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Environmental Monitoring Report Annual Report (September 2018–August 2019) December 2019 IND: Rajasthan State Highways Investment Program, Tranche-1 Prepared by PPP Division, Public Works Department, and Government of Rajasthan for the Asian Development Bank. This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. ABBREVIATIONS ACE – Additional Chief Engineer ADB – Asian Development Bank AE – Authority Engineer ASI – Archeological Survey of India CCF – Chief Conservator of Forests CGWA – Central Groundwater Authority CPCB – Central Pollution Control Board CTE – Consent to Establish CTO – Consent to Operate DEIAA – District Environmental Impact Assessment Authority DPR – Detailed Project Report EA – Executing Agency EARF – Environmental Assessment and Review Framework EFP – Environment Focal Person EMP – Environmental Management Plan EMOP – Environmental Monitoring Plan GOI – Government of India GOR – Government of Rajasthan GRC – Grievance Redress Committee GRM – Grievance Redress Mechanism IE – Independent Engineer IEE – Initial Environmental Examination IRC – Indian Road Congress MDR – Major District Road MFF – Multitranche Financing Facility MOEFCC – Ministry of Environment, and Forests and Climate Change MORTH – Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highway NOC – No Objection Certificate ODR – Ordinary District Road PD – Project Director PIU – Project Implementation Unit PMU – Project Management Unit PMC – Project Management Consultant PPP – Public-Private Partnership RO Regional Office ROW – Right of Way RSHIP – Rajasthan State Highway Investment Program RSPCB – Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board SEIAA – State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority SH – State Highway SOE – Safeguard Officer – Environment SPS – ADB Safeguard Policy Statement, 2009 VGF – Viability Gap Funding WLS – Wildlife Sanctuary TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................1 A. Background .............................................................................................................1 B. Project Categorisation .............................................................................................2 C. Annual Environmental Monitoring Report and its Scope..........................................3 D. Approach and Methodology for Monitoring EMP/EMOP Compliances ....................3 E. Staffing and Mobilization of EMP Implementation Parties .......................................4 F. Status of Physical Progress ....................................................................................6 II. STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARD COMPLIANCE .........................................9 A. Compliance with EARF Requirements ....................................................................9 B. Compliance with Loan Conditions ......................................................................... 11 C. Compliance with Statutory and Regulatory Conditions .......................................... 12 D. Compliance with the implementation of EMPs ...................................................... 21 E. Compliance with EMoPs/Pollution Monitoring ....................................................... 30 III. CONSULTATIONS AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS ........................................................... 31 IV. NON-COMPLIANCES AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ..................................................... 65 V. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................... 65 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Details of Tranche 1 Roads under RSHIP ........................................................................2 Table 2: Contact Details of Persons Responsible for EMP Implementation ....................................5 Table 3: Physical Progress of Each Contract Packages up to 31st August 2018 (Targeted vs Achieved) ...........................................................................................................................7 Table 4: Compliance with EARF Requirements ..............................................................................9 Table 5: Compliance Status with Loan Conditions on Environment Safeguard ............................ 11 Table 6: Status of Statutory Clearances/NOCs/Approvals/Permits, In The Contract Packake-01 (Tranche-I), 13 up to 31st August 2019 ........................................................................ 13 Table 7: Status of Statutory Clearances/NOCs/Approvals/Permits, In The Contract Packake-02 (Tranche-I), 15 up to 31st August 2019 ............................................................................ 15 Table 8: Status of Statutory Clearances/NOCs/Approvals/Permits, In The Contract Packake-03 (Tranche-I), 17 up to 31st August 2019 ............................................................................ 17 Table 9: Status of Statutory Clearances/NOCs/Approvals/Permits, In The Contract Packake-04 (Tranche-I), 19 up to 31st August 2019 ............................................................................ 19 Table 10: Details of Site Visits by PMC within Reporting Period ................................................... 22 Table 11: Progress of Tree Cuttings and Plantation As of 31-08-2019 ......................................... 28 Table 12: Summarized versions of Public Consultations held during sites visits, During September 2018 to August 2019 ........................................................................................................ 32 LIST OF APPENDIX Appendix 1: Map Of Tranche-I Roads Under RSHIP 68 Appendix 2: Status Of The Implementation Of Emps And Emops 69 Appendix 3: Analysis Of Environmental Pollution Monitoring Results 88 Appendix 3 (A): Sample Test Reports Of Environmental Pollution Monitoring 104 Appendix 3 (B): Quarterly Trend Analysis of Air and Noise Pollution Levels 176 Appendix 4: Photographs Of Public Consultations 184 Appendix 5: Photographs Of On-Site Assessment And Monitoring 195 I. INTRODUCTION A. Background 1. Rajasthan, with 10.41% of country’s total geographical area is the largest state of India occupying 3.42 lakh sq. km. area. Total population is 68.6 million forming 5.5% of the country’s total population. It ranks among top 4 states in attracting tourists from all across the globe. State’s economy is largely dependent on agriculture, dairy, minerals, and tourism, which all require strong road network. Rajasthan, being located between landlocked northern states and western port states, imposes additional burden on roads due to interstate movement of goods and passenger traffic. Long international boundary necessitates good quality road infrastructure in border areas. 2. As of 30th September 2015, Rajasthan has a road network of 210,800 kilometers (km), including 8,016 km of national highways, 15,509 km of state highways, 6,416 km of MDRs, 29,013 km of other district roads, and 151,845 km of village/rural roads. Road density in Rajasthan is only about 63.61 km per 100 square km (sq.km), compared to the national average of 166.47 km. Road density per lakh population in Rajasthan is 307 km corresponding to national figure of 400km. Further, nearly 80% of the roads are single lane. Years of underinvestment due to paucity of financial resources and inadequate maintenance has left many of the state highways and MDRs in poor conditions both in terms of in terms of riding quality and network constraining national goal of inclusive growth. 3. Appreciating the importance of good road network in social, regional and economic cohesion, Government of Rajasthan (GOR), endeavors to improve approximately 20,000 km state highways and districts roads under Rajasthan State Highway Development Program (RSHDP). In this series, The GOR requested Asian Development Bank (ADB) to consider a multi-tranche financing facility (MFF) of $500 million to finance part of the RSHDP comprising approximately 2,000 km of state highways and major district roads. The MFF will provide financing support to the contracts of Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) through public private partnership (PPP) annuity and engineering procurement and construction (EPC) models under tranches to support the capacity development of RPWD on key areas such as business procedures for PPP project management and road safety of state highway system. The proposed models will require ADB financing to be used for 50% of total project costs to be paid during the construction period and the GOR will underpin the balance of 50% to be contributed by the private sector concessionaire. Such financing arrangements can maximize the impact of ADB’s resource. 4. The ADB Loan was provided through Multitranche Financing Facility (MFF) modality for US$ 500 million to be implemented in 2 tranches. The program is named as Rajasthan State Highways Investment Program (RSHIP). The GOI entered into a Framework Financing Agreement (FFA) with ADB on 16th March 2017. The first loan for Tranche 1 (Loan Number 3534- IND) amounting to US$ 220 million was approved by ADB Board on 30th May 2017. Subsequently a loan agreement was signed