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48373-007: Bihar New Ganga Bridge Project Environmental Monitoring Report Project Number: 48373-007 October 2019 Part A: Main Report (Pages 1 – 95) and Annexures Period: October 2018 – December 2018 IND: Bihar New Ganga Bridge Project Submitted by Bihar State Road Development Corporation Limited, Patna 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. 1 Environmental Monitoring Report Fourth Quarter Report (October–December 2018) April 2019 IND: Bihar New Ganga Bridge Project Greenfield Six-lane Extra-dosed Cable Bridge (Length of the project 22.76 km including 9.76 km bridge length) over river Ganga near Shukulpur village in District Patna on NH-30 to near Bidupur in District Vaishali on NH-103 in the state of Bihar. Prepared by AECOM & Rodic Consultants for the Bihar State Road Development Corporation Limited, Bihar and 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 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 Quarter Report (October-December 2018) Loan No- 3396 IND Top view of ROW at Well foundation site Greenfield Six-lane Extra-dosed Cable Bridge (Length of the project 22.76 Km including 9.76 km bridge length) over river Ganga near Shukulpur village in District Patna on NH-30 to near Bidupur in District Vaishali on NH-103 in the state of Bihar. Prepared By: ( AECOM-RCPL JV) A joint venture between Aecom & Rodic Consultants Pvt. Ltd AECOM – RCPL -JV 2 CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (As of 31st December 2018) Currency unit - Indian Rupee (INR) INR 1.00 = $ 0.01434 $1.00 = INR 69.69 ABBREVIATIONS ADB - Asian Development Bank ADF - Asian Development Fund RDC - Road Development Corporation EMES - Environment Management & Environment Safeguard ES - Environmental Specialist PMAE - Project Management Authority Engineers EMP - Environmental Management Plan EA - Execution Agency EIA - Environmental impact Assessment EARF - Environmental assessment and review framework ESMS - Environmental and social management system EMR - Environmental Monitoring Report SPCB - State Pollution Control Board IWAI - Inland Waterways Authority of India CPCB - Central Pollution Control Board IPP - Indigenous People Plan BNGBP Bihar New Ganga Bridge Project. BSRDCL - Bihar State Road Development Corporation Limited PAM - Project Administration Manual PCAG - Public Consultation and Addressing of Grievances MoEF& CC - Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change EHS - Environment Health Safety Management Plan SPS - Safeguard Policy Statement WEIGHTS AND MEASURES km - Kilometer m - Meter NOTES In this report, "$" refers to US dollars 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. 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. Environmental Monitoring Report (October-December 2018) 1 CONTENTS Executive Summary _________________________________________________________________________________ 3 1.Introduction ________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 A. Project Objective _______________________________________________________________________________ 6 B. Project Description_____________________________________________________________________________ 6 C. Location and Features of the Proposed Project____________________________________________ 6 2. Components of The Project ________________________________________________________________ 7 C. Objective of the Report ______________________________________________________________________ 9 D. Project Implementation Arrangement (Administrative Details) _______________________ 9 E. Project Implementation Progress __________________________________________________________ 11 ii. Compliance to Safeguards Provisions ______________________________________________________ 18 A. Compliance to Loan Agreement ___________________________________________________________ 18 B. Compliance to Project Administration Manual __________________________________________ 21 C. Compliance to the Civil Works Contract Agreement________________________________________ 25 iii A.Compliance to the Environmental Management Plan ___________________________ 51 I. Findings and Recommendations __________________________________________________________ 69 C. Corrective actions required. __________________________________________________________________ 70 IV. Environmental Monitoring __________________________________________________________________ 72 A . Summary of Inspection Activities __________________________________________________________ 72 B . Summary of training and awreness programme ________________________________________ 73 B. Noise Monitoring ____________________________________________________________________________ 75 C. Air Quality ____________________________________________________________________________________ 80 D Water Quality _________________________________________________________________________________ 86 V Public Consultations and addressing of Grievances __________________________________ 93 E. Public Consultations _________________________________________________________________________ 93 F. Complaints and Requests Received_________________________________________________________ 94 VI Conclusion ____________________________________________________________________________ 95 A Summarize the overall Progress of Implementation of safeguard Measures ______ 95 B Problems Identified and Actions Recommended _______________________________________ 95 Appendix 1: Photograph of work Progress ___________________________________________________ 97 Appendix 2: EHS meeting &Training ________________________________________________________ 105 Appendix 3: Sample format of Monthly EHS report _______________________________________ 106 Appendix 4: Environment Monitoring Report _____________________________________________ 108 Appendix 5: CONSENT to Establish for Batching Plant ___________________________________ 115 Environmental Monitoring Report (October-December 2018) 2 Appendix 6: Consent to Operate for Batching Plant ______________________________________ 121 Appendix 7: List of SICK PATIENT during the period OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2018 __ 127 Appendix 8: Tree cutting permission for sabalpur & raghopur ________________________ 129 Appendix 9: CGWA application for ground water withdrawl ___________________________ 134 Appendix 10: STP (Sewage Treatment Plant) ______________________________________________ 136 Appendix 11: Environmental Clearance from SEIAA, Bihar _____________________________ 137 APPENDIX 12: BOCW REGISTRATION ________________________________________________________ 141 Appendix 13: Labour Liscence from Government of bihar ______________________________ 142 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Location Map of the Project Site on Google earth Image- 07 Figure 2. BNGBP Project Alignment Map 08 Figure 3: Organization Structure of Safeguards Cell of BSRDCL- 10 Figure 4: Map showing monitoring locations- 74 List of Tables Table 1: Project Overview 03 Table 2: Details of the Project 06 Table 3: Status of Construction Works as of December 2018 11 Table 4: Status of Compliance to Environmental Provisions of the Loan Agreement 18 Table 5: Compliance to PAM 21 Table 6: Compliance to the safeguards Clauses of the Civil Work Contract 25 Table 7: Compliance to EC 47 Table 8: Status of statuary Clearances/approvals 51 Table 9: Status of Compliance to the EMP (as per the contractual document & EIA) 53 Table 10: Noise Monitoring Results 75 Table 11: Air Quality Monitoring Results 80 Table 12: Ground Water Quality Monitoring Results 88 Table 13: Surface Water Quality Monitoring Results 89 Table 14: Soil Analysis Report 92 Table 15: Status of Actions suggested by BSRDCL 93 Environmental Monitoring Report (October-December 2018) 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.This report is the sixth quarterly report of its kind and covers the fourth quarter of 2018 on environmental safeguards compliance of the Bihar New Ganga Bridge Project. It covers the period from October-December 2018. The aim of this project is to construct a new road bridge (New Ganga Bridge Project), across the Ganga River and an integrated approach roadway network in the state of Bihar. It will improve transport connectivity between north and south Bihar, which is divided by the Ganga River,
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