KHB) Established Under Karnataka Housing Board Act 1962 As a Successor to Mysore Housing Board Constituted in 1956

M/s Karnataka Housing Board Conceptual Plan 1. Introduction 1.1 General Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) established under Karnataka Housing Board Act 1962 as a successor to Mysore Housing Board constituted in 1956. The primary objective of KHB is 'to make such schemes and to carry out such works as are necessary for the purpose of dealing with and satisfying the need of housing accommodation'. With this directive KHB endeavors to provide housing to the people of Karnataka at affordable cost and therefore recognized as the most important agency for housing throughout Karnataka. The Board headed by Chairmen followed by Principal secretory and other senior government officers. Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) holds pride to provide sustainable, equitable, eco- friendly and affordable housing. Now, the KHB is following covering its functions of Land Acquisition, Development and Allotment functions in Urban and Rural districts. Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) has made a new venture to develop Composite Housing Scheme at Kenchalagudu village, Mysore Taluk and District, Karnataka, for a proposal to develop Housing layout consisting of 2385 Residential Units, Civic amenities, commercial area with commercial buildings. The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Government of India in its latest Notification (dated 14th September, 2006) on EIA directs that on and from the date of publication of new Notification construction of new projects or activities or the expansion or modernization of existing projects or activities listed in the Schedule should undertake the EIA/EMP study before any construction work. M/s Karnataka Housing Board as a part of the compliance to the regulatory requirement i.e, to obtain Environmental Clearance from MoEF has appointed ULTRA-TECH, Environmental Consultancy and Laboratory (Consultant), Bangalore as Environmental Consultants who are accredited by National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET)-Quality Council of India (QCI), New Delhi. Townships and Area Development projects covering an area ≥ 50 ha and or built up area ≥1,50,000 sq.mtrs shall be apprised as Category ‘B1’ and requires an Environmental Impact Assessment report as per the Terms of Reference (ToR). As per screening of EIA in accordance with Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) guidelines, Conceptual Plan is prepared in order to describe the project activity and Environmental Impacts. 1.2 Background of the Project M/s Karnataka Housing Board proposed to develop the Composite Housing Scheme at Kenchalagudu Village, Mysore Taluk and District, Karnataka. 1 M/s Karnataka Housing Board Conceptual Plan 1.3 Description of Project Site 1.3.1 Project Location The proposed layout is of 7,30,625.265 Sq. M.( 180 Acre, 21 Guntas) at Kenchalagudu Village, Mysore Taluk and District, Karnataka which is located in between at 12.30 N Latitude and 76.65E Longitude. The location of the project site is shown in the Figure 1 and the Environmental setting of the project site is presented in the Table 1. The master site plan of the project site is given Annexure III. Project Site Figure 1-1 - Map Showing the Location of the Project Site 2 M/s Karnataka Housing Board Conceptual Plan Table 1-1- Environmental Setting of the Project Site S.No. Particulars Details 1 Site Latitude 12°14’ 00” N 2 Site Longitude 76° 34’57”E 3 Present Land use 7,30,625.265 Sq. M.( 180 Acre, 21 Guntas) 4 Nearest railway station Mysore Railway Station – 10.5 Km (NE) 7 Nearest airport Mysore Airport – 5.5 Km (E) 8 Nearest town/ city Mysore city at a distance of 5.0 Km (NE) 9 Hills/ valleys Chamundi Hill- 9.0 Km (NE) KRS Dam – 23 Km (NNE) 10 Topography Plain 11 Archaeologically important places Chamundi Hill- 9.0 Km (NE) Mysore Palace – 11.0 Km (NE) Brindavan Garden- 19. 0 Km (N) Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple – 19.5 Km (NE) 12 National parks/ Wildlife Sanctuaries Rangannatittu Bird sanctuary 20. 