42513-013: Environmental Monitoring Report
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Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: 42513-013 May 2015 Period: April 2014 – December 2014 IND: Karnataka State Highway Improvement Project Submitted by Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project, PIU, Bangalore This report has been submitted to ADB by the Project Implementation Unit, Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project, PIU, Bangalore and is made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s public communications policy (2011). It does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB. 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 particular 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. Fourth Semi -Annual Environmental Safeguards Implementation Report of the Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project with financial Assistance from the Asian Development Bank- Report for the Period upto Dec-2014 (updated up to April 30th 2015) Loan ID: 2705 IND Introduction: The Karnataka Public Works Department (KPWD) through the Government of India has received financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Capacity Building of Karnataka Road Sector. Under this assistance, the KPWD through its wing ‘Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project’ (KSHIP) has taken up upgradation for 615 kms of existing State Highways (SH) in the State of Karnataka. The Upgradation works include strengthening and widening of the existing State Highways (SH) from single/intermittent lane to Two Lane Carriage Way with paved/un-paved Shoulder. The project falls under the categroy ‘B’ as per the ADB Safeguard Policy Statement 2009 (SPS 2009). Accordingly, Initial Environmental Examination Reports (IEER) including Environmental Management Plan (EMP) were prepared for each sub- project road and approval of the ADB has been received. The IEERs & EMPs have been uploaded in KSHIP web site. Status of Upgradation Work The upgradation work is being carried through civil contract service. It is envisaged to implement the project in Nine Road contracts and Four Rail Over Bridges (ROBs) .All the nine road packages were awarded in January 2012. The ROBs are awarded in Dec 2013/Sept2014. Three contracts (AEP3, AEP6 and AEP9) were subsequently terminated in July/Oct 2014 owing to poor progress and fresh tenders invited by splitting into seven sub- packages (AEP3A &AEP3B, AEP6A & AEP6B and AEP9A, AEP9B & AEP 9C). Works In the remaining six road contracts works in AEP2 and AEP 4 & AEP8 are almost complete and in progress in three packages viz AEP1, AEP5 and AEP 7. Contractors in all four RoBs have been mobilised and work is under progress and in various stages. The Road and RoB contracts are being supervised by M/s. SMEC International Pvt ltd Australia. Details of Roads and RoBs contrtact are given in the table below. 1 Table 1 Details of sub project roads and ROBs Tota Name of Remarks Sl. l the Packa Road District N Link ID Leng Contractor ge Name Covered o. th Kms Roads Magadi KNR Work in Ramanaga 64C, 64D, NH 48– 68.2 Constructio progress 1 AEP-1 ram & 64E Koratag 0 nLtd. (60% Tumkur ere complete) Pavagad GVR- Work 23.2 2 AEP-2 64H a to AP Tumkur RMN(JV) completed 1 Border (100%) Being Contract procured awarded to M/s KMC- VDB (JV) has been terminated on 24th July 2014. Now, this Gubbi- package has 57A,57B,57 Yediyur Mandya & 108. been divided 3 AEP-3 C (NH-48) Tumkur 62 into two sub Mandya packages 1) AEP 3A: (Gubi-Yediyur NH48- Kowdley) & 2) AEP 3B: (Kowdley- Mandya) & tenders invited. Jagaluru Work almost NH- completed.(1 13About GVR- 00%) 5 Km Davanager 14.3 RMN(JV) 4 AEP-4 T13,T17 from SH- e 8 19 (KSHIP Road) Padubid RNS Work in 5 AEP-5 48A ri- Udupi 27.8 Infrastructu progress (90 Karkala re Ltd. % completed) 2 Being Contract procured awarded to M/s Gammon India Ltd. has been terminated on 17th July 2014. Now, this Davanager package has Davange e & 105. 6 AEP-6 42A,42B been divided re-Birur Chickamag 63 into two sub alur packages : 1)AEP6A (Davangere- Channagiri) & 2) AEP6B(Chann agiri-Birur). Tenders invited. Work in Shelvadi Dharvad 63.4 KNR progress 7 AEP-7 27A,27B - and Gadag 4 Constructio (77% Mundagi ns Ltd. complete) Mudgal- KNR Work - Raichur & Constructio complete(100 8 AEP-8 31A,31B 74.2 Gangaw Koppal ns Ltd. %) athi Being The contract procured of Contract awarded to M/s. Ramky Infrastructure Ltd has been terminated Soundat on 30th 21C,21D,21 ti- Belgaum & 130. October 9 AEP-9 E,21F Kamatag Bagalkot 13 2014. i Now, this package has been divided into three sub packages 1)AEP 9A : 42.065 kms (Saundatti- 3 Ramdurga- Halgatti JN), 2)AEP 9B: 45 kms (Halgatti Jn- Badami bypass JN) & 3)AEP 9C: 43.128Kms (Badami bypass JN- Pattadkallu- Kamatgi) Tenders invited for all the three sub packages 615. Total 61 Rail OVer Bridges Contract ROB 1 Davangere M/s. KNR signed in @ km 1 42A & - constructio September 7.