Initial Environmental Examination Document Stage: Final Project Number: 48434-003 February 2019 IND: Visakhapatnam Chennai lndustrial Corridor Development Program – External Connectivity to Nakkapalli Industrial Cluster Road Package No: VCICDP/APRDC/04 Prepared by Andhra Pradesh Industrial lnfrastructure Corporation Limited, Government of Andhra Pradesh for the Asian Development Bank. This final 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. Initial Environmental Examination IND: Visakhapatnam Chennai Industrial Corridor Development Program (VCICDP) (External Connectivity to Nakkapalli Industrial Cluster Road) Prepared by the Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP), Government of India (GOI) for the Asian Development Bank CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 27th August 2018) Currency unit – Indian rupee (Rs) Rs1.00 = $0.0143 $1.00 = INR69.900 ABBREVIATIONS ADB - Asian Development Bank APRDC - Andhra Pradesh Road Development Corporation APIIC - Andhra Pradesh Industrial and Infrastructure Corporation Limited CGWB - Central Ground Water Board CPCB - Central Pollution Control Board CRRI - Central Road Research Institute DoE - Department of Environment EA - Executing Agency EFRC - Environment Friendly Road Construction EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment EMP - Environmental Management Plan EMMP - Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan GDP - Gross Domestic Product GRC - Grievance Redressal Committee GoI - Government of India IEE - Initial Environmental Examination IRC - Indian Road Congress MDRs - Major District Roads MoEF - Ministry of Environment and Forests MSL - Mean Sea Level NGO - Non Government Organization NH - National Highway NOx - Oxides of Nitrogen NSDP - Net State Domestic Product PIU - Project Implementation Unit 1 ROW - Right of Way SEIAA - State Environmental Impact Assessment Agency SGWB - State Ground Water Board SH - State Highway SPM - Suspended Particulate Matter SO2 - Sulphur Dioxide SSI - Small Scale Industries SSR - Standard Schedule Rates SPCB - State Pollution Control Board TOR - Terms of Reference VSS - Vana Samrakshana Samithi WHO - World Health Organization 2 DEFINITIONS Affected Family: Any family affected by the project, living, cultivating in land or carrying on business, trade or any other occupation within the Corridor of Impact (CoI) who is impacted by the project is an Affected Family (AF). Affected Person: Any individual, part of the affected family living, cultivating in land or carrying on business, trade or any other occupation within the Corridor of Impact (CoI) who is impacted by the project is an Affected Person (AP). Agricultural Land: Land used for the purpose of: (i) agriculture or horticulture; (ii) dairy farming, poultry farming, pisci-culture, sericulture, seed farming; (iii) breeding of livestock or nursery growing medicinal herbs; (iv) raising of crops, trees, grass or garden produce; and (v) land used for the grazing of cattle. Assigned Land: The government cultivable waste land provided to the land less poor persons for their lively hood more particularly land less agricultural labor and if the land is required for public purpose, on payment of compensation, the land can be resumed to govt. Assistance: All support mechanisms such as subsistence allowance, shifting assistance, livelihood assistance, involving monetary help, services or assets given to APs constitute assistance in this project. Compensation: Compensation refers to amount paid to acquired private land and/or structure in accordance with the provisions of Sec 26, Sec 27, Sec 28, Sec 29 and Sec 30 pertaining to compensation and Sec 31 and Sec 32 pertaining to rehabilitation and resettlement contained in ‘The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013’. Cut-off Date: For title holders, the date of SIA notification [Sec 4(2)] of intended acquisition as per the provisions of RFCTLARR Act will be treated as the cut-off date, and for non-titleholders the start date of project census survey for the subproject will be the cut-off date. Displaced Family (DF): Any family living, cultivating land or carrying on business, trade or any other occupation within the Proposed Right-of-Way (PRoW) who are impacted by the project and have to relocate is a Displaced Family. All the members of a DF in the project will be treated as DPs. Displaced Person (DP): Any individual or part of the DFs living, cultivating land or carrying on business, trade or any other occupation within the PRoW who are impacted by the project is a Displaced Person (DP). Encroacher: Any person illegally occupying public property by extending their land boundary or a portion of their building onto the RoW is an encroacher. Entitled Person (EP): Entitled Person includes all APs who qualify for, or are entitled to, compensation / assistance since being impacted by the project. The basis for identification of Entitled Persons (EP) in the project will be the cut-off date. Marginal Farmer: A cultivator with an un-irrigated land holding up to one hectare or irrigated land holding up to one-half hectare. 