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A GOVT. OF INDIA ENTERPRISE

Ref: HCUHO/DIR(M)/EIA-EMP/SRD/MoEF/1 0/2016

To The Director (S), lA Division, Non-Coal Mining Sector, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Aliganj, Jor Bagh Road, New Delhi - 11 0003

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Date:17.10.2016

Sub: Environmental Clearance for capacity expansion of Surda Copper Mines of M/s Hindustan Copper Limited at Ghatsila in East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand ·

Ref: Minutes of 1Oth Meeting of Reconstituted Expert Appraisal Committee held during September 19-20, 2016

Sir,

This is to bring to your kind notice that Hindustan Copper Limited has submitted a proposal for Environmental Clearance for enhancement of production from 0.39 Mtpa to 0.9 Mtpa of Copper Ore (ROM) for Surda Mining Lease, District- East Singhbhum, Jharkhand.

The proposal was listed for presentation at the 81h meeting of the Reconstituted Expert Appraisal

Committee at Agenda No. 3.1 on 22.07.2016 and Hon'ble committee has recommended the proposal for Environmental Clearance vide minutes of the 8th meeting of the Reconstituted Expert Appraisal Committee subject to forest clearance of the project.

The company has further made presentation before the Hon'ble committee at the 1 01h meeting

of the Reconstituted Expert Appraisal Committee at Agenda No. 2.33 on 20.09.2016 and submitted documents regarding forest clearance of Surda project. However the Hon'ble Expert Appraisal Committee has recommended for EC for Expansion of Surda Copper Mine from 0.39 million TPA (ROM) in lease area of 270.72 ha (i.e 239.65 ha of Non-Forest Land + 31.07 ha of Forest land for which diversion of Forest land already granted).

In this regard following is submitted for kind perusal:

1. Hindustan Copper Limited is operating Surda Copper Mine in East Singhbhum District in

the State of Jharkhand and The Surda Mining Lease is a Part of erstwhile Mosaboni

Mining Lease held by the company and four (4) nos. of mines namely Mosaboni, Surda,

Pathargora and Dhobani were operative under the Mosaboni Mining Lease since 1924.

The mining lease being operated by utilizing 189.7 4 Ha of forest area which has been

diverted in favour of the company vide Letter No. F.No.8-64/93-FC from Ministry of

Environment of Forests and Forests, Government of India (FC Division) dated

15.05.1998. (Copy enclosed as Annexure 1).

2. Before enactment of F. C. Act 1980, the company was utilizing 203.62 hect. of forest land

for mining and allied activities over Mosaboni Mining Lease with due approval of the

state forest department as per prevailing rules.

3. Subsequent to enactment of F.C Act, as per directives of MoEF, the company applied for

regularization and renewal of aforesaid 203.62 hect. of forest area under the provisions

of the Act. (The application submitted by the company is enclosed as Annexure-11). After

field scrutiny, it was revealed that 13.88 hect of forest land within the lease remains

unbroken and unutilized. Accordingly, the State forest department recommended 189.74

hect. of forest land within Mosaboni Mining Lease for renewal and diversion. The

recommendations of State forest department are enclosed at Annexure Ill, IV and V

respectively.

4. The mine wise forest area recommend for diversion by the state forest department are as under:-

Sl. Name of the Forest area Forest area utilized Total forest No. mine broken and for underground area under

utilized on mining operation (in utilization (in surface (hect.) Hect.) Hect.)

1. Mosaboni 16.42 57.39 73.81 2. Surd a 31.07 52.44 83.51 3. Dhoboni - 30.08 30.08 4. Pathargora - 2.34 2.34

Total 47.49 142.25 189.74

5. The total lease area under Surda Mining Lease is 388.68 hect. Out of this 149.03 hect is forest land and as per the above table diverted forest area under Surda mining Lease is 83.51 hect. (Forest area broken and utilized on surface is 31.07 hect and Forest area utilized for underground mining operation is 52.44 hect.).

