Initial Environmental Examination IND: Second Jharkhand State Road
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Initial Environmental Examination March 2015 IND: Second Jharkhand State Road Project Prepared by State Highways Authority of Jharkhand, Government of Jharkhand for the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 03 December 2014) Currency unit – Indian rupee (INR) INR1.00 = $ 0.01616 $1.00 = INR 61.8760 ABBREVIATIONS AAQ - Ambient Air Quality AAQM - Ambient Air Quality Monitoring ADB - Asian Development Bank APHA - American Public Health Association BDL - Below Detection Limit BGL - Below Ground Level BOD - Biological Oxygen Demand BIS - Bureau of Indian Standard CO - carbon monoxide COD - chemical oxygen demand CPCB - Central Pollution Control Board CSC - Construction Supervision Consultant CWLW - Chief Wild Life Warden DO - Dissolved Oxygen DoE - Department of Environment DPR - Detailed Project Report DFO - Divisional Forest Officer EA - Executing Agency EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment EMP - Environmental Management Plan EMoP - Environmental Monitoring Plan EO - Environmental Officer GDP - Gross Domestic Product GHG - Green House Gas GIS - Geographic Information System GoI - Government of India GoJH - Government of Jharkhand GRC - Grievnce Redress Committee GRM - Grievance Redressal Mechanism HFL - Highest Flood Level IEE - Initial Environmental Examination IMD - Indian Meteorological Department IRC - Indian Road Congress IS - Indian Standard JSRP - Jharkhand State Roads Project LPG - Liquified Petroleum Gas Max - Maximum Min - Minimum MDRs - Major District Roads MoEFCC - Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change MoRT&H - Ministry of Road Transport and Highways MSL - MeanSea Level MW - Mega Watt NGO - Non Government Organization NH - National Highway NHAI - National Highway Authority of India NOx - Oxides of Nitrogen NTPC - National Thermal Power Corporation PHC - Primay Health Centre PIC - Project Implementation Cell PIU - Project Implementation Unit PMC - Project Management Consultant PF - Protected Forest RF - Reserve Forest RCD - Road Construction Department ROW - Right of Way SJSRP - Second Jharkhand State Road Project SEIAA - State Environment Impact Assessment Authority SEZ - Special Economic Zone SH - State Highway SPCB - State Pollution Control Board SPM - Suspended Particulate Matter SO2 - Sulphur Dioxide SSI - Small Scale Industries SPS - Safeguard Policy Statement SPCB - State Pollution Control Board PPTA - Project Preparatary Technical Assistance TDS - Total Dissolved Solids UNDP - United Nation Development Program TSS - Total Suspended Solid WEIGHTS AND MEASURES dB (A) – A-weighted decibel ha – Hectare km – Kilometer km2 – square kilometer KWA – kilowatt ampere Leq – equivalent continuous noise level μg – Microgram m – Meter MW – Megawatt PM 2.5 or 10 – Particulate Matter of 2.5 micron or 10 micron size This initial environmental examination 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. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. 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. TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ I IINTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 1 A. Background .................................................................................................................... 1 B. Project Objectives .......................................................................................................... 2 C. IEE Objectives ................................................................................................................ 2 D. Extent of IEE .................................................................................................................. 2 E. Approach and Methodology ............................................................................................ 3 F. Structure of the report ..................................................................................................... 5 IIDESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ......................................................................................... 6 A. Location of the Project .................................................................................................... 6 B. Need of the Project ......................................................................................................... 7 C. Project Category ............................................................................................................. 8 D. Characteristics of Existing Sub-project Roads ................................................................ 8 E. Traffic projection ............................................................................................................. 9 F. Design Parameters ........................................................................................................10 G. Improvement/Strengthening Components .....................................................................11 H. Construction Material and Sourcing ...............................................................................14 I. Cost and Implementation Schedule ...............................................................................15 IIIPOLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK.....................................................................................16 A. International Agreements and Committments ................................................................16 B. Country’s Legal Framework and Regulatory Requirements ...........................................17 C. Procedure for Forest Clearance.....................................................................................19 D. ADB's Safeguard Requirement ......................................................................................20 IV.DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING ENVIRONMENT ...................................................................23 A. Physical Environment ....................................................................................................23 B. Ecological Resources ....................................................................................................33 C. Economic Development .................................................................................................40 D. Social and Cultural Resources ......................................................................................42 V.ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ....................45 A. Potential Beneficial Impacts ...........................................................................................45 B. Potential Adverse Impacts .............................................................................................45 C. Pre-construction phase Impacts ....................................................................................45 D. Construction phase........................................................................................................48 E. Operational Phase .........................................................................................................59 F. Climate Change Impacts and Risks ...............................................................................75 G. Cumulative and Induced Impacts ...................................................................................80 VI.ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN, INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ....................................................................................82 A. Environment Management Plan.....................................................................................82 B. Environment Monitoring Program ..................................................................................82 C. Organizational Set-up of Implementing Agency: ............................................................84 D. Proposed Institutional Arrangement: ..............................................................................85 E. Institutional / Capacity Building ......................................................................................88 F. Grievance Redress Mechanism .....................................................................................90 G. Environment Management Budget ................................................................................91 VII.PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE .........................................95 A. Meaningful consultation .................................................................................................95 B. Objectives of the Public Consultations ...........................................................................95 C. Methodology ..................................................................................................................95 D. Project Stakeholders .....................................................................................................95 E. Consultations with Government Agencies .....................................................................96 F. Consultations with Local People/Beneficiaries