+69 n. 2014 Slow 5 Davange progress re –Birur M/s. K. Contract ROB 2 Venkataraju signed in @km Chikmagal 2 42B - Engineers & September 44.85 ur Contractors, 2014 5 Vijayawada. Contract signed in ROB 3 Shelvadi M/s. KNR December @km - 3 27A Gadag - constructio 2013. Work 25.92 Mundar n. in progress 2 gi (35% complete) Contract ROB 4 Soundat M/s. KNR signed in Sept @ 4 21D ti- Bagalkot - constructio 2014. Work 42.21 Kamatgi n. not 4 commenced Status of EMP Implementation The KSHIP has obtained requisite prior environmental clearance in Nov. 2008, Oct.2009 and Jan.2011 from State Environmental Impact Assessment 4 Authority and consent for establishment in july 2008 and Jan 2010 from the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board for the sub project roads. The details are given in Annex ure1. Contractors of Road package and ROB have obtained all requisite permissions from District Commissioner and KSPCB and Dept of Mines and Geology for quarrying and establishing Crusher, Hot Mix Batching plant WMM plant Ready Mix Concrete Batching Plant, DG sets Initially due to ban on crushing operations in the state owing to a writ pertition case pending in the court of law there was some delay in obtaining these licenses. However, the matter is settled in the court of law and almost all permissions are in place. Details of statutory Permissions and licenses for establishing plants and equipments by these contractors given in Annexure 2 The CSACA consultant has submitted MPR for the month of April 2015. The EMP implementation Status as reported by the CSC for the ongoing works is given below. Table 3: Status of EHS under the contract packages Activity AEP1 AEP5 AEP7 Remarks Dust Regular water Regular water Regular water Satisfactory generation and sprinkling through sprinkling sprinkling control tankers has been through through arranged by the tankers has tankers has Contractor to been arranged been arranged suppress dust on by the to by the diversions Contractor Contractor to suppress dust suppress dust on diversions on diversions Traffic Safety Moderately Satisfactory CSC has AEP and AEP 7 during Unsatisfactory. reported as Contractors construction Contractor ‘Moderately have has been Not advised to Satisfactory” enhance safety arrangements at all construction sites. Top Soil Being laid on Not generated Being laid on Satisfactory Management Borrow Area and Borrow Area embankment and slopes embankment slopes Borrow Area Out of 18 nos of Out of 11 Out 61 All the three 5 Rehabilitation exhausted borrow exhausted exhausted contractors areas 2 borrow borrow areas 4 borrow areas have been areas have been borrow areas one is advised to rehabilitated. have been rehabililtated take up rehabilitated rehabilitation works in the remaining borrow areas and hand over to the owner Disposal of Being carried as Being carried Scarified Contractor scarified per contract as per contract material is to requested to Bitumen provision provision be removed produce from work request letter place from temple authority Environmental Sri Krishna Aqua Engg works Hubli NABL laboratory Contrators Monitoring for has carried environmenal monitoring in March 2014 have been Ambienrt Air , advised to Noise, Water carry env and Soil quality monitoring immediately Independent M/s Sneha Test House Bangalore having NABL No significant Environmental Laboratory have been engaged by PIU KSHIP from pollution is Monitoring Nov 2012. The consultants have so far conducted observed environmental monitoring for the 1st and 2nd year and 1st quarter of the 3rd year (2015) during Dec.2014 Feb 2015. Construction Maintained as per Contractor has Maintained as Moderately Camp the EMP been advised per the EMP satisfactory in Management guidelines. to clean oil guidelines. AEP1 and Contractr advised spill attend to AEP7. Needs to refill Fire leakages improvement Extinguishers in AEP5 Base camp Contractor Contractor Being carried Moderately advised to advised to as per the EMP Statisfactory improve house improve guidelins in AEP7. keeping and sanitation and Needs sanitation facility solid waste improvement and carry health management in AEP 1 and checkup for And conduct AEP 5 workers health checkups to workers 6 Salient of EMP Implementation Status of KSHIP during the reporting period • Statutory Environmneal Clearnces (EC) have been obtained by KSHIP for the entire project from the state wing of Ministry of Environent and Forests - SEIAA and the Consent for Establishment (CFE) from KSPCB. The details are furnished in Annexure 1. • Statutory Permits and licenses from District Revenue Administration and Department of Mines and Geology and KSPCB required for establishing and operation of Quarry , Crusher, Hot Mix Plant, Wet Mix Macadam plant, Ready Mix Concrete Plant, DG Set and other plant and machineries have been obtained by contractors Details are furnished in Annexure 2.