GUJARAT MARITIME BOARD (Government of Gujarat Undertaking) SAGAR BHAVAN, Sector 10-A, Opp
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MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR OBTAINING STATUTORY EC FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PORT INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN EXISTING PORBANDAR PORT, GUJARAT Project Proponent GUJARAT MARITIME BOARD (Government of Gujarat Undertaking) SAGAR BHAVAN, Sector 10-A, Opp. Air Force Centre, CHH Rd, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382010 EIA Consultant Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Limited NABET Accredited EIA Consulting Organisation Certificate No: NABET/EIA/1011/011 PARRY House 3rd Floor, No. 2 N.S.C Bose Road, Chennai - 600 001 Tamil Nadu August 2018 Development of Port Infrastructure within PJ-ENVIR - 2017511-1253 existing Porbandar Port, Porbandar Village, Porbandar District, Gujarat DECLARATION BY PROJECT PROPONENT GMB has conducted the “EIA Study on “Development of Port Infrastructure within existing Porbandar Port, Porbandar Village, Porbandar District, Gujarat”. The EIA report preparation has been undertaken in compliance with the ToR issued by MoEF & CC. Information and content provided in the report is factually correct for the purpose and objective for such study undertaken. We hereby declare the ownership of contents (information and data) of EIA/EMP Report. For on behalf of Gujarat Maritime Board Signature: Name: Mr. Atul A. Sharma Designation: Deputy General Manager - Environment Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Page 1 Development of Port Infrastructure within PJ-ENVIR - 2017511-1253 existing Porbandar Port, Porbandar Village, Porbandar District, Gujarat DECLARATION BY EIA CONSULTANT EIA Study on “Development of Port Infrastructure within existing Porbandar Port, Porbandar Village, Porbandar District, Gujarat”. This EIA report has been prepared by Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Limited (CMSRSL), in line with EIA Notification, dated 14th September 2006, seeking prior Environmental Clearance from the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, New Delhi. This work has been undertaken in accordance with ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System with all reasonable skill, care and diligence within the terms of the contract with the client, incorporating our General Terms & Conditions of Business and taking account of the resources devoted to it by agreement with the client. We disclaim any responsibility to the client and others in respect of any matters outside the scope of the above. Further, this report is confidential to the client and the use of this report by unauthorized third parties without written authorization from CMSRSL shall be at their own risk. For and on behalf of Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Limited Approved by : N V Subba Rao Sign : Designation : Chief Executive Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Page 2 Development of Port Infrastructure within PJ-ENVIR - 2017511-1253 existing Porbandar Port, Porbandar Village, Porbandar District, Gujarat DECLARATION BY EIA CONSULTANT Declaration by Experts contributing to the EIA for “Development of Port Infrastructure within existing Porbandar Port, Porbandar Village, Porbandar District, Gujarat “ I, hereby, certify that I was part of the EIA team in the following capacity that developed the above EIA. EIA Coordinator: In-House Name: Mr. D.Ravishankar Signature: Date: 10th August, 2018 Period of Involvement: Nov 2017 to August 2018 Contact Information: M/s. Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Limited Parry House 3rd Floor, No. 2 NSC Bose Road, Chennai – 600 001 +91-044- 3044 5448 Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Page 3 Development of Port Infrastructure within PJ-ENVIR - 2017511-1253 existing Porbandar Port, Porbandar Village, Porbandar District, Gujarat Functional Area Experts: S. Functional Name of the Involvement Signature No Areas Expert/s (Period and Task) Period : AP- Air Nov 2017 to August 2018 Pollution Monitoring, Task: Developed Dust Mr. Ravishankar. 1 Prevention & Control and Mitigation D Control Plan during Construction Phase and Fugitive Dust (Category - A) Emission Control during Cargo Transportation Period : Nov 2017 to August 2018 WP- Water Task: Finalization of water Pollution sampling locations, Monitoring characterization. 2 Prevention & Mr. V S Bhaskar Identification of Potential Control during construction and developed management (Category - A) plan to prevent contamination of water during coal transportation Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Page 4 Development of Port Infrastructure within PJ-ENVIR - 2017511-1253 existing Porbandar Port, Porbandar Village, Porbandar District, Gujarat S. Functional Name of the Involvement Signature No Areas Expert/s (Period and Task) Period : Nov 2017 to August 2018 SHW Solid and Task: Categorization of Hazardous solid and hazardous waste 3 Waste Mr. Ravishankar. D during construction phase Management and operation phase and developed solid and (Category - A) hazardous waste management plan Period : Nov 2017 to August 2018 Task: Mentoring In-house SE Socio-Economic expert in Socio- conducting Primary Survey Mr. Rajesh Kumar 4 Economics Data Collection, collation of Verma secondary data. To identify (Category - A) socio economic aspect/impact based on project activities and development of mitigation measures. Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Page 5 Development of Port Infrastructure within PJ-ENVIR - 2017511-1253 existing Porbandar Port, Porbandar Village, Porbandar District, Gujarat S. Functional Name of the Involvement Signature No Areas Expert/s (Period and Task) Period : Nov 2017 to August 2018 SE Task: Conducted primary Socio- socio-economic survey, Mr. Karthick C S 5 Economics identification of social impact due to proposed (Category - A) project, preparation of mitigation plan, and development of CSR plan. Period : Nov 2017 to August 2018 EB Ecology and Mr. Vivek Narayan Task: Mentoring the In- 6 Biodiversity Singh house Ecology and Biodiversity expert for (Category - A) Terrestrial Flora and Fauna Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Page 6 Development of Port Infrastructure within PJ-ENVIR - 2017511-1253 existing Porbandar Port, Porbandar Village, Porbandar District, Gujarat S. Functional Name of the Involvement Signature No Areas Expert/s (Period and Task) Period : Nov 2017 to August 2018 Task : Primary Survey of Terrestrial Flora and Fauna, Marine Biological Sampling. Identifiation and Analysis of Phytoplankton, Zooplankton and benthos. EB Identification of Ecology and Nesting/breeding grounds Dr. T. 7 Biodiversity of reptiles, mammals and Balakrishnan avifauna including (Category - A) rare/threatended/endange red/endemic species and their habitat within the study area. Impact assessment and environmental management plan for Mangroves Conservation, Habitat Conservation Measures. Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Page 7 Development of Port Infrastructure within PJ-ENVIR - 2017511-1253 existing Porbandar Port, Porbandar Village, Porbandar District, Gujarat S. Functional Name of the Involvement Signature No Areas Expert/s (Period and Task) AQ Period : Meteorology, Nov 2017 to August 2018 Air Quality Task: Design of Ambient 8 Modelling & Mr. V S Bhaskar Air Quality Monitoring Prediction Network. Primary Air Quality data Analysis and (Category - A) identification of impacts. Period : Nov 2017 to August 2018 NV Task: Identification of Noise & Noise Monitoring 9 Vibration Mr. V S Bhaskar Locations. Noise Mitigation measures during (Category - A) construction and operation phase. Period : Nov 2017 to August 2018 LU Task: Preparation of land Land Use 10 Mr. T. P. Natesan use land cover maps for the study area using GIS/ (Category - A) related tools followed by ground truth verification. Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Page 8 Development of Port Infrastructure within PJ-ENVIR - 2017511-1253 existing Porbandar Port, Porbandar Village, Porbandar District, Gujarat S. Functional Name of the Involvement Signature No Areas Expert/s (Period and Task) Period : Nov 2017 to August 2018 RH Risk Task: Identification of fire Assessment & risk potential due to 11 Hazard Mr. Ravishankar.D handling of coal and Management transportation Potential Risk Hazards Identification (Category - A) during construction and operation phase. Period : LU Nov 2017 to August 2018 Land Use Mr. S. Pavala 12 Rajan Task: Preparation of land use land cover maps for the (Category - B) study area using GIS/ related tools followed by ground truth verification. Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Page 9 Development of Port Infrastructure within PJ-ENVIR - 2017511-1253 existing Porbandar Port, Porbandar Village, Porbandar District, Gujarat Declaration by the Head of the Accredited Consultant Organization/ Authorized Person I, N V Subbarao, hereby, confirm that the above mentioned experts prepared the EIA Report as per the project inputs prepared by GMB for the proposed “Development of Port Infrastructure within existing Porbandar Port, Porbandar Village, Porbandar District, Gujarat” I also confirm that the consultant organization shall be fully accountable for any misleading information mentioned in this statement. Signature: : Name : N V Subbarao Name of the EIA Consultant Organization:M/s. Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Ltd “PARRY” House 3rd Floor, No. 2 NSC Bose Road, Chennai – 600 001 NABET Certificate No. :NABET/EIA/1316/RA009 Cholamandalam MS Risk Services Page 10 Development of Port Infrastructure within PJ-ENVIR - 2017511-1253 existing Porbandar Port, Porbandar Village, Porbandar District, Gujarat Executive Summary Introduction Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) is the first maritime board of India, established in the year 1982 as statutory organization of Government of Gujarat (GoG), under the Gujarat Maritime Act 1981. It was established for facilitating the port development, privatization,