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DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REPORT of Mugalsarai - Bhaupur Section Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited Pragati Maidan Metro Station Building, 5TH FLOOR, NEW DELHI -110001 Public Disclosure Authorized Prepared By Advantage India, 101-102, Oriental House ,Gulmohar Enclave Commercial Complex ,Yusuf Sarai, New Delhi 110 049 TABLE OF CONTENTS Sl. No. Contents Page No. Executive Summary 12 - 18 Chapter-1: Introduction 19 - 22 1.1 Background 19 1.2 Dedicated Freight Corridor 19 1.3 Objectives of EA & EMF 19 1.4 Scope of Work 20 1.5 Methodology 21 1.6 Organization of the Report 22 Chapter-2: Project Description 23 - 39 2.1 Introduction 23 2.2 Size & Location of Eastern DFC 23 2.3 Salient Features of the Project 24 2.4 Details of Mugalsarai-Karchna-Prempur Section 25 2.5 Design Features 30 2.6 Land 34 2.7 Structure Work 36 2.8 Fencing 38 2.9 Service Road 38 2.10 Labor for Construction 38 2.11 Water Requirement 38 2.12 Construction Materials 39 2.13 Construction Period 39 2.14 Cost Estimates 39 Chapter-3: Policy, Legal & Administrative Frame 40 - 47 3.1 Introduction 40 3.2 Environmental clearance requirements 41 3.3 State level clearance requirements 41 3.4 Other legislations applicable to construction projects 44 3.5 Conclusion 46 Chapter-4: Environmental Profile of the Project Influence Area 48 - 55 4.1 Introduction 48 4.2 Methodology 48 4.3 Environmental Profile of the Project Influence Area 48 4.4 Environmental Features within Project RoW 49 DFCCIL Page 2 Sl. No. Contents Page No. Chapter-5: Baseline Environmental Profile 56 - 118 5.1 Introduction 56 5.2 Baseline Environmental Surveys 56 5.3 Meteorology 57 5.3.1 Temperature 61 5.3.2 Relative Humidity 61 5.3.3 Wind Speed and Direction 61 5.3.4 Atmospheric Pressure 61 5.3.5 Rainfall 61 5.4 Ambient Air Quality 61 5.4.1 Methodology (Air Monitoring) 62 5.5 Noise Levels 66 5.5.1 Methodology for Noise Monitoring 66 5.5.2 Result and Discussions 69 5.6 Vibration 70 5.6.1 Background Information 70 5.6.2 Standards on Vibration Measurements for Rail Projects 71 5.6.3 Methodology 72 5.6.4 Measurement Instrument 72 5.6.5 Vibration Levels 74 5.7 Water: Hydrology and Drainage 76 5.7.1 Surface Water and Drainage 77 5.7.2 Ground Water 78 5.8 Water Quality 78 5.9 Geology 82 5.10 Geology and Soil Quality 83 5.11 Land Use 86 5.12 Ecological Resources 86 5.13 Economic Development 106 5.14 Social and Cultural Resources 108 5.15 Summary of sensitive receptors 117 5.16 Summary of Baseline Data & Environmental, Ecological And Social 117 Sensitivity of the Project Area Chapter-6: Analysis of Alternatives 119 - 134 6.1 Background and Approach 119 DFCCIL Page 3 Sl. No. Contents Page No. 6.2 Analysis Of Alternatives 121 6.2.1 Kanpur Detour 121 6.2.2 Fathepur Detour 123 6.2.3 Khaga Detour 124 6.2.4 Sirathu Detour 125 6.2.5 Bharwari Detour 126 6.2.6 Allahabad Detour 127 6.2.7 Manda Tour 127 6.2.8 Mirzapur Detour 128 Chapter-7: Environment Impact Assessment 135 - 155 7.1 Introduction 135 7.2 Impact Assessment Methodology 135 7.3 Description of Expected Impacts 135 7.3.1 Impact on Topography and Geology 135 7.3.2 Impact on Soil 136 7.3.3 Impact on Air Quality 136 7.3.4 Impact on Ground Water 137 7.3.5 Hydrological Condition (Rivers / Canal and Lakes) 138 7.3.6 Flora 138 7.3.7 Fauna 139 7.3.8 ASI Protected Monuments 139 7.3.9 Other Sensitive Structures 139 7.3.10 Impact due to Construction of Freight Station, Electric-sub Stations, 139 various Signaling Facilities etc. 7.4 Environmental Matrix 139 7.5 Identification, Prediction and Evaluation of Impacts due to Vibration 142 7.5.1 Impact in Plain Areas vis-à-vis Distances from the Track 144 7.5.2 Impacts with Speed and Axel Load 145 7.5.3 Impacts of Two Train Crossings 147 7.5.3.1 Impacts in Populated Areas 148 7.5.4 Prediction of Impacts 148 7.5.5 Calculations 148 7.5.6 Evaluation of Impacts 151 7.5.7 Prediction of Impacts on Sensitive Receptors 152 7.6 Prediction and Evaluation of Impacts on Noise Alongside Railway Lines 153 DFCCIL Page 4 Sl. No. Contents Page No. Chapter-8: Measures for the Mitigation of Environmental Impacts 156 - 167 8.1 Description of Mitigation Measures 156 8.1.1 Mitigation Measures of Land Environment 156 8.1.2 Mitigation Measure for Borrow Area Management 157 8.1.3 Mitigation Measures to Minimize Soil Erosion 158 8.1.4 Measures for Chance / Archeological importance finding 159 8.1.5 Mitigation Measures to Improve Ambient Air Quality 159 8.1.6 Mitigation Measures on Water Quality 159 8.1.7 Water Quality 160 8.1.8 Noise Environment –Mitigation Measures 161 8.1.9 Sensitive Receptors – Mitigation Measures 165 8.1.10 Mitigation Measures for Noise during Construction Phases 163 8.1.11 Mitigation Measures for Hydrological Condition 163 8.1.12 Mitigation