Initial Environment Examination Project Number: 49125-001 April 2018 (Addendum) IND: Second Jharkhand State Road Project Subproject : Construction of Jamua bypass part of RD02-Pachamba- Jamua-Sarwan road Submitted by Project Management Unit, State Highways Authority of Jharkhand, Ranchi This report has been submitted to ADB by the Project Management Unit, State Highways Authority of Jharkhand, Ranchi and is made publicly available in accordance with ADB’s Public Communications Policy (2011). It does not necessarily reflect the views of ADB. This report is an addendum to the IEE report posted in March 2015 available on https://www.adb.org/projects/documents/ind-second-jharkhand-state-road- project-mar-2015-iee This addendum to initial environment examination 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. Addendum-Initial Environmental Examination March-2018 IND: Second Jharkhand State Road Project Construction of Jamua bypass part of RD02-Pachamba- Jamua-Sarwan road subproject Prepared by State Highways Authority of Jharkhand, Government of Jharkhand for the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 03 December 2014) Currency unit – Indian rupee (INR) INR1.00 = $ 0.01616 $1.00 = INR 61.8760 ABBREVIATIONS AAQ - Ambient Air Quality AAQM - Ambient Air Quality Monitoring ADB - Asian Development Bank APHA - American Public Health Association BDL - Below Detection Limit BGL - Below Ground Level BOD - Biological Oxygen Demand BIS - Bureau of Indian Standard CO - Carbon Monoxide COD - Chemical Oxygen Demand CPCB - Central Pollution Control Board CSC - Construction Supervision Consultant CWLW - Chief Wild Life Warden DO - Dissolved Oxygen DoE - Department of Environment DPR - Detailed Project Report DFO - Divisional Forest Officer EA - Executing Agency EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment EMP - Environmental Management Plan EMoP - Environmental Monitoring Plan EO - Environmental Officer GDP - Gross Domestic Product GHG - Green House Gas GIS - Geographic Information System GoI - Government of India GoJH - Government of Jharkhand GRC - Grievance Redress Committee GRM - Grievance Redressal Mechanism HFL - Highest Flood Level IEE - Initial Environmental Examination IMD - Indian Meteorological Department IRC - Indian Road Congress IS - Indian Standard JSRP - Jharkhand State Roads Project LPG - Liquefied Petroleum Gas Max. - Maximum Min. - Minimum MDRs - Major District Roads MoEFCC - Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change MoRT&H - Ministry of Road Transport and Highways MSL - Mean Sea Level MW - Mega Watt NGO - Non Government Organization NH - National Highway NHAI - National Highway Authority of India NOx - Oxides of Nitrogen NTPC - National Thermal Power Corporation PHC - Primary Health Centre PIC - Project Implementation Cell PIU - Project Implementation Unit PMC - Project Management Consultant PF - Protected Forest RF - Reserve Forest RCD - Road Construction Department ROW - Right of Way SJSRP - Second Jharkhand State Road Project SEIAA - State Environment Impact Assessment Authority SEZ - Special Economic Zone SH - State Highway SPCB - State Pollution Control Board SPM - Suspended Particulate Matter SO2 - Sulphur Dioxide SSI - Small Scale Industries SPS - Safeguard Policy Statement SPCB - State Pollution Control Board PPTA - Project Preparatory Technical Assistance TDS - Total Dissolved Solids UNDP - United Nation Development Program TSS - Total Suspended Solid WEIGHTS AND MEASURES dB (A) - A-weighted decibel Ha - Hectare Km - Kilometer km2 - Square kilometer KWA - kilowatt ampere Leq - equivalent continuous noise level Μg - Microgram M - Meter MW - Megawatt PM 2.5 or 10 - Particulate Matter of 2.5 micron or 10 micron size This addendum-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. 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. 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 6 A. Background 6 B. Need of Bypass 7 C. Extend of the Addendum 7 D. Outline of the Addendum 8 II. PROPOSED CHANGE IN SCOPE 9 A. Location of the Project 9 B. Justification for Proposed Change 10 C. Land requirement 10 D. Pavement Design 11 E. Implementing Schedule & Cost 12 III. Description of Existing Environment 13 IV. Anticipated Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures 21 A. Potential Beneficial Impacts 22 B. Potential Adverse Impacts 22 C. Pre-construction Phase Impacts 22 D. Construction Phase 23 E. Operational Phase 26 V. Environmental Management Plan, Institutional Requirements and Grievance Redress Mechanism 27 A. Environmental Management Plan 27 B. Organizational Set-up of implementing 27 C. Institutional