Analysis of Alternatives
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Eastern Peripheral Expressway ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES 3.1 SELECTION OF ALTERNATIVES The term alternatives in this context refer to the reasonable and potentially viable alternatives for the proposed project activities. Selection of appropriate highway design decisions, specifically from the environment point of view, is considered with different alternatives. Also social issues like displacement is to be considered in selection of alternatives. The major issues where alternative proposals need to be considered are discussed below :- 3.2 ALIGNMENT SELECTION The alignment selection is the first issue in selection of alternatives. Different alignment selection can have different impacts. There can be two options. Option 1: No action, the project is not proposed and land use remains as it is. Option 2: Acquisition of land upto required ROW of 100 m and considering environmental and social aspects. The comparison between these two alternatives are given in Table 3.1 Table 3.1 : Comparison of Alternatives Issues Option 1 Option 2 No Action Widening to have required ROW Traffic Capacity for future There will be no traffic at It will divert the traffic coming to proposed locations but traffic Delhi from various National Highways volume will increase in NCR hence traffic flow to Delhi will be region putting more pressure on reduced. Delhi. Traffic Speed There will be no effect on the Traffic speed will increase in NCR proposed locations but with region at a uniform rate. increase in traffic in NCR region the speed will be lowered. Removing Bottlenecks Bottlenecks on various National Bottlenecks on various National Highways approaching Delhi Highways approaching Delhi will be will further increase thus reduced with the diversion of traffic on congesting the NCR region. proposed expressway. Traffic safety There will be no effect on the Traffic safety in the NCR region will proposed locations but there will improve substantially due to diversion be increase in traffic volume in of traffic on proposed expressway. 3 - 1 Eastern Peripheral Expressway NCR region, which will cause more accidents. Drainage Condition No improvement Due to new design, drainage condition will improve along the entire stretch of the proposed expressway. Land Acquirement No acquirement New land will be required which may have social and environmental impact Forest land Not required Forest land will not be required which may have some environmental impact. Cutting of Trees No felling Due to the proposed alignment about 4095 trees will be affected. However about 2,24,000 trees will be planted along the entire stretch with in the proposed ROW. Hence Environmental situation will improve. Construction workers camp Not required Camp sites can be selected in a better manner to ensure environmental quality Aesthetics No change and the present The environmental quality will condition will detroit in future improve due to more plantation of trees. The above comparison shows that Option 2 will be more suitable for the proper road design and future traffic requirement 3.3 ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENT STUDIED 3.2.1 Selection of Alternative Alignments To provide an alternate route for the transit traffic destined to places other than Delhi from State Highways & National Highways converging on Delhi, in order to implement the Hon’ble Supreme Court ‘s Judgment of 11th February 2005. Keeping in view the necessity of Expressway, its national importance and involvement of various government agencies, it was felt that a mutual consent is necessary for a smooth execution of the project. The High Powered Monitoring Committee headed by Secretary MoSRT&H decided to have a number of alternate alignment options with its merits and demerits, technical advantages as well as cost effects. Accordingly, survey for seven alignment options was carried out in and around the areas of Kundli, Ghaziabad, Noida and Faridabad. The seven possible alternate identified alignments are presented in three groups below: GROUP-I 3 - 2 Eastern Peripheral Expressway This group of alignments viz; Alignment A-1 and Alignment A-2 as described below is just on the Eastern side of Upper Ganga Canal. ALIGNMENT A-1 It starts at km 36.490 on NH-1 and ends at km 63.330 on NH-2. It crosses river Yamuna near village Toki Manauli, SH-57 in km 34.500 near village Katha, river Hindon near village Nekpur, Upper Ganga Canal near village Sanda, NH-24 in km 32.640 and thereafter dips south-westwards to again cross Upper Ganga Canal near village north of Dadupur Narla and traverses beyond Sikandrabad to cross NH-91 in km 57.050, river Yamuna near village Khodar to end at km 64.330 on