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TRAFFIC STUDY REPORT ON ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT DUE TO TRANSPORTATION OF COAL BY ROAD FROM MCL (BASUNDHARA GARJANBAHAL AREA - KULDA & BASUNDHRA MINES) & SECL (RAIGARH COALFIELDS- BAROUD, JAMPALI AND CHHAL MINES) TO 4 X 600 MW POWER PLANT, VILLAGE- TAMNAR, DISTRICT - RAIGARH, CHHATTISGARH OF M/s JINDAL POWER LTD. (JPL) FEBRUARY, 2020 (Issue 01, Rev. 0) Prepared by: MIN MEC CONSULTANCY PVT. LTD. A-121, Paryavaran Complex, IGNOU Road, New Delhi – 110 030 Ph : 91-11-29532236, 29535891; 29532568, Web site: http://www.minmec.com An ISO 9001:2015 approved company Estb. 1983 Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Min Mec Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. CONTENTS Sl. No. Description Page No. 1.0 Introduction & Background 1 2.0 Present proposal 1 2.1 Description of proposed route 4 2.2 Quantity of coal to be transported 6 3.0 Assessment of proposed road for its categorisation & carrying 7 capacity as per IRC 64 (1990) - guidelines on capacity of roads in rural area and IRC 103 (1990)-guidelines on capacity of roads in urban area 3.1 Road width measurement 7 3.2 Traffic volume carrying capacity of the road 13 3.3 Traffic survey 17 3.4 Additional traffic on proposed route 18 3.5 Growth in existing traffic 19 3.6 Summary and conclusion regarding increase in traffic 21 4.0 Satellite images from Google earth for route from SECL & MCL 21 Coal mines to Power plant 5.0 Villages along transportation route 21 6.0 Vegetation and forests along transportation route 22 7.0 Collection of environmental data 27 7.1 Ambient air quality 27 7.2 Noise environment 29 8.0 Impact due to traffic 29 8.1 Ambient air quality 29 8.2 Ambient noise 30 8.3 Ecology 30 9.0 Observations 31 10.0 Conclusion and recommendations 32 Assessment of Impacts Due to Transportation of Coal for 4X600 MW TPP of JPL i Min Mec Consultancy Pvt. 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LIST OF TABLES Table No. Particulars Page No. 1 Description of the coal transportation routes 4 2 Quantity of coal to be transported 7 3 Road width location on the three routes 10 4 Recommended design service volumes for plain roads with low 14 curvature as per IRC: 64-1990 5 Capacity reduction factors suggested for sub-standard lane an d 15 shoulder width on two-lane road 6 Equivalency factors as per IRC: 64-1990 15 7 Recommended design service volumes (PCU’s per hour) as 16 per IRC: 106-1990 8 Equivalency factors as per IRC: 106-1990 17 9 Observed existing, projected and additional traffic and their % 20 utilisation design service volume of the road 10 Location of villages and their population 21 11 List of the various floral species along routes 22 12 Various protected and reserved forest falling within 100 m along 26 the routes 13 Ambient air quality monitoring stations and respective results 27 14 Ambient noise results 29 Assessment of Impacts Due to Transportation of Coal for 4X600 MW TPP of JPL ii Min Mec Consultancy Pvt. 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LIST OF FIGURES Fig. No. Particulars Page No. 1 Key map showing proposed railway siding of JPL 3 2 Route alignment from mines of SECL and MCL to power plant 8 with location codes of road measurement & traffic census points 3 Line diagram of road width on coal transportation routes 9 4 Villages along coal transportation routes 24 5 Forest along coal transportation routes 25 6 Location of air sampling stations 28 7 Gharghoda bypass under construction on section RW13 to 31 RW16 LIST OF ANNEXURES Annexure No. Particulars 1 Environmental Clearance (EC) accorded by MoEF&CC vide letters dated 18.03.2011 for Units #1 & #2 and 04.11.2011 for Units #3 & #4 2 EC amendment letter vide MoEF&CC letter dated 26.04.2017 3 NOC from Chhattisgarh East Railway Limited (CERL) and In Principle Approval from CTPM, South Eastern Central Railway 4 Photographs of road width measurement locations 5 Photographs of census point locations 6 Baseline Traffic Census data 7 Google images Assessment of Impacts Due to Transportation of Coal for 4X600 MW TPP of JPL iii Min Mec Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. ABBREVIATIONS DSV - Design Service Volume MC - Maximum Capacity HMV - Heavy Motor Vehicles LMV - Light Motor Vehicles PWD - Public Works Department IRC - Indian Road Congress STPP - Super Thermal Power Project TPD - Tonnes per Day MW - Mega Watt PCU - Passenger Car Units MoEF&CC - Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change US EPA - United States Environment Protection Agency MMRDL - Min Mec R&D Laboratory JSPL - Jindal Steel & Power Limited JPL - Jindal Power Limited Assessment of Impacts Due to Transportation of Coal for 4X600 MW TPP of JPL iv Min Mec Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. 