6. The details of forest area utilized for underground mining operation under different mines is also mentioned in the site inspection report where area diverted for underground mining operation is 142.25 hect. in total and under Surda Mine, the area is 52.44 hect. (copy enclosed as Annexure VI).

7. But Hon'ble Expert Appraisal Committee has recommended for EC of Surd a Copper Mine in lease area of 270.72 ha (i.e 239.65 ha of Non-Forest Land + 31 .07 ha of Forest land for which diversion of Forest land already granted) and did not include 52.44 hect of forest land for which diversion is granted for underground mining operation

Under the explained circumstances Hindustan Copper Limited requests to consider for grant of Environmental Clearance for 323. 16 hect of lease area i.e 239.65 ha of Non-Forest Land + 83.51 hect of Forest Land for which diversion of Forest land already granted diverted (31 .07 ha of Forest area broken and utilized on surface and 52.44 hect of Forest area utilized for underground mining operation) the project.

Thanking you,

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l\ f te~ ,care.tul cvnsidera~ion oi the . proposal ,of the State Government , · ;the ' ceritr<~1. Government hereby couveys its aproval under ~ection-2 :o·f , th e . J:orest (Conservation) 1\ct, . 1980, fo

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C. t-- undergroun d mi ning) !of · ror.est · __ l<'lnd< in favour of H/s~ llin~ustan

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The Divisional Focest Officer, Dalbhum Divi s ion, J AMSHEDPU R.

Dear Sir,

March 2/1992

IN EIGHr COPIES

Sub a Renewal of Mo saboni mining lease over 6923 Hectares umer F,C,Act.l980

Reference your letter no, 3034 dated 6,11.91 on above SUbject directing for &Ubnission of revised proposal.

~ are operating three underground mines namely M::>sal:x:mi .Hines,· Pathargora Hine and surda l11ne within Mosaboni Mining l ease area 69 23 ~ctares which has been renewed for a period of 20 years from 16th June, 1984, M:>sal::oni l1ine is one of the oldest undergroWld copper mine in the .country producing copper ore since 1924. In connection with mining operations we have used 61.37 hectares of forest land prior to 1980 mainly for establishing infrastructure facilities required for underground mining operation

~ enclose herewith revised proposal in eight sets .each containing following documents.

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Proposal in Mnexure I dUly filled in and signed.

Parameters for · evaluation of loss of forests Annexure II.

Parameters for evaluation of benefit not withstanding loss of .forests Annexure III.

4. Mining proforma Annexure IV.

, 5. Plan no, LW97/A & LW9.B/A . . scale 16" : .1 mile showing 61.31 hect~es of forest land used for mining operations.

6. Plan no. LA/97/B & LP./98/B scale 16 • • 1 mile showing land use pattern of 61.37 hectares of forest land.

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e. Annexure v giving details of 61.37 hectares forest land used for mining operations.

9. 'Photocopy of mining lease deed and lease map no. LJ/55.

Yoo are requested to kindly process our application for peztmission of the central Government under F.c. Act 1980 for renewal of the mining lease in respect of 61.37 hectares of forest land used for mining operations prior to 1980.

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'' -:.!:.~ .:~1; ' ' MosabJn1 group of nifMl Wlder Hiooustan Copper Ltd. Indian Copper OJmplex was started in 192• and is presently prodUcing about 1 lakh tonnes of oopper ore per· an~. 61.37 hectares of forest land has been used for mining operations prior to 1980. This is a case of renewal of mimng lease under I' .c. ACt 1980.

2. Location of the project/ scheme

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1i1) Forest Pivision, Forest Block, Qompaftment, etc. a

Total land required for the projec11s scheme aloD;J with its existing land use.

Details for forest land 1nvolveds

1) r,egal status of forests (Namely reserved, unclassed, etc.)

11) The details of flora· existing in the area incluQ.ing the density of vegetation

ill) Topography of the -a:r;;ea_ indicating gradient, .aspect altitUde, etc.

