EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

For

“PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL PARK”

AT VILLAGE: RAKAMCHERLA & PUDUR MANDAL: PUDUR DISTRICT: STATE: (112.48 Acres)

[Project scheduled in 7[c] of category B]

Proposed by

TELANGANA STATE INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION LTD.

PREPARED BY

(NABET Accredited vide Certificate No: NABET/EIA/1618/SA0015 & MoEF Recognized Lab vide F.No Q-15018/29/2007-CPW)

HUBERT ENVIRO CARE SYSTEMS PVT LTD., CHENNAI February 2017

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION Telangana State Industrial infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC) proposes to develop a Industrial park at Sy.No 5/1 of Rakamcherla Village and Sy. Nos. 243/1, 244/1, 245/1, 246/1, 247/1 & 248/1 of Pudur village, Pudur Mandal, in the State of Telangana. The total area consisting of 112.48 Acres (45.52 Ha) land proposed with related infrastructure, including access roads, internal roads, water supply, storm water drains and power supply. The industrial park development comprises of a total plotted area of approximately 60.66 acres out of the total 112.48 acres layout area.

1.1 Purpose of the Report As per the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification dated 14.09.2006, the proposed project falls under category ‘B’ of schedule 7(c). Hence, construction and operation of Indusrtial Park, requires environmental clearance from (State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority) SEIAA, Telangana.

The Terms of Reference (TOR) for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study for Industrial Park Rakamcherla was accorded by SEIAA, Andhra Pradesh vide Letter No. SEIAA/AP/RRD - /2012-3812 dated 25.09.2013. In accordance with the TOR conditions, the draft EIA report is prepared by M/s. Hubert Enviro Care Systems Private Limited, Chennai based on one season (three months) site specific baseline data monitored during March to May 2014.

2. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT

2.1 Project Location The proposed Rakamcherla Industrial park is located at 17°14’40.09”N and 77°57’59.85”E, Sy.No 5/1 of Rakamcherla Village and 243/1, 244/1, 245/1, 246/1, 247/1 and 248/1 of Pudur village, Pudur Mandal, Vikarabad District , Telangana, . The total layout area of 112.48 acres. The proposed site is strategically situated adjacent to the SH 4 connecting Manneguda and Pargi. The site is furthermore situated at 12 kilometer North West of Ranga reddy Town.

Table 1 Project details & Environmental Settings

S.No Item Details 1. Name of the Project Industrial Park-Rakamcherla 2. Schedule and Category of Project 7(C) , Category B

3. Proposed total area 112.48Acres (45.52 Hectares) 4. Location

Plot/Survey/Khasra No. Sy.No 5/1 – Rakamcherla village Sy.No - 243/1, 244/1, 245/1, 246/1, 247/1 & 248/1 Village Rakamcherla & Pudur Tehsil Pudur District Vikarabad State Telangana 5. Nearest Railway Station/Airport Rangareddy Railway Junction- 15 Km, -Rajiv Gandhi International Airport -73 Km 6. Nearest Town, City, District Town: Ranga Reddy -12 Km City: Hyderabad-70 Km District Hq: Hyderabad-70 Km 7. Nearest habitat Rakamcherla village - 0.5 Km 8. Inland water bodies Shiv Sagar lake - 11 Km NW Laknapur tank - 14 Km SW

9. Elevation 2310 ft (704m)

10. Government Order/Policy GO No. 111 dated 8 March, 1996 for relocation relevant/relating to the site of industries with in 10 km FTL of Himayatsagar and Osmansagar lake. 11. Project Cost Rs.798.50 Lakhs 12. Presence of Any Sensitive Areas Nil 13. Nearby Industries Shiv Shakthi steel mills - 5 Km (South) 14. Environmental Consultant Hubert Enviro Care Systems Pvt. Ltd., Chennai 2.2 Land Requirement Currently the project land is predominantly barren, the site is relatively flat on the northern side and therefore the property has been identified as land suitable for Industrial Development. Out of the 112.48 acres total site area, 16.81 acres land area will be retained as open space and will be used for greenery development.

The proposed area for the Industrial Park of 112.48 Acres has been handed over to TSIIC. Majority of the land belongs to the government thus avoiding any Rehabilitation & Resettlement issues.

Table 2 Area Break Up

Location Area (Acres) Percentage (%) Plotted Area 60.66 53.94 Road Area 15.83 14.07 Open space Area 16.81 14.94 Common Utilities 6.55 5.82 Electrical Substation 10 8.89 Commercial Area/ CFC 2.63 2.34 Proposed Layout 112.48 100

2.3 Water Source and Requirement

Water requirement for construction phase will be around 200 KLD. The total water requirement for the project during operation phase is estimated to be 450 KLD. The source of water will be ground water.

