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World Bank Document GOVERNMIENT OF ORISSA (INDIA) Public Disclosure Authorized DEPARTIENT OF WVATER RESOURCES ORISSA WRCP Public Disclosure Authorized ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSPVIENT (REVISED) PREPARED BY: Public Disclosure Authorized DEPARTMENT OF WN'ATER RESOUIRCES (ORISSA) AND SNOWY MOUNTAINS ENGINEERING CORPORATION Public Disclosure Authorized AdO3 319 MARCH 1995 ORISSA WVATER RESOURCES CONSOLIDATION PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMLENT TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 PERSPECTIVE ON WRCP AND EA REPORT 1 1 1.2 OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE 1I1 1.3 APPROACH TO REPORT COMPILATION 1-2 1.4 SCOPE AND FORMAT OF EA REPORT 1-2 1.5 ACKNOWLEDGMNIENTS 1-3 1.6 EA STUDY TEAM 1-4 2. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK 2.1 PERSPECT'IVE 2-1 2.2 GENERAL POLICIES AND LEGISLATION FOR PRZOJELCT APPROVALS 2-I 2.2.1 General Policies and Legal Requirements 2.2.2 National Environmental & Development Policies 2.2.3 National and State Water Policies 2.3 SPECIFIC ACTS AFFECTING PROJECT APPROVALS 2-4 2.3.1 Recent Notification under the Environment Protection Act (1986) 2.3.2 Water Resource and Pollution Control Acts 2.3.3 Forest Conservation Act (1980) and its Amendment 2.3.4 Land Acquisition Act (1894) - amended in 1984 2.3.5 Other Relevant Acts and Approval Requirements 2.4 LENDING AGENCY REQUIREMENTS 2-6 2.4.1 The World Bank EA Requirements 2.4.2 ADB and Other Agencies 2.5 CONSTRAINTS AFFECTING PROJECT APPROVALS 2-8 2.5.1 Environmental and Other Legislative Requirements 2.5.2 Firest Department (DFEF) Clearance Requirement 2.5.3 Rehahilitation and Resettlement Policy 2.5.4 Catchnient Area Ma;inagtement Plans 2.5.5 Rationalisation utoEA Requireiiiemits 3. OUTLINE OF ORISSA %%'RCP 3.1 PERSPECTIVE 3-1 3.2 PRIORITIES FOR ORISSA WRCP 3-1 (i) 3.3 COMPONENTS OF ORISSA WRCP 3-2 3.3.1 Institutional Strengthening of DONV'R 3.3.2 Mulfi-Sectoral Water Rsoutiree Planning 3.3.3 Irigation SchemcmReIeIhili.sIiurI.IruIueVL OperatiIn 111ndM int'et 'Cean1J Water User lZlv(IVilieleit (S I ) 3. .41 ('>lBCompletiol loi Oil<ui,g I'i ejt. 4 ENVIRONMENTAL OVERVIL.V 4.1 PERSPECTIVE 4-1 4.2 AVAILABILIT'Y OF DATA 4-2 4.3 GEOLOGY AND MIINERAL RESOURCES 4.3 4.3.1 Perspective 4.3.2 Implications to Water Resource Sector 4.4 HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY 4.5 4.4.1 Availability of Data 4.4.2 Implications to Water Resource Planning, andi Management 4.4.3 Water Quality Protection Requirements 4.5 AQUAT1lIC ISCOLOGY AND FI:SHERIES RIESOURCES 4.7 4.5.1 Current General Situation 4.5.2 Fislheries Production antd Potentials 4.5.3 ImplictEions to Water Resource Sector 4.6 FOREST AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES 4-12 4.6.1 Perspective on Forestry Aspects 4.6.2 Perspective on Wildlife Aspects 4.7 ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE AREAS 4-13 4.8 WAThRLOGGING AND SALINITY PROBLEMS 4-14 4.9 OTHER INMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES 4-15 4.9.1 Land Use. Population Growth and Socio-economic Status 4.9.2 Archaeoluoical and Cultural Aspects 4.10 MEDICO-ECOLOGICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH ASPECTS 4-17 4. 10.1 Water-horne Diseases 4.10.2 Water-related Diseaises 4. 10.3 Water Supply and Sanitation 4.10.4 Implications to Water Resources Sector 4.11 SOCIO-ECONO\11C IMPACTS AND RESETTLEMENT ASPECTS 4-18 5. ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS AND INMPACTS OF \N'RCP SUB-PROIR(2S 5.1 INSTIT'UTIONAL STRENGTHENING 5-l 5.2 RIVER BASIN AND NIULTI-SECTORAL PLANNING 5-3 5.3 REHABILITATION AND IMPROVED 0 & NI1 FOR LXIS I'ING P'ROJILCTIS 5-5 5.4 COMPLETION OF PROJECTS 5-7 5.4.1 Upper Jonk Project 5.4.2 H:rillarjure Project 5.4.3 Baclanalai Project 5.4.4 Harabhangi Project 5.4.5 Baghua II Project 5.4.6 Ren-ali Project 5.4.7 Naraj Barrage Project 5.4.8 Mahanadi Chitrotpala Project 5.4.9 Ohlier Water Sector Related Issues 5.4.10 Conclusions and Recommendations 6. ENVIRONMENTAL CAPABILITIES AiND INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING REQUIREMENTS 6.1 GENERAL ASSESSMIENT 6-i 6.2 WATER RESOURCE SECTOR RELATED CAPABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS 6-2 6.2.1 Department ol Water Resources 6.2.2 State Polluti6n Control Board 6.2.3 Department of Forest and Environment (Environment) 6.2.4 Forest. Wildlile and Fisheries Depanments/Directorate 6.2.5 Health Services and Public Health - Engineering Departments 6.2.6 Orissa Remote Sensing Application Centre 6.2.7 Orissa Industrial & Technical Consultants 6.2.8 Universities and Other Educational InstiLutes 6.3 [NSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING OF [RRIGATION/NVATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT 6-6 6.3. I Environnmental Groups tfor DOWR 6.3.2 Environmintal Assessment Training Options 7. I'NVIRUJNNIlNTIAI. AC HON l'I.AN lFO)R \IWI' 7.1 BASIC OBJECTIVES OF WRCP ENVIRONMENTAL AC'ITION PLAN 7-I 7.2 ENVIRONMIENTAL NEEDS. FUNCTIONS A,ND RESI'ONSIILITIIES FOR DOWVR 7-1 7.3 WRCP ENVlI'()NMIFNTAL ACTION PLAN 7-2 7.3.1 I'riority Environmental Action Plan