DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

ASSESSMENT REPORT

PROPOSAL FOR

EXPANSION OF INDUCTION FURNACE

JAGRITI STEEL PRIVATE LIMITED Survey No. 563 & 566, Veerlapally Village, Kothur, Telangana

For Grant of Environmental Clearance (Category B project under 3(a) Sector)

Product Existing (TPD)

Proposed Expansion (TPD)

Ingots/Billets 70 180

PLOT AREA: 28,631. 29 Sq m Represented by: Mukesh Kumar Agarwal Director)

Ph.No:+91 9393041778 E-mail Id: jagritisteel@hotmail.com

Project cost: 3.0 crore

Baseline Data Generation Period: Oct-Dec: 2018

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF 1.0 Introduction

M/S Dilip Re-Rolling Pvt. Ltd., established on Survey. No 21 to 24 in Gunded village, of Balanagar Mandal , Mahboobnagar District , Telangana is already manufacturing Steel ingots and Billets. Presently it has two induction furnaces (one stand by) with 2.5 tones per hour capacity, with total production of 29,880(99.6 TPD) tons per annum of ingots and Billets. It also has a re-rolling mill to produce steel bars amounting 72,000 (240 TPD)tones per annum yearly capacity . The existing plant is having valid Consent for Operation from TS Pollution control Board. Now the company have proposed to expand the existing plant by installing one 9 TPH and 2x 25TPH Induction furnaces to increase the annual production up to 15,9,000TPA of m/s Bars, Flats, Rounds, Angles ,Channels and Beams. Project Proponent

M/S Dilip Re-Rolling mills Pvt. Ltd. is a Private Limited Company. The Directors of the company are as under: Directors: Goverdhandas Agarwal, Sudhansu Sekhar Agarwal and Satish Kumar Agarwal Address:

21-1-414,Rikabgunj,Hyderabag. Tel 040-24572426 E-mail-diliprerolling@gmail.com.

1.1 Location

M/S Dilip Re-Rolling Pvt. Ltd., established on Survey. No 21 to 24 in Gunded village, of Balanagar Mandal , Mahboobnagar District , Telangana state Latitude 16°56’47.26” N and Longitude 78°10’04.53” E . The project falls under the Balanagar Mandal. The land area of the plant is 14 Acres and 2.6 Guntas (56,915.95 sq m) out of which37,564.52 sq m is being used for the Industrial processes and 19351.43 (34.0% )sq m has been allocated for green belt. 2.0 Product and Capacities

The project proposes to expand the production capacity by upgrading existing capacity as given below: b Existing Product TExisting unit

EExisting Capacity EProposed

unit PTotal Capacity TPA TTm/s Ingots and billets m2x 2.5 TPH Induction Furnace 299.6 TPD (29,880 TPA) 91x 9 TPH replacing existing 2x2.5 TPH(180 TPD) and 1x25 TPH(350 TPD) 11,59,000 1mm/s Bars mRe-rolling Mill of Capacity 72,000 TPA (TMT Bars) R240 TPD 21,59,000 11,59,000 m/s Bars, Flats, Rounds, Angles ,Channels and Beams 1m

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.0 INTRODUCTION

M/S Jagriti Steel Pvt Ltd , established on Survey. No. 563 & 566 in Veerlapally village,

Kothur Mandal, Rangareddy District in Telangana state ,is already manufacturing Steel

Ingots and Billets. Presently it has two induction furnaces (one stand by) with 2 tons per

hour (TPH) capacity, with total production of 70 tons per day (TPD).

1.1 Project Proponent

M/S Jagriti Steel is a Private Limited Company. The Directors of the company are as

under:

Directors: Mukesh Kumar Agarwal, Navaneet Kumar Agarwal

Address: Jagriti Steel Private Limited’s registered address is 21-2-636/1, Urdugalli

Pathergatti Hyderabad Telangana, India, 500002 situated in Hyderabad. It was

established in 10/05/2016. It has 2 Years 7 Months 12 days of experience.

