Seam-R-II, R-I, Local-III, Seam-VII Top, Middle, Bottom, Local-II, Seam-VI and
Seam-V. The sequence of coal seams in terms of its intersection depth, thickness,
effective thickness, parting thickness etc are presented in Table No.4.3.
The sequence of coal seams along with inter seam parting is given in Table 4.3.
SEQUENCE OF COAL SEAMS OCCURRING IN SULIYARI BELWAR BLOCK
Seam Floor Depth Range Thickness Range Effective Thick. Parting No. of
No. (m) (m) Range (m) Interse-
Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. ctions
Seam-R- 31.67 88.90 1.07 3.51 1.02 3.38

- - 17
II MS-31 MS-108 MSSB-7 MS-31 MSSB-7 MS-75
24.23 32.29
Parting Parting between Seam R-II & R-I
MS-80 MS-48
4.6
Seam-R- 31.85 123.56 0.30 4.76 1.35 4.51
- - 19
I MS-18 MS-108 MS-88 MS-97 MS-18 MS-12
31.59 73.97
Parting Parting between Seam R-I & Seam-VIII
MS-26 MS-108
Seam- 18.95 197.66 0.05 0.72

- - - - 23
VIII MSSB-4 MS-108 MS-31 MS-74
31.73 72.88
Parting Parting between Seam-VIII & Local-III
MS-79 MS-26
Seam –
Local-III 13.83 233.00 0.05 1.18 1.00 1.18
- - 106
MS-111 MS-43 MS-44 MS-16 MS-101 MS-16
1.20 15.09
Parting Parting between Seam Local-III & VII Top
MS-1 MS-49
Seam – 20.12 239.41 0.32 3.49 1.15 3.49

- - 123
VII Top MS-126 MS-43 MS-53 MS-61 MS-95 MS-61
0.31 6.79
Parting Parting between VII Top & VII MU/VII MM
MS-61 MS-29
Seam –
VII 1.30
8.53 220.50 0.56 3.99 3.53
Middle MJT- - - 63
MS-21 MS-75 MSSB-2 MS-94 MS-64
(Upper) 112
0.55 3.99
Parting Parting between VII MU and VII ML/VII ML Top
MS-5 MS-59
Seam –
VII
15.44 93.23 0.16 0.87
Middle - - - - 27
MS-40 MS-10 MS-40 MS-5
Lower
(Top)
0.75 2.26
Parting Parting between Seam-VII ML(Top) & VII ML (Bottom)
MS-10 MS-66
Seam –
VII
17.01 94.69 0.37 0.87
Middle - - - - 28
MS-40 MS-10 MS-40 MS-63
Lower
(Bott.)
Parting - -
Seam –
VII 11.66 224.10 0.30 2.01 1.00 1.94
- - 35
Middle MS-21 MS-75 MS-87 MS-73 MSSB-2 MS-112
Lower
Parting - -
Seam –
VII 11.38 249.50 1.15 5.82 1.15 5.53
- - 66
Middle MS-67 MS-43 MS-67 MS-4 MS-67 MS-80
(Merged)
0.43 6.60
Parting Parting between Seam VII MLB/L/Merged and VII BU/VII B
MSSB-5 MS-75
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Seam-VII
32.25 72.20 0.27 1.20 1.00 1.05
Bottom - - 28
MS-104 MS-22 MS-105 MS-120 MS-128 MS-19
(Upper)
0.74 2.40
Parting Parting between VII BOT (Upper) and VII BOT (Lower)
MS-24 MS-57
Seam-VII
34.18 75.92 0.41 2.92 2.31 2.92
Bottom - - 28
MS-104 MS-22 MS-106 MS-22 MS-59 MS-22
(Lower)
Parting - - -
Seam-VII 16.87 253.13 0.18 4.12 1.13 2.96
- - 98
Bottom MS-21 MS-43 MS-58 MS-56 MS-97 MS-56
0.27 14.28
Parting Parting between VII BL/VII B and Local-II/Local-II T
MS-73 MS-97
Seam-Local-II 41.86 186.20 0.22 0.75

- - - - 5
(Top) MS-110 MS-103 MS-94 MSSB-1
0.30 0.63
Parting Parting between Seam-Local-II(Top) and (Bottom) MSSB- MS-
1 107
Seam-Local-II 42.54 186.90 0.22 0.28
- - - - 5
(Bottom) MS-110 MS-103 MS-94 MSSB-1
Parting - -
0.93
40.85 261.64 0.06 1.97 1.33
Seam-Local-II MS- - - 65
MS-126 MS-43 MS-25 MS-39 MS-39
54
7.68 29.81
Parting Parting between Local-II(Bottom) / Local-II and Seam-VI
MS-97 MS-87
0.90
42.46 279.40 0.07 1.83 1.83
Seam-VI MS- - - 89
MS-21 MS-108 MS-67 MS-38 MS-38
17,74
26.61 41.66
Parting Parting between Seam-VI & Local-I
MS-67 MS-3
74.72 310.55 0.04 0.54

Seam Local-I - - - - 20
MS-40 MS-108 MS-40 MSN-6
6.16 36.73
Parting Parting between Seam-Local-I & V
MS-50 MSN-6
0.90
60.82 324.85 0.05 1.78 1.45
Seam-V MS- - - 95
MS-68 MS-108 MS-15 MS-65 MS-65
47,91
11.69 40.94
Parting Parting between Seam-V & IV MSSB- MSN-
4 17
78.96 352.41 0.01 0.77
Seam -IV - - - - 8
MS-68 MS-17 MS-68 MS-17
12.37
33.19
Parting - MSSB-
MS-1
4
126.67 378.85 0.10 0.58
Seam -III - - - - 8
MS-62 MS-43 MS-17 MSSB-1
9.39 27.72
Parting
MS-1 MSN-6
0.08
150.52 393.54 0.30
Seam -II MSSB- - - - - 7
MS-62 MS-17 MS-22
4
4.8
7.53 19.73
Parting
MS-1 MS-22
153.37 231.57 0.02 0.52

Seam -I - - - -
MS-68 MS-22 MS-1 MS-6
4.3.1 STRUCTURE
The geological structure in Suliyari-Belwar block has been deciphered base on the
sub-surface data generated from the boreholes drilled in this block. A study of floor
contour plans prepared for six coal seams (Seam-R-II, R-I, Seam-VII Top, VII
Middle, VII Bottom & Seam-VI) indicates complex geological structure as the entire
area is traversed by as many as sixteen normal gravity faults of varied magnitudes.
These faults have been designated as Fault F1 – F1 to fault F16-F16. It is pertinent
to mention here that, the delineation of coal seams correlation and geological
structure deciphered are also extended in the adjoining Dongri-Tal block to confirm
the compatibility of data.
The litho-units including coal seams/sections in Suliyari-Belwar coal block are

confirmable with each other and in general depicts NE-SW to E-W trend with
gentle dips towards north-west to north directions. However, moderate variation in
strike and dip is frequent causing swerves in strike with moderate rolling dips of the
strata. The amount of dip of the beds vary from almost flat as observed in the
western, central & southern parts of the block to as high as 5° in the northern part
of the block.
As mentioned above, the Suliyari-Belwar coal block is traversed by sixteen normal

gravity faults designated from North to south as F1-F1 to F16-F16. Out of these, fault
F1-F1 is interpreted based on the intersection of fault in two boreholes viz. MS-12 &
MS-46, Fault F4-F4 in borehole MSSB-4 and Fault F5-F5 in borehole MS-11, while
remaining faults have been deciphered based on the floor level difference
observed on either side of the fault planes. It is observed that, the magnitude of
fault F1-F1, F15-F15, F16-F16 is more than 20 m whereas all other faults are of 5 m to
15 m magnitudes. It is pertinent to mention here that, the number of minor Slips is
also observed in boreholes causing insignificant reduction of parting and seam
thickness.
The geological structure interpreted, particularly in the Forest area is highly

tentative and conjectural owing to existence of data gap (i.e. less borehole
density). However, it has been decided in the joint meeting between APMDCL &
MECL that, few boreholes needed to be drilled in the gap area after obtaining
Forest clearance. The data of these additional boreholes will be incorporated as
an addendum.
The floor contour plans for six coal seams viz. Seam-R-II & R-I, Seam-VII-Top, VII-
Middle & VII-Bottom and Seam-VI have been prepared and are presented as Plate
No. VIII-1 to VIII-6 while geological cross sections along AA’, BB’, CC’ and DD’
directions lines are presented as Plate No.IX. The roof contour Plans have also
been prepared and are presented as Plate No. VII-1 to VII-6.
4.9
Sl.No. Fault Location & Linear Extension Strike Amount & direction of Nature & evidence
No. throw
1 F1-F1 It is located in the northern part N45ºW-S45ºE 20 m to 30 m due north. It is curvilinear fault. It has been
of the block, north of boreholes to N75ºW- intersected in borehole MS-12 at
MS-26, 106, 18, 88 & MS-90. It S75ºE 207.35 m resulted in omission of
passess from bore-hole MS-12 in Seam-VII Middle (Lower) & Seam-VII
the west, and MS-46 in the Bottom and reduction of parting bet-
eastern extension of faults. It ween Seam-VII Bottom & Seam-Local-
extends beyond western & eastern II. It has also been intersected in bore-
block boun-dary. (2.4 Km.) hole MS-46 located in the north-
eastern part of the block at 109.50 m
resulted in omission of Seam-VII-Top
to Bottom. It has also been deciphered
based on floor level difference
2 F2-F2 It is located in the eastern part of N45ºW-S45ºE Upto 5 m. It is an oblique fault. It has been
the block south-west of boreholes interpreted based on the floor level
MS-18,82 and MSSB-5. The fault difference observed on either
dies out at both the ends within
the block, north of borehole MS-
15 in the west and south-west of
borehole SSB-5 in the east.
3 F3-F3 It is located in the north-western N75ºW-S75ºE Upto 15 m due north It is a strike fault. It has been
part of the block south of borehole interpreted based on floor level
MS-73, 127, 74, 8 and north of difference obser-ved on either sides of
fault MS-79. This fault extends the fault.
beyond western block boun-dary
while, it dies out within the block,
north of borehole MS-79 in the
centre. (1.45 Km.)
4 F4-F4 It is located in the western part of N80ºE –S80ºW Upto 5 m due south It is a strike fault. It has been
the block south of borehole MS-3, deciphered based on floor level
4.10
No. throw
4 & MS-30. It dies out within the difference obser-ved on either sides of
block near borehole MS-71 in the the fault. It has been inter-sected in
west and south of borehole MS-30 borehole MSSB-4 at 115.50 m
in the east. (1.65 Km.) resulted in omission of Seam-VI and
reductions of parting bet-ween Seam-
VI & V.
5 It is located in the central part of N75ºW-S75ºE Upto 15 m due south It is a strike fault. It has been
the block, south of bore-hole MS- to E-W in the interpreted based on floor level
71, 5, 7, 45, 102, 98 and north of middle and difference obser-ved on either sides of
borehole MS-34 in the east. It N75ºE-S75ºW the fault and intersection of fault at
F5-F5
extends beyond western block in the west 91.50 m in MS-11 causing omission of
boundary, while dies out within Seam-VI & reduction of parting
the block in the east, north of between Seam-VI & V.
borehole MS-34. (2.8 Km.)
6 F6-F6 This fault is located in the eastern N75ºW-S75ºE Upto 5 m due south It is curvilinear fault.
part of the block between borehole to N75ºE-
MS-34 & MSSB-3 and MS-36 & S75ºW
MS-116. it extends beyond
eastern block boundary while it
dies out within the block near
borehole MS-107. (0.97 Km.)
7 It is located in the eastern part of N80ºW-S80ºE Upto 5 m due south It is a strike fault & is deciphered
the block south of borehole MS- based on floor level difference
38, 123, MSSB-3 and MS-114. It observed on either sides of the fault.
F7-F7 extends beyo-nd eastern block
boundary while it dies out within
the block, east of bore-hole MS-
111. (1.34 Km.)
8 F8-F8 It is located in the central part of N68ºW-S68ºE Upto 10 m due south It is an oblique fault. It has been
4.11
No. throw
the block, between bore-holes MS- to East-west interpreted based on floor level
117,53 & 110 in the north and difference obser-ved on either sides of
boreholes MS-50, 49, 104 & MS- the fault.
126 in the south. It extends
beyond eastern block boundary,
while it dies out within the block
south of borehole MS-117. (2.25
Km.)
9 This fault is located in the south- N70ºE-S70ºW Upto 10 m due south It is an oblique fault. It has been
central part of the block, north of deciphered based on floor level
boreholes MS-1, 25, MSSB-1, difference obser-ved on either sides of
F9-F9 MS-1, 24, 16, 101 & MS-58 the fault.
traverses from east to west. It
extends beyond western & eastern
block boundaries. (3.97 Km.)
10 F10-F10 It is located in the south-eastern N68ºW-S68ºE Upto 5 m due south It is an oblique fault and is interpreted
part of the block, south of to east-west based on floor level difference
boreholes MSBB-1, MS-24, 101 & observed on either sides of the fault.
MS-58. It extends beyond eastern
block boun-dary, while the fault is
dies out within the block south of
MSSB-1. (1.40 Km.)
11 F11-F11 It is located in the southern part N70ºW-S70ºE Upto 12 m due south It is an oblique fault. It has
of the block, traversed between to east-west interpreted based on floor level
south of boreholes MS-2, MS-96 difference observed on either sides of
and north of boreholes MJT-65, the fault.
MS-54 & 19. It extends beyond
western block boun-dary, while it
dies out within the block near
4.12
No. throw
borehole MS-61 in the east. (2.77
Km.)
12 F12-F12 It is located in the southern part N81ºW-S81ºE 5 m to 15 m due south It is an oblique fault & It has been
of the block. It is traverses deciphered based on floor level
throughout the block between difference observed on either sides of
boreholes MS-29,54,23,19,61in the fault.
the north and boreholes MS-
63,60,128, MSN-6 & MS-106 in
the south. It extends beyond
eastern & western block
boundaries. (3.25 Km.)
13 F13-F13 This fault is also located in the N70ºW-S70ºE 15 m due south This fault is curvilinear fault. It has
southern part of the block & is been deci-phered on the basis of floor
traverses throughout the block. It level difference obser-ved on either
is located north of boreholes MS- sides of the fault.
22, 56, 115, 57, 122,20 and MS-
109. It extends beyond eastern &
western block boundaries. (3.37
Km.)
14 F14-F14 It is located in the southern part N75ºW-S75ºE Upto 5 m southerly It is curvilinear faults and is
of the block, south of boreholes to E-W interpreted based on floor level
MS-22, 56 & 115. It abut against difference obser-ved on either sides of
fault F13-F13, north of borehole the fault.
MS-57 dies out within the block
south of borehole MS-22. (1.35
Km.)
15 F15-F15 It is located in the southern part N75ºW-S75ºE 20 m to 45m due north It is curvilinear fault and is
of the block. It traverses south of to east-west interpreted based on the floor level
boreholes MS-59, MSB-2, MS-118 difference observed on either sides of
4.13
No. throw
& MS-122. It extends beyond the fault.
western & southern block
boundaries Fault F16-F16 abut
against F15-F15 north of borehole
MS-113. (2.45 Km.)
16 F16-F16 It is located in the southern part N70ºW-S70ºE 25 m due north It is an oblique fault and is deciphered
of the block, lie between borehole based on floor level difference
MS-52 in the north & MS-113 in observed on either sides of the fault.
the south and extends further
beyo-nd southern block boundary.
(0.67 Km.)
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4.3.2 COAL SEAM INFORMATION
Detailed exploration in Suliyari-Belwar Coal Block has revealed the presence of 23

coal seams/sections. These seams in descending order are Seam R-II, Seam R-I,
Seam VIII, Seam Local-III, Seam VII Top, Seam VII Middle(Upper),Seam VII
Middle Lower (Top),Seam VII Middle Lower(Bot.),Seam VII Middle Lower, Seam
VII Middle (Merged), Seam VII Bottom (Upper),Seam VII Bottom(Lower),Seam VII
Bottom, Seam Local-II(Top), Seam Local-II(Bot.), Seam Local-II,Seam VI, Seam
Local-I, Seam-V, Seam-IV, Seam-III, Seam-II and Seam-I.
In the present proposal, upper seams from Seam-R2 to Seam VII Bottom are
planned to be extracted by opencast method except Seam VIII which is not
persistent and have not attained workable thickness anywhere in the area of its
occurrence. Lower seams i.e. from Seam Local-II (Top) to Seam-I are not
considered for opencast mining because these seams are very thin, deep seated
and the quality parameters were not assessed.
Seam in crops and other related information is shown in Geological plan vide Plate
No.III
Details of the seams assessed for extraction by opencast method in Suliyari

Belwar Coal Block is furnished below:
TABLE : 4.4
Seam/Section Thickness(m) Moisture Ash % UHV Grade

% (K.Cal/Kg)
Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max.
R-II 1.07 3.51 5.6 8.6 26.8 45.5 1848 4111 G E
R-I 0.3 4.6 5.2 9.1 23.9 39.4 2593 4677 F D
Local-III 0.05 1.18 5.1 9.7 10.3 46.9 1724 6209 G A
VII Top 0.32 3.49 1.8 10.8 8.8 39.6 2676 6485 F A
VII- 0.56 3.99 2.2 8 12.1 37.1 3283 6292 F A
Middle(Upper)
VII-Middle 0.16 0.87 4.1 7.2 15.1 45.2 2097 5823 G B
Lower (Top)
VII-Middle 0.37 0.87 2.1 7.6 19.1 48.4 1931 5326 G C
Lower (Bott.)
VII- 0.3 2.01 3.9 7.1 14.5 47.5 1793 6002 G B
Middle(Lower)
VII-Middle 1.15 5.82 4.2 7.9 18.1 38 3076 5436 F C
(Merged)
VII- 0.27 1.2 1.7 5.6 18.8 50.8 1255 5643 UG B
Bottom(Upper)
4.15
Seam/Section Thickness(m) Moisture Ash % UHV Grade
% (K.Cal/Kg)
Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max.
VII- 0.41 2.92 4.6 26.9 13.8 23.8 4926 6361 D A
Bottom(Lower)
VII-Bottom 0.18 4.12 3.8 9.6 6.9 39 2814 6982 F A
4.3.3 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WORKABLE SEAMS OF PRESENT

PROPOSAL
Seam R-II
This is the top most coal seam. The immediate roof of the seam is generally
represented by shale. This seam was intersected in 17 boreholes which are
located in northern part of the block and the depth (floor) of intersection varies from
31.67m to 88.90m. The in-band thickness varies from 1.02m to 3.38m (Plate No.
VI B).
Seam R-I
This seam occurs below Seam R-II with a parting thickness varying from 24.23m to
32.29m.The immediate roof of the seam is generally Sandstone. This seam was
intersected in 19 boreholes which are confined in the northern part of Suliyari-
Belwar Coal Block. The depth (floor) of intersection of seam varies from 31.85m to
123.56m. The in-band thickness of the seam varies from 1.35m to 4.51m (Plate
No. VI B).
Seam-LOCAL-III
This seam occurs below Seam-VIII with a parting thickness varying from 31.73m to
72.88m. The immediate roof of the seam is generally sandstone and shale. This
seam was intersected in 106 boreholes and the depth (floor) of intersection varies
from 39m m to 233.00m. The in-band thickness of the seam varies from 0.05m to
1.18m (Plate No. VI B).
Seam-VII Top
This seam occurs below Local-III seam with a parting thickness varying from 1.20m
to 15.09m. The immediate roof of the seam is generally carbonaceous shale. This
from 27m to 239.41m. The in-band thickness of the seam varies from 1.15 to
4.16
Seam-VII Middle (Upper)

Seam-VII Middle at first instance splits into two sections viz. VII Middle (Upper) and
VII Middle (Lower). Seam-VII-Middle (Lower) further splits as Seam-VII-Middle
(Lower) Top and VII Middle (Lower) Bottom (Plate No. VI B).
This seam occurs below Seam-VII Top with a parting thickness varying from 0.31m
to 6.79m. The immediate roof of the seam is generally intercalation of sandstone
and shale. This seam was intersected in 63 boreholes and the depth (floor) of
intersection varies from 35m to 220.50m. The in-band thickness of the seam varies
from 1.30m to 3.53m (Plate No. VI B).
Seam-VII Middle Lower (Top)
Seam-Middle (Lower) further splits as VII-Middle Lower (Top) & VII-Middle Lower
(Bottom) and also confined in the western and southern part of the block .The
immediate roof of the seam is generally intercalation of sandstone and shale. This
from 35m to 93.23m.The in-band thickness of the seam varies from 0.16m to
0.87m.The reserves are estimated in the area where the thickness is more than
Seam-VII Middle Lower (Bottom)
The Seam-VII-Middle Lower (Bottom) occur as lower split of Seam-VII Middle
(Lower) and is available in the western, central & southern parts of the block. The
immediate roof of the seam is generally intercalation of sandstone and shale. This
from 177m to 245m. The in-band thickness of the seam varies from 0.37m to
Seam-VII Middle (Lower)

Seam-VII Middle (Lower) is mostly confined in the southern part of the block and
occurs as lower split of Seam-VII Middle. It also occurs in central, eastern &
western part of the block as small isolated patches. The immediate roof of the
seam is generally sandstone. This seam was intersected in 35 boreholes and the
depth (floor) of intersection varies from 37m to 224.10m. The in-band thickness of
the seam varies from 1.00m to 1.94m (Plate No. VI B).
Seam-VII Middle (Merged)

This seam occurs below Seam-VII Top with a parting thickness varying from 0.31m
to 6.79m. The immediate roof of the seam is generally sandstone. This seam was
intersected in 66 boreholes and the depth (floor) of intersection varies from 41m to
4.17
249.50m. The in-band thickness of the seam varies from 1.15m to 5.53m (Plate
No. VI B).
Seam-VII Bottom (Upper)

This seam occurs below Seam-VII Middle. The Seam-VII Bottom also splits as
Seam-VII-Bottom (Upper) and Seam-VII Bottom (Lower) in the central and
southern parts of the block. This seam was intersected in 28 boreholes and the
depth (floor) of intersection varies from 51m to 72.20m. The in-band thickness of
the seam varies from 0.27m to 1.05m. The immediate roof of the seam is generally
shale and sandstone (Plate No. VI B).
Seam-VII Bottom (Lower)

This seam occurs below Seam-VII Bottom (Upper) with a parting thickness varying
from 0.74m to 2.40m.This seam was intersected in 28 boreholes available in
central & southern part of the block. The intersection depth (floor) of the seam is
varying from 34.18m to 75.92m. The in-band thickness of the seam varies from
0.41m to 2.92m. The immediate roof of the seam is generally intercalation of
sandstone and shale (Plate No. VI B).
Seam-VII Bottom
Seam-VII-Bottom is persisted throughout the block and is considered as base
seam for opencast proposition purpose. This seam was intersected in 98
boreholes. The intersection depth (floor) of the seam is varying from 45m to
253.13m. The in-band thickness of the seam varies from 0.18m to 2.96m. The
immediate roof of the seam is generally intercalation of sandstone and shale (Plate
No. VI B).
4.3.4 Thin unworkable coal seams