Measures for Flora 164 8.1.13 Mitigation Measures for Fauna 164 8.1.14 Landscape 164 8.1.15 Mitigation Measures for Vibration 168 8.1.16 Mitigation measures for ASI protected structures and Chance Finds 167 8.1.17 Mitigation measures for CPRs 167 Chapter-9: Public Consultation & Disclosures 168 - 194 9.1 Introduction 168 9.2 Objective of Public Conditions 168 9.3 Methodology of Organizing Meetings 168 Selection of villages 168 Methodology of conducting meeting 170 Suggestions by community 179 Summary and Major Findings 179 Photographs of Public Consultation 181 - 194 Chapter-10: Environment Management Plan 195 - 215 10.1 Introduction 195 10.2 Environmental Management Process 195 10.3 EMP During Construction & Operation 195 10.3.1 Construction Phase 196 10.3.2 Operation Phase 201 10.4 Environmental Management Plan & Responsibilities 201 DFCCIL Page 5 Sl. No. Contents Page No. 10.5 Environmental Monitoring 207 10.6 Organizational Framework 209 10.7 Environmental Budget 211 Silica exposure reduction strategies 216 - 225 DFCCIL Page 6 LIST OF TABLES Table No. Contents Page No. 2.1 Summarized features of the Section 24 2.2 Details of Mughalsarai-Karchan-Prempur Setion 26 2.3 `Locations of the Parallel Alignment 29 2.4 Locations of Detour Alignment 29 2.5 Details of existing stations and Proposed DFC Stations 32 2.6 Land Required for Various Purpose 35 3.1 Applicable Indian Legislation 42 3.2 World Bank Safeguard Policies 44 3.3 Summary of Clearence and NOCs 46 4.1 Details of Sensitive Receptors/tree 49 5.1 Details of Baseline Data Collection Schedule 56 5.2 Meteorological Data During June 2010 to May 2011 58 5.3 Ambient Air Quality of the Study Area (June,July 2010) 64 5.4 Ambient Air Quality Along the project Corridor 65 5.5 National Standards for Ambient Noise 66 5.6 Noise levels along the Alignment ((June,July 2010) 67 5.7 Noise levels along the Alignment ((March-April 2011) 69 5.8 Noise level for different movements 69 5.9 Ambient Railway Viration 74 5.10(A) Vibration Measured at Karchana 75 5.10(B) Vibration Measured at Karchana 75 5.11 Vibration Measured at Karchana for Freight closed 76 5.12 Water Quality Results 78 5.13 Water Quality Results (March,April 2010) 80 5.14 Soil Analysis Result (June,July 2010) 84 5.15 Soil Analysis Result (March –April 2011) 85 5.16 List of General Flora of study area 90 5.17 List of Ethno-botanically important Plant Species recorded 93 along chanage and its Adjoining Area 5.18 List of Domestic Fauna Observed in the Study Area 96 5.19 List of Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Rodents observed 96 in the Study Area 5.20 Project Area: Salient Features 110 5.21 Project Area: Loss of Land 111 5.22 Parcel of Plot Affected of each PAFs 112 DFCCIL Page 7 Table No. Contents Page No. 5.23 Assessment of Impact on Structures 112 5.24 Identification of Small and marginal farmers 113 5.25 Project Affected Families (PAFs) 113 5.26 Project Displaced Families 113 5.27 Affected Community Properties Resources (CPRs) 114 5.28 Age-Sex Composition 114 5.29 Total Annual Income 115 5.30 Social Status of the PAFS 115 5.31 Vulnerability Status of the PAPs 116 5.32 Education Status of PAPs 117 5.33 Occupation Profile of PAPs 117 6.1 Locations of the Parallel Alignment 119 6.2 Locations of the Detour Alignment 120 6.3 Issues related to Kanpur Detour 121 6.4 Issues related to Fathepur Detour 123 6.5 Issues related to Khaga detour 124 6.6 Issues related to Sirathu Detour 125 6.7 Issues related to Bharwari Detour 126 6.8 Issues related to Allahabad Detour 127 6.9 Issues related to Manda Detour 128 6.10 Issues related to Mirzapur Detour 128 7.1 Parameters and Scale of Impact Matrix 135 7.2 Impact on Water Resources due to the Proposed Project 137 7.3 Impact Matrix (Pre-construction and Construction Stage) 140 7.4 Environnemental Impact Matrix (Post-construction Stage) 141 7.5 Scaling of Impacts on Natural environment due to DFC project 142 7.6 List of Sensitive Receptors and Predicted Vibration Level on them 152 7.7 Prediction of Noise Level on Sensitive Receptors 154 10.1 Environmental Management Plan 202 10.2 Proposed Monitoring Programme 207 10.3 Roles and Responsibilities of Officers 208 10.4 Cost Estimates for Environmental Management 212 DFCCIL Page 8 STRIP MAPS (Separate booklet) DFCCIL Page 9 ABBREVIATION AAQ Ambient Air Quality ADB Asian Development Bank AFs Affected Families AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ASI Archaeological Survey of India BIS Bureau of Indian Standard BOD Biological Oxygen Demand CC Cubic Centimeter CF Conservator of Forest Cl Chlorine CO Carbon Monoxide CPCB Central Pollution Control Board CPRs Common Property Resources CS Construction Supervision dB Decibel DDP Desert Development Programme DFC Dedicated Freight Corridor DFCCIL Dedicated Freight Corridor