1.2 Location

M/S Jagriti Steel Pvt Ltd is situated at village Veerlapally on Survey No. 563 & 566 in

Kothur Mandal, Rangareddy District in Telangana state on Latitude 17° 8' 51.16"N and

Longitude 78°13'38.93"E. Location map is given below. The project falls under the

Kothur Mandal. All the villages of Kothur mandal have been declared as industrial area

by the govt. of industries and commerce department as per GO MS No. 49 dated 1st

February 1992 (reference page No. 1, 27B, 28).

All the villages of Kothur mandal have been declared as industrial area by the govt. of

industries and commerce department as per GO MS No. 49 dated 1st February 1992

(reference page No. 1, 27B, 28). The land area of the plant is 7 Acres and 3 Guntas

(28,631.29 sq m) out of which 33.7% of the total project land is already been developed

as green belt.

2.0 PRODUCT AND CAPACITIES

The project proposes to expand the production capacity by upgrading existing 70 TPD

to 180 TPD by installing one more Induction furnace having capacity 9 TPH to increase

the capacity of Steel ingots & Billets from 70 TPD to 180 TPD within the existing

premises.

Existing and Proposed Capacities

Particulars Ingots/Billets (TPD)

Existing capacity 70

Proposed expansion 180

The unit obtained CFO for Furnace on 29-6-2017 (valid up to 31-07 2022) from State

Pollution Control Board to manufacture 70 T/Day of MS Ingots and Billets and for

Rolling mill on 1-09-2018(valid up to 31-05 2022). The unit obtained the respective

Consent Orders accordingly and started its operations.

Salient Features of the Project

Name of Project Jagriti Steel Pvt Ltd.

Proponent Mukesh Kumar Agarwal ( Director)

Nature of the Project Secondary Metallurgical Process based industry

Latitude and Longitude Pillar Latitude Longitude

A 170 8'52.55 " 780 13'36.10"

B 170 8' 47.86" 780 13'36.90"

C 170 8' 46.53" 780 13'39.42"

D 170 8' 51.44" 780 13'38.19"

Site Location Survey. No. 563 & 566, Veerlapally Village, Kothur

Mandal, Rangareddy District (Formerly

Mahboobnagar district)

Total land area 28,631. 29 Sq m

Total area of green belt

developed

9648.74 Sq m (33.7%)

Nearest High way NH-44 about 12 Km towards South from site aerially

Nearest Rly Stn Sadashiv pet Rail Way Station is 25 Km from the site

Nearest Air Port Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad,

Hyderabad is 33 km from the site

Nearest fire station Shadnagar 8.5 km (South)

Nearest village Veerlapally 1.3 km (South)

Nearest surface water bodies Pond near Narsappa Guda 3.25km (East)

Pond near Appareddy Guda 2.71 km(South)

Pond in Kothur 6 km (East)

Shabad Phahilwan Cheruv 11km (West)

Bobilli Cheruv 7.7 km (SW-S)

Surya Sarasu 9.10 km (NE-E)

Nearest Reserve Forest Patelgiri Reserve Forest 23 km South East

Any ecologically sensitive

areas

None

Fresh Water Requirement Industrial: 17KLD; Domestic: 3 KLD (Existing)

Industrial: 42KLD; Domestic: 8KLD (Proposed)

Source of Water Telangana: RWSSD and tanker supply

Man Power 50 Members to be employed directly and around 30

people may be employed indirectly

Name of Project Jagriti Steel Pvt Ltd.

Power Demand 5 Megawatts and is supplied by Telangana Electricity

supply board

Project Cost The cost of the project is Rs 3 crores (300 lakhs)

along with all the accessories

3.0 REQUIREMENT OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT

3.1 Raw Materials

The existing unit is using the MS Scrap; Sponge Iron and Alloying metals for the MS

Ingots and Billets. It is proposed to increase the production capacity of MS

Ingots/Billets from 21,000 TPA to 54,000 TPA, thus the raw material requirement will

also increase which is mentioned below.