Seam-VIII
This seam occurs below Seam R-I with a parting thickness varying from 31.59m to
73.97m. The immediate roof of the seam is generally shale. This seam was
intersected in 23 boreholes and the depth (floor) of intersection of seam varies
from 18.95m to 197.66m. The in-band thickness of the seam varies from 0.05m to
0.72m. Seam-VIII is unworkable since the seam is not attained workable thickness
anywhere in area of its occurrence and is hence un-economical (Plate No. VI B).
SEAM-LOCAL-II (TOP).
This seam is considered for underground proposition. Seam—Local-II (Top) has
been intersected in five boreholes only forming four isolated patches in the central,
eastern and northern parts of the block. The thickness of the seam varies from
0.22 m (MS-94) to 0.75 m (MSSB-1). The seam is not workable and is un-
4.18
economical. The shallowest intersection depth is observed at 41.86 m (MS-110)
and the deepest one at 186.20 m (MS-103).
SEAM-LOCAL-II (BOTTOM)
It has also been intersected in five boreholes only spread over four isolated
patches in the northern, central & eastern parts of the block. It occurs below Seam
Local-II (Top) with a parting varying in thickness from 0.30 m (MSSB-1) to 0.63 m
(MS-107). The shallowest intersection depth is observed at 42.54 m (MS-110) and
the deepest one at 186.90 m (MS-103). The thickness of the seam varies from
0.22 m (MS-94) to 0.28 m (MSSB-1).
SEAM LOCAL-II
Seam-Local-II is confined over huge area in the central part of the block from north
to south, while it is not developed in the western and eastern parts of the block.
This seam, although persists over large area, is mostly un-workable baring two
small patches in the central and southern part of sizeable area. It has been
intersected in 65 boreholes, while it is not developed in 61 boreholes. Four
boreholes located updip of the seam and two boreholes have not been drilled upto
the seam. The shallowest intersection depth (Floor) is observed at 40.85 m (MS-
126) and the deepest one at 261.64 m (MS-43). The actual thickness of the seam
is varies from 0.06 (MS-25) to 1.97 m (MS-97), whereas thickness on I-30 varies
from 0.06 m (MS-25) to 1.33 m (MS-39).
SEAM-VI
Seam-VI is the well developed and is persisting throughout the block. It occurs
below Seam-Local-II /Local-II (Bottom) with parting varies within wide limit in
thickness from 7.68 m (MS-97) to 29.81 m (MS-87). It has been intersected in ‘89’
boreholes and is not developed in ‘35’ boreholes. About ‘9’ boreholes have not
been drilled upto the seam, whereas two boreholes are located updip of seam and
in two boreholes this seam is faulted. The shallowest intersection depth (floor) of
the Seam-VI is observed at 42.46 m (MS-21) and the deepest one at 279.40 m
(MS-108) located in the south-western and northern part of the block respectively.
The actual as well as thickness on I-30 basis varies from 0.07 m (MS-67) to 1.83 m
(MS-38) located in the southern and eastern parts of the block respectively
SEAM-LOCAL-I
Seam-Local-I occurs below Seam-VI with a parting varying in thickness from 26.61
m (MS-61) to 41.06 m (MS-3). It has been intersected in ‘20’ boreholes. It is not
developed in ‘77’ boreholes while ‘36’ boreholes have not been drilled upto the
seam as it is un-workable and un-economical.
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SEAM-V
Seam-V occurs below Seam-Local-I with a parting varying in thickness from 6.16
m (MS-50) to 36.73 m (MSN-6). It is intersected in ‘95’ boreholes while it is not
developed in one borehole. About ‘39’ boreholes have not been drilled upto the
seam, whereas MS-72 located updip of the seam. The shallowest intersection
depth (floor) of the seam is observed at 60.82 m (MS-68) and the deepest one at
324.85 m (MS-108) located in the southtern and northern parts of the block
respectively. The actual thickness of Seam-V varies from 0.05 m (MS-15) to 1.78
m (MS-65) whereas thickness on I-30 basis varies from 0.05 m (MS-15,59) to 1.45
m (MS-65). The workable thickness for underground proposition is available as six
small isolated patches located in the north, central, western & southern parts of the
block.
SEAM-IV, III, II & I
Most of the boreholes have not been drilled upto the Seam-IV, III, II & I, as these
seams are not workable and also are not targeted seams as per requirement of
APMDC.
4.4 COAL QUALITY
Based on the ash and moisture percentages, the average useful heat value and
Gross calorific value of coal seams are calculated as below:
Seam Average Average Average Average

UHV Grade GCV Grade
Kcal/Kg Kcal/Kg
R-II 2514 F 3580 G13
R-I 3548 E 4271 G11
Local-III 4798 D 5048 G8
VII Top 4687 D 4995 G8
VII Middle merged 4245 D 4795 G9
VII Middle Upper 4164 E 4745 G9
VII Middle Lower 4244 D 4739 G9
VII Middle Lower Top 3408 E 4287 G11
VII Middle Lower G10
Bottom 3682 E 4407
VII Bottom upper 2907 F 4657 G9
VII Bottom Lower 4936 D 5174 G8
VII Bottom 5173 C 5375 G7
The average UHV of the project is 4760 K.Cal/Kg i.e, Grade ‘D’. A 5% dilution is
made for opencast operations. After considering 5% dilution due to contamination,
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the coal from the project will be of “D” grade, with an average UHV of 4522
K.Cal/Kg.
The average GCV of the project is 5322 K.Cal/Kg i.e, Grade ‘G7’. A 5% dilution is
made for opencast operations. After considering 5% dilution due to contamination,
the coal from the project will be of “G8” grade, with an average GCV of 5056
K.Cal/Kg.
Grading
The Specific gravity has been calculated seam-wise for each grade by the formula:
Specific gravity = 1.29 + 0.01 x Mean Ash%
Based on the total ash and moisture content, the carbonaceous materials classified
as coal upto 40%, shaly coal between 40% to 55%, carbonaceous shale between
55% to 75% and non-combustible bands above 75%.
The grade wise Specific gravity considered for all the coal seams are given in the
Table below:
Grade Specific Gravity GCV(K.Cal/Kg) UHV(K.Cal/Kg)

A 1.4 >6333 >6200
B 1.45 5925 - 6333 5600 – 6200
C 1.5 5475 - 5925 4940 – 5600
D 1.55 4971 - 5475 4200 – 4940
E 1.61 4399 - 4971 3360 – 4200
F 1.68 3745 - 4399 2400 - 3360
G 1.75 2996 - 3745 1300 - 2400
The Useful Heat Values are calculated by using formula.

UHV = 8000 -138 (Ash% + Moisture%)
The Gross Calorific Values are calculated by using formula.
GCV = 85.56*(100 - 1.1(Ash% + Moisture%) - 60*Moisture%
GCV = 2111+0.681*UHV
For the purpose of calculations of quality and quantity for seam wise mineable coal
reserves of Suliyari Belwar Coal Block, the Specific gravity as detailed above have
been considered
4.5 RESERVES
The Net Geological reserves are calculated basing on isochore plans of Geological
Report. The Net Geological reserves in proposed quarry area are 95.31 Mt. The
reserves locked up in the barrier and quarry batters are 15.52 Mt.
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The mineable reserves are estimated by deducting the barrier and batter reserves
from net geological reserves. The extractable reserves for open casting are arrived
at by deducting 10% losses due to mining loss. The total extractable reserves are
estimated as 71.81 Mt and overburden is 604.03 M.Cu.m with an average stripping
ratio of 8.41 cum/t.
The reserves are summarized as given below.
Particulars Reserves(Mt)
Net Geological Reserves 95.31
Coal loss in barriers 3.27
Coal loss in Quarry Batters 12.25
Mineable Coal Reserves 79.79
Mining loss @10% 7.98
Net Extractable Reserves 71.81
The seam wise and reason wise Coal blockage in MT is furnished below.
SEAM North Benches East Benches West Benches South Benches TOTAL
R II 0.08 0.14 0.10 0.00 0.31
RI 0.26 0.54 0.41 0.00 1.21
VII T 0.29 1.30 1.20 2.78 5.57
VII M 0.53 2.81 1.34 1.20 5.87
VII B 0.15 0.43 0.75 1.22 2.55
Total 1.31 5.22 3.79 5.20 15.52
SEAM-WISE AND GRADE-WISE RESERVES OF COAL

(RESERVES IN MILLION TONNES)
Sl. Usual Geological Extractable Average

No. Seam/Parting Thickness Reserves Reserves GCV
(Metres) (Mt) (Mt) (K.Cal/Kg) Grade
1 R-II 1.98 3.15 2.76 3580 G13
Parting 29.67
2 R-I 3.62 9.38 5.94 4271 G11
Parting 97.05
3 Local-III 0.52 3.75 2.3 5048 G8
Parting 4.96
4 VII Top 2.09 24.28 16.54 4995 G8
Parting 3.65
5 VII Middle (Upper) 2.48 9.36 7.42 4745 G9
Parting 1.5
6 VII Middle Lower (Top) 0.68 1.75 1.39 4287 G11
Parting 1.30
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7 VII Middle Lower (Bott.) 0.63 1.88 1.42 4407 G10
Parting
8 VII Middle Lower 0.91 1.59 1.31 4739 G9
Parting
9 VII Middle (Merged) 4.08 28.61 25.26 4795 G9
Parting 1.42
10 VII Bottom (Upper) 0.71 0.66 0.51 4657 G9
Parting 1.25
11 VII Bottom (Lower) 0.87 0.62 0.43 5174 G8
Parting
12 VII Bottom 1.09 10.28 6.53 5375 G7
TOTAL 95.31 71.81 5056 G8
Plans
Geological Plan, Surface contour Plan, Floor Contour, Seam folio (iso-thickness),
iso-grade plans and geological cross sections of assessed seam of Suliyari Belwar
Opencast project (Phase-I) area are given below.
Sl.No. Description Plate.No.

1 Geological Plan III
2 Surface contour plan IV
7 FLOOR CONTOUR PLAN OF SEAM RII VII A
8 FLOOR CONTOUR PLAN OF SEAM RI VII B
9 FLOOR CONTOUR PLAN OF SEAM VII TOP VII C
FLOOR CONTOUR PLAN OF SEAM VII MID MERG ,MID LOW& MID
10 LOW BOT VII D
11 FLOOR CONTOUR PLAN OF SEAM VII BOTTOM & VII BOT LOWER VII E
12 ISO CHORE AND UHV PLAN OF SEAM RII VIII A
13 ISO CHORE AND UHV PLAN OF SEAM RI VIII B
14 ISO CHORE AND UHV PLAN OF SEAM LOCAL III VIII C
15 ISO CHORE AND UHV PLAN OF SEAM VII TOP VIII D
16 ISO CHORE AND UHV PLAN OF SEAM VII MIDDLE UPPER VIII E
21 GEOLOGICAL CROSS SECTIONS IX
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CHAPTER-5
METHOD OF WORKING
CHOICE OF MINING METHOD
5.1.1 Continuous Mining Technology
Based on the available data on hardness of coal and OB, most of the strata needS
to be prepared by undertaking drilling and blasting before excavation. Continuous
mining technology has therefore been ruled out.
5.1.2 Dragline application
Varying thickness of parting, multiple thin seams dissected by multiple faults

preclude the application of dragline.
5.1.3 Crushing-Conveying System
The space restriction imposed by block on account of multiple faults, multiple

seams, Split seams and multiple partings preclude the application of crushing-
conveying system.
5.1.4 Surface Miner Technology for Coal
The longer strike length of about 3.0 km and gradient of flatter than 1 in 11 with a
compressive strength of seams is around 23 to 28 Mpa and most suitable for
Surface Miner Technology.
Surface Miner is the most widely used technology in now-a-days, for selective
mining and effective quality control in opencast coal mines. This equipment is
capable of producing coal precisely and selectively. Winning of coal in these
multiple thin seams and split seams can be done more effectively with surface
miners. This technology will produce sized coal (<100 mm) as per coal washery
requirement and thus eliminate the requirement of primary crushing unit and its
capital cost. Hence Surface Miner Technology is considered for extraction of coal
in this project.
Advantages of using this technology are as follows:
i. Selective mining of thin seams up to 50cm thickness.

ii. Proper grade control system.
iii. Coal production in a plant feed size requirement.
iv. Elimination of primary crushing unit.
5.1
v. Environment friendly mining technology.
vi. Operator’s safety is well taken care off.
vii. Slope stability can be maintained as blasting in coal is avoided.
viii. Less locking of coal in batters due to high final slope (700)
5.1.5 Shovel-Dumper combination for OB
Under the prevailing geo-mining conditions, with multiple seams, Shovel-dumper

combination is the most suitable technology for OB removal in Suliyari Belwar
opencast coal project (Phase-I).
Shovel-dumper combination is widely used mining technology in opencast coal

mines due to the following reasons:
i. Flexibility in deployment of Shovels and Dumpers according to the coal

production and OB removal requirements.
ii. Facilitates optimum utilization of equipment through planned deployment.
iii. Permits uninterrupted operation of the mine in spite of capital overhaul/
breakdown of some Shovel or Dumpers.
iv. Grade control can be done effectively through selective mining.
5.1.6 Operator for Coal and OB operations
The Coal and Overburden operations except surveying, lighting & pumping
activities will be by outsourcing.
5.2 OPTIMISATION OF TARGETED CAPACITY
Optimization of Peak target capacity at about 6.0 MTPA is based on the following
factors:
• Physical parameters of the proposed quarry

• Minimization of Capital requirement
• Quantity of OB to be handled
• Maximization of internal dumping
• Geological disturbances such as faults.
• Minimisation of Land requirement
• Based on number of coal seams
• Base on the Life of equipment to be deployed.
5.3 ASSUMPTIONS MADE

• The seam wise mineable reserves have been estimated after excluding the
loss of Coal in barrier and loss of Coal in Quarry Batters from net geological
reserves.
5.2
• 10% mining loss has been envisaged from the mineable reserves to arrive
at extractable reserves for all seams.
While working thin seams with thin partings, the experience at SCCL shows
a mining loss of 10% at various mines, hence 10% mining loss is considered
while estimating the net extractable reserves. The coal to some extent is
lifted while lifting blasted muck. Mining losses are also noticed while dozing
for drilling area.
As per the experience in SCCL a 5% reduction in the quality is more or less

tallying with the data furnished in the geological report. The geological report
furnishes the grade details based on the core samples collected at the time
of exploration and is always higher than the channel samples collected in
the field.
5.4 SEQUENCE OF MINING OPERATIONS

The mining sequences has been designed in such a way so as to permit mining
the coal reserves in a more effective manner and at the same time allow backfilling
of considerable quantity of overburden. This feature will considerably mitigate the
adverse environmental aspects generally associated with opencast mining.
Sequence of mining has been planned considering the lay & disposition of the
deposit.
The sequence of opening of the deposit has been designed considering:
¾ Low stripping ratio zones at progressively increasing depths.
¾ Availability of sufficient coal exposure to sustain a steady level of production.
¾ To create sufficient void for accommodating the OB internally.
Based on the analysis of various Stages of mining, life of mine, the development
strategy has been arrived at.
The proposed sequence of mining has been chosen based on the criteria of start-
up of mining operations at minimum depth, optimising running stripping ratio and at
the same time creating sufficient space as early as possible for internal dumping
since there is no external dump area. The above sequence will ensure superior
cash flows in the initial stages of mining as well as superior back-filling of voids
created during the course of mining operations.
5.3
Any alternative sequence of mining will necessitate considerably greater land
requirement for external overburden dumps due to limited back-filling. Cost of
mining will also be higher in such case due to longer leads of O.B. transport.
Proposed sequence of mining and parameters of mining system will provide for
coal inventory levels between one to three months of coal production.
In order to create an early opportunity for backfilling, it is required to evacuate coal

in the initial years as early as possible. This also facilitates optimising operating
stripping ratio and to maintain a sustained level of coal production.
It is proposed to commence excavation operations, from year-1(i.e., 3rd year of

project) by removing 18.97 M.Cum of Overburden. Various stages of mine
operations like, stage plan at the end of 1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, 4th year, 5th
year, 10th year and at the end of the final operation i.e. Final stage Plan at the end
of 15th year of coal production, plan showing Ultimate Pit configuration and Mine
closure plan showing the Final void which are characteristic of mining operations
have been given vide drawing nos. XII-A, XII-B, XII-C, XII-D, XII-E, XII-F, XII-G,
XII-H and XII-I respectively.
5.5 PRODUCTION SCHEDULE & MINE LIFE

The year-wise coal production and overburden removal along with average
stripping ratio of the project is given as below
Tentative Mining Schedule

Stripping
Year Coal (Mt) OB (M.Cum)
Ratio (Cum/t)
1 CONSTRUCTION
2
3 2.50 18.97 7.6
4 5.00 28.71 5.7
5 5.00 34.10 6.8
6 5.00 30.76 6.2
7 6.0 44.90 7.5
8 5.0 47.37 9.5
9 5.0 47.37 9.5
10 5.0 47.37 9.5
11 5.0 47.37 9.5
12 5.0 47.37 9.5
13 5.0 47.37 9.5
14 5.0 47.37 9.5
5.4
15 5.0 47.37 9.5
16 5.0 47.37 9.5
17 3.31 20.26 6.1
Total 71.81 604.03 8.41
The stage-wise Schedule of excavation of coal, overburden and dumping of

overburden including top soil is given in Table-A
The calendar programme of mining operations has been formulated based upon
the adopted sequence of mine development and optimum condition of mining
operation for the entire life of opencast project. The rated capacity of the mine is
6.00 Mtpa for a extractable reserve of 71.81Mt of coal with a life of 17 years
(including construction period).
The rated capacity of 6.00 Mtpa is proposed to be achieved during the 7th year
(including construction period). The OB removal in the 1st year of Coal production
is 18.97 M.Cum.
5.5
Stage wise Coal ,OB and Top soil removal schedules
TABLE –A
Topsoil placement
Stage
Overburden Removal OB Dumps (M.Cum)
at the
Coal Production (M.Cum) Total Temp. Spreading Void Left
end of
Topsoil Hard Excavation External Internal Temp. Over
year
Mt M.Cum Soil OB Total (M.Cum) (M.Cum) (M.Cum) Storage Dumps (M.Cum)
1 2.74 1.69 0.34 18.63 18.97 20.66 17.16 1.47 0.34 0.00 18.89
2 7.77 4.81 0.77 47.10 47.87 52.68 29.37 17.73 0.77 0.00 37.76
3 13.13 8.23 1.27 80.74 82.01 90.24 29.37 51.37 1.27 0.00 56.50
4 18.10 11.41 1.70 111.10 112.80 124.21 29.37 81.73 1.70 0.00 65.05
5 24.01 15.14 2.04 155.74 157.78 172.92 30.37 125.37 2.04 0.00 61.64
10 50.52 31.66 3.56 391.66 395.22 426.88 0.00 391.66 0.00 3.56 146.46
Final 71.81 46.10 4.06 599.97 604.03 650.13 0.00 599.97 0.00 4.06 195.29
Note: The volume of the void at the end of mining operations is 195.29 M.Cum. This void will be filled by OB produced
from Suliyari Belwar Opencast Project (Phase-II) in later stage.
5.6
5.6 EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION
Overburden removal and coal extraction is by hiring HEMM and Pumping, Lighting
and CHP is by departmental.
The main HEMM projected for smooth removal/ extraction of OB /coal at this
project is as follows. The deployment of these by outsourcing agency may vary
with the period of contract awarded.
Sl.No Particulars HEMM

A) OVERBURDEN
1 20 Cum Electrical Hydraulic Shovels 9
2 170 T Rear Dumpers 61
3 3.0 Cum Diesel Hydraulic Shovels 3
5 250 mm Electical RBH Drills 14
6 100 mm Diesel RBH Drills 2
7 410720 HP Dozers 10
B) COAL
1 Surface miner SM2200/3800 2
2 4.6 Cum Front End Loaders 5
4 411 HP Dozer With ripper 1
C) COMMON
1 0.9 Cum Diesel Hydraulic Shovel 1
2 280 HP Motor Graders 4
3 28/60 KL Water Sprinkler 4+6
4 8/10 T Cranes 5
5 75 T Crane 2
6 410/720 HP Dozer 1+2
7 5 Cum Front end loader 1
9 Fuel/Lubricant Truck 3
10 Tyre Handlers 1+1
11 Fire Tender 3
12 Mobile Maintenance Van 6
13 Diesel Bowsers 6
14 Tractor with blade attachment 4
D) RECLAMATION
1 280 HP Motor Graders 1
5.7
Sl.No Particulars HEMM
2 410 Hp Dozer 1
3 Farm Truck 1
4 28 KL Water Sprinkler 1
Care will be taken to reduce the length of travel along down gradient of the loaded
dumpers. Short distance ramps will be prepared to guide these dumpers to the
batters/ corridors to go to the internal dumping areas. The movement of dumpers
will be taking place mostly along the level ground covering the corridors provided
for the purpose. But we cannot totally avoid the loaded dumper travelling along
down the gradient.
5.7 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF OPERATIONS

The proposed coal deposit is amenable for extraction by opencast technology with
a stripping ratio of 8.41 Cum/T. Several design constraints combine to restrict the
choice of primary excavation equipment & Coal winning technology. An evaluation
regarding the applicability of different systems reveals the following:
5.7.1 Excavation
In Suliyari Belwar OCP (Phase-I) the OB is removed by Shovel-Dumper

combination and Coal is extracted by Surface miner.
Decision on access trench and its exact location is taken keeping in view of the
boundary of present Phase-I area and proposed Phase-II area of the block, mode
of transport of Coal from quarry to surface and surface to end user. Accordingly the
trench is started on surface at RL: 470.00, south side of the block boundary so as
to reach Coal bench (VII TOP Seam) at RL: 430.00.
After getting sufficient exposure of Coal block (200 m X 60 m) in VII TOP seam
initially, Surface miner will be placed on the bench along with the loading
equipment for winning Coal. After removal of VII Top seam for considerable area
the partings between and the seams available (VII Middle merge and VII Bottom)
are extracted one after other.
The same sequence is continued as the quarry progresses towards dip side up to
the pre determined boundary.
It is planned to deploy 2 no’s surface miners of SM2200/3800 along with 5 Nos of

Front End Loaders (FELs) and 21 Nos of 35T dumpers to get the rated production
of 6.0 Mt. Overburden will be excavated by deploying 9 No’s of 20 Cum Electric
5.8
Hydraulic shovels in combination with 61 No’s of 170T rear dumpers and 3 Nos of
3/3.2 Cum Diesel Hydraulic backhoe shovels in combination with 38 Nos of 35T
rear dumpers. The thin OB layers of soft nature may also be tried with surface
miners.
Bench slope has been designed to be at an angle of 70º to the horizontal. Working
benches are proposed to have a width of 40 m. 20 Cum Shovels shall be deployed
in the upper horizons for Top OB and thicker partings. 3.0/3.2 Cum shovels shall
be deployed in lower horizons for thinner partings.
It has been envisaged that wherever possible, coal and OB faces may be
staggered along the strike to avoid intermixing of material. Suitable numbers of
dozers have been provided to minimise the mixing of OB materials so that the
dilution is kept at a minimum possible extent. The quarry has been so planned
considering geo-mining parameters like strike length, gradient of seam etc.
Ramps at 1 in 16 gradients for evacuation of coal and OB from different working

horizons will be required to be prepared while working the quarry.
There are 12 workable coal seams/sections in the proposed area i.e Seam R-II,
Seam R-I, Seam VIII, Seam Local-III, Seam VII Top, Seam VII
Middle(Upper),Seam VII Middle Lower (Top),Seam VII Middle Lower(Bot.),Seam
VII Middle Lower, Seam VII Middle (Merged), Seam VII Bottom (Upper),Seam VII
Bottom(Lower),Seam VII Bottom. The parting thickness is varying from 1.25 m to
48.43 m.
5.7.2 Method of work
The Geo-mining characteristics of Upper seams i.e. From Seam-R2 to Seam VII
Bottom are coupled with their considerable thickness and the potentiality of thin
seams makes them ideally suited for exploitation by opencast method. It has,
therefore, been envisaged to mine the entire property by opencast method up to
VII Bottom seam. Opencast method will also lead to high rate of recovery. The
opencast mining system adopted in Suliyari Belwar Opencast Project (Phase-I) is
combination of Surface miner and Shovel–Dumper combination.
The Seam VIII is unworkable since it has not attained workable thickness (i.e.0.5m)
and impersistant in the block area.
The lower seams i.e. From Seam Local-II (Top) to Seam-I are deep seated and are
planned to be mined by underground method at a later stage.
5.9
In this method, the Shovel will be deployed on a horizontal plane and their
movement will be along a particular horizon (the usual gradient of the quarry is 1 in
12 to 24). The mining area will be divided into number of horizons.
In OB horizons, the drill will be deployed on a level platform and drilling will be
done upto the coal seam. After blasting, the OB is excavated by a backhoe, thus
exposing the coal seam. After sufficient length of coal seam is exposed, surface
miner is deployed for cutting the coal seam in to slices of 15cm to 30cm. The cut
coal is heaped by dozers/FELs and is loaded in to 35 T dumpers.
In all these operations, the shovel and the dumper will be deployed on a horizontal
plane only. Dozer will be used for leveling the blasted material.
The coal will be transported largely through advancing benches and the mine floor
upto the main haul road and also through the side batters. Coal through this haul
road will be transported upto the Coal receiving hopper. From there coal will be
transported to the CHP through series of belt conveyors.
Extraction of Thin seams
Lower seams below the VII (Bottom) seam i.e. from Seam Local-II (Top) to Seam-I
are considered earlier to work by underground mining.
However this is reconciled and now these seams are not considered for either
underground or opencast mining because these seams are very thin, deep seated
and the quality parameters were not assessed.
Special care will be taken while extraction of these thin seams/sections of coal
seams above VII (Bottom) seam. The drill hole will be terminated immediately
above the coal seam. After exposing the coal seam, it will be cut by surface miner
in to slices of 15cm to 30cm.
Wherever deployment of surface miner is not feasible particularly near fault areas,
coal will be ripped by a 410 HP Ripper Dozers and coal will be heaped (1 No. 410
HP ripper dozer is provided). The cut coal will be loaded by 4.6 Cum Front End
Loader into 35T rear dumpers.
In order to reduce dilution, it has been envisaged that wherever possible, coal and
OB faces will be staggered along the strike to avoid intermixing of OB with Coal.
Suitable numbers of dozers have been provided to minimise the mixing of OB
materials so that the dilution is kept at a minimum possible extent.
5.10
Haul road planning
The main access trench or haul road is envisaged to be constructed on the floor of
VII bottom seam. The average gradient of the bottom most seam proposed for
opencast mining i.e. VII Bottom seam is 1 in 12 to 24. Sufficient strike length in the
quarry does permit a haul road on quarry floor. The steepest grade has been
proposed not to exceed 6% at any point on the haul road. Local ramps, for inter-
bench movements, have been planned on 6% grade and a width of 30m. The haul
road has been planned to be developed progressively as the quarry deepens.
The haul road width of 30 m has been designed considering space for dozer track,
pipes, electric lines, cables, provision for berms and two way traffic for dumper
movement. Adequate lighting arrangements have to be made for smooth mining
operations at night. Further, to improve visibility, numbers of bends are kept at the
minimum.
The high-wall side quarry batters along the haul road in the quarry are proposed to
be such that the overall slope, including the haul road, fulfils the overall slope
stability as well as transport requirement criteria.
The main design parameters are as follows:
Main haul road width : 30m