0 Km (N) 13 Reservoir/Lake Nagarthahalli Kere – 1.0 Km (N) Mugana hundi Kere – 2.5 Km (NW) Ajjanahundi Kere – 4.0 (NE) Dodadahalli Kere – 5.5 Km (SE) Dalavayi Kere – 7.5 Km (W) Kukarahalli Kere – 9.0 Km (NE) 14 Reserved/ Protected Forests Nil in 15 Km radius 15 Seismicity Seismic zone-II 16 Defense Installations Reserve Bank of India, Note printing -14 Km (NE) 17 Nearest Port Goa port- 518 km 1.3.2 Connectivity The project site is connected to road, rail and airport. Mananthavadi road/ SH -33 ( connecting Kenchelgudu and Mysore city ) located towards ( S), National Highway 212 is about - 7.5 Kms ( E ) 3 M/s Karnataka Housing Board Conceptual Plan Figure 1-2 Site Connectivity 1.3.3 Rainfall and Climate Mysore district receives an average rainfall of 776.7 mm. There are 53 rainy days in the district on an average and about 50% of the annual rainfall occurs during the southwest monsoon period the rainfall generally decreases from west to east. The coefficient of variation is around 30% in the west to above 35% in the east, indicative of consistent rainfall in the west as compared to the east. The premonsoon rainfall is more consistent than the post- monsoon rainfall. The southwest monsoon had been normal from 1994 onwards till 1999, excessive during 2000 and deficient thereafter. The northwest monsoon is much better as being excessive to normal during the recent past. Over all on an annual basis, there are more normal rainfall years than excessive and deficient ones. While during 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2005, the district received excess rainfall, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004, it received Normal except for 2006, during which the district received deficient rainfall. The average minimum and maximum temperatures vary from 34 to 21.4 oC in April to 16.4 to 28.5 o C in January. Relative humidity ranges from 21 to 84%. Wind speed ranges from 7.9 in October to 14.1 kmph in July. Annual potential evapo-transpiration is 1533.5 mm. The PET is less than the monthly mean rainfall during the months of July, September and October in different taluks, indicating availability of water surplus for recharge to ground water. (Source: Geological Survey of India & Central Ground Water Board). 1.3.4 Geology 4 M/s Karnataka Housing Board Conceptual Plan Geomorphologically, the district is classified as denudational uplands with about 85 to 90% of the district falling in this category. The next important geomorphological unit is older flood plains mainly in the H.D Kote Taluk and parts of Mysore taluk. Ridges and valleys form the third important unit and are mainly restricted to the Nanjangud and H.D Kote taluk and north western part of Mysore taluk. Flat valleys are not very common except for isolated appearances. The general elevation in the district ranges from 700-800 m amsl except for the denudational hills and ridges. The H.D Kote taluk in the southern parts of the district has higher elevation ranging from 2200-3150 m amsl. The Mullur betta with an elevation of 3150 m amsl falls in the area. The Hekkan betta (3732 m amsl) of the Naganpur Reserved Forest, the Shigebetta (3724 m amsl) of the Ainurmarigudi Reserved Forest and the Jainbaribetta (3231m amsl) of the Bedrampadi reserved forest mark the water divide making the southern boundary of H.D. Kote taluk and also of the district. (Source: Geological Survey of India & Central Ground Water Board). 1.3.5 Soil The soil types of the district are grouped in to three viz., the red sandy soils, red loamy soils and deep black soils. Almost entire district is covered by red sandy soil except for small parts of T. Narapur taluk. The soils are having high permeability and are neutral with a pH of 7. The thickness of the soil varies from less than a meter to 6 m. North-eastern part of T. Narasipur taluk comprises of red loamy soil. It is characterized by clayey content mixed with sand. It is less permeable compare to the sandy soil. It is having good moisture holding capacity and is fertile. The thickness varies from less than a meter to 16 m. Deep Black soils occur in south-western part of T. Narasipur taluk in a small area. These soils are dark brown, dark greyish brown to very dark grey or black in colour. The texture is usually clayey throughout the profile. These soils are fertile and generally produce good yields. Adequate soil and water management practices and drainage facilities are essential to obtain sustainable yields; otherwise salinity and water logging conditions may develop. These soils need to be flushed once in 3-5 years with good quality water. (Source: Central Ground Water Board). 1.3.6 Ground Water Potential Ground water in the district generally occurs under unconfined to semi confined conditions. In the shallower zones it is under phreatic conditions and in deeper zones it is under semi- confined conditions. Within the depth range of 10.00 to 20.00 m bgl ground water is being exploited through dug wells and from 30.00 to 92.00 m bgl through dug-cum-bore wells or bore wells. Exploration has proved the presence of prolific aquifers at greater depths. (Source: Central Ground Water Board) 5 M/s Karnataka Housing Board Conceptual Plan 1.3.7 Socio-Economic Scenario According to the provisional results of the 2011 census of India, Mysore had a population of 8,87,000. The total Population of Urban Agglomeration (U/A) is 9,20,550. The gender ratio of the city is 1000 females to every 1000 males and the population density is 6,910.5 per square kilometre (17,898/sq mi).

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