EIA: India: Pune Nirvana Hills Slum Rehabilitation Project
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Environment and Social Impact Assessment Report and Environment and Social Management Plan Project Number: 44940 March 2012 IND: Pune Nirvana Hills Slum Rehabilitation Project Prepared by: Kumar Urban Development Limited This report is made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s Public Communications Policy (2005). It does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB. Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for Project Nirvana: Pune, India Kumar Sinew Developers Private Final Report Limited March 2012 www.erm.com Delivering sustainable solutions in a more competitive world FINAL REPORT Kumar Sinew Developers Private Limited Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for Project Nirvana: Pune, India 23 March 2012 Reference : I8390 / 0138632 Rutuja Tendolkar Prepared by: Consultant Reviewed & Neena Singh Approved by: Partner This report has been prepared by ERM India Private Limited, with all reasonable skill, care and diligence within the terms of the Contract with the client, incorporating our General Terms and Conditions of Business and taking account of the resources devoted to it by agreement with the client. We disclaim any responsibility to the client and others in respect of any matters outside the scope of the above. This report is confidential to the client and we accept no responsibility of whatsoever nature to third parties to whom this report, or any part thereof, is made known. Any such party relies on the report at their own risk. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ERM India Private Limited has been engaged by M/s Kumar Sinew Urban Developers Limited (hereinafter referred to as ‘KUL’ or ‘the client’) on the behest of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), to update the Environmental Impact Assessment report of the “Nirvana Hills Phase II” Project (hereinafter referred to as ‘Project Nirvana’) located at Survey No. 44/1, Erandwane, Haveli Taluka, Pune district in the state of Maharashtra in accordance to the ADB Safeguards Policy Requirements (2009). The ESIA also conforms to the requirements of the IFC Performance Standards, which was required by another group of Lenders lead by the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO). This report is an addendum to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study (to be renamed as an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment or ESIA) which had been conducted by M/s Mahabal Enviro Engineers Pvt. Ltd. in February, 2009. The ESIA assesses the aforementioned project on the basis of ADB’s and IFC’s established environmental and social frameworks1 and safeguard policies and standards. Project Nirvana, located in Survey no. 44/1, ward 57 Erandwane, in Haveli Taluka of Pune is an initiative on slum rehabilitation by KUL as a part of the SRA scheme. The project is spread over an area of approximately 79 acres (approximately 320,826 sq. m.) and incorporates six major slum zones (as identified by SRA) of Wadar Vasti, Kelewadi-Indira Park, Rajiv Gandhi Park, Vasant Nagar , Rautwadi and Hanuman Nagar. The client is implementing the second phase of the slum rehabilitation in the Kilewadi and Indira Park area. Demolition is currently underway in the Indira Park area and is being overlooked by the KUL personnel. 1.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The site of Project Nirvana as per SRA demarcation is located at Survey no. 44/1, Erandwane, Haveli Taluka, in the city of Pune. Geographically, it is located at 18° 30’ 41.82”N and 73° 49’ 21.34”E and the entire site expanse is spread over a plot area of approximately 320,826 sq mts. The ongoing construction and development for Project Nirvana has been divided into three components. The first component is the Slum Rehabilitation and Redevelopment, the second is the Free Sale component utilised by KUL to construct its own commercial and residential properties and the third component pertains to provisions of infrastructure, utilities and amenities. (1) The framework includes ADB’s 2009 Safeguards Policy Statement (SPS), the 1998 Gender and Development Policy, and 2001 Social Protection Strategy ERM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, KUMAR SINEW DEVELOPERS PROJECT # I8390/ 0138632 MARCH 2012 ES-I In all the five slum blocks together, there are about 4344 tenements. In all the above blocks, 21 rehabilitation buildings are proposed to be developed by the builder, each having 11 floors with 13 flats on each floor. The net carpet area provided for each of these apartments is equivalent to 25 sq.m. or 269 sq.ft. as per SRA guidelines. In lieu of the rehabilitation, KUL will obtain a Floor Space Index (FSI) of 2.5 which will be used for the construction of 18 sale buildings with residential and commercial units. In addition to the above, KUL has also committed to provide the following additional amenities including: A temple; Gym/playground; Library; Primary school and a secondary school; A permanent crèche; Community Hall; and Aged People’s Space. The client has obtained