Initial Environmental Examination Document Stage: Revised Draft Project Number: 49107-006 October 2018 IND: West Bengal Drinking Water Sector Improvement Program: Water Supply Distribution System for Indpur Block (Bankura District) [Package WW/BK/02A] Prepared by Public Health Engineering Department, Government of West Bengal for the Asian Development Bank. ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank CPCB – Central Pollution Control Board CTE – consent to establish CTO – consent to operate DSISC design, supervision and institutional support consultant EAC – Expert Appraisal Committee EHS – Environmental, Health and Safety EIA – Environmental Impact Assessment EMP – Environmental Management Plan GRC – grievance redress committee GRM – grievance redress mechanism GOI – Government of India GoWB – Government of West Bengal HSGO – Head, Safeguards and Gender Officer IBPS – Intermediate Booster Pumping Station IEE – Initial Environmental Examination IWD – Irrigation and Waterways Department MoEFCC – Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change WBPCB – West Bengal Pollution Control Board NOC – No Objection Certificate PHED – Public Health Engineering Department PIU – Project Implementation Unit PMC – Project Management Consultant PMU – Project Management Unit PWSS - Pied Water Supply Scheme PPTA – Project Preparatory Technical Assistance REA – Rapid Environmental Assessment ROW – right of way SPS – Safeguard Policy Statement WHO – World Health Organization WTP – water treatment plant WBDWSIP – West Bengal Drinking Water Sector Improvement Project WEIGHTS AND MEASURES m3/hr cubic meter per hour dBA decibel °C degree Celsius ha hectare km kilometre lpcd liters per capita per day m meter mbgl meters below ground level mgd million gallons per day MLD million liters per day mm millimeter km2 square kilometer NOTES In this report, "$" refers to United States dollars. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 17 August, 2018) Currency unit = Rupee (INR) INR 1.00 = 0.014 USD USD 1.00 = 69.80 INR 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. 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. i CONTENTS Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY i-v I. INTRODUCTION 1 A. Background 1 B. Purpose of the Initial Environmental Examination Report 3 C. Report Structure 4 II. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT 5 A. Project Area 5 B. Existing Water Supply Situation 6 C. Proposed Project 7 D. Implementation Schedule III. POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK 15 A. ADB Policy 15 B. National Environmental Laws 15 C. Other Permission from Statutory Authorities 21 IV. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 21 A. Methodology Used for Baseline Study 21 B. Physical Resources 21 C. Ecological Resources 38 D. Economic Development 42 E. Socio Cultural Resources 48 F. History, Culture and Tourism 49 G. Subproject Site Environmental Features 52 V. ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES 52 A. Pre-Construction Impacts – Design and Location 61 B. Construction Impacts 62 C. Operation and Maintenance Impacts 71 VI. PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE 72 A. Overview 73 B. Public Consultation 73 C. Information Disclosure 74 VII. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM 76 VIII. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 80 A. Environmental Management Plan 78 B. Implementation Arrangements 99 C. Capacity Building and Training 101 D. Monitoring and Reporting 101 E. Environmental Management Plan Implementation Cost 103 IX. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 104 List of Tables Page Table 1:Severity of Blocks Affected by Fluoride Contamination 3 Table 2: Groundwater Potential of Blocks in Bankura 3 Table 3: Administrative Division of Bankura 5 Table 4: Details of Project Area and Gram Panchayets 6 Table 5: Habitations Covered under Piped Water Supply Schemes 6 Table 6: Proposed Subproject Component under Package WW/BK/02B 8 Table 7: Location wise Proposed Overhead Reservoirs with Assessed Capacities 9 Table 8: Transmission Mains Network Details 10 Table 9 : Details of Distribution Network under Package WW/BK/01A 10 Table 10 : Roads wise Laying of Distribution Network 11 Table 11: Applicable Environmental Regulations 16 Table 12 : Clearances and permissions required for Construction activities 20 Table 13: WHO Ambient Air Quality Guidelines 21 Table 15: Administrative Divisions of Bankura District 22 Table 16: Block-Wise Profile of the Project Area 22 Table 17: Details of Major Roads in Bankura District 23 Table 18: Roads Maintained by Different Agencies in the Indpur Block 23 Table 19: Rainfall Data Recorded in Various Metrological