Components 7.3.2 State Water Policy 7.3.3 Institutional Strengthening 7.3.4 Measuremcnt an(l Monitoring Capabhilities 7.3.5 Ground wacetr Maniagement 7.3.6 Cctchmient Management 7,3,7 Consul;cncy Services and Traininig I,,l H Av1ll11. ge.l.i,i 'gs"e 7.4 FUNDING 7.5 OVERALL ASSESSMIU:;T LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE I Location of Orissa in India Map FIGURE 2 Political Map of Orissa FIGURE 3 Location Map - WRCP Projects in Orissa FIGURE 4 Location Miap - Water Budies and Irrigation Areas in Orissa FIGURE 5 Map ot Mineral Resources and Industrial Areas in Orissa FIGURE 6 Map of Population Density in Orissa FIGURE 7 Eco-Sensitive Areas In Orissa FIGURE 8 Functioznal Organisation Chart of DOWR ANNEXURE I Check list of Impact Assessment ANNEXURE II Inter Linlkage of Depanment for Developing Environmental Mtanagement Network. APPENDICES REFERENCES l.IST ()F TA lBLEliS I. Table 5.1 Sumniarv of Environmental Status and Assessment Institutional Strengthening. 2. Table 5.2 Summarv of Environmental Status and Assessment River Basin and Miulti-sector2 Water Resource Planningc. 3. Table 5.3 Sumniarv of Environmnental Stltus and A>es,me. ke1It.lihl il;t Ili: Improved (&) t0r existintimajur and medium irrigation projects. (iv) 4. Table 5.4 Summary of Environmental Status and Assessment (a) Completion Projects - mediium-sized irrigation schemes. (h) Completion Projects - major-sized irrigation schemes. 5. Table 7.1 Summary of Main FLunctions, Responsibilities and Tasks for DOWR Environmental Groups. A - River Basin Planning Directorate (RBPD). B - Project Planning and Formulation Directorate (PPFD). (v) 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 PERSPECTIVE ON *YRCP .ND ENVIRONM'IENTAL ASSESSMENT The proposed Orissa Water Resources Consolidation Project (\'RCP) is intended to upgraide the capabilities, management and operaLional procedures of the Departmnent of WVater Resources of Orissa (DOWR). The WRCP's main objective is to rectit) existing suh-optitniuimi allocation and supply of waters to various users, particularly to the irrigation sector's small farnmers through improved resource planning, allocation and operations ano maintenance of existing and ongoing projects. Environmental considerations and heneflits are integrally included within thie WRCP objectives and sub-projects. More ef'ticient water use, reductions in disparity of delivery, reductions in local water logging and salinity problems and detailed integration of environmental planning at the river basin and project planning levels, plus rc%vie%ving and monitoring (of environmental implications of WRCP sub-projects are included in the prograimne. *rle overall environmental effects of the WRCP and its project components would be positive with the most obvious and main benefit being the insiitutional strengthening of key units involved in planning, formulating and implementing the State's water resources projects. DO\\'R would also benetit substantially from implementing the pruposed Environmental Action Plan outlined in Section 7 as an integral part of the WRCP programme. 1.2 OBJJLC'I'IVE AND SCOPl' OF EA REP'ORt'l' This Sectoral Environmental Assessment (SEA) Report is essentially a baseline status and recommendation document relating to the environmental situation and issues associated with water resources planning, development and management in Orissa State of India. It is part of the Water Resources Consolidation Project (WRCP) and has been prepared jointly by the Consultant provided by the World Bank and the Department of \\'ater Resources (DO\W'R). Supplementary EA work related to the operation and management of the completed schemes wvill he undertaken during implementation of the WRCP. For all new candidate schemes. such as M1ahanadi Chitrotpala and others, EA work will be done according to \W'orld Bank standards and policies. Training for water quality management, the installation of water qualitv laboratories, water quality and cluantity data collection and interpretation will he taken-up by the National Hydrology Project (NH P). The SEA investigations have been included in the Institutional Study component of the initial phase of the WRCP, but are actually more closely related to the functions of DOWR's Central Planning Unit (CPU). The report has the following general objectives: Undertake a basic environmental overview of the status, key resources and issues associated with the water resources sector in Orissa; Outline the critical environmental legislation alfectinig water resources development, particularly that affecting the irrigation sub-sector; Evaluate the capabilities within the relevant State authorities in respect of Environmental Assessment(EA) for the watcr resources sector and indicate the associated requirements for institutional strenothening, panicularly those required for WRCP; Assess and make recommendations relating to needs for, critical issues of and estimate manpower and. budget inputs for a comprehensive Environmental Action Plan (EAP) tor the proposed WRCP in Orissa as an integral part of that proje (See section 7).
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