Raw Materials Requirement for Existing & Expansion of the Unit

3.2 Water requirement

Fresh Water

Requirement

Industrial: 17KLD; Domestic: 3 KLD (Existing)

Industrial: 42KLD; Domestic: 8KLD (Proposed)

Source of Water Telangana: RWSSD and tanker supply

S.

No

Raw

Material

Source Transportation Quantity

TPD TPA

Existing (70 TPD)

1 Sponge Iron Local/adjacent States By Road 49.42 14,826

2 Iron Scrape Local/Imported By Road 7.7 2,310

3 Pig Iron Local/adjacent States By Road 14.49 4,347

4 Ferro Alloys Local/adjacent States By Road 0.63 189

Total 72.24 21,672

Material Balance

Ingots/ Billets 70 21,000

Slag 1.5 450

Cutting& Scaling 0.74 222

Expansion Unit (180 TPD)

1 Sponge Iron Local/adjacent States By Road 126.54 38,124

2 Iron Scrape Local/Imported By Road 18.54 5,940

3 Pig Iron Local/adjacent States By Road 36.9 11,178

4 Ferro Alloys Local/adjacent States By Road 1.62 486

Total 185.76 55728

Material Balance

Ingots/ Billets 180 54,000

Slag 3.9 1,170

Cutting& Scaling 1.86 558

4.0 MANUFACTURING PROCESS

Sponge iron, scrap and metal alloys are charged to furnace. Small quantity of silico-

manganese and flux chemicals will be added to molten metal. The advantage of the

induction furnace is a clean, energy-efficient and well-controllable melting process

compared to most other means of metal melting.

Raw materials for the process are scrap, fluxes and Ferro alloys. Sponge iron can

substitute scrap up to 50%. The 16”x16” size Scrap bundles will be Lifted and

Transported by Overhead cranes and fed to Induction Furnace. Scrap/ sponge iron,

fluxes, Ferro alloys are melted in an Induction furnace, wherein electric current is

passed through it. In the Induction Melting Furnace the scrap melts at temperature of

about 1650C. When the total charge is melted into hot liquid metal then the metallurgy

of steel in terms of carbon, phosphorus content, alloy elements etc, is controlled at this

stage. Based upon the Composition of the molten steel, additives will be added to get

the requisite composition and grade of Steel .

The molten material is poured into mould to produce ingots. The ladle is placed over the

Continuous Casting machine to cast the molten steel into required size of billets. The

Cut Billets are transported by a Billet handling crane and stored in the Storage yard as

per the Grade and Quality for dispatch.

4.1 Material Balance and Emissions

Material Balances for (Existing )M.S.

Ingots and Billets to the tune of 21,000 Material Balances for (Expansion) M.S. Ingots

and Billets to the tune of 54,000 TPA

5.0 MEASURES FOR MITIGATING THE IMPACTS

The purpose of mitigation measures is to avoid, reduce or minimize unwanted impacts

on the environment. To minimize & control the Flue Gas emission from the stack

attached to Boiler & DG Set, M/S Jagriti Steel Pvt. Ltd. has already installed Separate

water scrubber with Induction Furnaces & canopy with DG set. 5.5 TPD of Slag from

furnaces is given to cement plant for reuse for land filling. Solids from APCD are

disposed off at designated TSDF site. Used Oil from DG set is being sold to the

authorized Recyclers. STP is provided for treatment of domestic effluent. Treated

effluent is used for plantation in the premises. The industry is regularly operating and

maintaining its APCD and ensuring that the emissions are adequately collected and

concentration of air pollutants in its emissions conforms to the emission standards laid

down by the board.

6.0 COST OF THE PROJECT

The total project cost is Rs 3.00 Crores (after addition of proposed machinery).Proposed

Employment Generation from proposed project will be around 80 persons out of which

50 persons will be having direct employment and 30 persons will have indirect

employment.