NH-2. Its total length is 155 km. 3 - 3 Eastern Peripheral Expressway ALIGNMENT A-1 ALIGNMENT A-2 3 - 4 Eastern Peripheral Expressway It starts at km 36.490 on NH-1 and ends at km 64.330 on NH-2. It Crosses Yamuna, SH-57, NH-58 and NH-24 at the same locations as those for Alignment A-1 and thereafter near village Nagala Gajju dips southwards to cross NH-91 in Km 47.210, river Yamuna near village Arwa and again joins near village Katesara to end up on NH-2 in Km 64.330. Its total length is 155 km. ALIGNMENT A-2 GROUP-II 3 - 5 Eastern Peripheral Expressway This group of Alignments are:- Alignment A-3 & Alignment A-4 are just on Western side of upper Ganga Canal and are described below :- ALIGNMENT A-3 It starts at km 36.490 on NH-1 and ends at km 64.330 on NH-2. Earlier it was suggested that the start pt. Should be at km 36.083 but subsequently decided that start point at km 36.490. The alignment also follows the traverse of Alignment A-1 from start pt. To cross river Yamuna and SH-57 in the same location but thereafter dips southwards to cross river Hindon near village Nekpur, NH-58 in Km 27.100, NH-24 in Km 29.925, NH-91 in Km 42.500, cross river Yamuna near village Arwa to end up in Km 64.330. its total length is 134 kms. ALIGNMENT A-3 ALIGNMENT A-4 It starts at km 36.490 on NH-1 and ends at km 64.330 on NH-2. The Alignment A-4 follows the Alignment A-3 to cross river Yamuna, Sh-57, river Hindon, NH-58, NH-24 and NH-91 in 3 - 6 Eastern Peripheral Expressway the same locations. Near village Atta Gujran it dips south-westwards to cross river Yamuna near village Majauli Shekhpur and joins NH-2 at km 41.500. Its total length is 123 km. ALIGNMENT A-4 GROUP-III 3 - 7 Eastern Peripheral Expressway This group of Alignments are:- Alignment A-5, A-6 & A-7 investigated with the purpose of adopting the alignment of K-G & F-N-G to the maximum extent to utilize the land earmarked/ reserved by Sonipat, Ghaziabad, Noida & Faridabad District Authorities. ALIGNMENT A-5 It starts at km 36.490 on NH-1 and ends at Km 64.330 on NH-2. It crosses river Yamuna near village Toki Manauli, SH-57 in km 34.500, Hindon river near village Nekpur, NH-58 in km 27.100, NH-24 in km 29.925 and near village Dasna it dips south-westwards to cross NH-91 in km 29.900 and joins the alignment of F-N-G to end up in km 41.500 on NH-2. The total length of this alignment is 111.250 km ALIGNMENT A-5 ALIGNMENT A-6 It starts at km 36.490 on NH-1 and ends at km 64.330 on NH-2. it crosses river Yamuna near village Toki Manauli, SH-57 in km 34.500, Hindon river near village Nekpur, Nh-58 in km 3 - 8 Eastern Peripheral Expressway 27.100, NH-24 in km 29.925, NH-91 in km 27.100 joins alignment F-N-G near village Kulesra and after crossing river Yamuna deflects southwards near village Tigaon to join NH-2 in km 64.330. The total length of this alignment is 130 km. ALIGNMENT A-6 ALIGNMENT A-7 It starts at km 36.490 on NH-1 and ends at km 41.500 on NH-2. It follows alignment k-G to cross river Yamuna, SH-57 upto village Bhadoli on west bank of river Hindon, deflects eastwards to cross NH-58 in km 27.100 and traverses to cross NH-24 in km 29.925, Nh-91 in 3 - 9 Eastern Peripheral Expressway km 27.100. It joins alignment F-N-G near village Kulesra but takes a slight deflection southwards at the end to join Nh-2 in km 41.500. The total length of this alignment is 110 km. ALIGNMENT A-7 Comparison of Alternative Alignments Length Approx Cost Sl. No. Description Merits Demerits Km of Civil Works 3 - 10 Eastern Peripheral Expressway Length Approx Cost Sl. No. Description Merits Demerits Km of Civil Works 1 Alignment A-1 155 1550 Avoids congested towns of Involves two additional Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, bridges on Upper Ganga Noida, Greater Noida, Canal. Dadri and Sikandrabad. Ends up at same point as that of WPE i.e. Km 64.330. 2 Alignment A-2 148 1480 Avoids congested towns of Involves two additional Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, bridges on Upper Ganga Noida, Greater Noida and Canal. Dadri Ends up at same point as that of WPE i.e. Km 64.330. 3 Alignment A-3 134 1340 Avoids congested towns of Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida and Dadri. Makes use of land reserved/ earmarked for alignment K-G upto an extent of 80% 4 Alignment A-4 123 1230 Avoids congested towns of Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida and Dadri Ends up at km 41.500 on NH-2 Makes use of land reserved/ earmarked for alignment K- G upto an extent of 80% 5 Alignment A-5 111.25 1335 Avoids congested areas of Involves high Ghaziabad and Noida embankment (about 8 mts) for about 5 kms near village Kulesra Ends up at km 41.500 on One additional bridge NH-2 over river Hindon 3 - 11 Eastern Peripheral Expressway Length Approx Cost Sl.