Main haul road inclination : 6%
Short ramps width : 20m
Short ramps inclination : 6%
The Main haul road planned for approaching the quarry workings is through the
south east corner of the property. The main access trench or haul road is
envisaged to be constructed on the floor of VII Bottom seam. Transport platforms
of 30m wide are provided along the highwall batters at every 30m vertical interval.
Most of the coal is transported through the Main haul road and OB is transported
through the inter-bench ramps and Transport platforms provided along the highwall
batters.
Care will be taken to reduce the length of travel along down gradient of the loaded
dumpers. Short distance ramps will be prepared to guide these dumpers to the
batters/ corridors to go to the internal dumping areas. The movement of dumpers
will be taking place mostly along the level ground covering the corridors provided
for the purpose. But we cannot totally avoid the loaded dumper travelling along
down the gradient.
5.11
Precautions while working near a fault
Faults are areas of disturbance which pose a threat to safety. Special care needs
to be taken while approaching a fault. The heave zone of the fault often consists of
unconsolidated strata which tend to collapse/slide resulting in slope/bench failure.
If a fault forms the boundary of the quarry floor, the high wall benches should be
formed cutting across the fault plane i.e., excavating the entire heave zone in the
process. The fault planes exposed on the floor of the quarry needs to be benched
though it amounts to stripping additional quantities of OB.
As far as possible, benches should not be formed parallel to and abutting against a
fault plane since they are likely to fail/slide. Thus, the safer method could be to
align the benches perpendicular/oblique to the fault plane while approaching a
fault. Wherever, benches are aligned parallel to fault plane, the excavation of
benches should be form top downward.
5.7.3 Stability
The benches are planned considering the nature of strata and geo-mining
conditions to ensure the slope stability of individual benches as well as over all
slopes.
The main design parameters for Highwall benches are summarised in the table:
Ultimate High wall Parameters

Particulars Bench Platform Slope
height (m) (m) (degrees)
Top soil bench 5 5 45
Hard OB benches 10 3 70
Transport platforms of 30m wide are provided along the highwall batters at every
30m interval. The overall slope varies between 32° to 37°.
5.7.3.1 Slope Stability Investigations
Slope stability is a vital aspect in opencast project, as final high walls will have a
height of up to 245m which need to be planned as steep as possible due to
economical reasons but on the other hand stable enough for safety reasons.
Therefore detailed investigations and calculations are indispensable. A detailed
study on the Slope stability has to be made before commencing mining operations.
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5.7.4 Transport
The production capacity of Suliyari Belwar OCP(Phase-I) is 6.00 Mtpa. A Pit Head
CHP is proposed to be installed on the north east side of the quarry. Suliyari
Belwar OCP(Phase-I) is planned to produce ‘D’/G8 grade coal. Coal is transported
from quarry to CHP by series of belt conveyors. This coal will be dispatched from
CHP to railway wagons through SILO. The detailed coal handling and dispatch are
given in chapter-7
5.7.5 DRILLING & BLASTING
The blast parameters have been established based on field trails made in
neighboring NCL mines having similar ground conditions. To suit the local
conditions, further studies will be taken up after starting the mining operations and
the parameters will be reviewed. Based on the experience and studies made
earlier, the blasting parameters have been derived for implementation in regular
basis
Whenever the mine boundary approaches the danger zone of 300m from
villages/dwellings/structures etc, controlled blasting and vibration study is to be
conducted by scientific agency for relaxation of danger zone i.e to work within
300m.
Drilling and blasting operations are proposed to be carried out in a way that they
facilitate OB removal process. These operations may be suitably modified to
ensure to suit local site conditions. However, based on experience on coal
measure rocks of similar characteristics, it is proposed that spacing, burden and
depth for
250 mm Dia holes: OB : 7 X 6 X 10m

100 mm Dia holes: OB : 5 X 4 X 6m
Ground vibration produced by blasting depends on various factors namely,
a) Geology of the strata.
b) Maximum charge per delay.
c) Distance of blast point to observation station,
Site-specific constants vary from site to site.

However, as per DGMS Technical circular no.7, dated 29.8.97, depending on the
type of structures and the dominant excitation frequency, the peak particle velocity
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(PPV) on the ground adjacent to structures should not exceed the values given
below.
Permissible peak particle velocity (PPV) at the foundation level of structures in
mining areas (in mm/sec.) is as follows.
(Figs. mm/sec)
Type Of Structures Dominant excitation
frequency, Hz.
< 8 Hz 8 – 25 >25 Hz
Hz
(A) Building/Structures not belonging to
Owner,
Domestic houses/structures (kuchha, 5 10 15
brick & cement)
Industrial buildings (RCC & framed 10 20 25
structures).
Objects of historical importance and 2 5 10
sensitive structures.
(B) Building belonging to owner with
limited span of life,
Domestic houses/structures (kuchha, 10 15 25
brick & cement).
Industrial buildings (RCC & framed 15 25 50
structures).
For the controlled blasting operations, the following will be considered in general:
a) Distance between blasting point and the structure to be protected will be

earmarked.
b) A free face will always be maintained.
c) In multi row blasting, greater relief will be provided between rows using
suitable delay intervals.
d) Proper use of different type of relays for proper sequencing of the blast will
be used. Non-electric down the hole delay detonators shall be used.
e) All loose debris will be cleared off the blasting site.
f) All the holes will be suitably muffled before blasting to control the fly rock.
For the reduction of ground vibrations, in addition to the above, the following will be
considered in general.
a) Blasting design and initiation pattern shall be such that the maximum charge
per delay is within the stipulated range.
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b) Wherever possible, the progress of detonating holes, through delay
intervals, should progress away from the structures to be protected.
c) Burden and spacing should be fixed based on the blasting studies.
d) Blasting should be avoided during cloudy days and when the wind is
blowing towards structures.
250 mm and 100mm RBH Drills are provided for drilling on OB as it requires drilling
and blasting prior to excavation.
5.7.5.1 Explosive Consumption & Magazine capacity
The following specific consumption of explosives has been adopted for estimating
the annual requirement of explosives:
• OB benches - 0.32 Kg/Cum
The above specific consumption of explosives for OB has been considered for the
project report preparation and is based on the consumption pattern in existing
mines. These figures may be suitably modified to ensure desired fragmentation
during actual blasting operation and to suit the local site conditions.
Based on powder factor and calendar programme of excavation, the maximum
requirement of explosive will be 45-46 Tonnes/day including that required for
secondary blasting .
A portable type Magazine with a storage capacity to meet daily requirement would
be established in Non forest Land towards south side of Block, as per the
procedures laid down under Indian Explosives Rules, 1984. The location of the
Magazine is shown in Plate No.IV.
5.7.6 Overburden Removal and Disposal
The quarrying of Suliyari Belwar Opencast Project (Phase-I) produces 71.81 Mt of

Coal and 604.03 M.Cum of overburden and the total volume of excavation of
overburden and coal is estimated at 650.13 M.Cum. The total OB excavated is to
be adjusted within the quarry as no land is identified for the external dump.
The area of excavation of Suliyari Belwar Opencast (Phase-I) is 807.86 Ha. The
life of the project is 17 years including construction period with a production
capacity of 6.00 Mtpa.
Recommended safety measures to improve the stability of dumps are as follows:
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a) Alluvium material should be dumped separately to prevent mixing with hard rock
waste material.
b) After mining of coal, a layer of crushed rock, left out crushed coal and water may
lie on the de-coaled quarry floor- this heterogeneous mixture is termed here as
interface material. This interface material covering the steeply inclined quarry
floor will be one of the major causes of any internal dump failure. Before
backfilling, this interface material will be cleaned with a dozer.
c) Garland drains should be provided around the external dumps to divert the flow
of water.
5.7.6.1 Design Criteria
The following design criteria have been considered for waste dumps.
i) Separate spoil dumps for Top soil and other OB.
ii) Maximum height of Top soil dump will be 10 meters.
iii) Main OB is to be dumped in 30 m high decks.
iv) 30 m berm width for allowing safe transport of HEMM.
v) Dump slope for each deck to be at 37.5 0 and overall slope at 22.730.
vi) Track Dozers will be deployed for shaping the dumps.
vii) Maximum height of Internal dump yard is 120m above ground level.
5.7.6.2 Location of Dump Yards
It is proposed to accommodate the overburden in the following dump yards:
(1) Internal dump yard.

(2) Temporary dump yard within the project area where from OB is to be
rehandled.
(3) Temporary storage of Top soil.
5.7.6.3 Hard Overburden
The total hard OB produced in the project is 599.98 M.Cum. The Hard OB is
accommodated in internal dump yard. Initial five years of mining operations, part of
the hard OB produced will be dumped in temporary external dump yard and
remaining OB dumped in internal dump yard. From 6th year of mining operations,
the OB dumped in temporary dump yard will be rehandled and accommodated in
internal dump yard.
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5.7.6.4 Temporary External dump yard within the project area.
Temporary External dump yard is located on the North side of Suliyari belwar coal
block. It occupies an area of 68.11 Ha of non-forest land. The total hard OB that is
estimated to be accommodated in this dump yard is 28.33 M.Cum. The dump yard
is planned to a maximum height of 90 m above Ground Level. OB will be dumped
in this dump yard from 1st to 5th years and thereafter from 6th to 10th year, OB from
this dump yard will be rehandled and dumped in internal dump yard. Because there
is no area for external dumping as surrounding area of quarry is coal bearing area.
5.7.6.5 Internal dump yard
The internal dump yard is designed on west side of the haul road leaving a safety
clearance of 200m. Internal dumping in the voids of Suliyari belwar Opencast
Project (Phase-I) will commence from 3rd year and will continue till the end of the
project life. It is proposed to dump 599.98 M.Cum of hard overburden in an extent
of 551.87Ha. The maximum height of this dump yard is 120m above ground level.
5.7.6.6 Top soil
A total of 4.05 M.Cum of Top soil will be produced during the project life. Adequate
care has been taken to preserve the Top soil in temporary storage dump yards and
spread over the dumps in the later stage in a systematic manner.
It is planned to dump top soil on the dip side, in the North- Eastern part of the
project on a coal bearing area, in an extent of 25.37Ha where temporary external
dump is planned. It is proposed to store 2.04 M.Cum of top soil. The height of the
top soil dump is restricted to 10m above ground level. The area where the top soil
is stored will be required for excavation after 12th year of the project. This top soil
will be re-handled as the quarry progresses.
The top soil produced from 1st to 5th year is 2.04M.Cum. This top soil will be stored
in the temporary Top soil dump.
The top soil produced between 6th to 10th year is 1.51 M.Cum. This top soil will be
spread on the internal dump. Further, 2.04 M.Cum top soil will be rehandled from
Top soil dump and spread on the internal dump.
The total Top soil produced from 11th to 15th year is 0.50 M.Cum and this quantity
will be spread on internal dump.
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The details of Top soil production and spreading on the internal dumps, storage
and re-handling from the Temporary storage area in different stages is indicated
below:
(Cumulative)
Stage Top soil Top soil placement (M.Cum)
at the (M.Cum) Spreading
end of over Internal Temporary
dumps Storage Total
1 0.34 - 0.34 0.34
2 0.76 - 0.76 0.76
3 1.27 - 1.27 1.27
4 1.7 - 1.70 1.70
5 2.04 - 2.04 2.04
10 3.55 3.55 0.00 3.55
Final 4.05 4.05 0.00 4.05
The details of Hard OB and the Top soil spreading in internal dump yard are as
indicated below:
Sl. Dump Yard Area Hard OB Top Soil Total OB

No. (Ha) (M.Cum) (M.Cum) (M.Cum)
1 Internal dump yard 551.87 599.98 4.05 604.03
Only 100% of overburden produced during the project life is deposited in the
Internal dump yard. But 5%of total OB is re-handled during project life due to non
availability of external dump area. At the end of the project life, void of 195.29
M.Cum will be left.
5.8 RATED CAPACITY AND LIFE OF THE PROJECT
The rated capacity of the mine is 6.00 Mtpa and the extractable reserves of 71.81
Mt of coal with a life of 17 years (including construction period).
5.8.1 THE ASSUMPTIONS MADE & DETAILED COMPUTATIONS
The following design criteria have been adopted for mining operations.
a). No of annual working days: 330
b). No. of daily shifts
i) Overburden 3
ii) Coal 3
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c). Duration of shift hours 8
It is proposed to work the mine with the following shift timings:
I st shift : 5 AM to 1.30 PM (With half an hour rest interval).

II nd shift : 1 PM to 9.30 PM (With half an hour rest interval).
III rd shift : 9 PM to 5.30 AM (With half an hour rest interval).
The above shift timings facilitate the employees to take lunch and dinner in
between the shifts, which will improve the utilization of working hours effectively
and HEMM utilization.
Annual Productivity of Excavators
Annual productivity of excavators is based on the following considerations apart

from the above design criteria.
a. Excavation category
Overburden 50% Cat. III & 50% Cat. IV
Coal 90% Cat. III & 10% Cat. IV
b. Material density
Overburden 2.25 Tonnes/ BCM
Coal (Overall grade ‘D’ grade) 1.55 Tonnes/ BCM
c. Swell factor for OB dumps 1.20
d. Norms of HEMM availability and utilization
Sl.No. HEMM Description % Availability % Utilisation

of shift hours of shift hours
1 Hydraulic Shovels 80 67
2 Rear Dumpers 67 55
3 Dozers 70 45
4 Drills 78 40
e. Lead distance of coal transportation varying from 2.0 Km to 4.0 Km.
f. Lead distance of OB transportation
Shovel –Dumper combination varying from 3.5 Km to 4.4 Km
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g. Standard annual productivity of excavators considered:

Sl. Particulars Rock No. of Annual Productivity
No. type shifts (M.Cum)
1 20 Cum with RD-170T OB 3 5.12
2 3/3.2 Cum with RD-35T OB 3 1.00
CATEGORY OF EXCAVATING MATERIAL: 50% Cat-III + 50% Cat-IV (OB)
Lead (Km) 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50
20 Cum with RD-170T (M.Cum) 1.705 1.754 1.315 1.052 1.052 0.877 0.877 0.752 0.752
3.0 Cum with RD-35T (M.Cum) 0.238 0.159 0.159 0.119 0.119 0.095 0.095 0.081 0.079
COAL
1 Quantity of coal to be removed by
2Nos.Surface Miners SM2200/3800, Mt 6.00
M.cum 3.33
2 No. of 4.6 Cum Front End Loaders 5
3 No. of 35T Dumpers required for transporting
3.33 M.Cu.m for 4Km lead 21
5.9 GEOLOGICAL RESERVES CONSIDERED FOR MINING VIS-À-VIS
EXTRACTABLE RESERVES
The seam wise reserves were estimated by the respective seam iso-chore plans,
specific gravity of the respective grade and Heave zones for the faults etc., are
considered. A loss of 10% has been envisaged from the net geological reserves to
arrive at mineable reserves for all. The details of Net Geological reserves and
Mineable reserves are indicated in 4.5 of chapter-4.
5.10 CUT-OFF RATIO & AVERAGE STRIPPING RATIO
Cut-off Stripping Ratio: Stripping ratio is generally expressed as a ratio in the
proportion of overburden to coal (Cum/T). As the depth of overburden increases,
the more amount of money is spent for removal of the overburden to expose and
extract the coal. As this ratio increases there comes a point beyond which the coal
can not be economically extracted out and this is called the break even stripping
ratio or Cut-off stripping ratio.
Cut off stripping ratio is decided on the basis of the total cost of production versus
the expected sale price of that coal. This cutoff stripping ratio can be increased if
the price of coal increases based on the market conditions or the cost of production
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decrease due to improvements in the mining method or improvement in
productivity.
5.11 LOCATION OF ACCESS TRENCH AND REASON FOR SELECTION OF
SITE THERE OF
Suliyari Belwar Opencast Project(Phase-I) is planned to work upto a maximum
depth of 245 m of VII bottom seam in non forest land in Phase-I stage. It is
proposed to open up the pit on the south side of the block where the VII bottom
seam is 40m depth and at distance of 50m from the forest boundary.
Decision on access trench and its exact location is taken keeping in view of the
boundary of present Phase-I area and proposed Phase-II area of the block, mode
of transport of Coal from quarry to surface and surface to end user. Accordingly the
trench is started on surface at RL: 470.00, south side of the block boundary so as
to reach Coal bench (VII TOP Seam) at RL: 430.00.
The present layout of initial opening ensures systematic development, provides
space for future internal dumps and also generates early revenues.
Before commencement of mining operations, the land will be cleared of trees /
shrubs immediately in advance of mining. The Hurdul nala which is flowing across
the block will be diverted to the dip side in northern direction. Finally this Hurdul
nala will be joined in Sarbahera nala.
The deposit is proposed to be opened along the strike and it is envisaged that local
ramps will be suitably laid for transportation of Coal and overburden. Opening
along strike direction will provide comparatively longer face length. It is envisaged
to extract the coal from roof to floor. Excavation from roof to floor is expected to
result in less contamination at the coal/ overburden interface. Thin seams demand
more attention to avoid dilution during mining.
Top OB benches on the high wall side are to be advanced thereby creating space
for deepening of the quarry.
After getting sufficient exposure of Coal block (200 m X 60 m) in VII TOP seam
initially, Surface miner will be placed on the bench along with the loading
equipment for winning Coal. After removal of VII Top seam for considerable area
the partings between and the seams available (VII Middle merge and VII Bottom)
are extracted one after other.
The same sequence is continued as the quarry progresses towards dip side up to
the pre determined boundary.
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Plan showing the initial position of mine operations i.e. Reclamation plan at the end
of 1st year of coal production is given in plate No XIII-A-1.
5.12 DETAILS OF OPENCAST AREA
The physical parameters of the opencast are as follows:–
a Maximum strike length along surface 3400 m
b Minimum strike length along surface 730 m
c Maximum width of the quarry along surface 3500 m
d Minimum width of the quarry along surface 2400 m
e Minimum depth of the quarry 40 m
f Maximum depth of the quarry 245 m
g Floor area of quarry 641.00 Ha
h Area of excavation on surface including barrier 832.22 Ha
i Total Land requirement 1080.99 Ha
j Average Gradient of the seam 1 in 12 to1 in 24
5.13 DETAILS OF COAL SEAMS

Thickness range of each seam and parting, minimum and maximum depth details
are given in chapter 4.
5.14 STAGE PLANS AT THE END OF YEAR OF COAL PRODUCTION
Quarry stage plans including OB dumps for 1st to 5th year, and at every 5 years
intervals up to full life of the mine also indicating the volume of excavation for coal
and OB, volume of internal and external dump and the area(in hectare) for internal
and external dumps and height.
Position of mining faces, haul road, external dumping area and internal dumps etc.
are shown in the following plates:
Sl. Stage plan at the end of Plate No.
No.
1 Reclamation Plan at the end of Year-1 XIII-A-1
2 Reclamation Plan at the end of Year -2 XIII-B-1
3 Reclamation Plan at the end of Year -3 XIII-C-1
4 Reclamation Plan at the end of Year -4 XIII-D-1
5 Reclamation Plan at the end of Year -5 XIII-E-1
6 Reclamation Plan at the end of Year -10 XIII-F-1
7 Reclamation (Final Stage) Plan XIII-G-1
8 Ultimate pit plan XIII-H
9 Mine closure Plan- with final Void XIV
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5.15 BACKFILLING OF FINAL VOID

The depth of the void at the final stage of mining operations i.e. by the end of 17th
year (including construction period) is varying from 40m to 245m. The volume of
the void is 195.29 M.Cum. It is proposed to reduce the depth of the void in Suliyari
Belwar Opencast Project (Phase-I) by back filling the OB produced from Suliyari
Belwar Opencast Project (Phase-II).
The final void will be filled with the OB from phase-II project upto the ground level
to the possible extent and the same land will be restored for agricultural use at the
end of Phase-II operations of the block. The remaining void area will be water
reservoir for future
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CHAPTER-6
MANPOWER, SAFETY AND SUPERVISION
6.1 MANPOWER AND SUPERVISION REQUIREMENT
The detailed manpower and supervision required for the project has been worked
out as per the prevailing norms based on workload, the HEMM fleet and the
working conditions. The average daily attendance required to achieve the rated
production of 6.00 Mtpa is estimated to be 195. After considering absenteeism
towards authorized leave, sick etc., the men on roll for the project is 217 for survey,
lighting, pumping and Coal handling/dispatching activities.
Manpower requirement including contractual manpower is 1422. Requirement

varies with the equipment, period of contract etc.
6.2 SUMMARY OF MANPOWER REQUIREMENT
Manpower requirement including contractual manpower is furnished in table given

below,
Sl. Description Men on Roll End of the Year

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 11
A COAL
I. Coal Operation 96 53 96 96 96 96 96 96
Pithead Coal
II. Handling 98 95 95 95 98 98 98 98
B Overburden 445 243 311 323 344 396 445 445
C Common 124 62 90 109 124 124 124 124
D. Reclamation 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4
E. Stores 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
F. Maintenance 379 205 283 307 317 351 379 379
G. Administration 49 33 47 49 49 49 49 49
H. Staff 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39
I. Others 176 110 121 146 176 176 176 176
TOTAL 1422 854 1098 1180 1259 1345 1422 1422
The category/grade wise manpower required at the project level is given in

Annexure No. VI.
6.1
6.2.1 PROPOSED SUPERVISION/ADMINISTRATIVE MANPOWER
Avg.daily Proposed
SI.No. Description category attendence men on roll
1 Project Officer E-7 1 1
2 SOM/Col. Manager E-5 1 1
3 Dy. Manager E-3 4 4
4 Safety Officer E-3 1 1
5 Under Manager E-2 11 11
6 Project Engineer E-6 1 1
7 E.E. E-3 3 3
8 Sr. Survey officer E-3 1 1
9 Jr. Survey office E-1 2 2
10 Welfare Officer E-2 1 1
11 Surveyor Gr-A 2 2
12 Office Supdt./P.O.A. GR-A 1 1
Total 29 29
6.2.2. ORGANISATION CHART OF OPENCAST MINE
Organization Chart of Suliyari Belwar Opencast Project (Phase-I) has been worked
out as per the prevailing norms based on workload, the HEMM fleet and the
working conditions and fulfilling all the relevant statutory obligations is as shown
below.
6.2
6.2.3 PRODUCTIVITY
The average daily requirement of manpower at the project level is 195. The
average daily production is 18181 tonnes (6.00 Mtpa). The planned O.M.S. is 93
tonnes at 100% performance level with departmental manpower.
6.3 DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN
6.3.1 Risk Assessment and Management
The present day environment demands to have a fresh look at Safety Management
as a structured process composed of well defined systems that emphasizes
continuous improvement in work quality, health, welfare and productivity of
workforce engaged in mineral industry through setting up of improved safety
standards and their effective implementation and administration. Because the
statutory provisions can never the fully comprehensive, appropriate and site
specific. Trend, World over is, therefore, to make the statutory provisions ‘Flexible’
by switching over from the regime of ‘Prescriptive Regulation’ to ‘Self Regulatory or
Goal Setting Legislation’.
6.3
It is now widely accepted world over that the concept of “Risk Management”
through “Risk Assessment” contributes greatly towards achieving the objectives.
Introduction of risk management as a tool for development of good health and

safety management system is a breakthrough in the traditional strategy as it differs
from the existing one by involving the entire staff in the realization of safety with
responsibility and accountability sharing proportionate to the decision making
authority. The system is sure to be an effective tool for improvement of health and
safety scenario in our mining industry. The Risk Assessment process will identify
all the existing and probable hazards in the work environment and in all operations,
assess the risk levels of those hazards in order to prioritize which needs immediate
attention for redressal, where maintenance of ongoing management will be
sufficient and which are of very mild nature. Then for managing these risks,
different Mechanisms (underlying causes) responsible for these hazards are
identified and their control measures, set to time table, are recorded pinpointing the
responsibilities.
Further, the monitoring and auditing at regular interval recommended as a part of

the system would ensure that safe operating procedure are followed, evaluated,
corrected, standardized and documented training procedures for workers and
executives are in place and are carried out regularly, and commitment to health
and safety is demonstrated at all levels of Organization. On implementation of the
system, an appropriate safety level in each stage of operation may be obtained by
a systematic and documented management system with well-defined responsibility
and accountability for safety among the mine employees.
Based on Risk Assessment process, following are the various activities identified,
which can cause risks/accidents/incidents in opencast project.
1. Drilling & Blasting

