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E4732 v4 DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR CORPORATION OF Public Disclosure Authorized INDIA LIMITED Scoping Report on Cumulative Impact Assessment of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (Ludhiana – Mughalsarai Section) APRIL, 2015 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Kadam Environmental Consultants www.kadamenviro.com Public Disclosure Authorized Environment f or Development DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR SCOPING REPORT ON CIA OF EASTERN QUALITY CONTROL CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED Scoping Report on Cumulative Impact Assessment of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (Ludhiana – Mughalsarai Section) © Kadam Environmental Consultants (‘Kadam’), April, 2015 This report is released for the exclusive internal use of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation Of India Limited. Information provided (unless attributed to referenced third parties) is confidential and shall not be used for any purpose other than its intended use, without the written consent of Kadam Environmental Consultants. QUALITY CONTROL Name of Scoping Report on Cumulative Impact Assessment of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor Publication (Ludhiana – Mughalsarai Section) Project Number 1521008136 Report No. 1 Version 1 Released April, 2015 DECLARATION Prepared By Dr. Dibyendu Banerjee, Dr. Dushyant Mishra, Mr. André van Kuijk, Mr. Satish Joshi Checked By Mr. André van Kuijk Approved and Mr. Sangram Kadam Released By DISCLAIMER Kadam has taken all reasonable precautions in the preparation of this report as per its auditable quality plan. Kadam also believes that the facts presented in the report are accurate as on the date it was written. However, it is impossible to dismiss absolutely, the possibility of errors or omissions. Kadam therefore specifically disclaims any liability resulting from the use or application of the information contained in this report. The information is not intended to serve as legal advice related to the individual situation. KADAM ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS | APRIL, 2015 I DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR SCOPING REPORT ON CIA OF EASTERN TABLE OF CONTENTS CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................ 1 2 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 3 2.1 BACKGROUND ....................................................................................... 3 2.2 OBJECTIVES ......................................................................................... 3 2.3 TERMS OF REFERENCE ............................................ ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 2.4 GUIDANCE PROTOCOL ............................................................................... 4 2.5 DOCUMENTS STUDIED ............................................................................... 4 2.6 USE OF THIS REPORT................................................................................ 4 3 PROJECT DETAILS – REVIEW OF SIA AND EIA FOR THE EASTERN DFC ........... 5 3.1 EDFC-1 (KHURJA – BHAUPUR) ..................................................................... 5 3.2 EDFC-2 (BHAUPUR – MUGHALSARAI) .............................................................. 7 3.3 EDFC-3 (LUDHIANA – KHURJA) .................................................................... 8 4 SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY OF THE CIA ................................................. 10 4.1 STEP 1: IDENTIFY RESOURCES OF CONCERN ...................................................... 10 4.2 STEP 2: DEFINING THE STUDY TIME FRAME ....................................................... 11 4.3 STEP 3: DETERMINE THE POTENTIALLY AFFECTED GEOGRAPHIC EXTENT ......................... 11 4.4 STEP 4: PAST, PRESENT, AND REASONABLY FORESEEABLE PROJECTS IN THE EDFC AREA ........ 11 4.4.1 Cumulative Impacts from Past Projects ................................................ 12 4.4.2 Cumulative Impacts from Present Projects ............................................ 14 4.4.3 Cumulative Impacts from Future Projects ............................................. 14 4.5 STEP 5: SPATIAL/GEOGRAPHICALLY CIA FOR OVERLAPPING PROJECT AREAS ..................... 15 4.5.1 Agra-Aligarh, (EDFC- 3 Area) - comprising of the districts of Agra, Aligarh, Etah, Hathras, & Firozabad. ................................................................................ 15 4.5.2 Kanpur-Auraiya (EDFC – 2 Area) : comprising of the districts of Kanpur Nagar, Kannauj, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Lucknow & Unnao. .......................................... 15 4.5.3 Allahabad-Varanasi (EDFC -2): comprising of districts Allahabad and Varanasi . 16 4.5.4 EDFC-1 (Khurja – Bhaupur) – Overlapping areas likely to be impacts are: ...... 