Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Environment and Social Impact Assessment Report (Additional Scheme 4 Volume 1) Public Disclosure Authorized Final Report Jharkhand Urja Sancharan Nigam Limited August 2018 www.erm.com The Business of Sustainability FINAL REPORT Jharkhand Urja Sancharan Nigam Limited Environment and Social Impact Assessment Report (Additional Scheme 4 Volume 1) 14 August 2018 Reference # 0402882 Nishant Kumar Consultant Prepared by Abhishek Roy Goswami Senior Consultant Reviewed & Debanjan Approved by: Bandyapodhyay Partner This report has been prepared by ERM India Private Limited a member of Environmental Resources Management Group of companies, 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. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 BACKGROUND 1 1.2 PROJECT OVERVIEW 1 1.3 PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THIS ESIA 2 1.4 STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT 2 1.5 LIMITATION 3 1.6 USES OF THIS REPORT 3 2 POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAME WORK 4 2.1 APPLICABLE LAWS AND STANDARDS 4 2.2 WORLD BANK SAFEGUARD POLICY 7 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 9 3.1 REGIONAL SETTING 9 3.2 PROJECT LOCATION 9 3.2.1 Location 9 3.2.2 Accessibility 10 3.3 SITE SETTING 11 3.3.1 Project Site 11 3.3.2 Site Vicinity 13 3.4 PROJECT COMPONENTS 15 3.5 PROJECT TIMELINE AND PROJECT COST 16 3.6 RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS 16 3.7 DISCHARGES AND WASTES 16 4 ESIA METHODOLOGY 18 4.1 SCREENING & SCOPING 18 4.2 BASELINE STUDIES 19 4.3 IMPACT ASSESSMENT 19 4.4 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN PREPARATION 20 5 DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 21 5.1 INTRODUCTION 21 5.2 LAND USE / LAND COVER 21 5.3 SOIL 23 5.4 CLIMATE AND METEOROLOGY 24 5.5 NATURAL HAZARDS 24 5.6 AIR AND NOISE QUALITY 24 5.7 DRAINAGE 25 5.8 GROUND WATER RESOURCES 26 5.9 SURFACE WATER RESOURCES 27 5.10 ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT 27 5.10.1 Vegetation within the Study area 27 5.10.2 Wildlife Habitat and Faunal Diversity 28 5.11 SOCIO ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT 31 5.11.1 Demographic Profile 31 5.11.2 SC/ST Population 33 5.11.3 Education profile 34 5.11.4 Occupational Pattern 37 5.11.5 Gender profile 39 5.11.6 Drinking Water & Sanitation Facilities 40 5.11.7 Irrigation 41 5.11.8 Health Infrastructure 42 5.11.9 Other physical infrastructure 42 6 IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION MEASURES 43 6.1 POTENTIAL IMPACTS 43 6.1.1 Impacts on Aesthetic and Visual Quality 46 6.1.2 Ambient Air and Noise Quality 46 6.1.3 Impacts on Land Use, Soil and Drainage 47 6.1.4 Impacts on Water Resources and Quality 48 6.1.5 Impact on Biological Environment 49 6.1.6 Impacts on Socio-economic environment 50 6.1.7 Influx of Labour 51 6.1.8 Impacts on Community Health and Safety 52 6.1.9 Occupational, Health and Safety 52 7 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT 54 7.1 INTRODUCTION 54 7.2 IDENTIFICATION OF STAKEHOLDERS 54 7.3 SUMMARY OF STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS 56 8 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 59 8.1 MITIGATION MEASURES 59 8.2 ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL ACTION PLAN 66 8.2.1 Labour Management Plan 66 8.2.2 Occupational Health and Safety Management Action Plan 67 8.2.3 Gender Action Plan 67 8.2.4 Citizen Engagement Action Plan 68 8.3 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & REPORTING 72 8.4 INSTITUTIONAL SETTING AND IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS 78 9 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 79 LIST OF TABLE Table 1.1 Details of the substation and interlinked project (Additional Scheme 4) 2 Table 2.1 Regulations Triggered for the Project 4 Table 2.2 World Bank Policies Triggered for the Project 7 Table 3.1 Salient Features of the Project Site 10 Table 3.2 Site Vicinity 13 Table 3.3 Project Components in the 132/33 KV Substation at Narayanpur 15 Table 3.4 Resource Requirement for Construction and Operation of 132/33 KV Grid Substation at Narayanpur 16 Table 3.5 Emission and Discharges from 132/33 KV Grid Substation 16 Table 5.1 Existing Land Use / Cover Pattern of the Study Area 21 Table 5.2 Demographic profiles of the villages located within study area 31 Table 5.3 Demographic profile of the Surveyed Population 32 Table 5.4 Schools facilities in study area 36 Table 5.5 Occupational pattern of villages in the study area 37 Table 5.6 Health care facilities in study area 42 Table 6.1 Environmental and Social Identification Matrix 44 Table 7.1 List of key stakeholders 55 Table 7.2 Summary of Stakeholder Consultation 57 Table 8.1 Impact Mitigation Matrix 60 Table 8.2 Information Disclosure Plan 