Stations 28 Table 20:Surface Water Quality of Mukutmonipur Reservoir 31 Table 21: Compiled Summary of Fluoride Contamination in Bankura, 2013-2017 36 Table 22: Summary of Water Quality Parameters 37 Table 23 Air Quality in Respect of Four Traditional Parameters in Bankura District and Yearly 38 Days of Non-Compliance 38 Table 24: Common Plants at Project Sites 39 Table 25: List of Macrophytes In and Around Intake of the Mukutmonipur Reservoir 39 Table 26: Land Use Characteristics of Bankura District 42 Table 27: Land Use Characteristics of Indpur Block 43 Table 28: Demographic Characteristics 48 Table 29: Site Environmental Features 52 Table 30 : Detaiils Public Consultations held in Indpur Block 74 Table 31: Design Stage Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures 80 Table 32: Pre-Construction Stage Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures 83 Table 33: Construction Stage Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures 87 Table 34: Operation Stage Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures 96 Table 35: Construction Stage Environmental Monitoring Plan 97 Table 36: Operation Stage Environmental Monitoring Plan 99 Table 37: Outline Capacity Building Program on Environmental Management Plan 103 Implementation Table 38: Cost Estimates to Implement the Environmental Management Plan 105 iii List of Figures Page Figure 1: Proposed Subproject Components and Secondary Transmission Main Alignment 13 Figure 2: Google Earth Image showing the GLSR and OHR Locations 14 Figure 3: Google Earth Image showing the Transmission Mains 15 Figure 4 : Damodar River Basin 30 Figure 5: Hydrograph of Indpur Block 34 Figure 6: Pre Monsoon water level trend of Indpur Block 34 Figure 7: Post Monsoon water level trend of Indpur 34 Figure 8: Trend of PM10 in Bankura during 2016 38 Figure 9 : Grievance Redress Mechanism 78 List of Appendices Appendix 1: Rapid Environmental Assessment Checklist 107 Appendix 2: Ambient Air Quality Standards for ADB funded projects in IndiaError! Bookmark not defined.113 Appendix 2A: Emission limits for New DG sets up to 800 KW 115 Appendix 2B: Stake Height Requirement of DG sets 116 Appendix 4: Ambient Noise Level Standards for ADB funded projects in India 118 Appendix 5: Noise Limits for DG Set 119 Appendix 6: Drinking Water Standards 121 Appendix 7: Surface Water Quality Classification Criteria 122 Appendix 8: Compliance with Environmental Criteria for Subproject Selection 123 Appendix 9 : Department of Environment’s Direction Under Air Act, 1981 for Control of Air 124 Pollution From Construction Activities In West Bengal Appendix 10: Salient Features of Major Labor Laws Applicable to Establishments Engaged 126 In Construction of Civil Works Appendix 11: Extract from Construction and Demolition Management Rules, 2016 Appendix12 : Summary of Public Consultation 134 Appendix 13: Some Photographs of Stakeholder Consultations 142 Appendix 14: Sample Grievance Registration Form 143 Appendix 15: Sample Outline Spoils (Construction Waste) Management Plan 144 Appendix 16: Sample Outline Traffic Management Plan Error! Bookmark not defined. Appendix 17: Sample Monthly Reporting Format for Assistant Safeguards Officer/Assistant 155 Construction Manager Appendix 18: Sample Environmental Site Inspection Report 159 Appendix 19: Sample Grievance Registration Form 161 Appendix 20: Sample Semi-Annual Environmental Monitoring Report Template 162 Appendix 21: Guidelines for Safety during Monsoon/Heavy Rainfall 168 i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. The proposed West Bengal Drinking Water Improvement Project (WBDWIP) aims to provide safe, reliable and continuous drinking water as per Government of India’s (GOI) standard to about 2.6 million people in the arsenic, fluoride, and salinity affected selected areas of North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, East Medinipur and Bankura districts of West Bengal. 2. The project will adopt a sector approach, and subprojects will be selected and proposed for funding adhering to the agreed Subproject Selection Criteria (SSC). Project districts are North 24 Parganas (with two blocks of South 24 Parganas included for distribution network), Bankura and East Medinipur, and subprojects to be covered under the Project will be within these districts only unless otherwise agreed with ADB. Subprojects proposed under the Project stem from a district- wide comprehensive water quality and sustainability planning and completion of the Drinking Water Quality Action Plan (DWQAP) for the concerned district. 3. WBDWSIP will be implemented over an 6-years period beginning in 2018. 4. The Subproject. Provision of water supply distribution system in fluoride (groundwater) affected