Environmental Impact Assessment Report For Expansion of Integrated Township Project “Life Republic” at village : Marunji, Jambe, Nere , Taluka : Mulshi , District : Pune By Kolte Patil I Ven Townships (Pune) Pvt. Ltd. 7th Floor City Bay Dhole Patil Road, Camp, Pune Pin code 411001 Index A. Chapters Page Chapter No. Title No. I Introduction 1 II Project Description 12 III Description of the Environment 49 IV Anticipated Impacts & Mitigation Masseurs 114 V Analysis of Alternatives 159 VI Environmental Monitoring Program 165 Additional Studies: Risk Assessment & Disaster VII 167 Management Plan VIII Project Benefits 170 IX Environment Management Plan 171 X Summary & Conclusion 196 XI Disclosure of Consultant 200 B. Tables Table Page Description No. no. 1 Terms of Reference and its Compliance 6 2 Land-use Classification – Area (10Km. Radius) 18 3 Area Statement of Project 26 4 Non-FSI Area Statement 27 5 Building Configuration and Occupancy 28 6 Water Demand 36 7 Details of Swimming Pools 37 8 Details of RG Area 38 9 Landscape Area Details 40 10 Parking Statement 41 11 Water Balance Statement 42 12 Details of Storm Water 43 13 Details of Debris at Construction Phase 44 14 Solid Waste Generation 44 15 Energy Requirement Details 45 16 Energy Conservation measures 46 17 AAQ Monitoring Locations 59 18 Average values for AAQM parameters at all sampling locations 59 19 Sampling Locations for Water Analysis 60 20 Water analysis reports (summarized) 61 21 Water Analysis Reports (Water Treatment Plant Outlet) 62 22 Wastewater Analysis (WW from STP) 64 23 Locations for Soil Sampling in Study area 66 24 Soil Analysis Reports (Summarized) 67 25 Standards for Soil Classification 67 26 Locations for Noise monitoring in Study area 69 27 Noise Level (dB) Monitoring Results (Summarised) 70 28 List of trees species 77 29 List of tree species found near lake 78 30 Excerpts from Ranwa report 79 31 Biodiversity Lists On Site 87 32 Social Infrastructure around site 112 33 Air : Anticipated Impacts and Mitigation (Construction Phase) 116 34 Air : Anticipated Impacts and Mitigation (Operation Phase) 118 35 Water : Anticipated Impacts and Mitigation ( Construction Phase) 121 36 Characteristics of sewage before and after treatment 12 7 37 Water : Anticipated Impacts and Mitigation (Operation Phase) 128 38 Typical Noise Levels of Construction Equipment 13 3 39 Noise : Anticipated Impacts and Mitigation (Construction Phase) 134 40 Noise: Anticipated Impacts and Mitigation (Operation Phase) 136 41 Land: Anticipated Impacts and Mitigation (Construction Phase) 138 42 Land : Anticipated Impacts and Mitigation ( Operation Phase) 14 2 43 Waste: Anticipated Impacts and Mitigation (Construction Phase) 144 44 Waste: Anticipated Impacts and Mitigation (Operation Phase) 148 45 Biodiversity: Anticipated Impacts and Mitigation (Construction Phase) 151 46 Biodiversity : Anticipated Impacts and Mitigation ( Operation Phase) 15 3 Socio Economy: Anticipated Impacts and Mitigation (Construction 155 47 Phase) 48 Socio Economy: Anticipated Impacts and Mitigation (Operation Phase) 157 49 Environmental Monitoring Program 16 5 50 Operation and Maintenance for Rainwater Harvesting System 174 51 Schedule for Operation and Maintenance for STP 17 4 52 Standard Operating Procedures for solid waste management 175 53 Few more recommended species for plantation 17 7 54 Operation and Maintenance for Solar energy for water heating: 178 55 Operation and Maintenance for Solar for electricity generation 17 9 56 Description of impacts during Construction Phase 183 57 Mitigation Measures for Impacts during Construction Phase 18 4 58 Description of impacts during Operation Phase 189 59 Mitigation Measures for Impacts during Operation Phase 190 60 Environmental Management Cost 193 61 Monitoring Cost during Construction Phase 194 62 Monitoring Cost during Operation Phase 194 63 Project summary 19 6 64 Checklist for Impact Assessment 198 C. Figures Table Description Page No. no. A Google Image showing project site 5 B Location Map 12 C Project Site depicted on Google Image 14 D Area from Project Site on Toposheet (10 Km. Radius) 15 E Satellite Image Map 16 F Map of LULC Classification (10 Km. Radius) 18 G LULC Classification (10 Km. Radius) 19 H Contour Map 21 I Drainage Network map of study area 22 J Village Map in Study area 23 K Road and Railway Network Map 23 L Environmental Sensitivity Zone Map 24 M Wind Rose Pattern 57 N Locations for Ambient Air Quality Monitoring in Study area 58 O Graph showing average values for SO 2, NO 2, CO at all sampling locations 59 P Locations for Water Sampling in Study area 61 Q Locations for Soil Sampling in Study Area 66 R Locations for Ambient Noise Monitoring 69 S Water Budget- Dry Season 123 T Water Budget - Wet Season 12 4 U Water Treatment Plant (WTP) Layout 124 V STP - Schematic Flow Diagram 127 W OWC Process Flow Chart 147 X Detailed Drawing of OWC 148 ***** Environmental Impact Assessment Report: AUGUST 2020 Chapter I Introduction India is the country of ever growing Cities as