Bihar sin<jll:hum (East)

Mosaooni Forest Range under Dhalbhum Forest Pi vision. Fore.st land reqUired for rene­wal of mining lease is 1660 heetare s which is already under the m-ining lease out of which·61.37 h~ctares of forest lanQ. has already been used for miiling operation prior to 1980. Rest of the forest land i.s untouched 'and has not been effected by the under-. ground mining. Please re£-er attached sheet giving justi­fication for retaining 1860 hectares of forest land in mining lease area.

1 Please refer enclosed plan nos. · LW97A & LAI98A and .; . Mnexure v showing details of 61. 37 hectares forest latid used in Olnnection withila mining pzk>r to 19 eo.

a 'ttle area contains mainly Acacia auriculiformis, schleichera oleosa, Bassia

· r.atifolia, sysygium cuminii, AZadirachta iniica, Terminal! tomentosa, DiOEPYro s rnelane­xylon, · Adina crodifolia.

~·Estimated forest density is 0.25.

1 Gently sloping and undulatin~ average height ~bove mean

iv) Its volnerabili.ty to erosion, whether it foJ:ms a part of a seriously eroded area or not.

sea level 120 rretres •. -,..._ :-Not volnerable to erosion.

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v) tbether it foz:als a p~t of Nationala park, wild-life sanctuacy, nature reserve, bioSphere reserve etc. if so, details of the area involved.

The area does not form a p~ of any National Park, wild '14 sanctuary, nature reserve:~ biosphere reserve. .; --;;r·~

vi) Rare/endanGered species of flora and founa foUnd in the area

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-vit) mether it is a habitat for .

migrating fauna of forms a breeding ground for them, and

viii) AAY other feature of the are4 rele~ant to the prOposal

s The area under application is already under: oceupation of the company. 'lherefore any sucb ~bital:; where human interfereus is ltl>re dominant chc;tnces of a breeding are almost nil.

a. The area lies in the singhbhurn Copper belt one of the richest Cbpper deposit in the country.

If the project for which forestsNo displacement of persons land is ~quired involves irwolved and no raw materia~ di~lacement of people or reqUired from the forest. requires raw materials from any forest area the details of proposals for their rehabdlita-tion and procurement of raw material reBP,eotively. should be furnished~

6. Proposed steps to be taken to a compensate £or the loss of the forest area, the vegetation

The company has got a horti­culture section which carries out pl.atitation of about

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Detailed opinion of the chief 1 conservator of Forests Hd of th.e Forest Dept. concet:ned oovering the following aspects namely

1) out-turn to tim~r. fuelwood &t other fore st. produce from the forest land 1nvol ved

ii) \'tlether the district is self- 1 sufficient · in tiiiiDer and fue lwood, · and

iii) The effect of· the prOposal on 1

(a) · Fuel wood supply to rural populations

(b) Econany and livelihood of the tr ibals and backward communities 1

40, COO nos. of trees X every year within the mining lease area.

iv) ~e411fit rec:omnendations of the· .. -<llief conservator of torests/Hd of the Forest Deptt. for acceptance or othexwise of the proposal with reasons thereof.

certified.that all other alternative for the purpose have been explored an¢l the -demai-Xl for the required area is the minimulil demand for forest ~ land.

signature of the authorised office.1 of the state Gove.rmnerit/Authority.

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Total mining lease area and forest area reqUired.

Period of mining lease proposed

Estimated reServe of each mineral/ ore in the forest area and in the non-forest area adjoining.

Annual estimated production of mineral/ore.

Nature of mining operations (opencast/underground)

a Total mining lease area is 6923 Hectares out ·of which 1860 hectare is forest land. 61.37 hectares of forest land has been used prior to 1~80 for which permission is

. soUght un:ler I'.C. ACt 198o,.

s Minin;, lease renewed fOr a period . of 20 years from 16.6.1984.

a Estimated are reserves in forest area 21 million M.T. and in non­forest area 18 million M.'l'.

