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E-339 VOL. 1 INDIA Public Disclosure Authorized THIRD NATIONAL HIGHWAY WORLD BANK PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized CONSOLIDATED EIA REPORT (CONSTRUCTION PACKAGES 11- V) Public Disclosure Authorized NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA NEW DELHI (Ministry of Surface Transport) March, 2000 Public Disclosure Authorized 4 4 =fmmm~E-339 VOL. 1 INDIA THIRD NATIONAL HIGHWAY WORLD BANK PROJECT CONSOLIDATED EIA REPORT (CONSTRUCTION PACKAGES II - V) NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA NEW DELHI (Ministry of Surface Transport) March, 2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE REPORT I The Project............................................................... 1-1 1.1 The Project Description ............................................................... ]-II 1.2 Overall Scope of Project Works ............................................................ 1-3 1.3 Proposed Improvement of the Project Highway ................... ................ 1-3 1.4 Scope of Environmental Impact Assessment ................. ........................... 1-6 1.5 Structure of The Consolidated EIA Report ........................................... 1-7 2 Policy, Legal And Administrative Framework ................... ........................... 2-1 2.1 Institutional Setting for the Project .. 2-1 2.1.1 The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) 2-1 2.1.2 Project Implementation Units (PIU) .................................................. 2-1 2.1.3 State Public Works Departments (PWDs) .2-2 2.2 Institutional Setting in the Environmental Context .................... 2-2 2.2.1 Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) .................................. 2-2 2.2.2 MOEF Regional Offices....................................................... 2-2 2.2.3 Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).......................................... 2-2 2.2.4 State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) 2-2 2.2.5 Department of Environment & Forest (DOEF) .................................. 2-3 2.3 Environmental Clerance Requirements ..... ................. 2-3 2.3.1 GOI Requirements .2-3 2.3.2 State Level Clearance Requirements .2-4 2.3.3 World Bank Requirements .2-4 2.4 The Legal Framework ................... .............. 2-5 2.4.1 The Forest (Conservation )Act, 1980............................................. 2-5 2.4.2 The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 & The Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 1994.2-5 2.4.3 The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972........................................... 2-5 2.4.4 The Water and Air (Prevention and control of Pollution) Acts............... 2-5 2.4.5 The Motor Vehicle Act, 1988...................................................... 2-6 2.4.6 The Ancient Monuments & Archaeological Sites and Remains Act. 1958 ... 2-6 2.4.7 State Level Legislation and other Acts ............................................ 2-7 2.5 Clearance Requirements for the project .............................. ........ 2-7 2.5.1 Clearance Requirements .2-7 2.5.2 Approach Adopted .2-7 2.5.3 The Status of Obtaining Environmental Clearances .2-7 3 Methodology 3-1 3.1 The 'Consolidated' Environmental Assessment 3-1 3.2 Environmental Impact Assessment 3-1 3.3 Reports 3-3 4. Existing Environmental Scenario 4-1 4.1 Climate 4-1 4.1.1 Temperature 4-1 4.1.2 Wind 4-1 4.1.3 Rainfall 4-2 4.1.4 Relative Humidity 4-2 4.2 Physical Setting 4-2 4.2.1 Physiography 4-2 4.2.2 Geology 4-3 4.2.3 Seismology 4-3 4.2.4 Soils and potential for Erosion 4-3 4.2.5 Quarries & Crushers 4-3 4.2.6 Borrow pits 4-4 4.3 Water Resources 4-5 4.3.1 Surface Water 4-5 4.3.2 Ground Water 4-6 4.3.3 Cross Drainage Structures 4-6 4.3.4 Water Quality 4-7 4.3.5 Inundation 4-7 4.4 Ambient Air Quality 4-7 4.4.1 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) 4-7 4.4.2 Ambient Air Quality 4-8 4.5 Noise Levels 4-9 4.5.1 National Noise Standards 4-9 4.5.2 Traffic Noise Quality 4-9 4.6 Flora 4-10 4.6.1 Prossstected Forest / Reserved Forest Areas 4-10 4.6.2 The Gautam Buddha Wildlife Sanctury 4-10 4.6.3 Social Forestry 4-11 4.6.4 Roadside Trees Within the RoW 4-11 4.6.5 Green Tunnels and Giant Trees 4-11 4.7 Fauna 4-12 4.8 Cultural Environment / Properties 4-12 4.9 Other Amenities 4-13 4.10 Human Health 4-13 4.11 Road Safety 4-13 4.12 General Economic Environment 4-14 4.13 General Social Environment 4-14 5 Assessment of Environmental Impacts 5-1 5.1 Introduction 5-1 5.2 Assessment of Potential Impacts 5-2 5.2.1 