Table 3 Water Requirement for Operation Phase

S.No Name of Industry Type of Industry Water Consumption (KLD)

Domestic Process

1. Binjusaria Metal Steel Re-Rolling Industry Box Com 2. Anil Re-Rolling Steel Re-Rolling Industry Mills 3. Garg Steels Steel Re-Rolling Industry 4. Arun Ispat Udyog Steel Re-Rolling Industry 45 405

5. Neha Steels Steel Re-Rolling Industry

6. Gujarat Enviro Alternate Fuel Resource Protection & facility from Hazardous Infrastructure Ltd waste, incinerable hazardous waste and Industrial Non hazardous waste 7. M.N. Industries Copper Products manufacturing 8. Other Industries

Total 450

2.4 Project Budget

The estimates cost for development of industrial park is estimated at a cost of Rs.798.50 Lakhs.

Table 4 Project Cost break up

S.No Activities Cost break up (Rs in Lakhs) 1 Fencing and avenue plantation 22.50 2 Roads & Strom Water drains 460.00 3 Water supply 166.00 4 Power supply including substation 150.00 Total 798.50 Net Water Requirement: 105KLD

Treated Water Total Water Demand: 450 KLD

Water for Process: Domestic water requirement: 45 KLD 405 KLD

Sewage Generation: 43KLD Process Effluent generated: 345 KLD

STP in Individual Industry Treatment in ETP in Individual Industry

Treated Water

Treated Water

Gardening/ Flushing

Water Balance Chart

3. BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS The baseline data was monitored from March to May 2014 representing summer season to reflect the background environmental conditions in the 10 km radius from the study area. The baseline environmental disciplines studied includes meteorology, air quality, water quality, noise, soil, ecology, demographic & socio-economic and land use.

3.1 Air Quality

Ambient air quality was monitored at four locations during the period of March to May 2014 in the study area. The summarized results of ambient air quality monitoring are given in Table-4. The results indicate that the background levels of all the parameters in the study area are within the permissible limit of National Ambient Air Quality Standards’2009 for industrial, rural, residential and other areas. Table 4 Summary of baseline air quality in the study area

S.No Sampling stations Parameters

SO2 NO2 PM2.5 PM10 CO Pb O3 NH3 Benzene Benzo (a) As Ni μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 mg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 μg/m3 µg/m3 pyrene ng/m3 ng/m3 ng/m3 1. AAQ1 5.4 10.3 12.5 20.5 0.02 BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL Site Entrance 2. AAQ2 6.3 11.2 14.8 26.4 0.03 BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL Site (South end) 3. AAQ3 6.5 9.3 15.0 28.5 0.04 BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL Rakamcherla 4. AAQ4 7.2 13.8 11.0 20.6 0.05 BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL Nazeerbad 5. AAQ5 4.8 9.7 15.3 25.6 0.04 BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL Rukumpalle 6. AAQ6 8.7 12.5 16.4 26.5 0.04 BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL Kankal 7. AAQ7 6.8 14.7 21.0 32.5 0.025 BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL Changomul 8. AAQ8 8.3 12.1 18.5 28.6 0.016 BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL Manneguda 9. AAQ9 10.4 15.3 14.6 26.3 0.320 BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL Manchanpally 10. AAQ10 5.2 10.3 15.7 27.7 0.040 BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL Burgupalle NAAQ Standards 80 80 60 100 4.0 1.0 180 400 5.0 1.0 6.0 20.0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 (DL for CO = 0.01 mg/m ; O3 = 10 μg/m ; Pb = 0.05 μg/m ; Benzene = 0.05 μg/m ; Benzo (a) pyrene = 0.01 ng/m ; As = 0.01 ng/m ; Ni = 0.01 ng/m ), (BDL - Below Detection Limit, DL - Detection Limit)

3.2 Water Quality

To assess the background water quality, Two (2) surface water locations and Ten (10) ground water locations were selected and samples were drawn and analyses on monthly basis during the study period. Analysis of all ground water samples reveal that the water quality conforms to the drinking water standards prescribed in IS: 10500. Water qualities of some of the important parameters are shown in Table-5. Table 5 Summary of Surface Water Quality

Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Surface Water S. No. Parameters Unit SW1 SW2 1 Colour Hazen BDL (DL1) BDL (DL1) 2 Odour - U/O U/O 3 Turbidity NTU 1 BDL (DL0.1) 4 pH -- 7.83 7.96 5 Conductivity µs/cm 1030 820 6 Total Dissolve Solids mg/l 660 540

7 Alkalinity as CaCO3 mg/l 75 64

8 Total Hardness as CaCo3 mg/l 338 239 9 Calcium as Ca mg/l 76 52 10 Magnesium as Mg mg/l 34 25 11 Chloride as Cl mg/l 14.5 22.5