Arrangement 28 D. Grievance Redress Mechanism 28 E. Environment Management Budget 29 VI. Public Consultation and Information Disclosure 29 VII. Conclusion 30 Annexure I (Site Photographs) 31 Annexure II (Public Consultancy Photographs) 34 Annexure III (Public Consultancy Record) 35 Figures 1. Location Map: RD 02 Pachamba-Jamua-Sarwan road indicating Jamua Bypass 9 2. Land Use / land Covered 16 5 3. Existing Organizational Set-up of Implementing Agency 27 Tables 1. Details of Roads 6 2. Details of Structure (Culverts) 10 3. Summary of Cost Abstract 12 4. Demography of the Project District 14 5. Ambient Air Quality in the Project Area 17 6. Noise Level in the Project Area 18 7. Groundwater in the Project Area 18 8. Surface water Quality 19 9. List of waterways/water bodies 19 10. Forest cover in Project Districts 20 11. Details of Trees affected 20 12. Summary of Impacts on Land & Assets 22 6 I. INTRODUCTION A. Background 1. Jharkhand, the land of forests, is located in eastern part of India and covers an area of 79,714 sq. km. It was carved out of southern Bihar to form a separate state in the year 2000. Ranchi is its capital. The total population is 329.66 million which accounts for 2.72% of the country. It has sizeable tribal population of 26.3%. Despite its rich mineral wealth with over 40% of the country’s total reserve and extensive forest resources (29% of the total area), Jharkhand is one of the least developed states in India with a poverty incidence of above 40% and has the highest rural poverty incidence in the country. As per National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO), about 12.5% of households do not get two square meals a day. The poverty ratio in India has fallen down from 37.2% in 2004-05 to 21.9% in 2011-12, but decline in poverty ratio in Jharkhand is only 8%, from 45.3% in 2004-05 to 37.0% in 2013-14. 2. The deficient network and quality of the road infrastructure is an important deterrent factor constraining the development of major part of the state. Jharkhand has 21.4 km of roads per 100 sq.km against country’s 74.2km. Only 36% of the state’s villages have immediate access to all-weathered road compared to all India average of 57%. Less than 25% of the villages are connected with metalled roads compared to national figure of 45%. More than 50% of the roads are of intermediate lane configuration and the pavement condition is not good in 80% of the cases (vision document, Jharkhand Infrastructure Development Corporation, 2013). 3. Recognizing the importance of road in providing momentum for accelerating economic development, Government of Jharkhand (GoJH) has initiated several road improvement projects in its 12th five year plan including externally aided projects. In this series GoJH is executing Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) second loan for Second Jharkhand State Road Project (SJSRP) for improvement of four existing roads totalling 176.643km. State Highways Authority of Jharkhand (SHAJ) is the executing agency (EA) for the project. Details of roads under project are given in Table 1. Table 1: Details of roads Length S No ID. Name of Sub-project District (Km) 1. RD 01 SH-17 (Dumka- Hansdiha) 44.221 Dumka, Godda 2. RD 02 MDR-86& 83 (Pachamba-Jamua-Sarwan 45.175 Giridih 3. RD 03 SH-13 (Govindpur-Tundi-Giridih) 43.550 Dhanbad, Giridih 4. RD 04 SH-3 (Khunti-Tamar) 43.697 Khunti, Saraikela 4. RD 02, Pachamba-Jamua-Sarwan: Sub-project is entirely located in Giridih district and divided in two sections. First section; Pachamba-Jamua starts at existing km 1.2 of MDR 86 at intersecting point of proposed Giridih bypass and ends near Jamua traversing through villages like Parsatand, 7 Ranidih, Gharanja, Nawadih and Batti. Second section; Jamua-Sarwan stretch starts from Jamua existing Km 35.370 of MDR-83 and ends near Sarwan road at existing Km58.735 of MDR-83 after passing through few built-up areas of Mirjagunj, Panjdiha, Kharagdiha, and Chatro. The length of the sub-project road is 45.175 km. B. Need of Bypass: 5. This road provides important linkage between two industrial/mineral rich districts (Koderma and Giridih) and directly connects with Bihar. Jamua town is a major block and bottleneck in the subproject alignment. Traffic from Pachamba to Kharagdiha-Chatro-Sarwan passes through the Jamua town causing severe Traffic jam and chaos in the town. The traffic signal and traffic police are also not sufficient to solve the current day traffic and expected increase in traffic intensity after commissioning of the subproject road. A bypass for this road is necessary to achieve objective of the road sub-project.