2. Overburden
3. Heavy Machinery
4. The Side Collapses
5. Haul road maintenance
6. Loose dumps of coal
Risk Management: It is the overall description of the steps taken to manage risk,
by identifying hazards and implementing controls in the work place.
Risk Management process involves the following steps:
a) Induction, Training & Continuous Improvement:
6.4
Each mine will have training programs for employees, which need to be reviewed
against safety criteria. The updating of training requirements should include re-
training of existing personnel to the new skill level. This can be performed on-the-
job. When the new skill, procedure, etc., has been taught to an individual and they
have been assessed to have achieved that Competency, this should be recorded.
This allows the mine to track staffs that are qualified to particular tasks. In some
instances, staff should be prevented performing tasks until they have been
correctly trained in new procedures and are considered competent to perform a
task safely.
b) Accident / Incident Reporting & Investigation:
This would be a Standing Order to ensure compliance with Regulations and to

inform mine personnel of responsibilities and reporting requirements. It should
cover-
¾ Responsibility of those on the site
¾ Immediate response and Emergency backup
¾ Notifying key staff of accident
¾ Securing the site
¾ Treatment of any injuries
¾ Investigation and Reporting
¾ Review of any recommendations and determining actions.
c) Auditing & Review / Revise:
Reviewing the effectiveness of programs within the Safety Management Plan. This
should be an on-going process. This should show whether policies, Regulations
and expectations are being met or where systems can be made more effective.
Both internal and external audits should be considered. Auditors need training to
be objective and independent. Management Team or the Health and Safety
Committee would have to decide how often audits would be done, what systems or
areas would be audited and reporting arrangements.
Based on the Risk Management process, the causes and precautions to be taken
in opencast project against such causes are as follows:
6.3.2.1 Drilling & Blasting

Opencast operations involve heavy blasting in overburden. Proper precautions by
posting guards, siren etc. will be taken at the time of blasting. Men and machinery
will be withdrawn to safer place before blasting. Blasting will be done in-between
shifts. Proper care in storage, transport and handling of explosives will be taken to
ensure safety in blasting operations.
6.5
(a) Precautions while Drilling

(i) Transportation of drill machine and placement for drilling at site.
While transporting drill machine, its mast must be lowered, even with in the drilling
area on inclined plane (High gradients) to avoid toppling of drill machine.
(ii) Position of drill machine on inclined planes
For positing on inclined planes (High gradients), wedges must be used under jack
pads for leveling of the drill machine.
(iii) Change of Drill rods
Ensure proper Holding of drill barrels, while loading/unloading (Attachment
/Detaching) on the drill mast.
(b) Blasting Hazards
Blasting in mining may give rise to ground vibrations. Fly rock is another problem
that deserves attention. Based on the ground vibration studies made earlier, proper
precautions will be taken during blasting operations for controlling the ground
vibrations.
(i) Blast Vibrations & Control Measures
Controlled blasting technique will be adopted in this project in order to reduce blast
vibrations. Further, charge per delay shall be regulated to minimise blast vibrations.
Proper hookup shall be adopted while firing the drill holes. Moreover the
experience in other OC mines would be gainfully utilised to limit the ground
vibration levels within the prescribed limit.
In addition, the following guidelines will be adopted, wherever required, to check

the ground vibrations:
1. Shots shall not be fired except during the hours of day light.
2. The holes charged on any particular day shall be fired on the same day.
3. Optimum delay sequence and stem to column ratio shall be maintained to
minimize the fly rock distance and ground vibration intensity.
4. Basing on the distance of the nearest sensitive areas from the epicenter of
the blast, charge weight shall be altered to meet the stipulated standards.
5. Design of optimum blast hole geometry considering bench height, diameter
of hole, type of explosive, nature of rock, level of fragmentation required etc.
6. Divide total charge / blast in several parts so as to keep minimum explosive
per delay.
7. Avoid concentration of explosive by using deck charging.
6.6
8. During the approach and progress of electrical storm adequate precautions
shall be taken.
9. Proper use of different type of relay for proper sequencing of the blast will
be used. Non-electric down the hole delay detonators shall be used.
10. All loose debris will be cleared off the blasting site.
11. All the holes will be suitably muffled before blasting to control the fly rock.
12. Blasting pattern and area to be blasted should be carefully evolved for better
fragmentation and more safety.
13. The blasted coal should be loaded as early as possible. During blasting
bottom initiation system shall be adopted.
(ii) Fly Rock Control Measures
There are a large number of factors that influence fly rocks. Most important of
these factors are long explosive columns with little stemming at the mouth of the
hole, irregular shape of free face, long water column in holes, loose stones on
face of the surface blasting area, and strong wind. However, certain preventive
measures will be taken to minimise the risks arising from flying fragments. These
are:
• Marking of danger zone: The area falling within 500 m of the blasting area
will be marked off as danger zone. Proper precautions by way of posting
guards with red flags, siren or other appropriate signs and entry of any
unauthorized person into this zone will be prohibited during blasting
operation. Men and machinery will be withdrawn to safer place before
blasting.Blasting will be done between shift timings.
• Warning signals: An audible warning signal will be given, fifteen minutes
before actual firing of blast to enable persons to move out of danger zone.
For this purpose, a set of sirens/hooters will be provided at appropriate
places.
• Providing blasting shelters: In order to protect the personnel engaged in
blasting operations, blasting shelters will be provided for taking shelter
during blasting.
• Where any permanent building or structure of permanent nature not
belonging to the owner lies within the danger zone the aggregate maximum
charge in all the holes fired at any particular time shall not exceed 2 kg. But
then if blasting is done with at least half second delay of the detonator even
a maximum charge of 2 kg can be used with facility in each hole,
iii) Measures against air over pressure
Dust and noise problems are commonly encountered during blasting operations
the release of explosive energy through air and movement of fragmented rocks are
primary causes for noise, dust and air over pressure during blasting.
6.7
Adoption of following measures while carrying out blasting operation will help in
reducing the intensity of air blasts and will also minimise the noise level associated
with blasting. The measures suggested are:
• Avoiding overcharging of blast holes

• Adequate stemming
• Maintaining proper inter-hole & inter-row delays.
• Avoiding secondary blasting by using rock breakers.
6.3.2.2 Overburden Dumps
The high overburden dumps may cause land slides. High overburden dumps
created at the quarry edge may cause sliding of the overburden dump or may
cause failure of the pit slope due to excessive loading, thereby causing loss of life
and property. Carbonaceous shales and thin coal partings when dumped along
with overburden or backfilled in quarries may lead to fire hazards. Run off from
overburden dumps may cause siltation of rivers and canals.
Measures to prevent the danger due to OB dumps are as follows:
• A sturdy stone wall should be built around the toe of each active dump at a
distance of about 50 m from the toe.
• Where overburden material contains coal, people would often approach the
dump at night to pilfer the carbonaceous material. Hence, patrolling by
guard has to be introduced.
• To prevent the failure of overburden slopes, especially during rainy season,
following precautions need to be taken against this hazard :
• Proper terracing of the dump slopes.
• In portions where the dumping operations have come to an end, the slope
angle should be flattened to an angle lower than the angle of repose which
varies from site to site,
• Planting vegetation as early as possible over the overburden dump slopes,
• The drainage channels along the overburden dump toe provide additional
protection,
• A distance of over 100 m should be left between the overburden dump and
the coal bench (depending on the gradient)
• After mining of coal, a layer of crushed rock, left out crushed coal and water
may lie on the de-coaled quarry floor- this heterogeneous mixture is termed
here as interface material. This interface material covering the steeply
inclined quarry floor will be one of the major causes of any internal dump
failure. Before back filling, this interface material will be cleaned with a
dozer.
6.8
The following design criteria have been considered for waste dumps.
a. External Dump within the project area
In order to avoid the soil erosion from the dump
i. Height of the dump in each deck will be 30m.

ii. Width of the each terrace will be 30m.
iii. Dump slope in each deck will be maintained at 37½0 from the horizontal
and overall slope of the dump is 22.570
iv. Track dozers will be deployed for shaping the dumps
v. Maximum height of external dump is 90 m.
b. Internal Dump
The following design criteria has been considered for
i.Main OB to be dumped in 30 m high decks.

ii.30 m wide terrace for allowing safe transport in each deck.
iii.Dump slope for each deck to be at natural repose of 37½0.
iv. Track dozers to be deployed for shaping the dumps.
v. The internal dump is also planned upto a maximum height of 120m above
ground level.
vi. At the end of mining operations slopping of internal dumps will be made
towards the final void such that any soil erosion from the dumps will be
settled in the voids.
c. Top soil dump
Separate dumps for Topsoil and Hard OB will be formed. Maximum height of Top
soil dump will be 10 meters.
6.3.2.3 HEAVY MACHINERY
Most of the accidents during transport of dumpers, trucks and other heavy vehicles
are often attributable to mechanical failures, in which the factor of human errors
cannot be ruled out.
Measures to Prevent Accidents due to heavy machinery are as under
• All transportation within the mine working should be carried out directly under
the supervision and control of the management,
• The vehicles must be maintained in good condition and checked thoroughly at
least once a week by the competent person authorized for the purpose by the
Management,
6.9
• Road signs should be provided at each and every turning point and at suitable
places especially for the guidance of the drivers at the night,
• To avoid danger while reversing the trackless vehicles especially at the
embankment and tipping points, all areas for reversing of lorries should as far
as possible be made man free, and
• A statutory provision of the fences, constant education, training etc. will go a
long way in reducing the incidents of such accidents.
6.3.2.4 The Side Collapses
Slope stability is a vital aspect, as final highwalls will have to be planned as steep
as possible due to economical reasons but on the other hand stable enough for
safety reasons. Collapse of sides is likely to pose problems in opencast mines.
Proper benching and sloping will be ensured. All moving benches will be
maintained at 70 degrees and the final slope will vary from 320 to 37o . The
proposed block is intercepted by no. of faults. The matter should be further studied
to improve the slope stability while working the Project.
6.3.2.5 Haul Road Maintenance
Haul roads will be made flatter at 1 in 16 gradient for safe operation of dumpers.
Drains will be provided on either side to keep the road dry. The haul road width of
30 m has been designed considering space for dozer track, pipes, electric lines,
cables, provision for berms and two way traffic for dumper movement. Sharp
curves will be avoided. Proper lighting and signboards all along the roads will be
provided.
Ramps at 6% gradient for evacuation of coal and OB from different working

horizons will be required to be prepared while working the quarry.
6.3.2.6 Loose Dumps of Coal
Dumps of Loose coal, if left for long is likely to result in heating. Loose coal heaps
will be dozed and lifted on first dumped first dispatched basis.
• The excavated areas are filled with blasted OB, thus leading to coal
contamination. To maintain the coal quality selective mining is to be
adopted.
• Hydraulic backhoe shovel should be used so that coal and a few meters of
overburden (say 3m) are extracted separately from an upper bench.
6.3.2.7 WORKING NEAR A FAULT
6.10
Faults are areas of disturbance which pose a threat to safety. Special care needs
to be taken while approaching a fault. The heave zone of the fault often consists of
unconsolidated strata which tend to collapse/slide resulting in slope/bench failure.
If a fault forms the boundary of the quarry floor, the highwall benches should be
formed cutting across the fault plane i.e., excavating the entire heave zone in the
process.
As far as possible, benches should not be formed parallel to and abutting against a
fault plane since they are likely to fail/slide. Thus, the safer method could be to
align the benches perpendicular/oblique to the fault plane while approaching a
fault. Wherever, benches are aligned parallel to fault plane, the excavation of
benches should be form top downward.
The fault planes exposed on the floor of the quarry needs to be benched though it
amounts to stripping additional quantities of OB.
6.3.2.8 Inundation
Due to inrush of surface water in the rainy season there is a chance of inundation
of opencast workings.
Precautions/ Remedies
• Sufficient water garlands are to be provided to protect inrush of surface
water into the quarry from dump yards and catchments water from surface
areas.
• Construction/strengthening of berms/bunds on surface along quarry
boundary shall be done during every rainy season. Suitable monitoring
system shall be established to take care of any special contingencies.
• Proper drains need to be cut around the quarry to divert away the water
during rainy season, from entering the quarry. The drains will be connected
to natural drainage system of the area. Within the quarry itself, sumps of
adequate capacity will be provided and adequate pumping capacity will be
provided at sumps.
• Proper arrangements for embankment or diversion will be made.
The proposed diversion route of Hurdul nala has been surveyed by M/s SCCL and
Design Document for the proposed diversion has been prepared and submitted to
irrigation authorities of MP and no objection certificate is obtained. The detailed
Project report for the diversion of the nala is under preparation by SCCL taking into
account of safety measures proposed for the protection of Opencast mine from
inundation will be incorporated in the project report. An embankment against the
6.11
proposed diversion of Hurdul Nala is included in the detailed Project Report of Nala
Diversion.
The copy of the design document is enclosed as Annexure-10.
6.3.2.9 Fire Fighting

This deposit is now proposed to be worked by opencast method, the cut coal by
surface miner is heaped at coal yard may catch fire due to spontaneous heating.
To prevent such occurrence, it is proposed to introduce fire fighting and control
measures on regular basis from the beginning itself wherever it is necessary.
Following precautions will be taken to control the fire:
• Exposure will be restricted to a limited area
• Fire quenching at the face will be done with high-pressure, high discharge
jets.
• Fire fighting ranges will be laid along the spoil heap side and along high wall
with sufficient water pressures.
• After making coal heaps in coal stack yard, coal heaps will be blanketed to
prevent breathing of air.
• In each shift, a fire fighting crew with a supervisor will be engaged for fire
fighting and quenching works.
A Fire tender is provided to deal with fires. Necessary fire fighting system is also
envisaged for the Coal Handling Plant (CHP), which includes fire hydrant tees at
strategic locations at equal spacing of 25 to 35 meters with suitable water supply
pipelines. Also portable type fire extinguishers to deal with electrical / oil /ordinary
fires will be provided at all strategic locations in the plant.
6.3.2.10 GENERAL
Different safety rules in force and regulations made under Mines Act 1952 will be
strictly followed in the mine. Various precautions as laid down in DGMS circulars
issued from time to time in this regard will be ensured.
Management of safety issues based on assessment of risks not only integrates
safety with productivity but also can be used as a very good tool for reduction of
costs. The systems stand on the premise that all risks need not be eliminated and
different control measures can be adopted for different levels of risks. The key here
is to aim for ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable), which eventually depends
on cost considerations. The system allows prioritizations of allocation of scarce
resources thereby cutting costs and reducing wastages.
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6.12
CHAPTER - 7
COAL HANDLING, WASHING & MODE OF DESPATCH
7.0 General
The coal produced from Suliyari-Belwar Opencast Project (Phase-I) from 3rd year
is ‘G8’ Grade. The total coal produced from the project will be utilized by
APGENCO power plants located in Andhra Pradesh.
The annual coal production from the project is 6.00 Mt. After cutting the coal with
surface miner, 4.6 Cum Front end loaders will load the coal (-100mm size) into the
35T Rear Dumpers which will be unloaded into the coal receiving hoppers. Coal
will be transported to 6000 T GL bunkers at CHP through series of belt conveyors
of capacity 1350TPH & 1200mm width of belt. Then coal will be dispatched through
SILO (4200 T) into Railway wagons.
The salient figures of the Rapid-load-out system is furnished below,
FLOOD/RAPID LOAD SYSTEM
RATE OF COAL SUPPLY : 6 MILLION TONES PER ANNUM

METHOD OF RECLAIMING : BY PLOUGH FEEDER
DECLARED GRADE OF COAL : “G8” Grade, SIZE: -100MM
CUSTOMER : APMDC, GoAP
RECLAIMING CONVEYORS
No. OF CONVEYORS : ONE
DRIVE CAPACITY : 400 KW
CAPACITY (NORMAL) : 2000 TPH
(MAXIMUM) : 2528 TPH
GROUND LEVEL BUNKERS : 6000 TONS.
STORAGE CAPACITY
SILO STORAGE
HEIGHT/DIAMETER : 40M/18M
LIVE CAPACITY : 4200 T
FLOOD LOADING SYSTEM : VOLUMETRIC WITH POST WEIGHING
QUICK OPERATING GUILLOTINE
GATE
7.1
FLOW OF CAPACITY : 5500-9000 TPH PER CHUTE
(NORMAL)
MODE OF OPERATION : FULLY AUTOMATIC / With JOY STICK
No. OF WAGONS PER RAKE : 58
CAPACITY OF EACH WAGON : 64 T (NORMAL)
CAPACITY OF EACH RAKE : 3776 T
SPEED OF RAKE WHILE BEING : 0.8 KMPH
LOADED
CYCLE TIME FOR LOADING ONE : ONE MINUTE
WAGON
CYCLE TIME FOR LOADING ONE : 1.59 Hours
RAKE
DISCHARGE CHUTES
No. OF CHUTES : 02 NOS
TYPE OF OPERATION : HYDRAULIC
7.1 Constructional details of Coal Handling Plant
The following Plant & Machinery is envisaged in the Project Report for coal
conveying & dispatching arrangement.
Sl. Quantity
No. Particulars Unit nos.
A PLANT AND MACHINERY
1 6000 T GL Bunker Nos 1.00
2 Belt conveyor unit 1200mm wide, 75m long
12 m lift, 1350 TPH,1X90 KW, 3.50m/sec complete
with drive, structure, electricals and belt pvc type 6
B9 (GL Bunker feeding belt)
Drive Nos 1.00
Structure m 75.00
Belt m 196.00

with drive, structure, electricals and belt pvc type 6
B10 (Tipper Conveyor Belt) Drive Nos 1.00
7.2
Sl. Quantity
No. Particulars Unit nos.
Structure m 75.00
Belt m 196.00

with drive, structure, electricals and belt EPFR
B11 (SILO Belt) Drive Nos 1.00
Structure m 300.00
Belt m 646.00
5 4200T Capacity SILO Nos. 1.00
6 Plough Feeders Nos. 1.00
7 Dust suppression, water sprinkler, etc.
B Electricals
1 3.3kV OHT Line Km 2.00
2 3.3kV NFLP VCB Nos. 4.00
3 500kVA,3300/550V Transformer Nos. 1.00
4 315kVA,3300/415V Transformer Nos. 1.00
5 LT NFLP Switches Nos. 6.00
6 Cables of all sizes including light fittings
7.2 Conveyors
The main conveyor belt of SILO envisaged in the Project Report is of 1400mm
width. This belt is sufficient to convey coal to SILO. This conveyor will be laid in an
inclined position, generally at an inclination of 1 in 5. This conveyor will be laid in
an enclosed and elevated structure called gantry so as to avoid falling/spillage of
coal onto the ground. This gantry has to be cleaned at regular intervals to avoid
accumulation of coal/coal dust.
7.3 Illumination at Coal Handling Plant
Adequate lighting arrangement has to be made for illuminating the CHP area since
it is planned to operate the mine in three shifts. Proper code of practice has to be
framed and followed for safe working of men and machinery. Suitable guards are
to be provided at moving machinery like drive heads, belt conveyors etc. The
lighting at the Coal Handling Plant will be arranged with suitable energy efficient
Sodium Vapor lamps.
7.3
The ROM coal from the quarry will be transported to the surface upto 6000T GL
bunker by conveyors. Later the coal will be conveyed to the SILO Surge bunker by
belt conveyors.
7.4 SILO Loading System
SILO loading system will facilitate to meet the demand for high accuracy, and
Rapid loading of coal into the wagons. Basing on the Railway wagon capacity, the
weigh Bunkers will be designed and before the coal is loaded into the wagons, it
will be weighed automatically.
7.5 Water spraying arrangements for dust suppression
The objective of this system is to eliminate the air borne coal dust or suppress the
dust at its source. The system involves confinement of the dust within the dust
producing area by a curtain of moisture and wetting the coal dust by direct contact
between the particles and droplet of water.
During the process of conveying coal into the receiving 6000T GL bunker, there will
be huge generation of coal dust which spreads into the atmosphere making the
surrounding atmosphere dangerous to the persons working nearby.
To arrest the propagation of dust while unloading the coal into the receiving
bunker, and similarly to arrest the generation of dust while conveying, water jets
are to be provided. Provision of adequate funds is made towards dust suppression
in the Project Report.
The schematic layout of CHP is shown in plate No. XVI.
7.6 BENEFICIATION/WASHING
At present, no beneficiation/washing is proposed to be undertaken
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7.4
CHAPTER - 8
INFRASRUCTURE FACILITIES PROPOSED AND THEIR LOCATION
The necessary infrastructure for its operations and for the well-being of its
workforce are provided by the company will also improve the social and economic
status of the local community. Among the infrastructure that provided are
workshops & stores, roads, water management structures and machinery, potable
and industrial water supplies, offices, communications and other service facilities.
8.1 SERVICE FACILITIES
Service facilities such as canteen, project store, rest shelter, First Aid station,
training centre etc are provided.
The other service facilities such as guest houses, schools and hospitals etc are
provided at Khanuya Naya Tola village where R&R is provided.
8.2 ROAD
Waidhan-Sidhi State Highway via Bargawan traverse 25 Km north of the block and
runs almost along the boundary of Moher Su-Basin & Main Basin. A metalled road
Parsona to Mara is located farther east of the block. A metalled road branching of
this road at Rajmelan leads to Sarai. From this road to west of River Mahan, a
roughly north-south running metalled road, leads to Langadda via Bhalyatola,
Suliyari and Jhalari. As per the given surface layout, internal roads shall be
developed.
8.3 WATER SUPPLY
Water from the mine is pumped out and delivered into filter beds provided at the
mine and at residential colony. Filtered water will be supplied for drinking and
industrial purpose.
Industrial water required for HEMM washing, sprinkling on Haul roads for dust
suppression and for watering the mine will be pumped to overhead tank and then
water will be given at different user point.
The drinking water will be supplied from filter bed and stored in over head tank and
distributed through pipelines to different facilities in the area for drinking and
domestic purpose.
8.1
The details of surface and ground water quality assessment are furnished at Para
10.2.3. The water used for drinking is potable as per the analysis results given at
Tables 10.2.3.1 and 10.2.3.2 in Chapter-10. Moreover, the water from the mine will
be filtered and disinfected at surface filter beds, for using as drinking water.
mine. It is estimated that the probable inflow of water into the project varies during
monsoon period about 11748 m3/day initially to a maximum of 83446 m3/day, while
during non-monsoon period it shall be about 408 m3/day to 12652 m3/day. The
mine discharge water will be stored in settling ponds for removal of suspended
solids. Initially about 1615m3/day is required for various purposes of the mine like
dust suppression (1500 m3/day to 4000 m3/day), washing of HEMM (60 m3/day), 5
m3/day for plantation and 50m3/day shall be utilized for Surface miner
maintenance. As mine discharge is about 408 m3/day in the initial stages of mining
(during non monsoon period) the mine requirements may be fulfilled by drawing
water through bore wells and / or storing the rainwater by constructing storage pits.
After meeting the mine requirements, the remaining water will be released into
nearby streams/tanks after proper treatment.
Hydro-geological studies were conducted for the project and the report of
Hydrogeology is enclosed as Annexure-11.
8.4 ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY
The source of power for the project is proposed to be transmitted from 132/33KV
substation located at nearby proposed block. 33kV line will be laid from this
substation to the project site from where it is proposed to establish another
substation for feeding the power to different mining equipment like Mining
machinery, pumps, lighting, colonies etc. The sub-station is provided with 3 no of
3.15MVA, 33/3.3KV transformers to meet the power requirement of project.
8.4.1 Maximum Demand & Energy Consumption
The estimated maximum demand and energy consumption at optimum production

level after considering power factor improvement by capacitors and diversity factor.
The main indices are as under –
Sl.No Particulars
1 Connected load 9773 kW
2 Load in operation 8914 kW
3 Active load 5532 kW
4 Annual energy consumption 29251961 kWh
5 System power factor ≥ 0.90
6 Specific energy Consumption 5.85kWh/T
8.2
8.5 QUARRY ILLUMINATION
The working areas of the quarry and haul road etc. will be illuminated with energy
efficient Sodium Vapour lamps mounted on 15m high towers installed along the
edge of the quarry. Sufficient number 100kVA 3.3KV/415V transformers are
provided for feeding lighting loads of the quarry.
The power for lighting loads of roads, stores, workshop etc., will be drawn from 100
KVA, 3.3 KV/230V transformers installed at the sub-station.
8.6 COMMUNICATION
Proposed communication between service and production unit is established by

telephones and wireless sets etc. Adequate provision has also made in the
estimates for communication system for effective management of different
production and service units.
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8.3
CHAPTER - 9
LAND REQUIREMENT
9.1 TOTAL LAND REQUIREMENT
The land requirement for the project is as follows:

Quarry Area 0.00 433.48 374.38 807.86
Safe Barrier, Drainage,
0.00 78.91 86.91 165.82
Roads
Railway siding 0.00 6.53 0.75 7.28
Nala diversion 0.00 22.15 50.07 72.22
TOTAL LAND
0.00 567.88 513.11 1080.99
REQUIREMENT
9.2 LAND OWNERSHIP
Total land required to be acquired for this project is 1080.99 Ha. Out of the above,
567.88 Ha is Private land and 513.11 Ha is Government land (Plate No. V).
9.3 LAND USE
Existing land use pattern in core zone are as follows
Sl. No Description Area in Ha Remarks

1 Forest land Nil
2 Agricultural land
Single crop 619.08
Double Crop 379.54
3 Grazing land 24.28
4 Waste land 12.00
5 Built up area 30.14
6 Water Bodies 15.95
Total Mine Take Area 1080.99
9.1
Existing land use pattern in buffer zone are as follows
Sl.No. Description Area in Ha. % of Usage

1 Double Crop 1065.97 2.51
2 Single Crop 12073.91 28.43
3 Fallow Land 1847.31 4.35
4 Agriculture Plantation 3.65 0.01
5 Dense Forest 2782.14 6.55
6 Open Forest 12208.75 28.74
7 Degraded Forest 3214.01 7.57
8 Forest Plantation 184.23 0.43
9 Forest Blank 5662.41 13.33
10 Barren Rocky 121.55 0.29
11 Industry 193.94 0.46
12 Land with or without scrub 1590.72 3.75
13 Built up Land 339.67 0.80
14 River / Water body 1184.40 2.79
Total Area 42472.66 100.00
9.4 Post mining Land Use Status of the Project
The post mining land use pattern of Project area is furnished below:
LAND USE DETAILS (Ha.)