1 About 10.6 lakh to me s/ annua~

1 underground mining.

6. Plans fOr rehabilitation of the area after m~ning.

s OUt of 1860 hectares forest land within the lease area only 61.37 hectares has been used on surface for creation of infra-structure facilities. Rest of the forest

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Gradient of the area where mining would be undertaken.

For renewals, was !ccest Deptt. consulted a_t the time of proposing present renewal of mining lease/ or present ~_cmt of surface rigtt oopie s of the concerned lease deed should be ~ttached. Average nm\ber of persons to be employed everyday.

Area of forest land required for

(a) t-1ining (b) storing-1llinera]/ore (c) D.unping over burden (d) storing tools- end machinery

. (e) construction of buildings, power station's, workshOps, etc.

· area under mining lease is not effected by the mining am is full of natural vegetation. The OORq>an~ is planting al::out 4o,·ooo trees every yer s wi ~in the mining leas4 area.

a Minin<;, activity is done under;.. ground sur face area being used for infra--structural facilities has gentle gradJ.ent of 10° - 20°.

1 Photocopy of mining lease deed attached. Permission was taken from Focest I:eptt. prior to 1980 for use of forest land for mining operations.·

a About 7000 persons per day.

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Reasons why forest land asked for 1 any of the activities under the project cited.under · item (10) above cannot l:e located outside forest area.

61.37 hectares of forest land which at present is \Ulder occUpation of the Canpany ld oould not be lQ(tated out side because mining opet'ations are carried b¥ underground mdning method and necessary in.fra,­structural facilities have to be established near the ore body which occ~ s under neath the forest lCI.lld.

12. The Extent of damage that would a 61.31 rectares of forest land be caused in terms of number of has been used in connection wit trees affected on account of mining mi.ning operati.on. Since the and related activities. mining is doQe by undergromd

mining· methods the .surface has been used mainly for establi.shi infrastructure facilities. Whil locating buildings care has bee taken to avoid cutting trees as far as possible.

13. Diat.ance of the mining area from a Pe.t:rnnial water soU.t:ces - 1.0 • perrnnial water sources, national subarnarekha river • .omd state Highways, National Parks; National/state Highways- 16 Kl .~nctuariee/and biosphera NH-3~ reserves. Nati'bnal park - Not availa}Jle

14. Procedure of stocking of the top soil for _reUse. .

15. Phase reclamati,on programme concurrently w1tb the· mining operation._ ..

EKtent of subsi<.'lence expected in underground min,f.ng and its impaet on water, fore:..t a,nd other vegetation.

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1 Mining is done by underground mining method hence e;ffect on tOp soil is negligible.

1 This is not applicable in case of under:gro®d ,mining operatiol

s Mining operations done in hard rock 70 years no subsidence noticed. 'the mined out areas a; filled with mill tailings to protect· the surfaCe from any · adverse effects due to ground movements.

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.ronnental Losses: soil erosion effect tydrolo.gical cycle, wildlij: ·habitat, ~a-climate upsetting of ecological lnce.

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No loss of public facility

Total area of ·forest land u in connection with mining operations is 61.37 hectares. Considering density;to.25 val ~£ environmental loss would :be ' Rsa0.25 ·x 6lo37 X 126.74 • 194 •• 5 lakhs to· accrue a period o'f fifty lyears. No displacement of persons involved •

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HINW Sl'AN COPPER LIMITED Indian Copper Canplex

. GHATSILA I

Details of forest l~d used and occupied in connection with Mininq o'Perations within J.bsaboni M~.niilg Lease area d/ 69 23 HeCtare!!l by Hindu stan Copper Ltd. I J:ndian copper O:.mplex.

l-WZA THJ\N·A NO. PLor NO. PLCYl' AREA (IN HECI' AR£8)

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Rangamitia 163 411 (Portil;>n) 4.1-4 .. . •