Climate 5-1 5.2.2 Topography 5-2 5.2.3 Drainage 5-2 5.2.4 Soil 5-2 5.2.5 Quarry and Borrow Areas 5-4 5.2.6 Water Resources 5-5 5.2.7 Air 5-8 5.2.8 Noise 5-8 5.2.9 Flora 5-9 5.2.10 Fauna Reconnaissance 5-10 5.2.11 Cultural Properties 5-1 1 5.2.12 Human Health 5-11 5..2.13 Road Safety 5-12 6 Analysis of Alternatives 6-1 6.1 The no-Action Alternative 6-1 6.2 Criteria For Analysis Of alternative 6-2 6.3 Engineering Alternatives 6-3 6.3.1 Consideration of Alternatives in Engineering Design 6-3 6.4. Analysis of Corridor Alternatives 6-4 6.5 Alignment And Cross-Section Alternative Analysis 6-5 6.5.1 Package ll 6-5 6.5.2 Package lll 6-6 6.5.3 Package IV 6-6 6.5.4 Package V 6-6 6.6 Analysis of Bypass Altematives 6-7 7 Mitigation Measures 7-1 7.1 Approach to Mitigation Measures 7-1 7.2 Mitigation Measures 7-1 7.2.1 Soil 7-1 7.2.2 Water Resources 7-3 7.2.3 Air Quality 7-9 7.2.4 Noise Levels 7-9 7.2.5 Flora 7-10 7.2.6 Fauna 7-10 7.2.7 Cultural Properties 7-10 7.2.8 Human Health 7-11 7.2.9 Road Safety 7-11 7.3 Budget for Environmental Components 7-1 1 8 Community Consultation 8-1 8.1 Introduction 8-1 8.2 Objectives 8-1 8.3 Public Consultation Methodology 8-1 8.3.1 Public Consultation Sessions 8-2 8.3.2 District Level Public Hearings 8-2 8.3.3 Mechanism for Ongoing Public Consultation 8-3 8.4 Community Concems 8-3 8.4.1 Issues Raised by the Communities 8-3 8.4.2 Accommodation of the Issues Raised 8-5 9 Environmental Enhancements 9-1 9.1 Natural Environment 9-1 9.1 .1 Landscaping 9-1 9.1.2 Under Growth and Edges along Clear Zone 9-3 9.1.3 Enhancement of Water Bodies 9-3 9.2 Physical Environment 9-5 9.2.1 Enhancement of Existing Bus Stops 9-5 9.2.2 Design ofNew Bus Stops 9-5 9.2.3 Enhancement of Major Road Intersection arid Islands 9-6 9.2.4 Lay-Byes 9-6 9.2.5 Wayside Facility Complexes (Rest Area) 9-7 9.3 Package wise Description of Enhancement Measures 9-7 9.3.1 Package ll 9-8 9.3.2 Package Ill 9-9 9.3.3 Package IV 9-10 9.3.4 Package V 9-10 9.4 Cultural Environment 9-11 9.4.1 Enhancement of Cultural Properties 9-11 9.4.2 Provision of Pilgrimage Pathway 9-12 10 Capacity Building & Implementation Arrangements 10-1 10.1 Capacity Building at the Central Level 10-1 10.2 Project Level Environmental Capacity 10-2 10.2.1 Proposed Set-Up at Project Level 10-2 10.2.2 Need for Further Strengthening 10-3 10.2.3 Reporting Responsibilities 10-4 10.3 Internalizing Environmental Expertise in the NHAI 10-4 10.4 Operationalisation 10-4 10.4.1 Identification and Appointment of Staff 10-4 10.5 Training 10.5 10.5.1 Training Needs 10-5 10.5.2 Training Programme 10-5 10.5.3 Target Groups 10-5 10.5.4 Training Programme 10-5 10.5.5 Training Schedule 10-7 10.5.6 Imparting Training 10-8 10.5.7 Further Asessement of Training Needs 10-8 10.5.8 Training Budget 10-9 10.6 Environmental Management Plans 10-9 10.7 Environmental Monitoring Programme 10-10 10.8 Environmental Budget 10-10 THE REPORT The World Bank (WB) funded Third National Highway Project in India aims at strengthening one of the identified1 high-densityroad corridors, namely National Highway2 (NH-2), needing urgent attention. The project preparation activities have been undertaken by engaging seven international consultantscovering National Highway2 (Five ConsultancyPackages) and National Highway45 (Two ConsultancyPackages). National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) is an autonomousbody under Ministry of SurfaceTransport (MOST),Government of India (GoI). NHAI is responsiblefor both the project preparationand project implementation. The proposedThird Nationalhighway Project includes eight construction packagesselected out of the five consultancypackages as per details below. The left over stretchesare proposedto be consideredunder subsequentWorld Bank NH Projects. ConsultancyPackages Packages Stretch Length Total No. of No. of Construction (km.) Construction packagesconsidered . __________packages.- involved under present project I Agra-Sikandara 193.34 3 II Sikandara-Khaga 190.0 3 2 III Khaga-Varanasi 202.0 3 2 IV Varanasi-Aurangabad 193.0 4 2 V Aurangabad-Dhanbad 218.75 3* 2* * Two Packagesnamely V-A & V-C have been clubbed, subject to the availability of pre-qualifred bidders. In case of non-availabilityof pre-qualifed bidder, it may be spllt into 3. Only one EIA has been prepared for the PackageII to V, but EMP has been prepared for each constructionpackages separately. Further,the NHAI has entrustedthe consultancyservices to internationalconsultants 2 for the design of each package. As part of projectpreparation, detailed EnvironmentalImpact Assessments(EIAs) have been carried out for the individual packages.