the Annexure II for Rajeev Gandhi Park which was published by the SRA on the 30th of May 2011 and thus efforts to facilitate eligibility of tenements and the appeal procedure are currently ongoing. KUL has established an office in this area and setup a Community Relations Team (CRT) (along with SRA personnel) consisting of around 10 personnel. These personnel are involved in facilitating slum demolition, land transfer or agreements between the client and the slum dwellers along with maintaining records on rent distribution, facilitating cheque transfers, biometric identification etc. They also address community issues, record grievances and oversee the entire public relation mechanism. Labour camps have been set on site and about 100 labourers are currently being accommodated here. Inflows of about four hundred more labourers are expected during the construction. For the same, KUL is additionally developing a neighbouring site for building additional labour camps so as to accommodate the inflow. Certain number of utilities is planned for the entire development in Project Nirvana. Some of the general multipurpose utilities include shopping malls, community centre, kids’ playgrounds, crèche, temples and green zones. The primary utilities required for day to day functioning of the buildings as assessed and studied in details are: Parking Arrangements; Water Supply and Storage system; Sewage Disposal System, Solid Waste Management; Power Supply and Backup system; Fire Fighting system; and Rain Water Harvesting ERM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, KUMAR SINEW DEVELOPERS PROJECT # I8390/ 0138632 MARCH 2012 ES-II 1.2 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL BASELINE The site is situated at a prime commercial and residential area of central Pune and is primarily surrounded by commercial and residential structures. The site setting is such that it is surrounded by dense settlements and developed regions or regions falling into NDZ. The environmental baseline is based on primary data collected by M/s Mahabal Enviro Engineers Pvt. Ltd. as a part of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study. The data was collected for one season (November 2008 to February 2009). Available secondary data has been assessed covering an area of 10 km radius (referred to as the study area) from the Project Site. Analysis of Primary Baseline Data The Project Site is located at an elevation of approximately 590 m above mean sea level (amsl). The northern portion of the Site is at higher elevation and the slope of the Site is from NW and NNW towards S and SSE. The difference in elevation at the Site is 30 m. Following the slope, natural drainage of the region is from N and NNW towards South and SSE and SE. According to Seismic Zone Map of India, Project Site falls in Zone III; Zone III is defined as a zone having medium damage risk and vulnerable to earthquakes of intensity MSK VII or less (as defined by Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council). Thus, the Project accordingly is required to have provisions of earthquake resistant construction of Plant structure. Suitable seismic coefficients in horizontal and vertical directions respectively, have to be adopted while designing the structures. The Project site falls in Moderate Damage Risk Zone B (Vb = 39 m/s) according to Wind and Cyclone Hazard Map of India. As per the information in Pune District Environmental Atlas, 2006, most of the Taluka in the Pune district are flood prone. River Indrayani, and river Pauna are the rivers which are likely to cause flooding in Haveli Taluka and river Mutha in Taluka Mulshi. Loni Kalbhor, Pimpari, Chikali, Ashtapur and Sangaur Haveli are the villages in Haveli Taluka which are affected by flood (1 in 100 years). As per the Natural Hazard Map of Pune District the area where Site is located has low flood frequency, with the last dam overflow having occurred more than 40 years ago. The study area has Tropical Wet and Dry climate. The year may broadly be divided into four seasons. ERM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, KUMAR SINEW DEVELOPERS PROJECT # I8390/ 0138632 MARCH 2012 ES-III Winter season : December- February Summer season : March – mid June Monsoon season : Mid June – September Post Monsoon : October- November The area receives major parts of its rainfall during monsoon season due to south west monsoon. Owing to the geographical conditions in the district the rainfall is unevenly distributed. The western part to the West coast is a hilly area having forest cover and receives more rainfall than the eastern parts. In Haveli sub division, the climate is dry and healthy but varies much in different part of the subdivision, the rainfall increases so rapidly towards the west that in the border villages, rice and nagli take the place of jowar and bajra. Humidity is considerably low during the summer months and diurnal variations in humidity during this period are high and day time temperatures are high. Air Quality Primary source of air pollution in the study area is vehicular traffic. The SPM concentration observed during the period ranged from 96.5 μg/m3 to 56.2 μg/m3.