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Final Report Environmental and Social Assessment with Management Plan for laying of Branch Sewers and Allied Works in Sewerage District-I of Kanpur City, Uttar Pradesh Prepared for NATIONAL GANGA RIVER BASIN AUTHORITY (NGRBA) (Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India) Environmental and Social Assessment with Management Plan (Sewerage District-I, Kanpur) © The Energy and Resources Institute 2014 Suggested format for citation T E R I. 2013 Environmental and Social Assessment with Management Plan for laying of Branch Sewers and Allied Works in Sewerage District-I of Kanpur City, Uttar Pradesh New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute. [Project Report No. 2010WM13] For more information Sonia Grover Research Associate – Water Resources Division T E R I Tel. 2468 2100 or 2468 2111 Darbari Seth Block E-mail [email protected] IHC Complex, Lodhi Road Fax 2468 2144 or 2468 2145 New Delhi – 110 003 Web www.teriin.org India India +91 • Delhi (0)11 ii Environmental and Social Assessment with Management Plan (Sewerage District-I, Kanpur) Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................... 2 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 2 Project Description ................................................................................................................. 2 Status of sewage generation in District I Kanpur ........................................................ 2 Approach and Methodology ................................................................................................. 3 Environmental and Social Baseline status .................................................................... 3 Potential Environmental and Social Impacts ............................................................... 4 Environmental Management Plan ................................................................................. 5 Social Management Plan ................................................................................................. 6 Implementation of EMP ........................................................................................................ 7 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 8 1.1 Ganga Clean up Initiatives ............................................................................................. 8 1.2 The Ganga River Basin Project ....................................................................................... 8 1.2.1 World Bank Assistance ..................................................................................... 9 1.3 Project Components ......................................................................................................... 9 1.3.1 Component One: Institutional Development ................................................ 9 1.3.2 Component Two: Priority Infrastructure Investments .............................. 11 1.4 Structure of the Report .................................................................................................. 12 CHAPTER 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................... 13 2.1 About the City ................................................................................................................ 13 2.2 Existing Sewerage Facilities in Kanpur City .............................................................. 14 2.2.1 Works Completed under Ganga Action Plan Phase .................................. 15 2.2.2 On-going works under JNNURM................................................................. 16 2.2.3 City Sewerage Plan ......................................................................................... 17 2.3 Necessity of this project ................................................................................................ 18 2.4 Location of Proposed Sewerage Project ...................................................................... 19 2.5 Proposed Sewerage System .......................................................................................... 20 2.5.1 Components of Proposed Sewerage Work .................................................. 22 2.5.2 Implementation Schedule .............................................................................. 23 2.5.3 Financing .......................................................................................................... 23 CHAPTER 3 APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY ......................................................................... 25 3.1 Methodology.................................................................................................................. 25 3.2 Project Screening ............................................................................................................ 27 3.3 Conclusion of Screening Activity ................................................................................ 40 CHAPTER 4 REGULATIONS AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................. 41 4.1 Applicable Laws and Regulations – Environmental................................................. 41 4.1.1 Legal Framework of Government of India .................................................. 41 4.1.2 Key Environmental Laws and Regulations ................................................. 41 4.2 Applicable Laws and Regulations - Social ................................................................. 44 4.2.1 National Policies and Acts ............................................................................. 44 4.2.2 Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RFCTLAR&R) Act- 2013 .............................. 44 4.2.3 Forest Rights Act 2006 .................................................................................... 45 4.2.4 Environmental and Social Management Framework of NGRBA ............ 45 4.3 Other Legislations applicable to Construction Projects under NGRBP ................. 52 4.4 Conclusion ...................................................................................................................... 53 CHAPTER 5 BASELINE STATUS ................................................................................................... 55 5.1 Baseline Environmental Status ..................................................................................... 55 5.1.1 Physiography and Topography .................................................................... 55 5.1.2 Climate .............................................................................................................. 55 5.1.3 Geological and Geophysical features ........................................................... 56 5.1.4 Ambient Air Quality ....................................................................................... 57 5.1.5 Noise Environment ......................................................................................... 59 iii Environmental and Social Assessment with Management Plan (Sewerage District-I, Kanpur) 5.1.6 Water Environment ........................................................................................ 60 5.1.7 Storm Water Drainage .................................................................................... 65 5.1.8 Waste Water Management ............................................................................. 66 5.1.9 Solid Waste Management .............................................................................. 69 5.1.10 Biological Environment ................................................................................. 70 5.2 Baseline Social Status ..................................................................................................... 73 5.2.1 Details of Social Surveys ................................................................................ 78 5.2.2 Access to Basic Services .................................................................................. 78 5.2.3 Status of Poverty in Kanpur .......................................................................... 78 CHAPTER 6 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS ............................................................ 84 6.1 Potential Environmental Impacts ................................................................................ 84 6.1.1 Design and Development Phase ................................................................... 84 6.1.2 Impacts during construction ......................................................................... 84 6.1.3 Impacts during operation .............................................................................. 86 6.2 Potential Social Impacts ................................................................................................ 87 6.2.1 Social Impacts .................................................................................................. 87 6.3 Conclusion ...................................................................................................................... 91 CHAPTER 7 MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN .............................................................. 93 7.1 Environmental Management plan ............................................................................... 93 7.1.1 Implementation of EMP Specific activities by UPJN ................................. 93 7.1.2