3 Right-of-Way: Right-of-Way (RoW) is the land that has been granting to be owned by PWD(R&B) abetting the carriage way and including the carriageway and recorded as PWD (R&B) land in the revenue records. Proposed Right-of-Way: The proposed right-of-way (PRoW) is the width required for the actual construction of the road including the carriageway, shoulder, embankment, and longitudinal drainage, wayside amenities like bus stops, bus shelters, and etc. and necessary safety zones. Temporary Building: Temporary building means a temporary type of structure, which includes buildings with roofs constructed of thatch, galvanized iron or asbestos. Significant Impact: The APs suffering the following impacts and requiring to relocate are categorized as significantly impacted APs: (i) loss of place of dwelling, (ii) loss of place of business; (iii) loss of livelihood; and (iv) loss of agricultural productive land. 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 10 1.1. Background 10 1.2. Purpose of the IEE 10 1.3. Extent of IEE 10 1.4. IEE Methodology 11 1.5. Structure of the report 13 2. POLICY, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK 14 2.1. Environmental Legislation (National and State Laws) 14 2.2. International Environmental Agreement 24 2.3. ADB Policy 25 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT 28 3.1. Project Type 28 3.2. Proposed project road 28 3.3. Need of the Project 29 3.4. Sub Project 30 3.5. Category of the Project 32 3.6. Details of Structures:- 32 3.6.1. Cross Drainage Structures 33 3.6.2. Parallel Drains 35 3.6.3. Major and Minor Bridges 35 3.7. Proposed Improvement Components 35 3.7.1. Traffic Considerations 35 3.7.2. Proposed Improvements 35 4. DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING ENVIRONMENT 37 4.1 Introduction 37 4.2 Physical Resources 37 4.3 Ecological Resources 41 4.4 Economic Activities 44 4.5 Social and Cultural Resources 46 5. ANTICIPATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND ITS MITIGATION MEASURES 49 5.1. Introduction 49 5.2. Beneficial Impacts (Positive Environmental Impacts) 49 5.3. Negative Environmental Impacts 49 5.4. Ecological Resources 60 5.5. Human Resources 61 5.6. Mitigation for Quarries 64 5.7. Mitigation of Borrow Areas 64 5 5.8. Environmental Effects Related to Operation 64 5.9. Potential Environmental Enhancement/Protection Measures 65 5.10. Rehabilitation Plan for Quarry/Borrow Pits 71 6. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES 72 7. CONSULTATION, INFORMATION DISCLOSURE AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM 73 7.1. Public Consultation and Information Disclosure 73 7.2. Objectives of the Public Consultations 73 7.3. Methodology 73 7.4. Project Stakeholders 73 7.5. Consultations with Local People/Beneficiaries 74 7.6. Consultations with Women and Vulnerable Groups 79 7.7. Disclosure of information 79 7.8. Grievance Redress Mechanism 80 8. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 83 8.1. Introduction 83 8.2. Safeguard Implementation Arrangement 84 9. INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY AND DEVELOPMENT 88 10. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN, MONTORING PLAN AND GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM 90 10.1. Environment Management Plan 90 10.2. Environment Monitoring Program 90 10.3. Performance Indicators 91 10.4. Generic Guidelines for Implementing EMP 91 10.5 Environmental Monitoring Plan 99 10.6 Environment Management Budget 117 11. MONITORING AND REPORTING 119 11.1. Monitoring and Reporting 119 11.2. Implementation Schedule 119 12. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 121 APPENDIX-1: RAPID ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (REA) CHECKLIST 123 APPENDIX-2: TREES DATA ALONG THE SUB PROJECT ROAD 129 APPENDIX-3: LAND USE PATTERN 130 APPENDIX-4: DETAILS OF EXISTING BORROW AREAS 131 APPENDIX-5: ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY ALONG SUB PROJECT LENGTH 132 APPENDIX-6: PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND PROJECT PHOTOS 134 APPENDIX-7: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 140 APPENDIX-8: ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PLAN 141 6 APPENDIX-9: NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS 154 APPENDIX-10: NATIONAL DRINKING WATER STANDARDS 155 APPENDIX-11: CRITERIA FOR WATER CLASSIFICATION BY CPCB 157