Sl.
Description Plantatio Void Public Other
No Total
n area Use Uses
1 Excavation Area
(a) Backfilled area 398.83 -- -- -- 398.83
(b) Void area left -- 409.03 -- -- 409.03
Afforestation other
2 123.12 -- 123.11
than dumps
3 Nala Diversion 72.22 72.22
Built up area /
4 77.79 77.79
Infrastructure
TOTAL 521.95 409.03 -- 150.01 1080.99
Out of 1080.99 Ha of total land required for this project, 521.95Ha (48.28%) of land
will be reclaimed at the end of mining operations. 409.03 Ha land will be final void
area which is proposed to be filled up with the OB of proposed Phase-II project.
9.2
72.22 Ha land will continue to be as nala and the area 77.79 Ha of built up area/
infrastructure will be utilized for Phase-II project also.
The final void will be filled with the OB from phase-II project upto the ground level
to the possible extent and the same land will be restored for agricultural use at the
end of Phase-II operations of the block.
9.5 DETAILS OF GEOLOGICAL BLOCK AND MINING LEASE AREA
• Total land requirement for the project is 1080.99Ha.

• Total area of Mining lease required for the project is 832.85 Ha.
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9.3
CHAPTER-10
ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN
10.0 INTRODUCTION
General Description
This Chapter describes the pre-mining environmental status, likely impacts due to
the proposed project and the Environment Management Plan (EMP). The EMP
aims at preservation of ecological system through in-built pollution abatement
facilities in the proposed project.
The average annual coal production from the proposed project will be 6.0 Million
Tonnes (MT). It is proposed to extract coal reserves of 71.81 MT of G8/D grade
from the proposed Suliyari Belwar OC project (Phase-I) over a period of 17 years
including two years construction period. Mining operations will be carried out in
832.85 Ha. The total land required for the proposed project is 1080.99 Ha, There is
no forest land required for the project. There are no ecologically sensitive areas,
historical or protected monuments in the study region.
Background
There is a need to enhance India’s power generation from the present level of
148,000 MW to 380,000 MW by the year 2030 to achieve an economic growth rate
of 8% to 9%. The major share of growth in power generation is through thermal
i.e., coal based. This means country’s coal requirement will have to be enhanced
to 1300 MT by the year 2030.
The total requirement of coal for the existing and ongoing projects of APGENCO is
in the order of 32.03 MT per annum against the linkage of 27.05 MT per annum.
The estimated supplies from MCL and SCCL including additional quantity from
SCCL is of the order of 25.05 Mt per annum leaving a shortfall of 6.98 MT per
annum.
In view of gap in demand and supply of coal to the Andhra Pradesh Power
Generation Corporation Limited (APGENCO) power plants in the region, Ministry of
Coal vide Lr. No. 13016/8/2007-CA-I, dated 25.07.2007 has allocated the proposed
Suliyari-Belwar Coal Block located in the southern part of the Singrauli Coalfield
Main Basin (Copy of allotment letter by MoC is enclosed as Annexure) to APMDC.
The present proposal is a new opencast mine to extract the available 71.81 MT of
extractable coal reserves by mechanized opencast method with a rated production
capacity of 6.00 MTPA in the Project area of 1080.99 Ha.
The project is categorized as “A” under the provisions of S.O. 1533, dated 14th
September 2006 and subsequent amendments vide SO 3067 dated 1st December
2009.
10.1
Hence, obtaining environmental clearance from Ministry of Environment and Forest
(MoEF) before operating the mine is pre-requisite under Environmental Protection
Act.
10.1 Surface Features
10.1.1 Topography

northern and southern part of the block are occupied by hillocks of the elevation up
to 500 m above MSL. In general the elevation of ground varies from 441.07 m as
observed in borehole MS-2 to 499.23 m in borehole MS-37 located in the south-
western and northern parts of the block respectively.
The block shows dendritic to sub-dendritic drainage pattern. The drainage of the
block is mainly controlled by westerly flowing Hardul Nala which traverses the
block, in the north-western part and passes throughout the block beyond south-
western part of the block. Many small seasonal Nalas drained into Hardul Nala.
Industrial Establishments:
Dongri Tal Block is an adjacent coal mine under conceptualization by Madya
Pradesh State Mining Corporation Limited for which EC granted. Except this no
other industries exist with in the 10 Km radius of the proposed mine.
Forest Areas:
Sulyari Belwar coal block is covered with both forest and non forest land. The
present proposal is to extract coal from non forest land area. Mohanban forest is
the nearby forest area.
Wild life sanctuaries, National Parks, Ecologically fragile areas,
Archeologically important areas:
No such areas exist with in 10 Km radius of the project.
Densely populated areas:
No densely populated built up areas exist with in 10 Km radius of the project.
National and State High way:
Waidhan - Sidhi State Highway via Bargwan traverses 25 Km north of the
proposed project.
No of Villages / Houses to be shifted:
Seven villages existing in the coal block will be shifted before starting the mining
operations. The details of villages and PDFs to be shifted village wise are furnished
here under.
10.2
SI.No Name of the Village/Colony No.of PDFs
1 AAMDAND 65
2 AMRAIKOH 70
3 BELWAR 157
4 DONGRI 113
5 JHELERI 679
6 MAJHOLIPATH 220
7 SEERSWAH 37
Total 1341
10.1.2 Land use pattern:
The Total land requirement for Suliyari-Belwar OCP (Phase-I) is 1080.99 Ha. Out
of the above, 72.22 Ha is required for Hurdul Nala diversion and 1008.77 Ha is
required for Suliyari-Belwar Opencast Project (Phase-I). No forest land is required
for this project.
Out of 567.88 Ha of Private land, 224.05 Ha is Irrigated double crop land and
343.83 Ha is Irrigated single crop land. Out of 513.11 Ha of Govt. land, 430.74 Ha
is Irrigated land and 82.37 Ha is Non agricultural land.
The land requirement for the project ownership wise along with the land form is
given here under:
Break up of Land requirement Land Use or Land Form
Sl. No Description Area in Ha Remarks
1 Forest land Nil
2 Agricultural land
Single crop 619.08
Double Crop 379.54
4 Waste land 12.00
Total Mine Take Area 1080.99
Break up of land requirement ownership wise

Sl. Description Area in Ha Remarks
No
1 Forest land Nil
2 Private land 567.88
3 Government Land 513.11
Total Land requirement 1080.99
(including requirement out side
the ML Area)
10.3
Break up of land requirement within ML and out side ML area
Sl. Land requirement Area in Ha Remarks

No
1 Within the Mining Lease area 832.85 Quarry area, Barrier
2 Out side Mining Lease Area 248.14 • Safety zone
• Service Buildings
• Railway siding
• Nallah Diversion
(Hurdul Nalla)
Total Land requirement 1080.99
A detailed land requirement (Activity wise) for the project is furnished here under:

Quarry Area 0.00 433.48 374.38 807.86
0.00 78.91 86.91 165.82
Roads
Railway siding 0.00 6.53 0.75 7.28
Nala diversion 0.00 22.15 50.07 72.22
TOTAL LAND
0.00 567.88 513.11 1080.99
REQUIREMENT
10.2. BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS

Baseline environmental status of the study region of 10 Km radius around the
proposed Suliyari Belwar OCP has been monitored by Environmental Protection
Training Research Institute (EPTRI), Hyderabad for one full season i.e., Summer
season (March 2012 to May 2012).
The generation of one season base line data collection was carried as per the
Terms of Reference (TOR) issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests vide its
letter no. J-11015/ 183/2012.IA.II(M), dated 19.10.2012 and it is to also in line with
the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests vide EIA
Guidance Manual, 2011 for representation of present environmental scenario.
Micro - Meteorological Conditions
The micro-meteorological data was recorded in the study area during Summer
2012. The predominant wind direction during the study period was observed to be
NW and wind speed in the range of calm to 7.0 Kmph. Temperature and Relative
10.4
humidity during this period were in the range of 8.10C to 43.800C and 6.9% to
88.7% respectively.
10.2.1 Ambient Air Quality

The ambient air quality was monitored at 10 locations in core and buffer zone of
the proposed project. The parameters monitored are Particulate Matter (PM10),
Particulate Matter (PM2.5), Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) and
Carbon Monoxide (CO).
The pollutant concentrations are compared with the National Ambient Air Quality
Standards as notified by CPCB and GSR 742 (E) applicable to coal mines. The
ambient air quality levels are well within the MoEF / CPCB standards for all the
monitored parameters. The summary of air quality data monitored at 10 sampling
locations during Summer 2012 is furnished here under.
Ambient air quality monitoring locations
Sl. Location Zone Direction w.r.t. Distance w.r.t. Station

No Project Project Code
Boundary
1 Jheleri Core -- -- CA1
2 Belwar Core -- -- CA2
3 Bajowdi Buffer WNW 2.0 Km BA1
4 Digvah Buffer W 4.8 Km BA2
5 Bhaisabuda Buffer WSW 5.9 Km BA3
6 Dongri Buffer SW 0.8 Km BA4
7 Balayatola Buffer N 2.5 Km BA5
8 Kanwakhas Buffer NNW 6.2 Km BA6
9 Amaraikoh Buffer E 3.6 Km BA7
10 Aamdand Buffer E 0.2 Km BA8
Table No. 10.2.2.1: Summary of Ambient air quality data during summer 2012
98
Location Min Max Mean percentile Standard
value
PM10
Jhaleri (CA1) 35.6 45.2 46.7 42.4 100
Belwar (CA2) 38.5 47.5 49.7 46.5 100
Amaraikoh (BA7) 36.2 46.0 47.5 43.9 100
Aamdand (BA8) 36.4 42.8 45.6 41.2 100
Dongari (BA4) 37.9 42.3 46.9 42.2 100
Bajowdi (BA1) 35.4 46.2 47.7 44.0 100
Digvah (BA2) 40.5 46.3 48.8 45.1 100
Balayatola (BA5) 39.0 48.7 50.1 46.7 100
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98
Location Min Max Mean percentile Standard
value
Bhaisabuda (BA3) 40.9 50.5 51.4 49.5 100
Khanwakhas (BA6) 35.3 46.0 48.6 45.4 100
PM2.5
Jhaleri (CA1) 20.1 25.4 27.2 25.1 60
Belwar (CA2) 20.9 26.8 28.7 26.6 60
Amaraikoh (BA7) 20.1 25.8 27.0 25.0 60
Aamdand (BA8) 18.2 25.6 25.7 25.0 60
Dongari (BA4) 18.1 24.6 26.2 24.2 60
Bajowdi (BA1) 18.8 24.8 25.5 23.2 60
Digvah (BA2) 22.4 26.5 28.4 25.6 60
Balayatola (BA5) 23.1 26.1 28.6 26.0 60
Bhaisabuda (BA3) 23.5 30.2 29.5 28.2 60
Khanwakhas (BA6) 18.5 25.9 27.3 25.7 60
SO2
Jhaleri (CA1) 7.2 8.1 15.8 8.0 80
Belwar (CA2) 7.1 9.7 16.3 9.2 80
Amaraikoh (BA7) 6.8 9.5 16.1 9.4 80
Aamdand (BA8) 7.3 9.5 16.3 9.0 80
Dongari (BA4) 7.3 8.8 15.9 8.5 80
Bajowdi (BA1) 7.3 9.4 16.1 9.3 80
Digvah (BA2) 7.0 9.7 16.2 9.3 80
Balayatola (BA5) 7.1 10.1 16.5 9.7 80
Bhaisabuda (BA3) 7.3 9.7 16.4 9.5 80
Khanwakhas (BA6) 7.1 9.5 16.1 9.1 80
NOX
Jhaleri (CA1) 9.8 12.3 18.6 12.0 80
Belwar (CA2) 10.2 13.0 19.0 12.7 80
Amaraikoh (BA7) 11.2 15.5 20.6 14.8 80
Aamdand (BA8) 10.3 13.7 19.8 13.4 80
Dongari (BA4) 10.4 13.5 19.6 13.3 80
Bajowdi (BA1) 10.2 13.7 19.4 13.1 80
Digvah (BA2) 10.0 14.3 19.7 13.7 80
Balayatola (BA5) 10.2 14.3 20.0 14.1 80
Bhaisabuda (BA3) 10.9 13.7 19.9 13.4 80
Khanwakhas (BA6) 10.1 14.9 20.3 14.6 80
Note: All Values are in µg/m3.
10.6
10.2.2 Water Quality
The impact of the proposed project on the water environment was assessed by
studying the quality of groundwater and surface water bodies in the study area.
The sampling locations were selected considering their proximity to the project
site. A total of 10 water samples i.e., 5 samples from surface water and 5 samples
from groundwater were collected and analyzed for various physic-chemical and
bacteriological parameters. The groundwater quality results are compared with IS:
10500 and surface water quality with IS 2296, 1982 and CPCB Water Quality
Criteria, Class- A (Drinking Water Source without conventional treatment but after
Disinfection), Class – B (outdoor bathing (organized)). The analytical results of
surface water and ground water samples are given in Tables 10.2.3.1 and 10.2.3.2
respectively.
Ground water sampling locations

Sl. Location Zone Direction Distance Station
No w.r.t. w.r.t. Code
Project Project
Boundary
1 Jalari Core -- -- GW1
2 Bore well at Bajowdi Buffer WNW 2.0 Km GW2
3 Bore well at Dongri Buffer SW 0.8 Km GW3
4 Bore well Bhaisabuda Buffer WSW 5.9 Km GW4
5 Bore well Aamdand Buffer E 0.2 Km GW5
Surface water sampling locations
Project Project
boundary
1 Upstream of Hurdul Nallah Core -- -- SW1
2 Sahabar Nallah Buffer NE 1.6 Km SW2
3 Tank near Gorwani Vil Buffer NW 2.5 Km SW3
4 Gopad River Buffer SW 7.8 SW4
5 Amaraikoh Nallah Buffer S 5.6 SW5
Surface Water Quality

The surface water samples analysis results are compared with IS:2296-
1982,Tolerance limits. The analytical results of all the surface water samples along
with Tolerance limits for various parameters as per IS 2296-1982 standards are
shown in the Table 8.3. As the standard (IS2296-1982) has been withdrawn by IS,
the surface water quality is also compared with CPCB water quality criteria, Class-
A (Drinking water source without conventional treatment but after Disinfection) and
Class-B (outdoor bathing (organized)). Though IS 2296-1982 has been withdrawn,
10.7
the analysed data has been compared with this standard, to have better
understanding about the nature of surface water bodies in the study area, as
CPCB water quality criteria, prescribes only few parameters.
pH values were in the range between 6.5 and 7.4 in the surface water samples
collected within the study area and found to be well within the range of 6.5 to
8.5.The calcium and magnesium concentrations were well within the permissible
limits. TDS concentrations were well within the tolerance limit of 1500 mg/L.
Turbidity, total alkalinity, nitrates, fluorides, chlorides, sulfates, and total hardness
concentrations at all the sampling locations observed to be within tolerance limits.
The concentration of arsenic (As), boron (B), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), mercury
(Hg), lead (Pb) and chromium (Cr) were found to be below their detection limits
at all the sampling locations. The concentrations of Iron (Fe) and Zinc (Zn) were
well within the tolerance limits.
In accordance with CPCB water quality criteria, parameters studied were pH, DO,
BOD and total coli forms. It may be observed that all the surface water samples
have DO values were found to be between 5.8 mg/L to 6.3 mg/L and BOD is below
its detection limit (BDL). In all the samples total coli forms and fecal coli forms
were present. The sample collected at the locations SW-1 fall under the category
Class-A (Drinking water source without conventional treatment but after
Disinfection), as for this sample total coli forms is observed to be below 50
MPN/100 mL, whereas other four samples fall under the category Class-B (outdoor
bathing (organized) as for these samples total coli forms is observed to be below
500 MPN/100 mL. The presence of coli forms indicates that the contamination
might be due to the runoff water with bacteria in soil or sewage. Fecal coli forms
might be due to animal droppings or human fecal contamination.
From the analytical results it can be observed that the surface water samples
collected from all the locations require suitable treatment (chlorination) to make
them potable.
Groundwater Quality
The groundwater samples analysis results were compared with IS:10500 desirable
and permissible limits, which are stipulated for water to be fit for drinking purpose
with ground water as source. The results along with the desirable limits of various
parameters as per the IS: 10500 standards are shown in the Table 8.4.
pH values were in the range between 6.5 and 7.2 in the groundwater samples
collected within the study area and found to be well within the range of 6.5 to 8.5.
The turbidity values were well within the desirable limits. The total alkalinity values
were well within the desirable limits of 200 mg/L. The TDS values were within the
desirable limits of 500 mg/L, The total hardness value in the sample were well
within the desirable limit of 300 mg/L. The chlorides concentrations were within
the desirable limits of 250 mg/L. The calcium concentration at all locations below
the desirable limits of 75 mg/L., Magnesium, Sulfates and Fluoride levels in the
10.8
samples were observed to be well within the desirable limits. The Nitrates
concentration in all the ground samples observed to be well within the desirable
limit of 45 mg/L. The concentrations of Phenolic compounds, mercury, cyanide,
anionic detergents and mineral oil were found to be below their detectable limits.
The concentration of arsenic (As), boron (B), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), mercury
(Hg), lead (Pb) chromium (Cr) and hexavalent chromium were found to be below
their detectable limits at all the sampling locations. The concentrations of iron (Fe)
and zinc (Zn) were well within desirable limits.
Fecal Coli forms and E.Coli were found to be less than 1.8 MPN/100 mL in all
groundwater samples collected in the study area. From the analytical results it can
be observed that that the groundwater from the collected locations is potable.
10.9
Table 10.2.3.1
Physico-Chemical characteristics of Surface Water samples collected within the study area
Sl. Parameters Unit Test Desirable CPCB Water quality criteria RESULT
No. Method Limits IS
2296-
1982
Class C Class A Class B Class C SW-1 SW-2 SW-3 SW-4 SW-5
1 pH - 4500-H+B 6.5-8.5 6.5-8.5 6.5-8.5 9-Jun 7.4 6.5 6.6 7.4 7.2
2 Temperature ºC 2550. B -- -- -- -- 25.1 25.1 25.1 25.1 25.1
3 Electrical Conductivity µmos/cm 2510-B -- -- -- -- 85 77 53 80 52
4 Dissolved Oxygen mg/L 4500-O.C 4 6 mg/l 5 mg/l or 4 mg/l 6.3 5.8 5.8 6.1 5.8
or more more or more
5 Turbidity NTU 2130. B -- -- -- -- 0.68 0.82 0.76 0.58 0.14
6 Colour Pt-co- 2120. B 300 -- -- -- 5 5 5 5 5
7 Odour TON 2150. B -- -- -- -- No No No No No
odour is odour is odour is odour is odour is
observed observed observed observed observed
8 Total Hardness as CaCO3 mg/L 2340. C -- -- -- -- 25 30 25 35 25
- -
9 Chlorides as Cl mg/L 4500-Cl .B 600 -- -- -- 4.7 7 11.7 4.7 4.7
10 Fluoride as F- mg/L 4500-F-.C 1.5 -- -- -- 0.2 0.23 0.21 0.21 0.22

o
11 Total Dissolved Solids at 180 C mg/L 2540.C 1500 -- -- -- 44 48 54 60 42
12 Calcium as Ca mg/L 3500-Ca.B -- -- -- -- 4 4 6 6 4
10.10
2296-
1982
13 Magnesium as Mg mg/L 3500-Mg.B -- -- -- -- 3.7 4.9 2.4 4.9 3.7
2-
14 Sulphates as SO4 mg/L 4500- 400 -- -- -- 2.42 2.1 2.1 3.25 2.18
2-
SO4 .E
-
15 Nitrates as NO3 mg/L PDA 50 -- -- -- 0.87 0.41 0.57 0.73 0.38
16 Nitrites as NO2- mg/L 4500-NO2- -- -- -- -- BDL 0.22 BDL BDL BDL
.B
17 Chemical Oxygen Demand mg/L 5220-D -- -- -- -- 9 10 8 7 8
18 Ammonical Nitrogen as NH3 mg/L 4500-NH3 BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
-C
19 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (3 days mg/L IS:3025 3 2 mg/l or 3 mg/l or 3 mg/l or BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
at 27°C) less less less
20 Mercury as Hg µg/L 3500-Hg.B -- -- -- -- BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
21 Total Phosphorous as P mg/L 4500-P.D -- -- -- -- BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL

22 Boron as B mg/L 4500-B.C -- -- -- -- BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
23 Free Ammonia mg/L 4500- -- -- -- -- BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
NH3.D
24 Sodium as Na mg/L 3500-Na.B -- -- -- -- 5.8 4.6 3.7 5.5 3.5
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2296-
1982
25 Potassium as K mg/L 3500-K.B -- -- -- -- 4.5 3.4 2.9 3 1.9
26 Sodium Absorption Ratio -- By -- -- -- -- 0.5 0.36 0.32 0.4 0.3
Calculation
27 Carbonates as CO3 mg/L 2320. B -- -- -- -- Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil

28 Bicarbonates mg/L 2320. B -- -- -- -- 25 30 35 46 30
29 Copper as Cu mg/L 3120-A 1.5 -- -- -- BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
30 Lead as Pb mg/L 3120-A 0.1 -- -- -- BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
31 Iron as Fe mg/L 3120-A 50 -- -- -- 0.36 0.2 0.18 0.24 0.62
32 Arsenic as As mg/L 3120-A 0.2 -- -- -- BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
33 Cadmium as Cd mg/L 3120-A -- -- -- -- BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
34 Chromium as Cr mg/L 3120-A -- -- -- -- BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
35 Nickel as Ni mg/L 3120-A -- -- -- -- BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
36 Zinc as Zn mg/L 3120-A 15 -- -- -- 0.05 0.07 0.03 0.03 0.14
37 Pesticides: α–BHC, β-BHC, γ- µg/L 6630. D -- -- -- -- ND ND ND ND ND
BHC, δ-BHC, o,p-DDT, p,p’ –
DDT, α - Endosulfan, β-
Endosulfan, Aldrin, Dieldrin
10.12
2296-
1982
2,4-D, Carboryl (Carbonate) Malathion Qualitative 6630. D -- -- -- -- ND ND ND ND ND
Methyl Parathion Anilophos,
Chloropyriphos
analysis
38 Total Coliform MPN/100 9221A & B 5000 50 or 500 or 5000 or 49 130 110 79 70
ml less less less
39 Fecal Coliform MPN/100 9221 E -- -- - 33 23 33 23 33
ml
40 E. Coli MPN/100 9221 F -- -- - <1.8 <1.8 <1.8 <1.8 <1.8
ml
NTU – Nephelometric Turbidity Unit;

BDL – Below Detection Limit, ND-Not Detected
Detection Limit – Nitrites – 0.01 mg/l: Ammonical Nitrogen – 5 mg/L; BOD – 2 mg/L; Mercury – 20 µg/L; Total Phosphorous – 0.02 mg/L; Boron – 0.05 mg/L;
Free Ammonia - 0.03 mg/L;
Copper – 0.02 mg/L; Lead – 0.04 mg/L; Arsenic –0.04 mg/L; Cadmium – 0.01 mg/L; Chromium – 0.03 mg/L; Nickel – 0.1 mg/L.
ND-Not Detected; Detection Limit – Pesticides – 0.1 ppm;
10.13
Table 10.2.3.2
Physico-Chemical characteristics of Ground Water samples collected within the study area
S.No. Parameters Unit Test Method IS: 10500 IS: 10500 RESULT
Desira- Permissi- GW-1 GW-2 GW-3 GW-4 GW-5
ble Limits ble
Limits
1. pH - 4500-H+B 6.5 to 8.5 No relaxation 6.7 6.5 7.2 6.9 6.5
2. Temperature ºC 2550. B -- -- 25.1 25.1 25.1 25.1 25.1
3. Dissolved Oxyzen mg/L 4500-O.C -- -- 3.7 3.5 4.2 4.3 4.1
4. Turbidity NTU 2130. B 5 10 0.08 0.06 0.06 0.04 0.08
5. Colour Pt-co- 2120. B 5 25 5 5 5 5 5
Odour TON 2150. B Unobjectionabl -- No No No No No
6. e odour is observed odour is observed odour is observed odour is observed odour is observed
7. Taste FTN 2160. B Agreeable -- No flavour is No flavour is No flavour is No flavour is No flavour is

observed observed observed observed observed
8. Total Hardness as CaCO3 mg/L 2340. C 300 600 95 50 75 191 35