12 Sulphate as SO4 mg/l 34.1 35.4

13 Nitrate as NO3 mg/l 1.2 2.5 14 Fluorides as F mg/l 0.34 0.41 15 Cadmium mg/l BDL BDL 16 Total Chromium mg/l BDL (DL BDL (DL 0.01) 0.01) 17 Iron mg/l 0.17 0.22 18 Copper mg/l 0.16 0.6 19 Lead mg/l BDL (DL BDL (DL 0.01) 0.01) 20 Zinc mg/l 0.34 BDL (DL 0.01) 21 Dissolved Oxygen mg/l 4 4.6 22 COD mg/l 4 4 23 Total Coliform /100 ml 24 256 24 Feacal Coliform /100 ml 10 160 Table 6 Summary of Ground Water Quality

Sl. No. Parameters Unit GWS1 GWS2 GWS 3 GWS4 GWS5 GWS6 GWS7 GWS8 GWS9 GWS10 1 Colour Hazane 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Odour - U/O U/O U/O U/O U/O U/O U/O U/O U/O U/O 3 Turbidity NTU 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 4 pH - 7.4 7.28 7.78 7.64 6.38 7.91 7.24 7.85 7.04 7.12 5 Conductivity 1110 1580 2650 885 650 625 1976 794 1991 2160 6 Total Dissolve Solids mg/l 768 1096 1776 676 528 408 1325 543 1452 1404

7 Alkalinity as CaCO3 mg/l 226 325 585 154 152 146 439 168 486 335

8 Total Hardness as CaCo3 mg/l 219 300 562 199 88 113 405 161 589 456 9 Calcium as Ca mg/l 53 74 136 35 23 27 116 38 135 92 10 Magnesium as Mg mg/l 21 28 54 27 7.5 11 28 16 61 55 11 Sodium mg/l 186 224 310 158 115 105 235 113 315 295 12 Potassium mg/l 23 18 22 26 16 14 18 15 24 27 13 SAR (sodium absorption ratio) 5.47 5.63 5.69 4.88 5.32 4.30 5.08 3.88 5.65 6.01 14 Chloride as Cl mg/l 119 156 318 115 74 52 190 63 242 276

15 Sulphate as SO4 mg/l 25.5 98 102 65 54 24 98 35 83 124 16 Bicarbonate mg/l 276 397 714 188 185 178 536 205 593 409

17 Nitrate as NO3 mg/l 4.1 3.4 0.43 3.9 3.6 2.4 3.5 4.6 2.3 4.8 18 Fluorides as F mg/l 0.06 0.65 0.78 0.32 0.54 0.53 0.34 0.32 0.36 0.54 19 Total Chromium mg/l BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL 20 Iron mg/l 0.21 0.12 0.17 0.16 0.42 0.31 32 0.41 0.56 34 21 Lead mg/l BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL BDL 22 Zinc mg/l 2.5 1.2 2.6 3.5 2.5 3 1.4 2.3 1.5 2.2 3.3 Noise

Noise levels were measured in and around the proposed site at ten (10) locations. The noise level in the residential area during daytime was in the range of 40 to 53 dB (A). While during night time it was 30 to 46 dB (A). The noise levels at all the monitoring locations in the study area during the day time and night time were found to be within the permissible limits as per ambient air quality standards with respect to noise.

3.4 Soil

To assess the soil quality, soil samples from ten (10) different locations were collected and analyzed in the laboratory. The predominant soil type is black cotton soil followed by red soils with pH varying from 7.13 to 8. The electrical conductivity was observed in the range of 42 (µs/cm) to 239 (µs/cm). Water Holding Capacity in the soil is found to be in the range of 14.65 to 42.38 (%W/W) respectively.

3.5 Land Use

The land use of the study area reflects the socio-economic conditions of the people in addition to the natural environmental factors. The factors controlling the land use pattern of the area are land forms, slope, shape of the land, soil, natural resources and natural and manmade hazards. In the hills of the study area there is no dense vegetation. Vegetation consists of thorny bushes and shrubs. The uncultivable area includes barren and non-cultivable waste.

The crop land occupies 52.76 % of the study area followed by Plantation (19.80 %), Barren land occupies 11.42 % & Fallow land occupies 8.01 %.

4. ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES Combustion of fuels produces harmful emissions of Particulate Matter (PM), Ozone, Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), Sulphur Oxides (SOx), and Carbon Monoxide (CO) in the air, which can compromise human health. Ash residues and the dust removed from exhaust gases may contain significant levels of heavy metals and some organic compounds. Table 7 Predicted GLC for Proposed Stack

Parameters Baseline Estimated Predicted NAAQ Direction Downwind data Maximum Maximum Standards distance (µg/m3) Incremental GLC (m) Concentration (µg/m3) (µg/m3) SOX 5.4 16.389 21.789 80 SE 200

NOX 10.3 21.965 32.265 80 SE 150 PM 20.5 27.485 47.985 100 SE 133

No major impact on environment is envisaged, due to the proposed Industrial park consisting of steel re-rolling units and other allowable units. As seen from the above table the concentration levels arising from the proposed Industries are well within the NAAQ limits.

5. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN The summarized form of post monitoring details is presented in the following Table 8. This will be as per the Pollution Control Board Standards and the reports will be submitted to Telangana State Pollution Control Board (TSPCB) as required in regular intervals.

Table 8 Environmental Monitoring Plan

Area of Frequency of S. No Parameters to be Analyzed Monitoring Sampling Ambient Air Once a month 24 All the 12 parameters of 1 Quality hourly period NAAQ’s Noise level in dB (A) both 2 Noise Once in a month day and night Ground and pH, Temp, Conductivity, 3 drinking water Quarterly TSS, TDS, BOD, O&G Quality Heavy metals Physicochemical properties, 4 Soil Once in three years Nutrients, Heavy metals 6. ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN  An Environmental Management planning wing of TSIIC is to regulate, monitor and audit positive and/or negative environmental impacts by considering day-to-day operations of an Industrial Park.  It is recommended to develop greenbelt in minimum 33% of total site area in which 14.94% of open space area used for greenbelt and the remaining 18.06% will be maintained by individual industries.  Individual Industries will provide proper mitigative measures to mitigate the impacts.  The raw effluents from operation/process shall be treated by Individual Industry ETP for efficient treatment to meet the prescribed norms by CPCB.  The treated wastewater from individual industries after confirming the prescribed norms will be reused for process/ gardening in their premises.  Rainwater harvesting program shall also be implemented for conservation of water.  Individual Industries appropriate measures in occupational safety & health.  The fire fighting system in the Individual units is proposed to be comprising of water hydrant system, fire detection and alarm and extinguishers  Proper storage area shall be designed for feed and finished products to prevent any kind of fugitive emission from storage area.

7. RISK ASSESSMENT AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN Hazard analysis involves the identification and quantification of the various hazards (unsafe conditions) that exist in the proposed Industrial Park. On the other hand, risk analysis deals with the recognition and computation of risks, the equipment in the plant and personnel are prone to, due to accidents resulting from the hazards present in the plant.

Risk analysis follows an extensive hazard analysis. It involves the identification and assessment of risks the neighboring populations are exposed to as a result of hazards present. This requires a thorough knowledge of failure probability, credible accident scenario, vulnerability of population etc. Much of this information is difficult to get or generate. Consequently, the risk analysis is often confined to maximum credible accident studies are discussed in detail in the EIA report. The risks involved in the project have been identified and their mitigation measures have been proposed. But the serious accidents may occur & negligence could result in loss of life, the whole thing has to be handled in a systematic and well planned manner. Disaster management plan mainly includes pre-emergency preparedness, Emergency actions and Post emergency activities.

8. PROJECT BENEFITS  The proposed project will create employment opportunities for the surrounding populations directly or indirectly during and after development, which will enhance the overall socio-economic growth of the surrounding regions.  The Industrial park will create indirect employment for loading, unloading, transportation and other peripheral activities like, small scale industries, shops and hotels around the area.  This is a very positive socio-economic benefit to the region, which will help contribute to the steel re-rolling sector, and will assist in the overall growth of the adjacent areas.  Contribute to increase GDP (Gross Domestic Product).  The proposed Industrial Park will also help to accommodate the relocation of steel rerolling industries from the densely populated area.  The project site shall require no displacement of habitation and away from the habitation area.  Socio-economic benefit to the local population as it would provide employment during construction and in operation phase  Being a non-profit Organization the CSR component may not be applicable, if applicable TSIIC will implement as per the norms.  Water usage is well planned & waste water will be recycled and reused in this project as part of water conservation measures.

9. SUMMARY & CONCLUSION  The Rakamcherla Industrial Park positively offers the potential of creating a vibrant, integrated commercial business park as well as brings the needed infrastructure services, jobs and tax base to Pudur Mandal.  The Incremental GLC of SOX, NOX, PM analyzed and modeled along with baseline data and found all the parameters are well within NAAQ permissible limits of air quality.

 With mitigation and management measures adhered to, there are no negative impacts in the impact assessment; therefore the impacts associated with the Rakamcherla Industrial Park are at an acceptable level.

 The Rakamcherla Industrial Park will offer jobs and revenue to Pudur Mandal.

 The Negative impacts will be minimal when compared to the positive impacts.

With the above benefits, and the environmental and societal commitment and readiness of the project, the environmental impact assessment report strongly affirms and recommends the proposed project.