Brief note on functions of the Asst. Director of Mines & Geology Office,Visakhapatnam.
In Visakhapatnam District, mining and quarry operations are being regulated by two offices viz., the Asst. Director of Mines & Geology, Visakhapatnam and Asst. Director of Mines & Geology, Anakapalli under the control of the Dy. Director of Mines and Geology, Visakhapatnam. The jurisdiction of ADMG, Visakhapatnam is over 11 Mandals.
The details are as follows:
| Anandapuram | Bheemunipatnam | Gajuwaka | Pendurthy |
| Padmanabham | Chinagadili | Pedagantyada | Visakhapatnam |
This office looks after promotional and regulatory functions for overall development of mineral sector and also collection of mineral revenue to the State Exchequer i.e. processing of Mineral Concession applications for leasing out of mineral bearing areas.
This office processes Minor Mineral Concession applications received through Mee Seva from the entrepreneurs for grant of minerals. After proper scrutiny and receipt of No Objection Certificate from Revenue/ Forest, then conducting survey and inspection on the area and then necessary proposals will be submitted for grant of various minerals. LOI will be issued to the prospective applicant to submit Approved Mining Plan, together with Environmental Clearance from Ministry of Mines, CFO from APPCB for the proposed quarrying in the applied area. Then final grant order will be issued by the granting authority.
EXISTING QUARRY LEASES :
The jurisdiction of the Asst. Director of Mines and Geology, Visakhapatnam is having the following MLs/QLs under operation.
| Sl. No. | Type of Mineral | No. of Leases | Quartz/ Quatzite | Laterite | Calcite | Clay | Colour Granite | RM& BS | Gravel/BS |
| 1 |
Major
|
NIL | |||||||
| 2 | Minor | 162 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 61 | 42
|
SCHEMES / ACTIVITIES / ACTION PLAN
It is submitted that this Department is not implementing any schemes to the public.
This Department is only revenue generation Department
Mineral Revenue Target 75.00 Crores fixed by the Govt. for the year 2019-20 and Achievements of AD MG VSP:
Targets and Achievement upto 15th August, 2019 is as follows:
| Sl.No. | Mineral | Target (Rs. in crores) | Ach’ment (Rs..inCrores) | % of Ach’ment |
| 1 | Major Mineral | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 2 | Minor Mineral | 21.02 | 12.78 | 60.79 |
| Total | 21.02 | 12.78 | 60.79 |
CONTACTS:
| Sl.
No. |
Name of the Employee | Designations | Mobile Number |
| Technical | |||
| 1 | N Venkata krishna | District Mines & Geology Officer | 9100688813 |
| 2 | Sri B S V T G Sankarao | Royalty Inspector |
9849048379 |
| 3 | Sri S K Subhani | Technical Assistant | 9502988997 |
| 4 | Sri Jaya Ram Prasad | surveyor | 9989965412 |
| Ministerial | |||
| 1 | L Siva Kumar | Mineral Revenue Officer | 9885248849 |
| 2 | Sri K. Pydiraju | Sr. Assistant | 9848125670 |
Office of the Asst.Director of Mines & Geology, Visakhapatnam Land Phone No.0891-2552659
Mail ID: admg_vsp@yahoo.com
PIO: Dr. R.Thammu Naidu, Asst. Director of Mines & Geology, Visakhapatnam Mobile No.9100688821
APIO: Sri SPK Malleswasra Rao, Asst. Geologist Mobile No. 9100688551