- -
9. Chlorides as Cl mg/L 4500-Cl .B 250 1000 21 12 23 124 9.3
10. Residual free chlorine mg/L 4500-Cl-.B 0.2 -- BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
11. Fluoride as F- mg/L 4500-F-.C 1.0 1.5 0.21 0.22 0.21 0.2 0.22
12. Total Dissolved Solids at mg/L 2540.C 500 2000 124 80 120 282 58
o
180 C
13. Calcium as Ca mg/L 3500-Ca.B 75 200 20 10 12 40 8
14. Magnesium as Mg mg/L 3500-Mg.B 30 100 11 6.1 11 22 3.7
2- 2-
15. Sulphates as SO4 mg/L 4500-SO4 200 400 4.8 1.9 4.4 1.9 2.2
.E
10.14
ble Limits ble
Limits
- -
16. Nitrates as NO3 mg/L 4500-NO3 .B 45 100 14.4 9.5 16 11 6.7
17. Nitrites as NO2- mg/L 4500-NO2-.B -- -- 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01
18. Phenolic compounds as mg/L 5530-D 0.001 0.002 BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
C6H5OH
19. Mercury as Hg µg/L 3500-Hg.B 0.001 No relaxation BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
- No relaxation
20. Cyanide as CN- mg/L 4500-CN .F 0.05 BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
+6
21. Hexavalent Chromium as mg/L 3500-Cr .B 0.05 No relaxation BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
Cr+6
22. Anionic Detergents mg/L IS:13428 0.2 1.0 <0.2 <0.2 <0.2 0.2 <0.2
23. Mineral Oil mg/L IS:3025 0.01 0.03 Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent
(part 39)
24. Total Alkalinity as CaCO3 mg/L 2320. B 200 600 86 46 51 91 30
25. Boron as B mg/L 4500-B.C 1 5 BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
26. Ortho Phosphates mg/L 4500-P.D -- -- BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
27. Sodium as Na mg/L 3500-Na. B -- -- 7.7 6.0 9.8 23 4.0
28. Potassium as K mg/L 3500-K. B -- -- 1.6 1.8 5.3 1.8 1.3
29. Chemical Oxygen Demand mg/L 5220-D -- -- 5 9 8 7 6
30. Carbonates as CO3 mg/L 2320. B -- -- Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
31. Bicarbonates mg/L 2320. B -- -- 86 46 51 91 30
32. Iron as Fe mg/L 3120-A 0.3 1.0 0.1 BDL 0.13 BDL 0.15
10.15
ble Limits ble
Limits
33. Copper as Cu mg/L 3120-A 0.05 1.5 BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
34. Manganese as Mn mg/L 3120-A 0.1 0.3 BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
35. Cadmium as Cd mg/L 3120-A 0.01 No relaxation BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
36. Selenium as Se mg/L 3120-A 0.01 No relaxation BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
37. Arsenic as As mg/L 3120-A 0.05 No relaxation BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
38. Lead as Pb mg/L 3120-A 0.05 No relaxation BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
39. Zinc as Zn mg/L 3120-A 5 15 BDL BDL 0.02 BDL 0.02
40. Aluminum as Al mg/L 3120-A 0.03 0.2 BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
41. Total Chromium as Cr mg/L 3120-A -- -- BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
42. Nickel as Ni mg/L 3120-A -- -- BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL
43. Polyaromatic µg/L 6440.C -- -- ND ND ND ND ND
Hydrocarbons (PAH’s):
Acenaphthene,
Acenaphthylene,
Anthracene, B(a)A, B(a)P,
B(b)F, B(k)F, Pyrene,
Dibenz(a,h) anthracene,
Fluoranthene, Fluorene,
Indeno(1,2,3-(d) Pyrene,
Naphthalene, Phenanthrene,
Pyrene,
1. Methyl
Naphthalene
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ble Limits ble
Limits
2. Methyl
Naphthalene
44. Pesticides: α–BHC, β- µg/L 6630. D Absent 0.001 ND ND ND ND ND
BHC, γ-BHC, δ-BHC, o,p-
DDT, p,p’ –DDT, α-
Endosulfan, β-
Endosulfan, Aldrin,
Dieldrin
2,4-D, Carboryl (Carbonate) Qualitative 6630. D Absent 0.001 ND ND ND ND ND
Malathion Methyl Parathion analysis
Anilophos, Chloropyriphos
45. Total Coliform MPN/100 9221A & B -- -- <1.8 <1.8 <1.8 <1.8 <1.8
ml
46. Fecal Coliform MPN/100 9221 E -- -- <1.8 <1.8 <1.8 <1.8 <1.8
ml
47. E. Coli MPN/100 9221 F -- -- <1.8 <1.8 <1.8 <1.8 <1.8
ml
NTU – Nephelometric Turbidity Unit; TON – Threshold Odour Number; FTN – Flavor Threshold Number; BDL – Below Detection Limit,
Detection Limit – Residual free chlorine – 1 mg/L; Phenols – 0.1 mg/L; Mercury – 20 µg/L; Cyanide – 0.05 mg/L ;
Hex. Chromium – 0.05 mg/L; Boron – 0.05 mg/L;
Phosphates – 0.02 mg/L; Iron – 0.02 mg/L; Copper – 0.02 mg/L; Manganese – 0.01 mg/L; Cadmium – 0.01 mg/L; Selenium – 0.04 mg/L; Arsenic –0.04 mg/L;
Lead – 0.04 mg/L; Zinc – 0.01 mg/L; Aluminum – 0.05 mg/L; Chromium – 0.03 mg/L; Nickel – 0.03 mg/L; ND-Not Detected;
Detection Limit – PAHs – 1 ppm; Pesticides– 0.1 ppm;
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10.2.3 Noise levels in the project area

Ambient noise level monitoring was carried out at 6 locations in the study area of
the project to assess the present noise levels. The summary of noise level data is
presented in Table No.10.2.4.1. The noise levels in terms of Leq (Day) and Leq
(Night) at all villages are slightly above the stipulated limits which may be due to
vehicular movement and other local activities.
Table 10.2.4.1 Summery of Noise level data generated during summer 2012
Day time Night time
Name of the Limits in dB(A) noise levels in noise levels in
S.No station dB(A) dB(A)
with code Day Night
Day Leq Night Leq
time time
1. Jhaleri (CN1) 75 65 46.7 35.6
2. Bajowdi (BN1) 55 45 50.1 41.4
Bhaisabuda
3. 55 45 45.0 34.0
(BN2)
4. Dongari (BN3) 55 45 50.8 40.2
Balayatola
5. 55 45 48.7 41.3
(BN4)
6. Aamdand(BN5) 55 45 49.6 40.6
From the data generated it is seen that the noise levels in terms of Leq (day) and
Leq (night) are well within the standards stipulated at all the locations.
10.3. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS & MITIGATION MEASURES

In order to maintain ecological balance and to reduce the impacts due to the
proposed Suliyari Belwar, an attempt has been made to integrate environmental
protection measures with the process of mine development.
Site Preparation
The environmental impacts during the clearing or cleaning will be temporary,
localised and negligible. Water spraying at appropriate locations will be provided
during construction of civil structures, for dust suppression, thus reducing the
impacts.
10.3.1. Air Environment

Mining activities will generate fugitive dust during drilling, blasting, loading and
transportation operations. The impact on air quality will however be confined more
or less to the project area.
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Study of base line status of air quality in and around the project site indicates that
the pollution levels are well within the limits prescribed for industrial and residential
category. However, the concentration of PM10 and PM2.5 may marginally increase,
after commencement of mining operations in the proposed project, in comparison
to the background levels. It is anticipated that with the implementation of effective
control measures in the proposed project, there will not be any significant impact
with respect to these parameters.
Fugitive Dust Control

While complete elimination of dust due to mining operations may not be possible,
the following measures will be taken to mitigate the fugitive dust from different
operations:
¾ To avoid the dust generation from the drilling operations, wet-drilling will be
adopted.
¾ Use of appropriate explosives for blasting and avoiding overcharging of blast
holes.
¾ The volume of dust rising from dumps by the action of wind will be controlled
significantly by planting grasses on slopes and plants on dumps soon after
their formation.
¾ Haul roads will be major source of dust in the opencast mines. To overcome
the problems of dust generation from mine haul roads, the following steps
would be taken.
• Black topping of permanent roads like routes to coal handling plant,
permanent internal roads etc.,
• Water spraying on haul roads and permanent transport routes at
required frequencies. Provision has been made for procurement of five
water sprinklers for this purpose.
• Avenue plantation along roads.
¾ Taking up plantation around the quarry and OB dumps in three rows, which
will serve as a barrier to prevent the dispersion of dust.
¾ Effective dust suppression measures will be taken up at pit head coal
handling plant (CHP). The crusher house will be enclosed to the extent
possible and dust suppression arrangement will be provided at suitable
locations in the CHP. All conveyors, screens, crusher etc. will be provided
with covers to avoid fugitive dust during operation. Some of the measures
proposed to be adopted at CHP in order to control dust emission include:
• Height of fall to be minimized at all coal transfer points.
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• Internal lining of chutes and bins will be done to take care of abrasion &
dust
• Continuous water spraying arrangements will be made for dust
suppression
¾ The exhaust emissions from HEMM containing CO, SO2 & NOx will be
controlled by strictly adhering to the scheduled maintenance that includes
periodical tuning of engines.
10.3.2. Water Environment

Mining activities may cause adverse impacts due to pumping of mine water,
siltation due to storm water, contaminated water from workshops and domestic
wastewater. An impact due to soil erosion during monsoon periods is also
significant in nature.
Water requirement and wastewater generation

The copy of Hydro geological report is enclosed as Annexure-11.
Water pollution prevention measures

Some of the control measures proposed for controlling water pollution in the
proposed OCP are as follows:
1. Creation of water storage areas in the quarry for settlement of suspended solids
before pumping water out of the mine.
2. Provision of effluent treatment plant with oil and grease traps in HEMM
workshop for removal of TSS and Oil and Grease from vehicle wash effluent
and its subsequent recycling. Treated water will be used for dust suppression
and for raising plantation within the workshop premises.
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3. Similarly, water running through dumps is expected to get mixed with loose
overburden and associated material. Garland drains, check dams and
sedimentation tanks will be constructed around the OB dump and the lease
area to reduce soil erosion and arrest suspended solids before discharging the
run-off water into the natural water regime as well as to prevent storm water
from entering the lease area. Besides, the dump slopes shall be formed with
suitable inclination (overall slope 25.64 degrees) so that the water falling over
the dump will gravitate down without causing soil erosion. Regular cleaning of
drains will be done for de-silting the same. Reclaimed / Back filled area will be
properly graded and kept slightly sloping against mine workings so that water
does not flow into the mine workings.
4. One Sewage Treatment Plant is proposed for treating domestic wastewater
generated from colony. Establishing septic tanks followed by soak pits for
treating domestic wastewater generated from the mine office.
5. The mine discharge, after passing through sedimentation tanks for removal of
suspended solids will be used for dust suppression, greenbelt development,
etc. and excess water will be let out into nearby streams.
6. To avoid the flow of surface water towards and into the quarry, suitable
precautionary measure like diverting seasonal nallahs will be taken.
10.3.3. Noise Environment

The following are the major noise generating sources from the proposed activity.
¾ Heavy Earth Moving Machinery

¾ Blasting operation and
¾ Plying of vehicles including transportation of coal.
Noise levels in mine premises will be kept within the occupational noise exposure
limit as prescribed by DGMS. The following strategy is adopted for controlling
undesirable noise:
¾ Prevention at source
¾ Isolation of source
¾ Administrative control
Some general precautions that are proposed to be taken for noise reduction which
includes:
¾ Creation of green belts of dense foliage in three rows between mine areas
and residential colonies which will act as noise attenuator.
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¾ Proper maintenance of machinery (including transport vehicles) including
fine tuning of engines to reduce noise.
¾ Protective devices like acoustic wool, earplugs and earmuffs will be
provided to the workers working in HEMM where noise levels are above 90
dB (A).
¾ Controlled blasting techniques using milli-second delay detonators & relays
will be adopted in this project for minimizing noise and blast vibrations.
¾ Sound and dust proof cabins will be provided in the machines like dozers,
shovels, dumpers and feeder breakers at CHP etc.
With the above noise abatement measures, it is expected that the noise levels will
be maintained in compliance to the prescribed limits.
10.3.4. Blasting Vibrations & Control Measures
Blasting in mining areas may give rise to ground vibrations which may cause
damage to nearby structures. Fly rock is another problem that deserves attention.
DGMS circular No.7 dated. 29.8.1997 stipulates permissible standards for blast
induced ground vibrations. Based on the ground vibration studies made earlier
proper care will be taken during blasting operations.
The following precautions will be taken up for controlling ground vibrations at the
site.
¾ Controlled blasting technique will be adopted in this project for reducing
blast vibrations substantially. The experience gained in other OC mines
would be gainfully utilised to keep the peak particle velocity much less
than 10 mm/sec.
¾ Further, charge per delay shall be regulated to minimise blast vibrations.
¾ Optimum delay sequence and stem to column ratio will be maintained to
minimise the fly rock distance and ground vibration intensity.
¾ Basing on the distance of the nearest sensitive areas from the epicenter of
the blast, charge weight will be altered to meet the stipulated standards.
¾ Design of optimum blast hole geometry considering bench height,
diameter of hole, type of explosive, nature of rock, level of fragmentation
required etc.
¾ Divide total charge / blast in several parts so as to keep minimum
explosive per delay i.e. use of milli-second delay detonators & relays.
¾ Avoid concentration of explosive by using deck charging.
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Fly Rock
There are a large number of factors that influence fly rocks. Most important of
these factors are long explosive columns with little stemming at the mouth of the
hole, irregular shape of face, long water column in holes, loose stones on face of
the surface blasting area, and strong wind. However, certain preventive measures
will be taken to minimise the risks arising from flying fragments. These are:
¾ Marking of danger zone: The area falling within 500 m of the blasting
area will be marked off as danger zone with red flags, or other appropriate
signs, and entry of any unauthorized person into this zone will be
prohibited during blasting operation.
¾ Warning signals: An audible warning signal will be given, fifteen minutes
before actual firing of blast to enable persons to move out of danger zone.
For this purpose, a set of sirens / hooters will be provided at appropriate
places.
¾ Providing blasting shelters: In order to protect the personnel engaged in
blasting operations, blasting shelters will be provided in close proximity to
the site of blasting for taking shelter during blasting.
Measures against air over pressure
Dust and noise problems are commonly encountered during blasting operations
the release of explosive energy through air and movement of fragmented rocks are
primary causes for noise, dust and air over pressure during blasting.
Adoption of following measures while carrying out blasting operation will help in
reducing the intensity of air blasts and will also minimise the noise level associated
with blasting. The measures suggested are:
• Avoiding overcharging of blast holes

• Adequate stemming
• Maintaining proper inter-hole & inter-row delays.
• Avoiding secondary blasting by using rock breakers.
10.3.5. Land Management

As the opencast mining will alter the land use pattern in the lease area, reclamation
will be done with the following objectives.
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¾ To minimise the adverse affects.
¾ To bring the excavated land area to its pre-mining status as far as
practicable.
¾ To improve the landscape in general.
The following measures are proposed to be undertaken in the proposed project to

minimize land degradation.
¾ Plantation on the over burden dumps.

¾ Plantation along the boundary of the lease area so as to minimise the
visual impact.
¾ Top soil excavated from the site will be dumped separately at
predetermined place for spreading subsequently on external dumps and
backfilled areas for plantation.
¾ Back filling of the mine pits concurrently with the mining operations (land
reclamation).
10.4. Solid Waste Management

The proposed Suliyari Belwar Opencast Project (Phase-I) is planned for a rated
coal production capacity of 6.0 MTPA. Solid waste mainly consists of overburden
material obtained during mining operations at different stages and a negligible
quantity of shale / rejects separated from the excavated coal. During the process of
coal extraction overlying strata consisting of topsoil and sedimentary rock formation
will be removed separately as overburden.
It is proposed to remove total 604.03 Million Cum. of overburden material during

entire life of the project which consists of 599.98 Million Cum of hard OB and 4.05
Million Cum. of top soil. The peak annual overburden removal is estimated to be
about 47.37 M.Cum per annum from 8th to 16th year of coal production.
indicated below:
Sl. Dump Yard Area Hard OB Top Soil Total OB

No. (Ha) (M.Cum) (M.Cum) (M.Cum)
1 Internal dump yard 551.87 599.98 4.05 604.03
Only 100% of overburden produced during the project life is deposited in the
internal dump yard. But 5%of total OB is re-handled during project life due to non
availability of external dump area. At the end of the project life, void of 195.29
M.Cum will be left.
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10.4.1. Stage Wise Land Reclamation
Stage-wise reclamation programme has been formulated for the proposed Suliyari
Belwar OCP. The stage-wise reclamation programme including greenbelt
development in the proposed OCP at the end of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 10th, years
and final stage is explained hereunder.
Stage - I (end of 1st year coal production )
During 1 st year of the project, about 1.54 M.Cum. of coal will be extracted. Total
18.97 M.Cum. of overburden will be removed during the year, out of which 18.63
M.Cum. is hard OB and 0.34 M.Cum. is top soil. Out of total hard OB generated,
1.47 M.Cum will be dumped in internal dump below ground level and 17.16 M.Cum
will be dumped in temporary external dump yard located on quarry area. Top soil
generated 0.34 M.Cum. will be stored temporarily at top soil dump yard.
During 1st year, 13.35 Ha of area of temporary external dump will be dibbled with
seeds and 123.12 Ha of area other than over burden dump will be planted leaving
build up area.
Stage - II (end of 2nd year coal production )
At the end of 2nd year of the project cumulatively about 4.64 M.Cum. of coal will be
extracted. Total 47.87 M.Cum. of overburden will be removed during the year, out
of which 47.10 M.Cum. is hard OB and 0.77 M.Cum. is top soil. Out of total hard
OB generated, 17.73 M.Cum will be dumped in internal dump and 29.37 M.Cum
will be dumped in temporary external dump yard located on quarry area. Top soil
generated 0.77 M.Cum. will be stored temporarily at top soil dump yard.
During 2nd year, 11.09 Ha of area of temporary external dump will be dibbled with
seeds. There will not be any tree plantation in this year. The progressive plantation
at the end of 2nd year will be 24.44 Ha of seed dibbling on temporary external dump
and plantation will be 123.12 Ha of area other than over burden dump.
Stage - III (end of 3rd year coal production)
At the end of 3rd year, cumulatively 7.84 M.Cum. of coal will be extracted and total
82.01 M.Cum. of overburden will be removed, out of which 80.74 M.Cum. is hard
OB and 1.27 M.Cum. is top soil. Out of total hard OB generated till the end of 3rd
year, 51.37 M.Cum will be dumped in internal dump and 29.37 M.Cum will be
dumped in external dump. Top soil to an extent of total 1.27 M.Cum. will be stored
temporarily at top soil dump yard.
During 3rd year, 8.51 Ha of area of temporary external dump will be dibbled with
seeds and 30.88 Ha of area on internal over burden dump will be planted. The
progressive plantation area at the end of 3rd year will be 32.95 Ha of seed dibbling
on temporary external dump and plantation will be 154.00 Ha.
Stage – IV (end of 4th year coal production )
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th
At the end of 4 year, cumulatively 11.03 M.Cum. of coal will be extracted and total
112.80 M.Cum. of overburden will be removed, out of which 111.10 M.Cum. is hard
OB and 1.70 M.Cum. is top soil. Out of total hard OB generated till the end of 4th
year, 81.73 M.Cum will be dumped in internal dump and 29.37 M.Cum will be
dumped in external dump. Top soil to an extent of total1.70 M.Cum. will be stored
temporarily at top soil dump yard.
From 4th year onwards there will not be any seed dibbling. 16.80 Ha of area on
internal over burden dump will be planted. The progressive plantation area at the
end of 4th year will be 32.95 Ha of seed dibbling on temporary external dump and
plantation will be 170.80 Ha.
Stage – V (end of 5th year of coal production )
At the end of 5th year, cumulatively 14.82 M.Cum. of coal will be extracted and
total 157.78 M.Cum. of overburden will be removed, out of which 155.74 M.Cum. is
hard OB and 2.04 M.Cum. is top soil. Out of total hard OB generated till the end of
5th year, 125.37 M.Cum will be dumped in internal dump and 30.37 M.Cum will be
dumped in external dump. Top soil to an extent of total 2.04 M.Cum. will be
temporarily stored at top soil dump yard.
During 5th year, plantation will be carried out over an area of 13.93 Ha. The
progressive plantation area at the end of 5th year will be 184.72 Ha and seed
dibbling will be 32.95
Stage - VI (at the end of 10th year of coal production)
At the end of 10th year, cumulatively 30.39 M.Cum. of coal will be extracted and
total 395.22 M.Cum. of overburden will be removed, out of which 391.66 M.Cum. is
hard OB and 3.55 M.Cum. is top soil. Hard OB generated till the end of 10th year,
will be dumped in internal dump including lifting of 30.37 M.Cum Top soil to an
extent of 1.51M.Cum. will be generated during this period. The total top soil 3.55
M.Cum(1.51 M.Cum + 2.04 Stored in temporary top soil yard) will be spread over
internal dump before undertaking plantation activity.
During 6th year to 10th year, plantation will be carried out over an area of 153.47
Ha. The progressive plantation area at the end of 10th year will be 338.20 Ha and
the temporary external dump will be re-handled during this period.
Stage - VII (final stage)
Coal production till the end of 15th year will be 46.10 M.Cum. The cumulative OB
removal during this period will be 604.03 M.Cum. of OB, out of which 599.98
M.Cum. is hard OB and 4.05 M.Cum. is top soil. Out of total hard OB generated till
the end of 15th year, 599.98 M.Cum will be dumped in internal dump. Top soil to
an extent of total 0.50 M.Cum generated will be spread over internal dump before
undertaking plantation activity.
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During 11th year to 15th year, plantation will be carried out over an area of 183.75
Ha. The progressive plantation area at the end of 15th year will be 521.95 Ha.
10.4.2. End Land Use Plan
The land required for the project will be initially put in use for quarry, OB dumping,
pit head infrastructure, approach roads, etc. but the same will be reclaimed to
economic / social use.
The details of land in Post Mining scenario will be as follows:
Sl.
Description Void Public Other
No Plantation Total
area Use Uses
1 Excavation Area
(b) Void area left -- 409.03 -- -- 409.03
Afforestation other
2 123.12 -- 123.11
than dumps
Built up area /
4 77.79 77.79
Infrastructure
TOTAL 521.95 409.03 -- 150.01 1080.99
All areas affected by mining activities (building sites, tailings ponds, sedimentation
tanks, OB dump etc.) will be re vegetated to control erosion and restore the site’s
natural condition. It is proposed to re-vegetate 521.95 Ha. at the end of mining
operations.
Native species with economic value will be planted on the reclaimed area after
topsoil carpeting, which also helps in controlling soil erosion caused by rain and
wind. Extensive plantation will be taken up over the back filled area, along the haul
roads, approach roads and along the quarry boundary.
Prior to the commissioning of the project, the area is drained by seasonal nallahs,
which will be diverted in a systematic manner so that the regional hydrology is not
disturbed.
The quarry area will be surrounded by garland drains with intermediate settling
provision so that only clear water is discharged into the natural water body. The
mine seepage water will be pumped out & discharged into settling tanks where the
coal fines will be settled and only clear water will be discharged into the water
body. The area where the mine dewatering ponds are established will be restored
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and leveled and the site re vegetated, so as to establish the natural drainage of the
area.
The void left over in an area of 195.29 M.Cum will be used for dumping of over
burden generated from Suliyari Belwar opencast Phase- II Project.
10.5. SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

As per the data collected during base line survey, about 1341 families are
considered as project affected people [PAFs]. Sons and brothers who have 18
years were considered as PAPs in light of existing R&R policy of M.P Govt. The
mining activities in the coal block requires evacuation of PAFs from the coal-block
and it is proposed to develop R&R Colony at Khanuwa Naya Tola as has been
suggested by most of the villagers for their resettlement. About 122 hectares of
land is requisitioned for R&R Colony.
Definitely the mining activity will provide good employment opportunities to the
PAPs and up lift their economic status & improve their standard of living.
No significant changes have been visualized in the traditional way of life and
occupation of the local people in coal mining areas. The local people are rather
benefited due to the provision of more infrastructure facilities provided by the
management.
The proposed mining activity at Suliyari Belwar can have beneficial impact on
socio-economic front due to establishment of coal based and other ancillary
industries. During construction phase, work force requirements will be met from the
local area there by providing employment opportunities to the locals. Total indirect
employment potential due to the handling operations and ancillary units, suppliers,
contractors are expected to provide job opportunities to several people in the
region.
The occupational pattern of the people will also change for the better and support
services will create further employment and growth opportunities.
Seven villages situated over/near the quarry area. About 1341 families are to be
rehabilitated. The total cost of R&R Package is estimated at Rs 203.50 crores
including package against employment.
10.6. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
The Environmental Management Committee (EMC) will look after all the
environment related activities in the Area. Further, an EMC would be constituted at
the project level which will be responsible for regular environmental quality
monitoring, proper running of effluent treatment plant and liaison with regulatory
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bodies like APPCB and CPCB. The Committee will be headed by Project Officer /
Manager and will be assisted by supporting staff and workmen.
Functions of EMC:
¾ To monitor implementation of the approved EMP.