7.0 SITE SELECTION

M/S Jagriti Steel Pvt Ltd is situated at village Veerlapally on Survey No. 563 & 566 in

Kothur Mandal, Rangareddy District in Telangana state on Latitude 17° 8' 51.16"N and

Longitude 78°13'38.93"E. Location map is given below. The project falls under the

Kothur Mandal. All the villages of Kothur mandal have been declared as industrial area

by the govt. of industries and commerce department as per GO MS No. 49 dated 1st

February 1992 (reference page No. 1, 27B, 28). The land area of the plant is 7 Acres and

3 Guntas (28,631.29 sq m) out of which 33.7% of the total project land is already been

developed as green belt. No National Parks/ Wildlife Sanctuaries/ Biosphere Reserves/

Reserved Forests exist within 5 km radius of project site. Nearby water body is Pond

near Appareddy Guda (South) which is about 2.71km fromthe unit.

7.1 Land ownership and Related Details

The project land is owned by the proponent Jagriti Steel Private Limited.

It is an Orange category industry that comes under the Industrial area

of Kothur, The project falls under the Kothur Mandal.

Non agriculture waste Land has been converted for industrial purpose.

Land conversion documents has been enclosed at the end of the report

The existing industry is with a Shed and 2 tons per hour (TPH) Induction

furnace and a Re- rolling mill. The industry is now proposing production of

additional 9 TPH with one more additional induction furnace in the same

premises.

8.0 BASELINE OF THE ENVIRONMENT

8.1 Regional Meteorology

The study area has a severe summer season during the month of May with temperature

shooting up to 47oC. The Normal means minimum temperature is 13.70C and mean

maximum is 39.90C. The onsite of the monsoon in the area is from June and tapers off

during October. The average annual rainfall of the area is 644 mm. The area in general

has dry climate with low humidity.

The predominant wind direction during this period was from SE to NW sector

accounting to about 45.83 % of the total time with calm winds of less than 1.0 kmph.

During some of the times the wind speed was recorded more than 11 kmph.

8.2 Ambient air quality

Ambient air quality of the study area has been assessed in and around the project. PM10

monitored in the Plant area showed 98th percentile value of 43.7 g/m3 with PM 2.5 of

21.1 µg/m3. 98th percentile values of Sulphur dioxide and Oxides of Nitrogen in the

Plant area from the monitored data were 19.8 g/m3 and23.1 µg/m3 respectively. CO

concentration at all the locations was found to be below detection level.

8.3 Air Quality in Buffer Zone

The monitored value of Air pollutants in the buffer zone at selected location is given in

the table below:

Name of the

Station

PM 2.5 PM10 SO2 NOx CO

Project Area 19.8 41.4 18.5 22.8 BDL

Virlapalli 19.2 41.7 17.8 22.3 BDL

Kotur 20.8 42.5 19.3 23.1 BDL

Nandigaon 18.2 37.9 16.1 22.8 BDL

Modariguda 18.3 36.8 16.4 21.9 BDL

Nagulapalli 18.5 37.3 17.1 22.0 BDL

Fathimapur 20.2 35.9 17.3 23.1 BDL

Chatanpalli 21.0 38.3 16.9 22.6 BDL Source :Primary monitoring

8.4 Water Quality

Assessment of water quality in the study area includes the quality assessment of

parameters as per the Indian standard IS 10500 for Ground Water. Water characteristics

are as follows:

Parameters Results mg/l

TDS 478 - 2448

Hardness 240 - 1628 mg/l

Chlorides 35 - 1079 mg/l

Sulphates 24 - 278 mg/l

Calcium 64 - 477 mg/l

Magnesium 14 - 135 mg/l

Iron 0.03 - 0.16 mg/l

Heavy metals Zn, Pb, Cu and Al BDL Source :Primary monitoring

The analyzed values are found within the permissible/desirable limits of IS: 10500.

8.5 Nature of Soil

Soil samples were analyzed in and around the project site.

The following are the highlights of soil quality in the study area.

Summary of Soil Quality In plant Area

pH of the all soil sample was 7.21.

Texture of soil sample is found to be clay with sand 36%, silt 16% and

Clay 48%.