1.0 INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND Jindal Power Limited (JPL) has installed Coal Based Thermal Power Plant of 2400 MW capacity in District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, which constitutes 4x 600 MW. Environmental Clearance (EC) for 4x600 MW Thermal Power Plant was accorded by MoEF&CC vide letters dated 18.03.2011 for Units #1 & #2 and 04.11.2011 for Units #3 & #4 (copies of both given in Annexure 1). Subsequently, all four units of 2400 MW have been synchronized and achieved COD. Additional condition no. (vi) stipulated in EC Amendment letter dated 26.04.2017 ( Annexure 2 ) states “Coal transportation shall be preferably by rail/ or pipe/belt conveyor after thirty months only” . Permission for transportation of coal by road was granted by MoEF&CC to transport of coal by road from mines of MCL (Kulda and Basundhara mine), SECL (Baroud, Jampali & Chhal Mines) and through CCPC from Gare Pelma Coal mines to power plant at Tamnar. JPL has an operational CCPC to transport coal from Gare Pelma coal block and same is being used to transport coal to the plant. JPL has Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) with SECL and MCL for supply of coal for 2 units of 4 X 600 MW only. JPL anticipated that it may get FSA for coal supply for entire 4 X 600 MW from MCL mines and thus planned to construct a Cross Country Pipe Conveyor (CCPC) from Kulda Mines to the Power Plant. The new CCPC was to be constructed between Kulda mines of MCL and the plant, passing through Odisha & Chhattisgarh states. Consents to Establish were obtained from OSPCB & CECB vide letters dated 16.09.2014 and 04.11.2015, respectively. Its construction in Chhattisgarh area commenced and Rs. 13.643 Crores has already been spent till date. Meanwhile, coal allocation policy underwent a change and Govt. decided to do away with FSA system and conduct auction of coal under ‘SHAKTI’ Scheme for the power sector. Hence, in today’s changed scenario there is no likelihood of JPL getting the required quantities of coal for 4 X 600 MW from single source i.e. MCL mines located at Kulda/ Basundhra. Unless company has a dedicated coal allocation from a mine, this CCPC even if completed would not be practical to operate. Furthermore, the completion of the CCPC will encounter a major hurdle in present scenario since the terminating part of CCPC near the plant will be passing through the coal block already allocated to the Gujarat Government. 2.0 PRESENT PROPOSAL In view of the above changed scenario and to reduce dependency on road, JPL plans to develop bulk rail transportation system to transport coal from various mines of SECL and MCL. East Rail Corridor from Kharsia to Dharamjaygarh with a spur line from Gharghoda to Gare Pelma is being developed by the concessionaire “Chhattisgarh East Railway Limited” and is being constructed by M/s IRCON International Ltd. The East corridor is Assessment of Impacts Due to Transportation of Coal for 4X600 MW TPP of JPL 1 Min Mec Consultancy Pvt. Ltd. being constructed to mainly cater for outward traffic to evacuate coal from Gare Pelma sector. JPL will have advantage to use this East Corridor to transport coal as the traffic will be inward. Bhalumuda railway station is being constructed on the spur line from Gharghoda to Gare-Pelma. JPL is developing a Railway siding, taking off from the Bhalumuda Railway station so that coal can be transported by rail from SECL and MCL mines. Key plan for the railway system is shown in Fig. 1 . NOC from Chhattisgarh East Railway Limited (CERL) and In Principle Approval from CTPM, South Eastern Central Railway, Bilaspur has been obtained by JPL for construction of a Private Siding at Bhalumuda over spur line of East Corridor. Copy of the same is given in Annexure 3 . Execution plan for railway siding: Rail line section from Kharsia to Gharghoda has already been commissioned in March, 2019 Section from Gharghoda to Korichhapar has already been commissioned on 12 th October, 2019 Section between Gharghoda to Bhalumunda is at an advanced stage of completion and stated to get operational by December, 2020. Work order for Survey, DPR and Detailed Engineering & Construction Supervision for dedicated railway siding of JPL has already been awarded and field survey started on 18 th October 2019. The siding will be completed by December 2020. Till such time that the railway siding becomes operational, coal for the project needs to be transported partly from existing CCPC from Gare Pelma 2 & 3 to the plant and partly by road from SECL and MCL mines. Keeping in view the above facts, JPL has no option but to continue coal transportation by road as permitted vide EC amendment letter dated 26.04.2017 till December 2020 or till the proposed dedicated railway siding of JPL become operational, whichever is earlier, without any changes in presently transported quantity of coal and corresponding to & fro trucks movement on the route.