SMR: India: Sawra-Kuddu Hydroelectric Project, Himachal
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Social Monitoring Report Project Number: 41627 August 2009 IND: Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Development Investment Program Report for Sawra Kuddu Hydroelectric Project - Prepared by Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (HPPCL) This report has been submitted to ADB by the Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (HPPCL) and is made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s public communications policy (2005). It does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB. Compliance Status Report of Environment and Social Safeguards ENVIRONMENT SAFEGUARDING AND MANAGEMENT REPORTING List of abbreviations and colloquial terms used ADB Asian Development Bank AY Academic Year Bigha Unit for measuring land (One Bigha = about 800 sq mtr) Biswa Unit for measuring land (One Biswa = about 40 sq mtr) CA Compensatory Afforestation CAMPA Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Agency CAT Catchment Area Treatment CBO Community Based Organization CES Chief Environment Specialist CMO Chief Medical Officer CSR Corporate Social Responsibility DC Deputy Commissioner DFO Divisional Forest Officer DGM Deputy General Manager distt. District DPR Detailed Project Report EIA Environment Impact Assessment EMP Environment Management Plan GoHP Government of Himachal Pradesh GoI Government of India HCC Hindustan Construction Company (Ltd) HDPE High-Density Poly-Ethylene HEP Hydro-Electric Project HFL Highest Flood Level HoP Head of Project HP Himachal Pradesh HPCEDIP Himachal Pradesh Clean Energy Development Investment Programme HPFD Himachal Pradesh Forest Department HPPCL Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited HPPWD Himachal Pradesh Public Works Department HPSEB Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board HPSFDC Himachal Pradesh State Forest Development Corporation ITI Industrial Training Institute LADA Local Area Development Agency LADC Local Area Development Committee LADF Local Area Development Fund LWSS Lift Water Supply Scheme m Meter MoEF Ministry of Environment & Forests MW Megawatt NPV Net Present Value NRRP National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Plan PAA Project Affected Area PAF Project Affected Family Panchayat Lower most tier (at cluster of village level) of governance in India Parivar Family PAZ Project Affected Zone PCC Project Construction Circle PHC Primary Health Centre ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 2 SAWRA-KUDDU HEP (111 MW)-Environment Monitoring Report No. Sawra-Kuddu-2009/1 R&R Resettlement and Rehabilitation RoR Run-of-the-River Rs. Indian Rupees/INR SC Scheduled Caste SDM Sub Divisional Magistrate SE Superintending Engineer SPCB State Pollution Control Board Sq kms Square Kilometer Sq Mtr Square Meter ST Scheduled Tribe XEN Executive Engineer ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 3 SAWRA-KUDDU HEP (111 MW)-Environment Monitoring Report No. Sawra-Kuddu-2009/1 INDEX S.N. CONTENT PAGE 1 Name of Project & Other Details 5 A Implementation of Safeguarding Measures 5-20 1 Forest Clearance 5-7 2 Environment Clearance 8-11 3 Fulfillment of Commitments of Public Hearing 12-18 4 ADB Stipulation re Safeguarding Measures 19 5 Others 20 B Status of Implementation of Environment Management Plan 20-21 C Implementation of Social & R&R Measures 22-24 D Staffing Position 24 E Annexures 25-29 I Annexure - A 25-26 II Annexure - B 27-29 ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 4 SAWRA-KUDDU HEP (111 MW)-Environment Monitoring Report No. Sawra-Kuddu-2009/1 SAWRA-KUDDU (111MW) HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT - ENVIRONMENT SAFEGUARDING AND MANAGEMENT REPORT The Sawra-Kuddu (111 MW) Hydro-Electric Project is being funded by the Asian Development Bank, which is covered under HPCEDIP Tranche-1. A. IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFEGUARDING MEASURES I Name of Project Sawra-Kuddu Hydro Electric Project (111 MW) II Name of Monitoring/Reporting Internal Monitoring Report of HPPCL Agency and address III Monitoring Period ( season/month) First Year IV Report No. HPPCL-ESMU-Sawra-Kuddu-Env.Comp.Rprt-2009/1 V Report for the period Six monthly period ending 31.06.09 VI Date of reporting 31.08.09 1. Forest Clearance. Forest Clearance received vide letter No F.No.8-42/2005-FC Govt of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests) (FC Division) Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 dated 2nd June, 2006 from Assistant Inspector General of Forest. Compliance status for the conditions included in this clearance letter is given below. Area is given in ha (hectares) and amount in Indian Rupees (Rs.). The unit used is Lakh/lac (One lakh is equal to One hundred thousand or 0.10 million) and Crore (one crore is equal to 10 million or 100 lakh). S.N. Measures/ stipulations Compliance Status 1 Legal status of the forest land shall HPPCL will not seek changes in the legal status remain un-changed. 