Phosphorus values in the soil sample collected was found to be 28 kg/ha.

Nitrate of the soil sample collected was found to be 186 kg/ ha.

Summary of Soil Quality in Study Area

pH of the all soil samples were found to be 7.16-7.86.

Texture of soil samples are found to be Clay and sandy Clay with sand %

in the range

Between 16-36%, silt between 16-48 % and Clay 34-54%.

Phosphorus values in the soil samples collected were in the range of 28-64

kg/ha

Nitrate of the soil samples collected were in the range of 186-282 kg/ha.

8.6 Ambient Noise

Noise monitoring was conducted in and around the project site. The values were below

the respective statutory norms as applicable.

8.7 Forests

The period of monsoon is very short lived in this area, which has a significant bearing

apart from other biotic pressures, on the floristic composition of the forests. These are

open forests in which thorny and usually hard wood species predominate. . Area under

forest cover spread over Mahaboobnagar and Achampet Divisions, with forest wealth

such as Teak wood, Bamboo, Tamarind, Rosa grass, Beedi leaves, Neem seeds,

medicinal plants etc., Bamboo fetches maximum revenue along with Beedi leaves

ranging from 50 lakh to one crore per annum.

8.8 Flora

The study area does not habitat any thick vegetal cover. There is usually a thin grass

growth which may appear during the short rainy season in most of the study area, but

more or less the soil is barren and devoid of any grass growth.

8.9 Fauna

Some of the animals which you would find here are Tigers, Panthers, Jackals, Indian

Giant Squirrel, Mouse Deer, Spotted Deer, Sambhar Deer, Black Bucks, Wild Boar,

Tree Shrew, Mugger Crocodiles, Wolves, Wild dogs, Foxes, and Sloth Bear. No

endangered fauna species are found in the area.

8.10 Socio-economic Status

Basic Socio-economic conditions are as follows:

There are 55 villages and many hamlets in the study area.

As per the 2011 census data, the population in the study area is 58,498.

Density of population is 164.12 persons per Sq km.

Literacy status of the area is found to be moderate with a total of 62 % of

the population. Male and Female literacy is about 72 % and 52%

respectively.

Occupational status in the study area is in agriculture. 50 % of total

population of the study area falls under main workers category.

Agricultural activities are mainly in monsoon season. Major crops in the

area are Jowar, Maize, groundnut, Ragi, Onion, Vegetables etc

Medical facilities are inadequate, only few villages have the primary

health care centers. For any major health care, the populace of the area has

to go to Shadnagar, which is a major town located at a distance of about

13.0 Km from the proposed site.

Educational facilities are adequate. Higher educational center is Shadnagar

at a distance of 13.0 km.

This region is well connected by road.

Many villages are adequately provided with protected water supply.

9.0 IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDS & RISKS

Based on the type of operations, the possible Hazards and Emergencies are

identified and appropriate mitigation measures are proposed. Safety hazards relating

to Induction Furnace and Rolling Mill can be classified into 3 categories:

Thermal hazards

Electrical hazards

Physical hazards

S.No. Plant

Area

Possible Deviation from

normal operation

Likely Causes Consequences

1 Furnace Re-circulating and cooling

water coming in contact with

the molten iron or slag

Leakage of water

from the walls

Spurting of metal/

slag

Explosion under

extreme cases

Presence of Oil & Grease and

other Impurities in raw

materials

Fire

Sudden catches

fire & flames

2 High

Power

Transforme

r

Oil temperature being very

high.

Varying room

Temperatures

Sudden flashing

of fire or

bursting.

3 High

Tension

Electrical

Installation

Heavy sparking at the pot

heads and the joints.

Loose joints, cable

cut, burning of

fuses, short

circuits etc.

Sparks in the

beginning,

devastating fire

if neglected.

10.0 LIKELY IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT

10.1 Air Environment

During construction water will be sprinkled on the soil to avoid dust generation if any.

The debris and unused construction material shall be removed immediately for

recycling, if any, or for land fill.