Jamshole 16. 1552 (Porti,on) 4.75

1558 13.55

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ssc:nagora ·-· ,- - '" '"' ''165 · . . ~ . "1&29- .. (Portion-): ;J - , "lii33 '1.

surd a 102 114 (Porti.on) o.72/

los (Porti.on) 3.98 ./

Forest 1098 Forest blc'Ck o.47/ block Portion

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soh ada io1 RF 17.84 .-1.94 ./ ... _ '··-314

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277 1. 42 ../

Z73 o.67 t"" 276 1.04 ./

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'• 153 (Portion) 3.28/

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Justification for retaining 1850 Hectares forest land uhder Mosaboni mining lease area 6923 hectares

singhbbum Clopper belt is one of the .richest oopper deposit .in the country. The boundary of the mining le~se over an area

6923 hectares in the copper belt has been decided .. on the basis "t geological investigation of the area. Mining was started in this

area around 1924 by underground mining method. :rorest land

61.37 hectares has been used mainly for establishing .infra•

structure facilities reqUired for underground minJ.ng. OUr e~erience

in undergrouril mining in hard rock for the last seventy years we '

have not abserv.ed any SUbsideDCS>r adverse ·effects on surface environnent within the mining lease area. I.n this connection

photograph of mining area showing forest ~1rowth is attached as

e~ibit Plate I & n.

Mining lease area has vast potentials of copper deposit, estimated ore reserve is about 38.74 million M.T. I.t is necessary in the national interest of minetal development that renewal of.

the mining lease over 6923 hectares inclUding 1860 hectares of

forest land should be granted in favour of Hirxlustan COpper Limited

which is a central Govt. enterprise.

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Parameters f:or eva13lation of l::enefits notwithstanding loss of forests

P a · r m e t e r s

Increase in product! vi ty attributable to the specific project.

~nefits to economy

NQ,. of population benefitted.

lDployment potential

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Loss· .of (a) a'gricultura1 & (b) animal husbandary prod­uction due to diversion of forest land.

Cost of rehabilitation the displaced persons as different from conpensatory amounts given for displacement.

OJst of supply of free fu~l wood to workmen, residing in or near forest area during the period of construction • .

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It may l::e oote worthy that oopper is a stra.teg;ic metal vital for our Defence, railways, teleeomraunicat:l.on industries to enumerate a few.

Direct Rs.ll2 crores (estimated value of 11,000 mt .of metallic copper cantent of .ore per annum) apart from direct employment of about 7000 persons and circulation of about · Rs. 60 crore s per an~ in the neighbour:l.ng area by way of salary, wages, hoSpital, school and·other ' welfare act! vi ties.

About- SO, 000 employees (including their families) are directly benefited and eqt.lal no. ·may J:e invo 1 ved by way of indirect activities, busines.stneJl, contractor latour e

Al:lout 7,ooo persons working under Mosaboni Group•of Mines. ·

Forest land 61.37 has already been used therefore question of acquisition of non-forest land does not arise.

No agriculture and animal husbandary activity is done in the area.

No displacement of persons involved.

All employees are residing in the baae camp at M::>saboni Group of Mines. Therefore SUpPly of free fuel wood etc. involved. · ·

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.§!TE INSPECTION FOR THE MINING LEASE AREAlll OF 203. 62 HI\ OF FOREST LI\N

Mosaboni group of minea.were leased to Hioduatan Copper Ltd

in 1924. Out of total mining lease area of 6923 hectares, an extent ~ 1.860 ha. were the forest land. The lease expired on 15-06-1984 ~nd \ • ' i)

renewed by De~uty Commiasioner,singhtbum District for further period of 20 years from 16-06-1984 without obtaining ap~roval under Forest

conse"rvation Act. Though the renewal of the Deputy Commissioner was

accorded on 02-01-1990. yet the company has been continuing their underground mining operations uninterrupted. Both the author! ties of J.

the Company as well as ~orest oeptt have maintained that the under­ground mining h-1.:: been continued only in the area wh.ich were broken prior to 1980.