2 Compensatory Afforestation will be For Compensatory Afforestation (CA) over 108 ha i.e. raised and maintained over degraded twice the area of forestland diverted (53.2076 ha) in forest land twice in extent to the forest lieu of diversion of forestland for the Project, Rs 70.62 land proposed to be diverted, at the cost lac have been deposited during March, 2006 with of user agency. HPFD (Himachal Pradesh Forest Department). Progress report (physical and financial) is though sought from HPFD on regular basis yet even the very first report is still awaited despite repeated requests. 3 The entire reservoir area shall be declared The entire reservoir area will be got declared as a as a Reserved forest under Indian Forest Reserved Forest under Indian Forest Act, 1927 with Act, 1927 with regulated fishing rights. regulated fishing rights in the construction phase, for which revenue papers are being sent to DFO Rohru. 4 Felling of trees shall be done only when Total of 852 trees are involved with a total volume of necessary and that too with the prior 765.37 m3 and the cost of these trees has been paid to permission of the state forest department. HPFD. Prior permission of the competent authority to fell these trees has been sought by DFO, Rohru Forest Division, Rohru by moving the request to CF Shimla vide his office letter dated 26.06.2009. Till date no felling of trees has been carried out in the project area. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 5 SAWRA-KUDDU HEP (111 MW)-Environment Monitoring Report No. Sawra-Kuddu-2009/1 5 The State Government shall deposit all a) A sum of Rs 2.39 Crores deposited against CAT the above mentioned funds with the Ad Plan out of 7.31 Crores. hoc body of Compensatory Afforestation b) Rs 3, 67, 14,900/- during the month of March, 2006 Fund Management and Planning against NPV of Forestland. Authority (CAMPA) in Account No CA c) Rs 70.62 lacs stands deposited during March, 2006 1595 of Corporation Bank (A against CA. Government of India Enterprises) block - c) Progress report (physical and financial) on regular 11, Ground floor, CGO Complex phase – basis, though sought from HPFD yet even the first I, Lodhi Road New Delhi -110003, as per report is still awaited despite repeated requests. the instruction communicated vide letter No 5-2/2006-FC dated 20-05-2006. 6 Demarcation of the area shall be done on Demarcation of the area on the ground by fixing 4 feet the ground at the project cost by fixing 4 high RCC pillars showing forward and backward feet high RCC pillars showing forward bearings is under process. and backward bearings. 7 Green belt of adequate width shall be Construction work is in progress and concurrent to raised on the vacant area , at the cost of construction it is not possible to develop green area. project This work will be taken up once the construction is over. However, we are planning to create the Green belt as per the availability of suitable area in consultation with HPFD. 8 All steps shall be taken to prevent land Necessary steps will be taken to prevent landslides by slides to ensure slope stability and also to constructing Retaining walls, Gabions & other ensure that no damage to the roads, retaining structures wherever necessary. However, no human life and flora& fauna is caused. instance of landslide has been noticed. 9 The dumping area of muck disposal shall Muck Management Plan, as part of the EMP, be stabilized and re-claimed and including measures to stabilize/rehabilitate muck plantation of suitable species shall be dumping sites has been prepared. Stabilization carried out over dumping areas at the cost measures include both engineering and biological of user agency under supervision of State measures. While the engineering measures are being Forest Department. Stabilization and taken as per need, the biological measures will be reclamation of such dumping sites shall taken up after completion of dumping with assistance be completed as soon as the excavation and guidance of HPFD. work is over, before the closer of the project. 10 The user agency shall ensure that muck To ensure that no muck may roll down gabions, spurs does not roll down the slopes. All such are being provided wherever required. areas where muck has rolled down the slopes shall be rehabilitated at the cost of user agency and under the supervision of State forest department. 11 All quarry for the excavation of stones/ Mining plan is under preparation, which shall be boulders shall be allowed till the implemented