Bhopalgarh – Kuchera Road

Public Disclosure Authorized Public Works Department, Government of Rajasthan Environmental Impact Assessment Report Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Banar – Bhopalgarh – Kuchera Road Public Disclosure Authorized June 21, 2018 (Revised Draft) Table of Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................. a 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 1 1.1 Project Background ..................................................................... 1 1.2 Brief about the Sub-Project Road .................................................. 1 1.3 Need of the Project Road ............................................................ 1 1.4 Benefits of the Project ................................................................. 2 1.5 Need of Environment Impact Assessment Study ............................. 3 1.6 Scope of the EIA Study ................................................................ 4 1.7 Approach and Methodology of the EIA Study .................................. 4 1.8 Limitation of EIA Study ................................................................ 9 1.9 Layout of the EIA Report .............................................................10 2 Project Description ...................................................................... 11 2.1 Project Profile ............................................................................11 2.2 Project Location & Accessibility ....................................................11 2.3 Project Features .........................................................................12 2.4 Proposed Improvement Plan ........................................................16 2.5 Project Environmental Setting ......................................................27 2.6 Components & Activities of The Proposed Project ...........................27 2.7 Infrastructure Requirement for Highway Development ....................27 2.8 Resource Requirements for The Project .........................................29 2.9 Pollutant Sources & Characterisation ............................................30 3 POLICY, LEGAL & ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK ....................... 32 3.1 Introduction ..............................................................................32 3.2 Overview of Indian Environmental Policy and Legislation Framework 32 3.3 Applicable Environmental Legislation ............................................32 3.4 Operational Policies of World Bank ...............................................40 3.5 Guidance ..................................................................................41 3.6 Other Applicable Laws ................................................................42 4 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ................................................... 46 4.1 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................46 4.2 METHODOLOGY .........................................................................46 4.3 LAND ENVIRONMENT ..................................................................48 4.4 AIR ENVIRONMENT ....................................................................56 4.5 WATER ENVIRONMENT ...............................................................61 ii 4.6 BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT ........................................................69 4.7 ECONOMY .................................................................................74 4.8 SOCIOECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT ................................................75 4.9 Utilities .....................................................................................75 5 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES ...................................................... 77 5.1 Introduction ..............................................................................77 5.2 No Project Scenario ....................................................................77 5.3 Alternative Alignments ................................................................77 5.4 Re-Alignments ...........................................................................85 5.5 Alternative Materials and Technologies .........................................86 6 IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION MEASURES ................... 88 6.1 Impact Assessment and Mitigation Measures .................................88 6.2 Potential Impact on Land Use ......................................................88 6.3 Potential Impact on Soil ..............................................................89 6.4 Potential Impact on Surface Water Resources ................................91 6.5 Potential Impact on Surface Water Quality ....................................92 6.6 Potential Impact on Ground Water Resources ................................98 6.7 Potential Impact on Ground Water Quality .....................................98 6.8 Potential Impact on Ambient Air Quality ........................................98 6.9 Potential Impact on Noise Quality ............................................... 100 6.10 Potential Impact on Physiography and Drainage ........................... 101 6.11 Potential Impact on Biological Environment ................................. 101 6.12 Potential Impact on Socio-economic Environment ........................ 103 6.13 Community Health and Safety Issues ......................................... 103 6.14 Occupational Health and Safety Issues ....................................... 104 7 STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS ............................................... 106 7.1 Introduction ............................................................................ 106 7.2 Local Level Consultation ............................................................ 106 7.3 Summary ................................................................................ 108 8 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ...................................... 109 8.1 Introduction ............................................................................ 109 8.2 Environment Management Plans ................................................ 109 8.3 Environmental Monitoring Program ............................................. 147 9 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENT ............................................ 150 9.1 Environment, Health Safety Management System ........................ 150 iii 9.2 Monitoring & Auditing Plan ........................................................ 157 9.3 Review and Corrective Action Plan ..... 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Bookmark not defined. 9.4 Environment Management Budget .............................................. 159 10 Summary and Conclusion .......................................................... 163 List of Annexures Annexure 2.1: Carriageway Details……………………………………..…………………….……………………..i Annexure 2.2: Existing Cross Drainage Structures………………………………………………..………….iii Annexure 2.3: Major and Minor Junctions………………………………………………………….………..… v Annexure 2.4: Widening Schedule …………………………………………………………………….……..….. vii Annexure 6.1: Guidance Note on Borrow Area Management …………………………….………….xi Annexure 6.2: Guidance Note on Waste Management ………………………………………………… xix Annexure 6.3: Schematic Diagram for Oil -Water Separator …………………………………………xxii Annexure 6.4: Emergency Spill Control Procedure ……………………………………………………...xxiv Annexure 6.5: Schematic Diagram for Rainwater Harvesting ………………………..……………xxvii Annexure 6.6: Guidance Note on Site Clearance …………………………………………………..……. xxix Annexure 6.7: Guidance Note on Occupational Health and Safety ………………………..…… xxxi iv List of Tables Table 1-1:Secondary collected for the EIA Study .................................................................. 7 Table 2-1:Exisiting and proposed Right of Way................................................................... 13 Table 2-2:Trees likely to be impacted ................................................................................. 15 Table 2-3:Summary of Existing utilities along the existing alignment ................................ 15 Table 2-4:Location of Bus shelters ...................................................................................... 23 Table 2-5:Details of proposed Longitudinal drain ............................................................... 24 Table 3-1: Summary of the Legal and Policy requirement in the Project ........................... 33 Table 3-2:Applicable World Bank Policies in the Project .................................................... 40 Table 4-1:Landuse along the Project Corridor .................................................................... 51 Table 4-2:Sensitive land use/receptors along the alignment ............................................. 53 Table 4-3:Rationale of selection of the Air Monitoring Location ........................................ 58 Table 4-4:Results of Ambient Air Quality Monitoring ......................................................... 58 Table 4-5:Rationale for selection for noise monitoring location ........................................ 59 Table 4-6: Results of Primary Noise Monitoring ................................................................. 61 Table 4-7:Results of analysis of the Ground Water Monitoring ......................................... 64 Table 4-8:Location of water bodies along the corridor ....................................................... 67 Table 4-9: List of Flora in the Study Area ............................................................................ 69 Table 4-10:Trees to be felled along the alignment ............................................................

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