¾ To monitor compliance of environmental regulations.
¾ Continual improvement in environmental performance.
¾ To follow proper documentation and monitoring procedures, for developing
better environmental management systems at the mine.
¾ To ensure systematic and routine housekeeping to reduce generation of
pollutants inside the mine.
¾ To develop and maintain green belt in and around the mine.
¾ To keep up with regulatory requirements and arrange for the necessary
certificates or consents viz., the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act and
the Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act.
¾ To conduct yearly environmental monitoring and submit the statement to
MPPCB.
10.7. Monitoring schedule of Environmental Components
The Parameters to be monitored and the frequency of monitoring during post

project operation is furnished here under
Sl. No Description of Activity Frequency of Monitoring

1. Micro-Meteorological Studies Continuous monitoring of meteorological
(MMS) for five parameters parameters using automatic weather
station on daily basis.
2. Air Quality Monitoring for four 24-hourly sampling once in a fortnight

parameters as per GSR-742
(E), dt. 25.09.2000 and GSR-
826 (E), dt. 16.11.2009
3. Water Quality Monitoring
a) Effluents for four parameters Once in a fortnight
as per GSR-742 (E), dt.
25.09.2000
b) Surface water samples as Once in three months
per CPCB Norms
c) Ground water samples as per Once in three months
IS-10500
d)Hospital effluents for six Once in three months
parameters
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Sl. No Description of Activity Frequency of Monitoring
e)Effluents for all parameters as Once in a year
per GSR 801(E), dt. 31.12.1993
4. Noise level monitoring as per Once in a fortnight, using integrating
GSR-742 (E), dt. 25.09.2000 sound level meter
and MoEF standards
5. Exhaust Emission monitoring Once in six months
for HEMM as per CPCB
guidelines
6. Heavy metals in Coal and Once in six months for particulate matter
particulate matter as per MoEF and coal samples
requirements
7. Phreatic surface levels Four times in a year i.e., pre-monsoon,
monsoon , post-monsoon and winter
seasons
8. Land use pattern Land use pattern using satellite imagery
once in three years
9. Plantation Plantation will be done as per the
reclamation programme envisaged in
EIA/EMP
10.8. FUND PROVISION FOR EMP IMPLEMENTATION

Apart from the different development activities, APMDC has planned to take up
activities pertain to different environmental attributes.
The total direct cost for the environmental management activities for the project
has been worked out to be Rs 523 Lakhs. The fund provision made for other
environmental related works as indirect cost is Rs 3281.88 lakhs.
The annual revenue expenditure for implementation of environmental management

plan in the proposed Project is estimated at Rs 1048.36 lakhs per annum and
amounts to Rs 20.97 per tonne of coal produced.
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CHAPTER-11
MINE CLOSURE PLAN
11.1 INTRODUCTION
The Mine Closure Plan is prepared based on the guidelines issued by the ministry
of coal vide letter no. 55011-01-2009- CPAM dated 25th April, 2012.
The Mine closure plan will have two components viz. i) Progressive or concurrent
Mine Closure Plan and ii) Final Mine Closure Plan. Progressive Mine Closure Plan
would include land reclamation, various activities to be done continuously and
sequentially during the entire period of the mining operations, whereas the Final
Mine Closure activities would start towards the end of mine life and may continue
even after the reserves are exhausted and / or mining is discontinued till the mining
area is restored to an acceptable level to create a self sustained ecosystem.
Mine closure planning needs to be carried out before the commencement of mine
operations and requires periodic reviewing and modification, if needed, during its
life cycle to ensure safety and to cope up with social & environmental challenges.
Various objectives of the mine closure planning are as follows:
a. To allow sustainable and productive after-use of the site which is acceptable

to the mine owner and the regulatory authorities.
b. To eliminate environmental damage and thereby encourage environmental

sustainability
c. To protect the flora and fauna of the area.
d. To protect public health and safety.
e. To minimize adverse socio-economic impacts.
Various agencies affected due to mine closure need to be identified and they can
be as follows:
The Company : Management, Employees and Agencies.
The Community : All stake holders such as, Local business and
service providers, landholders, Neighbors and
nearby residents, local Government and NGOs.
The State : The State Government, the Central Government and
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Government agencies.
There is need for regular consultations between the agencies to evolve the role of
the agencies and their involvement in the process.
i) Name of the lessee: The lessee is a Public Sector Company(APMDC) with full
participation of Govt. of Andhra pradesh. The Suliyari Belwar Coal Block was
allotted to the company for their captive use.
Lessee : M/s Andhra pradesh Mineral Development

Corporation Limited,
Loaction/ Villages :Jhaleri,Belwar,Majholipath,Aamdand,
Amraikoh and seerswah
District : Singrauli
State : Madhya Pradesh
ii) Lease area: Mining lease area is 832.85 Ha.
iii) Location: Suliyari Belwar Coal block is located between North latitude 230 55’
28” and 230 58’15” and East longitude 820 18’52” and 820 20’58” and is falling
in Survey of India Topo sheet No: 64 I/5. The project is located in the villages
Aamdand, Amraikoh, Belwar, Dongri, Jheleri, Majholipath and Seerswah of
Waudhan Tehsil of Singrauli District, Madhya Pradesh.
11.2 Land Use Pattern
The total area of 1080.99Ha covering nine villages of Waidhan Tehsil of Singrauli
district. Detailed breakup of land use pattern in core zone is as given in the
following table:
Sl. No Description Area in Ha.
1 Forest land Nil
2 Agricultural land
Single crop 619.08
Double Crop 379.54
4 Waste land 12.00
Total 1080.99
Land use pattern of 10 Km radius from proposed mine has been assessed.
Detailed breakup of land use pattern in buffer zone (10Km radius) is as given in the
following table:
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Sl.No. Description Area in Ha. % of Usage

1 Double Crop 1065.97 2.51
2 Single Crop 12073.91 28.43
3 Fallow Land 1847.31 4.35
4 Agriculture Plantation 3.65 0.01
5 Dense Forest 2782.14 6.55
6 Open Forest 12208.75 28.74
7 Degraded Forest 3214.01 7.57
8 Forest Plantation 184.23 0.43
9 Forest Blank 5662.41 13.33
10 Barren Rocky 121.55 0.29
11 Industry 193.94 0.46
12 Land with or without scrub 1590.72 3.75
13 Built up Land 339.67 0.80
14 River / Water body 1184.40 2.79
Total Area 42472.66 100.00
The above table indicates that about 9.6% of the total area is occupied by
unirrigated agricultural land while irrigated agricultural land is only 30.9%. Out of
the total area 56.6% area is under reserved/protected forest.
11.2.1 Land requirement
The land requirement for the project is as follows:

Quarry Area 0.00 433.48 374.38 807.86
0.00 78.91 86.91 165.82
Roads
Service Buildings & CHP 0.00 26.82 0.99 27.81
Railway siding 0.00 6.53 0.75 7.28
Nala diversion 0.00 22.15 50.07 72.22
TOTAL LAND
0.00 567.88 513.11 1080.99
REQUIREMENT
Total land required for this project is 1080.99 Ha. Out of the above, 567.88 Ha of
land is Private Land, 513.11Ha land is Government land and Forest land is zero.
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11.3 Method of Mining & Coal Processing
The Geo-mining characteristics of all the seams coupled with their considerable
thickness and the potentiality of thin seams makes them ideally suited for
exploitation of the coal block by opencast method. It has, therefore, been
envisaged to mine the entire property by opencast method. Opencast method will
also lead to high rate of recovery.
Since coal (ROM) is directly used as solid fuel by industries, no beneficiation is

proposed
11.4. Reasons for Closure
The mine will be closed after exhaustion of economically recoverable coal in the
leasehold area. The mine may be closed on account of other unforeseen reasons
i.e., Force majeure or government directions etc for which information and notice
shall be sent to concerned Government authorities and departments.
The proposed mine could be closed due to any one or many or all of the following
reasons-
• Exhaustion of the deposit
• Policies of Government
• Force majeure conditions
• Directives of statutory organization or Court etc.,
11.5 Statutory obligations

The statutory obligations as specified by MoC/MoEF/DGMS etc. will be complied
with.
The status of statutory clearances of the project are summarized and furnished
below,
Sl. Subject Status
No.
1. Environmental Terms of reference(TOR) is approved by MOEF in
Clearance sep’2012. Base line data of Environmental
parameters of one season is computed. Draft EIA
/EMP report is submitted to MP pollution control
Board. Environmental public hearing has been
completed june-2013.The file is submitted to
MOEF for Environmental Clearance.
2. Ground Water Hydro geological study was completed and
Clarence application was submitted to Director, Central
Ground Water Department
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3. Wild Life Application was submitted to Chief ward (Wild Life
Conservation MP) and Impact Assessment study is being
Plan carried out by Expert Agency.
4. Mining Lease Submitted application for Mining Lease in
Oct’2012 and the file is sent for prior approval
from Govt. of India.
5. Magazine Application will be submitted to Controller of
License and Explosives after approval of Mining Plan.
permission to
use explosives
6. Railway transport Application submitted to concerned Railway
Clearance authorities through RITES in March-2012.
11.6 Closure Plan preparation
Closure planning is a life-time-of-mine exercise that begins with the

commencement of mining operations and continues till post closure. The dynamic
nature of closure planning requires regular and critical review to reflect changing
circumstances as a result of any operational change, new regulation or new
technology and remain flexible enough to cope with unexpected events.
11.7 Mine Description
11.7.1 Physiography & Drainage of the block (Core zone)

northern and southern part of the block are occupied by hillocks of the elevation up
to 500 m above MSL. In general the elevation of ground varies from 441.07 m as
observed in borehole MS-2 to 499.23 m in borehole MS-37 located in the south-
western and northern parts of the block respectively.
The block shows dendritic to sub-dendritic drainage pattern. The drainage of the
block is mainly controlled by westerly flowing Hardul Nala which traverses the
block, in the north-western part and passes throughout the block beyond south-
western part of the block. Many small seasonal Nalas drained into Hardul Nala.
Topo plan showing the topography of the block, surrounding areas, drainage and
other surface features are enclosed.
11.8 Geology
The Singrauli coalfield is the northern-most part of the Son-Mahanadi Master
Basin, stretching over an area of 2200 Sq.km. The Suliyari-Belwar Coal block
located in the Main basin of Singrauli Coalfield.The Suliyari-Belwar Coal block
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spread over a total 12.98 Sq Km area is located at about 75 km south-west of
Singrauli Township, the district Headquarter, where as it is 45 km south-west of
Waidhan Township, the Tehsil Headquarter.
The Singrauli Gondwana basin is composed of two tectono-sedimentary domains;

the Moher sub basin in the east and the main basin in the west. These two basins
are separated by a north-south trending elongated basement high, which is
blanketed by shallow superficial cover of basal Barakar strata. These two sub-
basinal structures show distinct patterns of sedimentation as well as structural
peculiarities of their own. Moher sub basin shows a broad basinal structure with
uneven undulations on its limbs. The western part of Singrauli main basin presents
a panorama of Lower and Upper Gondwana rocks. The most prominent structural
feature of the coalfield is northern boundary fault, which is indicated by brecciated
zone with pegmatite intrusions. This fault could be traced all along strike from
Majhauli village in the east to Marwas village in the west.
Detailed exploration in Suliyari-Belwar Coal Block has revealed the presence of 23

coal seams/sections. These seams in descending order are Seam R-II, Seam R-I,
Seam VIII, Seam Local-III, Seam VII Top, Seam VII Middle(Upper),Seam VII
Middle Lower (Top),Seam VII Middle Lower(Bot.),Seam VII Middle Lower, Seam
VII Middle (Merged), Seam VII Bottom (Upper),Seam VII Bottom(Lower),Seam VII
Bottom, Seam Local-II(Top), Seam Local-II(Bot.), Seam Local-II,Seam VI, Seam
Local-I, Seam-V, Seam-IV, Seam-III,Seam-II and Seam-I. A Chapter explaining the
details of Stratigraphic Succession of Suliyari Belwar Coal Block, coal seams,
structure of the deposit and other geological details are enclosed as Chapter-2.
11.8.1 Reserves
The Geological, Mineable and Extractable Reserves of Suliyari Belwar Opencast
Project (Phase-I) considered for extraction are given in 4.2 of chapter-4.
11.9 Production Capacity and Life of the Mine
The proposed Suliyari Belwar Opencast project (Phase-I) is designed with an

installed capacity of 6.00 MTPA. The total extractable coal reserves are 71.81 Mt
and OB to be removed 604.03 M.Cum with an average stripping ratio of 8.41
Cum/T. The life of the project is 17 years (including construction period).
11.10 Mining Method
The Geo-mining characteristics of all the seams coupled with their considerable
thickness and the potentiality of thin seams makes them ideally suited for
exploitation by opencast method. It has, therefore, been envisaged to mine tire by
opencast method. Opencast method will also lead to high rate of recovery.
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Under the prevailing geo-mining conditions, with multiple seams, it is proposed to

mine the property using Shovel-Dumper combination – which is considered most
suitable.
The method of work comprises of:
¾ Removal of top soil and intermediate hard rock.
¾ Removal of OB to expose the coal seam
¾ Excavation of coal
The sequence of mining operations and the method of mining are described in
Chapters-5.
Equipment Schedule
The main HEMM projected is given in chapter-5
Production Programme
The proposed production schedule is given in chapter-5
Coal Handling and Transportation
Coal handling and transportation has been properly addressed in Chapter-7.
11.11 Coal Beneficiation
Since coal (ROM) is directly used as solid fuel by industries, no beneficiation is
proposed.
11.12 Closure Plan
11.12.1 Mined out Land
As the opencast mining will alter the land use pattern in the lease area, reclamation
will be done with the following objectives.
• To minimize the adverse affects.
• To bring the excavated land area to its pre-mining status as far as
practicable.
• To improve the landscape in general.
Rehabilitation process in mined-out land shall focus on the following:–
• Restoring the land to its pre-mining land use or to a use, that is consistent
with the surrounding land fabric.
• Maintaining the long-term stability of affected land to match with the
community and commercial needs the development such as parklands, flora
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& Fauna sanctuaries, pisciculture ponds and playgrounds with ecological,
tourist and commercial values will be planned.
The following measures are proposed to be undertaken in the proposed project to

minimize land degradation.
• The surface areas affected by mining activities shall be re-vegetated

preferably with native species and with necessary soil treatment. A nursery
shall also be developed. The area upon closure can be utilized for
commercial forestry/fodder cultivation.
• Plantation on the over burden dumps.
• Plantation along the boundary of the lease area so as to minimise the visual
impact.
• Top soil excavated from the site will be dumped separately and preserved at
predetermined place for spreading subsequently on backfilled areas for
plantation.
• Back filling of the mine pits concurrently with the mining operations (land
reclamation).
11.12.2 Progressive/concurrent reclamation
A) Stage wise Over Burden (Hard OB and Top soil) dumping programme.
The summary of stage wise details of Overburden (Hard OB and Top soil)
production, dumping of Hard OB in the Temporary external and internal dump
yards, and top soil placement in different stages is indicated below.
Stage at Overburden Removal (M.Cum) Hard OB Topsoil placement (M.Cum)

the end of Top Hard OB Total Temp. Internal Temp. Spreading
year of soil External Dumping Storage Over Internal
coal Dumping (M.Cum) Dumps
production (M.Cum)
1 0.34 18.63 18.97 17.16 1.47 0.34 0
2 0.77 47.1 47.87 29.37 17.73 0.77 0
3 1.27 80.74 82.01 29.37 51.37 1.27 0
4 1.7 111.1 112.8 29.37 81.73 1.7 0
5 2.04 155.74 157.78 30.37 125.37 2.04 0
10 3.56 391.66 395.22 0 391.66 0 3.56
Final 4.06 599.97 604.03 0 599.97 0 4.06
B) Stage wise Reclamation programme: Detailed procedure of stage wise

biological reclamation is furnished at para 10.4.1 and 10.4.2.
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The Progressive greenbelt development programme is indicated below:
S.No Stage at the Plantation to Progressive

end of Year be carried Plantation
of coal (Ha) (Ha)
production
1 2 21.18 21.18
2 3 21.50 42.68
3 5 6.94 49.62
4 6-10 122.45 172.07
5 Final 46.56 218.63
C) Selection of species and plantation care
Species Selection
The selection of species will be evaluated through the detailed flora and fauna
study as a part of baseline studies in EIA/EMP preparation. The plant species that
are native to the area and to achieve self sustained ecosystem will be preferred in
the plantation programme. Some of the plant species proposed for plantation which
are native to the area are listed below:
Trees:
S.No. Scientific Name Family Common Name
1 Acacia nilotica Mimosaceae Nallatumma
2 Albizia lebbeck Caesalpiniaceae Sirisa, Dirisina
3 Azadirachta indica Meliaceae Vepa
4 Buchnania lanzan Ebenaceae Morli,Sara
5 Cassia fistula Caesalpiniaceae Rela
6 Chloroxylon swietenia Flindersiaceae Billudu
7 Delonix alata Caesalpiniaceae Chikireni
8 Emblica officinalis Euphorbiaceae Uceri
9 Ficus benghalensis Moraceae Marri
10 Ficus racemosa Moraceae Atti
11 Ficus religiosa Moraceae Raavi
12 Phoenix sylvestris Palmae Eetha
13 Syzygium cumini Myrtaceae Neredu
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14 Tamarindus indica Caesalpiniaceae Chinta
15 Tectona grandis Verbenaceae Teaku chettu
16 Ziziphus xylopyrus Rhamnaceae Konda regu
Shrubs
• Gymnospria Montana
• Hyptis sylviolus
• Dodonia viscose
• Abrus pracatorious
• Borrheavea sps.
• Tridax procumbens
• Vigna sps.
• Selotia sps
iii) Herbs:
• Heteropogan contortus
• Sorghum halopens
• Cynodan dactylon
• Typha sps.
• Stylothus Hemata
Post Plantation Care

Investment on reclamation would be futile without adequate and timely aftercare.
After care includes weeding, soil working, mulching, fertilizing, and if possible,
irrigation to promote better growth of the planted seedlings. The vegetated area
should be protected from grazing and browsing of animals until the plants are
above the level of damage. Wherever necessary, fencing should be erected on the
boundaries of reclaimed areas.
Plan and Sections showing the progress of physical land reclamation were
furnished at Plate No. XIII A-1 to XIII G-1.
11.12.3 Final closure (Final Void )
The depth of the void at the final stage of mining operations i.e. by the end of 17th
year (including construction period) is varying from 40m to 245m. The volume of
the void is 195.29 M.Cum. It is proposed to reduce the depth of the void in Suliyari
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Belwar Opencast Project (Phase-I) by back filling the OB produced from Suliyari
Belwar Opencast Project (Phase-II).
The detailed mine de-commissioning plan will be made 5 years before the actual
closure.
Post mining Land Use Status of the Project
As a result of phase-wise mining operations of Suliyari Belwar Opencast Project

(Phase-I) in Phase-I stage, a total void of 195.29 M.Cum is left at mine closure
stage in Phase-I.
This void will be reclaimed by back filling the OB produced from Suliyari Belwar
Opencast Project (Phase-II) in phase-II stage. The void left over in excavated area
of Suliyari Belwar Opencast Project (Phase-II) can be utilized as potential water
body.
The post mining (Conceptual) land use pattern of Project area of Suliyari Belwar
Opencast Project (Phase-I) is furnished below:

Sl. No Description
Plantation Void area Public Use Other Uses Total
1 Excavation Area
(b) Void area left -- 409.03 -- -- 409.03
2 Afforestation other than dumps 123.12 -- 123.11
4 Built up area / Infrastructure 77.79 77.79
TOTAL 521.95 409.03 -- 150.01 1080.99
Out of 1080.99 Ha of total land required for this project, 521.95Ha (48.28%) of land
will be reclaimed at the end of mining operations. 409.03 Ha land will be final void
area which is proposed to be filled up with the OB of proposed Phase-II project.
72.22 Ha land will continue to be as nala and the area 77.79 Ha of built up area/
infrastructure will be utilized for Phase-II project also.
11.13 Water Quality

The impact of the proposed project on the water environment was assessed by
studying the quality of groundwater and surface water bodies in the study area.
The sampling locations were selected considering their proximity to the project
site. A total of 10 water samples i.e., 5 samples from surface water and 5 samples
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from groundwater were collected and analyzed for various physic-chemical and
bacteriological parameters.
Ground water sampling locations
No w.r.t. w.r.t. Project Code
Project Boundary
1 Jalari Core -- -- GW1
2 Bore well at Bajowdi Buffer WNW 2.0 Km GW2
3 Bore well at Dongri Buffer SW 0.8 Km GW3
4 Bore well Bhaisabuda Buffer WSW 5.9 Km GW4
5 Bore well Aamdand Buffer E 0.2 Km GW5
Surface water sampling locations
Project Project
boundary
1 Upstream of Hurdul Nallah Core -- -- SW1
2 Sahabar Nallah Buffer NE 1.6 Km SW2
3 Tank near Gorwani Vil Buffer NW 2.5 Km SW3
4 Gopad River Buffer SW 7.8 SW4
5 Amaraikoh Nallah Buffer S 5.6 SW5
The groundwater quality results are compared with IS: 10500 and surface water
quality with IS 2296, 1982 and CPCB Water Quality Criteria, Class- A (Drinking
Water Source without conventional treatment but after Disinfection), Class – B
(outdoor bathing (organized)). Almost all the parameters of water samples are well
with in the prescribed limits. The pH value ranges between 6.40 and 7.4. Hence,
the ground water can be used for both domestic and industrial purposes.
11.13.1 Water Quality Management
Sources of Water Pollution

i) Effluents from mines, coal handling plants, service buildings and
workshop/maintenance sheds containing greases, oil and suspended
particle.
ii) Effluents from residential colony.
iii) Storm water causes soil erosion.
iv) High turbidity, grease and oil film on water may not allow proper
oxygenation of water. This may affect the aquatic life.
v) Deep pit lakes result into density stratification (Meromictic conditions) and
induce water quality degradation.
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vi) On cessation of dewatering, GW levels recovers to create ‘Pit Lake’ within
the mine void, thereby initiating geo-chemical and hydro-geological
processes with time. Pit lakes are hydraulically connected with GW systems
11.13.2 Monitoring
During the mining operations water quality monitoring will be carried through a
network of surface and ground water monitoring stations in consultation with state
pollution control board as per the provisions of GSR 742(E) dated 25.9.2000.
The water quality monitoring will be continued during closure operations and 3
years after the closure at requisite locations and the quality will be conformed to
the standards prescribed in GSR 742(E) dated 25.9.2000.
Mining activities may cause adverse impacts due to pumping of mine water,
siltation due to storm water, contaminated water from workshops and domestic
wastewater. An impact due to soil erosion during monsoon periods is also
significant in nature.
11.13.3 Water requirement and wastewater generation
The copy of Hydro geological report is enclosed as Annexure-11.
11.13.4 Water pollution prevention measures
Some of the control measures proposed for controlling water pollution in the
proposed OCP are as follows:
¾ To prevent surface and ground water contamination by oil / grease and
sewage waste, the proposed measures as given below:\
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• Leak proof containers will be used for storage and transportation of oil /
grease.
• All the steps will be taken at the store to avoid oil spillages.
• Oil / grease will be handled on impervious area. Any wash off from the oil
/ grease handling area or workshop will be drained through impervious
drains, collected in specially constructed pits and treated appropriately
before releasing it into natural drains.
• The sewage waste generated will be drained by underground impervious
drains, lead to appropriately designed septic tanks and soak pits to
prevent any pollution of surface or ground water.
¾ The surface and ground water in and around the project, loading plant and
infrastructure will be regularly tested and appropriate control measures will be
adopted in case of any pollutant is detected above the prescribed limits
¾ All stacking / loading areas will be provided with proper garland drains
equipped with baffles to prevent wash offs from reaching the downstream
natural drains.
¾ Measures proposed against storm water