Bag filters & Cyclone shall be provided to arrest SPM from flue gases to keep it within

permissible limits. All vehicles for service activities at the project site shall be checked

for vehicular emission. The agencies will be asked to keep them within prescribed

limits. They will also be asked to maintain them properly.

A chimney of suitable height is already provided for the D.G. set to control the G.L.C.

of S.P.M., SO2, & NOx levels. Extensive tree plantation shall be resorted to for further

improving the air environment in general and minimize noise levels.

10.2 Water Environment

Water shall be drawn from a tube-well installed in the factory area and distributed

through an Over Head Service Reservoir. This will all be a closed system. During

construction existing toilet facilities shall be used by the labour. Finally waste water

from the toilets shall be taken to septic tank. It will not be thrown outside either on land

or in any water body. Roof top Rain Water shall be harvested and used for ground water

recharge to minimize effect of withdrawal of water from the underground.

10.3 Land Environment

No additional land will be required for expansion. The requirements of sand and

aggregates for the construction works like foundation etc. will be supplied by venders.

The land use is thus so planned that there is minimum adverse impacts.

10.4 Solid/Hazardous Waste

The other solid/Hazardous wastes from the bag filters shall be stored in a dumping pit of

R.C.C. Construction and sent for proper disposal. Slag from the manufacturing process

shall be used for making roads or sent to cement plant for further use.

10.5 Green Belt

The main objective of the green belt is to provide a barrier between the source of

pollution and the surrounding areas. The green belt helps to capture the fugitive

emission and to attenuate the noise generated, apart from improving the aesthetics.

Development of green belt and other forms of greenery shall also prevent soil erosion

and washing away of topsoil besides helping in stabilizing the functional ecosystem and

further, to make the climate more conducive and to restore water balance. It is planned

that the selected plants will be grown as per normal horticultural (or forestry) practice

and authorities responsible for plantation will also make sure that adequate provision for

watering and protection of the saplings exists at site.

11.0 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN

Emergency planning is primary for the protection of plant personnel and people in

nearby areas and the environment that could be affected by unplanned hazardous events.

Use of proper personnel protective equipment, fire protection systems and continuous

training of people working in the shop floor are the only measures which helps

industries to avoid accidents.

12.0 ISSUES AND RESPONSE DURING PUBLIC HEARING

It is a Draft report submitted to SPCB for grant of public hearing dates.

13.0 CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT RESPONSIBILITY

Proposed project will result in growth of the surrounding areas by increased direct and

indirect employment opportunities in the region including ancillary development and

supporting infrastructure. Special emphasis on Financial and Social benefits will be

given to the local people. Development of social amenities will be in the form of

medical facilities, education to underprivileged and creation of self-help groups. The

company has earmarked Rs 9 lakhs towards the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Activities.

14.0 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH MEASURES

Conceptually when the healthy employees are placed on the jobs, they produce much

better than what unhealthy employees produce. Larger the number of unhealthy

employees, the greater is the loss to the steel plant in terms of low productivity,

increasing healthcare cost, sickness absenteeism, and loss of production.

Project management is keenly protecting health of the employees by preventing and

controlling occupational diseases and by eliminating occupational factors and conditions

hazardous to the health of the employees at work place by promoting regular medical

checkups and by building safe protecting environment at work sites.

15.0 POST PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME

A number of environmental aspects will be regularly monitored so as to ensure the

implementation and effectiveness of various mitigative measures adopted. The

implementation and monitoring of effectiveness of the environmental mitigation

measures will be assigned to the Environmental Control Department. An Environmental

Management Unit, comprising of senior management level officers will periodically

assess and monitor the implementation of mitigation measures and environmental

monitoring Programme, and tackle the bottlenecks of the implementation of mitigation

measures.

Budget for Implementation of Environmental Management Plan

S. No Component Capital cost for the

proposed expansion in

Lakhs

1 Pollution equipment for 9TPH Induction Furnace 50

2 Greenbelt development 5

3 Environmental management cell 15

4 CER 7.5

Total 77.5 Lakhs