68 Table 8.3 Summary of Consultation Mechanism 69 Table 8.4 Monitoring Plan 73 Table 8.5 Responsibility Matrix 78 LIST OF FIGURE Figure 3.1 Regional Setting of the project site 9 Figure 3.2 Project Location Map 11 Figure 3.3 View of the Occupied Area by Squatters within the Project Site 12 Figure 3.4 Photographs of Site Surroundings 14 Figure 3.5 Typical Layout of a 132/33 KV substation Planned in the Narayanpur 15 Figure 4.1 Impact Assessment Process 20 Figure 5.1 Land Use/ Land Cover Map of the Study Area 22 Figure 5.2 Soil Map of East Jamtara District 23 Figure 5.3 Drainage Map of the Study Area 26 Figure 5.4 Ecological Sensitivity Map 30 Figure 5.5 Age Group Distribution of the Surveyed Population 33 Figure 5.6 Proportion of SC/ST Population in the Study Area 34 Figure 5.7 Caste Distribution of the Surveyed Population of Bhagabandh Village 34 Figure 5.8 Literacy profile of the study area villages 35 Figure 5.9 Literacy profile of the Surveyed Village 35 Figure 5.10 Educational Status of the Surveyed Population of Bhagabandh Village 36 Figure 5.11 Employment Status of the Surveyed Population 38 Figure 5.12 Occupational Pattern of the Surveyed Population 39 Figure 5.13 Infrastructure at the project site vicinity 41 Figure 7.1 Consultations with Key Stakeholders 55 LIST OF ANNEXURE Annexure 1: List of Sub Projects in JPSIP I Annexure 2: General Conditions of Contract V Annexure 3: Special Conditions of Contract XIV Annexure 4: Format for Reporting of ESMP Implementation XVI Annexure 5: Format for Registering Grievance from Community/ PAP XIX Annexure 6: DGMS Prescribe Permissible Limit of Vibration XXII Annexure 7: Labour Management Plan XXIV Annexure 8: Health & Safety Management Plan (HSMP) Template XXXIV Annexure 9: Socio Economic Survey Formats XLI Annexure 10: Assessment of Impact Significance XLV ABBREVIATIONS BMTPC - Building Material and Technology Promotion Council of India CEA – Central Electricity Authority CFC - Chlorofluorocarbon CGWB – Central Groundwater Authority Board CPCB – Central Pollution Control Board dB – Decibel DG – Diesel Generator DVC - Damodar Valley Corporation EA – Environmental Assessment EMP – Environmental Management Plan ERM – Environmental Resources Management ESIA – Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESMF- Environmental and Social Management Framework ESZ – Eco-Sensitive Zone GCC- General Conditions of Contract GM – Gair Mazrua GOI – Government of India GPS – Global Positioning System GSS – Grid Sub Station IESE - Initial Environmental and Social Examination IMD – India Meteorological Department IS – Indian Standard IUCN – International Union for Conservation of Nature IWPA – Indian Wildlife Protection Act JPSIP- Jharkhand Power System Improvement Project JUSNL - Jharkhand Urja Sancharan Nigam Limited KL- Kilo Litre KLD – Kilo Litre per Day Km – Kilometer KVA – Kilo-Volts-Ampere MVA – Mega-Volts-Ampere NBWL – National Board of Wildlife NH- National Highway PCB – Pollution Control Board PCB – Polychlorinated Biphenyls PfA – Power for All PPP – Public Private Partnership PUCC – Pollution Under Control Certificate SCC- Special Conditions of Contract TCE – TATA Consulting Engineer TL – Transmission Line WPR- Work Participation Ratio EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Jharkhand Urja Sancharan Nigam Limited (JUSNL) with financial assistance from the World Bank is implementing the transmission infrastructure development/upgradation under the Jharkhand Power System Improvement Project (JPSIP) and will include: (a) Creation of 25 new 132 kV Grid Substations (GSS), and (b) Development of associated 132 KV transmission lines of around 1800 kms. These 25 substations and associated transmission lines have been organized into 26 schemes. The proposed new 132 KV Grid substation at Narayanpur is covered under the Additional Scheme 4 Phase III. The proposed Grid Substation (GSS) at Narayanpur would be constructed on 15 acre of revenue land (which is transferred to JUSNL vide letter dated 02.08.2017) located at Bhagabandh village, Jamtara District. Total of 15 acre of the land categorized as Puratan Patit land in the land allotment letter and is already identified and transferred to JUSNL. The site can be accessed through National Highway (NH) 2 and the State Highway (SH) 4, that connects Dhanbad (Jharkhand) and Asansol (West Bengal). From the SH, Major District Road connects metaled village road through Narodih and Bhagabandh village leads up to the site, which adjacent to the village road. The project would involve design, construction and operation of a 132/33 KV GSS. The key components of the project would include: two (2) Nos 50 MVA oil cooled transformers, incoming and outgoing bays connecting to the grid, control room and residential quarters for JUSNL employees.