• Water running through dumps is expected to get mixed with loose
overburden and associated material. Garland drains, check dams and
sedimentation tanks will be constructed around the OB dump and the
lease area to reduce soil erosion and arrest suspended solids before
discharging the run-off water into the natural water regime as well as to
prevent storm water from entering the lease area.
• In addition to the above, the dump slopes shall be formed with suitable
inclination, so that the water falling over the dump will gravitate down
without causing soil erosion. Regular cleaning of drains will be done for
de-silting the same. Reclaimed / Back filled area will be properly graded
and kept slightly sloping against mine workings so that water does not
flow into the mine workings.
• Creation of water storage areas in the quarry for settlement of
suspended solids before pumping water out of the mine.
• The mine discharge, after passing through sedimentation tanks for
removal of suspended solids will be used for dust suppression, greenbelt
development, etc. and excess water will be let out into nearby streams.
11.14 Details of diversion of nallahs in the proposed block
Hurdul nala is flowing west ward in the north-western part and passes throughout
the block beyond south-western part of the block. It is planned to be diverted
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towards dipside in northern direction from east side of the block. The block shows
dendritic to sub-dendritic drainage pattern. Many small seasonal nalas drained into
Hardul Nala. The diversion of hurdul nala is 7.2 Km and finally it will join in to
sarbahera nala which is flowing dipside of the block.
The embankment against the proposed diversion of Hurdul Nala is required and
being included in the detailed Project Report of Nala Diversion.
11.15 Acid Mine Drainage
Acid mine drainage (AMD), or acid rock drainage (ARD), refers to the outflow of
acidic water from (usually abandoned/ working) metal mines or coal mines. Acid
Mine drainage occurs naturally within some environments as part of the rock
weathering process but is exacerbated by large-scale earth disturbances
characteristic of mining and other large construction activities, usually within rocks
containing an abundance of sulfide minerals.
The Suliyari Belwar Coal Block is free from acid mine drainage since the ground
water results shows negligible percentage of acidic nature mineral in the lease hold
area.
11.16 Air Quality Management

The ambient air quality was monitored at 10 locations in core and buffer zone of
the proposed project. The parameters monitored are Particulate Matter (PM10),
Particulate Matter (PM2.5), Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) and
Carbon Monoxide (CO).
The pollutant concentrations are compared with the National Ambient Air Quality
Standards as notified by CPCB and GSR 742 (E) applicable to coal mines. The
ambient air quality levels are well within the MoEF / CPCB standards for all the
monitored parameters. The summary of air quality data monitored at 10 sampling
locations during Summer 2012 is furnished here under.
Ambient air quality monitoring locations

Sl. Location Zone Direction w.r.t. Distance w.r.t. Station
No Project Project Boundary Code
1 Jheleri Core -- -- CA1
2 Belwar Core -- -- CA2
3 Bajowdi Buffer WNW 2.0 Km BA1
4 Digvah Buffer W 4.8 Km BA2
5 Bhaisabuda Buffer WSW 5.9 Km BA3
6 Dongri Buffer SW 0.8 Km BA4
7 Balayatola Buffer N 2.5 Km BA5
8 Kanwakhas Buffer NNW 6.2 Km BA6
9 Amaraikoh Buffer E 3.6 Km BA7
10 Aamdand Buffer E 0.2 Km BA8
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Summary of Ambient air quality data during summer 2012
All Values are in µg/m3.
98 percentile
Location Min Max Mean Standard
value
PM10
Jhaleri (CA1) 35.6 45.2 46.7 42.4 100
Belwar (CA2) 38.5 47.5 49.7 46.5 100
Amaraikoh (BA7) 36.2 46.0 47.5 43.9 100
Aamdand (BA8) 36.4 42.8 45.6 41.2 100
Dongari (BA4) 37.9 42.3 46.9 42.2 100
Bajowdi (BA1) 35.4 46.2 47.7 44.0 100
Digvah (BA2) 40.5 46.3 48.8 45.1 100
Balayatola (BA5) 39.0 48.7 50.1 46.7 100
Bhaisabuda (BA3) 40.9 50.5 51.4 49.5 100
Khanwakhas (BA6) 35.3 46.0 48.6 45.4 100
PM2.5
Jhaleri (CA1) 20.1 25.4 27.2 25.1 60
Belwar (CA2) 20.9 26.8 28.7 26.6 60
Amaraikoh (BA7) 20.1 25.8 27.0 25.0 60
Aamdand (BA8) 18.2 25.6 25.7 25.0 60
Dongari (BA4) 18.1 24.6 26.2 24.2 60
Bajowdi (BA1) 18.8 24.8 25.5 23.2 60
Digvah (BA2) 22.4 26.5 28.4 25.6 60
Balayatola (BA5) 23.1 26.1 28.6 26.0 60
Bhaisabuda (BA3) 23.5 30.2 29.5 28.2 60
Khanwakhas (BA6) 18.5 25.9 27.3 25.7 60
SO2
Jhaleri (CA1) 7.2 8.1 15.8 8.0 80
Belwar (CA2) 7.1 9.7 16.3 9.2 80
Amaraikoh (BA7) 6.8 9.5 16.1 9.4 80
Aamdand (BA8) 7.3 9.5 16.3 9.0 80
Dongari (BA4) 7.3 8.8 15.9 8.5 80
Bajowdi (BA1) 7.3 9.4 16.1 9.3 80
Digvah (BA2) 7.0 9.7 16.2 9.3 80
Balayatola (BA5) 7.1 10.1 16.5 9.7 80
Bhaisabuda (BA3) 7.3 9.7 16.4 9.5 80
Khanwakhas (BA6) 7.1 9.5 16.1 9.1 80
NOX
Jhaleri (CA1) 9.8 12.3 18.6 12.0 80
Belwar (CA2) 10.2 13.0 19.0 12.7 80
Amaraikoh (BA7) 11.2 15.5 20.6 14.8 80
Aamdand (BA8) 10.3 13.7 19.8 13.4 80
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98 percentile
Location Min Max Mean Standard
value
Dongari (BA4) 10.4 13.5 19.6 13.3 80
Bajowdi (BA1) 10.2 13.7 19.4 13.1 80
Digvah (BA2) 10.0 14.3 19.7 13.7 80
Balayatola (BA5) 10.2 14.3 20.0 14.1 80
Bhaisabuda (BA3) 10.9 13.7 19.9 13.4 80
Khanwakhas (BA6) 10.1 14.9 20.3 14.6 80
11.17 Waste Management
11.17.1 Hard overburden
The type of rejects from opencast mine is mainly overburden. During the process
of extraction of coal, the overlying strata consist of top soil and sedimentary rock
formation shall be removed separately as overburden.
The quarrying of Suliyari Belwar Opencast Project (Phase-I) produces 71.81 Mt of

Coal and 604.03 M.Cum of overburden and the total volume of excavation of
overburden and coal are estimated at 650.13 M.Cum. The area of excavation of
Suliyari Belwar Opencast Project (Phase-I) is 807.86 Ha. The life of the project is
17 years with a production capacity of 6.00 Mtpa.
It is proposed to remove total 604.03 M.Cum of overburden material during entire

life of the Suliyari Belwar Opencast Project (Phase-I), which consists of 599.97
Million Cum of hard OB and 4.06M.Cum of topsoil.
The total overburden produced upto the end of project life is deposited in the
internal dump yards only as there is no external dump yard.
Waste management is described in detail in Chapter-10.
11.17.2 Top soil Management

A total of 4.05 M.Cum of Top soil will be produced during the project life. Adequate
care has been taken to preserve the Top soil in temporary storage dump yards and
spread over the dump decks in the later stage in a systematic manner.
It is planned to dump top soil on the dip side, in the North- Eastern part of the
project on a coal bearing area, in an extent of 25.37Ha where temporary external
dump within the block is planned. It is proposed to store 2.04 M.Cum of top soil.
The height of the top soil dump is restricted to 10m above ground level. The area
where the top soil is stored will be required for excavation after 12th year of the
project. This top soil will be re-handled as the quarry progresses and spread over
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the dump decks. The top soil produced from 1st to 5th year is 2.04M.Cum. This top
soil will be stored in the temporary Top soil dump.
The top soil produced between 6th to 10th year is 1.51 M.Cum. This top soil will be
spread on the internal dump decks. Further, 2.04 M.Cum top soil will be rehandled
from Top soil dump and spread on the internal dump decks. The total Top soil
produced from 11th to 15th year is 0.50 M.Cum and this quantity will be spread on
internal dump decks.
The details of Top soil production and spreading on the internal dumps, storage
and re-handling from the Temporary storage area in different stages is indicated
below:
(Cumulative)
Stage at Top soil Top soil placement (M.Cum)

the end of (M.Cum) Spreading over Internal Temporary
dumps Storage Total
1 0.34 - 0.34 0.34
2 0.76 - 0.76 0.76
3 1.27 - 1.27 1.27
4 1.7 - 1.70 1.70
5 2.04 - 2.04 2.04
10 3.55 3.55 0.00 3.55
Final 4.05 4.05 0.00 4.05
indicated below:
Dump Yard Area (Ha) Hard OB Top Soil Total OB

(M.Cum) (M.Cum (M.Cum)
Internal dump
551.87 599.98 4.05 604.03
yard
It shall be suitably protected from soil erosion and infertility by planting fodder
grass and leguminous plants during temporary storage.
11.18 Management of Coal Rejects from Washery
Since there is no processing and beneficiation of coal envisaged in the project

report, hence it is not applicable.
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11.19 Infrastructure
The infrastructure proposed in Mining Plan shall be maintained upto the end of the
life of the mine. Proper maintenance of infrastructure shall be carried out for their
physical stability.
1. All the facilities provided for phase-I operations will be retained and utilized
for phase-II operations of the project. However, all these facilities will be
razed down, the site will be cleared and the waste generated will be filled
into de-coaled void after completion of phase-II operations of the project.
2. Support & Transport infrastructures
All buried infrastructure like tanks, pipes, cables, shall be removed after
completion of phase-II operations of the project. If the same are required to
be maintained for future use the same shall be documented. The main
mining site and secondary access roads shall be kept in a condition to
access for monitoring/ inspection. The roads, bridges, culverts etc., which
are not required to maintain shall be razed and restored for planting with
local vegetation.
3. Sanitary installation
After being emptied, decommissioned septic tanks shall be removed or

completely filled with gravel, sand, earth or inert material. Wastewater
treatment ponds (domestic waste) shall be emptied and backfilled or
provided drainage so as not to create stagnant water ponds.
4. Petroleum products and Hazardous waste
The rehabilitation of all petroleum products sites used for storage of fuels
and lubricants and the measures taken to rehabilitate these sites shall be
made as per Hazardous waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary
Movement) Rules, 2008.. All surface or buried petroleum product tanks,
pipes and storage vessels shall be removed from the site.All hazardous
waste shall be removed from the mining site after activities are permanently
shut down. Used oil shall be sent to authorised reprocessing agencies/units
approved by SPCB. Other hazardous waste shall be properly disposed,
preferably by sending to an authorised reprocessing agencies/units
approved by SPCB.
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5. Socio-economic changes etc.
The options like undertaking commercial forestry, fodder cultivation, fuel

wood growing shall be reviewed in the mined-out land for having a gainful
resource for the neighboring local Communities.
6. Sewage sludge from treatment ponds shall be used as fertilizer, and if not
suitable for use as fertilizer shall be disposed in a sanitary landfill or other
authorized site.
7. Water Resource Management

The area where the mine dewatering ponds are established shall be
restored and leveled and the site re-vegetated; so as to establish the natural
drainage of the area.
closure.
11.20 Disposal of Mining Machineries

The machinery used for mining activity shall be shifted to other mines after closure
of the mine.
1. Equipment & Electrical Infrastructures (RCC Pillars, Electrical Cables,
Transformers, etc) shall be dismantled. Off-site equipment shall be
dismantled, but may remain in place if there is a future potential use of it.
2. Surface Equipment & Heavy machinery like Mining equipment (hoists,
pumps, conveyors, etc.), Shall be removed from the site by the proponent.
3. Heavy Machinery, motor vehicles, drills, etc. shall be removed from the site
after proper checking for any contamination.
During rehabilitation, particular attention shall be made towards
equipment, heavy machinery to detect any hydrocarbon contamination and, if
applicable, take remedial action.
closure
11.21 Safety & Security
A fencing shall be erected around the Project area to ensure that access to the
area is totally sealed off. Trained security personnel has to be posted to gaurd the
area as per requirement. Only authorised personnel will be allowed to carry out
abandonment and post-project monitoring activities.
11.20
11.22 Economic repercussions of closure of mine & manpower
retrenchments
In Suliyari Belwar Coal Block area the future mining activity will be continued in
phase-II. Hence, there will not be any affect on Manpower retrenchment, Socio-
economic status on closure of this phase-I project.
Further another coal block called Nuagan Telisahi coal block in Orissa has been
jointly allotted to M/s APMDC Ltd and Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) by the
Ministry of Coal for their captive use. Thus, equipment and statutory supervisory
staff shall be transferred to the mine with option of voluntary retirement scheme.
The remedial measures consequent to closure of the mine are further elaborated
below,
1. The local residents employed in the mine will be provided employment in the
phase-II project of the same block.
2. Since the employment of the workmen is continued, their socioeconomic

status remains unchanged and the question of paying compensation does
not arise.
3. The satellite occupations connected to this mine will also continue their
business, even after the closure as the mining activity continues in phase-II
project of the area.
4. The social as well as the economic status of the local employees will remain
unchanged due to continuity of their employment.
11.23 Time Schedule of Abandonment

After the extraction of total reserves, the mine will be closed. The time schedule for
abandonment operations and the details of Manpower and other resources
required for mine closure will be furnished along with detailed Mine closure plan to
be submitted five years before closure of the mine.
11.24 Abandonment Cost

Mine closure cost needs to estimated based on the activities such as barbed wire
fencing all around the working area, dismantling of structures/demolishing and
cleaning of sites, Rehabilitation of mining machinery, plantation, physical/ biological
reclamation, landscaping, biological reclamation of left out OB dump, filling up of
de-coaled void, post-environment monitoring for three years, supervision charges
11.21
for three years, power cost, protective and rehabilitation measures including their
maintenance and monitoring, miscellaneous charges etc.
The item wise closure cost is furnished below,
Sl.No.Item Cost (Rs. Crores)

1 Topsoil Management 40.50
2 Plantation 1.88
3 Rehabilitation of Machinery 4.83
4 Fencing all around the working area 0.60
5 Post mining environmental 0.10
monitoring
6 Supervision 2.34
7 Miscellaneous 5.02
Total 55.27
The provision of 5.02 crores is made in miscellaneous account to take care of the
measures against drowning and landslides etc.
Activity bar chart is enclosed as Annexure -7.
Mine closure cost is estimated as per the guidelines issued by Ministry of Coal
which are as follows:
• It has been considered that typically closure cost is around Rs 6.00

Lakhs per Ha. of the property lease hold for an opencast mine and Rs
1.00 lakh per Ha. for underground mine leasehold. The typical closure
cost may be modified based on the wholesale Price Index as notified
by Government of India.
• Annual Closure cost is to be estimated based on the life of the mine.

An amount equal to the annual cost is to be deposited each year after
commencement of any activity on the land for the mine compounded @
5% annually.
Mine closure cost is estimated considering the project area of 1008.77 Ha., which
excludes the area for hurdul nallah (72 Ha) from the total land required for the
project.
The total Mine closure cost estimated as above for the total area of the project is
Rs 76.77 Crores. The details are shown below.
11.22
SI.No Description Quantity
1 Project area (Ha) 1008.77Ha
Estimation of Typical Mine closure cost Rs.Lakhs
per Ha.
• Base level whole sale price index is 129.30
(August-2009)
• considering WPI for May,2012 is 163.90
• Typical Mine closure cost
2 (6*(163.90/129.30)) 7.61
Total Typical Mine closure cost (Rs. Crores)
3 (1008.77*0.0761) 76.77
4 Project Life (years) 17
5 Annual Mine closure cost(Rs. Crores) 4.52
6 Average Annual mine closure cost (Compounded) 16.25 Crores
Years Production Amount to Compounding Amount to

( Mt ) be charged Interest be paid per
per annum Factor at annum (Rs
(Rs Crores) 5.00% Crores)
1 0.00 4.52 1.0000 4.52
2 0.00 4.52 1.0500 4.74
3 2.50 4.52 1.1025 4.98
4 5.00 4.52 1.1576 5.23
5 5.00 4.52 1.2155 5.49
6 5.00 4.52 1.2763 5.76
7 6.00 4.52 1.3401 6.05
8 5.00 4.52 1.4071 6.35
9 5.00 4.52 1.4775 6.67
10 5.00 4.52 1.5513 7.01
11 5.00 4.52 1.6289 7.36
12 5.00 4.52 1.7103 7.72
13 5.00 4.52 1.7959 8.11
14 5.00 4.52 1.8856 8.52
15 5.00 4.52 1.9799 8.94
16 5.00 4.52 2.0789 9.39
17 3.31 4.52 2.1829 9.86
71.81 76.77 116.69
11.23
11.25 Financial Assurance
“APMDC-SCCL Sulyari Coal Co. Ltd”, the Joint Venture (JV) Company, will open
an Escrow Account with any Scheduled Bank, with the Coal Controller
Organization (on behalf of the Central Government) as exclusive
beneficiary. The JV company will deposit in such Escrow Account at the
rate computed as indicated at 6.ii & 6.iii of page 10 &11 in Annexure relating
to Guidelines for preparation of Mine Closure plan issued by Ministry of Coal
vide letter no.55011-01-2009-CPAM dated 25-04-2012.
It will select the Scheduled Bank where the Escrow Account is to be opened
and inform the same to Coal Controller Organization, Kolkata. The Escrow
account will be opened as per the aforesaid guidelines of the Mine Closure
Plan. The amount deposited will be reviewed with such periodicity as
deemed fit by the coal controller.
An agreement, specifying the detailed terms and conditions of operating the

Escrow account, will be executed amongst the JV company, the Coal
Controller and the concerned bank in order to effect the above.
*****
11.24
CHAPTER-12
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
12.0 ACTIVITY WISE SCHEDULES
The Project Implementation Schedule for Suliyari Belwar Opencast Project (Phase-
I) are shown in Plate No. XVII respectively.
The duration of most of the activities are based on its content and previous
experience, but that of certain activities on which management does not have
direct control are estimated.
After approval of the project, a period of 18 months is provided for obtaining

Environmental clearance. The date of approval of the project is considered as Zero
date for this project. This two years construction period will be utilized for obtaining
Environment clearance, floating of tenders, acquisition of private land,
development of infrastructure, power supply arrangement, awarding of OB removal
and coal extraction work and for initiating procurement action of HEMM for coal,
common equipment etc.
12.1 ACTIVITIES IN CRITICAL PATH
The following activities fall in critical path:
1) Diversion of Nala (Hurdul nala)

2) Diversion of 765 KV HT line
3) Acquisition of land.
4) Implementation of Rehabilitation & Resettlement package
5) Completion of developmental activities including construction of Coal
Handling Plant
6) Construction of Railway siding and erection of Railway line from Gajra
bahera Railway station.
7) OB Removal activity
12.2 GESTATION PERIOD
The rated production of 6.00 Mtpa from this project is expected to be achieved in
the Fourth year of the project.
****
12.1
S U L I Y A R I B E L W A R O P E N C A S T P R O J E C T (Phase-I) IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8
ID Task Name Duration Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3
1 18 mons
Environmental Management Plan
2 3 mons
1) Base Line Data Generation
3 3 mons
2) Preparation of EIA/EMP based on ToR
4 6 mons
3) Submission to PCB & conducting EPH
5 6 mons
4) Submission to MOEF & Issue of Environmental Clearance
6 12 mons
Land acquistion
7 12 mons
1) Govt. Land
8 12 mons
2) Private Land
9 12 mons
Rehabilitation & Resettlement
10 12 mons
1) Completion of R&R for 7 villages.
11 36 mons
Construction of Service buildings
12 6 mons
1) Tender process for Service Buildings
13 30 mons
2) Construction of Service Buildings
14 6 mons
3) Power supply arrangements
15 6 mons
4) Garland drains & Fencing
16 6 mons
5) Water supply lines
17 3 mons
6) Tender for CHP Construction
18 7 mons
7) Construction of CHP - Civil works
19 7 mons
8) CHP- Erection works
20 58 mons
Construction of Residential buildings (incl. Amenities)
21 12 mons
1) Tender process for Residential Buildings
22 46 mons
2) Construction of Residential Buildings
23 3 mons
3) Tender process for construction of Sewage treatment plant (STP)
24 6 mons
4) Construction of STP
25 18 mons
EMP
26 18 mons
1) Green belt development & Effluent treatment/oil and grease trapers
27 15 mons
Nala diversion
28 3 mons
1) Floating tenders for nala diversion
29 12 mons
2) Nala diversion work
30 12 mons
Procurement of Plant and Machinery
31 12 mons
Overburden
32 6 mons
1) Floating tenders for HEMM
33 6 mons
2) Procurement & Commissioning of HEMM
34 12 mons
Coal
35 6 mons
36 6 mons
37 12 mons
Common
38 6 mons
39 6 mons
40 12 mons
Reclamation
41 6 mons
1) Floating tenders for HEMM- Water Spinklers & dozer
42 6 mons
43 48 mons
Overburden Removal
44 12 mons
1) OB removal - 1st year (18.97 Mcum)
45 12 mons
2) OB removal - 2nd year (28.71 Mcum)
46 12 mons
3) OB removal - 3rd year (34.10 Mcum)
47 12 mons
4) OB removal - 4th year (30.76 Mcum)
48 42 mons
Coal extraction
49 6 mons
1) Coal extraction -1st year ( 2.50 Mt)
50 12 mons
2) Coal extraction - 2nd year ( 5.00 Mt)
51 12 mons
3) Coal extraction - 3rd year (5.00 Mt)
52 12 mons
4) Coal extraction - 4th year (5.00 Mt)

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The Singareni Collieries Company Limited

The branch offices of the Corporation at present are situated at Mangampet,

1.1 APPLICANTS EXPERIENCE IN MINING

The applicant, Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation Limited, having

A copy of JV agreement is enclosed as Annexure-8.

1.2 DETAILS OF END USE PLANTS

1.3 PRESENT PROPOSAL

The present proposal of Suliyari Belwar Coal Block (Phase-I) project in

Brief Description of Geology of Suliyari Belwar Coal Block

1.5 WHETHER COAL WASHING IS BEING PROPOSED, AT THE PIT HEAD

• This Project produces “G8/D” grade coal.

• The Mine is planned to produce coal to the optimum capacity so as to cater

LOCATION, PHYSIOGRAPHY & COMMUNICATION

A metalled road Parsona to Mara is located farther east of the block. An

The distance of Bargwan, the nearest railway station on Chopan-Singrauli-Katni

The important industrial township & railway station Renukoot is at a distance of 70

3.3 AVAILABILITY OF POWERSUPPLY, WATER ETC.,

The topography of Suliyari-Belwar coal block is highly undulating and rugged as

YEARLY RAINFALL RECORDED IN SINGRAULI DISTRICT

3.7 SURFACE FEATURES OVER THE BLOCK AREA

3.8 LAND DETAILS

Total Land Requirement (Ha)

3.9 MAJOR DIVERSION OR SHIFTING INVOLVED.

• A 765 KV HT line is to be diverted outside the property.

• A public road is to be diverted to existing road from Khanakhash to Tal via

4.1 STATUS OF EXPLORATION

4.1.1 Details of Exploration already carried out in the Area

a) Name of the Geological Block : Suliyari Belwar Coal Block

b) Name of the Geological Report (GR) with year of preparation:

GEOLOGICAL REPORT ON SULIYARI BELWAR COAL BLOCK

c) Name of the agency which conducted exploration and prepared GR

d) Period of conducting exploration:

e) Details of drilling (by all agencies)

Agency Total Total

f) No. of boreholes drilled within the block: 136

4.1.2 Exploration to be carried out

The Singrauli coalfield is the northern-most part of the Son-Mahanadi Master

GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE AREA AND BLOCK

Stratigraphic Succession of the Singrauli Coalfield

The geological formations in Singrauli coalfield are briefly described below:

The Precambrain basement: The Precambrian basement comprises, granite

Characteristic feature of Barakar formation in Singrauli coalfield is that, many

Barren Measures: It is represented by coarse-grained pebbly, ferruginous,

Panchet formation (Nidpur beds): This formation comprises coarse-grained

Igneous rocks: Basic intrusives are occupying large areas in western,

Regional Structural Set-up

The Singrauli Gondwana basin is composed of two tectono-sedimentary domains;

4.3 LOCAL GEOLOGY

GEOLOGY OF SULIYARI BELWAR BLOCK

Geologically, Suliyari-Belwar coal block is eastern continuity of earlier explored

Geological Succession of Suliyari-Belwar coal block is given below in Table 4.2

GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF SULIYARI-BEWLAR COAL BLOCK

The Barakar Formation is confirmably underlained by Talchir formations. As stated

Sequence of Coal Seams

As such, out of total 23 coal seams/sections, about 12 coal seams/sections are

SEQUENCE OF COAL SEAMS OCCURRING IN SULIYARI BELWAR BLOCK

Seam-R- 31.67 88.90 1.07 3.51 1.02 3.38

Seam- 18.95 197.66 0.05 0.72

Seam – 20.12 239.41 0.32 3.49 1.15 3.49

Seam-Local-II 41.86 186.20 0.22 0.75

74.72 310.55 0.04 0.54

153.37 231.57 0.02 0.52

The litho-units including coal seams/sections in Suliyari-Belwar coal block are

As mentioned above, the Suliyari-Belwar coal block is traversed by sixteen normal