There are 4 under~round mines in this lease1 1. Dhobani Mines where the work has been presently stopped.

2. Mosaboni Mines

3. Pathargora Mines 4. surda Mines.

In spite of Ministry's direction vide letter No.e-64/93-FC db. 27-08-93 addressed to secretary(Fore ts), Bihar, the mining wor~ has not been stopped. During personal inquiry with the local officera.

I have been ~old that no •ll•IJiclixldalU:tiiJilxlll:fXblxRB~%lmriU responsibility has been fixed on any erring officials for the alleged

violation of Forest Conservation ACt. · As per the details supplied by ·11 l

th(lompany. 61.37 ha of forest land have P8en occupied by the . cofp ny on the surfac.e {24.13 ha in Moaaboni Mines and 37.28 ha in su~d Mines. The break up of the balance 142.25 ha underground mi~ibg in difCer.ent mines are li~ted as below. It is· to be clearly un ~ stood that 142.35 ha does not include underground miningsbelow th ; rea occupied dm the surface. . . . . .

N&~ l o Area or Min.ef3 underground

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Motaboni 41.69 Dh~~nl 14.506

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9.7 15.574

Pa~h;argora 2.34

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Tote. (excluding common area occupied on surface)

57.39 30,08

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It is, thus, cleAr that excluding the area occupied on t::'

surface i.e. 61.37 ha. 97.272 ha is broken prior to 1980. Th~

proposal includes fresh underground mining of 94.978 ha.

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Status of Forest~a The forest area is chssifh··J· as Reserved and Protected forests.

There 1s no vegetat1~n in the nrea occupied on the surface, whereas,

there are moderate to c_;~ood sal forests in certain patches of remaininr

area where underground mining is in progress.

DiscrepAnciP.s noticP.d~ As alre~dy narr~tad, thP- proposal is not exhaustive regardino the

forest areas used for underqroun:j rnining prior to 1980 as well as tt­

area required for future mining. The state Porest Deptt ha~ also to

depend upon Hindustan Copper Limited for the break up of the area in

some Mines. During the visit to these mines on 18-12-1993, I have

found it very difficult to dete~mine the extent of underground mining prior to 1980, as there is no proof for the same. We had only to rely on the figures furnished by HCL. EnviroiTI'tent and \'lildlife:

A~ etated in the propos~!, the area does not form a National Par~ Wildllfe Sanctuary/Bio-sphere n.eserve. Since the permission is being . ' sou~~ for continuation of 97.272 ha of underground mining and 44.973

ha fr~sh underground mining, it may not disturb the environment and as well as wildlife, if any. Underground mining in these areas, have not e~used any disaster in the past. 61.37 ha of fore•t area occupied

, I on surface ~ are townships, permanent structures and hence will havP. to belregularised.

I /\~ a huge establishment os HC!.· exists and large populntion 11

mainly dependent upon these mines , it may not be possible to stop th~ work ~t this stage.

compensatory Afforestation:

sfnce the fresh area required is for the purpose of undergrouno mining, no compensatory afforestation is necessary. R~habilitation programmes

No .such progr:omme is necP.ss~ry. Recomnendation:

In view of the a60resaid d.iocussion, I recommend to regula rise the mining by HCL.

The R&K extent of for?st lRnd mentioned in Ministry's letter No,

s-64/93-Fc dt.27-09-1993 where the mining was not done in the past and is also no~ under,fresh proposal is mentioned as 1756.38 ha. This figure is not correct as the total lease area of forest land is 186C ha and the proposal on hand is for .203. 62 ha, thus-leaving a balancr

of 1656.38 ha. The D! O,Dha!bhum Division stated that other regUlar forestry operations are beinQ cax.ried out in these areas.

Sd/• B.K.SINGH.CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS(C/