migration from villages to cities is an increasing ever trend due to employment opportunities in the cities. Therefore, obviously, housing is the basic need of this increasing population. Rapid industrialization and population explosion have also led to migration of people from village to cities which increase human settlement in cities and towns which gives rise to many issues regarding environment. Environmental Impact Assessment is evaluation of the possible positive and negative impact that a proposed activity may have on the environment, together consisting of the environmental, social and economic aspects. This is an exercise to ensure that the proposed project does not harm the environment both on a short term and long-term basis. Intend of the EIA process is to foresee and address potential environmental impacts at an early stage of project planning and design. For this purpose, all environmental components must be studied including Land, Water, Air, Noise, Wastes, Socio-economy and Biodiversity. EIA process carries certain objectives: • To provide decision-makers with analysis of the total environment so that decisions can be made based on as nearly complete and balanced information as possible; • To assess and present intangible/unquantifiable effects that are not adequately addressed by cost/benefit analysis and other technical reports; • To provide information to the public on a proposal; in case of public hearing • To formalize the consideration of alternatives to a proposal being considered, in order that the least environmentally harmful means of achieving the given objective can be chosen; • To improve the design of new developments and safeguard the environment through the application of mitigation and avoidance measures • To design the Environmental Management Plan so as to implement environment safety measures and provide guidelines for monitoring of environmental issues • To carry out baseline surveys to establish the existing environmental status • Cost benefit analysis as and when applicable and sought by SEACs/EACs • To Prepare EIA as mandated in Appendix III of EIA Notification 2006 • To carry out the additional studies as sought through TOR issued by SEAC/EAC Life republic Integrated township project by Kolte Patil I-Ven Townships (Pune) Ltd . 1 Environmental Impact Assessment Report: AUGUST 2020 1.1 Purpose of this EIA: With an economic growth rate of 7.5%, which is the second fastest in the world, India is fast emerging as a major global business giant. With 35 cities having population in excess of 1 million, and more cities being added to this list, investments in urban infrastructure are projected to be higher than ever before. This of course is besides the investments already coming into the economy via ‘foreign direct investments’ into urban real estate development. This is one sector of the Indian economy that has activities which are directly or indirectly linked to every other economic sector. The gross built-up area added to commercial and residential spaces was about 40.8 million square meters in 2004-05; the trends show a sustained growth of 10% over the coming years. Construction activity in India has been pursued without giving much attention on environmental issues. This has resulted in pressure on its finite natural resources, besides creating impacts on human health and wellbeing. The green cover, ground water resources have been forced to give way to the rapidly developing urban centers. The Supreme Court of India has taken a sue-motto cognizance of a news item in Hindustan Times titled as “ And quielyt flows maily Yamuna ” in which the newspaper has addressed issue of pollution of River Yamuna contributed by construction activities in Delhi and NCR, especially in the form of debris disposal in the river bed. Following to this, construction activity was brought under the purview of EIA Notification 1994 vide amendment in EIA Notification dated 7 th July 2004. Subsequently, the MoEF has constituted C.S.Govindrajan Committee to re-engineer the EIA and EC process and based on its recommendations, the MOEF brought in the new EIA Notification 2006 which covers the construction projects under category 8 of the Schedule appended to the said notification. According to the category 8 of schedule appended to EIA notification 14 th September 2006; the construction projects are further classified in two types: First, the Building and Construction Projects having a Built Up area (BUA) of more than 20,000 sq meters but less than 1,50,000 sq meters [category 8(a)] and Second, the Township Projects having BUA of more than 1,50,000 sq meters or covering an area of 50 hectares [category 8(b)]. It is further provided by notification that all projects under category 8(b) shall be appraised as sub-category B1, however the public consultation is not required. This means that all these projects will require EIA for Environmental Clearance along with other prerequisite documents and the project proponent initiated the process accordingly.