16 4.5.5 EDFC-2 (Bhaupur – Mughalsarai) - Overlapping areas likely to be impacts are: 16 4.5.6 EDFC-3 (Ludhiana – Khurja) - - Overlapping areas likely to be impacts are: .... 16 4.6 STEP 6: TRANSPORTATION NETWORK ANALYSIS AND MODAL SHIFT ............................... 17 4.6.1 Existing Railway Infrastructure .......................................................... 18 4.6.2 Modal shift in transportation infrastructure due to the EDFC ....................... 19 4.6.3 Impact on a temporal scale – Stages – level 1, level 2 and level 3: ............... 19 4.6.4 Overall Impacts due to modal shift ..................................................... 20 4.7 STEP 7: CUMULATIVE EFFECTS ON IDENTIFIED RESOURCES ....................................... 20 4.7.1 CIA Evaluation Methodology: ............................................................ 25 5 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION ................................................................ 33 KADAM ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS | APRIL, 2015 II DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR SCOPING REPORT ON CIA OF EASTERN TABLE OF CONTENTS CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR LIST OF ANNEXURES Annexure 1 Summary of Documents Received from DFCCIL ..................................................... 35 Annexure 2 Routes and Stations of Existing Rail Network and the proposed Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor overlaid with the existing road Network .......................................................... 37 KADAM ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS | APRIL, 2015 III DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR SCOPING REPORT ON CIA OF EASTERN TABLE OF CONTENTS CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR LIST OF TABLES Table 3-1 Identification of priority resources and VECs for EIA/SIA study: EDFC-1 (Khurja – Bhaupur) ................................................................................................................................ 6 Table 3-2 Identification of priority resources and VECs for EIA/SIA study: EDFC-2 (Bhaupur – Mughalsarai) ........................................................................................................................... 8 Table 3-3 Identification of priority resources and VECs for EIA/SIA study: EDFC-3 (Ludhiana – Khurja)................................................................................................................................... 9 Table 4-1 Past Projects (recent, major projects) to be considered in the CIA ............................. 13 Table 4-2 Identification of priority resources from past projects:............................................... 13 Table 4-3 Present Projects to be considered in the CIA ................ Error! Bookmark not defined. Table 4-4 Identification of priority resources from present projects: .......................................... 14 Table 4-5 Future Projects to be considered in the CIA .................. Error! Bookmark not defined. Table 4-6 Identification of priority resources from future projects: ............................................ 15 Table 4-7 Forecasted Traffic (Trains) – EDFC – UP Directions ................................................... 18 Table 4-8 Forecasted Traffic (Trains) – EDFC – DOWN Directions ............................................. 18 Table 4-9 CIA Matrix— Land use ............................................................................................ 25 Table 4-10 CIA Matrix— Water Resources ............................................................................... 26 Table 4-11 CIA Matrix— Ecological Resources ......................................................................... 27 Table 4-12 CIA Matrix— Air, Noise and Vibration ..................................................................... 28 Table 4-13 CIA Matrix— Solid Waste ...................................................................................... 30 Table 4-14 CIA Matrix— Socio-economics ............................................................................... 30 KADAM ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS | APRIL, 2015 IV DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR SCOPING REPORT ON CIA OF EASTERN ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AKIC : Amritsar – Kolkata Industrial Corridor AKICDC AKIC Development Corporation CIA : Cumulative Impact Assessment CPM : Chief Project Manager CPRs : Common Property Resources DFC : Dedicated Freight Corridor DFCCIL : Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited EA : Environmental Assessment EDFC : Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor EIA : Environmental Impact Assessment EM : Entitlement Matrix EMP : Environmental Management Plan GHG : Greenhouse Gas(es) ha : hectare IFC : International Finance Corporation IMC : Integrated Manufacturing